In honor of the current year, widely hailed as "The Year of G.I. Joe" due to the releases of brand-new comics, a brand-new animated series (G.I. Joe: Resolute) AND the first ever live-action G.I. Joe movie, here now for your reading enjoyment are some random facts about the man, the myth, the legend... Snake-Eyes:
And if any of you happen to come across any more interesting facts about the man in black, be sure and let us know!
- Snake-Eyes does not sleep. He waits.
- Snake-Eyes doesn't cheat death. He wins fair and square.
- Snake-Eyes owns the greatest Poker Face of all-time. It helped him win the 1983 World Series of Poker despite him holding just a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
- When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Snake-Eyes.
- Once a cobra bit Snake-Eyes' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
- Snake-Eyes was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when he managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
- Snake-Eyes died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him.
- Snake-Eyes does not go hunting because the word hunting implies the possibility of failure. Snake-Eyes goes killing.
- Death once had a near-Snake-Eyes experience.
- The best part of waking up is not Folgers in your cup, but knowing that Snake-Eyes didn't kill you in your sleep.
- Snake-Eyes never retreats, he just attacks in the opposite direction.
- Snake-Eyes was once charged with three attempted murders in Boulder County, but the Judge quickly dropped the charges because Snake-Eyes does not "attempt" murder.
- The reason newborn babies cry is because they know they have just entered a world with Snake-Eyes.
- The chief export of Snake-Eyes is pain.
- If you can see Snake-Eyes, he can see you. If you can't see Snake-Eyes, you may be only seconds away from death.
- Snake-Eyes does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.
- Snake-Eyes doesn't play "hide-and-seek." He plays "hide-and-pray-I-don't-find-you."
- When J. Robert Oppenheimer said "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds", he was not referring to the atomic bomb. He was referring to the Snake-Eyes Halloween costume he was wearing.
- "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" was originally written as Snake-Eyes' theme song.
- People have often asked the United States "What is your secret weapon against terrorists?" We simply reply "Snake-Eyes."
- Snake-Eyes has 2 speeds: Walk and Kill.
And if any of you happen to come across any more interesting facts about the man in black, be sure and let us know!
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