The Kanker Sisters: The Queens of Uselessness

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[@franciscoaguirre96]

its a kid show. dont think of it like a show meant for kids but that the writers knew the bar was low since its a kid show. its not like game of thrones where you can see the money as you record, so they didnt give the characters much thought. thats just how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

[@erikbihari3625]

Tv tropes said they moved unto eddy's brother. Who else will unsibscribe here?

[@WinterFlowerSakura]

I would like to see you do a video on Nazz how you feel about her character role in the series. She's like in some similar ways like the Kankers having no development or no personality or character role which she was this stereotypical pretty neighborhood girl where boys fall for Nazz and not doing nothing much in the series just chilling fading in the background nothing as a character. She was a little bit ok character but the writers made her look way too dumb and being a hypocrite and being harsh cold on Double D with her words to him in Fistful of Ed said something in a line scene" quiet ones are " ( you know what I'm mean what she said.) She's hasn't defend any of the Ed's hearing their side of misunderstanding story like in It Smell like an Ed or never defended Double D in being there for helping him in Fistful of Ed.

[@orangeslash1667]

According to an interview with the show's creator Danny Antonucci, the Kanker Sisters are based on a group of girls he knew during his 7th Grade school year. He goes on to say: “ ...they're based on a pair of Grade 7 girls who true to form were always on the lookout for potential boyfriends. They frightened us with their intensity and attitude yet they always wanted to play the innocent with the older guys whom they wanted to date.

[@yonaguy6978]

Nice that they used from their own personal experiences for this

[@mechajay3358]

Makes me wonder what type of life those girls have now given their personalities

[@orangeslash1667]

@@yonaguy6978 Their not the only ones. There's a 107 facts of Ed, Edd, and Eddy on KZbin.

[@Boymoder420]

​@@mechajay3358I think they were just girls at the end of the day. There's a lot of guys who wanted a relationship in their youth, and I'm sure a lot of girls felt the same. But not everyone gets into a relationship. Then again the older p people is concerning

[@ivanbluecool]

One of the major examples of "male abuse is funny" in kids cartoons. Even when I was a kid it was skin crawling to see the kankers on screen

[@jamestolbert1856]

Yeah I did not like them

[@2diefor]

They're so annoying.

[@jamestolbert1856]

@@2diefor I know right

[@MikeFireheart]

Well yes, but also no my friend. The Kankers were meant as karma for the Eds after their scams, since they get used like they use the kids of their cul-de-sac. It wasn't necessarily male suffering is funny as much as it was karma being funny.

[@Dr.Mlieko]

at least Pepe le Pew was equal opportunity

[@Justicsgenie]

Funfact kanker means cancer in dutch and is often used as a swear word. So that is pretty accurate to their characters

[@LCCWPresents]

I was thinking force of nature as the soulution to this guys question.

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

Hell, in my crazy fanfic-verse, they're -bending the knee to- I mean are the "cousins" of Chelsea Van Der Zee from Ruby Gillman. I mean if both of their surnames are Dutch, why not go with it? Plus they're both insufferable, so might as well give the Eds that sweet dose of schadenfreude they've been craving for years.

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

In the US, it’s used as another term for a cold sore.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

It seems like Mr. Enter is right.

[@johnevans9804]

Never fully considered the meaning. I only thought of them as being annoying like canker sores

[@slashbash1347]

For preteen girls to be so sexually charged, I have to wonder if they were abused. I mean, they DO have different dads.

[@TStamp-lw4ku]

I always figured it was bad influence from their mom.

[@smashers6971]

@@TStamp-lw4kuThat’s pretty much what it is, considering they imply in their first episode is that a real man is one that runs away in fear.

[@dioshiba6066]

Now that would have been a story line that could have been played with had it not been for you know.... TV standards and how that could have worked with the style of writing the show had.

[@polocatfan]

wait they're not 16-17?

[@smashers6971]

@@polocatfan I feel May and maybe Marie are still preteens, I took Lee as being 14 regardless

[@masterplay148]

Missed potential to be counterparts for the Eds. No wonder, I always thought Kevin was a way better antagonist.

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

At least Kevin tries to be nice sometimes the whole reason why he doesn't like them or specifically Eddie is because he keeps doing s*** that gets them all caught in the crossfire

[@starvoltnexus3139]

@@A-TALKING-TOASTERYeah or he keeps trying to scam him in the other neighborhood kids and that’s a fair reason not to like them

[@doomcurse1986]

It would have been much more interesting to have the Kankers as the mirrored versions of the eds but like. The eds do their elaborate scams to get their jawbreakers, the (rewritten) kankers just rough characters up and take their quarters. Compared to the eds the kankers are all brawn and no brain and it's the eds cooperation that gets them outta trouble and in it. OR We saw a glimpse of the kankers ingenuity in that "haunted house" episode where they built that odd contraction/ride JUST to marry the eds. So what if the eds and Kankers are rivals, the kanker sisters having scams similar to theirs. Using the lovey dovey kissy act to scare and bully the eds because they're still in the "ew girls" phase. Having their character traits mirrored to "their" ed to almost cause some insecurity. (ex: Marie being smarter than double d while being cooler,collected and confident. Lee being taller than eddy, having better hair and much more clever and street smart and even fooling him sometimes. May more so knows more sci-fi and monster trivia and maybe even has better figurines/comics than Ed)

[@alexvaughan1013]

Kevin even has physical features of all 3 Eds: Eddy's 3 hairs, Double D's hat and large chin, and Ed's buzz cut under his hat. He's even designed to be an antithesis to the Eds!

[@Dr.Mlieko]

Apparently the idea was less for them to be counterparts, and more them being bad romantic match-ups

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

From what I’ve heard, Danny Antonucci did have ideas for fleshing them out. The issue here was that none of the ideas for their motives or backstory would really fit on a kids show. He had to keep them vague as he wasn’t really allowed to go into details on the rating he has.

[@Eminster]

I mean shows like hey Arnold can do it

[@dioshiba6066]

@@Eminster Even then it's not like Hey Arnold had to abide by TV Standards in the same way Ed, Edd, n' Eddy did. And where Hey Arnold actually had storylines that were not solely comedy, much of what ed edd n eddy did was for the tone Antonucci was going for.

[@Dr.Mlieko]

@@Eminster I mean, it was heavily hinted throughout the show that they were the daughters of a single mother and three different fathers, and that their mother filled their heads with unhealthy ideas of how relationships and society in general should work

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Kanker Sisters is like an unstoppable force to both Eds and the Cul-de-sac Kids as immovable objects.

[@fynnthefox9078]

They're chaotic forces of nature.

[@jailcatjones3250]

Feared by all

[@Skibster-w9l]

I think that the Kankers would be better characters if they actually got karma for most of the stuff they did.

[@Skibster-w9l]

And were fleshed out a bit more

[@mesousagaby740]

I mean, we'd like to see them lose, sure, but what else will be there abou them?

[@nicholassims9837]

The only times was when Ed put a measuring cup in them, Plank fought them off and Eddy told them to beat it.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Imagine if the Kanker Sisters got sent to Juvie.

[@fnfethusiast6508]

Duncan would make them his slaves

[@newdawnhorizon9879]

​@@fnfethusiast6508Aren't there different jails for men and women

[@sofiadominguezleon4106]

​@@newdawnhorizon9879kids go to prison too

[@ladysegagenesis]

Honestly this might be the reason I like the episode Hankey Pankey Hullabaloo so much. In that episode it DOES try to develop the Kankers. And hey it even mixes up the character interactions more as well. But yah I agree with everything said here.

[@ladysegagenesis]

@@orangeslash1667 Interesting

[@orangeslash1667]

@@ladysegagenesis Fun Fact: Nazz and May are played by the same actress. So maybe May being dumb is making it easier for the VA to differentiate the two???

[@DoctorInk20]

Agreed. The Kankers are a decent concept in need of a far better execution. Found them unpleasant in so many episodes back in the day, even with the pure comedy tone. It's an interesting case where fan works seem to have done more to develop them than the original creators. Among fan art and writings, you actually see some compatibility and how the Eds and the Kankers might actually click as friends, if not something more later on. Ed and May enjoy schlocky horror and comic books together is probably the most believable development.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@DoctorInk20 According to an interview with the show's creator Danny Antonucci, the Kanker Sisters are based on a group of girls he knew during his 7th Grade school year. He goes on to say: “ ...they're based on a pair of Grade 7 girls who true to form were always on the lookout for potential boyfriends. They frightened us with their intensity and attitude yet they always wanted to play the innocent with the older guys whom they wanted to date. In other words their meant to be uncomfortable, the same way a horror film isn't meant to be comfortable.

[@Dr.Mlieko]

I've heard somewhere that the concept behind the Kankers was that they were supposed to be the worst possible romantic matches for the Eds Also, they were supposedly based on someone show creator Danny Antonucci knew in his childhood

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

I’m amazed how none of the kids are concerned that the Kankers basically own their town.

[@KawikaProductions]

And of course it's never brought up again. Talk about "300 years of smooches".

[@yoman5029]

i think it was more of an attempt to intimidate the kids rather than them actually owning the neighborhood. if they did own the town, shouldn't they be busy taxing the people that live there, basically what someone that has full control over a neighborhood *would* do?

[@aozorahaou2643]

I always chalked Maria as the tomboy

[@silkotch2585]

Ed's breaking point is having a pebble in his shoe.

[@FootFingerProd]

This take seems a little short sighted in my opinion. As is while it's easy to have the stance of "story is what matters most in a character-driven series" the thing with Ed, Edd 'n Eddy is it's not JUST a character driven series with decent story. It's also a chaotic slapstick comedy. The Kankers are an element that come from the latter more than the former because they were intentionally based off of Danny's experiences growing up. Growing up there ARE people who just sporadically appear and give you nothing but bad memories. They are intentionally characters who aren't that deep because they are meant to be remembered more as villains than characters. This is because they help emphasize that while indeed The Eds are kids who scam the other neighbors, they never are actively hated or attacked (save for My Fair Ed which just, half-asses that concept) because in some ways they actually do make the Cul-De-Sac more interesting, and aren't violent bullies that enjoy forcing kids to eat bugs or get in fights. Because of the Kankers it's more believable that the Eds have done what they do for so long without major reprecussion. Not to mention, for the Kankers to NOT be grouped in as a specific flavor of foil, that in my opinion makes them stronger characters. Compared to say, The Rowdyruff Boys who are popular but are just a bunch of juvenile, anti-feminine punks, they actually serve specific purposes. Eddy leads the Eds while Lee bosses around her sisters. Ed is blissfully unaware of everything around him because of his low intelligence, May is blissful about what makes her happy in spite of her intelligence being constantly berated by her sisters. Double Dee is always collaborating with the other Eds and keeping order, while Marie is always most likely to fight Lee and intentionally seeks disorder, to the point where she flirts and teases the most neurotic, orderly mess of the Eds. As is I understand this take and don't blame anyone for having it. To me though, useless characters don't create a resounding response in the fanbase to the point that numerous fanworks actively produce content that feature characters like this. On DeviantArt alone there's nearly 16k fanworks that feature the Kankers compared to the 40.5k fanworks of EEnE as a whole. That's nearly 40% of all of the EEnE fanworks on the site! To me, it just feels a bit unfair to judge them on this sort of standard of writing when a character like Jonny who is all sorts of beloved serves arguably less purpose as a weird non-sequitor kid when, Ed pretty much is just that. There really isn't a lot of focus on Jonny in episodes, and when there is they tend to treat him as just as much of a plot device as the Kankers. All in all not a bad video just, I can't help but feel that it's missing something when it comes to focusing on these characters.

[@MeganKoumori]

To be blunt, the Kanker Sisters are the wh*t* tr*sh antagonists and foils to the rest of the suburban middle-class protagonists. They live in a crappy trailer with a single mom who is heavily implied to sleep around (The first episode with the Kankers has them mirroring their mother's relationships with men through the Eds and confirms each sister has a different dad). They're crass, gross, and mean. No, I'm not saying all people who live in trailers are like this. The show is playing off of stereotypes. _I_ live in a trailer.

[@masonasaro2118]

you forgot a _not_ there at the end

[@micahwilliams1449]

How old are the sisters? They look older than the others

[@micahwilliams1449]

And what they did to Eddy's douche brother

[@MeganKoumori]

@@masonasaro2118 Sorry. Edited.

[@morganguest1343]

Even the Gross Sisters from the Proud Family would be digusted by these three. They had more personality.

[@kanseiyamazaru435]

Even as a kid who never really had much in terms of deep thoughts, I NEVER liked the Kankers because then I knew they were only there just to make sure an episode ended badly for the Eds for almost no reason.

[@queenbee3561]

Yeah, I agree with that. And I didn’t even grew up with the Ed show that much

[@witcherstudios9351]

Hanky Panly Hullabaloo seemed to be the only time the show tried to do something more with the kankers. With May’s rejection and Double D consoling her.

[@otaking3582]

They are Diablos ex Machina incarnate.

[@TStamp-lw4ku]

I understand the dismay for the Kankers due to the sexual harassment but I loved how they were used as Bullies that everybody is scared of and as a way to give the Ed’s their comeuppance for their misdeeds. Btw after the episode where Ed’s finger got stuck in the kanker sisters bottle causing them to wreck havoc on the culdesac is a perfect example of why the other characters stay away just like Season 1 of the scams were problematic enough that the other kids could’ve hated them for the rest of the series for that and it would’ve been justified. Also Also I think you could take Jonny out of the series and nothing changes as well

[@zodaloo9303]

Nicely said, even though I still like them and find them useful for the purpose of being a chaotic and destructive force. I am a bit dissapointed that you left out an important bit of May's potential development. That being, she's not as stupid as she likes (by much). The Valentine's day special showed that despite being dumb, she actually has a surpsingly, knowledgable, grasp on chemistry. So much so that she even shocked Double D. Speaking of which, I do hope you cover the Valentine's day special if you ever revisit the Kanker's or the show again. What it shows off is interesting and worth looking at. Especially with Double D and him secretly keeping May's love letter, and actually liking it.

[@CJBStudios]

2:29 More like the de facto *_Lee-der_* of the group, am I right?

[@TheCommenterDragon]

In my opinion, The Kankers would've probably been better antagonists if the writers had just stuck with them being your typical neighborhood bullies. Instead of having them be full on female rapists. In fact. If they had taken that route with the Kankers I think May would be the only redeemable one, Because as shown in the Valentine's Day special May was revealed to not be all bad unlike Lee and Marie. I mean they could've done an entire arc about reforming the Kankers but did they?...Noooo, But it would've been interesting if at least one of them got a reformed villain arc.

[@orangeslash1667]

According to an interview with the show's creator Danny Antonucci, the Kanker Sisters are based on a group of girls he knew during his 7th Grade school year. He goes on to say: “ ...they're based on a pair of Grade 7 girls who true to form were always on the lookout for potential boyfriends. They frightened us with their intensity and attitude yet they always wanted to play the innocent with the older guys whom they wanted to date.

[@chrisketchum8042]

​@@orangeslash1667Do you have to keep spamming the same comment?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@chrisketchum8042 What's the fun of only telling one person of interesting facts?

[@icecreamhero2375]

I wouldn't call them useless they were good antagonists for the Eds and the whole neighborhood was afraid of them. They were also in great episodes like Avast Ye Eds.

[@kolonarulez5222]

I guess this says more about my environment but growing up I saw them as realistic bc "the older kids just get to pick on the younger kids when the adults can't see." I was a younger kid unfortunately.

[@doomcurse1986]

9:00 a strong rewrite for this episode could easily have been as suggested, with each of the eds having to do something embarrassing or humiliating for the kids of the cul-de-sac to ensure they have homeroom (or a specific class) together. With the twist being just when all three are about to give up in their task the cul-de-sac character agrees last second and very easily, with the kicker being at the end (staying in line with how the kankers are used in the show at the time) its revealed their other 3 homeroom classmates are the Kanker sisters themselves. Fade out to the eds screaming and running for the door or something. Then later in the season we see the consequences of this as the eds are being forced to interact with the kankers more and then we get some proper development and get some last minute clarification if they're just bullies or love interests or something else.

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

I like that they're dehumanized. They're not something you can negotiate with. They're the forces of nature 😂

[@mechajay3358]

I heavily disagree on cutting them out and this is a hot take, but I don't mind their types of personality since they kinda act as forces for the Eds to overcome, with varying degrees of success. But I do think they could be more developed besides being a particular other-threatening force for the community as a whole, which does a good for the Eds by time of the film. They do have interesting layers to their characters, being 'the others' in the outcast group.

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

Itself the Kranker exist to make a contrast a with the Eds and show off the late have skills and good qualities. Though the problems with it is the Eds as characthers don't need it, they can show both the good and Bad sides on their own. And the sisters only serve to maintain status quo, when the are doing something completely harmless, to the rest, not Even pulling a scheme, like when they build a treehouse.

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

Then again the show is cynical in nature it's not really meant to have deep character-driven moments

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

@@A-TALKING-TOASTER I not mean like that, not as far, simple that they role is make the Eds more likeable, both to the audience and to the rest of the characthers by comparation. It's the "at least they aren't" but as the rest of the cast has their bit share of Good and Bad qualities at least one of they can grill the role for the sake of comedy.

[@montanajackson3713]

How have the Ed’s never thought of calling the police or telling their parents about the kankers and report them for their harassment and bullying?

[@JanusHoW]

Telling their parents would probably have consequences none of the Eds would want. -Eddy would probably feel even more insecure than he already is, and he'd probably get scoffed at for "not being a man" or something by his dad. -Ed telling his parents would just receive an apathetic response. I feel that the line "Sarah will tell Mom, and Mom will tell Dad and Dad will just sit there and watch TV" is not taken as seriously as it should be. Or worse, they might just take the stairs out from the basement again. -Double D's parents would probably overreact and move away from the cul-de-sac to protect their son, but make it difficult if not impossible for Double D to see the only two people he considers friends.

[@TheNijikazegirl]

Maybe they didn't think they'd be believed. After all, sadly males don't exactly get taken very seriously with this kind of thing.

[@smashers6971]

@@JanusHoWI think for Eddys answer it’s moreso his ego won’t allow it, besides his parents would probably do something about it considering that they most likely kicked bro out.

[@doctorchaos4436]

And ruin the plot?

[@emmanuelharris6445]

What? And Ruin The Plot?

[@sjmhadsock4586]

Mr enter once called them the cancer sisters

[@kademcarthur5362]

Kanker means cancer in Dutch

[@sjmhadsock4586]

@@kademcarthur5362 oh cool

[@erikbihari3625]

Rule one me enter is always wrong! He's like a male version of cellspex.

[@sjmhadsock4586]

@@erikbihari3625 do you mean male?

[@erikbihari3625]

@@sjmhadsock4586. Right, sorry. But my point still stands!

[@gorillazfan_vt]

Hanky Panky Hullabaloo was one of the only times I could tolerate the Kanker sisters, and strangely enough, despite how creepy their crush on the Eds is, it ended up making a case for why Double D and May would be better matched with each other. May was touched by Double D’s kindness when Ed rejected her, and Double D was impressed by May’s knowledge of chemistry (which she probably got from Walter White). Take out the Cupid Sarah and Jimmy, and it’s a match that actually seems natural and organic.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

There just a running gag of the Show.😂

[@kingkirby1394]

I remember as a kid always turning off the tv whenever they’d show up cuz I knew the episode was over 😂 and now as an adult I realized an interesting potential comparison: The kankers are just the greaser dogs from CatDog but worse in every way, one the greasers aren’t all the same character Cliff is the headstrong leader who thinks he knows more than he does Shriek is the scrappy tomboy of the group who while in love with dog doesn’t revolve her every second of screentime to that And Lube…he’s uh typically a bit slow to put it lightly (kinda like ed funnily enough with camp lazlo clams voice carlos alazraqui ) What I’m getting at is, that yes they are bully characters who exist to beat up CatDog and torment other people, the dynamic can be different depending on the situation and we can explore each greaser individually instead of treating them purely as plot devices, it also helps that they can actually be funny where legit the kankers never really were funny outside of slapstick but that can apply to everyone (slapstick that they bring onto eachother cuz heaven forbid anyone else be able to put them down)

[@Neku628]

It was nice to see Double D and May getting along, it was just too bad that her sisters and the other Eds got in the way.

[@sofiadominguezleon4106]

P.S. Double D deserves May because she was a lot more nicer than her sister Lee and Marie

[@LCCWPresents]

The kankers could just be a force of nature

[@smashers6971]

Of the three Antagonistic characters in EENE (Sarah, Kevin and the Kankers) I feel the Kankers are fundamentally the weakest. Like at least Kevin and Sarah do have a reason for why they’re actively antagonistic towards the Ed’s, the Ed’s aren’t innocent souls towards them and even then Kevin (and to a lesser extent Sarah) do tolerate Double D whenever he’s not with Eddy and Ed. The Kankers don’t exactly have a justification for going after the Ed’s outside of their stalker crush on them, and considering how they were raised it’s kind of an excuse, but it doesn’t justify their actions like Eddy’s excuse does. Personally outside of May and Ed (Since of the three she feels the most genuine of them about her crush), I can’t see Lee and Marie getting with Eddy and Edd, for Eddy it would be a heavily one sided relationship sort of like Eddy’s relationship with his brother, there’s also the fact in a deleted scene of Eddy’s nightmare in Take this Ed and Shove it, the one thing that makes Eddy want to desperately want to wake up is the reveal of his marriage to Lee. Then there’s Double D, Marie is extremely clingy and jealous whenever Double D is near another girl, even her own sister, and Double D isn’t stupid enough to let bygones be bygones so Marie can get her happy ending. I do think the Kankers could be written well, in particular May and Lee, May being the nicest and surprisingly intelligent while Lee essentially has to be the team mom of her frankly very dysfunctional family is a neat idea for them, but I feel any potential they could have was quickly flushed down the toilet for Kanker esque Machina endings.

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

I think they could play parallels with the Edd's but with the opposite outcome. both trios belong to dysfuncional families, with neglecfull. But while the Edd's really value each other and confronted with the real possibility of lost their friendship(as we see in the movie) they straight up and confront each other and improve, in the end being a good thing. Thay could have play the opposite with the Krankers, in special with Mai intended development, they little by little separate from each other(causing more trouble in the process )as more than enjoy each other company, they are together simply because they are family and live in the same, purely by habit. Could simply play that the rest of the cast become better at dealing with them over time and they start to blame each other.

[@smashers6971]

@@santiagoarrieta2175 Honestly May is sort of more of a parallel to Double D than Ed imo. As I commented on the Double D video his main issue in the show is his toxic friendship with Ed and Eddy, he would be a normal friend of the Cul De Sac if he didn’t keep clinging to them, heck even his parents (Who do care about him) don’t really like his friendship with Ed and Eddy. May is in a similar boat, it’s implied she has genuine talent and smarts but it’s being held back by her sisters either bullying her or just having her go along with their antics. Unlike Lee who seems to just mess with Eddy and Marie who has an unhealthy obsession with Double D, May genuinely loves Ed, probably because she wants someone who be nice to her back. I feel like if any of the Kankers befriended the Cul De Sac kids it would be May no questions asked.

[@Baileography]

I feel like one potential solution would be to have them lose just a few more times over the series. You can't risk it happening too much because then the characters and the audience wouldn't take them as seriously and it would start to diminish the satisfaction you'd get from watching them lose in existing episodes like A Fistful of Ed but it's one possible solution to not make them as predictable. But let's be real, some of the best moments in the series are when the Eds are willing to get on their level and fight them. A Fistful of Ed is one when Eddy scares them off in one of his best shouting fits ever but remember Hanky Panky Hullabaloo? Remember when Ed and Eddy actually fought them over Double D? Sure, they still ended up on the backfoot but it shows a lot of growth on their part. Growth that's only manifesting because of the Kankers and their history with them.

[@envyhotep5951]

I really related to them because when I was in middle school I had these two girls who "liked me", they were always known for being gross, vulgar, and obnoxious. I was a super softspoken shy person who hated any attention. They could not help but interact with me whenever I was in their line of sight, forcing themselves upon me with hugs and "cuddles" and forcing me to hold their hand or receive their kisses. They seemed to find great joy and amusement at how uncomfortable they could make me. They would do it in front of other people and it became a regular joke to the rest of the class that I was their "boyfriend". People found them equally repulsive and unsettling and I was always associated with them when they came up and was teased frequently cause of it. When I complained to the teachers they mostly found it funny like "awww young love" or just telling me that it was just a crush. I had to deal with this for like 2 years (which seems like an eternity when you are that young) until High School, where by some miracle I shared no classes with them.

[@nanjobissness4360]

16:03 why you putting Tuxedo Mask in here?

[@mtb5431]

I do think some Kanker sister episodes are really good though like Run For Your Ed and A Twist Of Ed

[@majamystic256]

I forgot they were called the Kanker Sisters, I thought they were called the Hollaback Girls for some reason

[@Korosivv]

They ain't no Hollaback Girls

[@jackcarraway4707]

"Three trailer park girls go 'round the outside"

[@jamalvargas6146]

There Are Only a Few Kids Show Villians I Strongly detested back then The Kanker Sisters, Darkonda (Power Rangers In Space), Alpha (Men In Black The Series), and Myotismon from Digimon

[@starvoltnexus3139]

For Miyotismon Was it because they kind of copped out at the end of adventure 02 and just use him as the main antagonist again because honestly he was one of my favorite antagonists from Digimon

[@TooneyBird2468]

Update on the next Vs. The Network and the next part of your history of Speed Racer series?

[@itspk3691]

Marie and May are honestly fine. If you take out Lee, the other two wouldn’t be so unpleasant, since they wouldn’t be under Lee’s bad influence.

[@Iceblade269]

I think treating as a force of nature that went after EVERYONE would’ve been the solution. In the ship in the bottle episode, they destroyed the neighborhood and sent the Son of a Shepherd running for his life.

[@tyrannozilla]

Hey there, Mr. Mementos. I wanted to ask if you've ever thought about making a video on the history of Cardcaptor Sakura? Most notably, the infamous Nelvana/Kids WB edit, "Cardcaptors." I've seen other people talk about it in the past, but I still think it'd be one of your best videos if you ever decide to cover it.

[@justyumi4410]

Ever wonder whatever happened to the Huge Crew from Ned's Declassified? they were written out of the show in Season 3. Either the actresses weren't available, or Scott Fellows knew the "Female Abuser Trio" (heh) trope wasn't working.

[@ScarletRebel96]

Im always happy to see a Ed Edd n Eddy video in 2024

[@Zacman1123]

I could probably count on 1 hand the episodes I liked seeing the Kankers in.

[@lionelrivera531]

Actually Sarah bonded with one of the sisters and Ed's Pizza show will Sarah asked that she liked her nail polish.

[@SPAnComCat]

Haven't seen your Videos in a While! Sorry for Missing out on your Content!

[@kademcarthur5362]

I feel like the club house episode was a missed opportunity, I’d honestly be way more interested in seeing how the scam could’ve played out and how it still would’ve inevitably collapsed on its own had the Kankers not showed up

[@zigaudrey]

May is the least threatening member of the Kankers. She is under the bad influence. The episode where she and Double Dee fall in love just change everything. Too bad it's temporary.

[@JustinCoasters]

What about that episode where the Ed's go into a Haunted House, They were important to that I guess.

[@Zombotron5678]

With your out with the old suggestion, could be an actual classroom too with a teacher hardly there rather than a bathroom, which was just a weird choice too

[@terrenceharris-hughes4436]

And Johnny secretly hates them

[@theironefe7686]

Hey media momentos could you da video on regular show?

[@Skibster-w9l]

9:40 didn’t they break into Double D’s house( Never mind)

[@justaregularpepsi]

I think an episode about Marie Kanker being kicked out or running away where Double finds her and tries to talk her out of it trying to preach the good of family gets pushed into a corner when Marie gives him all the evidence that her family doesn't hold her best interest at heart. Coming to the conclusion that in Marie's case your friends are a better family and they could have a serious heart to heart that although the6 may not get along he would be her friend and it could stay between them. It could be a sincere episode while still having all the slapstick the show is known for but I could see it being a fan favorite episode. Just a rough idea and a pretty good lesson that I think kids at the time and even now could find comfort in. Sometimes family sucks.

[@jago483]

What episode is that scene in at 12:44?

[@ahmedaliyu1495]

Because just for the Fun of it they are Sadist personified

[@nicolasmeisel]

Im suprised didnt bring up the valentine special. There we did see May seem to possess a knowledge of chemistry. How that episode ended made me think they were hinting at Edd and May maybe actual devolping into something.

[@lionelrivera531]

Or when the sisters were looking for the ship in the bottle and Sarah knew who had it.

[@bobi200samatar6]

It's a shame that the only truly positive things I xan say about the Kankers is that they buff up the female character count in Peach Creek and Lee's design is cool

[@shadowleon659]

Even when I was a kid I never ever liked the Kankers and found them to be creepy one-dimensional baddies.

[@ianlewis6258]

I still enjoy the Kanker sisters

[@Haydenthemaker1000]

I loved the kankers

[@CassidyBlitzus356]

7:49 nobody expects the Kanker inquisition!! (I know is bad I just wanted to make the joke)

[@ty-seansenior6660]

While I agree that the Kankers are an issue, I do think there is an interesting way you can use them. You mentioned that in "Ed Overboard", May was pushed over the edge by Lee and Marie. What if May did that to both of her sisters, and they only joined in because Lee wanted them to? That would indeed lead to an interesting dynamic with the other characters while showing that they do have an interesting parallel to the Eds. Which would be: while the Eds' masks don't slip until the movie, the Kankers' masks would slip constantly. Because their not being a good exaggeration of the Eds would be intentional. That could show an interesting sort of parallel where we see that the boys are better relationships with each other due to having respect for one another and having each other's back while Lee only bosses her sisters around and has respect for absolutely no one. Here's another idea. What if, instead of having the Kankers be a Deus Ex Machina, they can be used as a last resort every once in a while. Perhaps, the Eds have run out of options when in a particular situation and they willingly go to the Kankers for help - but with a price (say, sharing half of their jawbreakers or something). This can only work if the writers used if they were ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY and were able to do something no one in the rest of the cast could. As the series goes on, you would see that the sisters would mellow out and have a more positive interaction with the rest of the cast. I'd even say that Marie could use a definite overhaul that better feeds into the Kankers being broken parallels. What if she's a total geek like Double D, OCD and all? That would drive her further over the edge when Lee keeps pushing her ands May around like that. She and Double D would form a close platonic friendship, while hinting that a relationship is possible. Maybe in the movie, May and Marie would stand up to Lee and force her to confront the fact that she pushed her own insecurities onto them. That could match how Double D stood up to Eddy on how they got into their current predicament. I'd say the right way to use the Kankers is to have them parallel the Eds in a way that shows what would happen if the Eds completely let their insecurities consume them to the point that they become bullies, as well as turning their relationship with one another toxic. Sure, it's too late to think about that now and a reboot probably won't fix much, but it's still something to consider. Love the video, though, Trevor. Keep up the good work!

[@erikbihari3625]

Homer simpson;"sowe you've chosen death"! Thank gonna get here all week. Hope anybody else agrees with myself, because"this still better than teen titans going out from ideas"/drop pepe!

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

I never really watched season 10 of FOP, but I would take 12 Kankers over 1 Chloe.

[@nicholassims9837]

The only time anyone other than the Eds intracted with the Kankers in a meaningful way was JImmy in If it smells like an ed

[@errickray5420]

I gotta personal head canon that each Kanker shares a father with one of the Eds, actually making them their half sisters!!!...So Lee & Ed would be siblings, same thing with Marie & Eddy, and also with May & Double D (which admittedly makes the Valentines special very awkward) but you can't deny the similarities between these pairings...I can see this being their true motivation behind tormenting the boys

[@juiuice]

I don't mind your suggestions, but I also kinda don't care on what you think is an issue*.

[@Flower_Mom]

Cared enough to watch and comment though.

[@juiuice]

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[@Flower_Mom]

@@juiuice And I don't care about the point of your comment.

[@juiuice]

@@Flower_Mom and yet you cared enough to reply to me twice LOL

[@Flower_Mom]

@@juiuice Just like you not caring about someone's opinion on something but still wasting your time to watch and comment about said opinion you don't care about. I got plenty of time to waste so I don't care that that's exactly what I'm doing right now.

[@eerieeric834]

Do you wanna hear something about the show? I’ve learned about recently the guy who made the intro to the show was killed by cops

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

No you're mistaking that for one of the voice actors

[@eerieeric834]

@@A-TALKING-TOASTER Paul something I thought he was the guy who came up with the intro

[@mitchfletcher2386]

​@@A-TALKING-TOASTER Nope, it was Paul Boyd. He animated the intro.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

​@@eerieeric834Paul Boyd. He animated the intro.

[@eerieeric834]

@@mitchfletcher2386 yes him apparently the story goes. He was on a bipolar freak out, and then somebody called the cops on him and then the cops saw him freaking out so they decided to shoot him dead. That’s why in the big school episode there is a dedication to him

[@felixcorona13]

Aw yea I was down bad for the kankers 😂

[@PascallionXIII]

Ive actuall never heard of this show until I started watching you. Is it good?

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

It is a pretty good show although it's very cynical in nature the only uncountable bits are the ones with the kanker sisters

[@PascallionXIII]

@@A-TALKING-TOASTER Thank you very much. I'll have to go check it out now! 😁

[@ZRtheHedgehog77]

Clearly you forgot Mays Valentines day with Double D

[@dioshiba6066]

While the Kankers were mainly intended to be the chaotic force that thwarted the eds, THERE have been several occasions where they weren't just third act write offs. The episodes where the episodes actually revolved around them in particular in later episodes did actually show a bit more than just fodder for the eds. Mainly with Run for your Ed and the Valentines special, Even in the big picture show they actually did show despite the fact that they've tormented the Eds through the whole series they did care for them in their own twisted way by the time Eddy's Brother had his big reveal in being an absolute prick toward Eddy when he was straight up running to him. And it's not like there haven't been interactions between them and some of the other characters. I mean hell, the episode where Jimmy framed the eds and actually went out of his way to make a deal with them for the sake of revenge did show that they're willing to work with the other characters of the show if something is actually in it for them. They may have not been the best antagonists but I would argue that they aren't exactly as nearly as useless as Nazz, whom really was just there being the one every guy on the block had a crush on only to end up following whatever the rest of the kids were doing as opposed to being a role model in later seasons which, struck me as odd.

[@WinterFlowerSakura]

I have to agree on your third paragraph what you said about Nazz which she is the most useless character in the entire show with no personality or character development and not alot of episodes for her in any spotlight. She was a little bit ok character I like about her when she kiss Double D on the side of the cheek in that one episode " The Day The Ed Stood Still " and she was the only one person willing to take Double D back to her home place to take a shower in the" The Cleanliness of Edness" and "May I have this Ed " that she dance with Double D. But the writers made Nazz look bad and being a hypocrite being with siding with the bad group of two or three characters Kevin, Sarah and Jimmy which the writers made her side way too much on Kevin's side playing as the bad character role. That good character role was wasted on Nazz's character.

[@dioshiba6066]

@@WinterFlowerSakura Well that's where I don't really see the entire cast as being "bad" per say. At the end of the day when you really look at Ed, Edd n' Eddy objectively no one is really an innocent character. Which is one of the more admirable qualities of the writing in the show. But that is the exact thing with Nazz. She just was there for the most part with a few moments. Had we lived in a perfect world where not only Cartoon Network gave twice the budget for the team to not just do the movie but also with a fully fledged season 6 I wonder if they'd actually give more development to her and the Kankers in that respect.

[@spookypumkin6387]

15:52 *cough* Vivziepop *cough*

[@lydiajulianprower8356]

Yeah, her shows have potential, but she doesn't know how to put them on paper. (Metaphorically)

[@NickNui]

Even kid me who didn't know what r^pe was hated these characters. Panini is clingy at worst, the Kankers were straight up r^pists.

[@katakunalutakuchimirikushi2271]

I wonder I'd u can do an episode of plank and Johnny

[@AngryKidaardman1998]

Would've never thought I'd see a video analyzing this topic

[@Fictionist10101]

I've always saw the kankers as the true "bullies" while most of the other kids can be antagonistic towards the edds it's usually as a response to the edds antics but the kankers are harassing them without any reason showing you that the other kids aren't so bad after all compared to the sisters but the main issue is. The kankers are having a twisted soft spot for the edds even capturing the kids in the movie for their sake which is endlessly confusing are they bullies? They hinted at daddy issues & maybe that's made them love the edds but in a toxic way but that also feels strange because sometimes they harasse them with no emotional motive whatsoever but instead comes up as pure malice so yeah. The kanker sisters are a mess with contradictory motivations & roles

[@AprilToy-z2l]

I feel bad for May Kanker because she bullied by her 2 older sisters which is why she tormented Ed but it made wonder what would Bebe (Mama) Kanker think.

[@AngryKidaardman1998]

Those alternative ideas you mentioned for episodes were brilliant and it's really quite sad that ed edd n eddy ended such a long time ago and didn't go with those ideas instead.

[@howlingwolf949]

8:11 I bursted out laughing that that part! In all seriousness, they were always the weakest part of the show for me, even back then! At least Kevin and Sarah had other traits to them besides being antagonists to the Ed’s! You were spot on as to why they were such weak antagonists! They don’t have to be fully fleshed out but they should at least have other traits that aren’t just harassing the Ed’s and everyone else!

[@silvertongue.242_99]

May is the most interesting kaker sister fr

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

I never fully bought the Eds/Kankers ship, maybe May with Double D or even Ed.

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

You got like the most 4k HD Ed, Edd n Eddy clips I have ever seen lol.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They also have Rule 34 as well.😂

[@sofiadominguezleon4106]

I'm not into sexualizing children

[@davidholanda1]

even as a kid, I never liked them they're just there to ruin the Eds' plans and it's quite frustrating, like the kid me want them to succeed at their scams 😭

[@johnmarkee3857]

Marie was my favorite of the Kankers, though mainly because I was attracted to her as a kid as I had a thing for punk and goth characters (and still do). Otherwise, yeah didn't care much for them as a whole. That said, while I agree with a lot of the points brought up here (like them being used too much as an 'easy out' which even as a kid bugged me), I still preferred them over the likes of Kevin & Sarah as they often bugged me more, likely because they also appeared more whereas sometimes two or three episodes would go by without the Kankers being present.

[@luciaveraaraujo4872]

Yea

[@sunnyd6519]

If i had to pick one other gripe i have about the Kankers, is they pretty much actively go against one of the main appeals of the show to me This is a comedy show where absolutely ANYONE can get trounced and pummeled at any moment, regardless of their innocence in the given scenario, including the supposed powerhouses like Kevin, Sarah, and Rolf ….and then you get the Kankers, who only get beat up by other Kankers, and Double D that one time.

[@LovelyTekki]

Fusionfall humanized the Kanker sisters at least a little bit. If the player chooses to do their quests, the plumbers comment that it was "nice of you to help them", which makes them seem more like weird and misunderstood loners than the absolute menaces they are in the actual show. It's not much, and it's probably for the best that they didn't play a huge role in the game considering their general unpopularity, but I thought it was nice.