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[gettingfrilly]

Please, which is your favorite special holiday? Can you do a short summary about what you think of each one (including the Alien invader special)?

Hoo boy.

I like all of them! Hank panky hullabaloo has some good what-if scenarios that give us more insight into the characters, jingle jingle jangle has some excellent Eddy character (almost) growth, boo haw haw has FANTASTIC art, and the Eds are coming gives us our only peek at all the kids working together as a team (except for when they all played football together but uh I don't really count that lol, Eddy mucked it up something awful.)

My favorite tho is definitely the Eds are coming. Usually when I especially love an episode of the show, it's because of what my favorite eraser head does in it, and this episode showcases some of Eddy's best qualities as a friend.

I've talked about this before, but I see Eddy as the "id" of the group. He's pure want and desire with little thought for morals and consequences. It's not all selfish, though- a lot of his goals are intended to benefit the whole group. Here are some examples.

I love this episode so much. Eddy enforces their group attendance, reads his brother's book to them, has them all practice on his mom's mannequin, then dresses them all in his clothes.

And the end of this episode is just so fucking sweet.

Look at how happy he is for Double D! You'd think with how Eddy is usually characterized, that he'd be bitter and jealous about Double D getting a dance while he didn't. Instead, he's filled with smug self satisfaction, happy that at least one thing went right under his command tonight and that he got to prove he was right about them all going.

And this kind of behavior goes all the way back to season one.

Once again, Eddy takes command of one of the group's social outings. More of this "we" and also more of sharing his brother's stuff and advice. (Perhaps another way Eddy tries to emulate his brother? He was, at one point, a mentor to Eddy, and there's several episodes where Eddy puts himself in a mentorship role, both with the other Eds and sometimes Jimmy.)

There's more examples than just these two episodes, but I wanna get this post finished sometime this year lol.

Eddy cares about more than the group's social status- he cares for their overall well being as well.

Ah, fistful of Ed. What an episode. What an ending.

This takes me back to my favorite special: The Eds Are Coming.

Gotta get Double D to safety!

And stop his besties from getting themselves killed! Never in the show have we seen Eddy be so outwardly protective of his friends, and it warms my heart.

Eddy is the self appointed leader, and while yes, that does mean he gets to feel justified in treating his friends like lackeys, it's also a responsibility he takes seriously. And Eddy may be the embodiment of greed, and that certainly leads to him being selfish fairly often, but he's far from entirely self centered. He sees himself and the other Eds as a unit, as a family, and his to make great and to protect. REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER EMBODIMENT OF GREED....

Double D and Ed are his friends. Emphasis on his. And Eddy hates it when people mess with his things.