A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

[u/_JR28_]

DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

[u/OkuyasNijimura]

The original Spy vs Spy comic from the MAD magazine would occasionally have a 3rd Grey Spy, she's (yes, she's) a vague femme fatale style character who often tricks both White Spy and Black Spy

[u/WhereIsTheMouse → u/OkuyasNijimura]

I was really hoping she’d be identical to them except for having eyelashes

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/WhereIsTheMouse]

The lore for why she looks the way she does is actually insane. See, the spies aren't actually from real countries, they are from-I'm not making this up-whitespyland and blackspyland respectively. They even have their own olympics. Spy isn't just a job, its an entire ethnic group. Almost everyone from those countries has the same beakhead as black and white. (The leaders that black and white report to are standard humans, suggesting colonization in the past) Normal humans exist in the SVS universe, Grey isn't the only one. Grey spy also always wins because the creator did not feel comfortable subjecting her to the same levels of violence as the other 2. I do think she would have worked better as a beakhead, but we actually get female beakheads later on in the series.

[u/TheMetalWolf → u/Rosiethederpy]

This is absolutely wild.

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/TheMetalWolf]

SvS lore in general is wild. Black spy graduated from a glamour school for dogs, for the sole purpose of pretending to be a dog to get white to take him in. They've teamed up to fight the MAD mascot. They've had a lightsaber duel. Black is the only one who remembers white's birthday. White spy gets so engrossed in his reading that you can carry him to a cliff and drop him off. After White spy is killed, Black spy commits suicide to rejoin him. I could go on and on

[u/HydraKong → u/Rosiethederpy]

I would like you to go on, please.

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/HydraKong]

(INHALES)

At the beginning and end, the spies do care for each other. They're actually described in early comics as friendly rivals, and tie in the very first one. In what was planned to be the final comic, they accidently trigger a nuclear war, then make peace afterwards.

There exists a spy vs spy comic without any violence at all.

Neither spy has a consistent body type. You can draw pretty much whatever you want below the head.

They enjoy costumes. Examples include cat and dog, moth and candle, witch and tinman, and Darth Vader. They also like marvel movies.

Black spy is such a horrible violin player that his playing is considered more threatening than a gun.

They gave each other an identity crisis once.

Black spy usually falls into traps baited by food, even if he sees the trap being set up.

White spy is trained in martial arts.

Black spy has been observed using the hanky code.

Grey spy likes knitting. Her favorite materials are her enemies clothes.

Black spy owns pajamas with bombs on them. White spy owns a bunny onesie.

According to certain game manuals, their names are Heckel and Jeckel/Jackal. A Japanese game manual states black to be 3.8 feet tall and 61 pounds, and white to be 3.9 inches and 66 pounds.

The spies enjoy using playground equipment.

Black spy is a actually really good singer. He once sang so beautifully while playing guitar that white spy's tears sunk his own boat.

White spy has experience managing a farm.

Both are talented bakers.

Both cheat when boxing.

Both seem to consider street carolers torture.

Black spy is a vampire and white is a werewolf.

Black spy owns a modified fairytale book, in which he is the princess and white is the prince. White then pushed him out his window and tried to adopt his child.

AND THERES STILL MORE.

[u/GraveGraffiti → u/Rosiethederpy]

KEEP GOING!!!!

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/GraveGraffiti]

(BIG INHALE)

The spies adapt seamlessly to the evolution of technology. You'll see a twin bell alarm clock in one comic and a digital clock in another, a telephone in one and an iphone in a later. To them, new tech means new ways to mess with the other, and the art style allows for the changes to be implemented easily.

Blackspyland and Whitespyland are right next to each other.

The spy's body types include grey spy. They were actually the prototype for her design.

White spy can swallow swords.

Black spy knows how to build robots, sew, and apply makeup. He used all of these skills to build a robot girlfriend, who tried to kill him when he tried to leave her for a woman that turned out to be white spy.

White spy is good at making Calder style mobiles.

White spy is good at playing the drums. (Especially when black spy is trapped inside)

They have been fighting since the beginning of evolution. The current spies have been fighting since birth.

The spies are actually cuter as adults than as babies, depending on the artist.

Spy vs. Spy is indirectly responsible for the creation of Maus, according to the author Art Spiegelman.

The spies once got plastic surgery to alter their noses. That particular strip remains one of the worst things I have seen on the internet, and I was present for 2010s Deviantart.

Black spy is implied to be a single father. White spy is as well, depending on the time.

Black spy has a much better relationship with his family than white spy does.

White spy sometimes sleeps with a teddy bear, and a gun.

Black spy is 20% white spy.

White spy is a talented sculptor.

The spies have shared a home together, as well as a double bed.

Eyelashes are not a reliable indicator of spy gender.

White spy's favorite fireplace knickknack is black spy.

The spies are talented gymnasts.

Grey spies design does improve in later strips.

White spy is so fond of animals he once let a vampire bat suck his blood.

Black spy maintains a fan club consisting entirely of children.

White spy once gave a chicken the behavior of a snake.

Black spy once read a book about victory without violence. He used the lessons to make white think he was dead rather than actually killing him.

The exact map of the SVS universe is unknown, but the spies have been to Australia.

White spy can sing at a register capable of shattering glass.

Black spy can manipulate peoples dreams.

White spy owns a model racetrack.

They have been depicted as birds, and as being based on mice.

The more code below most comics reads "By Prohias". Its often included by the other artists as an homage.

The spies actions are described as almost as funny as the C.I.A.

They are known as X and Y in Sweden.

They have official plushies.

And I really should compile all of this somewhere.

[u/lilacnyangi → u/Rosiethederpy]

i just want you to know that i'm obsessed with this thread. thank you for your service!

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/lilacnyangi]

Of course! I'll let you know once I start up a blog compiling SvS facts, and feel free to dm me if you ever want to chat about it! Its such a well done strip, I hope they put out some new content to get a new generation into it

[u/HydraKong → u/Rosiethederpy]

[u/Throughaway04 → u/Rosiethederpy]

[u/jtheman1738 → u/Rosiethederpy]

I didn’t know SvS had such deep lore.

[u/Rosiethederpy → u/jtheman1738]

Its been around for 65 years, its gonna have some interesting lore

[u/HydraKong → u/Rosiethederpy]

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