#canonicality

Everybody calls characters like Pink Guy, Salamander Man, Red Dick, etc lycras. But why do people call them that? What is the source of the name? That's what I'm gonna be discussing today, I guess.

The main source of all this seems to be the Filthy Frank Wiki, and I have already stated in a previous post that the wiki is a bit shit. The wiki often tends to have fan theories and joke stuff passed down as true, unfinished articles, most articles completely ignore the lore from the book, and overall a lot of stuff that's not canon. This is what the article for the Lycra people says

I don't know about you, but I don't remember any videos that mentioned a Chinpocalypse or how if you don't feed your Lycras enough Chin chin branded chromosomes their skin will fall off and they will freeze to death (But the idea of Chin chin branded chromosomes is pretty funny. I have to give that to whoever wrote that it's like he's a cereal mascot.) I especially don't remember all that in the book, which is supposed to explain the lore of Filthy Frank.

So Lycras are mostly likely not canon. I say most likely because of how prevalent it is. Every single supposed Lycra character's article mentions how they were turned into Lycras by Chin Chin, and everybody in the community calls them Lycras. It's so prevalent that it had to come from somewhere. No way some random guy just made the article for Lycra people and everybody just ran with it. It had to originate from somewhere. Maybe Joji made a post on facebook or twitter about Lycras. Even if he did Lycras are probably not canon anymore. I would appreciate it if somebody would find the origins of all this, unless some random guy did make the Lycra article on a whim and everybody just ran with it.

By the way, I don't want to discourage anyone from calling them Lycras. Y'all can keep calling them that since I will too. It's a good group name, especially since you can't really call them much else if you want people to know what you're talking about when you're talking about that group of characters. Just keep in mind that the name is not actually canon.