Key to My Ed

"Key to My Ed" is the 14th episode of Season 2 and the 40th episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, the Eds find a key and try to find out what the key unlocks.

Plot
Edd is holed up in his garage with the lights off when Ed and Eddy burst in and turn on the lights. Edd quickly yells at them to shut it off, as he's working on an experimental soda pop. Hearing this, his friends are quick to leap on him, and Ed drains the bottle of its contents. Seeing this, Edd yells at him to freeze, as any movement might set off the soda; Eddy, who is smarting from not having gotten a taste of the soda, proceeds to tickle Ed, making him shake wildly. Soon enough, the soda is set off in Ed's stomach, and Ed explodes out of the garage, spewing soda fizz everywhere as he flies through the cul-de-sac. When he finally comes down, it's in a crash landing in someone's backyard. His friends find him, but Eddy is soon distracted by another find: a key. Eddy believes that the key could open anything, from Al Capone's wallet to King Tut's tomb to some exploited cartoon character's theme park. Edd tries to convince his friend that they should just give the key back, but Eddy ignores him, as he thinks that the key is sure to open a door to some great treasure.

Eddy then leads his friends around the cul-de-sac in an attempt to find out what the key will open. After trying Jimmy's retainer and finding that the key doesn't work on it, Ed attempts to use the key on Beatrice's udder. Edd, still feeling guilty, tries to convince Eddy that they just have to give it back, even as Eddy uses the key on a manhole cover and Ed tries it on a fire hydrant. When Eddy gets fed up and yells at Edd, Edd says that they have to give it back. Hearing this, Eddy apologizes, but as soon as Edd turns his back, Edd receives a sharp kick in the butt.

Rolf then walks past, rolling a suitcase behind him. Eddy gets the idea that the key will open the case, and runs after Rolf, who has stopped next to Edd. Edd is moralizing on the state of humanity, but Rolf, not really understanding what Edd is rambling about, simply suggests that Edd should eat more fiber. He then notices Eddy, who is attempting the key in the suitcase's lock with no success. Rolf offers to show them what's inside; when Eddy accepts, Rolf opens the suitcase and pulls out an accordion, which he proceeds to play. Eddy angrily says that he's getting out of there, but Ed grabs him and starts polkaing. When the song ends, however, Eddy has managed to get his friends out of there, leaving Rolf strangely alone.

Fed up, Eddy heads to the lane with his friends to try and figure out a new approach. Another one of Edd's laments about how they must return the key to its rightful owner sparks an idea in Eddy's head, though, and shortly thereafter every kid in the cul-de-sac save Jonny receives an anonymous message informing them that "We have what you lost. If you ever want to see it again, come to the lane at 3:00 and bring a bag of jawbreakers."

At the given time, the Eds head for the lane, Edd complaining that he wasn't talking about holding the key for ransom. Along the way, they trip over Jonny and Plank, who are napping; when Eddy and Edd head onwards, Ed carries the boy and his board away to protect him from the vultures. In the lane is Kevin, and Eddy surmises that he holds the key to Kevin's bike chain. Rolf then arrives in the lane, and accuses Kevin of having breached his trust. Kevin makes a similar accusation, and the two fight, with Kevin wanting his headphones back and Rolf wanting his eggplant cup. Sarah and Jimmy then arrive, each with a bag of jawbreakers, and demand that Jimmy's shampoo be returned. Nazz then enters the lane, wanting to know what the meaning of the note was. Jimmy sniffs her hair and, recognizing the scent, accuses her of stealing his shampoo. The lane breaks into an all-out brawl, and that's when Eddy steps in, telling them that he has the key. He is greeted with derision and a retort that nobody cares. As Eddy watches, befuddled, Edd tells him that the key has indeed unlocked one thing: the paranoia and hostility that festered beneath the surface of the cul-de-sac.

Suddenly, cheers from the fight distract the brawlers. The Kankers have shown up, and they're none too happy about having been denied entry into a neighborhood brawl. When the kids scatter, the Eds are left to face the Kankers. Eddy quickly hides the key behind his back, and when Lee notices he's hiding something, Eddy quickly jams it into Ed's mouth. The Eds then make a break for it, but Ed is slowed down by Jonny, and the Kankers tackle him. Jonny goes flying, landing in Eddy's arms, and both he and Edd look back as the Kankers proceed to try and beat Ed's swallowed loot out of him. Ed eventually throws up a sink, out of which falls the key. Lee picks it up, but Eddy gets an idea, and he throws Jonny at Lee in a "trade". Jonny lands on Lee, and the key goes flying; Eddy picks it up, and the Eds run for it. Lee gets Marie and May to get Jonny off of her, and they give chase. The Eds make it to Ed's house, but are stopped by a locked door. In a panic, Edd and Eddy inform Ed of the dire emergency, only for Ed to declare nonchalantly that he has a key. Ed puts his hand in his pocket and finds a hole, which leads him to suggest that his key fell out of his pants. Hearing this, Edd and Eddy swiftly realize the key they've been carrying around this whole time belongs to Ed. Eddy desperately tries to get the key to work, but by now it's too late; the Kankers have found the Eds and proceed to capture them.

Having captured them, the Kankers put the key to good use by locking the boys' feet in stocks made from the door. They then unclothe their feet, and Edd and Eddy swiftly realize what's about to happen. Edd and Eddy cry for mercy as the Kankers' place the soles of their feet against those of their chosen boyfriends, giving them footsies, which Edd and Eddy deem disgusting and Ed deems clammy.

Memorable Quotes

 * Ed: "Like a sponge, thirsty I am!"

Eddy: "Oh Ed?" [He dangles the key in front of Ed's face.] Ed: "Huh?" Eddy: [pretending to throw the key] "Go get the key!" Ed: [running offscreen to get the key] "Table for two!" Eddy: [laughing to himself] "I bet this key could open King Tut's tomb, or Al Capone's wallet, or some exploited cartoon character's theme park!"
 * Ed: [looking at the key] "I bet that key unlocks big gates of molten lava, releasing the demons from a box of oat bran on the shelf of a mutant truck stop!"

Kevin: [while fighting Rolf] "Who cares about the stupid key?!" Rolf: [grabbing Kevin] "Poacher!"
 * Eddy: "Hey hey hey! I'm the one with the key!"


 * Ed: "I wish I had a turtle shell."

Edd: "That's right, Eddy. Something dear and personal, like a box of photographs, or a diary with pages of truth and duration, or as simple as a locket of love. It's our responsibility to see that this key returns to its forsaken owner so life can-" [The key flies into the gap in Edd's teeth.] "Mortified? Yes. But I won't let myself fall prey to such shallow emotion. Not now." [continues talking through the shift in scenes] "There's a fellow human crying for help, trying to mend the unraveled ball of yarn handed to them. Ed: [stumped after trying to use the key on a fire hydrant] "Hmm." Edd: [continuing on unfazed] "Maybe that's the kind of world you wish to live in, Eddy, where the unyielding and the indifferent supersede the malevolent. I say-" Eddy: "SHUT UP, DOUBLE D! Ed, you understand anything Double D said?" Ed: "Pass the mustard."
 * Eddy: [trying to use the key to open a manhole] "It's a key! It’s supposed to open something!"

Rolf: "You need to eat more fiber, head-in-sock Ed-boy."
 * Edd: [talking to Rolf after Eddy kicked him in the rear] "...so I feel mankind should reassess its position on the Darwin graph before total social abandonment."


 * Rolf: [seeing the Eds hanging around the fire hydrant with obvious intent] "Careful, as the dogs have had their way with that water pump!"

Edd: [jokingly] "What? No flowers?" [dropped by Eddy] Ed [still dancing] "You're too fat for me!"
 * Ed: [hearing Rolf play his accordion] "Polka time!" [starts dancing with Eddy] "You're too fat for me, I'm too fat for you..." [he spins Eddy into Edd's arms.]


 * Rolf: [pausing for a moment in his duffing up of Kevin] "Confess to your crimes, stale end piece of white bread!"


 * Jonny: "You gotta blink some time, you rascal you…" [Ed passes by and spills soda over Jonny and Plank from his nose.] "Gesundheit!"

Ed: [unfazed] "Clammy."
 * Edd & Eddy: [tortured] "Footsies!" [scream]

Trivia

 * Goof: While under the effects of Edd's soda, Ed crashed into a wooden fence. The fence appeared to be white when he crashed, but on the second shot where Eddy comes across Ed, the fence is shown to be brown.
 * Eddy breaks the fourth wall when he stumbles upon Jonny and says "Does this guy sleep through the whole show?"
 * This is one of the few episodes in which all of the characters appear and speak.
 * Rolf's accordion makes its first appearance in this episode. The accordion reappears again in "Mission Ed-Possible."
 * This is the second time Eddy tells Edd "don't have a bird"; the first time was in "The Ed-Touchables."
 * This is the fourth episode where Kevin never uses the word "dork" or anything with the word "dork" in it.
 * Eddy indirectly references Mickey Mouse and Disneyland when he says that the key could open "an exploited cartoon character's theme park."
 * This episode is included on the Game Boy Advance video cartridge Cartoon Network Collection: Limited Edition.
 * In this episode, it is revealed that Jonny always takes a nap at three o'clock.