EEnE Big Picture Show Review

WARNING: This review is strictly focused on a made of TV Movie finale of a TV show. If you do not wish to find out what happens without having seen it for yourself, please stop where you are and go watch the movie so as not to encounter any spoilers. Thank you.

Hello, I'm Fhqwhgads-2. Bringing you your favorite series into my own fan fiction image.
*cut to Ed, Edd n Eddy opening*
Ah yes. Ed, Edd n Eddy. One of my favorite shows of all time. I always enjoyed the weirdness and funny lines and out of nowhere jokes that this cartoon had to offer. To this day, it's still one of my favorites. I never got tired of it no matter how many times I watched it. Like I said before, it was never quite the same every time. And I knew this show would last a long time. And it did. Until it came up to its made for TV movie that brought the Ed Era to an end...AKA, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.

*show the title of the movie and play clips of the movie*

This movie shows that all good things must come to an end. Sadly, Ed, Edd n Eddy is no exception. The film brought us something that we never did get to see until up to this point: Eddy's Brother. As you may know from the show, he was talked about a lot. And we never really did get to see an onscreen appearance of him on the show. But with what the Eds have to do, they finally get to meet him. But that's not until the climax, so we have much to talk about until we get to it. But this was still a great way to end the show. And you'll see why. So now, let's look at Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show.

*start off with the Cul-De-Sac*

Hm...looks like an ordinary day in the Cul-De-Sac. Nothing seems out of the ordinary.
*credits change scenery*
Whoa...the credits really make a sudden appearance, don't they?
*pan to the lane with the destruction of the latest scam*
What the...? What happened here? Did something happen that we don't know about? Was with all the ruins here? I mean, damn! What could have caused that?
*end open credits sequence and cut to Ed getting ready to escape*
What's with Ed? Why is he freaking out so much?
Ed: TROUBLE! BAD! BIG! *pops toast in toaster, gathers sponges and other things and butters toast as it pops up*
Ed! Calm down! What is going on?!
Ed: *to his sponges* Save yourselves! *tosses them* Be free, dear friends! *runs off* TROUBLE! BAD! BIG!
Well, maybe Double D will know what's happening.
*cut to Double D's room*
Kinda dark, isn't it?
Double D: *writing a letter and thinking* Beloved parents. By the time you read this, I will be long... far... *speaking* Oh dear. *throws paper away, starts writing and thinks again* Dearest mother and father. It is with great shame... *halts to contain his wailing* ...that I regretfully... confess to... *halts again* ...I regretfully confess to my involvement of the inexcusable, unconciousable, reprehensible, abhorrent, detrimental, detestable- *speaks in a choking voice and tears spilling with scratchy writing* -immoral, thoughtless, HURTFUL...*stops* Oh, what have we done?! *cries*
Yeah! What have you done?!
*Eddy's house*
Now, Eddy's freaking out! What is it? Why are they in such a panic? Well, Double D and Ed show up and hide with him. But not before a little contemplation on what happened.
Eddy: This is all your fault, Sockhead.
Edd: My fault? Funny isn't it how it's always my fault when yet another of your amazing scams goes awry.
Eddy: Yeah. Well, I didn't see you stop me. You should have known it would go bad.
Ed: And boy, did it go bad.
The truth is, the kids are furious at the Eds for their latest scam and plan to tear them limb from limb. They hide in the one place they couldn't possibly be found in: Eddy's Brother's room. They try to find a way out without getting caught by the kids, but due to the bricks in O-Ed-Eleven, that ain't happening. So, instead, they try taking the car to get out.
Double D: In case of movie break glass?!
Eddy: Bingo! *breaks the container* My bro's always prepared! *takes out a peanut* A peanut?!
Ed: Cheap movie.
As it turns out, the key to Eddy's Brother's car is inside the peanut, and they start taking off when the kids burst in getting ready to pound them, but it won't start. So, Ed comes up with a new plan.
Ed: I AM ED! *bursts through car floor and has his legs do all the moving* CHEESE AND MACARONI! *bursts through the house and runs off*
Of course, that doesn't stop the other kids with their pursuit on them. Sarah and Jimmy are quite intrigued with this and can't wait to see the Eds get thrashed. As the Eds escape, it results in the ultimate chase scene on the show. It's so terrifying for them, even Plank scares them.
Jonny: *through a close up and a zoom out* LET 'EM HAVE IT, BUDDY!
After a drive over the fences covering the lane, Rolf's biting battalion, Kevin ambushing them at the junkyard, Double D getting carsick, and the ultimate surrounding of their lives by who used to be their friends, the Eds manage to get away from them by spinning on the wheel at the playground and launching like a Bullet Bill out of the Cul-De-Sac.
Kevin: DOOOOOOOOORKS!!! *throws wrench on ground*
This is where the kids insist on stopping until they give the Eds their vengeance. And Jonny and Plank have something special in store. As the kids get ready to bring the Eds down, are Sarah and Jimmy showing any concern about them? Nope. They're ecstatic and decide to enjoy watching the onslaught. So, yeah, nobody is going to help the Eds out of this one.

Meanwhile, the car and the Eds land in a desert area after the launch and notice they're far away from them. And then Ed hits a rock from out of nowhere.
Eddy: Way to go, Lummot! The only rock for miles, and you had to hit it!
This makes Double D lose it. Everything he was supposed to represent was all destroyed.
Ed: Double D's dark side makes my armpits sweat, Eddy.
Eddy: What doesn't?
So, what do they do? They decide to go find the one person who can get them out of this dilemma. And where are they headed?
Eddy: MY BIG BRO'S PLACE!!!
Before we go to the next scene, let's label the out of order car, shall we? *Double D labels the car as "out of order"* There we go.

Now, back at Peach Creek, Jonny is sneaking around as Rolf packs up for his trip. What are they up to?
*Jonny and Plank enter a cave lair built under a tree decorated with watermelon decor*
What the heck are they doing?
*they spin around in their chairs, emerge from a stump, and come out as Captain Melonhead and Splinter the Wonder Wood*
Jonny: SHED A TEAR, CAUSE CAPTAIN MELONHEAD AND SPLINTER THE WONDER WOOD ARE HERE! *jumps on trampoline and gets caught in fence only to get his melon on backward now* HOLY TOLEDO, SPLINTER! MY MELONVISION! IT'S GONE! *pauses* Who's an idiot? *adjusts melon with eyeholes facing his eyes*
And with that, everyone's favorite juicy superhero is off to save the day.
Meanwhile, Kevin and Nazz are on their way to give the Eds a pounding. But after a sudden crash, Kevin shows sympathy for Nazz. No wait, I mean his bike. This becomes a running gag in the movie here. After they find out that they're going to see Eddy's Brother, Kevin finds it as a race against time to stop them before they get to him.

Let's check in on Rolf. He made it to the desert area the Eds just left from and spots the tracks Ed's feet made. That's when he sees the wreck of the car. Upon an attack with air because the Eds aren't there anymore, he starts studying by frying an egg on the engine of the car. And Wilfred squeals a bit. This leads to Rolf's best line in the film.
Rolf: Wilfred! You interrupt Rolf's study! Do you think this is party time for 1999? NO!
Did you hear that? Listen to it again!
Rolf: Do you think this is party time for 1999? NO!
Rolf brought up the year the show premiered! Isn't that amazing!? That's the best reference ever! Rolf wins! Rolf wins! The award for best random line goes to Rolf for his reference to the premiere of the show!
*everyone applauds Rolf*
Rolf: Rolf is pleased!
Now, back to the plot. After making an old style Egg McMuffin and a getting into a tussle with Wilfred, Rolf finds the "out of order" label Double D left on the car. With Wilfred getting the scent, they're close now.

Back with the Eds. They're in the midst of a little cow farm, and guess what they saw at first.
Ed: Can your brother send me brain waves too, Eddy?
Eddy: If only you HAD a brain, Ed.
Ed: Ow, come on, Eddy, have a heart!
Double D: Courage, COURAGE EDDWARD!
Wizard of Oz much? There's just one little problem they figured out. They don't know where Eddy's Brother lives. So, they're pretty much trekking the road not knowing where they're going.
*play the maze song from the Phineas and Ferb episode We Call It Maze*
It's so much fun not knowing where you're goin'
Take a left or a right just going without really knowin'
Whether marchin', flyin', crawlin', waltzin' or rowin'
There's no surprise in life if you know where you're goin'
*end song*
But with a postcard that big bro sent Eddy, there might be an answer. *sees the return address smudged out* Oh, never mind. But Double D does have an idea. He recalls all the pranks Eddy's Brother pulled over the show's time in past episodes and thinks of it as a clue. Ed suggests that he has a connection with a gag factory in Lemon Brook. You know, the place with all those tough football players that slaughtered the Peach Creek team? But in any case, Big Bro must either work there or be one of their best customers. So, that's where they're heading next.

As we cut to Sarah and Jimmy, we see they're on their way for the thrashing. Their picnic is all set and they don't wanna miss a minute of it. But Jimmy finds that they're going through the trailer park as a shortcut and gets left behind in terror. But he still goes to follow Sarah only to have a run in with someone. Guess who? Time's up! It's the Kankers. They're doing their laundry and find Jimmy calling him Dutch. May treats him like a baby, Lee makes him act like her husband, and Marie makes him do her laundry. But as Jimmy reveals the fate of the Eds, Sarah steps in to save Jimmy...but gets tortured by the Kankers as well, her treatment being a wet willy. Jimmy confesses about the Eds' latest scam and that everyone wants to throttle them. And since the Kankers are smitten with the Eds, they're gonna make sure that doesn't happen. And they decide to take Sarah and Jimmy with them.

Sunflower Field, and Double D now has a sextant with him. Ed and Eddy's tomfoolery almost break it, leading to the most adult joke in the entire show's history.
Double D: It's all fun and games, but marinating nearly cost us this sextant!
*Ed and Eddy stop playing*
Eddy *giggling* You catch that Ed? *to Edd* Uh, the what? I missed it. What's it called?
Edd: It's called a sextant, an astronomical instrument used to...
Ed: *giggles*
Eddy: Sorry, I missed it. What's it called?
Double D: It's commonly known as a sextant, Eddy.
*Ed and Eddy howl into laughter*
Ed: Say it again, Double D!
Double D: *realizes what is funny about the word "sextant"* Oh my! *walks embarrassingly* You won't be laughing when this unnamed device triangulates our position and gives us a precise location to the true direction of the gag factory.
Eddy: Wanna bet?
Yikes. How'd they get away with that? Well, soon enough, they reach the gag factory.

Rolf makes his way to the cow plains the Eds passed through and is close behind. While he's milking a giant cow, Wilfred wanders off.
Rolf: WILFRED!

Back at the factory, the Eds look around for Eddy's Brother...
Ed: *busts down door with head* Knock, knock! I am Ed!
but nothing really happens. The gag is abandoned and was shut down years ago. But a lot of gag items were left behind. Like this electric gum that shocks Ed into a sequence of his past personas. Double D finds no clues in the office and labels the old filing cabinet as "Dusty dusty dusty". Soon, he finds Ed and Eddy are nowhere around and then comes across what appears to be them having been stabbed in their skulls to death by someone.
Ed: If looks could kill, I'd be dead!
But it turns out it's just a prank they pulled on Double D to get a laugh out. Of course, Double D was really worried and didn't find it funny at all. I'm sure no one who get pranked like that would. As an apology, Ed offers Double D some jelly beans...which is just the old paper snake in the jar gag that explodes everywhere. Keven and Nazz aren't too far behind now.

Meanwhile, as Wilfred enjoys some sausages...which is kinda disturbing...Rolf looks around for his swine sidekick pretending to be sad when he really wants to beat his pig with a shoe. And for that, the little piggy bashes Big Bad Rolf and drops all the supplies on him and runs off, leaving Rolf's head stuck in a meat grinder.

After that huge blast from the jelly bean jar, Ed and Eddy look for Double D, who is hanging for his life over a waterfall.
Eddy: HEY, SOCKHEAD! CAN YOU SEE MY BRO'S PLACE FROM THERE?!
Double D: NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
And after a little boost in getting Double D down and a big splash, Eddy says that his brother is a whaler.
*cut to the moon episode of Futurama*
Robotic whalers: We're whalers on the moon
We carry a harpoon
But there ain't no whales
So we tell folk tales
And sing this whaling tune
*cut back to the movie*
Double D gets an idea that if they float down the creek, they'll find Eddy's Brother. Will it work?

Back with Sarah, Jimmy, and the Kankers, the kids are pulling the Kankers by a wagon and struggling with it. This is where Sarah fakes them out and tries to get her and Jimmy away.

Meanwhile, Jonny and Plank, still in their superhero outfits, look all over Peach Creek for the Eds. He's way behind the others. With the little progress being made, they decide to take a bus.
Jonny: If it means we bring down those three maniacs, WE'RE TAKING A BUS TO JUSTICE!

Back at the gag factory, Kevin and Nazz look around to see where the Eds are, only to have just missed them. After a few gags getting to them, finding the dusty label Double D left and a little slip, a machine lifts Kevin's bike up and they try to get it before it gets in trouble. And would you be surprised that Kevin chooses his bike over Nazz?

Meanwhile, after a little construction, and a little hatless Double D joke that really disappoints us since we don't get to see what's under the hat, the boat is made. And what's it called?
Double D: S.S. Mutant Almost A Chicken Duck?
Eddy: *to Ed* I'm surprised you didn't run out of paint.
Now, sail away, Eds! Sail onward to Big Bro!

As the Kankers quarrel over having lost Sarah and Jimmy and keep looking for them, the kids get away and find Wilfred who got away from Rolf. Using a candied apple as bait for Wilfred, they ride away from the Kankers.

Meanwhile, Jonny and Plank get aboard the bus. For a second, they get separated, and this is the one time where you get to see the full bodies of adults on the show, but not their faces. It turns out Plank's driving the bus all the way to the Eds.
Jonny: PLAAAAAAANK!!!

The S.S. Mutant Almost A Chicken Duck has sunk in a swamp.
Ed: *diving in* BUTTERED TOAST!
And Ed and Eddy play around a bit more only to get themselves...STUCK IN QUICKSAND!!! AND THEY'RE GOING UNDER FAST!
Ed: To all the girls I loved before!
Double D tries to save them...but is too late. Now that they're gone, he's so down about what happened. But...*sighs* it's just another one of Ed and Eddy's jokes on him. And let me tell you, that was low. Even for them. Double D is now completely at a loss with them and decides to leave the group. After a little feud with Eddy over what had gone on this day, he thinks he'd rather go home and take the blame and beating for what happened then continue on. But then...Eddy and can't stand the sight of Double D leaving.
Ed: *sobbing* Like hop, skip, and no jump! Like up, up, and no away! Like blah, blah, without the other blah!
Eddy admits it was all his fault and starts to cry himself. And Double D, upon hearing Eddy apologize and confess, decides to go back.
Double D: Gotcha.
And now, back on the road to Eddy's Brother's place!

Now, we're back with Kevin and Nazz again, and Nazz is not too happy after what happened going through the sewer line from the gag factory. Kevin just pays too much attention to that bike and not enough attention to Nazz. After a fire is made, they start to relax and unwind after what happened that day. And Kevin, seeming as though he's having a moment with Nazz for once, brings in the bike.
Nazz: *grabs bike and tosses it in the swamp tree* THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF YOUR STUPID BIKE!!!
Kevin: I just don't get her, man.
Ya think? But suddenly, Nazz screams in fear and something happens to her, leaving Kevin alone.

So, how's Rolf doing? Last time we saw him, he got his head caught in a meat grinder. And it looks like it still is. He can't get it off, but as soon as he gets hit by something coming his way, it peels off and his head is free. But what's the first thing he sees after all that? None other than the Kankers! With that, he's captured by them!

As the Eds continue on their quest with the help of some fireflies...
Ed: Fancy bug butts, I must say.
they decide to stop for the night and get some sleep. And it's not at a motel, since they don't have money.
Eddy: I would if that stupid scam worked.
So, they stop in a safe place that looks like a nice knoll. And Double D labels the place.
Eddy: "Yet another boulder"...HEY, SOCKHEAD! Quit turning everything into your bedroom!
And for that, our heroes rest.

The next morning, Kevin is back on the road wondering what happened to Nazz...with one theory.
Kevin: What's the use? Probably getting back at me...for what, I don't know.
*sarcastically* Gee, I wonder what Nazz would be getting back at you for! *normal* But then, he sees...Eddy?
Kevin: TIME'S UP, DORKO!
Actually, it's Marie disguised as Eddy as she was luring Kevin into a trap. Not only does the trap work, but the bike is so wrecked now.
Kevin: NOOOOOOO!!!

As the Eds begin waking up, Double D finds the most disturbing sleeping position ever. He's underneath Ed's butt. And boy, is it smelly. And soon enough, the ground starts shaking due to Ed's gut being empty.
Ed: Yep. Belly's empty.
And without any breakfast, he goes hysterical. And Eddy thinks Ed's leading them to breakfast, but it's really...a cliff! And as they fall, they land on...a Ferris wheel? Of course, with Ed, he gets them off in a painful by crashing into a sign.
Eddy: I'm really startin, to hate slapstick.
Ed: *holding a really old corn dog* Breakfast, guys. FINDERS, KEEPERS! *eats it*
Eddy: Glutton.
Double D looks at the sign and notices that it's familiar. As it turns out, the postcard and the sign for "Mondo A Go-Go" are the same! THEY MADE IT!
Eddy: WE'RE HERE!
And as they look all over the park, Ed comes across something.
Ed: WHALE!
He's pointing at a trailer that's shaped like a whale. So, they have found the place. This is where the moment of truth is nigh.

Sarah and Jimmy are back on the road and slip off of Wilfred. Wilfred squeals about something to them and wants them to follow them.
Sarah: Oh, for Pete's sake.
And they're headed for...MONDO A GO-GO!!!

Well, it looks like the Eds have finally found their calling, but...not before the Kankers show up to protect their sweethearts! And who's also there? The Kankers' hostages, Rolf, Nazz, and Kevin! And then Wilfred, Jimmy, and Sarah arrive in the scene. And now, Kevin gets ready to start what he had been waiting to do! But Eddy knows that his big bro will save him, and with that, proceeds to bring him out. And this it...the unveiling of Eddy's Brother.
Eddy's Brother: Just a sec...*unlocks door*
Hold on. He's gotta unlock the door.
*enter Eddy's Brother*
And there he is. After all these years of only being heard about in each season, he's finally on screen. And Ed and Double D are ecstatic to meet him.
Ed: I smell my fingers after I eat cheese!
Lovely. So, it seems that the Eds are going to live happily ever after...OR DOES IT!? It turns out Eddy's Brother wants to play around with him. And wouldn't you know it, Eddy's Brother is a total dick!
Eddy: Bro, give it up.
Eddy's Brother: Give it up? I thought you wanted to hang with your hero!
Eddy: *scared* I do, Bro, I do!
Double D: Mr. Eddy's Brother! As the older sibling, don't you think you should rather be setting an example for Eddy? And not, um... *loses steam after Eddy's Brother gives him an evil smile* belittle him... in front of his... friends?
Eddy's Brother: Belittle? He's always been little! I like you, girlfriend. *pounds Double D with Eddy* You've got spunk!
This is where it gets ugly. Now that Eddy's Brother is doing what he always did to his little brother in the past, the kids are fed up with watching him doing what they were going to do to the Eds from the beginning of the movie. Ed takes the door of the trailer apart and smacks Eddy's Brother with it and knocks him unconscious.
Eddy's Borther: *in slow motion* Uncle...*falls to the ground unconscious*
And now, Eddy has something to confess.
Eddy: I made it all up, Double D. Everything about my brother was a lie. I made things up so people would like me and think I was cool. But boy was I wrong. The scam, my brother, this...when am I gonna learn, Double D?
Double D: I think you just have, Eddy...
Eddy has finally learned his lesson. BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP THE KIDS FROM DOING WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING! And now...IT'S A CELEBRATION!
Rolf: LET ROLF RUB THE PIT OF VICTORY, ED BOY! *rubs Eddy's armpit*
Nazz: I'm so glad you're okay, dude! *kisses Eddy* You're awesome!
Eddy: I am?
Kevin: I gotta admit, pal, that was so choice!
Eddy: *smiling* It was?
After confessing everything, Eddy is now off the hook and the Eds are loved for once! The normal everyday slaughter they got into is now over! Oh, and the Kankers are now gonna leave the Eds alone and move onto Eddy's Brother. But there's one thing they forgot...
*enter the bus from Peach Creek*
Jonny: YOUR TIME OF RECKONING IS NOW, RAPSCALLIONS! *jumps off bus* IT'S MELON TIME! *comes charging at the Eds*
Eddy: *frightened at Jonny attacking them* WHERE'D HE COME FROM?! JONNY! WAIT!
Jonny: *attacks the Eds and stomps them* No thanks are necessary, citizens!
And because Jonny and Plank weren't around for the big unveiling of Eddy's Brother and new reforming in the bond of the kids, he gets beaten up for attacking the Eds.
Kevin: Sorry about that.
It's okay. And now, they'll take the celebration to Kevin's house for free jawbreakers. And that's the end of the many Edventures!
Eddy: We did it, Double D! Everyone loves us! We're finally in, baby!
Edd: And it only took 130 episodes, 4 specials and a movie, Eddy!
Ed: Let's sing a song!
*everyone sings Friends Are There To Help You and Double D labels "THE END" on the movie*
Although the credits are over, there's still one last scene to play. After they got beaten up by the kids, Jonny and Plank have a change of heart. From justice...to darkness!
Jonny: This is your craziest plan ever, Plank! We'll show them. We'll show them all! What's that? They did, didn't they? Yes... The goody-goody two-shoe days of Captain Melonhead and Splinter have come to an end! Out of the darkness'll rise... the villainous days of The Gourd, and his evil cohort Timber the Dark Shard! Together, we will exact revenge on the entire CUL-DE-SAC! *laughs maniacally like an idiot, then suddenly stops* What? There's no time left? It's the end of the movie? What movie?!
The movie that is the end of the series, Jonny Boy. And yeah, that's Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show. And folks...what can I say?

*play scenes from beginning of review again*

Well, I can definitely say that this was one of the ultimate shows ever, and I knew that it would have to end one day. And this movie let them go out with a bang. A joyous story that resolves everything that had happened in the past to be resolved, and now bygones are bygones between the Eds and the kids. The scams are over, the slapstick has ceased, and the show has ended its run. It was also good to finally see Eddy's Brother in person after all these years, and I know that this show did a great job, and even though it had ended with this made for TV masterpiece, I'll watch it until the day I die. It's just that good. So, the Eds may have retired, but they'll always live on in our hearts. Truly, it is that funny. I'm Fhqwhgads-2. Bringing you your favorite series into my own fan fiction image.

*fade out; dA logo*

Rolf: Do you think this is party time for 1999? NO!