Eddsworld

Eddsworld
A green logo with all caps, blocky text with the series title "Eddsworld"
Official title design
Also known as
  • Eddsworld: Legacy (2012–2016)
  • Eddsworld Beyond (2020–present)
Genre
Created byEdd Gould
Showrunners
  • Edd Gould (2004–2012)
  • Thomas Ridgewell (2012–2016)
  • Matt Hargreaves (2020–2026)
  • Andy Clift (2026–present)
Voices of
  • Edd Gould
  • Tim Hautekiet
  • George Gould
  • Thomas Ridgewell
  • Ed Templer
  • Matt Hargreaves
  • Tord Larsson
  • Jamie Spicer-Lewis
Composers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes83
Production
Executive producers
  • Desiree Karlsson
  • James Edward Marks
  • Andrew Stock
  • Chris Boldt
  • Chris Fitzgerald
  • Rob DenBleyker
  • Sue Gould
  • Matt Hargreaves
  • Darcy Wilde
Producers
  • Thomas Ridgewell
  • Eddie Bowley
  • Christopher Bingham
  • Matt Hargreaves
  • Andy Clift
Editors
  • Elliot Gough
  • Christopher Bingham
  • Andy Clift
Running time3–12 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release15 December 2004 (2004-12-15) –
present

Eddsworld is a British Flash-animated web series created by Edd Gould. Since its premiere on 15 December 2004, the series has been published through Newgrounds, DeviantArt, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Tumblr, SheezyArt, BBC, and an official website.

Following Gould's death on 25 March 2012, Thomas Ridgewell (the former voice actor of Tom) became the series' new showrunner, launching a crowdfunding campaign to continue the show titled Eddsworld: Legacy. Preceding the release of Eddsworld: Legacy's final episode, Ridgewell announced he was leaving the show and handing control of the series to Matthew Hargreaves (voice actor of Matt) and Gould's family. To this day, Hargreaves remains as the last original member of the quartet working on the series. In September 2026, Hargreaves announced that he was no longer working on Eddsworld, and Andy Clift succeeded Hargreaves as showrunner.

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 titled "Fan Service 2" was released to kick off a new era of the show called Eddsworld Beyond, with Hargreaves as showrunner. Previously drawn and animated entirely by Gould, the Legacy and Beyond eras of the series employ a team of artists from around the world. As of February 2023, the Eddsworld YouTube channel has more than 4 million subscribers.

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.

Synopsis

Eddsworld follows the misadventures of a group of young adult "morons" living together in a house somewhere in London: Edd, an artist obsessed with Coca-Cola and telling puns; Tom, a jaded nihilist and alcoholic who lacks visible eyeballs (it is constantly debated by the fandom whether he has no eyes, or if they are just completely black); Matt, a dim-witted narcissist; and (prior to his departure) Tord, a trigger-happy Norwegian addicted to hentai, a gun expert, and an interested communist. The series is generally episodic, and typically has little, if any, continuity between episodes. This results in many episodes featuring the characters dying, and then appearing in the next episode as if nothing happened, particularly in episodes before "Moving Targets".

Cast and characters

Four cartoon characters in a pile. Clockwise from the top, the characters are: Edd, a man wearing a green-sweater; Tord, wearing a red sweater and holding two firearms; Matt, wearing a purple sweater and green blazer, holding a bloody mop; and Tom, a man with empty eye sockets wearing a blue sweater, holding a bottle of vodka.
The main characters prior to "25ft Under the Seat". Clockwise from top: Edd, Tord, Matt, and Tom.

Overview

Character Voice actor
Eddsworld
(2004–2012)		 Eddsworld: Legacy
(2012–2016)		 Eddsworld Beyond
(2020–present)
Main characters
Edd Edd Gould Tim Hautekiet George Gould
Tom Thomas Ridgewell Ed Templer
Matt Matt Hargreaves
Tord Tord Larsson Jamie Spicer-Lewis Character is silent
Supporting characters
Eduardo Chris O'Neill Brock Baker
Jon Eddie Bowley Does not appear
Mark Benjamin Rudman
The Evil Director Christopher Bingham Character is silent 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

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

Supporting

Notes

  1. ↑ Archival recordings of Edd Gould are used in "Space Face (Part 1)" and "The End (Part 1)."
  2. ↑ Voice acted from partially of the episode "Zombeh Attack" until "25ft Under the Seat," with Alex L'Abbe voicing the character until "Zombeh Attack" and making a guest appearance in "WTFuture".

References

  1. 1 2 "Hey Eddsworld..." X. 2 September 2026. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 Lea, Martin (6 March 2022). "Eddsworld March 2022".
  3. ↑ Marcy Gardner (16 March 2016). "Eddsworld: Long May It Spin". TenEighty Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "BBC - Comedy - Mitchell & Webb - Almeratron". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Strohman, Donald (10 March 2016). "Eddsworld: The End of a Legacy". The Young Folks. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Teed, Paul (14 April 2012). "Tributes flood in for Eddsworld creator, who died aged 23". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (23 March 2016). "TomSka's New Documentary Explains How Eddsworld Survived Its Creator's Death". Tubefilter. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Vaughan, Adam (5 November 2009). "Guardian: One Minute To Save The World". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "TV/E and WWF hook up with young filmmakers to highlight climate change one million times". WWF. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

Primary sources

In the text, these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ↑ "About". Eddsworld. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Eddsworld". eddsworld.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ↑ thetomska (16 March 2016). "Goodbye, old friend". Tumblr. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Eddsworld (1 August 2020). "Eddsworld - Fan Service 2". YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eddsworld". YouTube. Retrieved 7 August 2018.