Red Leader

Edd Gould's concept art

The Red Leader's logo from Eddsworld: Legacy (The Snogre, Fun Dead, The End (Part 2))

The Red Leader is a mysterious character within Eddsworld. The character was never actually seen or heard from, but minor references were made in WTFuture and in other episodes in Eddsworld: Legacy.

Verbal reference

In WTFuture, the Red Leader is mentioned by Tom's future self when they return to the present to stop Edd's future self.

"huh, its a good thing Red Leader had a second time travel device."

Logo appearances

In The Snogre, the supposed logo of Red Leader appears on the tail of a plane right next to the license plate "N0R5K1" (Norwegian), which is Tord's license plate number.

In Fun Dead, the logo appears once again written in blood on an Arcade machine next to Patryck's wounded body.

In part two of The End, the logo appears for a second on the underside of Tord's second couch capsule. The logo also appears in the cockpit of his robot and beside the lever to the hideout within Edd's house.

Physical appearance

Throughout Eddsworld, Red Leader has made no full cameo. However, in The End: Part 2, Tord can be seen wearing a uniform on the "Wanted" poster, similar to Paul and Patryck's.

Tord's wanted poster

In the beginning of Fun Dead, Tord can be seen in the news behind Paul and Patryck, in the shadows.

In addition to Edd's concept art, Tord can be seen grabbing a robot arm in The End. In the original art, Red Leader can be seen with that same art. He can also be seen with Tord's same horns, and on top of the page, the Red Army symbol.

Behind the Scenes

Thomas Ridgewell stated that he and Edd had planned for the Red Leader to appear in Super Average. Though his identity wouldn't be directly mentioned, it "wouldn’t have taken a rocket scientist to figure out". Their end goal was to fuse Super Average with Eddsworld and having the big, bad villain be a fellow named Red Leader. With Edd's passing, development on Super Average was put on pause while Thomas worked on Eddsworld Legacy.

With consideration of criticisms and hindsight from Eddsworld: Legacy, he has decided to scrap the character of Red Leader. He has stated his reasons as not only distancing himself from Eddsworld, but also relieving the character of Tord from his control.