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- He has said that he mostly avoids watching it, though he admits there were two exceptions he tuned into: The episode with a DMX cameo in which he appreciated the interactions between DMX and young Eddie, which he talks about in his book, “Double Cup Love”; He also admits tuning for a few minutes to the episode where the family visits Taiwan, but didn’t like it.
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Edwyn Elvis "Eddie" Huang (born Chungi Yi Ming Huang) is the eldest child of Louis and Jessica and older brother to Emery and Evan.
He is loosely based off the real life Eddie Huang, whose memoir served as the basis for the television series. He is portrayed by Hudson Yang.
Eddie Huang was born on November 10, 1983 according to the episode "The Big 1-2". He is a die-hard hip-hop, gangsta rap, and rap fan pre-teen who came from Washington, D.C., to South Florida and is obsessed with the African-American culture.
Season 1
Eddie moves from Chinatown in Washington, D.C. to Orlando with the rest of his family after his father opens Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse in South Florida. Considering himself the black sheep of the family, his life becomes harder when he finds it difficult to make friends at school, his chance at making friends cut short when the smell of his Chinese noodles for lunch repulses his white peers, who liken the noodles to worms, forcing Eddie to eat outside the school with the janitor. Eddie convinces his parents to buy "white people lunch" and has his mother buy him Lunchables, but gets into a fight the next day at school when Walter, the only black kid at the school, calls him a chink and claims that it is now his turn to be at the bottom. This prompts Eddie and Walter to get into a fight, although Eddie, who stated that his mother never stood up for him, overhears her berate the principal for not punishing Walter and exclaims that they would sue the school if Eddie was suspended. As Eddie prepares to go home, he sees the boys who made fun of his lunch earlier, a boy named Brock, and states that he has earned respect for his actions. As he didn't have many friends or distractions in Orlando, Eddie aced school, receiving top marks in his classes. However, Jessica believed that school was too easy for him if he was capable of acing his classes, prompting her to demand Principal Hunter where the closest Chinese Learning Center (CLC) was, only to be informed that Orlando did not have any, much to Eddie's joy. However, Louis, wanting Jessica to no longer be at the restaurant, convinced her that homeschooling their CLC would be beneficial, prompting Eddie to expose Louis' deception to Jessica as a way to end his CLC. Making amends with his father, the pair played basketball on a neighbor's driveway. In order to impress his friends, Eddie tried to woo Honey, the woman next door. His attempts were nigh until Honey approached him, notifying him that she was aware of his intents and, citing that she was friends with Jessica, offered him a hug or a kiss on the cheek in full view of whomever he was trying to impress. Eddie wished for a chest-to-chest hug, although Honey cut the hug short once Eddie grabbed her butt. Eddie's feelings for Honey ended when he saw Honey's stepdaughter, Nicole Ellis, appear, developing an instant attraction to her. Eddie was overjoyed to be reunited with his cousin, Justin Chen, as Justin was the one who introduced him to rap culture, only for Justin to come over and announce that he found Tupac immature and that he was into grunge, being a big fan of Nirvana. As a result, Eddie invited Emery and Evan to his room so they could listen to his rap records with him. Eddie began to envy the other boys in school, some of whom attended weekly sleepovers. Due to him gaining respect for touching Honey's butt, he is invited to the sleepover, but finds himself unable to attend when Jessica refuses, citing potential pedophilia. She offers to have the sleepover at the Huang house, although the other boys refuse since Brock's brother has an issue of Swimsuit Illustrated, which they perceive to be a dirty magazine. Eddie then lies that he has a dirty movie at home, prompting the boys to decide to take him up on his earlier offer and have the sleepover at his house. Eddie goes to a video rental store to steal an adult tape, but his attempts are hindered by Brock, who had gone to the video store having predicted Eddie's actions. As the boys show up the sleepover, Eddie passes off one of Dusty Nugget's sexual harassment tapes as a dirty movie; as the kids have never seen a dirty movie before, they believe the harassment video to be one, earning Eddie additional respect. Brock, having become jealous that Eddie's sleepover was more successful than his prior ones, steals the tapes and makes copies, giving them to every boy at school and thus preventing Eddie from having anything valuable to entice the boys from having more sleepovers at the Huang house. Eventually, the school catches on and alerts the parents, recommending that they have "the talk" with their children. While the other kids are given a textbook version, Eddie is given a more realistic and practical version by Louis, which Eddie appreciates, although Eddie is soon attacked by Jessica through a pillow when Jessica finds out Louis did not discuss consent with him. Later at school, Brock tries to have another sleepover at his house, although the boys elect to have one at Eddie's house again instead. When Eddie asks him for money to buy "Shaq Fu", Louis instead puts him to work at Cattleman's Ranch, wanting Eddie to work hard and learn the value of money the way his father taught him. Eddie begins working as the "fajita boy" before deciding to not show up out of the blue, after having earned only eighteen dollars. Louis is reminded by his mother that her husband never spent time with the kids or showed affection, and Louis decides he does not want to be that kind of father; Louis pays Eddie a visit in his room and gives him money to buy Shaq Fu. Louis has Mitch take over Eddie's duties, although Mitch fails. Eddie then shows up at the restaurant with the game, explaining that he wishes to earn the game himself, adding that he did not come to this realization until after he purchased Shaq Fu. Eddie gives Louis the game to hold on to while he becomes what Louis affectionately refers to "fajita man." After the two return home, Jessica informs them that she has become a realtor. Eddie tries to spend time with Nicole but finds himself unable to do so, dealing with the older kids and their tormenting ways on the bus. Eddie then decides to suggest a carpool, although Nicole doesn't join his mother's carpool, preferring to take the bus. After Louis and Jessica are invited to a country club, Jessica hires Nicole to be Eddie's babysitter. Eddie tries to impress her by pouring loads of hot sauce on his food despite his weak stomach, which causes him to spend a lot of time in the bathroom. However, Nicole had borrowed one of Eddie's Notorious B.I.G. cassettes and became a fan of the music, and thus befriended Eddie in the process. Despite making friends at school, Eddie remained a little distant as they were white and he was the only Asian in the school. Principal Hunter then paired him with Phillip Goldstein, a new Chinese student. Eddie was initially enthusiastic about having another Asian student at school, but realized he and Phillip were vastly different; Phillip, while ethnically Chinese, was adopted and raised by Jewish white parents, and preferred more classical interests such as Tolstoy and Les Miserables compared to Eddie's more hip-hop interests. Eddie attempted to divest himself from Phillip's company, even going as far as notifying Principal Hunter that it was racist to force them to be constantly paired in and out of classes just because they were both Chinese, although this merely led Hunter to create a "Pacific Rim club" for Asian students, which naturally only contained Eddie and Phillip as the two only Asians in the school. After school, Jessica came to pick up Eddie as Eddie had dropped the school bus system in favor of carpool the previous episode, and was shocked to see another Chinese boy at school. Jessica elected to give Phillip a ride, forcing Eddie to sit in the back and giving the passenger seat to Phillip. Jessica became increasingly proud of Phillip due to his academic and cultural interests such as playing solo cello and practicing for five hours a day, and deeming Phillip a good Chinese boy, wanted him and Eddie to spend more time together. Earlier, Eddie had asked his mother for permission to attend a Beastie Boys concert, although she had refused; noting her interest in Phillip, Eddie told Jessica that Phillip was interested in going to the concert as well, prompting Jessica to allow Eddie to attend. However, Eddie's efforts were hampered when Jessica revealed that the Goldsteins had invited them over for dinner that night. Much to Eddie's surprise, Phillip played along with his lie. When he questioned him, Phillip disclosed that as a devout Jew, he was adhering to the rules of Shabbat and could not have his parents drive him or handle money himself; Phillip offered to attend the Beastie Boys concert with Eddie if Eddie took the bus with him and handled money on his behalf so that he could watch Les Miserables. Eddie agreed, only to have Phillip ditch him after the performance had ended. Panicking, Eddie called Jessica, and after failing to find him, the duo headed to the Goldsteins' house, where Jessica told him that she would pin most of the blame on him for legal purposes. However, they were shocked to see Phillip answer the door. After Jessica berated Phillip for his selfish behavior, Eddie was impressed by her actions, and ultimately was surprised when she drove him to Tampa the next night to attend a Beastie Boys concert with him. Wanting to spend time with Nicole, Eddie asks his father how to accomplish that. Louis tells Eddie that he should be where she is after school, suggesting that he should join the clubs she is a part of and they should seek common interests. After discovering that Nicole spends much of her time after school in detention, Eddie gets himself thrown in detention as well. Discovering that Nicole is into beauty, he pretends to share the same interests and allows her to pierce his ear. His friends then notify him that Shaquille O'Neal is at the mall, although he is unable to go as Nicole suggests he let her draw henna on his hands. Upset that he did not get to see Shaq, Eddie heads home, where his parents discover his earring and henna. Jessica tells him that he cannot quit, although Eddie merely informs Nicole that he isn't into the things she is into, while adding that she is very good at it, though. When the science fair comes up, Eddie panics, citing that the week of the science fair was a big thing in Asian households, adding that the winner's class got pizza. Eddie claims that he thought they would be notified of the project six months in advance, only for Evan to point out that six months had passed. After Evan contracts chicken pox, Eddie decides to have his brother pass on the illness to him so that he can skip out on the science fair. Eddie's attempts are in vain, however, as Evan is cognizant of his actions; Evan tells Eddie to focus his potential on his project, instead wishing to pass on the chickenpox to his other brother Emery. After Emery receives the chickenpox as well, Eddie voices his discontent, including specifying the virus' airborne period, its scientific name and other details, informing his brothers that he had even done research on it, much to his brothers' shock. Realizing that he accidentally learned something, Evan and Emery decide to help him put together a quick project on chickenpox using poster boards, markers and glitter glue. While Eddie does not win the science fair with his makeshift project, he steals a box of pizza from a delivery boy and brings it for home for he and his brothers to share, as they had all missed out on their respective class' pizza party. Recording 2Pac music off the radio on bootleg CDs, Eddie sells them in the school cafeteria for $5 each, until his operation is busted by Ray, the new school counselor. Rather than punish him, Ray elects to help Eddie channel his hustle into something productive, which leads Eddie to run for school president. At home, Eddie witnesses the struggle his mother has over selling a house situated on 44 West 44th Street, which is troubling for her as she is superstitious due to the number 4 being considered bad luck in Chinese culture due to it being pronounced sì (四), which sounds like the Chinese word for "death", sǐ (死). While she manages to sell the house, she refuses to cash in a check for $7,500 due to it having a check number of '4444'. While at Cattleman's, Eddie trips on the cord to a mechanical bull, breaking his arm in the process. Louis asks Eddie and his brothers not to tell the truth to Jessica, explaining that he had purchased the bull using Jessica's torn check and that it was okay to tell a white lie. With the message being imparted to him that lying is okay for a good cause, Eddie lies at school about how he broke his arm in order to garner votes for his election. This raises the suspicion of Ray, who reports the incident to Child Services, prompting a worker, Mrs. Parker, to visit the home. Eddie then comes clean about his lies, and ultimately does not win the election. He then receives a pair of shoes from Scottie Pippen, but when he claims that they aren't quite like Shaq's, Pippen calls them rude and leaves. Louis is soon volunteered to be the coach of the boys' basketball team at Abraham Lincoln Middle School. Since Louis played semi-pro basketball in Taiwan, Eddie believes he will teach their team Taiwanese-style basketball, which he imagines to be gravity and physics defying feats of athleticism. Louis tries to impart on the team the notion of working together as a team, since the other boys, including Eddie, do not really play, instead allowing Dmitri, a much taller, stronger and mature young man on their team to single-handedly play the game for them, although Eddie claims that basketball is no longer a team sport but rather a team supporting one all-star player. After Louis accidentally injures Dmitri, rendering him unable to play the game, he still tells them that they could win, likening the situation to the film The Mighty Ducks. However, the opposing basketball team has a "Dmitri" of their own, and they lose horribly. Louis speaks to the referee about a mercy rule and suggests that they forfeit the game and instead go to a restaurant, claiming that Eddie was right about basketball no longer being a team sport, although Eddie rallies the boys, claiming that while they can't win, they could still beat the other team. The boys proceed to assault and cause technical violations against the opposing team; while they lost the game, they set the record for the most fouls in the process. Jessica urges Louis to purchase a membership for them at the North Orlando Country Club after the Huangs were invited, believing it to be an ultimate symbol of their success. While Louis is reluctant to spend that much money, Jessica urges him to give it a chance and he is eventually won over. However, when Marvin Ellis responds to the Huangs' statements of them being the first Asian-American members that he forgot they were Chinese, this upsets Jessica, who fears they are losing hold of their ethnic identity. Upon realizing that she eats chip-wichs, watches Melrose Place, makes macaroni-and-cheese dinners and allows shoes to be worn in the house, along with the fact that her children cannot speak or understand Mandarin as well as Eddie's love for Jamaica, Jessica overhauls the entire family to be more culturally Chinese. She tells Louis to cancel the club membership, claiming that they cannot surround themselves by white people and attend country clubs if they are to maintain their cultural identity. This affects Eddie, who had chosen Jamaica as the country to represent for his school's "World Culture's Day" event, which Jessica forcing the principal to switch him to China. Jessica also dresses in a more Chinese manner at home and sends her sons to Chinese school in Tampa, two hours away, to learn Mandarin, although none of the boys understand what is being said. However, Louis has grown to like the club and lies to Jessica about cancelling the membership, but she realizes he went to the club due to his aftershave, although Louis discovers that she has stayed home to watch Melrose Place. Jessica laments that she likes the show and she likes making macaroni-and-cheese dinners and that she hates that she likes American culture, although Louis tells her that it is okay to like it and that they don't have to give up American culture to maintain their Chinese identity. Giving up, Jessica allows Eddie to switch back to Jamaica. Eddie enjoys the switch, but becomes upset when Trent claims that all China has are goofy pandas. Eddie then goes on a tirade defending China and its 5,000 year history, earning him an F in the class but also the pride of his parents, Jessica especially, who hangs his "F" on the fridge. Shortly after, they all head to the country club, with Eddie inviting Nicole, who tells him she is already a member. As they depart, Louis finally swaps out the family minivan's Washington, D.C. plates with Florida custom ones that read "SO CHINEEZ".
Season 2
Following the end of the school year, Eddie and his friends realize that they have to return for the next school year with something to show for it. Eddie believes his pair of '95 Reebok pumps would be enough to show off and spends his summer at home playing video games. However, at the end of summer vacation, the Reebok pumps lose their status, prompting Eddie to find another way to have something to show when school starts again. After his family decides to go to the Gator World resort, Eddie decides to ride on the "Death Roll" rollercoasters, where those who ride get a T-shirt that proves they successfully rode the coaster. Eddie waits in line all day for the ride, but when he finally gets to the front, he sees a kid his age being wheeled out on a stretcher; realizing that there was no way he was putting himself in danger for clout, Eddie abandoned the line and left the park. Returning to school after the vacation, Eddie took Evan's baby tooth and paraded it around as a hammerhead shark tooth, lying to his friends that he had gone cliff-diving and that he had harpooned the shark, although his friends are able to see through his lies. Right before his social status can get stigmatized, however, Nicole appears, calling him cool for sitting around playing video games. Nicole reveals that she partied with his mom too much and skipped out on summer school, and therefore has to repeat the 8th grade again. With the boys in his grade surprised that Nicole is friends with him, in addition to Nicole's praise of his summer time activities, Eddie's social status remains strong and he is given the nickname "Chill Eddie". Since Nicole didn't have friends anymore, as they all graduated and the current 8th graders didn't like her as she picked on them the year before, Nicole sat with Eddie and his friends at lunch, which protected them from being tormented by the 8th grade boys. As Eddie walked Nicole to after-school tutoring, her teacher, Mr. Fisher, believed Eddie was her tutor, as he saw Asian students as being smart, claiming they "excelled at all subjects" and even at stringed instruments. Not wanting to learn, Nicole lied that Eddie was her tutor, which Eddie went along with after Nicole told him they could use the period to just hang out. However, Jessica was against Eddie being a tutor, claiming tutoring was a step away from being a teacher, a profession which to her was a paycheck away from being homeless. Jessica wished for Eddie to learn the piccolo after school instead, although he defied her and continued to "tutor" Nicole. As a result, Jessica approached Mr. Fisher and had him send Eddie multiple students to tutor, one of them being a new boy named Chris, whom Nicole immediately hit it off with. Depressed that he had lost his chance with Nicole, the heartbroken Eddie took Nicole's Boyz II Men CD and played "End of the Road" on repeat at home for days. He was later approached by Jessica, who spoke to him about her own heartbreak and how things got better for her. Eddie then took up piccolo as she wanted, but on his way to after-school practice, witnessed a girl named Alison Olsen play Dr. Dre's "Nothin' But A G Thang" on the piccolo, which impressed him. Due to the summer heat, Eddie wished to purchase a Hot Dogger home inflatable waterslide, although Louis refuses to purchase it. Realizing that Evan's Beanie Babies are worth a lot of money, Eddie imagines a scenario where Evan gives him permission to sell them in exchange for using the money to buy the waterslide, and informs Emery that Evan approved. Eddie sells the Beanie Babies and buys the waterslide, which he and Emery enjoy; when Evan comes outside, he discovers that Eddie sold his toys. Eddie claims that they are just toys and that he did it for them, although the sad Evan replies that the Beanie babies were his friends, and Emery, disgusted and appalled, leaves Eddie to his own devices. After receiving a signed shoe of Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie sells the autographed shoe to buy back the Beanie babies, which he gives to Evan. Eddie decided to use his school's dance, dubbed the Fall Ball, as a way to get closer to Allison. However, Louis was appointed as a chaperone, and as someone who desperately wanted to experience an American school dance but never got to, Louis used Eddie to vicariously experience it through him. While Eddie initially enjoyed his father's assistance, when it came to dressing a certain why and how to approach Allison, he felt his father's direction to be too pressuring on him and abruptly chose to stay home instead. Louis then returned home where the two made amends, and the pair went to the dance. Eddie approached Allison and asked her to dance, and she replied that it was about time he asked her; the pair then went on to have an enjoyable school dance as Louis watched on proudly. The week after, Eddie was excited as Halloween rolled around, as it was not something he really celebrated whilst living in an apartment in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown. Eddie dressed up as Humpty Hump, Shock G's alter ego from the Digital Underground and planned with his friends to get knee-deep in candy. Much to his slight dismay, Louis made him take Emery and Evan with him. Eddie was soon approached by Louis to help Jessica fight the Teenage Boys, being told that Halloween was half cute costumes and candy while the other half was chaos and mayhem. With the eggs being ruined by Dave, however, Eddie called Nicole and her friends to defeat the boys, claiming that teenage girls were the one thing teenage boys were afraid of. Returning home, Eddie relished the fact that he was at least ankle-deep in candy. A week later, Eddie was confused when he was told that Alison considered herself his girlfriend. Enjoying the fact that he had a girlfriend, Eddie was further confused when his friends told him Alison's friends were their girlfriends, although they didn't know which girl was whose girlfriend. After meeting at the mall's escalators, Eddie believed Alison was his girlfriend as she pushed him into the Fall Ball's mosh pit, only for his friends to tell him that she pushed them, too. While attending a group date at the roller rink, the girls were upset that the boys didn't know which girl was their girlfriend, and Alison stormed off. After speaking with Emery at home, who gave him advice to go and actually talk to her, as they had been communicating previously through a middleman named Ned, Eddie apologized to Alison, telling her that he really liked her and that he didn't like that they broke up, although Alison corrected him by stating that they weren't broken up and that they merely had their first fight, which they had gotten over and thus their relationship was stronger. On November 9, 1995, the day before Eddie's 12th birthday, Eddie returned from a "sleepover" at a friend's house, informing his parents that he was the only who didn't actually get to sleepover. Noticing his parents preparing to set up birthday celebrations, he asks them to sit down and tells them that he doesn't want a party or cake, but would accept cash or gold as presents, citing that as he is almost a teenager, he would rather spend the day at the mall with his friends. The next day, Eddie spends the day at the mall, where he has his own birthday party he hosted himself, having invited his school friends and Mitch, unaware that his parents are watching him. After they confront him at home, he reveals that he cannot be himself at home due to Jessica's rules and the fact that he would never be like Evan and Emery, and thus can only be himself around his friends. As a result, his parents decide to loosen up some of the rules and allow him to attend a sleepover at Dave's house the next night. Eddie enjoys the sleepover at first, eating Cookie Crisp cereal, playing violent video games and fighting with light swords inside the house, but finds Dave's family dynamic and interactions weird, eventually leaving their house prematurely and walking back home in the middle of the night, where his parents have been staying awake waiting for him. He informs them that while he does like hanging with his friends, he likes being home as well, and stays up with his parents as Jessica spends the next six hours making 'birthday noodles', with the three being joined by Evan and Emery later. The next day, Eddie heads to Cattleman's to spend time with Mitch, and Louis approaches them to ask when they became friends. Eddie replies that they befriended one another in the service, referring to the food service and their stint as fajita men. Eddie was soon informed by his father that they would be hosting this year's Thanksgiving, which Eddie responded to by saying that he was excited to see Justin again and listen to music. Emery pointed out that Eddie preferred rap while Justin preferred grunge, although Eddie revealed that he found a middle ground between the two genres – Pearl Jam. As the Huangs got ready for Thanksgiving, Louis asked the family to handle separate tasks, with Eddie's self-proclaimed task being that he promised not to bump into stuff, to which Louis responded that he shouldn't make promises he couldn't keep. When Justin arrived, Eddie showed him his Pearl Jam CD, only for Justin to announce that grunge was dead and that he was into ska now. In his room, Justin revealed to Eddie that they could use the Internet to look at pictures of sexy ladies, much to Eddie's surprise. Eddie wished to see a photo of Janet Jackson while Justin wished to see a photo of Janeane Garofalo; as a compromise, the two picked Tracy Chapman, although the "sexy photo" they thought they were looking at was a regular photo. As Alison's birthday was approaching the coming Saturday, Eddie wished to buy her a necklace as a present, which was valued at $49.99. Eddie attempted to work at Cattleman's to earn the money, although Louis told him that he could not afford to pay him to work at the moment, instead redirecting him to a job posting he saw at the country club. Eddie pursues the listing, which turns out to be a job working as a helper for none other than DMX. As DMX made Eddie sign a non-disclosure agreement, Eddie is unable to tell Alison who he is working for, and the constant and tiring work after school makes him cranky towards her. Fearful of losing her due to his attitude, Eddie asks DMX for help, and he shows Eddie his greenhouse where he keeps his flowers. He tells Eddie that flowers calm him down and tells Eddie that the necklace isn't important as giving Alison his time. Eddie is then driven by DMX to Alison's house, much to her shock, where he tells her he had been working for DMX but couldn't talk about it, and that he had done it so that he could buy her a necklace. Eddie is happy when Alison replies that she didn't care about a necklace and that DMX driving his El Dorado to her house was the best birthday present she could have ever gotten. The Christmas season begins and Eddie witnesses Emery create a replica of the bakery set that Jessica always wanted. Emery asks Eddie what he plans to get Jessica for Christmas, and Eddie shrugs it off, citing that he doesn't know. Emery responds that thoughtful presents are always appreciated, citing an example of him writing his own novel "A Pearl For God" which he gave Grandma Huang last year. However, Eddie then calls their grandmother into the room and asks her what Emery gave her last Christmas, which she doesn't remember. When Emery reminds her, she replies that she uses it make the orange bowl seem more full. Eddie then asks her what he got her last Christmas, and she replies that he gave her a Nerf boomerang, which she still has and uses. The next day while attending breakfast at Cattleman's, Emery is angry when he witnesses Honey present Jessica with the actual bakery set, rendering his replica gift useless. Eddie imparts him with the philosophy of "letting it ride", followed by a kick, citing that it means to simply allow things to run its course and that they usually end up working out in the end. Unwilling to follow that mindset, Emery attempts to create another gift for his mother, and Eddie presents him with a "poem he wrote", which are actually the lyrics to 2Pac's song "Dear Mama", although Emery is unaware of it. Emery then uses calligraphy and parchment paper to write out "Eddie's poem", but when he finishes, hears his grandmother listening to the song and realizes it was plagiarism. Emery then makes film canister earrings for Jessica but laments that this isn't the type of gift he gives; Eddie then has Grandma Huang use the boomerang to destroy the original bakery set Honey gave Jessica and presents his mother with the replica, telling his mother that Emery built it for her, which deeply impresses her. In gratitude, Emery stealthily passes off his film canister earrings to Eddie, which Eddie presents to Jessica as something he made on his own. Eddie tells Emery that perhaps there is something behind giving thoughtful gifts after all, while Emery replies that he was just thinking that there might be merit behind "letting it ride"; the pair then do the kick associated with the catchphrase, although Emery follows it through with several acrobatic kicks, which Eddie reacts to by claiming that it is like looking into a mirror. The two brothers then witnessed Evan open his Christmas gifts; Emery asks Evan about Santa delivering the gifts and the pair share a smile as Evan responds, as Evan still believes in Santa. Eddie and his family prepared to fly back to Washington, D.C. for Chinese New Year, with Eddie being excited to received red envelopes full of money so that he could purchase the new Jordans. He informed Emery and Evan that he would not have enough even if he received money from every adult, and offered to trade them a broken toy in exchange for three envelopes from each of them, although they refused. However, after getting to the airport, the boys discovered that their flight was in fact yesterday; to make matters worse, Louis notified them that the only red pockets they would receive would be from their parents and their grandmother, and since their parents only wrote messages on the envelope, their grandmother was their only hope for money. They attempted to be nice and sympathetic to Grandma Huang, although she informed them that she would not be giving them any envelopes. Eddie then accompanied his family to the Asian-American Association of Orlando, believing he would get red envelopes there, only to find out that it contained no Chinese members and mainly consisted of Caucasian people who had no idea what Chinese New Year truly was. Shortly after, he and the rest of the family went to Cattleman's for dinner, where they were surprised by a makeshift Chinese New Year celebration. Marvin gave Eddie and his brothers red envelopes, which excited them briefly until they discovered there was no money inside, as Louis had told Marvin that the envelopes were just to have a message on them. However, after dinner, Grandma Huang presented each of the boys with a hundred dollars each; as Eddie thanked her, Emery told her that she didn't have to do that and that while it was generous, all they needed was her love. This prompted Eddie to declare that he would take Emery's money while Emery retorted that it was merely a sentiment; nevertheless, Eddie tackled Emery to the ground and attempted to wrest the money out of his brother's hand as Grandma Huang watched on, hoping the strongest one would win. As Valentine's Day approached, Eddie wished to take Alison out to the Janet Jackson concert, although he did not buy tickets, instead opting to win them through a local radio contest. With the help of Trent, the pair used both the landline and the fax phone line to constantly call the radio station when Trent finally won. While Eddie intended to use the two tickets for himself and Alison, Trent wished to keep one of the tickets as he was a big Janet Jackson fan and since he was the one who technically won, and stipulated that either Eddie or Alison could claim the second ticket. Eddie however informed Alison of the situation and brought her to the concert, where he revealed his plan: to take the two tickets, which had very good seats, and trade them with a scalper for three okay seats, although the scalper stole the tickets and ran off. Eddie, Alison and Trent then spent the night listening to the concert from the outside when they were approached by two of Janet Jackson's producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who offered them complimentary VIP seats for the next night's concert. However, as they returned the next night, they realized that their three seats were hidden behind a pillar, which obstructed them from seeing anything, prompting Eddie to voice his frustration, stating that the pillar was not supporting anything and held no structural significance. While talking with Alison after school about Ol' Dirty Bastard, Alison tells Eddie to call him. Eddie is then approached by Reba, a classmate who has a crush on him. Noticing his picture on her belongings, he tells her that Alison is his girlfriend, although Reba replies that she knows and that she is next in line. Eddie struggles to talk on the phone with Alison, citing that he conveys over 80% of his mannerisms through body language, and his attempt to talk to Alison on the phone are interrupted when both of their fathers get on the line. As a result, Eddie makes a mixtape for her, and slips it into his biology folder to present it to Alison. The next day at school, their teacher decides to have them switch partners, and while Alison is partnered with Ned, Eddie is forced to work with Reba. Reba tells him that she would do his work for him and puts his folder in his backpack. Returning home after school, Eddie receives a phone call by Reba praising his mixtape and tells him that she loves him, too. The following day at school, Eddie attempts to explain the situation to Reba, although she replies that he must be in a bad relationship he can't get out of and offers to talk to Alison, forcing Eddie to respond that he would tell Alison herself. Eddie then notifies his friends about the debacle, and as Alison approaches, Alison uses the PA system to announce that Eddie is her boyfriend; however, as she is about to say Eddie's name, Trent pulls the fire alarm to drown out the PA, saving him. Eddie returns home and discusses the situation with Emery, who suggests he merely call Alison and inform her of the situation, although Eddie refuses, instead opting to create a mixtape to dispel Reba's feelings towards him. He contacts Nicole for help and has her bring him Marvin's CDs, and asks her about Chris. Nicole tells him that Chris did a really good Forrest Gump impression the other day, to which Eddie responds by doing his own impression on the character. Nicole merely looks at him and walks away, although not before uttering that he never made her a mixtape, confusing him. The next day in class, Eddie attempts to present Reba with a mixtape, although the biology teacher notices and confiscates it. To make matters worse, Ned suggests that he use the cassette player and the teacher agrees, and Eddie zips up his hoodie as the class hears him address the tape to Reba, which outrages Alison. Returning home, Emery once again advises him to merely call and communicate. Eddie then calls Reba and apologizes for embarrassing her, although she responds that he embarrassed himself and that their relationship at the present would not work out. Eddie then calls Alison, who is about to hang up, although he asks her not to and does a live mixtape on the phone for her, which soothes her anger and mends their relationship. Eddie, Emery and Evan were given the same backpacks for school as Jessica had gotten four of them for the price of one, giving the fourth one to Grandma Huang. Eddie, who had accidentally taken Evan's bag, noticed a letter indicating Evan to "Get me my Pogs or else". Eddie then confronted Evan, who told him that he was picked on by another kid for his Pogs, and Eddie told him to stand up tall and make an intimidating face. After Louis and Jessica were told by Billie Jean King that Emery had innate tennis talent, they decided that Emery needed his own room without distractions and had Emery swap with Eddie, forcing Eddie to bunk with Evan. Evan informed Eddie that according to his BMA (Bunk Mate Agreement), Eddie had to comply by three rules: one, he could not rearrange the star stickers on the ceiling as they were set to match the equinox; two, Eddie must help Evan get out of his clothes if he got stuck, and after Eddie makes an The Odd Couple reference, cites that the third rule is that Eddie could only make references Evan would get. Eddie then changes topics and asks him how his problem at school went, and Evan replies that Eddie's suggestion did not work since the kid was a fifth-grader who was aware of the tactic. Eddie then proclaims that only he gets to pick on Evan and declares that it was time he regulated the issue. Eddie rallies his friends Dave, Walter, Trent, and Brian and the group head to Evan's elementary school, where they witness Evan being bullied by a kid in a hoodie. Eddie approaches the kid and wheels them around to confront them, only to be shocked that Evan is being harassed by a girl. The girl, Stacey, explains that they had been playing Pogs and that Evan owes her, and Eddie discovers that Evan has been gambling through Pogs and owes a debt. Returning home, Eddie asks Evan what he sees in Pogs, and Evan replies that he relished the thrill and excitement of risk, although he acknowledges that he has gone too far. However, Evan's solution to this is to steal money from Jessica's purse after she gets sleepy after Mexican food, shocking and impressing Eddie, who declares that Evan is not a nerd but a lowercase "g". Eddie then formulates a plan, and has Stacey come over to their house. He notifies Stacey that if she wins, Evan owes her double, but that if they win, Evan's debt is cleared, with Grandma Huang playing in Evan's stead, as Eddie claims she is the best gambler of the family. Grandma Huang wins, although Eddie has to drag Evan away as Evan attempts to play more rounds. Eddie then presented Evan with a guide on how to be a stockbroker, informing Evan that he read an article in VICE magazine on Russell Simmons and how if one wished to gamble, they should do it with other people's money. After Emery's tennis career comes to an abrupt end, he informs Eddie and Evan that they are to switch rooms again, although Eddie asks to share one last night with Evan. Evan then exclaims out loud as he notices that Eddie has changed the star stickers on the ceiling, which now read "Wu-Tang". While at school, Eddie is informed by Nicole that Chris has broken up with her, and he asks her if she wants to get ice cream with him later, to which she agrees. Dave then asks Eddie how Alison would feel if she knew Eddie was going out for ice cream with a girl he used to have a crush on, only for Eddie to tell Dave that Alison doesn't know about that. Eddie and Dave then talk with the rest of their friends, and while Brian suggests that Eddie just tell Alison about his old crush, Eddie responds that since he didn't tell her about it to begin with, it would seem like he's hiding something if he divulges it now. The group then spend the day making sure the girls don't meet, although Dave points out that the girls' bathroom is the one place that is out of their reach. They then witness Alison and Nicole together, with Alison revealing to Eddie that she met Nicole in the girls' bathroom and that she understands why Eddie used to have a crush on her. However, as Alison claims that they don't need to worry about old crushes, she reveals that she used to have a crush on Dave after witnessing him pet a squirrel. Jealous, Eddie witnesses Alison and Dave talking the next day as Dave is setting a squirrel trap and informs Alison that the squirrel that she thought Dave was petting had actually bit him, hence the trap, and adds that Dave probably should have created a "Dad trap" to ensnare his absent father, while also outing Dave's infatuation with Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin. Dave storms off, calling Eddie out for his cheap move and prompting Alison to berate his actions. After Eddie claims that Dave and Alison hanging out is a bad idea, Nicole then walks by and asks Eddie if they're still on for ice cream, causing Alison to point out the hypocrisy in Eddie's actions. Eddie then goes out for ice cream with Dave instead, apologizing for what he had done and claiming that he had done so because he was jealous and couldn't yet comprehend and accept the fact that Alison liked him. After school, Eddie watched DuckTales with his brothers, and the trio discuss how they would fare surviving on a deserted island and who would eat who. The three were elated when Louis returned home, telling them jokes, pulling off a dance move, and presenting them with chocolate cake they could eat in their rooms. After Louis breaks his knee that night, Louis is forced to stay at home. In order to entertain them, he allows the three boys to draw on his cast and even cut it off for fun, prompting them all to go to the hospital so that Louis can get a new cast. Wanting to be the fun dad, Louis gives his sons $50 to buy snacks from the vending machines; as they return, Louis tells them that he isn't really a fun dad and that he can't always entertain them as they like, only for Eddie and his brothers to confess that his entertainment can sometimes be overbearing and that all he needs to do is be present and spend time with them, and that they were content with simply hanging out with him eating snacks. As the North Orlando Chili Cook-Off was commencing, Louis enlisted Eddie to be his chili apprentice, which Eddie was enthusiastic over. The pair headed to Cattleman's kitchen to work on their chili. However, after finally finishing it tasting it, and informing his father that it was "not bad", Louis dumped the chili in the trash, telling Eddie that "not bad" wasn't good enough to win. Eddie suggested they they toast cumin in some bacon fat, although Louis immediately cut him off, notifying him that the reason he never had Jessica come into the kitchen and help him make chili is because she too offers alternatives and attempts to modify the recipe. As a result of his opinions not being acknowledged, Eddie quits beings his chili apprentice. While at school, he is confronted by Trent, who is shocked that Eddie was picked by his father to apprentice, and voices his disappointment at Eddie's inability to follow orders and to do as he is told. Eddie then signs up for the chili cook-off under the name "Big Daddy Huang", facing off against his father and Marvin. Louis initially believes Eddie isn't a threat as Eddie had been cooking with Louis for only three days, to which Eddie responded that it was the basics that he learned from Louis and that it was time he broke his shackles. Louis was impressed by Eddie's chili, uttering in disbelief that Eddie could not have made it from scratch. Gus and Mey-Mey from Good Morning Orlando appeared to announce the winners, notifying that Marvin had been disqualified as he had used pre-cooked meat in his chili: a Whopper from Burger King. The three finalists were then picked: Eddie, Louis and a woman named Gloria. Gloria won, but believing pride was a sin, relinquished the trophy to Eddie and Louis, who took it home and displayed it in front of their window to Marvin, who was led to believe that Louis had won the trophy. After discovering that one of his teachers, Mr. G, was participate in the student-faculty basketball game, where the winning team received pizza, Eddie told his friends that they didn't need to practice anymore and brought up the fact that Mr. G had missed his own son's birth. Eddie and Mr. G then made a bet: if Eddie scored even one basket against Mr. G, the entire class would have no homework for the rest of the semester; however, if Eddie failed, he would receive double homework for the rest of the semester. Eddie is then sent home from school after it is discovered he has lice, and is forced to live outside the house on the lawn, which he finds very enjoyable, as he gets to skip school and the basketball game. Eddie's parents attempt to get rid of his lice as well as Evan's lice, and while Evan is cured, Eddie is not, as he washed off the lice-killing conditioner so he could miss school. Trent, however, pays him a visit during school hours and discloses that Mr. G is still upholding their bet regardless of Eddie having lice, and has upped the ante by declaring that if Eddie loses the bet, the entire class would be subject to double homework. Eddie then shows up to the basketball game with lice when there are only six seconds on the clock and succeeds in shooting a basket, granting the class free pizza and no homework. Eddie, now cured of lice, attempts to show off his basketball skills but misses every shot, proving his victory basket to be a fluke, although he claims it was a superpower he received due to the lice treatment. Eddie is soon notified by his mother that they are getting a pool, much to his excitement, although his excitement ebbs when he realizes it is an above-ground pool, to which Jessica replies that he should be more like Emery, who is calm. However, after cheating during a breath-holding competition, Eddie witnessed Emery flying into an uncharacteristic rage and approaches his father about the topic when he realizes his father isn't putting much stock into the situation. Eddie is then informed by Louis that when he was very young, Emery used to bottle up negative emotions until exploding into a rage, and that he hadn't seen Emery do that in a long time. Eddie then talks to Emery and tells him to express his emotions when they occur freely and to not bottle them up; however, this results in Emery insulting Louis' vest. Eddie later dresses up to go to the pool with Louis and Emery so that the latter can use the water to vent his frustrations, only to discover that the pool has been removed as the HOA voted against it. After their toaster breaks after Eddie tries to make Pop-Tarts with bagels, Eddie accompanies the rest of the family to the bank so Evan can open his first account, which comes with a free toaster. However, while at the bank, Evan is conflicted on whether to use his American name or 'Chih Fu', his Chinese name. Eddie then listens as his parents explain how they got their names, although Eddie points out that Louis' story was a lie, forcing Louis to tell the truth. Eddie then notifies Evan about street names, citing how Calvin Broadus became Snoop Dogg, and declares that he would name himself Topaz, after his birth stone, when he became a successful mogul, dreaming of a scenario where he enlisted Busta Rhymes to perform on the moon and played golf with Shaquille O'Neal, who was President of the United States. Evan manages to open an account and they receive a toaster, which Eddie carries, but drops it on the floor as soon as they arrive home, breaking it into pieces. Louis and Eddie play a game at the kitchen table, with Louis proclaiming that he loves spending time with him, although he immediately drops the ruse and cites it to be boring when Evan and Emery locate the television remote. As Louis pays the two for finding the remote, Eddie asks Louis to buy him a watch, which Louis refuses to do so believing Eddie would use it temporarily and discard it. In order to give Eddie a chance to prove his worth, Louis gives his own watch to Eddie to see if he could take care of it for a week. Eddie does so, but takes it off and leaves it on his bed before taking a shower. Seeing the watch on the bed, Louis believes Eddie has just left it out and takes it back, only to lose it himself. Louis and Eddie each enlist the "Huang Boys" (Evan and Emery) to find the watch, and Eddie wakes up at the end of the week to find the watch on his night table. As he walks into the living room, Evan and Emery come in with the identical watch and claim they have found it, and then Jenny herself also wheels into the room with the same watch in hand. It is revealed that Jenny, not liking the fact that Louis had taken the watch from Eddie, took the watch from him; believing he had lost it, Louis purchased a replacement watch and left it in Eddie's room, while Evan and Emery used their own money to buy the same watch to 'solve the case' as they had never failed to solve one before. Eddie asked Jessica to sign a permission slip for a field trip although she refused, telling him that a field trip was a waste of her taxpayer money and that he should just stay at school and study at the library, which upsets Eddie. However, once Honey informs Jessica that the trip was to Colonial Floridatowne, Jessica agrees to allow Eddie to go, as she loves the Colonial American work ethic, although she tags along as a parent chaperone. Eddie, who is grouped with Walter, Brian, Trent and Dave, believes that Jessica's chaperone will ruin their trip, although to his surprise Jessica becomes "Fun Mom", taking them off the class itinerary and going rogue in order to have fun. Eddie is then upset, as he had believed that Jessica was incapable of having fun and has come to the realization that since Jessica can have fun, she had willingly chosen to be a strict parent. At home, Jessica explains to Eddie that she cannot be the "Fun Mom" all the time and that "Fun Mom" could not make him do homework and clean his room at the same time. Eddie comes to the realization that he can have fun because his mom does not, and decides to wake up by himself early and get dressed to save his mother some time. Jessica is appreciative of his consideration, although remarking that she can tell he did not shower, and noting that they now have thirty minutes of spare time, decides to play Super Mario Brothers with him before he heads off to school. With Emery's graduation from elementary school on the horizon, Louis and Jessica decide to host a post-graduation all-you-can-eat chicken dinner at Cattleman's, with their three sons allowed to bring a friend. Eddie states he would invite his girlfriend, Alison, who is performing at Emery's graduation, shocking Jessica as she had no idea Eddie had a girlfriend. Louis tells Jessica that he met Alison and that she's great and Eddie reaffirms this by stating that Jessica would love her, to which Jessica replies by asking Eddie to do the math and check how many people she loves. Eddie goes to school and sees Nicole and Alison talking and tells them that he is allowed to bring a date to dinner after Emery's graduation. Alison is initially enthusiastic about meeting Jessica until Eddie tells her that Jessica would most likely be disappointed with her as she wanted him to have a Chinese girlfriend. Eddie decides to invite Alison over at the house before graduation so that the two women could better acquainted; however, the guest that arrives is a Chinese girl named Audrey, who masquerades as Alison. Eddie is confused while Jessica is ecstatic, glad that Eddie's girlfriend is Chinese. Eddie then calls Alison, who apologizes and claims she panicked, and reassures Louis and Emery, who had met the real Alison before, that they did not misremember and that the Chinese girl at their house is not Alison. The next day at school, Eddie speaks with Alison and she once again apologizes, and he tells her that she can come over tonight and he would introduce her properly to Jessica. Eddie suggests that they all watch Malcolm X, telling Alison that Jessica is a big fan of Denzel Washington and that he was saving the movie for when he did something really bad. However, when he arrives home with Alison, he finds Audrey in their kitchen playing Mah-jong with Jessica and Grandma Huang, as Jessica had invited her. Jessica asks who Alison is, and Eddie, panicking, claims that Alison is a Girl Scout who is selling cookies. He then lets the bathroom water run and flees out the bathroom window to head to Alison's house, apologizing for his reaction before heading home, informing Alison that they would all be grounded if the water bill was too high. At Emery's graduation, Eddie sits next to Jessica and watches as Jessica tries to call out to "Alison", although Audrey doesn't respond. After Emery gives a speech and praises Jessica for wanting what's best for her sons and Eddie for always being honest and speaking his mind, both Eddie and Jessica make a confession to one another, Eddie declaring that the Chinese girl she knows to be Alison is not his girlfriend and Jessica declaring that she does not like "Alison". Eddie explains what the real Alison did and Jessica states that the real Audrey is too perfect, likening her to tofu, soaking everything up while having no flavor of her own, and tells Eddie that he deserves a girlfriend who has a personality like him. Jessica then asks which girl is the real Alison, and Eddie points her out, and Jessica is impressed when she sees that Alison is the first chair for piccolo. In the aftermath of the graduation, the family plus Alison head to Cattleman's, where Jessica is impressed by Alison, especially when Alison explains that she is so good at piccolo due to constant practice and that she had decided to learn the piccolo due to the various unclaimed piccolo scholarships. Eddie attempts to spend time with Alison, although Jessica tells him to be a gentlemen and get them more chicken and he complies. The Huang family plus Alison later watch Malcolm X at the Huang house, although the three Huang sons flee when Jessica brings up the water bill. Following the end of their seventh grade year, Eddie and Alison only had a short amount of time to spend together during summer vacation as Alison was going away for band camp. The two planned to watch Chris Rock's Bring the Pain special on HBO. HBO had a free preview running that weekend and Eddie attempted to take advantage of it, although both Evan and Emery prevented him from watching it, with Evan notifying Jessica that it was Rated R. Jessica then replied that Eddie could not watch it, claiming that she had heard about the special on the Nightly News and believed it would instigate a race riot. The next day, Eddie met up with his friends and Alison, only for them to discuss the show. Eddie told them that he had yet to watch it, which led to Brian suggesting that he set it to record over night when everyone else was asleep. However, Evan and Emery taped over the special with their own homemade video message, much to his surprise. At the same time, Eddie's uncle, Gene Huang, came from Taiwan, which led to Eddie and the rest of the family heading to the airport to meet him as well as dining at a restaurant. Eddie managed to record the special successfully a second time, but after witnessing a fight between Louis and Gene, where he was shocked to discover that Louis had interrupted a "Chinese polite fight", he told Evan and Emery that Jessica had divided them but that he did not wish to become like Louis and Gene, instead asking his brothers to join him. This led to Eddie, Emery and Evan secretly watching the special at night together. However, shortly after, Louis came into the living room and revealed that Gene had left to Taiwan and had taken his mother with him, and had also disinvited them from the wedding. As a result, Louis declared that they were all going to Taiwan. Eddie and Alison then decided to keep in touch by faxing one another, with Alison deciding to use the Kinko's near her father's place of work. Before leaving for Taiwan, Eddie witnessed Trent burning his usual jacket and asked him what he was doing, and Trent replied that it was a reaction to the Cleveland Browns leaving Cleveland.
Season 3
Eddie spent most of his time in Taiwan trying to find a fax machine, to no avail. Overseas, he met his extended paternal family, including his cousin Wei, who adopted the English name "Hennessy" after the drink. Eddie initially attempted to befriend Hennessy due to his name but dropped it when his cousin did not share his interests in rap music. While in Taiwan, Eddie enjoyed eating McDonalds and attended his uncle Gene's wedding to Margaret. As they returned home to Orlando, Eddie saw Alison standing outside of his front door, where she told him that "it's over." Eddie panicked, replying that he had tried his best to find a fax machine only for Alison to respond that it was fine and that she had assumed something like that had happened. Confused, Eddie asked her what she meant by "it's over", and Alison presented him with a copy of The Orlando Tribune newspaper, whose front page revealed that Shaquille O'Neal was leaving the Orlando Magic and relocating to the Los Angeles Lakers. Emery was ecstatic to begin middle school; however, his first day at Abraham Lincoln Middle School was hampered by Eddie, who presented him with a binder filled with the lies he had told the school. Emery discovered that Eddie had been citing Chinese culture to his white teachers in order to make his life better, such as not eating vegetables in the cafeteria due to Chinese bodies being unable to process chlorophyll, getting the first Friday off the month off due to "Harvest Day", taking a nap at 11:00am every day to "check if China is coming for Taiwan", not participating in extracurricular activities, not sitting in the front of the class especially if the teacher is female, and not taking a shower with the other boys. Fed up, Emery eventually outed Eddie's deception to Bogdan Dragomir, a Russian Olympian who was their new Phys. Ed. teacher. During gym class, Eddie smugly told the other boys to enjoy their shower when Dragomir told him to join them. Realizing Dragomir was new, Eddie attempted to bring up his culture as a reason to skip out on the shower, although his tactic did not work as Emery had told Dragomir the truth. Eddie was then forced to take a shower with his friends, much to each of their nervousness with the sole exception of Trent, who enjoyed it merely because he had three sisters at home and therefore did not get much time to shower. Back at home, Eddie confronted Emery in his room, after having forced to take a shower in the nude and having glimpsed his friends' anatomies. Emery declared that he no longer wished to carry on Eddie's lies, only for Eddie to state that his first day was horrible and that his actions made Emery's first day better. Emery responded that his first day was horrible as all he wanted to do was to learn, join clubs such as karate and violin, and eat his green beans, but that it was ruined by Eddie. However, Eddie retorted that white people were ignorant of them and where they came from, citing that he had been blazing trails and breaking chains by shattering Asian stereotypes, and feared that Emery, with his karate gi and his violin and his eagerness to learn, would undo the work he had done and would set them back. Eddie then went outside to play basketball, although he was interrupted by Evan, who angrily berating him for his actions, stating that Emery had spent just one day with him and that he ruined Emery's day so badly he couldn't even bring himself to thank the maid. Eddie, confused that they had a maid, attempted to justify his actions by declaring that he was blazing trails and breaking chains, to which Evan responded that all he had broken was Emery's spirit. Evan added that Emery was not like Eddie and that Eddie should not make Emery feel ashamed to be who he is, which had a profound effect on Eddie. Emery went to school the next day and solemnly looked at the extracurriculars board when he was shocked to see his name listed on the karate sign-up sheet. Emery then spotted Eddie and, realizing his older brother had signed him up, asking him why he would that, citing that he didn't want to embarrass Eddie. Eddie, however, told Emery that what he thought shouldn't matter to Emery and that Emery should just be himself. Eddie then asked Emery if they could at least keep Harvest Day as a lie, and Emery reluctantly agreed so long as he didn't miss any tests, although Eddie responded citing that it wasn't up to them but to the moon, and the two brothers shared a laugh as they walked away together. As Halloween was approaching, Eddie and his friends were thinking of the ideal routes to take while trick-or-treating to ensure maximum candy intake. Eddie was telling his friends that they had only had a few years left to trick-or-treat; but at that moment, Nicole encountered them and invited them to her party, and Eddie dropped the idea in favor of attending a high-school party as middle-schoolers. Eddie went home to ask his parents for permission, and while Jessica refused, Louis intervened, citing that since Jessica did not celebrate Halloween she did not get a say, and granted Eddie permission. Eddie and his friends went to Nicole's house only to find Nicole and her three friends as the sole occupants. Nicole revealed that another girl was throwing a successful party and that's where her invitees were, and her friends left to go to that party. To make matters worse, Eddie's friends decided to go trick-or-treating, leaving just Eddie and Nicole. Using rap videos as inspiration, Eddie and Nicole threw their own party to entice people into coming, although they received a noise complaint and were visited by the police. Since they were minors and no adults were in the house, Nicole and Eddie were brought to the police station where their parents were to pick them up. Since Eddie's family had come to claim him, they had missed out on trick-or-treating. Realizing that Halloween was a big deal for her family, Jessica woke the family up early on November 1st to go trick-or-treating, waking Eddie up by using a fan to waft the smell of bacon in his face. The family failed to exact treats as Halloween was over, and paid a visit to Honey's house, where she invited them in. Nicole then thanked Eddie for his actions, revealing that the police's arrival caused rumors to swirl that she had an amazing party with numerous guests that the police had to come shut it down. The pair then noticed Dave profusely apologizing for abandoning them, and Eddie told Nicole that he was going to let Dave sweat for a while before entering Nicole's house.
―Louis Huang to Eddie Huang
Initially, Eddie comes off as a very rebellious, laidback, and non-conforming young man with a high sense of individualism. Stubborn and reckless, Eddie is unafraid to show people who he is, and being raised in a demanding household, Eddie describes himself as the black sheep of his family. It is because of this that he is a fan of rap music, and things related to African-American culture, and he relates to the motto of not confirming to what others expect of him, and being who he regardless of what others think of him. With Eddie being more rebellious, irresponsible, and free spirited compared to his siblings, in contrast to the high praise Jessica gives Emery and Evan, his mother fears for his future. This is because often, Eddie feels his aspirations do not align with what his family expects of him, which can lead him to act very shortsightedly rebellious, without a care for the consequences - as long as he is recognized for who he is. Eddie tends to be a bit of a troublemaker, doing what he wants as he pleases, and not letting others dictate what he can and can't do. Although he always his best to be kind to others, his stubbornness can lead him to acting somewhat self-centred. He can also be very "unethical", particularly when he believes behaving in a rebellious way would be cool, or when he believes said rules keep him from doing what he wants. Though in spite of his occasional stubbornness, selfishness, laziness, as well as shortsightedness, he's usually well intentioned, and never truly means any harm, as he only wants to be himself. Although his stubbornness can get the better of him, Eddie is a caring and emotional person deep down, and when he has truly affected others in a way he didn't intend, he always tries his best to come around and own up to his mistakes.
To others, Eddie portrays himself as somebody who is very unapologetically who he is, being seen as ambitious, bold - and someone who deeply resonates with hip hop music. However, behind his stubborn, rebellious, and swaggering facade, Eddie is someone who deeply cares about how others perceive him. His individualistic values are rooted in the way in which he has been treated by others, and despite how standoffish Eddie may appear, deep down, he is someone who truly wants to fit in and be seen for who he is. Eddie is also very ambitious, and is not afraid to do the things he dreams of doing, even if those dreams are seen implausible. Such dreams include, in the "Pilot" episode, when Eddie wanted to the most popular kid in school with the help of Shaquille O'Neal, as well as, starting from the episode "The Shunning", becoming Nicole's boyfriend - a dream he did not give up on, and consistently tried various means to win her heart.
In summary, Eddie is a rebellious, stubborn, yet truly caring young man who aspires to be like his favourite hip-hop singers, and deeply wants to fit in when faced with his family moving from Washington, DC to Orlando, FL. Although deeply stubborn to his own values and ideals, Eddie is a very caring boy who wants companionship, and to be recognized for who he is. And though both of his parents view him as a clumsy and somewhat non-conforming rebel, both Louis and Jessica recognize him as someone who has a heart of gold, and someone who's charisma, ambition, boldness, and imagination will lead him to doing great things, even if he may act rebellious and cause trouble in spite of their expectations.
Family
•Louis Huang - Louis is Eddie's father. Louis tries his best to make Eddie feel happy with the changes of moving to Orlando and tries to introduce everything to him with a positive and upbeat tone. He understands the trouble and angst he's going through and will do his best to make him feel better. In the episode "Fajita Man", Eddie asked his dad if he could float him some cash, but he obligated, telling him that Eddie is taking a bad impact from the American culture and that he's started learning about mooching off of his parents for money without earning it. So Louis gave him a job at the restaurant as a waiter as a way for him to really earn the money he deserves. Eddie struggled with this the whole time and he always suffered problem after problem with this. Eventually, Louis came to the solution that maybe forcing his kids to work for everything isn't the best idea, and every now and then, giving them something they want just because they ask for it is a healthy way to keep them happy enough to continue through life and even do better at the work they need to do. •Jessica Huang - Jessica doesn't always approve of Eddie's obsession with the African-American culture. •Emery Huang - Eddie looks to Emery for help when it comes to dating. •Evan Huang - Eddie and Evan sort of have a sibling rivalry with each other.
Friends
•Brock - Brock is a bit more of Eddie's frenemy than he is a friend. Brock is one of the popular kids at the school and he always spends time with all of the other popular kids. Although he is one of the people in their circle of friends, Eddie struggles to fit in with the rest of them the most. On a few rare instances, he will be left out and treated like the outcast. For instance: In "Pilot", Brock invited Eddie to come to sit at their table and they talked for a short amount of time, until Eddie opened up his container of noodles, which disgusted everyone at the table. Brock made fun of him, saying "Hey, check it out everyone. Chao Ming is eating worms!" and then shunned him away from the table. In the episode "Persistent Romeo", Eddie and Brock actually got into a rivalry because Brock was mocking Eddie with how awesome his sleepover was going to be because he had a dirty magazine, which was actually Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition. •Dave Selby - They both met in "Home Sweet Home-School". •Walter Stone - Eddie and Walter first met in the pilot episode. At first, Eddie just wanted to sit with him and Walter said it would be fine, so long as he didn't talk to him. Eddie very quickly left the table to sit with other people, making Walter feel abandoned. When he came back, Walter was angry at him and told him to sit somewhere else. The next day, Walter went out of his way to shove Eddie away from the microwave while he was using it and told him that he was the "minority" now and that he had just replaced him and also called him a "chink", which made Eddie furious at him. In return, he physically assaulted and unleashed a stream of profanities and ethnic slurs back at Walter which got him in trouble with the principal, but not with his parents, who refused to punish him because of the fact that Walter wasn't getting punished either. In the episode "Phillip Goldstein", Eddie and Walter realized that they shared the same interests and they soon became friends once again.
Love Interests
•Nicole Ellis - In the episode "The Shunning", Eddie first saw Nicole and developed a crush on her. In the episode "Showdown at the Golden Saddle", Nicole's feelings for Eddie started to change very slowly. After she heard his music, she started to ease toward being his friend and told her that he was kind of cool. As she was listening to his music, she was also smiling. Since then, the two of them have interacted more as friends. In the episode "Boy II Man", Nicole fell in love with a new boy at the school named Chris. Knowing that she loves someone else, Eddie's heart was broken and he sank into depression and started doing nothing but laying down in bed, being miserable for days. •Alison Olsen - After his recent heartbreak with Nicole in the episode "Boy II Man", Eddie took up piccolo, where he witnessed Alison playing Dr. Dre's "Nothin' But a G Thang" on the piccolo. In the episode "The Fall Ball", he danced with her at the middle school dance and in the episode "Good Morning Orlando", Eddie came to the confusing realization that he and Alison had apparently, officially become boyfriend and girlfriend, as of the events of The Fall Ball. He learned that Alison was considering Eddie her boyfriend after Eddie had "asked her to dance." She interpreted this as him actually asking her out and by the rules of 7th grade society, he did, and he just didn't know that. Being confused about the reason they were still in a relationship, Eddie was too nervous to directly confront Alison and so all of their interactions from that point on were short and pretty awkward, but only he noticed its awkwardness. Eddie eventually told Alison that he had no idea that they were dating, making Alison get angry at him, not talk to him for a day, and then eventually come back to him, saying that they're stronger for their previous fight. •Honey Ellis - In "The Shunning", Eddie believed that he would get more respect if he had a beautiful woman on his arm and he immediately started targeting Honey when he saw her running around outside. His first direct interaction with her was when he was trying to impress her and Honey was slightly put off by this, knowing exactly what he was trying to do. Eventually, after becoming friends with Jessica, she offered to help him out. They both hugged and as they did, Eddie grabbed her butt. Shortly after, Eddie's interest in her ended once he saw Nicole. Since then, Eddie is no longer interested in Honey and they only see each other as friends. However, their interactions are not forgotten as seen in the episode "Persistent Romeo" where his friends mentioned the situation and expressed that they still had respect for him for doing that.
•While the real life Eddie Huang has the middle name "Charles", the show's Eddie Huang has the middle name "Elvis", named after Elvis Presley.
•Eddie's legal Chinese name is Chungi Yi Ming.
•http://abc.go.com/shows/fresh-off-the-boat/cast/character-eddie-huang
•http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0502037/?ref_=tt_cl_t3
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