Extras: Full frame, 17 episodes, audio commentaries (on two episodes), two making-of featurettes, language and subtitle options (English, French, Spanish), chapters.

• "Ed, Edd n Eddy: Volume 1: Edifying Ed-Ventures" (Cartoon Network/Warner, 1999, not rated, $14.97). This Cartoon Network show about a crude but generally good-natured trio of kids has a following, thanks to smart dialogue (but not the kind you'll want your kids repeating much). Beware of cartoons described as outlandish.

Extras: Full frame, six episodes, making-of featurettes, music video, bonus cartoon: "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy in Nursery Crimes," subtitle options (English, French, Spanish), chapters.

• "The Golden Blaze" (Warner, 2004, not rated, $19.98). This animated film is about two African-American schoolboys whose intense sparring eventually brings their fathers into the fray, which takes a strange twist when the fathers develop superpowers after an accident.

Extras: Full frame, chapters.

• "Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!" (Nick Jr./Paramount, 2005, not rated, $16.99). Dora and friends encourage Spanish-language and math skills in this set. The episodes are "Daisy, la Quinceanera," "The Bit Pinata," "Surprise!" and "The Fix-It Machine."

Extras: Full frame, four episodes, chapters.

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