Thick as an Ed

"Thick as an Ed" is a season 4 episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, in which Ed's lucky chunk of cheese smells disaster for Eddy's latest scam.

Plot
Awww, look at Ed fast asleep there, it seems a shame to wake him but of course that's not a fact that bothers to cross his little sister's mind. Ed's supposed to be walking Sarah to Jimmy's House but he can't even stay awake long enough to do that which is just as well for us though, because otherwise we'd never get to see what it looks like inside one of his dreams. Sadly though, Ed's dream doesn't last very long either because eager Eddy's just bursting to get on with the scam he's convinced will make him his fortune - a frog jump derby. All the Eds need to do now of course is catch some frogs.

Double D has all sorts of ideas for rounding up likely specimens but once he's downwind of Ed he suddenly loses the power of rational thought and you can't blame him either for Ed doesn't just smell bad in the way that he does every day, this time around he really honks and what's more he's proud of the fact. Tentative blue bottle-aided investigations uncover the fact that sitting inside Ed's pocket is a sizable chunk of cheese that's long since past its sell by date but however much his friends beg, threaten and cajole Ed is not going to give Sheldon up, after all - Sheldon is lucky! From here on in the episode is simply classic Ed, Edd n Eddy as Edd tries to take away Ed's smelly cheese-infected jacket while Ed refuses to cooperate and Eddy - still obsessed with the frog derby - tries to keep the peace between them and get them back to work. As it goes on, the stench really gets to Double D and he becomes more and more neurotic before finally resorting to his dying swan act. Of course it doesn't work and neither does Eddy's request that Ed donate his jacket to be the national flag of a new country the zombie-filled country of 'Edtropia' because whatever they do Sheldon seems to have a way of finding his way back to Ed. It's not until the enraged Eddy flings the miscreant chunk into the pond (and kills all the fish there in the process) that it finally gives up the ghost. Ed is upset to see Sheldon go but of course not for long, forget Edd's offer of a lucky handkerchief, Ed can go one better already with Angus his more than lucky fishy. Looks like Eddy's plan failed… again.

Memorable Quotes

 * Ed: [in his own little world] "1, 2! Tie my shoe! 3, 4! Close the door!" [slams the door and the badly drawn house collapses] "5, 6! Grab some sticks!" [picks up two lampposts] "7, 8! Lay them straight!" [drops them on a bad doodle of Jonny and Plank] "9, 10! A big fat hen!" [hugs said big fat hen and flies away; hatches from falling eggs] "11, 12!" [Ed gets slapped by Eddy]
 * Eddy: "Ed!" [Ed returns back to the real world] "Get up, stupid!"

Ed: "North to Alaska!"
 * Edd: "There's a really inhumane smell coming from you-know-who!"

Ed: "North to Alaska!"
 * Eddy: [unimpressed] "Ed stink? So what else is new?!"

Ed: "Maybe his mommy called him." [he impersonates a motherly voice] "Edward! Come along and pickle your feet!"
 * Eddy: [watching Edd run off] "What about my scam?"

Eddy: "Quit yelling in my ear!" Ed: "Don't make me laugh, all that is here is my lucky cheese chunk." [Ed waves the chunk under Edd's nose] Edd: "Oh my lord!" Ed: "Say hello to Double D, Sheldon." Edd: "That's disgusting, Ed!" Ed: "No Double D, that's Sheldon. He's lived in my pocket 57 days now!"
 * Edd: [panic-stricken] "There! In his pocket!"


 * Ed: "I am the frog wrangler, so you don't have to touch those slimy weasels."

Ed: "A boot?" Eddy: "There, see it? What is it?" Ed: "Kind of looks like Abraham Lincoln, Eddy."
 * Eddy: [peering into the water] "Is that a frog or a boot?"


 * Ed: "Frogs are so stupid! Hooray!"

Eddy: [viciously attacking Ed] "You're messing up my scam!"
 * Ed: "Oh look! Dirt!"

Eddy: [impatiently] "Good." "Now can you and Ed kiss and make up? 'Cause we've got my retirement to think of!" Ed: "Aha! That's my lucky cheese chunk!" [snatches the jar with the stinky cheese inside] Eddy: [wailing] "We're never gonna get any frogs!" [Ed pulls on his shirt] Edd: [jumping onto the jar lid] "I beg you, in the name that is decent, please don't open this jar, Ed!" Ed: "No go, Joe!" [twirling the lid and Edd] "It might spoil!" [opens jar, green smoke charges to Edd's face] Edd: "The vile, smelly, profane!" [runs away]
 * Edd: [inhaling and exhaling deeply] "Success."

Trivia

 * Where does Sheldon the lucky cheese chunk get his name? Possibly from the head of AKA's overseas animation Sheldon Arnst! And so what about Angus the more-than-lucky fishy? Maybe we should look no further than AKA's inker Angus Bungay!
 * After chasing Ed and falling into the water, Eddy was soaking wet. However, seconds later, Eddy was all dried.
 * How was Edd able to bring his mobile bathroom with him without the other Eds seeing it?
 * If Ed has kept Sheldon in his pocket for those fifty days, why didn't Edd or Eddy notice it earlier?
 * In this episode, Double-D has a serious objection to being dirty, while in previous episode, like in "Dawn of the Eds", Double-D is shown playing with trash at the junkyard.
 * Ed now has three known lucky objects: a lucky potato, a stale cheese chunk, and a fish corpse.
 * Ed has had Sheldon for 57 days.
 * Ed's new lucky cheese chunk Sheldon Jr. appears in the episode "May I Have this Ed?".
 * This episode is completely dominated by the Eds, with Sarah making a small appearance at the beginning of this episode and Jonny making a brief appearance in Ed's dream. Rolf, Nazz, Kevin, Jimmy and the Kankers don't appear.
 * Running gags:
 * Ed and Edd fighting about Ed's Jacket.
 * Eddy telling them they need to catch some frogs.
 * Ed yelling "stinky hat".
 * Edd calling Ed's things names.
 * Eddy chasing after Ed.
 * Edd repeatedly suffering the horrible stench of Sheldon.


 * Main Scam: Frog-jumping Derby.
 * The title, "Thick as an Ed", is a play on words of Thick as a Brick, a 1972 concept album by the rock band Jethro Tull.
 * On the title, there is an arm that looks like Ed's arm.
 * When Sarah yells at Ed, he's still in his pajamas, but after Sarah leaves for a while Ed's in his regular clothes.