In Like Ed

"In Like Ed" is a season 2 episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, in which The Eds become suspicious of Kevin and decide to spy on him.

Plot
Eddy has big plans to get rid of all the old junk he's accumulated by having a garage sale, although he's quickly driven to despair by Ed and Edd's ridiculously low prices. However, they're not the only sale on the block, for it seems Kevin has had the same idea and he's making big bucks. How does he do it? Well according to Eddy he's obviously got some sort of sneaky insider information service going on, how else would he know exactly what everyone wants?

Eddy's so sure that Kevin's caught up in some sort of foul play that he coerces Double D into setting up a covert spying operation to keep tabs on his whereabouts. Naturally, Edd can oblige with all sorts of weird yet wonderful inventions to help them along the way, but at the end of the day it all goes inevitably pear-shaped. Ed, as The Claw, death-slides in on his tongue with vengeance; Edd, complete with 'suspect-there's-truth-serum-in-the-punch' analysis detector in his pocket, goes undercover and poses as Nazz and Eddy himself just causes the usual trouble. It's not until a very long time has passed that it dawns on the Eds that what they've stumbled upon is not a gang of spies at all - it's simply Jimmy's birthday party and they've managed to ruin it ... it's time to go out with a bang, quite literally!

Quotes
Rolf: "Ed-boy reminds me to water my yams." Kevin: "Good one!" Rolf: "This is no joke." Kevin: "You're killing me!" [Rolf and Kevin approach Jimmy's house] Rolf: "Hello, direct me to your music box." Sarah: [looks in other directions] "Hmph!" [Sarah closes the door; the Eds pop out from the shrub] Edd: "A coup of some sort."
 * Kevin: [after spotting Ed disguising himself as a birdbath] "I think Ed found his calling in life, huh, Rolf?"

Ed: "Uh, Double D, what's this do?" [shakes coat-hanger] Edd: "That's just a coat-hanger, Ed." Ed: [staring at coat-hanger longingly] "Oh. Mum's the word." Eddy: [picks up a fake jawbreaker] "Wait a minute! I found a jawbreaker!" Edd: [panicking] "Eddy! Stop! No!" [snatches the fake jawbreaker] "It may look like a jawbreaker, but it's actually a baking powder vapor barrier for quick escapes." [rubs the vapor barrier invention] "Why just one lick…" Eddy: [picks up a jetpack] "Hey, look, I found a jetpack!" Edd: "But Eddy, I'm still testing it!" Eddy: [starts up the jetpack] "Works fine, Double D." Edd: "We still need to pick out codenames, Eddy!" Ed: "I am the Claw, and the Claw wishes to fly too!" [Ed grabs the jetpack with the coat hanger and the jetpack flies out of the secret shed lair] Eddy: "Nice one, Ed." Edd: [disappointed] "All that hard work…" [Double D seeing the Kevin Motion Alert System receiving a transmission] "It's the Kevin Motion Alert System! We're receiving a transmission." Eddy: "Zoom in! Zoom in! What's he holding? Where'd you hide the camera, Ed?" Ed: "Only the Claw knows." Kevin: [seeing the badly-camouflaged camera set up and recording] "Huh? Oh, DORKS!" [Kevin knocks down the camera, making the Eds lose transmission and signal] Edd: "We've lost visual contact. We need to switch to field surveillance, Eddy. I'll explain on the way."
 * Eddy: "Quit holding out, Double D. Where's the smoke screens, the oil slicks, the laser watches?"

Eddy: "Nice little soiree." Rolf: [spotting Eddy gatecrashing the party] "I suppose you have an invitation, over-dressed Ed-boy?" Eddy: [trying for suave] "The crow caws at midnight." Rolf: [unmoved] "And the cat sours the basil. Rolf would love to talk politics but I must see your invitation." Eddy: "No problem stretch… Look! Who's that hairy beast eating all the dip?" [runs off] Rolf: [confused] "Nana?"
 * Rolf: "Let me get the door, pale Jimmy." [Eddy crashes the party through the door] "What?!"

Eddy: [nervous] "H-h-hi, Kev." Ed: [delighted as the other kids - all covered in baking soda - angrily advancing towards them] "Oh cool! This reminds me of the movie 'Zombies from the Deep Freeze - A Cash Cow'. This is the part where we'll be torn to pieces, stuffed into ice cube trays, and frozen and used to cool their drinks!" Edd: "Non-alcoholic, I hope?"
 * Kevin: [angry while holding a stick] "Where were we?"

Eddy: "Hey, hey, hey!" Sarah: "You're right, Jimmy. He's still breathing." Jimmy: "Too bad, let's make some three-berry slushies, Sarah." Eddy: "Hey!" [snatches the blender from Jimmy] "You gotta pay for that first." Sarah: [smacks Eddy's face with the blender] "He already did, fathead!" Jimmy: "I got it from Kevin for a nickel."
 * Sarah: [tapping on Eddy's head] "Coochie-coochie-coo!"

Ed: "Service is my middle toe! Check please!" Eddy: "Should've ate breakfast, Ed."
 * Eddy: [after seeing Ed make weird noises while pretending to be a motor car] "Did you eat breakfast this morning, Ed?" [grabs a blender from a box] "Here, give this to Double D to put on the table."

Trivia

 * Jimmy celebrates his birthday in this episode.
 * Many of Edd's inventions appear in this episode such as:
 * Baking Powder Vapor Barrier
 * Grappling Hook Gun
 * Transmitter Broom
 * Jet Pack
 * Recorder Bucket
 * X-Ray Goggles
 * Level 2 of Ed, Edd n Eddy - The Mis-Edventures ("Pin the Tail on the Ed") has a similar plot to this episode, where you play as the Eds to get into Jimmy's birthday party, but by going under the sewer and fighting sewer gators and trying to destroy all the piñatas.
 * Here's a list of overpriced items at Eddy's table:
 * The helmet from "Ready, Set, Ed"- $50


 * A bottlecap- $10


 * A Torn Glove- $25


 * Water (not including a cup)- $10


 * A Cup to hold the water- $15


 * Eddy's School Photo- $20


 * A Screw- $5


 * A Pencil- $10


 * A toothbrush- $15


 * A carton of milk (yuck)- $50


 * A list of "overfair" items at Edd's table:
 * A lamp- 50¢


 * An hourglass- 25¢


 * A toy duck- 10¢


 * A pair of ice skates- 5¢


 * A sack of comics- 2¢


 * A jacket- Free


 * A dinosaur model- Unknown Price


 * Eddy's blender- Unknown Price


 * One of the Elevation Boots- Unknown Price


 * A list of "unorganized" items at Ed's table:
 * Car door- 5¢


 * His Dad's canoe- 20¢


 * His Mom's dryer- 15¢


 * Other items- Unknown Price
 * Table- 5¢


 * Coincidentally, Eddy and Kevin's blenders look exactly the same.
 * In the aftermath of the explosion of Edd's invention, the kids appear from the wall, leaving an imprint in the powder. Nazz's imprint, unlike the others', which are orange, is green (or maybe she was on a different wall, and the wall color was green).
 * When Edd is showing his stuff for sale we see the Elevation Boots from the episode "A Pinch to Grow an Ed". However, the shoes were destroyed in the episode "A Pinch to Grow an Ed" and are present in this episode. Had they been repaired? They must have been destroyed again, because a later appearance in the episode "3 Squares and an Ed" shows them in a damaged state.
 * The Kankers don't appear in this episode.
 * The Eds' codenames:
 * Ed: The Claw
 * 1) Edd (Double D): The Professor
 * 2) Eddy: Loudmouth