The Old Abandoned House

The Old Abandoned House
Location:	The Cul-de-Sac (series) The Lane (The Mis-Edventures)
No. of floors:	Approximately 3
First appearance:	"Honor Thy Ed"
Other appearances:	"Nightmare on Ed Street"

The Old Abandoned House is a dilapidated mansion-like home located on the corner of a nondescript cul-de-sac located somewhere near the main the Cul-de-Sac that first appeared in "Honor Thy Ed". The house has been the subject of local urban legends, as The the kids of the neighborhood believe that someone (or something) ghastly and evil inhabits the abandoned house on account of its decrepit state. As a result the house is seldom explored as the rumors keep everyone away from the place. It was only after the Eds explored the house on account of a dare did they discover that the place was being used as a hideout by the Kanker Sisters.

The abandoned house is old and falling apart. The interior is bigger than what the exterior may imply, with two floors, a large basement and several rooms. The front door leads to the living room containing blanketed tables and chairs and a fireplace with a mantle. There is also a spiral staircase that leads upstairs to a library full of books, one of which opens a secret trapdoor to a tunnel of which Edd inadvertently activates. The basement is a small area which contains some old washing machines, a collection of fun-house mirrors, and a dumbwaiter which Ed was unfortunate to be caught in, having been lured by Chunky Puffs. Other rooms throughout the house include a small girl's room which has a dancing ballerina box and a hidden tunnel leading to sub area of the house that the Kankers used to set up a makeshift tunnel-of-love. In Ed, Edd n Eddy - The Mis-Edventures, the basement has an additional elevator that leads directly to the library floor.

The kids of the Cul-de-Sac have spread wild rumors about the previous owner of the house. Ed claims that it is simply haunted and that nobody should look at it. Jonny states that it's home to a mad logger that cuts down trees and hacks them into coffee tables, while Rolf claims it is home to a provoked opera singer who lures children into the house with enchanted arias.

Rooms

First Floor

• Living Room - An antiquated living room with purple-painted walls, a stone fireplace, a curved stairway to the second floor, doors to other rooms and the entrance, a few sofas covered in sheets, tables, and a light fixture in the ceiling. Oddly, it makes the house seem larger than it does outside. In Ed, Edd n Eddy - The Mis-Edventures, a saw table is added to corner with Mr. Yum Yum strapped to it.
• Hallways - Basic hallways matching the house's theme.
• First Bedroom - A pink-themed bedroom. Includes a vanity with a ballerina themed musical jewelry box that plays "Mexican Hat Dance". In The Mis-Edventures, there is a hidden compartment in the room that holds Marie's Twin'Axle Grease can.
• Second Bedroom - This bedroom appeared only in The Mis-Edventures. A rather empty room save a bunk bed, a wardrobe, and doors to the halls, bathroom, and secret passage. A switch causes the bed to fold up into the wall.
• Bathroom - This room appeared only in The Mis-Edventures. A typical bathroom connected to the second bedroom (and possibly the first bedroom given the fact it's close-by with the walls missing). Contains a sink, toilet, bathtub, water heater, all in the same shade of sickly green, reminiscent of Ed's bathroom. A mannequin and a trophy shelf are also present.
• Multipurpose Room - This room appeared only in The Mis-Edventures. Contains a TV set that can be turned on by Edd or Eddy, but cracked by Ed, a dining table and chairs, a wardrobe, and a switch that reveals a secret passage.

Second Floor

• Library - A library containing bookcases, a few tables, a spiral stairway that leads down to the basement, and an open window where Jimmy claimed to have seen a dark figure. A trap door can be triggered from a lose book on one of the shelves that connects to hidden passage where the Kankers' Tunnel-of-Love train ride begins. Oddly, in The Mis-Edventures, the library is completely different. No windows or stairway, instead a one-way elevator from the basement, and a secret passage that leads to a dome-like structure, which cannot even be seen from outside. It's plausible that this is a different library than before. May's Taxidermy book is in a small compartment in the dome structure.
• Rec Room - A basic room with bookshelves, a billiard table, a fireplace, a trophy and an upper walkway. Lee's Ship-in-a-Bottle is stashed within the billiard table.

Basement

• Laundry Room - A basic laundry room containing a washer, dryer, laundry sink, water heater, and a puddle of sludge on the floor. The stairway leading down to here has a trap trigger of sucking in a rug which Eddy got caught in. To release, one must pull the switch at the top of the stairs, concealed by a piggy bank which was more than enough to bait Eddy.
• Mirror Room - A smaller room connected to the laundry room, filled with many mirrors of all styles. A spiral stairway leads up to the library, baited with books for Edd, and a dumbwaiter which leads to an unknown room, baited with a box of Chunky Puffs for Ed.
• Large Storage Room - Actually two rooms well below the living room. First room contains the stairs, an elevator that leads up to the library, and lots of cases and boxes of junk. Second room is much smaller, holding a sandbox, more junk, and the switch to power the elevator. Strangely, this section of the basement is not connected to the basement rooms seen in "Honor Thy Ed".
• Hidden Tunnel - An extensive hallway of sorts that runs underneath the house that the Kankers turned into a makeshift "tunnel-of-love" and roller coaster (with the coaster being comprised of a model train track set). The tunnel terminates into a vacant storage room.

Appearances

"Honor Thy Ed"

Kevin bets the Eds to go into the house, promising to reward them with a jawbreaker if they complete it, but Ed and Eddy decide to spook the kids by pretending that someone is attempting killing them. A hand that is strangling Ed is revealed to be his and the kids realize they're joking. However, fun turns to fright when they cannot open the door to get outside. Eventually, all three are separated from each other and are led to a love-themed roller coaster meant to deliver the three directly to the Kanker Sisters to take part in a forced wedding ceremony.

Ed, Edd n Eddy - The Mis-Edventures

The Abandoned House is the location for the fifth level of the game. The house is expanded with new areas as well as an infestation of live bats and spiders. Jimmy has lost Mr. Yum Yum and is later seen on the windowsill of the abandoned house. He sends the Eds to retrieve it, paying them some cash in return, but only if he made it back unharmed. It is revealed that Eddy told Ed to hide the toy in the house to scam Jimmy, but Ed had hidden it on the mantle, not the windowsill. Then the Kankers kidnap Mr. Yum Yum and will only return him if the Eds retrieve them each a gift. After completing the grueling task, they return Mr. Yum Yum to Jimmy. It is then revealed that Mr. Yum Yum has in-fact been cut in half and as a result Jimmy runs away scared, leaving the Eds without a reward.

Trivia

• The location of the abandoned house has changed between it's two appearances. In "Honor Thy Ed", it is shown to be on a nondescript street near a Cul-de-Sac. In The Mis-Edventures, the house is on a steep hill behind the main Cul-de-Sac accessible by traveling down the Lane.

Gallery

The unkempt front yard

A front view of the house, with the dandelions cleared up

The foyer

A room

The basement/laundry room

The mirror room

The library

The Love Rollercoaster

Edd climbing down the secret passage beneath the library

A six-legged spider - the house's only inhabitant

See also

• Haunted House Dare