bold claim: Jimmy is an inverted mirror of Eddy's upbringing. Eddy picks on him the most because he reminds him of himself.
Evidence:
Eddy refers to treating Jimmy the way his brother treated him on two occasions
Jimmy admires Eddy's taste to the point where he fits right into his little disco party
Eddy's repressed side is caring and hyperfeminine. Jimmy's repressed side is brutal and hypermasculine.
idk if it was a recording mistake but it seemed like they used a voice take in this episode where it implied that Eddy actually does admire Jimmy's taste and Kevin hit the nail on the head by accident
When Jimmy learns from Eddy's example, he surpasses him as a con artist. It's implied in a scrapped plot that him, Sarah and Jonny were gonna be the next neighborhood troublemakers.
Eddy even used to have the little curls and everything
The reason the eds had to scam people for jawbreaker money is because all of their allowance for years was probably used to fix whatever property damage their last scam caused, bps wasn't even the worst incident they have literally destroyed jonny's entire house and flooded peachcreek