“The way to a man’s heart is through his arteries!” - Lee Kanker The Kanker sisters love their lard. Oh, and have I mentioned how freaking quotable this show is? A steady stream of memes inspired by the show prove the internet agrees, although I’m still waiting for one featuring my favorite line from the series: None of the Eds were a typical protagonist, but their Three Stooges routines and constant struggles to scrape together some cash made them endearing anyways. But the goal of each scam was realistic, even if the means to the sugary end was misguided by Eddy’s cynicism, Edd’s passivity, and Ed’s oafishness. Sure, the style may not have been for everyone, and the plot often followed the same formula of elaborately composed scams followed by failure, and ultimately humiliation. My cousins and I never missed an episode - we’d watch it at their house, since they had cable - and would frequently find excuses to include our favorite quotes into daily conversation (my younger cousin was particularly fond of Ed’s “GRAVY” and “buttered toast” interjections.) It was the first show I’d ever watched that felt like home. The characters themselves radiated energy that I hadn’t seen reflected elsewhere: manic and ambitious, cheesy yet philosophical, and constantly moving thanks to the boiling lines that contained their unusually-proportioned features. A bird’s-eye view of the cul-de-sac and trailer park. Broken fences, copious amounts of cardboard, and a close proximity to the Park n’ Flush trailer park more accurately reflected my surroundings, while the upbeat jazz soundtrack gave them an air of charm and nostalgia rather than despair. The cul-de-sac and alleyways of fictional Peach Creek seemed real and comfortable compared to the sanitized streets of other cartoon suburbia. It felt different from other cartoons - edgy, subversive, and weirdly sophisticated for a show centered around haphazard “scams” and slapstick humor. The first time I watched Ed, Edd n Eddy, I was hooked.

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