Dim Lit Ed

"Dim Lit Ed" is the 8th episode of Season 3 and the 60th episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, Edd has had enough of low IQs and decides to educate the unwilling masses.

Plot
Edd is exasperated, wherever he goes in Peach Creek he finds he's up against a losing battle for intelligence - Jonny is always stuck hanging by his head and Eddy has reached his nadir in planning to sell haberdashery dolled up as exotic pets! It seems to Edd that the IQ level is falling fast and its high time something was done about it and of course who better than Edd himself to shed a little golden light knowledge on everyone whether they want it or not?

Edd duly rounds up the Kids and holds an impromptu school for the unwilling miscreants but of course they'd all rather be doing something else - like making fun of him for example. Luckily he manages to capture their attention with a scavenger hunt, or rather it's the prize for the winner of the hunt that gets the attention although Edd doesn't actually get to reveal what's on offer as everyone is too busy jumping to the wrong conclusion. Nevertheless, they seem inspired and race off to follow the clues. However, once out of Edd's supervision, it all goes to ruin and Edd has problems of his own as Eddy and Ed try to get him to reveal the prize which is naturally not to everyone's liking and inevitably Edd gets pounded for his trouble. He's better off with the idiots anyway. Iguana anyone?

Memorable Quotes

 * Ed: [fighting with a snake (basically a belt wrapped around his head)] "It has blinded me with its venom!"

Edd: "You need help, you all need help!" [runs away]
 * Eddy: [looking at the football] "Hey, with a little paint, that football could look like an alligator."


 * Jonny: [head jammed in Wilfred's mouth] "I can hear the ocean, Plank!"

Edd: "Ed, why would a watermelon want to be a tree?" Ed and Eddy: "Jawbreaker please!" [Eddy holds out his hands] Edd: [unimpressed] "You're not even close!" [heads over to a nearby tree] "A tree." [picks out an acorn from the tree] "Oh, look! An acorn!" [talking to the acorn] "Wait, yes, uh-huh. Okay, I'll tell them." [talking to Ed and Eddy] "I'm a little acorn and when I grow up I want to be A TREE! Acorn, BECOMES A TREE! Acorn, BECOMES TREE! Acorn…" Eddy: [looks and talks to Ed while Double D is talking] "This is gonna take..." Sarah: "...Forever, Jimmy. This is stupid!"
 * Ed: [while setting down watermelon] "I win! Jawbreaker please."

Rolf: "Hello…?" Edd: "Get rid of that gum." Rolf: [bemused] "This is no gum. It is the grease off of Papa's foot soakings." Edd: [impatient] "Now!" [Edd continues to talk while Rolf wedges the goop firmly on a nearby flat surface, Plank]
 * Edd: [acting the teacher sees Rolf chewing] "Rolf!"

Nazz: "What's the prize Double D?" Jonny: "Is it wood varnish?" Jimmy: "Shiny new tweezers?" Sarah: "A new brother?" Rolf: "It must be a Jawbreaker." Eddy [surprised]: "Jawbreaker?" Rolf: "Glistening with sugar like the sweat on Nana's upper lip."
 * [Edd is announcing there is to be a grand prize for whoever wins the scavenger hunt but not actually getting to say what it is as he's interrupted with...]

Jimmy: [peeping in Rolf's bag] "This bag is full of beets. What clue is beets?" Rolf: [sourly and takes back the beet from Jimmy's hands] "Know nothing! The humble beet is the answer to all riddles. You bore Rolf." [smacks Jimmy aside with his sack of beets] "Rolf must claim his prize as he is victor!"
 * Rolf: [heaving a heavy bag along] "Why do you cry, feeble one? You must shed tears of joy! As Rolf is the victor of the scavenger hunt."

Edd: "Ed, please stop!" Eddy: "You know what will make him stop, Double D. Tell us where you hid that jawbreaker!"
 * Ed: [repeatedly slaps Edd's belly] "Pink belly! Pink belly! Pink belly!"

Eddy: "The iguana ain't dead, windbag, it's just… uh…" Edd: "…sleeping like a baby, Kevin. That'll be 25 cents." Jonny: [hands over the money] "Sold!" Edd: "I'm surrounded by idiots." Eddy: "Who's complaining?"
 * Kevin: [looking at buying an eddy exotic pet] "Is this thing supposed to be dead?"

Nazz: "You're not even trying. Don't you want to win that jawbreaker?" Kevin: "What for? I got a whole garage full of jawbreakers, remember?" Nazz: [looks at the sheet] "This is stupid."
 * Kevin: [looking at the clue sheet] "Nazz this is so stupid."

Trivia/Goofs

 * While Edd is educating the kids, Rolf sits behind Jonny. In another shot, he is behind Jimmy.
 * When Edd is explaining that the belt Ed and Eddy are messing with is not a snake, he has dirt on his hat in two scenes, but none in the next shot.
 * This is one of the episodes that proves it takes place in the summer, because Edd says at one point, "Our break from school."
 * When the alligator is being pulled away from the kids, Wilfred suddenly disappears!
 * Running gags:
 * Eddy and Ed thinking miscellaneous objects are creatures.
 * Edd educating the kids.
 * Edd thinking the kids are uneducated.
 * People searching for the clues that Edd gave them to win the prize.


 * This is one of the few episodes where Eddy has money at the end.
 * When Wilfred is looking at the "alligator", you can see him smile!
 * This episode is dedicated to Shawn "Wilfrid" Godin (1979-2001).
 * The Kankers don't appear in this episode.
 * Ed was holding the leash with the "alligator" before. When Double D pulls the "alligator" with the fishing rod, he was not holding the leash.
 * Ed said "Pink belly" about 6 times in this episode.

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