Talk:Eddy's Brother/@comment-29275465-20170601042917/@comment-3242362-20170601054454

Part of it is size. This is a grown man beating on a kid. And the kid ain't even fighting back–he's screaming uncle but otherwise taking it from someone bigger and stronger than he is. The kids may have wanted to kill the Eds, but seeing an adult beat on a kid mercilessly? Not much fun (unless you're a sadist).

Part of it is the family betrayal aspect. I mean, this is a guy whom Eddy supposedly looks up to, whom Eddy was obviously looking towards for shelter–and the kids know this. They've heard Eddy brag about his older brother. And then when his big brother just lays a beatdown on him as the "price" for shelter? That's horrific, since it's betrayal of family bonds.

Part of it is that Eddy's brother doesn't have a reason beyond pure sadism. The kids? They have a justified reason (in their minds) for hunting down the Eds. But here Eddy is, showing up on his brother's doorstep, having done nothing to his big brother–and Eddy's brother smacks Eddy around? They may be mad at the Eds, but it's pretty clear that Eddy's brother isn't in any way justified in his actions.

And finally, part of it is that these things culminate in a realization: for all that the kids vaguely remember of Eddy's brother in "Ed... Pass it On...," none of them have a clear picture. The ones who are implied to have the most interaction with Eddy's brother (Rolf and Kevin) are scared to death of him. Now, prior to seeing Eddy's brother beat up on Eddy, they probably assummed that he took care of his family members even if he was a bully to everyone else–an image which Eddy cultivated in his stories to make the kids think that Eddy's brother would act as a protector. But Eddy getting beaten up dispells that notion. It becomes pretty obvious that while Kevin and Rolf had limited interaction with him, well, he's Eddy's older brother. Eddy probably took a truckload of abuse when he was younger from the guy, and this means two things for the kids: firstly, Eddy has been warped by his evil older brother, and secondly, he was willing to run to his abuser to escape the wrath of the kids (providing a bit of villain realization for the kids).

And of course, there's the fact that Eddy's brother, in about five minutes of screentime, manages to establish himself not just to the audience but to the kids as being far, far worse than Eddy at his egotistical selfish scamming worst ever was. And that is a big deal, and is what leads them to rebel against Eddy's brother (well, that and a speech from Rolf).