Too Smart for His Own Ed

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[Tonight is the school Spelling Bee. As cars are parked on the outside, inside Kevin tests the microphone while Jonny rushes backstage with Plank. There, Edd is reading a book called "Spelling Bees for Advanced Spellers."]

Jonny: "You haven't got a chance this year, Double D. Plank's been training!"

[Jonny laughs. He and the others then notice in another spot, a haggard Rolf is training with Jimmy.]

Rolf: [trying to spell "watch"] "W...O...C...H. Wrist clock!"

Jimmy: "I can't feel my toes anymore, Rolf! We've been practicing for hours!"

Rolf: "What prayer does Rolf have against this-this too smart for his hat Ed-boy?!" [He grabs Edd.]

Edd: [escaping] "Yes, well, good luck, gentlemen, I'm sure all will be well."

[Edd enters the locker room, where Eddy is ripping pages from a dictionary and stuffing them into Ed's ears.]

Edd: "What are you doing to that poor defenseless dictionary!?"

Eddy: "What's it look like?" [He stuffs another page in.] "Ed's cramming for the spelling bee! Feeling smarter, Ed?"

Ed: [deaf] "What?"

Edd: "As proud as I am that Ed decided to participate, I fear the competition may be a tad over his, um, head?"

Eddy: "Aah, don't you worry your little egghead about Ed–" [he darts over to Edd] "–'cause you'll be going down in the third round. Right?"

Edd: "I beg your pardon?"

Eddy: "I made a big bet with Kev that Monobrow's gonna win in the third. So stick around a round or two so it looks good, then bam! Take a dive." [He undoes Edd's tie, resulting in him fixing it.]

Edd: "Surely you jest, Eddy." [The grin drops from Eddy's face.] "How could you ask me to disengage the rules of literacy? To squander the values of scholastic tradition! To spit upon the very foundations of what our language is built on!"

Eddy: "So you're saying you won't do it?"

[Edd leaves and lets the door swing shut in response. Eddy realizes the answer and panics.]

Ed: [still deaf and some pages come out as he spoke] "What?"

[The lights go down, applause is heard, and spotlights hit the stage. Nazz is announcing, and Ed, Edd, Rolf, and Plank are ready (or at least 1/4).]

Nazz: "Good evening!" [The mic squeals, and she blushes before adjusting it.] "Ladies and gentlemen, dudes and babes! Welcome to the Eighth Annual Peach Creek Spelling Bee!" [More applause. The contestants are shown up close; Edd blushes, Rolf cowers, Ed realizes he's sitting backwards, and Plank stays still as usual.] "Let's begin, shall we? Double D. Your word to spell is...sara? Sar-aa–"

Edd: "Nazz? Are you pronouncing 'cerebral'?"

Nazz: "Yeah dude, totally!"

[Edd makes his way to center stage.]

Edd: "Cerebral. C-E-R-E-B-R-A-L. Cerebral."

Nazz: "That's correct."

[Eddy falls to the ground, scared.]

Eddy: "I'm ruined. Tapped out. Busted."

Nazz: "Uh, Plank? Okay. Your word is...see-see...cida...sid-eye–"

Edd: "Pardon me once again, do you mean deciduous?"

Nazz: "Yeah, that's it! Thanks!"

[Plank is held up to the microphone by Jonny.]

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