Ed or Tails

"Ed or Tails" is a season 3 episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, in which Ed realizes three Eds into two Jawbreakers won't go. Shouldn't they just flip for it?

Plot
Eddy's 'yukit up' brand of rent-a-clown humor fails to have any impression on the rest of the Kids and he has to admit to another failed scam. However the day quickly takes a neat turn with a parcel arriving in the mail for Ed. Yes! His long-anticipated, special order of Slovakian Jawbreakers has arrived and he can't wait to share them with Edd and Eddy except ... except ... except ... Except there's three of them and only two sweets!

An agonizing decision must be made, three Eds into two Jawbreakers just won't go so it means that one of them is going to miss out. Poor noble Ed is quite prepared to give up his beloved treat for the sake of his friends' enjoyment which naturally suits moral-less Eddy fine but Double D on the other hand feels so bad he just can't allow it (much to Eddy's chagrin.) What to do next? Can they break the Jawbreakers into equal shares? Apparently not although the outcome works for Jonny and Plank but now the Eds have just one candied sphere left and Eddy is desperate to have it. Luckily (or perhaps not) Rolf intervenes and enthroned upon his wheelbarrow in Caesar-like stance he declares that the Eds must race each other to decide who gets the sweetie. Naturally some people bend the rules, some people break the rules and some people don't even get over the start line but it works out pretty well in the end, especially for Ed who contentedly slurps on his hard won prize. Strange that the others don't want a taste though!

Quotes

 * Eddy: "Pay attention Curlicue!" [a comment on Jimmy's hairstyle perhaps?] Jimmy: "Squeak." Eddy: "Are you boring?" Jimmy: "Gee Eddy ... I ..." Eddy: "Boring! Good! Check! Do you lack a life?" Jimmy: "I ... I ... I've really got to-" Eddy: "Check! Pay attention! Are you unconshe ... unconchi ..." Edd "Unconscious, Eddy." Eddy: "Dead from the neck up? Check! Congratulations, you're dull!"


 * Rolf: "Rolf comes from a long line of village buffoons Kevin, do not mock the clown."


 * Edd: "But Ed, we couldn't, they're your Jawbreakers" Ed: "It is OK. I will just find a rock."


 * Rolf: [seeing the Eds fighting and separating them] "Excuse me Ed-boys but," [yells] "Rolf must discipline the nanny goats! You make Rolf sick! If you must fight over the orb of rapture it must be done with honor, a competition of shrewdness!" Ed: "Could you pull my finger Rolf?" Rolf: [recoiling] "No!"


 * Rolf: [watching the Eds benevolently] "Balancing eggs in the ladle of honor is not easy I tell you as they must skedaddle down, circle the goat of maturity, skedaddle back and claim the ball of sweetness."


 * Edd: [unscathed by Eddy's attempt to cheat] "Cliché cartoon antics Eddy? Is that all you've got?" Eddy: [unperturbed by Edd's attempts to win] "In your dreams buzz-boy!"


 * Edd: [recoiling from Ed's breath] "Ed, remind me to lend you some floss."

Trivia

 * It took Ed a whole day to figure out Eddy's question ("How many times does two go into three?"), but in previous episodes, he is able to draw simple conclusions (like the day of the week) in mere seconds.
 * Ed is declared the winner of the race, even though Rolf spoke the rules and saw Ed cross the finish line illegally.
 * When Jonny yells "Eddy's on the home stretch," the soles of his sandals are missing.
 * We learn Jimmy is afraid of clowns.
 * Jonny was the only person that ate one of the jawbreakers in this episode.
 * Ed ate a snail thinking it was a jawbreaker at the end of this episode.
 * The Eds were cheating but Rolf let them cheat to make it more fun to watch.
 * The Eds have to actually fight for the Jawbreakers.
 * This episode proves how mentally slow Ed is, because it takes him a whole night to figure out Eddy's problem.
 * Running gag: The Eds fighting over the jawbreaker.