Cool Hand Ed

"Cool Hand Ed" is the 8th episode of Season 5 and the 110th episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, the Eds, plus Jonny 2x4 and Plank, try to escape school early.

Plot
The episode begins with the bell at Peach Creek Jr. High ringing, signaling the beginning of school as the students make their way to their classes. Ed fails to pay attention, Edd is attentive and has his set of organized stationary and Eddy is already bored to tears and struggles to make it through class. The bell rings and they get ready for next period, gym class. Ed naturally handles the fitness stations with ease, while Edd unsurprisingly struggles with them, but Eddy tells them that he's fed up with school and wants to "bust out". Ed and Edd try and talk some sense into him, but Eddy convinces Ed that he will be able to enjoy his B-Rated Films, comics and his beloved gravy back at home and convinces Edd by telling him that he will not have to partake in gym class, the only subject he disdains. Jonny and Plank listen in to their conversation by hiding behind Ed, but Eddy finds them and immediately questions their motives. They reveal that they too are sick of school and wish to escape with them. Eddy refuses, but Plank threatens to "squeal" on them, changing Eddy's mind on the matter. Edd tells them to rendezvous at lunch hour, as it's the only time they can freely traverse around the school.

At lunch, Ed, Eddy, Jonny and Plank scurry around the school to pilfer items from the school and students (i.e. Kevin's tracksuit, various cutlery, a trophy, etc.), which is delivered to Edd, who uses the junk to build an airplane to fly out of school. Ed, Jonny and Plank are fascinated by Edd's creation, while Eddy celebrates his newfound freedom, but his glee soon sours when Nazz discovers the decoys they've set up and reports their absence to the school. A WWII-esque siren rings to notify the school of their absence, indicating to The Eds, Jonny and Plank that the school knows that they're missing. Eddy, Ed, Jonny and Plank hurriedly attempt to stage the escape; preparing the plane for takeoff, despite Edd's warning that the plane is still unfinished. Eddy starts the motor and begins to taxiing of the runway, Edd manages to join them by grabbing the tail of the airplane (Kevin's tracksuit) as they leave terra frima, just in the knick of time. As they begin to gain altitude, the plane suddenly begins to descends, plummeting towards the ground. Edd explains the plane is unable to bear their weight, prompting Eddy to eject Jonny and Plank out of the plane. They regain their altitude, but Edd's jumper gets caught in a tree branch, and is stretched greatly before causing them to get slingshotted back to the school, effectively destroying the plane. The school bell rings and the students leave the school. Eddy blames Edd for their failure, leaving Edd to ask Eddy "What was I thinking?" as the episode ends.

Memorable Quotes
Nazz: "Sounds cool, Kev." Rolf: "Rolf will join you!" Kevin [pointedly]: "Three's a crowd, dude!" Rolf [knowingly]: "Hel-lo…"
 * Kevin: "Let's go to my place for an after-school snack."

Edd: "You can't be serious!" [Eddy silences Double D's mouth; Double D whispers to Eddy] "There are severe consequences to…" [swallows hard] "…skipping school." Ed [afraid of being found out if he skipped school]: "Yeah, Eddy. The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will tell Mom, and Mom will tell Dad, AND DAD WILL JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!" Eddy [whispering in Ed's ear, as camera focuses on his brain]: "Just think of it, Lumpy. All day monster movies, comics and all the gravy you can stomach." [Ed's brain slowly begins to pulsate] Ed: [while grabbing and shaking Edd] "IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT, DOUBLE D!!!!!!"
 * Eddy [whispering to Ed and Edd]: "Okay, here's what were going to do. When the teacher turns around, we make a run for it."

Ed: "A hamburger by any other name would be as cheesy." [Eddy knots up Ed and Jonny's heads together to silence them] Eddy: "Keep it down, numbskulls! We're trying to be sneaky here." Ed [still wondering what the airplane is]: "Is it a hamburger, Eddy?"
 * Jonny [yelling out loud while admiring the appearance of the escape plane]: "Plank says it's a dragon! Right?"

Eddy: "What watches?" Edd: [referring to Eddy's statement] "An omen, I'm sure..."
 * Edd: "Synchronize your watches, men!"


 * Nazz: [addressing the dummy of Edd] "Double D? I was like, wondering if you'd sign my petition? It's for, like, cuter guys for school janitors. Wouldn't that be cool?" [being ignored by "Edd"] "Double D?" [Nazz taps on the dummy several times, sees the head fall off and picks it up] "Are you okay, dude?" [siren alerting students escaping school]


 * Ed: [in the plane] "My name is Ed! FLY ME!"

Trivia/Goofs

 * If you're quick you might spot the nameplate on the teacher's desk at the front of class – Ms. Borroz. Zoë Borroz is Ed, Edd n Eddy's production assistant!
 * Note also that Mr. Antonucci runs the reading club according to the notice in the library! Obviously, he knows that "books aren't too bad!"
 * The book about bulldogs could be a reference to the show's producer Dan Sioui's bulldog named 'Margot', who also appears in the Mis-Edventures game.Books.png
 * When Eddy was spying on Sarah and Jimmy in the wood shop, he watched them through a shelf of books. Coincidentally, there were two books called "How to Escape" and "Invisibility".
 * In addition, the author of "How to Escape" is coincidentally Al B. Gone.
 * Edd created a decoy of himself to place in the library so people won't know that he is gone. Nazz then messed with the decoy and the head fell off. This could be an allusion to the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz where near the end of the film, a security guard discovers that three of the inmates had escaped after the head of one of their decoys fell off the bed.
 * In one scene, Edd speaks the line "Synchronize your watches, gentlemen!" This could be an allusion to the 90's comedy show Parker Lewis Can't Lose in which the main character, Parker, would say the same thing in almost every episode when they were up to something.
 * When Ed says "A hamburger by any other name would be just as cheesy", he is referencing a famous William Shakespeare quote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Jimmy says that line in the episode "For Your Ed Only".
 * If you notice Jonny going to class, you notice he was late to school since school started already before he went in. Look closely how Jonny was sneaking into class while the others were already there.
 * When Eddy was whispering inside Ed's ear, you can see his small brain, a spoon with chunky puffs, and a discarded soda can.
 * All the characters appeared in this episode, but the Kankers, Sarah, and Jimmy did not speak in this episode.
 * This is one of the many episodes where the plot focuses on Jonny and the Eds. Of all the Kids, Jonny has had the most appearances with the Eds.
 * Ed's line "My name is Ed! Fly me!" is a reference to 1970s airline print ads, which often featured a stewardess saying "My name is [name]. Fly me."
 * When Edd shows the finished aircraft to Ed, Eddy, and Jonny, the sky is blue. In the next scene, when the four are looking at the cul-de-sac, the sky is orange, as if the sun is setting. When all the kids leave the school, the sky is blue again.
 * When Jonny was wearing his 'Parachute Outfit', an Urban Ranger badge can be seen pinned on his backpack.
 * In this episode when Edd says "Synchronize your watches, gentlemen!", Eddy asks him "What watches?", meaning that he doesn't have one, though both him and Ed had one in "Don't Rain On My Ed". They might have however lost or broken those watches at some between the latter mentioned episode and this episode.
 * When the alarm goes off, Edd falls off the the ladder and starts the engine. But when they start moving, the ladder disappears.