Ed

Ed is one of the three protagonists in Ed, Edd n Eddy. He is the strongest but also the least intelligent member of the Eds.
== Background ==
Ed is kind, good-natured, and happy-go-lucky with a positive attitude towards almost everything and everyone he encounters. He is the type of person who sees everybody he meets as a potential friend. Ed is also very absent-minded and naïve, making him the perfect candidate for Eddy to help him with his scams, as Ed hardly ever questions them. Even so, Ed never feels abused by Eddy despite being the workhorse for almost all of Eddy's scams.
However, Ed is often the subject of abuse by his younger sister Sarah. He always fears Sarah when she gets him in the palm of her hand. Even though she torments him a lot, he still loves Sarah dearly and does his best to protect her and make her feel happy.
Ed is a loyal fan of low-budget horror movies and comic books but often misinterprets them as reality. He is an animal lover as well, with chickens being his favorite animal, a running gag throughout the series. His love of chickens sees him often attempting to borrow those belonging to Rolf, and he once even ignored a Jawbreaker giveaway mere feet away from the candy store in order to dive into a gigantic chicken drive. He has also displayed a selective affinity for music, as he was unable to play the violin when his mother commanded him to but was able to play the flute excellently in "Who's Minding the Ed?" Ed also enjoys certain foods, most notably buttered toast and gravy, as the unused bathtub in his bedroom is filled with the latter. Other foods that Ed likes are pudding skin and Chunky Puffs.
Some examples of what Ed doesn't like are vegetables and soap, meaning he does not lead a basic healthy life, much to the chagrin of the more hygienic Edd. Even so, he doesn't seem to suffer physically under his low maintenance lifestyle.
Although Ed is a very childlike and loving character who will easily hug, kiss, or playfully interact with other characters, the Kanker Sisters are a rare exception for him. The equally loving May Kanker is often left standing.
Above all, Ed is a loyal friend who sticks by those he cares for as much as he possibly can.
== Trivia ==
* Danny Antonucci has said that Ed is based on his easily distracted, oft-daydreaming, dysfunctional side that was always focusing on something else while in the middle of an activity.
* Ed's hair color is red/ginger, as seen in "Over Your Ed."
* In "Smile for the Ed", Ed's middle name is revealed to be "Horace".
* According to himself in "Over Your Ed," Ed's height is 5'9.
* In "Take This Ed and Shove It," Ed says that he wants to be rice (Frisco style) when he grows up.
* In "Look Into My Eds," it's revealed that Ed dreams of becoming a ballet dancer.
* In "Boom Boom Out Goes the Ed," it is shown that his skull is a piece of buttered toast with two holes for eye sockets and a slice of butter for the nose. But in "Flea-Bitten Ed," when Edd x-rays him, he is shown to have a normal skull, but with a bone where his eyebrow should be. In "Cool Hand Ed," the inside of his head is shown with a small brain, a bandage, a spoon, and a crushed soda can inside his head.
* Ed is afraid of soap as shown in "Once Upon an Ed" and "Run for your Ed,"however he had no problem with soap in "Over Your Ed."
* Ed can perfectly play the comb and paper ("Boys Will Be Eds"), the flute ("Who's Minding the Ed?") and the saxophone ("Smile for the Ed"), yet was forced to play the violin by his parents ("Pain in the Ed").
* Ed revealed in "Who, What, Where, Ed" that he used to have braces.
* In "X Marks the Ed," it was revealed that Ed is afraid of wigs, yet in "A Boy and His Ed" he was wearing a clown wig (and even asked to keep it), and in "Quick Shot Ed" he was forced to wear a wig by the Kankers and showed no ill effects. In addition, in the comic "Sugar, Spice, Ed" he wore a woman's wig (as did Edd and Eddy).
** He could mean that he's scared of wigs on someone other than himself.
* Ed sleepwalks and sleep eats, as shown in "A Glass of Warm Ed" and "Run for your Ed."
* Ed has a pet turtle, as seen in "Ready, Set... Ed!" "From Here to Ed," and "Run Ed Run."
* Ed got an A for history on his report card in "Mission Ed-Possible." However, in an earlier shot it showed that his report card said F on everything, making this an animation error.
* Ed once had at least 5 seagulls trapped under his bed in "Ready, Set... Ed!" The ones mentioned were named "Penelope," "Edmund," and "Nestor."
* In "Scrambled Ed", it was shown that Ed has a collection of sponges, and hides them in his wall. They reappear in Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show where he threw them into the wind while preparing to leave the Cul-de-Sac.
* He is known to have a number of allergies:
** Rabbits (as shown in "Flea-Bitten Ed")
** Eels (as shown in "Dueling Eds")
** Dandelions (as shown in "Honor Thy Ed")
** Cats (as hinted to in "Mission Ed-Possible") 
** Butterscotch pudding (as discovered in "All Eds Are Off")
* Headcanon: he is now The adopted son of Berkeley and Madison (From zombieLand).