[Sarah is sitting in a chair watching TV while listening to her brother play with a paddleball. Annoyed, she moves closer to the TV.]

Ed: "Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth!"

[The sound is a constant, drumming on the edges of her consciousness, driving into her mind, slowly becoming all she hears.]

Sarah: "YAARAHOEHAAA!" [She grabs the toy.] "STOP IT!"

Ed: "Sarah, no!" [Sarah is about to cut the string. Ed yanks his toy away.]

Sarah: "Gimme it, Ed." [Ed shakes.] "What?" [angry] "You gimme that stupid thing or I'll–I'll–" [calm] "Fine. If that's the way you want it." [vengeful] "I'm telling Mom!"

Ed: "Don't tell Mom, Sarah!" [He rushes to the kitchen, where he sees Sarah about to tell on him.]

Sarah: "Mom? As much as I hate tattletaleing, I think you should know, Ed won't let me watch television." [She pouts exaggeratedly.]

Ed: "Mom, Sarah's fibbing! Honest and for truly!" [His mother takes off her rubber gloves.] "I was in my happy place, lost in the void of my mind!"

[Ed's mom turns around. She has Jonny's face.]

Ed's Mom: "Edward, how many times have I told you to be nice to your baby sister?" [Sarah sticks her tongue out.]

Ed: "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

[Ed runs away. He runs down the hall full tilt only to suddenly find that he is moving upward. He looks down and finds himself on a spoon.]

Ed's Mom: "Don't you look at me like that!"

Ed: "AAAAAAHHH! Please, Mom, it wasn't me!"

Ed's Mom: "I see we'll have to wipe that silly grin off your face, won't we?"

Ed: "But Mom, Sarah!" [His mouth disappears. His mom appears in a judge's chair made of Planks.]

Ed's Mom: "You are accused of shirking the responsibility of an older brother. What do you have to say for yourself, young man?" [Ed, mouthless, cannot form words.] "Has the jury reached a verdict?"

[The jury is composed of twelve Sarahs. The verdict is obvious.]

Sarahs: "Guilty."

Ed's Mom: "Well, Edward, as your mother, I sentence you to be thrown into... the Kanker pit!"

[She brings her spoon down on a rest, signaling that verdict has been passed and the trial is over. Ed's mouth reappears and he screams in horror. A pit opens beneath him, revealing sharklike Kankers waiting below.]

Ed: "Bad for Ed, Mommy! Bad for Ed!"

Ed's Mom: "This hurts me more than it does you, son."

[The chains holding him back release and he falls.]

Ed: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" [Cold water splashes over him. Ed is in his own bed; apparently the whole judge-jury sequence was a nightmare.]

Eddy: "I told you that would shut him up."

Nat: "Ed? Are you ok?

Edd: "You must have had a horrible dream."

Ed: "It was, Double D. I was in my happy place, and Sarah told my mom I did some–"

Eddy: "That's real wacky, Ed. But hey! Here's an idea!" [he waits a beat] "We gotta go."

Nat: "C'mon Eddy."

Edd: "Eddy! Nightmares can have lasting aftereffects. Why, there have been studies that correlated assimilations between the dream itself and the real world, if you will."

Eddy: "Aw, come on! Nazz invited us to her shindig! We never get invited to anything! I'm outta here."

Ed: [after Eddy leaves] "So anyways, the Kankers started kissing me in a pit and–"

Edd: "I didn't know we were invited." [He makes to leave.]

Nat: "Don't worry Ed, it was just a dream, come to the event with us to help you forget." [She makes to leave.]

Edd and Nat: "Coming Ed?"

Ed: "You betcha!" [He runs out of his room and into his washing machine. After a slight mishap, he jumps out dressed in his usual attire and follows his friends.]

[Jimmy turns on a tape and swirls some ribbons. He goes into a complicated gymnastics routine, competing well until the end, when he gets dizzy and falls over. Kevin, the judge, holds up a 1.]

Kevin: "What a waste of a life."

Jimmy: "Did I win, Sarah? Did I?"

Nazz: [running by] "Better luck next time, Jimmy." [She does a series of jumps.]

Kevin: "Go Nazz, go!"

Nazz: "Your turn, Sarah."

[The Eds and Nat arrive.]

Eddy: "What kind of party is this? Sports?"

Edd: "Gymnastics, Eddy. A series of exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility!"

Nat: "Sounds fun!"

Eddy: "Somersaults, hoop-de-hoops, and tippy-toes. All girly stuff!" [Sarah runs into him.]

Ed: "TIPPY-TOES!" [He happily runs into the park.]

Nat: "Go Ed!"

Edd: "That's the competitive spirit, Ed!"

Ed: "I'm a gymbag!" [He runs past Nazz and Jimmy.]

Nazz: "Hi, Ed. Glad you could make it."

Jonny: [turning around] "Hiya, Ed!"

[Ed, scared, skids to a stop. He looks up at Jonny, and memories of his nightmare echo in his head.]

Ed's Mom: "I see we'll have to wipe that silly grin off your face, won't we?"

[Ed turns and runs away.]

Ed: "WAAAA! IT WASN'T MY FAULT!"

[Edd is trying the ribbons.]

Edd: "Exhilarating."

Nat: "Hey Double D watch this!"

[Edd gives Nat the ribbons and does a graceful dance with them. Edd watches in astonishment.]

Nat: "What did you think?"

Edd: "Most impressive."

Ed: "Don't take my mouth! Don't take my mouth!"

Nat: "Ed?" [Ed hides in a tree.]

Edd: "Ed, stop it! Are you all right? I'm beginning to worry about you, Ed."

Nat: "I am too."

Eddy: "What's with him?"

Ed: "Jonny's mad at me, guys and girl!"

[Edd, Nat and Eddy look over to Jonny.]

Jonny: "Grass is Mother Nature's wall-to-wall broadloom, buddy."

Edd: "Jonny's not mad at you, Ed."

Nat: "Please, come down."

Ed: "Uh uh!"

Eddy: "Get me a rock, I'll get him down."

Nazz: "Listen up, everybody! It's time for the balance beam!"

Jonny: "Isn't that what you want to be when you grow up, Plank?"

[Jonny gives Plank a friendly elbow to the side. Plank falls over, right into the path of Jimmy.]

Jimmy: "Me first! Me first!" [He slips on Plank, sending the wood flying.]

Jonny: "I gotcha, buddy! I gotcha!" [Jonny miscalculates Plank's trajectory, and Plank rams into Jonny's head.]

Kevin: [laughing] "Looks good on ya, Jughead!" [He gives Jonny a 10.] "10 outta 10!"

Nazz: "Well, it's not really gymnastics, but it's original to say the least." [Nazz gives Plank a blue ribbon.]

Eddy: "Hey! Nazz is giving out ribbons! Quit your blubbering, Ed! Get down here and win me a ribbon! I love ribbons!"

Nat: "Eddy!"

Edd: "I am astounded by your callous, self-serving attitude to Ed's strange and distraught behavior! As a friend, you should be more–" [Ed's tree branch lands on Edd and Eddy.]

Ed: "Ribbons!" [He goes to join the games.]

Jimmy: [on the balance beam] "Look at me! I'm so graceful and petite!"

Ed: "Pardon me, miss." [He moves Jimmy off the board.] "I got it!" [He fails to mount the board.] "I got it!" [He can't get on the beam.] "I got it!" [Another fall.] "I got it!" [Crunch.] "I got it!"

Eddy: "HEY, JUDGE! Get ready to chalk down another winner." [Ed has managed to get on the beam.]

Ed: [flapping his arms as Edd and Nat watches] "Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

Jonny: [at the other end of the beam] "You think he'll lay an egg, buddy?"

[Ed remembers again.]

Ed: "AAAH! I am a good brother! It was not my fault!" [He runs into Edd and Nat at the other end and falls at Jonny's feet.]

Jonny: "Boy, Ed, you're freakin' me out."

Ed: "AAAAAAHHHH!" [In his haste to escape, his body ties a knot around the beam. Nazz looks on, confused, and Kevin laughs. Edd and Nat appears worried about Ed.]

Eddy: "Ed's just warming up, some mumbo-jumbo stretching stuff. Athletes. Go figure."

Jonny: [next to Ed] "Plank says, 'Coulda fooled me!' He just thought Ed was nuts!"

Edd: [helping Eddy carry the beam away] "Please excuse Ed."

Nat: [also helping] "He's had a rough day."

[Kevin changes the 10 to a d0rk sign and holds it up.]

Edd: [setting Ed down outside the park] "Funny, but Ed's adverse behavior seems to be associated with Jonny. Somewhat like a phobia."

Nat: "Maybe Jonny was in his nightmare."

Eddy: "So? The kid weirds me out too. Look at him!"

Edd: "There's no reason to fear Jonny, Ed. He's a good fellow who wouldn't harm a fly."

Ed: "Oh, no way! He is mad at me! He wants to punish bad Ed!"

[Eddy is holding something. Ed is eating, making loud noises of gulping and swallowing.]

Eddy: "Are you done yet?"

[Ed looks up from the jar of peanut butter Eddy is holding and shakes his head, spraying it everywhere.]

Eddy: "Alright, alright, alright! You animal." [Edd and Nat open the window and climb through.]

Ed: "Yum yum yum yum yum!" [Edd comes up and whispers in Eddy's ear.]

Eddy: "'Bout time."

Edd: "Oh Ed. Wouldn't it be fun if we had some company?"

Ed: "You bet! Do you think they will like peanut butter?" [He licks peanut butter from his finger.]

Nat: "Oh I'm sure they would!"

[The doorbell rings, and Edd, Nat and Eddy wait expectantly. Ed continues to gorge himself.]

Edd: "Um, Ed. I believe there's someone at your door."

Ed: "Company!" [He sits up, the jar wedged on his head.] "Oh goodie goodie!" [Unseeing, he runs into a wall.] "Hello?" [He hits the wall again.] "Hello?"

[Nat facepalms and sighs]

Edd: [sighing] "Oh dear."

Ed: "Hello?"

[Edd goes up and opens the door. Jonny walks in.]

Edd: "Ah! Thank you for coming!"

[Edd leads Jonny to the basement.]

Edd: "Right this way please."

Ed: [hitting the wall] "Hello?"

Edd: "Have I missed anything?"

[Nat just shakes her head]

Ed: "Hello? Hello?" [Eddy is ignoring Ed.]

Eddy: "Nope."

Ed: "Hello? Hello?" [Jonny takes a seat on a stool.]

Eddy: "Can we get on with it?"

Nat: [stopping Ed] "No please, not again!"

Edd: "Let's have a seat, shall we? There's someone I'd like you to talk to."

[Nat removes the jar from Ed's head. Ed stares straight at Jonny.]

Jonny: "Hiya, Ed."

Ed: [burrowing into the chair in terror] "RRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHH! It wasn't me! Sarah's lying!"

Nat: "Ed please calm down."

Edd: "That's quite enough, Ed. The only way to conquer your fear of Jonny is to attack it head on. It's up to you two now to resolve this dilemma."

Eddy: "Yeah, I wanna get on with my life."

Jonny: "Me and Plank have no idea what the heck you guys are talking about!"

Edd: "First stage is always denial, Jonny."

Eddy: "Kiss and make up now."

[They exit, shutting the door behind them.]

[Ed and Jonny sit, waiting for who knows what. Jonny looks at Ed, puzzled. Ed, for his part, cringes away from Jonny. A clock on the wall ticks past the seconds. Minutes. Each tick signifies another lost moment, and though the clicking comes fast, each seems to last an eternity.]

Plank:

Jonny: "You have a mouth, why don't you ask him?"

Plank:

Jonny: "Plank says this hurts him more than it does you."

[Ed's eyes widen and he leaps on Jonny. He squeezes Jonny tightly in a bear hug.]

Ed: "I love you mom!"

[Jonny opens his mouth and screams.]

Jonny: "OOOOOOAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAA!"

[Jonny sits up. He is in his bed. He peeks under his bed and sees nothing.]

Jonny: "What a nightmare! That's it, no more free-range soybeans before bed. Nighty night, buddy."