Hand Me Down Ed

"Hand Me Down Ed" is the 20th episode of Season 4 and the 97th episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. In this episode, strange things begin to happen when a mysterious old boomerang flies into the Cul-de-Sac, reversing the personalities of the kids' and the Eds whenever somebody physically touches it.

Plot
It's a bright sunny day in the Cul-de-Sac and Jimmy is trying to find his centre by meditating. He is currently trying to teach yoga to his stuffed animals. Unfortunately he doesn't get to keep his concentration for long though as Kevin's basketball rudely shatters his karma as well as crushing both Dolly and half of Mr. Yum Yum. Life is tough for Jimmy but there's not much he can do about it, or at least not until he finds an innocent looking boomerang whose touch instantly transforms him into a seething mass of mad muscle bent on Kevin's destruction.

Having caused suitable strife, the boomerang soon slips away from Jimmy (which he reverts back to normal, causing him to run in fear of a furious Kevin) and the next victim on its agenda is Sarah. Currently she has just one thing on her mind - namely maiming Ed, but the moment she touches the boomerang she transforms into the perfect little sister, sweet, loving and oh-so cuddly. Ed is delighted, his friends are disturbed, although not as disturbed as Ed is going to be when the boomerang's effects wear off. After Ed hugs Sarah who is no longer affected by the boomerang, she beats him to a pulp for touching her before storming off.

Trying to set up a scam on Rolf's doorstep the Eds soon find that he's been next in the line of fire when he comes to the door unable to stop singing (Incidentally, Rolf seems like the only one who is aware of the changes but he simply can't stop himself singing), which is where they come into contact with it. Edd of course knows all about boomerangs and how in the country they originate from they are believed to have supernatural power. Ed finds it fascinating, Edd thinks its a quirky fabrication and yes, Eddy's just not listening although very soon all three are paying close attention as one by one the mysterious boomerang changes each of them into something far from natural.

Ed out of nowhere finds his intelligence and whilst Eddy is again not listening, Edd can barely contain his excitement as the big guy spouts scientific theories left, right and center before Eddy snatches the boomerang away from Ed. This in turn transforms him into a motherly person who cares for the briefcase that is now named Casey Junior. Edd just can't explain his friend's behavior while Ed can't wait to babysit Casey and seconds later, it has all changed again as Edd himself is transformed from a fidgety neurotic to a so-laid-back-he's-horizontal chilled out dude who just loves to be his natural self. By now the Eds have realized there's something strange about that boomerang but try as they might they just can't seem to get rid of it, as just like Mother's brussel sprouts, it just keeps coming back.

The boomerang soon traps the Eds onto a tree. All three Eds then get their personalities altered due to them making contact with the boomerang. Ed makes note of how bad a situation they have gotten into, Edd takes off his underwear, claiming he needs to feel some breeze between his knees, and Eddy tries to keep Casey Jr. calm from being alone on the ground and then tells Casey to cover his eyes so he does not see Edd completely naked.

Memorable Quotes
Eddy: [in 'mommy mode'] "Casey Jr's all alone! Mommy's here sweetie, don't cry!" Edd: [in 'laid back mode'] "I'm getting the need to feel the breeze between my knees…" [takes off his underpants] "That's the ticket!" Eddy: "Not in front of the baby please! Casey, you cover your eyes!" Ed: "Distasteful dullard!"
 * Ed: [in 'intellectual mode'] "What an inane, inchoate and in inefficacious journey this has been."


 * Rolf: [surprised then angered by the boomerang sticking out of his underpants] "Hello?" [looks around] "Who threw this whatchmadoohickey at Rolf's posterior?!" [Rolf's personality gets reversed and he starts singing in gibberish; stops himself, then starts singing again]

Edd: "Eddy, come quick, you're not gonna believe this!" Eddy: [angrily] What the heck are you doing over there?! The scam's over here!"
 * Ed: [in 'intellectual mode' and hunched over typewriter] "Chasing Phantoms, a Dissertation on Unifying Field Theory and its Effects on Leptons and Quasars. By Edwin." [Edd blankly stares at Ed being smart; Edd heads over to Eddy]

Edd: [arranging the toothpaste for the scam] "Misrepresenting toothpaste as a character enhancing ointment is far beyond my scope of vocabulary, Eddy." Ed: [clueless] "And I haven't a clue what's going on here, Eddy!" Eddy: "I said 'shut it', stupid!" [clears throat and waits for a moment; no response and rings the doorbell again until Rolf comes out singing in front of the Eds; Eddy gets annoyed and pushes Rolf back inside and the boomerang drops on the ground] "Sheesh. Since when did Rolf turn into one of those stuffed shirt, blowhard singer types? The guy gave me a headache. Next house!" [Edd opens the door and finds Rolf sitting against a wall] Rolf: "Thank you." Edd: [closes the door and finds the boomerang on the doorstep] "Odd. Isn't that the boomerang Sarah had earlier today?" [Ed bumps into Edd's head and questions it] Ed: "Boomerjigger?" Edd: [recoiling from the bump] "Ow. Certainly you've heard of a boomerang, Ed. Its magnificent aerodynamic properties allow it to rotate a distance and return to the initial place of where it was thrown. Used primarily by Natives who believed it to possess supernatural powers, amusing don't you think?" Ed: [picks up the boomerang] "Supernatural?" [personality changes off-screen with the boomerang]
 * Eddy: [ringing Rolf's doorbell] "Double D, act natural, Ed, shut up, and I'll do all the talking."

Edd: "What's happening to us?!" Ed: "Inky-dinky parlez-vous!" Eddy: [aghast] "Where'd the scam go?" Ed: "Here it comes now, Eddy." [charging towards the flying boomerang he threw and gets caught on the neck and propels towards Edd] Edd: "I'm so confused!" [gets hit by the boomerang with Ed on it and gets caught and propels toward Eddy] Eddy: "Who did this to my hair?!" [gets hit with Ed and Edd on it and propels toward the tree branch]
 * Ed: "I feel an analysis is needed in order to determine the quantity of magnitude and direction." [throws boomerang]

Trivia/Goofs

 * Running Gag: People having their personalities altered when they touch the boomerang.
 * The kids' reverse personality while possessing the boomerang are as follows:
 * Jimmy: a very aggressive muscle man just like in the episode "Look Into My Eds."
 * Sarah: a strangely nice and loving, yet creepy, girl.
 * Rolf: a very loud and annoying opera singer.
 * Ed: an extremely intelligent author that also uses quite difficult vocabulary similar to Edd.
 * Edd: a cool laid-back person who apparently does not like to wear clothes or underwear.
 * Eddy: a mother-like figure that talks in a womanly voice and at one point dresses up like one.
 * For some reason, Rolf is the only one who remembers the boomerang's effects and even tries physically to stop himself from singing, also saying "Thank you" when Edd opens the door and looks at normal Rolf. This may be show that his culture is more inclined to believe in mystical objects like this magic boomerang.
 * All the kids seemed to become the exact opposite of what they act like while possessing the supernatural boomerang.
 * Kevin, The Kanker Sisters, Nazz and Jonny are the only ones in the episode that didn't possess or feel the boomerang's effects. Also the Kanker Sisters, Nazz and Jonny were absent from the episode.
 * This is the fourth episode where Kevin's head was exposed. It was exposed previously in "Boys Will Be Eds," "The Day the Ed Stood Still," and "One of Those Eds".
 * This is the third episode where Edd is naked. The other instances were in "Pop Goes the Ed" and "See No Ed."
 * This is the second time Jimmy is a big and strong muscle man. The first time was "Look Into My Eds" when Eddy hypnotized him to become one.
 * When Ed is using the typewriter, he claims that his full name is "Edwin", but in most other episodes when his full name is mentioned by Edd, it's "Edward". However Edd could just think his name is Edward due to it being the most common name for someone named Ed.
 * When Jimmy is seen with the yoga class, Mr. Yum-Yum is acknowledged as the purple bear instead of the rabbit, which is yellow instead of its regular purple.
 * Casey Jr. has his only appearance in this episode.
 * Coincidentally or in reference, Casey Junior is the name of the circus train in the Disney film, Dumbo.
 * One of the frowning faces in the title card is wearing a black, sock-like ski cap similar to Edd's.
 * Most of the time when Ed has the boomerang, he wears reading glasses on. When Eddy took the boomerang from him and gets his personality reversed, Ed was not shown taking off the glasses, along near the end of the episode before he threw it.
 * After Jimmy throws the mailbox on Kevin, He shouts out "I am Jimmy, Hear me roar!" It's likely a reference to Helen Reddy's song 'I Am Woman'.
 * Oddly, Mr. Yum Yum's crushed half of his body cannot be seen even after the mailbox is lifted up.

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