I don't know anyone who thought Double D was a boy

I didn't think that but it makes sense in a way tho!!

Yeeeeaaaah I never thought Double D looked like a girl until you pointed it out

Never saw it. Still don't. I always saw him as a smart dude hiding something under that hat.

I just thought he was bald

I can imagine the title now, "EDFTS" or "ED-Coin"

He'd make a Jawbreaker NFT

And NFT

The block chain is just Double D doing the kids' math homework in a box painted to look like a computer

@moon345 ed ed n eddy predicted NFT: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m92KpMmpuMythGQ.html

I always thought it was a reference to canker sores personally

@@idalwave Either way their presence means pain.

Interesting

@@idalwave It is that reference.

@@idalwave Same word, it just came to mean something else.

I understand where this animator coming from that explains it

That makes Mabel's boy craziness sound tame in comparison, Jesus.

@@FriedFrogLegsAnimations i want to meet these woman. And asking them well did you rape him as kid.

That makes them worse

I get it if the girls were fat and ugly trying to convince boys to go out with them, but if they're petite, attractive, and beautiful, I'd be stupid to not take up the offer in dating the girls.

The Heathers musical too!

@@beththedarkmage3359 was gonna say the same thing

Why mess with the classics. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. My favorite example of that is from avatar so I’m glad you listed it

Dont forget the Squirrel Scouts Patsy , Nina and Grenchen , The TWT girls Jodie , Samantha and Freddi or rhe ones that started the trend the Chippetes Brittany , Jennette and Elenor

@@beththedarkmage3359 since you're already covered the musical I'll also save the movie from the eighties and also Mean Girls and the Mean Girls Musical be more chill kind of

Almost always. Plank kicked their asses one time. And I think other characters occasionally get the better of them when their distracted.

Well like he said towards the end, the creator based them on his own irl bullies and let's be honest most bullies tend to get away with stuff because adults usually aren't helpful; especially the further back in time we go.

@@Fitzftw7 people were entertained by it. we are all looking back at these shows with a thousand years of hindsight. not to mention a lot of these cartoons werent thinking about character development or story progression n some of the other things we expect from most media today. they were trying to create the most wacky, slapstick scenarios that give you a laugh. the show is also about these kids constantly trying to scam the other kids in the neighborhood, so a lot of cosmic karma befalls on them. we are only looking back on how weird the implications of these shows were now that all of critique media is analyzing it.

@@PaintedHoundie But they didn’t make me laugh. I always hated them. I just didn’t find their antics amusing, even as a kid.

The fact that they pr much always win is the one thing I hated about how they were portrayed when i was little.

So true.

Exactly. Like from here to ed

I'd argue that if Double D left Ed and Eddy he'd be part of the other kids group. Which I think goes to show how much he cares about them beyond the scams

Yes and all the girls liked him

@@TevanaZelta, Double D always tried to talk sense to Eddy, but until the Big Picture Show, he was too stubborn to realize it.

Never really noticed that. I guess that only makes them more likable though

They are good business men

Like the raft ride. I found that being called a scam to be odd. Maybe it's like the boy who cried wolf by that point

Yeah the only real scams are the ones like where they're painting baseballs and selling them as ice cream. But, the river cruise? They should've charged like $10, not a quarter lol

Honestly their worst scams are when they are trying to use fake food like paper plate and dandelion tacos or bowling pin cream puffs. The biggest issue with their other scams is the fact that their stuff falls apart easily so it’s more a public danger

I wouldn’t call eddy’s voice smooth persay, at least not when he’s yelling. And oh boy does he yell often! Another dichotomy between Ed and may is where Ed’s got a thing for sci fi stuff may might be the most genuinely invested in the romantic spheal the kankers put up.

@@GreaterGrievobeast55 yeah i agree with everything you said, i just couldn't think of another way to explain his voice.

Marie may also have more smarts than the other sisters, at least more resourceful.

I would say it's smooth like grease. Eddy has a greasy used-car salesmen type of voice, which makes sense given he's always scheming for quarters. I used to imagine he would grow up to be like Matilda's dad in Matilda lol

@@dae8665 well his dear old dad is a used car salesmen

Exactly, I felt like they could actually work if they weren’t under a love spell. I think May was my favorite growing up.

The reason why the Valentine Episode works so well is that the relationship between the Eds and the Kankers doesn't feel so disproportionate. It feels more of an antagonistic relationship instead of bullying.

May and Ed are definitely the pair that would work to the absolute best if May got away from her sisters and I think if he gave Marie time away from Lee since the two of them buttheads the most maybe she'd calm down too because there were a couple of moments if I'm remembering right where Marie and double d had a little bit of chemistry almost more like The confident girl awkward shy guy thing instead of a assaulting stalker to their victim in certain episodes almost like he was able to go toe to toe with her but wasn't confident in doing it. May and Ed though, I don't know it's almost like a kind of weirdly wholesome stupid Love where they're both dumb but things would just work out

I wish that they brought back that specific character trait to May. I know it may have made the show more serialized rather than episodic but it's still would be good.

well the closest to reedemable Lee and Marie even get is in the Movie Finale where they alongside May ACTUALLY protect the Eds for once since everyone of the kids was out to get them.

right because Sarah had a crush on him and was being nice to him whenever that occured and hell he was even able to hold a friendly conversation with Kevin on a few times

Your actually right, double D by default was the one that everyone liked along with Ed because both of those two have positive character traits the only thing they really hate was the fact that Eddy kept trying to swindle them out of their money and because those two were along with him in many situations they automatically just had direct hatred to all three of them despite their hatred would be more so towards Eddy

There's a difference between being friendly with someone and actually being their friend.

@@PandaLillie That's the point of the entire movie really. That the kids really always just hated Eddy because he was always trying to act like his brother and his brother was a colossal, abusive asshole. There are several times in the show where Ed and Double D can get along just fine with the other kids and it isn't until Eddy shows up that things get bad.

What anime is shown ai 6:21

The term is diabolus ex Machín a when something bad happens just because

When may falls for double d in school the show tries to paint it as romantic and tragic that they can't be together forgetting all she did to them...

When may falls for double d in school the show tries to paint it as romantic and tragic that they can't be together forgetting all she did to them...

@@razkable It worked in the Valentine special because they were under the influence of a love arrow caused by an alternate reality Sarah and Jimmy. They weren't in actual love. Plus May was at least more sympathetic there then everywhere else. But generally the show was good at using the Abhorrent Admirer trope to its advantage. Because the Kankers are bad people and the show communicates this. The Eds running away is a clear presentation of "These girls are molesters, you don't want these kind of people falling for you".. The Eds themselves always express how much they don't want it, and none of the other kids say they do either, because they scare anyone with their presence alone. Nobody laughs, but that's because nobody is suppose to laugh BUT them. Audience included. Really the only issue with the Kankers is when the show uses them as an Ex Machina, something to ONLY show up to give the Eds a bad ending. And the Eds only defense against them is to run away. But if they are related to the plot and show up its basically dark comedy.

fuck no double d can do better than sarah

That’s facts and the Kanker sisters got grown up and heal themselves to have healthy connections with ed edd Eddy without forcing the connections

Stupid is as stupid does...

Just like his Dad really... "The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will tell Mom, and Mom will tell Dad, _and Dad will just sit there and watch TV!!!!!!"_

@@balanc-joy9187 - Which, if I remember correctly, was a _terrifying threat_ according to Ed in that episode, lol.

@@KingBobXVI Yep, that's why I put that part in italics. It's near the beginning of the a video on KZfaq here of Ed's funniest moments if you want to see it again. I know I do...

Well May Kanker is a lot nicer than her sisters so it makes sense. May is the only one who's close to being normal, and she also is the only one who seems to brush her teeth. If I had to ship any of them it would be Ed and May for sure. May seems like she could be a good person who's around a couple of bad influences.

@@five1470 That's the thing, sexual harassment is wrong, period, but a dangerously high amount of people seem to think that if you turn the tables, aka make men the victims [of women], it's alright, as if they "deserve" it, not for being douchebags getting their dose of karma, but for the virtue of having a penis. Hypocrites.

@@kou7191 yeah, a lot of men like to discredit men victims

@@xxchaotic1849 which is SO backwards to me. they're fueling their own demise...

@@xxchaotic1849 Women also discredit male victims too, as a woman myself i have heard many other women saying that the men who claim to have been sexually assaulted or harassed must be gay because there's no other reason why they shouldnt appreciate "having sex with a woman" (how they referred to the rape).

@@magicmush1998 It's the implication of the matter and contextualizing it in a more mature setting, not telling it how it literally went in the show.

Worse… Lee is 15, Marie is 14! and May is 13!

Were their ages ever confirmed?

@@EWOODJ I had to ask Danny myself for research! Ok I had a OC who as nasty as she was, she refused to harm kids 12 and under… 13 and over are fair game!

Don't forget that at the end of the episode it's showed that dispute the fact that Cupid Sara and Cupid Jimmy Arrows affectively removed, Edd was shown to have some legitimate feelings for May and is probably waiting for the right moment to make his move

And that's why I can somewhat take the Kankers for what they are: they at least get a taste of their own medicine, and you gotta admit, the creator managed to actually make that episode funny.

Ed's grin when he starts things off, and the hat full of sweets, will _always_ make me laugh, or at least smile. That, the beginning of the episode where the Eds get jumped (especially Ed rooting around in the drawer and not noticing May), and the part where Rolf is crushing the rocks just kill me.

Maybe Double D should have brought a pebble with him to put into Ed's shoe should things go wrong.

@@balanc-joy9187 I like the part when the Kankers ran through their wall and tried hiding there but Ed was already in there before they were and the silhouette he made in the wall always cracks me up

@@swordsnake305 "It's _dark_ nyhahaha!..." (Cue more screaming from the Kankers) Hilarious scene as well, for sure.

The Kankers weren't Tsunderes, they were Yanderes if anything.

@@Dilbert1999 yeah they weren't, but my experience with this show and them did evolve into a caution against tsunderes.

this show did the opposite made me yonder for crazy women or yanderes if you will

I thought the Kankers just kissed them everwhere again at the end after sticking the Eds to the ground with their rubber cement.

I want to hit like, but 69

Blaiktrout Look again, he's got 128 likes now.

The way I saw the kankers going after eddys brother was just to avenge eddy not for any sexual gratification on their parts but to humiliate eddys brother because of what he did to eddy.

@@lilmsweirdo2016 i'm also glad that in the finale instead of being rapey-antagonists, they actually went out of their way to protect the eds for once

@@Du-yw1pz One might call it protection, another might call it ridding themselves of a rival predator. Oftentimes in media you'll see bullies who take on other bullies to establish that their preferred targets are off limits to anyone else.

In another reality, the Kankers would have acted as surrogate guardians for the boys. :)

It was always kinda of implied that Marie had legit feelings for Double D, more so than Lee for Eddy and May for Ed. Of the three pairs, I feel Edd x Marie could actually work, especially since Edd would be the type to stop and listen to or talk out any problems Marie might have. Don't forget, he gave May a Valentine to make her feel better even though she's a Kanker and torments the Eds on an almost daily basis.

@@Ability-King-KK I think the show made it clear enough that Marie had genuine affection for Edd. She was legit seething in rage and jealousy when she saw him with May, and Nazz. She clearly showed legit concern for him when Eddy’s brother literally grounded him. Edd and Marie in the show proper wouldn’t ever work given the nature of the series. Even in the finale, while Marie expressed real concern for him, nothing ever indicated Double D ever liked her one bit. He is a nice guy so if she was going through troubles, he would likely lend a helping hand if he could to comfort her. But Marie (and her sisters) being so sadistic and twisted, along with their very clear enjoyment over how powerless the Ed’s are to stop their advances or torment stops any potential progress dead in its tracks. I do think they’re a fun ship tho given that unlike Eddy/Lee and Ed/May, Edd/Marie are actually quite different from one another. And I’m also curious as to what about Edd does Marie find appealing.

There is another possible way of interpreting the mother's relationships. Intent as opposed to failure. Since around the 80s there has been growing financial incentive for poor women to have children with as many different men as possible and to not get married. There are a few reasons for this. For starters, regardless of economic background, women almost always get custody of children and the child support for each child is higher when it comes from a different father. And this money, being for the care of the child rather than the mother, does not prevent the mother from getting access to Social Services. If a woman gets married to a single guy and had multiple children with him she wouldn't be able to get help from programs like social security or food stamps because his income would decrease her eligibility. This applies even when a man runs off since they are still married. As long as they aren't married though she can maintain an active relationship and it won't affect her income. So maybe their mother is one of these types. Serial monogamist, never gets married on purpose, lives on child support and Social Security, and maybe that's also why these girls are so focused on securing a mate. They know that it's more important to have babies then get married for their own Financial Security. At least according to how their mother lives. This of course isn't to say that a person needs marriage to have a stable relationship. The fact that over half of all baby boomer marriages ended in divorce and that most Americans today grew up in literally broken homes explains why marriage is not a high priority for many people anymore.

What the hell have yall been reading that I havent this is a genius analysis

@@kesegoe9488 Honestly, it was just a pattern I noticed early on during the show's run that only really started making sense during my last years in high school, near the end of the show's run. By that point, I had already concluded that the Kanker's mother was a prostitute or something, and that that dysfunction explained a lot of their bullying. It was only while I was composing my OP, however, that I made the connection between the monogrammed bathrobes and the porn industry.

@@Elliandr You raise a fantastic point. Frankly, I think the scenario you suggested likely overlaps significantly with mine.

@@Xbalanque84 oh, there's definitely an overlap. The key difference is that in my point her lifestyle doesn't necessarily have to be what you suggest. She doesn't have to be involved in prostitution and such to end up with a home like this. Although, now that I think about it, are any of the parents ever around for any of the children? If my analysis is correct it begs the question where the mother is all the time. She's clearly not pulling a normal job, so what is she doing with her time?

So true.

And he'd call Double D, Double D not Dork sometimes

I feel like even Ed would've also been more accepted and liked by the rest of the cul-de-sac kids if he didn't hang around Eddy. Definitely in a lesser extent than Edd because of Ed's habits and overall weirdness. There are episodes shown, like Edd, where Ed shows he can get along with the other kids when he isn't lost in his imagination.

I think Timmy/Trixie is the better romantic option for Timmy since it's healthier. There is this episode where Timmy transforms into a girl and hangs out with Trixie the whole day and they genuinely hit it off and become friends; this kind of thing never happens with Tootie

@@prospitdreamer yes I love that one! It's just sad that they never delved into that side of Trixie ever again. I know ppl don't go to FOP for character arcs, or even character consistency, but I still wish they hadn't dropped that whole thing with Trixie. Still, like you said, Timmy never really had any moment like that with Tootie if I can recall. Mostly just Timmy giving in to her obsessiveness because he felt bad for her.

@@prospitdreamer the fact is in channel chases the canon ending to the series cause its a flash forward he married tootie...trixie will always be sadly a selfish snob and timmy just will never be able to win her over

Honestly can't help but feel bad for Tootie. With a home life like hers, I can almost understand her bad understanding of boundaries.

@@tidepodpadthai2633 thats also very true! Tootie has such a miserable home life, so it makes sense that she would find one person/thing that brings her happiness and then never let it go. Plus, she's only 10, so that's probably a big factor there too. She probably won't stay the same obsessive stalker forever. But still, at the same time, it seems Timmy will only give her the time of day when he's feeling pity for her, which is also understandable tbh. Tootie has a really bad home life and I feel bad for her but I also don't think Timmy's wrong for not wanting to be around her, ya know?

Yeah because She hot, not in pedophilla

It's ironic cause that applies to May way more. It's clear Marie is just as mean as Lee is. May is the only one who is friendly when separated from her sisters.

@@FSAPOJake Oh this old head canon again. Last time i checked May loves bullying people just as much as they do.

What's wrong with choosing someone that likes you back or first even if their a 5 out of 10 compared to going for a 8 and getting rejected or heart broken or facing the fear of possible rejection and even acceptance cause you never will feel adequate enough and surcomb to pressure of anxiety or insecure mistrust cause you are a 4.5 out of 10 and feel she is cheating or sees others as more attractive

*Yu000up .... Lol 💀💀💀💀💀💀

@@razkable what?

Rolfe

So that's why he's so powerful, he's a fusion

Being reminded of that in this video cracked me up. X'D

They always looked like three dudes as silhouettes. That Christmas episode for example.

Son of a Shephered*

I would just to be based And we both know so many dudes are starved for attention that's why they like the Kankers

Not really; that's only going to apply when talking about very specific people. It's a very vocal minority that would be upset with the roles reversed but not upset with how it is now. Have you seen a single person defend how the Kankers acted? Because I certainly haven't; almost anybody with a brain realizes how problematic they are. I don't understand why people have to say "if the genders were reversed!" or "if the races were reversed!" with respect to so much media; it is such a tiring view that doesn't add anything. Just point out how bad it is and don't compare it to something that doesn't exist (even then, shows like Johnny Bravo exist which are very similar to what "wouldn't air").

That does not in no way mean it aged poorly. That means that society aged poorly. (In a way. I could have worded this better but you get the gist.)

No its not, some things wouldn't get aired regardless of this. Something like this could still get released today, just not on regular saturday morning cartoon times.

You could make the argument with the Rowdy Rough Boys from The Powerpuff Girls. Yet their first appearance is one of them most beloved episodes in the entire show.

Danny actually based them off of some girls he knew when he was a kid, so it hits right close to home for him.

It's real and what's funny is they are older

It always worked comedy wise but like he said that episode with the marriage ceremony was pretty messed up...not funny at all

@@KaliFlesh every time i heard the story. I want to meet these woman and asking thing like did you rape him. Did you guys a bad childhood

Rolf and Johnny like Ed as well so it's really Eddy that's the whole problem

​@@kaimobley5324 Even as it may However........ I respectfully disagree because It still doesn't change or even at all ignore the fact that there were at least Some of them (and Its pretty much only kevin and sarah Who are the only two people Who Eddy in Return ALSO Could NOT Stand The most) So Yeah.... Not Really Counting Those 2 There Were Actually At least SOME Of Them Who were actually willing to give Eddy a chance Like oh lets see here...... There's Rolf, Johnny , Nazz And Even Jimmy (to an extent) who are most of the time the LEAST Meanest out of all of Them And clearly not only Do they tolerate All 3 of the eds but are also often always friendly with them and most of the time they have Already made it perfectly Clear that they would Even consider ALL 3 Of Them As their friends As Well Too..... UNLESS THEY DO SOMETHING BAD TO THEM FIRST So Whenever all three of them (Eddy Included) don't do anything wrong to any of them first... then They would Consider ALL 3 Of Them As their friends As Well Too.... Besides Its pretty much only kevin and sarah Who are the only two people Who He Often ALWAYS Clashes with the most So In Everyway its pretty Much Only Those Two Who Eddy in Return ACTUALLY Does Hate And Could NOT Stand The most

​@@rafiftristanwcool4585 It's a month late but Eddy burns most of those bridges though. Rolf with the insulting potted plant. Johnny with stealing Plank. And Jimmy is persistently targeted by Eddy. When the other kids interact with Eddy it's largely when he's acting out of character due to severe injuries, extenuating circumstances, or because Edd/Ed happen to be there. I can't think of a single episode where any of the other kids willingly seek out Eddy. Eddy is always begrudgingly accepted. This is especially compared to Edd and Ed who are sought out by nearly every other kid in the cul de sac at some point--exception being Kevin.

@@ZeroNumerous I think I recall Kevin seeking out Double D for something, or Double D flat out helping Kevin

Rolf: Stay steel. That they can smell fear. 😵😵😵 Lee: Get a shovel, May. Looks like we’ll have to bury them. 😒🪦⚰️ May: Forget it. My Boyfriend need some loving. 😊😄❤️ Marie: Hey wait! These guys are faking! 😠😡👿 Johnny: I’m gonna wet my pants👖😰😥 Eddy: (Laughing😂😂😂😂😂😂) Me: (Laughing Along With Eddy:😂😂😂😂😂😂)

You just summed the whole shebang up PERFECTLY. Danny Antonucci the creator even said he was greatly inspired a lot by the Stooges.

I Actually Never Thought Of It Like That Till Now Since You Even Mentioned It That It Does Make So Much Sense Though To How The Eds Are Like The 3 Stooges & The Kanker Sisters Are Like The 3 Witch Sisters From Hocus Are All Very Similar To Each Other But Just Different To Each Other With Different Personalities. Imagine If The 3 Stooges Met The 3 Witch Sisters In A Tv Show Or Movie As A Crossover Where The 3 Women Sexually Harass & Assault The 3 Guys In Their Own Fun Lovey Dovey Type Ways Just Like The Kankers Normally Do To The Eds. Would Love To See Something Like That Honestly. Not Gonna Even Lie Lol.

You're absolutely right. The Kankers don't even know their dads (they're half sisters after all) and it's obvious that their mom just works 24/7. It doesn't excuse their over assertive behavior or how they strong arm the Ed's into being their "boyfriends", but it makes sense when you consider that their mom probably drove away each one of their dads by treating them like shit. In short, it's all they know.

Something I've noticed that no one else ever seems to bring up is the horrifying implications of the Kankers' home life and how that would affect their development in this direction. Literally, the first episode we see them, we find them living in a trailer, and it's established that each of them has a different father. This shows not only that their mother is unable to maintain a stable marriage, but also carries the very strong implication that she is, in fact, a prostitute, stripper, or other form of sex worker. If anything, her possession of monogrammed bathrobes from her exes suggests she's done work in pornographic films. Worse, their proximity to their mother's unsavory lifestyle opens up the very real possibility that one or more of the sisters might have been molested at some point. But even if we ignore _that_ potential factor, the fact remains that a single sex worker raising three daughters without a stable home life and constant exposure to the seediest aspects of human sexuality cannot be conducive to a child's mental health or understanding of normal, healthy sex/gender relations. When you take those disturbing factors into account, the Kankers' behavior begins to make a lot more sense. Whatever their interactions with the Eds, be it standard bullying, romantic fawning, or outright sexual harassment, it all stems from them having a dysfunctional frame of reference caused by their poor upbringing, parental neglect, observation/imitation of the many dysfunctional adults in their lives, and potentially their own sexual trauma. The fact that something this complex and dark was worked into a cartoon I watched as a kid blows my mind, and I love it.

@@Xbalanque84 didn't I just read this exact comment on a different thread.

Actually the kankers are teenagers…

@@TechnoHajikelist: Everyone under 18 is technically a child, but you're right. I'm pretty sure they're the same age as Rolf who is probably 14.

Ed and Edd were good guys

I was the opposite I always had crush on the blue haired girl

Same here, I love that about this show. Also, you reminding me of that line made me snicker, especially since it is re-used in _X Mark The Ed_ and the part at the end where Eddy's head gets shrunk kills me quite often!

Wait their mom was a misandrist?

Actually, their mother having 3 husbands may be the perfect explanation as to why they don't look like eachother. They all share a mother, but not a father.

@@chaoticgoodcreations947 Maternal Siblings

One aspect about Sarah that also makes her terrible is her crush on Double D. The Kanker Sisters get a lot of flak from people online, and I don't like them either. But tbh, the Kanker Sisters actually do work with what they are going for. For all intents and purposes, they are G rated Rapists, but the show NEVER portrays their attempts as being 'funny" or "in the right" in fact it was treated the opposite way. The moment they appear onscreen everyone treats them as they should, why would you want to be around a group of rapists who also love lording and abusing people? In a way the show itself is stating that these aren't people you want to be around, actively showcasing that what the Kankers do are wrong and is treated as so awful the Eds would rather face the Kids than them as shown in If it Smells like an Ed! Even with their crush on the Eds, again it not played as funny or in the right, the whole joke with the Kankers is that while they are the ones laughing, you aren't because nobody would find sexual assault or abuse funny other than the ones doing it. The main flaw with the Kankers was when the show used them as Diabolicus Ex Machina people who just exist to force a bad ending on the Eds. Which even gets downplayed. Really the only time I found the Kankers as polarizing as the internet was their usage in the school seasons, which I DO agree was Seasonal rot, unlike what many fans/critics say. Because in these seasons, not only are they irrelevant, but when they do show up for their main shtick, that aspect about it is played completely straight. The prime example of this is the episode where school is first starting and the Eds are FORCED by the Kankers to say they love them in front of the kids while the kids begin to tease and mock them, almost suggesting that the show thinks it is funny, when the entire point of the Kankers purpose was that nobody found the Kankers funny other than the Kankers themselves, the kids would even run from them. There's also the episode A Town Called Ed where Kevin uses the Kankers to molest the Eds as a way to give them their bad ending, while the kids, again laugh at them. When it comes to Sarah however her crush on Double D is written in a way to show she has a "good side" and is played as cute. When she regularly abuses Double D as much as she does Ed, and this isn't even a Kevin case where its outright implied if Double D was never associated with Eddy or scams, he would be cool with Double D. No, even in moments where it's just Double D, Sarah just treats him as she would Ed and her excuse about "not going soft" isn't an excuse, it feels like the show would often forget about her crush unless it was relevant for the plot. For example, the episode where Double D needs a shower, how does Sarah treat him? She tells him to wait 3 weeks in a way that comes off as she's lying, then when he becomes frantic beats him with concrete, or the episode where she is sick, while Double D helps her, she spits at him when he tries to help her. And sure, she can put him in his place during moments he deserves it, but her crush on him is just abuse. It is literally the "bully because they love you trope" and in Sarah's case it is portrayed as cute since she giggles and is used to show a "nice" side to her, but just makes her more of an abusive shrew. To me this is why I find Sarah's crush on Double D to be worse than the Kankers because with the Kankers it isn't used as a way to force sympathy or played straight, they are played as wrong and treated as wrong for doing it.

Only during the 2000s could you have gotten away with that in kids show. But yeah, that sentence really hammers home how gross and creepy the Kankers were. It was one of a couple South Park esque moments of humor the show had.

May Kanker: Oh For Pete's Sake He's An Minor He Doesn't Deserve That Even Eddy Knows It

I thought his hat was his hair 😂

It didn't help that he was always scrawny, super timid, sometimes motherly, and that his voice was somewhat ambiguous. Now i'm not saying men can't be this way, but when we were kids this is what media portrayed as feminine traits more often than not.

Same

Nonbinary king 😂

So double D sounding like a guy and being referred to as he made you think he was a girl because of non-female headware?

Sorry for the bad writting. I'm from Argentina and I'm 13 years old :/

Why not both?

Love but their sadist fun to bully overrides any sense to treat the Edds well.

Love makes you treat people well. Love means you often care more about their wellbeing than you do your own. Thats why people will put up with shitty abusive relationships that hurt them - they love them. They dont see the abuse as much as they should. The sisters are just playing at "love".

they’re… infatuated… that is not love. and it’s sexual harassment

@@genehen6495 not necessarily, that's just one way of expressing love, love can also be expressed in a more sadistic possessive way, it's toxic as hell and if you meet someone like that you better run, but that can also be considered love

Oh my god, same, I didn't really grow up with the early 90s - 2000s shows because I was too young to get it and a lot of the tween shows were near the end of their airing, but a lot of the shows that are now deemed as kinda problematic or have red flags as jokes (Proud Family is one I remember in memory that gave me "nearly everyone is unpleasant as hell" vibes, guess I dodged a bullet) are not easy to sit through when you look at it as an adult and realise a lot of the mean-spirited jokes or themes were written by adults to show to children, who'll learn from these characters and apply to their everyday life, ESPECIALLY when the show itself never punished said characters for crossing the line and always making them emerge from the episode scot free. I'm honestly glad my intuition helped me out and I had 2010s show to build my childhood.

All sizzle, no steak. No wonder modern media is boring.

I mean, I thought as a kid the show was making it pretty clear that they were being bad people just by how the Ed’s so constantly and vehemently were terrified of them.

@@jessoliveiro8975 as someone who did grow up with those 90's-00's shows, I can assure most none of us thought any of the antics were serious. We all generally understood that the "mean spirited-ness" was just exaggerated cartoony nonsense, and even then they still made sure to throw in the usual lessons on how to be good person (and often times the mean spirited-ness was also more of a warning in the form of comedy) which is why it confused me to see it as a complaint by ppl comparing it to 2010's and later stuff. Personally that's what made me kinda fall off more recent toons, many of the more popular ones definitely seem like they're going too soft. There's still gems that keep that enjoyable balance but most of the ones internet folk rave over seem to try TOO hard to be "feel goody", if that makes sense.

@@StarryOak76 oh yeah for sure! I just know myself and other kids had a LOT of nativity or misunderstandings so it could be hard to distinguish when someone was actively joking or being a bully 😅. I never watched EE&E but I can imagine those girls were scary 😭

I remember liking that episode as a kid cause May wasn't being creepy in it. I also remember Double D keeping the Valentine's day card May gave him at the end and thought that was cute.

They should have made that a theme in the show.

Yeah, May always seemed like the least creepy. But that's like saying omicron is the least awful form of covid.

@@WobblesandBean I’m pretty sure if Marie ever got an episode without her sisters, her Edd reflection would shine.

I honestly like most Kanker episodes where they are actually part of the plot and aren’t just used as a Deus Ex Machina device. Home Cooked Eds Once Upon An Ed O-Ed-Eleven Ed Overboard Run For Your Ed A Twist Of Ed May I Have This Ed Fistful Of Ed Valentine Special Also really liked them in the movie since it was the other kids suffering their wrath lol

well she did kiss him after he admitted the truth about his brother to everyone so...

@@Du-yw1pz True. Except for both Johnny & Plank when they weren’t there to see Eddy’s sad dark life with his Brother & was too late to ever knew the truth about Eddy’s sad dark life of getting abused by his Brother of having to the chance to know about after the Kids beat the hell outta both Johnny & Plank for nothing & they didn’t even bother to have at least Johnny what was really going on in the first place. I honestly never liked how that went bad for poor Johnny by being the only one who didn’t get no happy ending when the movie was over with. Still hate the ending of the Big Picture Show Movie though till this very day.

He would I’m pretty sure.

If That Actually Happened Then The Show Wouldn’t Even Be Called “Ed Edd N Eddy” & Wouldn’t Be As Popular As It Was Back Then & Still Is Even Till This Very Day If That Really We’re The Case.

Marie isn't anything like Double D though. You see in the show that Double D cares but Marie was never painted in a light of outside of malicious and vengeful. I never got why people stood to stand by her to this day. She is an empty slate bully character that doesn't have any redeeming qualities. If you said MAY I could understand, but Marie. Marie would forever be a bully character that people only like for her outside punk image. Which I can understand. Who doesn't like a punk girl aesthetics? But call a spade a spade. Don't pretend she something she ain't. You want a bully character that is sweet? Look at May. She actually has redeeming qualities that the show provides.

@@PocketLovings hell, even Helga is better!

@@PocketLovings Like i said just a theory. But (imo) i feel like if we got more on the kankers and their lives outside of what they do to the eds, it would show that she tires of her sisters collective BS from time to time. And i get what you are saying about may, but May is sweet because like ED she is a bit... simple. She is supposed to be the reflection of the loveable idiot.

@@darryljack6612 We can hope and theorize all we want, but I like to look what the show provides. It is headcanon land that Marie lives in tho lol

@@valentinkambushev4968 Fuck yeah Helga is better. Helga gets a lot of spotlight so Idk if that is fair. But shit she is a good redeemable character.

I the original manga Frieza was a lady but changed in English dub

+Rebew Tinydino: uh no Frieza was always a dude. A lot of kids mistook him for a woman bc in the Ocean and Funimation dubs he had female voice actors. Also the lipstick

I did mistake Frieza for a Chick Zarbon too actually.

@@volespirit247 in at least 1 foreign dub Zarbon (& Dodoria) actually were made female. idk if any made frieza female tho. I heard even general blue was made female in a foreign dub--prolly to avoid acknowledging he was gay, or just thinking he looked feminine--but when he got shirtless they had to switch him to male lol

Frieza not only sounded like a girl but had on lips stick and genuinely looked like one until he transformed

Meant to type Matt Hill. XD

So fucking lucky

The thing though is that most kids wouldn’t model their romantic pursuits after something they’d see in a cartoon, especially with something as cartoonishly, over-the-top as Ed, Edd, and Eddy. Most of them have a clear understanding of the difference between what’s acceptable in reality and fiction especially as they get older.

Yeah but the video is defending them.

@@Gxylord That's where the parent comes in, people rely on TV to teach their kids when they should be doing it

New cartoons still suck tho...

@@timedfatality5511 well that's the thing I never lived in the 90s LOL I grew up with these modern cartoons and they're boring as fuck :D

That's what I am saying !

Eddy: Sucks To Be You Haha

I think he was trying to make fun of the double standard of "if a woman sexually assaulted a man, he either mistreated her in a way that led to him deserving it, was happy enough that he scored that he doesn’t care how he got it, or wanted it anyway & didn’t want to admit it", by making it clear that boys are just as uncomfortable in the event none of the above apply. Basing it on his own experience helps.

@@lyokianhitchhiker That makes more sense.

Interesting.

Yeah because She hot, not in pedophilla way.

I dont mind dark pink. Where did you get an idea that most people like them

And i like polka dots. Why would you think no one likes them?

Could Just admit you dont like girly characters and only prefer punk rebel characters

I remember in the Canadian squirter Gun Episode Marie said she loved when they freak out and run then proceeded to hog tie them while Ed pulled a Tree. Honestly I wasn't worried about the Ed's being bullied but more on why didn't Ed just swing the tree at them.

I shipped ed and edd with nazz

Duh... Its no different from rule 34.

@@corneliusdelasoto3955 rule 2000: if more than one of it exists, there’s a ship out of it.

i still ship edd x marie shipping doesnt have to make sence to have fun with it.

Eh, Its deviantart

I was always so confused on whether Terk was a girl or not as a kid.

I always thought he was an Asian dude. He’s smart and has a lot of pressure from his family to do well.

i always thought frieza was a girl when i was a kid lol

@@havefaith4382 you mean princess frieza

Me too LOL

It seemse dEdddy eaened to b elesss scared in the Douvle D ius a thug episode

Part of why it worked was the fact that the eds never did anything worse to the Kankers than what the Kankers ever did to them. Presented under any other parameters, the Kankers would be seen as sympathetic, and the Eds would be seen as creepy predators.

Right. Same Here. I Never Understood All That On How It’s Easy For Girls To Get Away With Stalking & Harassing A Boy & Never Get No Punishment & For Boys To Get Into Much More Trouble He Does It Back To The Girls Who Sexual Harassed & Assaulted Him First Only For Revenge Of Payback Which Is Deserved Like The Kanker Sisters Should Have Got For Doing It All To The Eds. That’s Why I Never Liked Girls Back As A Kid Until I Got A Bit Older. I Still Don’t Understand It All & Probably Never Will Even Till This Very Day.

Same for a lot people really.

You are not alone. Lots of us have goth and punk fetishes thanks to the cartoons we watched as kids.

Who didn’t have a crush on her lol

@@valentinkambushev4968 the fact she was the most level headed cool and liked the nerd was cute

Marie was the cutest - the Goldilocks of the Kankers

its not fair, its just stupid snowflake generation

Well, their presence is pain, much like both cancer & cold sores.