Eddsworld

Eddsworld (capitalized as EDDSWORLD in the official title design) is a British^[3][4] Flash-animated web series created by Edd Gould. Since premiering on 15 December 2004, the series has been published through Newgrounds, DeviantArt, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Tumblr, The BBC,^[5] and their website.

Eddsworld
Official title design
Genre	Black comedy Surreal comedy Adventure
Created by	Edd Gould
Voices of	Edd Gould Tim Hautekiet George Gould^[1] Thomas Ridgewell Ed Templer Matt Hargreaves Tord Larsson Jamie Spicer Lewis
Composers	Yoav Landau Todd Bryanton I Monster Jonti Picking
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Chris Boldt Andrew Stock Rob DenBleyker Desiree Karlsson Chris Fitzgerald James Edward Marks
Producers	Edd Gould Thomas Ridgewell Eddie Bowley Christopher Bingham
Production companies	CakeBomb TurboPunch Ltd.
Release
Original network	Newgrounds DeviantArt YouTube
Original release	15 December 2004 (2004-12-15)^[2] – present

Following Gould's death on 25 March 2012,^[3] Thomas Ridgewell (the former voice actor of Tom) became the series' new showrunner, launching a crowdfunding campaign to continue the show titled Eddsworld: Legacy.^[6][7][8] Preceding the release of Eddsworld: Legacy's final episode, Ridgewell announced he was leaving the show and handing control of the series to Matt Hargreaves (voice actor of Matt) and Gould's family.^[8][9]

On 1 January 2017, the show's website went back online with new Eddsworld comics written and illustrated by Matt Hargreaves. On 1 August 2020, a new short was released to kick off a new era of the show called Eddsworld Beyond, with Hargreaves as showrunner. ^[10] As of August 2021^[update], the Eddsworld YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers.^[11]

At the time of Gould's death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian in the United Kingdom. Eddsworld was noticed by the organisers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who commissioned an episode about climate change, used in the opening ceremony of the conference.^[12][13]

Synopsis

Eddsworld follows the misadventures of a group of young adult "morons" living together in a house somewhere in the United Kingdom: Edd, an artist obsessed with Coca-Cola; Tom, a jaded nihilist who lacks eyeballs; Matt, a dim-witted narcissist; and (prior to his departure) Tord, a trigger-happy Norwegian addicted to hentai. The series is generally episodic, and typically has little continuity between episodes.

Cast and characters

 

The main characters prior to 25ft Under the Seat. Clockwise from bottom: Matt, Tom, Edd, Tord.

Overview

Character	Voice actor
	Eddsworld (2004–2012)	Eddsworld: Legacy (2012–2016)	Eddsworld Beyond (2020–present)
Main characters
Edd	Edd Gould	Tim Hautekiet^[a]	George Gould
Tom	Thomas Ridgewell		Ed Templer
Matt	Matt Hargreaves
Tord	Tord Larsson^[b]	Jamie Spicer-Lewis	Does not appear
Supporting characters
Eduardo	Chris O'Neill	Brock Baker
Jon	Eddie Bowley		Does not appear
Mark	Benjamin Rudman
The Evil Director	Christopher Bingham	None	Does not appear
Paul	Paul ter Voorde		Does not appear
Zanta Claws	Josh Tomar
Santa Claus
Ell	Does not appear	Vicky Gould
Tamara	Does not appear	Chloe Dungate	Rachel Kiki
Matilda	Does not appear	Alice Ann Stacey	Jennifer Bingham

Main characters

The protagonists of Eddsworld are exaggerated parodies of series creator Edd Gould and his friends.

• Edd (voiced by Edd Gould [2004–2012], Tim Hautekiet [2012–2016], George Gould [2020–present]) – An adventurous artist with a green hoodie who tells puns and likes Coca-Cola and bacon.
• Tom (voiced by Thomas Ridgewell [2005–2016], Ed Templer [2021–present]) – A cynical alcoholic bass guitarist with a blue hoodie and empty eye sockets, frequently dragged along on Edd's adventures despite his protests.
• Matt (voiced by Matt Hargreaves) – A self-obsessed, dim-witted narcissist with a purple hoodie, green overcoat, and chiseled chin.
• Tord (voiced by Tord Larsson [2005–2008], Jamie Spicer-Lewis [2016]) – A trigger-happy, hentai-addicted Norwegian inventor with a red hoodie often seen smoking. He has a rivalry with Tom and dislikes "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows". Tord moves away in "25ft Under the Seat" to pursue his own interests, and returns with malicious intent in "The End (Part 1 and 2)".

Supporting characters

• Eduardo (voiced by Chris O'Neill [2010–2011], Brock Baker [2014–present]) – Edd's next-door neighbour and rival. He is obsessed with one-upping him and enjoys rubbing his misfortunes on his face.
• Jon (voiced by Eddie Bowley [2010–2016]) – Eduardo's housemate and counterpart to Tom. He is extremely unintelligent, and is physically abused by Eduardo for petty reasons. He is killed in The End (Part 2) as a casualty during the battle between Edd's friends and Tord.
• Mark (voiced by Ben Rudman) – Eduardo's housemate and counterpart to Matt. Like his friends, he takes pleasure in constantly rubbing his neighbors' failures on their faces. After Jon's death, Mark comforts Eduardo during the latter's depression.
• The Evil Director (voiced by Christopher Bingham) – A villainous film director who attempted to clone Edd and his friends to bolster the sales of his film in the eddisode Spares.
• Paul (voiced by Paul ter Voorde [2008–2013]) – A Dutch military guard who takes on multiple roles throughout the series.
• Zanta Claws (voiced by Josh Tomar) – A zombie Santa Claus intent on destroying Christmas.
• Ell (voiced by Vicky Gould) – The gender-swapped version of Edd.
• Tamara (voiced by Chloe Dungate [2015], Rachel Kiki [2020–present]) – The gender-swapped version of Tom.
• Matilda (voiced by Alice Ann Stacey [2015], Jennifer Bingham [2020–present]) – The gender-swapped version of Matt.

Series overview

Title	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
Eddsworld	25		18 March 2006 (2006-03-18)	23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)
Eddsworld: Legacy	13		2 June 2012 (2012-06-02)	16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)
Eddsworld Beyond	2		1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	TBA

Episodes

Eddsworld Season 1-4 (2006–11)

All episodes from the original Eddsworld series were animated by Edd Gould.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	YouTube air date	Newgrounds air date
1	1	"Tord's Adventure"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	18 March 2006 (2006-03-18)	17 March 2006
After Edd sends an embarrassing picture of Tord, Tord flies all the way to London to kill Edd.
2	2	"Zombeh Nation"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	12 November 2006 (2006-11-12)	11 November 2006
After Matt is surrounded by Zombehs, the gang go to save him.
3	3	"Breakfast"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	6 December 2006 (2006-12-06)	16 August 2006
After Edd almost eats the last piece of bacon, Tord and Edd fight over the bacon and end up getting injured in the end.
4	4	"Christmas Visitor"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)	10 December 2006
Edd gets an unexpected "visitor" on Christmas Eve...
5	5	"Hello Hellhole"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)	17 January 2007
The gang go to hell, after attempting to watch Insane Zombies Pirates from Hell 3.
6	6	"This World of Edd"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	2 March 2007 (2007-03-02)	1 March 2007
After Edd realises he’s the only person on Earth, he decides to do whatever he wants... but shortly after kills himself.
7	7	"Zombeh Attack"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	28 June 2007 (2007-06-28)	4 October 2005
The gang get stuck in a zombie infested city.
8	8	"Zombeh Attack 2"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)	6 May 2006
Tord rises from the grave and needs Edd's help for the Necronomicon, but someone has the exact same plan...
9	9	"Zombeh Attack 3"	Edd Gould	Written by: Edd Gould Co-written by: Matt Hargreaves, Thomas Ridgewell, and Tord Larsson	29 April 2007 (2007-04-29)	28 April 2007
Matt's back for the final showdown. Can Edd and Tom save the world?
10	10	"The Dudette Next Door"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould and Tord Larsson	21 June 2007 (2007-06-21)	18 September 2005
Edd and Tord meet their new neighbour... and each other's fists. :D
11	11	"Ruined"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	2 September 2007 (2007-09-02)	2 September 2007
When Edd attempts to hide Tom's bass (Susan), he discovers ancient ruins in the dirt.
12	12	"Halloween Special 2007"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	2 November 2007 (2007-11-02)	21 October 2007
After an axe-wielding maniac hears Edd's comment about him, he tries to kill Edd and friends.
13	13	"Zanta Claws"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould and Thomas Ridgewell	21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)	21 December 2007
The gang meet Santa Claus... a weirder version.
14	14	"Spares"	Edd Gould and Thomas Ridgewell	Edd Gould and Thomas Ridgewell	16 May 2008 (2008-05-16)	16 May 2008
After only getting 4 viewers, an Evil Director decides to clone the gang 4 million times so he can be successful.
15	15	"Moving Targets"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	2 July 2008 (2008-07-02)	2 July 2008
Having nowhere to go for holiday and no money, the gang decide to join the army.
16	16	"25ft Under the Seat"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	28 September 2008 (2008-09-28)	27 September 2008
Tord leaves, and Matt flushes Edd's fridge keys down the toilet, so the gang go to down the toilet Atlantis.
17	17	"Matt Sucks"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	29 October 2008 (2008-10-29)	27 October 2008
After Matt gets bitten by a vampire on Halloween, he decides to bite the others.
18	18	"Zanta Claws II"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	18 December 2008 (2008-12-18)	17 December 2008
After Zanta kidnaps Santa, it's up to the gang to save him.
19	19	"MovieMakers"	Thomas Ridgewell	Edd Gould and Thomas Ridgewell	19 April 2009 (2009-04-19)	19 April 2009
The gang tries to make a movie.
20	20	"Climate Change"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)	TBA
The gang use too much electricity, causing a giant wave to come to them.
21	21	"Xmas Day"	Edd Gould	Written by: Edd Gould Co-written by: Matt Hargreaves and Thomas Ridgewell	20 December 2009 (2009-12-20)	20 December 2009
The gang celebrate Christmas... but it’s not as they expected.
22	22	"WTFuture"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould	13 February 2010 (2010-02-13)	13 February 2010
Edd's future self attempts to kill his current/past self due to Cola being outlawed as a drug.
23	23	"Hammer and Fail: Rival Builders (Part 1)"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould and Tom Bown	10 September 2010 (2010-09-10)	10 September 2010
Due to Matt having way too much stuff in his room, the gang decide to add an extension to their house... but their next-door neighbours bother.
24	24	"Zanta Claws III"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell, Edd Gould, and Tom Bown	22 December 2010 (2010-12-22)	22 December 2010
The gang have to save Christmas when Tom tries to destroy it.
25	25	"Hammer and Fail: Rooftop Rumble (Part 2)"	Edd Gould	Edd Gould and Tom Bown	23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)	23 July 2011
A demon possesses Matt but leaves due to his vainness and stupidity.

Eddsworld: Legacy (season 5) (2012–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animated by	YouTube air date	Newgrounds air date
26	1	"Space Face (Part 1)"	Thomas Ridgewell and Edd Gould	Thomas Ridgewell	Edd Gould and Paul ter Voorde	2 June 2012 (2012-06-02)	7 June 2012
The gang is kidnapped by aliens on a tour around their ship.
27	2	"Date Night"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell	Paul ter Voorde	12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)	13 September 2012
Matt gets a date, but she soon leaves him after he gets flashbacks of his room.
28	3	"Space Face (Part 2)"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell	Paul ter Voorde	26 November 2012 (2012-11-26)	TBA
The gang gets trapped in the garbage disposal bay, so they have fun.
29	4	"The Snogre"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell	Paul ter Voorde	7 February 2013 (2013-02-07)	7 February 2013
After a chemical spill on Tom's snowman, it spreads to other snow things.
30	5	"Hide and Seek"	Thomas Ridgewell	Eddie Bowley and Thomas Ridgewell	Kati Knitt	24 December 2013 (2013-12-24)	24 December 2013
The gang decides to play Hide and Seek, but when Matt finds a place to hide, he hallucinates.
31	6	"Fun Dead"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Paul ter Voorde	28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)	TBA
The gang go to ASDFLand, but there's something they don't realize.
32	7	"PowerEdd"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Anthony Price	31 December 2014 (2014-12-31)	TBA
After Edd and Eduardo get zapped by a satellite, they get superpowers.
33	8	"Mirror Mirror"	Thomas Ridgewell	Eddie Bowley, Thomas Ridgewell, and Matt Hargreaves	Sandra Rivas	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)	TBA
After going to the magic store, the gang finds out there's a female version of themselves...
34	9	"Trick or Threat"	Thomas Ridgewell	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Brandon Turner	23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)	TBA
A little girl possesses Matt and Edd.
35	10	"Christmas Eddventure"	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Brandon Turner	18 December 2015 (2015-12-18)	TBA
The North Pole gets invaded by penguins, but Tom won't let them go on any Christmas adventures.
36	11	"Saloonatics"	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Studio Cacti	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)	TBA
Edd reads a diary about the gang's ancestors.
37	12	"The End (Part 1)"	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Paul ter Voorde	9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)	16 March 2016
Tord returns and redoes adventures with the gang.
38	13	"The End (Part 2)"	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Thomas Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley	Brandon Turner, Greg McMahon, Matt Ley, Jamie Spicer-Lewis, Kati Knitt, Joshua Palmer, Anthony Price, Ben Smallman, Marc Lovallo, and Billy Crinion	16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)	16 March 2016
The gang realizes Tord may not be what he seems, meanwhile Tom buys a new home.

Eddsworld Beyond (season 6) (2020–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animated by	YouTube air date	Newgrounds air date
39	1	"Fan Service 2"	Matt Hargreaves	Matt Hargreaves and Jamie Spicer-Lewis	Jon Lopez, Collin Bogert, and Vincent Vintdoo	1 August 2020 (2020-08-01)	1 August 2020
Read it and weep...
40	2	"Casting Call"	Matt Hargreaves	Matt Hargreaves and Jamie Spicer-Lewis	Jon Lopez, David Kalev-Roy, Mike Picone, Collin Bogert, Vincent Vintdoo, and Pippin Kelly	26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)	26 November 2020
Time to mix things up...
41	3	"The Beaster Bunny^[c]"	Matt Hargreaves	Matt Hargreaves and Jamie Spicer-Lewis	Jon Lopez, Collin Bogert, Wayne Degen Jr., David Kalev-Roy, Pippin Kelly, Mike Picone, Fran Pun, Vincent Vintdoo, and Matt Hargreaves	1 April 2021 (2021-04-01)	1 April 2021
Edd and the gang go to an Easter festival but not everything is as it seems...
42	4	"RANDUMB"	Matt Hargreaves	Matt Hargreaves	Jon Lopez, Fran Pun, David Kalev-Roy, Mike Picone, Collin Bogert, and Wayne Degen	30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)	30 September 2021
Too stupid for TV...
43	5	"Slippery Slope^[d]"	Matt Hargreaves	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Jon Lopez, Sydney Campbell, Collin Bogert, Billy Crinion, Wayne Degen, David Kalev-Roy, Kevin Lordi, and Karla Sánchez	24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)	24 December 2021
It's all downhill from here...
44	6	"Surf & Turf Wars (Part 1)"	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Jon Lopez, Billy Crinion, Collin Bogert, Andy Clift, Wayne Degen Jr., David Kalev-Roy, Fran Pun, Karla Sánchez, and Brandon Turner	15 September 2022 (2022-09-15)	27 September 2022
If you can’t beach them, join them.
45	7	"Zombeh Picnic"	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Jon Lopez, Billy Crinion, Collin Bogert, Wayne Degen Jr., David Kalevala-Roy, Ran Pun, Karla Sànchez, and Brandon Turner	21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)	1 December 2022
46	8	"The Chronicles of Santa"	Cristopher Bingham and Andy Clift	Matt Hargreaves and Andy Clift	Collin Bogert, Andy Clift, Billy Crinion, Jon Lopez and Karla Sànchez	15 December 2022

Notes

1. Archival recordings of Edd Gould are used in "Space Face (Part 1)" and "The End (Part 1)."
2. Voice acted until "25ft Under the Seat," with a guest appearance in "WTFuture."
3. On Newgrounds and the title card, this episode is simply titled "Beaster Bunny"
4. Included in the sub-series Ellsworld

References

1. "About". Eddsworld. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
2. "Eddsworld Christmas '04".
3. Lea, Martin. "Eddsworld March 2022".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. Marcy Gardner (16 March 2016). "Eddsworld: Long May It Spin". TenEighty Magazine. from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
5. . BBC. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
6. Strohman, Donald (10 March 2016). "Eddsworld: The End of a Legacy". The Young Folks. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
7. Teed, Paul (14 April 2012). "Tributes flood in for Eddsworld creator, who died aged 23". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
8. Gutelle, Sam (23 March 2016). "TomSka's New Documentary Explains How Eddsworld Survived Its Creator's Death". Tubefilter. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
9. thetomska (16 March 2016). "Goodbye, old friend". Tumblr. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
10. Eddsworld (1 August 2020). "Eddsworld - Fan Service 2". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
11. "Eddsworld". YouTube. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
12. Vaughan, Adam (5 November 2009). "Guardian: One Minute To Save The World". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
13. "TV/E and WWF hook up with young filmmakers to highlight climate change one million times". WWF. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

• Official website