Spy vs. Spy (Toon Shorts)

**Spy vs. Spy** is a 1978 one-off Toon Short that premiered on November 28th, 1978. It is based on the comic strip of the same name with permission from Mad.

## Synopsis

The Spies try to defeat each other in various ways:

1. Black Spy throws a dynamite at White Spy, only for it to come back to him thanks to a trampoline, thus blowing him up.
2. White Spy dresses up as Black Spy to trick him into believing that he is his twin brother. They dance the same dance until White Spy kicks Black Spy in the crotch.
3. Black Spy sets up an explosive mouse and winds it up to White Spy's house, only for it to be eaten by a robotic cat made by White Spy. Unfortunately for him, it causes a large explosion.
4. White Spy installs a clock that explodes when it rings at 8 AM and installs it on Black Spy's small table. At 8 AM, the clock explodes.
5. Black Spy spots what seems to be White Spy and hides a dynamite stick in his pocket. The dynamite then explodes. Black Spy then walks away and sees White Spy. What the former hid dynamite in the pocket is actually a large rat, resulting in Black Spy getting dynamite in his pocket, which proceeds to explode.
6. Late at night, White Spy places a top-secret file in a large mousetrap, and goes to sleep in a small house next to the mousetrap. In an attempt to steal it, Black Spy sets off the mousetrap with a twig, and just as he grabs the file, White Spy pushes the wall of the house facing Black Spy down, crushing the latter.
7. Black Spy launches a torpedo at White Spy's boat. White Spy's boat splits in half, but the torpedo splits in half, too. White Spy screams in terror and is blown up.
8. White Spy tries to replace Black Spy's handbag with a handbag containing a bomb, but when White Spy picks up Black Spy's handbag, he discovers it has been glued to the pavement and White Spy blows up.
9. At a piano concert, Black Spy rigs a C-note key with dynamite on a piano, tricking White Spy into playing "Those Endearing Little Charms". When the latter presses the rigged key, the piano explodes.
10. At the park, White Spy gives the Black Spy's kid a white lollipop and tells him to whack his father, only for him to whack White Spy, revealing to be Black Spy himself. He then gives his kid the lollipop.
11. Black Spy spots White Spy in the desert, and sneaks up behind him with a club. However, he falls into a pit disguised as White Spy's shadow, and White Spy buries Black Spy in the sand.
12. Lastly, White Spy uses a plane to chase Black Spy around the city. He then presses a button, but the plane then goes out of control and ends up crashing on a mountain. Black Spy then pulls a sign saying "The End!", ending the short.

## Characters

* White Spy and Black Spy (debut in EnzoProd Company media)

## Trivia

### General

* This marks the first time non-EnzoProd Company characters appear in an EPC show.
* Gags 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 are taken from the original comics.
* Gags 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 12 are created exclusively for this Toon Short.

### Fast Forward

* This isn't the Spies' only appearance in EnzoProd Company media.

## Gallery

Screenshot of 2021 restoration on EPC+.The 6th gag, which is the Mousetrap gag, the first of the 5 gags originating from the original comic. Note that animation from Mad Magazine TV Special is reused here, albeit in black and white instead of color.The 12th gag, which is the Plane Chase gag, the last of the 7 gags created exclusively for the Toon Short.