The first of two "lost episodes" that made up the shortened season 6, aired on June 29, 2008 alongside sister episode "Look Before You Ed".
The Peach Creek Jr. High-School Dance is coming up — while Eddy is excited about it, Edd is not looking forward to it.
"May I have this Ed?" includes examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Jonny takes the time to ask Sarah out to the dance (a harmless and pretty ballsy thing to do all things considered). She politely declines, and by "politely", we mean that she shouts in his face that she would rather date a frog and then beats him up, Jonny rolling away in a trashcan.
- Attractiveness Isolation: Nazz spends the beginning of the dance by herself, Edd, Eddy, and Kevin standing awkwardly with her attention. Kevin goes in to greet her, but ends up getting cold feet and gets her punch despite Nazz asking if he wanted to dance with her.
- Butt-Monkey: Poor, poor Kevin is this in the episode. He spends a good portion of the episode getting mocked by Rolf, gets cold feet when Nazz asks him to dance with her, is visibly upset when she dances with Edd instead, and is mocked by Eddy in the process.
- Casanova Wannabe: Eddy puts up a "Win a Date with Eddy! Sign up here!" sheet when he learns about the school dance. Ed is the only person who signs it.
- Rolf all but implies that Kevin is one to his face when he goes to dance with Nazz.
- Character Development: It's minor, but the Kankers restrain themselves around their crushes (until Marie gets jealous) and Marie actually seems to care if Edd returns her affections. Compare most of the show, where regardless how he felt she'd force herself onto him; to here where she actually tries to make him want her back by dancing with his friend.
- Chick Magnet: In an effort to get to the exit, Edd accidentally bumps into Sarah. Expecting him to ask her to dance, Sarah proceeds to block the path in front of him. Later, Edd accidentally gets caught in a scuffle with Eddy and Kevin and Nazz thinks that he was busting a move, causing her to drag him further on the dance floor. When Marie sees this, she goes into a blind rage and proceeds to dance with Eddy to try and make Edd jealous. All of this and he didn't even want to be there.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: All three of the Kanker Sisters are subject to this in the episode.
- Marie when she sees Edd dancing with Nazz.
- Lee when Marie starts dancing with Eddy (and especially when Marie tries kissing Eddy to make Edd jealous).
- May when Lee is about to use Ed as a mallet to bash Marie with for dancing with (and trying to kiss) Eddy.
- Continuity Nod: Two examples.
- One of the pieces of paper that flies out of Eddy's closet when he's searching for the book is the 'You Electrify Me' card Double D gave him in "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Hanky Panky Hullabaloo".
- Ed's lucky cheese Sheldon from "Thick as an Ed", is referenced again, in the form of its successor Sheldon Jr. when he's talking to a mannequin.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
- Foreshadowing: Eddy plays a song called "Dreaming of You" on a record player to help Edd get prepare for the dance to ask a girl out for it. The song is sung by Erin Fitzgerald and Samuel Vincent, the respective voices of Nazz and Edd. At the dance itself, Nazz takes Edd to the dance floor.
- Hot Blooded Sideburns: Ed wears fake side-burns as part of his attire.
- I Have to Go Iron My Dog: Edd makes up feeble excuses to avoid going to the dance.Edd: Oh, would you look at that! It's time to starch mother's tea cozy!
- Jerkass Ball: Rolf, who spends a good portion of the episode mocking Kevin when it's clear he's very nervous at the dance.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Eddy tries to help Double D build some confidence to ask a girl out to the dance. While he's initially grumpy when Double D ends up dancing with Nazz, it comes across as him being upset because no girls will dance with him that not wanting Double D to succeed, and at the end he looks quite proud of himself and his friend when Double D gets to dance with Nazz.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: The kids and Kankers receive this when the entire school collapses with everybody except the Eds still inside.
- Minimalist Cast: A particularly noteworthy example, as even though this is supposed to be a school dance, no one else shows up.
- Not Good with Rejection: One of the reasons why Edd tries avoiding going to the dance is because he has a crippling fear of rejection, becoming a sweating mess just from practicing on a mannequin.
- Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending: In an atypical example for the show, this episode ends with the entire school collapsing into a ruined heap, everybody but the Eds still being inside. While Eddy was grumpy that he didn’t attract any willing girls, he and Ed are happy that they won’t have to deal with school for a while and Edd is proud of himself that he was able to dance with Nazz.
- Pet the Dog: Eddy makes it clear he's proud of Double D for dancing with Nazz and that he'd much rather Edd dance with her than Kevin.
- Earlier, when Ed starts throwing objects around the attic, Eddy hides behind a chest, then grabs Edd and pulls him behind it, too.
- Shout-Out: When Rolf, who is wearing a blowfish costume, ends up uncontrollably rolling around and rolling up everyone and everything he runs into, the concept is very similar to Katamari Damacy.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: This is one of the very few episodes where the Eds (and only the Eds} get a happy ending, or at least end the story on a note where they are better off than when they started.
