What made him better than most other "retard who spouts

>>93340539
Nothing, this show is overrated.

>>93340539
your nostalgia goggles

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@93340564

>>93340564
True. I'm legitimately asking this question by the way, not trying to circlejerk

>>93340539
He was part of a 3-man mariachi band that would gallivant and bring life to an otherwise dull suburb

>>93340539
Ed was honestly that one kid who loved comics and horror movies so much that he wouldn't stop talking about it.

>>93340539
The fact that they weren't random and he had his own internal logic that you could understand if you payed attention.

>>93340594
>bottom left corner
Is this a breast expansion doujin?

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>>93340539
>random non-sequiturs
You just need to be Edpilled to understand his wisdom.

>>93340539
I think we've all known kids like Ed who were seemingly lost to the world of fiction at all times. In his case, he has 'actually being a cartoon character' as a tool with which to cause havoc. Or pet chickens.

>>93340539
He was a vessel for God, everything he says is in fact the Lord spouting vague tidbits of arcane-knowledge unto the kids of the cul-de-sac.


At least that's how I interpret Ed.

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He was a Chad.

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Unlike a lot of "lol so random" characters, it actually felt like the writers thought about everything Ed did and said. Every single one of his gags and dialogue was planned and thought out.

Things like pic related dont come from a lazy writer going "lets make him do something random and funny!"

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>>93340539
He's kind of like Karl Pilkington.
You may not always understand him, but most of what he says makes perfect sense if you think about it.
For example, in the first episode of An Idiot Abroad, Karl claims he doesn't want to go to China because he might eat a frog. Now, that wasn't the main issue. The issue was that he might eat the frog, like it, and not be able to get one back home.

>>93340539
Ed is basically that kid that would run around pretending to be a DBZ character

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>>93340564
>overrated means it's bad

>>93340680
Fucking this. Everything Ed said was relevant to the situation at hand, even if it seemed weird taken out of context.

When Double D asks for a pen, Ed gives him a mustard bottle. When Eddy gets annoyed and tells Ed that Edd asked for a pen, Ed responds "He asked for mustard, Eddy. Do you have corn in your ears?". It sounds like it's completely irrelevant, but the scene shows that Ed was paying attention and that he complied with Double D's request for something to write with, even if it was in a way that nobody but Ed could get to.

>>93340967
This is very true. Ed is actually relevant to the plot unlike alot of random characters in fiction.

>>93340967
Didn't the mustard bottle have a pen in it? Its another layer on the joke.

>>93341243
A pencil, but yes. That's my point, Ed paid attention to what Double D wanted, but if you took it completely out of context it'd look like Ed was just being random for no reason.

>>93340680
Yup. Ed worked because despite his stupid lines, they at least kept it in line with what's happening. The joke is that his logic goes in the wrong direction.

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>>93340967
>he complied with Double D's request for something to write with

Wow I didn't actually think about that
Danny is a genius

>>93340539
-His character and "appeal" wasn't solely focused on "Hurr, he's so dumb!"

-He seems more detached from reality than completely stupid.

-The stuff he said wasn't completely random since most of it was related to him or some outlandish interpretation of the situation/subject/object.

To me he seems just generally slow.

>>93340564
Your dick is overrated.

>>93340539
The fact that he is not randum
He just did things in his own way that others wouldn't understand but made sense non the less and that's what made him funny.

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>>93340564
>the LE OVERRATED reason again

this meme will never end.

>>93340564
>Gets praise that is well deserved.
>Overrated.

THE SCHOOL WILL TELL SARAH

>>93341557
How can that be!? It's never BEEN rated.

>>93341793
AND SARAH WILL TELL MOM

>>93341820
AND MOM WILL TELL DAD

>>93341708
Maybe because it's a great and useful meme?

>>93341849
AND DAD WILL JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH TV

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>>93340539
He had character besides being a retard who says dumb stuff.
And his comedy worked because it wasn't random for randomness sake, he had his own logic and thought process behind his decisions. Even if that logic is absurd and flawed, the fact that it's there makes it funnier.
He's like the Soldier from TF2 in that regard

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Real talk

When the fuck is Pebble in Shoe Ed going to get a godamn nerf? EEnE Online has been pretty alright with it's balancing this season but they absolutely refuse to do anything how this fucks Health regen, or the pure unadulterated damage output.

>>93340901
France is literally right there Karl.

>>93341793
>>93341820
>>93341849
>>93341871
alternately
>SARAH WILL TELL MOM AND MOM WILL TELL DAD AND DAD WILL SAY "NOT NOW I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK!"

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>>93340539
Because he's a nice guy. Most of the time he genuinely means well, and he likes his friends. A lot of other dumb characters also have a secondary trait of being a selfish prick (Billy, Cheese, GIR, etc.). Being dumb only serves to make them more obnoxious, but in Ed's case it makes him more endearing.

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>everyone rates Ed
He was good but best character from the show that no one talks about for whatever fucking reason

>based plank always had the banter

>>93342243
That's how it was meant to be anon. Git gud
>he doesn't use plank to correctly counter pebble in shoe ed

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>>93340680
exactly, look at how ed gets past a gate. even though he just saw eddy jump over it and edd open it. he takes what's actually the most direct route and goes through the hole, which is something that the other two most likely didn't even consider but is technically the fastest way to do it.

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>>93342561
>he didn't just walk through it, taking the entire fence with him like he would normally do
You're a nice guy ed

>>93342465
>Jonny
>best character from the show
Pick fucking one

>>93342513
But I don't wanna use a Plank anon. Either I'd have to completely respec my Rolf to be tooled towards item use with as an Urban Ranger, or I'd have to start over as a fucking Johnny.

>>93342272
We're talking about the guy who's idea of a vacation is to take Susan to a B&B, walk around the parking lot, and play a traditional but rousing game of "Let's Go See How Old The Dead People Are"
I doubt he'd go to France for some frog legs.
Come to think of it, why did he never go to France on the shows?

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>>93342561
It's been said before but I really like how in this scene all 3 of them get through a door differently and the way they do it perfectly sums up their personalities.

Eddy immediately hops over the door to get to the other side, without even bothering to check to see if it was locked (and it wasn't). And he's a character who's all about taking shortcuts and cheating to get things done, even if it takes more work to do so.

Edd takes the clean route of opening the door like a normal person, but when he leaves, he closes behind him. He's neat and logical but also incredibly meticulous with organization. Again, this also prevents him from doing things the easier way. He could just left the door open, but he had to leave it exactly as he found it.

And Ed is taking literally the most direct route possible, the one that no one would consider because it's completely nonsensical. He's the most straight forward of the bunch and that's how it works for him.

This is the kind of thing that made the show special, imo

>>93342713

Probably not weird enough for Karl. Hell, he's probably been there before and Ricky was all about pushing his comfort zone.

>>93341123
This. He can both provide comic relief and move the plot along

>>93340564
Fuck you

He's not retarded. His brain is just occupying two universes at once.

>>93340539
He was only likeable in the first few seasons.

>>93340539
because he didnt spout random non-sequiturs, he had his own internal logic.

Unlike ice bear, he wasn't a forced meme

>>93340539
>>93340564
Underage please leave

>>93341871
>>93342407
Eh, the newer version was funnier.

>>93342786
Have any other moments like these you know off the top of your head? I never noticed how well thought out that tiny scene was.

>>93342452
That episode where he got two jawbreakers sure it took him sometime to figure out the issue with the numbers but once he realized it he was willing to give his jawbreakers to Eddy and Edd without even a second thought that's a true friend.

>>93342786
What episode was this?

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>>93340564

>>93346807
I wanna say the free jawbreaker episode

>>93340539
I think partially it's because how down-to-earth the show was. When you have the characters saving the world or whatnot every second episode the retard character feels much more out of place and annoying than when you just have a bunch of kids messing around.

>>93342786
>>93345729
Danny Antonucci was called a perfectionist by the cast, he literally had Eddy's VA on set for many hours just to record ONE line because he wanted it right, it was only a few words too.

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>>93340564
Such a banal reply causing all this butthurt, I love it.

>>93340539
Ed is probably one of the nicest character in this show.
also he was less depicted as dumb on the first seasons, sometimes he even said clever sarcastic comments.
he's just too much focused on fictional worlds.

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>>93341998
>He's like the Soldier from TF2 in that regard

you do have a point here, when you actually elaborate on the absurdity of a character it becomes so much better

>>93340889
I actually read that despite the constant non-sequiturs, Antonucci was really adamant about never letting ANY of the voice actors put in ad-libs, for some reason.

>>93340539
The stuff he said actually landed well and was funny. It wasn't trying to force memes like the new PowerpPuff girls, for example.