The scene suddenly shifted without warning, no comical fade like most episode. While it seemed late at night, the strange boy from the opening was there, alone, walking silently up to one of the houses, moving painfully slow before opening the door and going in. The title card faded away and revealed a scene of the Cul-de-sac at night, the audio seemed to be missing or muted.
Now that was weird, as if the opening containing an unknown character wasn't enough, now an ominous title card? Just like something out of those "lost episode" bullshit stories. The choreography of Ed and Double-D was much different as well, Ed running about like an excited puppy while Double-D chased after him, the boy in back watching and chuckling silently at their antic until the whistling stopped.When the opening ended, there was a slight pause, the screen staying black for a while before the title card appeared, a plain blue background with grey letters reading: Goodbye Instead of the short scheming miser, there was a rather tall boy, long black hair and a red cap, smiling to the camera as the whistling played. The narration at the start of the opening jingle omitted Eddy's name, and when the opening itself began, Eddy was oddly absent, in fact, he was replaced. Instead of episode titles and run times on the label, it simply read: Ed, Edd, n Freddy.įreddy? A typo maybe? A joke? Or perhaps even some Halloween bootleg gag mixing a cartoon with a well known horror film? Whatever it was, I was curious, popping it into my VHS player and readying some popcorn. In the back of the box was one last tape, this one rather dusty, as if the owner hadn't watched it in some time before sending it to me. That is, if it really was the end.Īfter a few hours of searching for news and info on the show, I eventually came across an online auction for someone's VHS collection of all the episodes, which I hastily bought, wanting a more physical format for my childhood than YouTube.Ī week later, the collection arrived in the mail, the contents of the package being quite a few tapes, each having several episodes on them which the previous owner thankfully labeled clearly for me. There's nothing I hate more than when a good thing ends. The trip didn't last for long though, after binging on YouTube videos, I eventually watched them all, and that was it, the end. Though recently, I met a friend who reignited my spark in cartoon interests, and upon researching, I found that Ed, Edd, n Eddy continued much longer than when I had stopped watching, even a season revolving around school life, it was quite a nostalgia trip to say the least.
Unfortunately, I eventually started to watch Comedy Central instead of Cartoon Network, a part of growing up I guess, forgetting all about my beloved children's shows in favor of stand-up comedy and "real shows". My parents never liked the show, called it stupid, called it dumb, but that's what cartoons are. I remember the first time I saw it even, it was in a motel up in Maine where my family used to spend a few days every summer, munching on a bagel as I flipped through the channels, always hated having to figure out the channels up there. I have always been a fan of Ed, Edd, n Eddy as a kid.