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, and their website. Following Gould's death on 25 March 2012,

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(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 Matt Hargreaves (voice actor of Matt) and Gould's family. 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. , the ''Eddsworld'' YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers. At the time of Gould's death, his

channel had the most subscribers in the

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and was the 4th most viewed comedian in the United Kingdom. ''Eddsworld'' was noticed by the organisers of the

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who commissioned an episode about

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, 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 the United Kingdom: Edd, an artist obsessed with

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; Tom, a jaded nihilist who lacks eyeballs; Matt, a dim-witted

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; and (prior to his departure) Tord, a trigger-happy

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addicted to

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. The series is generally episodic, and typically has little continuity between episodes.

Cast and characters

Overview

Main characters

The protagonists of Eddsworld are exaggerated parodies of series creator Edd Gould and his friends. * Edd (voiced by Edd Gould 004–2012 Tim Hautekiet 012–2016 George Gould 020–present – An adventurous artist who tells puns and likes

and

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. * Tom (voiced by

005–2016 Ed Templer 021–present – A cynical alcoholic

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ist, frequently dragged along on Edd's adventures despite his protests. * Matt (voiced by Matt Hargreaves) – A self-obsessed, dim-witted

. * Tord (voiced by Tord Larsson 005–2008 Jamie Spicer-Lewis 016 – A trigger-happy,

-addicted

inventor often seen

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. Tord moves away in "25ft Under the Seat", and returns with malicious intent in "The End (Part 1 and 2)".

Supporting characters

* Eduardo (voiced by Chris O'Neill 010–2011 Brock Baker 014–present – Edd's next-door neighbour and rival. * Jon (voiced by Eddie Bowley 010–2016 – Eduardo's housemate and counterpart to Tom. He is extremely unintelligent, and is killed in The End (Part 2). * Mark (voiced by Ben Rudman) – Eduardo's housemate and counterpart to Matt. * The Evil Director (voiced by Christopher Bingham) – A villainous

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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 008–2013 – A

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military guard who takes on multiple roles throughout the series. * Zanta Claws (voiced by Josh Tomar) – A zombie

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intent on destroying Christmas. * Ell (voiced by Vicky Gould) – The gender-swapped version of Edd. * Tamara (voiced by Chloe Dungate

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Rachel Kiki 020–present – The gender-swapped version of Tom. * Matilda (voiced by Alice Ann Stacey

Jennifer Bingham 020–present – The gender-swapped version of Matt.

Series overview

Episodes

''Eddsworld'' Season 1-4 (2006–11)

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

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

''Eddsworld Beyond'' (season 6) (2020–present)

Notes

References

External links

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