Take This Ed and Shove It

"Take This Ed and Shove It" is the 25th and final episode of Season 4. It's also the 102nd episode in the entire series, and the second two-part episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, Eddy finds the Cul-de-Sac kids are all growing up and tries to make his career out of it. This was originally planned to be the last episode of the series, but due to popular demand, seasons 5, 6, and the movie Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show were made.

Part One
Eddy's new business venture, selling "balloon poochies," accompanied by a really cheesy kids show featuring Panda Eddy, Mr. Calculator-Pants (Edd) and Mr. Railroad-Rump (Ed), fails to impress, and unsurprisingly, leaves them penniless. Eddy, perplexed as to why the scam failed, complains over his lack of appreciation he's getting for the work he is doing. Edd then explains to him that the kids are growing older and are far too mature for "Panda Eddy." Eddy, in anger, shoves Ed in a garbage bin and kicks it down, causing a tricycle to roll out of the bin. Eddy asks Edd who would want to throw a perfectly good tricycle away, and Edd points to Jimmy, who learning how to use a 2-wheeled bicylcle. Edd then shows his friends Nazz watching TV, explaining to them the she is changing in a multitude of ways to become an adult, however Ed and Eddy still are confused. Edd then shows Eddy and Ed, Kevin, who is proudly brandishing his beard (a single strand of hair on his chin) to Rolf. Rolf, unimpressed rips of his shirt, revealing his abnormally hairy back, repulsing Kevin. Ed claims that Rolf had mutated, but Edd explains to him that he's just physically developed (albeit, somewhat extreme). Edd goes on, explaining that it'll only be a matter of time till the kids are going to start thinking about their careers, etc. which gets the gears in Eddy's head working.

Eddy decides to start a career counseling venture, where they can help The Kids find their ideal careers, with the help of Edd and their "computer," Ed, for 25 cents and surprisingly, The Kids are interested (save for Kevin) and are then set up with their ideal careers. Jimmy's ideal career is to become a lumberjack, Nazz, a dentist, Rolf, a barber, Sarah, a traffic light and Jonny and Plank, gophers. Eddy, jubilated by his success, rushes to the candy store with his friends to buy jawbreakers. On the way back, they run into a couch, that seems to have been randomly placed in their path. Nazz then appears, introducing herself as "Dr. Nazz" and tells them that jawbreakers are not good for your teeth before locking the jawbreakers up into her desk. She then says that she is going to fix their teeth while brandishing a hand drill in front of the visibly scared Eds.

Just as she is about to repair all of their teeth, she is distracted by lumberjack Jimmy, who, in an attempt to cut down a tree, cuts the band holding him onto the tree, causing him to plummet as his retainer peels the bark off of the tree. His retainer gets caught in the peeled bark and he soon plummets to the ground, with his misaligned teeth. Nazz, being the dentist, decides to help him out with his "dental emergency," giving The Eds an opportunity free themselves and to free the jawbreakers, but fail to get the jawbreakers out of Nazz's desk. They then make a break to Eddy's house to free them by using Eddy's Dad's power tools. They are delayed by traffic light Sarah, the gopher Jonny who carries away the cabinet while tunneling underground, and by the barber Rolf who uses the cabinet as his shampoo table while hairdressing Ed. As they try to take it away, Rolf asks them what they are doing with it. Eddy, tells Ed and Edd to bring the table to the garage, while he receives a haircut from Rolf. Upon being asked for payment by Rolf, Eddy asks him to put it on his tab and rushes off, before Rolf can ask what a tab is.

Once in the garage, The Eds desperately try to free the jawbreakers, as Edd asks them what their aspirations are for the future. Edd wishes to be an explorer, while Ed wants to be "rice," crystal style, while a clearly frustrated Eddy, who is more concerned about freeing the Jawbreakers, informs Edd he doesn't want to age and wishes to be young forever. Suddenly, Gopher Jonny and Plank burrow out of the ground, right where Eddy was standing and inadvertently sends him flying to the ceiling, hanging onto a light fixture. As Jonny rushes out for lunch, Eddy complains that Jonny is a pest, but before he could finish, the ceiling, unable to bear Eddy's weight breaks, resulting in Eddy plummeting into the pit Jonny created. As he tries to recoil, the junk that was stored above the ceiling falls and crushes him, rendering him unconscious.

Part Two
Eddy wakes up in his room and sees a reflection of an old man in a mirror. At first he thinks that that is his grandfather and happily greets him, but to Eddy's shock, the old man is not his grandfather but him. He staggers to the door (throwing away a cane that somehow got into his hand) and opens it to find the equally old Edd and Ed,who have come to his house for a game of cribbage. Old Edd never stops talking and Old Ed can barely walk, and has grown an abnormally long white beard with a mousetrap on the end, but he hasn't changed much. When Eddy asks why they look so old, Edd than tells him that they haven't been kids in over 90 years. Eddy still in denial, sees the rest of the kids all old with very unusual traits due to their age. Jonny is senile, a bit deaf (he has to use a hearing aid), and has one eye blinded. Plank has become very withered and has lost one eye and part of his mouth. Nazz spends the day feeding birds (but retaining her youthful attitude). Jonny notes to Eddy that Nazz has still got it, but Eddy doesn't know what it is. Sarah is very ugly but she and Jimmy didn't change much, and tells Eddy to leave them alone as they're busy. Eddy asks what are they doing and then notices a rope by them. He questions if they're doing skiprope and also asks aren't they a little old for that, but Sarah tells him that they are knitting. Jimmy tells Eddy he can't have a bedpan cozy, as he already made one for Sarah. Sarah tells Eddy to get lost and whacks him on the head. A dazed Eddy, leaves them and then passes by Rolf, who has grown a long gray beard, has lost one eye, got a hunchback and constantly mistakes Eddy for other people such as Kevin, Nazz, and Jonny. Rolf greets Eddy as Kevin, but Eddy tells him he is not Kevin. Rolf then asks Eddy, "Who is this Kevin you speak of?". He then yells at Eddy that his tractor isn't for sale. It then shows Rolf's Tractor broken down and put for sale. Rolf then becomes happy and somewhat sheepish before grabbing Eddy and calling him a fool. He then sets Eddy on an old Wilfred and says "Rolf does not love you Nazz girl!". Eddy states okay, but then Rolf thinks Eddy is Jonny making fun of his turnip. Rolf then angrily yells at Eddy, "GET OFF ROLF'S PROPERTY BEFORE ROLF GETS HIS BEATING STICK!". Rolf then angrily storms off and a scared Eddy quickly leaves to avoid trouble. As Eddy heads back to his garage he runs into Kevin, who is still mean to him, but now he rides a small red, motor scooter and wears very thick glasses. Eddy eventually goes back to his garage where he finds the jawbreakers still in the desk like Nazz left them. Edd and Ed then suddenly appear and walk over to where Eddy is. Eddy then tells his friends that the jawbreakers might be the key to restoring their youth. They try to pry it open but are too weak to lift any of the tools due to their old age, so Eddy orders Ed to bust the desk open. Ed approaches the desk, but just when he is about to bust it open, he simply sneezes on it and the desk, and the jawbreakers, disintegrate and turns into dust, due to the fact it had been sitting for there for 90 years, as explained by Edd.

Eddy, still in denial, protests that he is still a kid and Eddy then starts trying to wake himself up by hitting himself with his cane (who has once again somehow returned) screaming "I'm not old!" over and over. Eddy eventually wakes up on the garage floor, happy that he is still young and that that was all a horrible dream. Ed has freed the jawbreakers (by sawing the desk in half) and they proceed to eat them. Just as Eddy declares "I don't ever wanna grow up!" he wakes up as an old man again. Edd tells him that he fell asleep during one of their nostalgia-induced stories about their adventures as kids. Ed notes that Eddy remembers the funniest stories, while unable to note any. Eddy realizes all of his adventures (and the entire series in general) were just his memories of his childhood, and that all three of them really are old. Eddy then smashes his head on the table causing it to break and fall down. Ed remembers something and tries to pull the "Pull my finger" joke on Eddy but he farts before Eddy even pulled his finger. Ed laughs to himself and Edd tells him that joke is older than they are too. Eddy yells at him "Grow up you shriveled up, petrified lump!". In response to this, Edd starts to laugh, leading all three of them to laugh for a while. At the very last second of the episode, Eddy claims that he wishes he was still a kid, meaning he has still not come to terms with his loss of youth. The screen then shrinks to black.

Deleted Scenes
There were two deleted scenes from "Take This Ed and Shove It" that did not make it into the episode. These were first shown at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con.

First Deleted Scene
300px|rightAfter Eddy looks in the mirror and sees he is a old man he thinks it is just a joke that is seen only in old cartoons. He then tries to tell Danny Antonucci to wake him up. When he doesn't answer, Eddy says he will give him a new quarter. But when he takes it out it is really a jar of Aunt Bonni's prunes.

Second Deleted Scene
After Ed turns the desk to dust Eddy starts to sob over it. Then Lee Kanker comes in to see who it is and reveals that she and Eddy have been married, had their honeymoon at the junkyard and had lots of babies (Or these may possibly be grandchildren considering the ages of the characters) and they all look the same for each couple. It is also revealed that May Kanker married Ed and Edd is married to Marie Kanker (who has become obese). It then cuts to the main scene with Eddy hitting himself with the cane. Oddly, the audio track of Edd saying "Time has reduced it to dust, Eddy" still plays even when the scene where the desk crumbles has been passed by a few scenes. It is possible that the line was later added in when the previous scene was cut and that the clip played at Comic-Con used the aired scene rather than the production scene.

Memorable Quotes
Edd: "Well, you see--" Rolf: "Rolf wishes to be a barber." Edd: "A barber?" Rolf: "In the Old Country, he who cuts hair is viewed a man among men." Edd: "But Rolf he--" Rolf: [pulls up his sleeve, showing his muscles] "Rolf is a barber!" Ed: "Party at Rolf's house!"
 * Rolf: [after receiving his career results] "A potato monger!?"

Eddy: "You-mean-maturing?-You're-maturing-I-am-maturing!"
 * Edd: "This day has simply been the most gratifying day I can remember, Eddy! Yet I can't help but ponder our own past into maturity-"


 * Old Jonny: "Hey Eddy! Nice day isn't it? Whatcha' staring at? Did Nazz forget her pants again?"

Old Jonny: [refering to Nazz] "She still got it, huh, Eddy?" Old Eddy: "Got what? Liver spots? I can't take this anymore!" [trips over on a chess playing piece] "Ow! My hip!"
 * [Eddy has woken up to find himself and other people in the Cul-de-Sac as senior citizens]

Old Eddy: [confused] "Huh? I'm not Kevin." Old Rolf: "Who is this Kevin you speak of?" [pause] "ROLF'S TRACTOR IS NOT FOR SALE!" [Shows Rolf's tractor with a "FOR SALE" sign] [smiles and grabs Eddy] "YOU FOOL!" [places Eddy on Old Wilfred] "Rolf does not love you, Nazz girl." Old Eddy: "Okay." Old Rolf: [shouting at Eddy] "YOU TAUNT ROLF'S TURNIP, JONNY THE WOOD BOY?! GET OFF ROLF'S PROPERTY BEFORE ROLF GETS HIS BEATING STICK!"
 * Old Rolf: "Hello, Kevin."

Old Eddy: "It was all just stories? Memories from the past?! We really are old!"
 * Old Ed: "You remember the funniest things, Eddy. Like… uh, I forget."

Old Sarah: "Skip rope? What do we look like!? A couple of babies!? We're knitting, you idiot!" [Shows Jimmy knitting] Old Jimmy: "And, no. You can't have one. I made this bedpan cozy for Sarah" [Shows a pink bedpan with white flowers] Old Sarah: "So get lost, paps!" [Hits Eddy in the head]
 * Old Eddy: "Leave you to what?" [stares at a yarn with a skip rope handle] "Skip rope? Ain't you too old to skip rope?"

Trivia/Goofs

 * If we take into account that in the episode "Your Ed Here", Eddy is 12, then in this episode he would be 102 years old in the future.
 * This episode was originally the last episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, until production started again in 2005.
 * In the first deleted scene, Eddy pulls out a jar from his pocket that says "Aunt Bonni's prunes". Aunt Bonni could be a reference to Bonni Reid, who is the color designer of the show!
 * When Ed is on the desk you can hear same tone that is in Ed, Edd n Eddy - The Mis-Edventures when you do Batter Ed.
 * In the first deleted scene, Eddy breaks the fourth wall by saying "You can wake me up now, Mr. Cartoon Director!" and then later Eddy says "HEY, ANTONUCCI, WAKE ME UP!".
 * Old Ed and Hot Dog Ed (in the gag, he's a real hot dog!) were both seen again in Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show when Ed was zapped with the electric gum.
 * When Rolf rips off his shirt for Kevin, Kevin's chin hair is showing. In the next scene, it is not there. It then reappears in the career counseling scene.
 * Kevin was the only kid who didn't get a job at Eddy's Career Counseling.
 * Jimmy, Nazz and Rolf were the only ones that got actual real life jobs, but Rolf is the only one who professionally knew what he was doing. (Jonny got a job as a gopher which is just an animal and Sarah became a traffic light which is just a machine to keep cars driving orderly in an intersection).
 * At some point in 90 years, Rolf would put his tractor for sale after it broke down somehow. (Though he yelled at Old Eddy that the tractor is not for sale)
 * Old Jimmy mentions that he was sewing a bedpan for Sarah. A bedpan is a device used as a toilet by bedridden people, so this might indicate that Sarah gets bladder problems after 90 years.
 * Cribbage apparently gives Ed gas.
 * In the first deleted scene, the chair next to Eddy is transparent.
 * Jonny has some hair in this episode when he is shown as an old man.
 * This was also the last episode produced with traditional ink and paint. AKA Cartoon switched over to digital color starting with Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle. Because Ed, Edd n Eddy are considered to be the last major animation production to use the traditional process, "Take This Ed and Shove It" can be considered to be the last cartoon in history to be completely done in Traditional Cel animation right down to the ink and paint.
 * When the kids are getting their Career, there were only five quarters in Eddy's jar. Jonny usually pays for Plank, but the reason for this could be that Plank did not get a career.
 * It was revealed that Jonny 2x4's favorite color is magenta, his pant size is about 12 and his favorite vegetables are sprouts.
 * The title could be based on a song called, Take this job and shove it.
 * It was also revealed when Edd is old he has a cat named "Neils Bohr", named after a Danish nuclear physicist who won a nobel prize for physics in 1922.
 * A running gag in this episode is that every time Old Eddy gets rid of his cane, it somehow always comes back to him.
 * Ed said "Magellan!" while evaluating Jonny's profile for a career. Magellan is known as Ferdinand Magellan, a well-known Portuguese explorer who made an expedition of sailing from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and has a strait with his name entitled known as "Strait of Magellan".
 * Eddy calls Ed "Figaro". This is a possible reference to the popular Pinocchio cat of the same name.
 * Goof: When Edd and Eddy were chasing the desk, Eddy jumps over a bush, but he is later shown covered in brambles.
 * This episode was featured on the Ed, Edd n Eddy Vol.2: Fools Par-Ed-ise DVD.
 * In "One + One = Ed", Rolf tells the barnyard animals not to burn the candle at both ends, as it leads to the life of a hairdresser. However in this episode he wants to become a barber despite what he said in the former episode.
 * This is the only episode with deleted scenes released.
 * Ed says "Yummity Yum Yum" when he's about to eat a jawbreaker in Eddy's dream that he's still a kid. This line is paraphrased as "Zappity Zap Zap" in the season 5 episode "Every Which Way But Ed".
 * If you look at the words "shove it" in the title card, it spells out the curse word sh*t. That's because the "Sh" in "shove" and the word "it" are placed too close to each other. This may have happened on accident, or it was just another dirty joke that the makers of the show got away with like in earlier episodes and later on.