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{{quote|'''Dib:''' [[You're Just Jealous|You're just jealous!]]<br />
'''Zim:''' This has nothing to do with jelly! }}
* [[Burger Fool]]: Zim was banished to a planet called Foodcourtia where he had to do community service for royally screwing up Operation Impending Doom I.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He fares ''slightly'' better than Dib.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: "Now...back to my filthy evil, I guess..."
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: ''(laughs)'' "Inferior human organs! ...Ow, my squeedlyspooch!"
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: "My Tallest, a new child attacked me with meat. My conclusion? SHE'S IN LOVE WITH ME!"
* [[I Reject Your Reality]]: Zim's [[Small Name, Big Ego|remarkable ego]] is a great example of this.
* [[It's All About Me]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: In "FBI Warning of Doom" and "Planet Jackers".
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: He was once formerly a military scientist, albeit one responsible for killing the previous Tallests.
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: In the unproduced episode "The Trial," it's revealed that he has, in fact destroyed more than one planet. By scratching himself.
* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]
* [[The Napoleon]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: In "GIR Goes Crazy And Stuff", he wears a police hat he took from Officer Squidman.
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Consists of a wig and contact lenses (that apparently are very uncomfortable and can be knocked out just from hitting him in the head) doing nothing about his vibrantly ''green'' skin. Which may may you think at first, since Irkens have the technology to make themselves look completely human, but he only picked that one because he thinks he's too attractive to be covered up.
** He claims he has a skin condition, [[Blatant Lies|which is also the reason why he doesn't have ears]]...
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Tricky to place, but Zim ''does'' do a lot of damage, intentionally or not. [[All There in the Manual|According to the unmade scripts,]] he single-handedly started a crippling global blackout when he was about four minutes old.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Rather literally, Zim has had a few moments of genuine-seeming kindness directed at GIR.
{{quote|"Well, me being mad will get us no closer to home..."}}
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* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]
* [[The Renfield]]
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Mostly averted; Zim attempts this but usually ends up with a high-pitched squeal.
** [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: And this is how he screams when he's afraid or in pain.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The sensitive guy to Dib's manly man. Although not "sensitive" in the soft and feminine sense, he is a lot more emotional than Dib is.
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* [[Ambiguous Innocence]]: It's hard to imagine that GIR even has the mental capacity to understand that there is a difference between right and wrong, much less know what that difference is.
** This has been outright defied by the show's creator, who devoted ''an entire episode'' to showing what a delightful little sociopath GIR can be after the fans got a little too fond of portraying him as an adorable ball of sunshine and fairy dust. Well, Jhonen, this is what you get when you go for [[Generic Cuteness]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: Much to Zim's dismay.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: While GIR's usual level of helpfulness is questionable at best, when Zim temporarily locks him into hyper-compitent Duty Mode, [[Gone Horribly Right|GIR decides that Zim himself is a threat to the mission]] and [[The Starscream|decides to take over]].
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type IV (unless he "goes crazy and stuff")
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''(in duty mode)'' "Yes, sir!"
* [[Chaotic Stupid]]
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Was seen dancing with a bunch of girls at a club, then dropped off at the house hours later by his new friends.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Blue/green = regular GIR. Red = duty mode.
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* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: This was ''not'' the intent, but the [[Misaimed Fandom|fandom]] picked it up and ran with it. GIR is often misconstrued as a harmless or even compassionate character rather than a merely stupid one. "GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff" was in part a measure dedicated to correcting that.
* [[Easter Egg]]: The infamous "Bloody Gir" (an image of GIR in duty mode and covered in blood), hidden as a [[Take That]] against the network for not allowing the image into a scene.
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: To name a few... [[Nightmare Fuel|A live chicken]], tacos, burritos, taquitos, cupcakes, waffles made outta peanuts and soap, a fish (or tried to), pizza, Acne Blast acne cream, puppies (maybe)...
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Sanguine.
* [[Genki Girl|Genki Robot]]
* [[Head Pet]]: He rides on Zim's head in a few episodes such as "Battle of the Planets" and "Attack of the Saucer Morons". In "Tak, the Hideous New Girl", he uses Dib's head instead.
* [[Heh
{{quote|'''Zim:''' I'm going to attempt to lock you into duty mode with this behavioral modulator.
''(GIR giggles)''
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* [[Ocular Gushers]]: "WHYYYYYY?! WHY, MY PIGGY?! I LOVEDED YOU PIGGY! I LOVEDED YOU!"
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: In duty mode.
* [[Raymanian Limbs]]: The little metal cone-shaped thingies that serve as his legs/feet don't appear to be attached to his torso.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In duty mode, again.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]
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* [[Talkative Loon]]: "OOH! LEPRECHAUNS!"
* [[Temporary Bulk Change]]: The metal he's made of is apparently very flexible because he grew to a massive size in "Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom" from eating the candy stolen from a bunch of trick-or-treaters.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: He is ''the'' most heavily marketed character among the ''Invader Zim'' cast.
=== Dib ===
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Gaz...sometimes.
* [[Brown Eyes]]: Changed frequently to [[Eyes of Gold]] in fanworks.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Quite often-"I'll be there! DOING STUFF!" and the [[Memetic Mutation|memetastic Things he do]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[The Cassandra]]
* [[Character Development]]: Arguably more than any other character in the series. He starts off as something of a [[Knight Templar]], but by the end of the series has definitely become its primary [[Straight Man]].
* [[Child Prodigy]]: He could spell the word "aliens" when he was still in diapers.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Though [[Properly Paranoid|he's often right]], and is often contrasted with even ''more'' insane and deluded conspiracy nuts.
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* [[Informed Deformity]]: His supposedly big head.
{{quote|"My head's not big!"}}
* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: His classmates go out of their way to avoid him and are [[Children Are Cruel|sadistically vicious]] when they do have to acknowledge him.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]
{{quote|'''Zim:''' Despite his large head, the Dib-monkey is quite stupid.
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* [[The Necromancer]]: One of Professor Membrane's lines from "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" implies it.
{{quote|"SON! There had better not be any walking dead up there!"}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: A [[Running Gag]] is that someone will allude to some crazy-sounding paranormal event that Dib claims to have discovered before. Given how weird this show is, it's plausible that they really happened.
{{quote|'''Greg from the FBI:''' Hey...you're ''DIB...''right? Heh-heh, you ever get that ''ninja ghost'' outta your toilet?
'''Dib:''' ''Yes,'' no thanks to ''you!'' }}
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* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Towards Zim at times.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Running Gag]]: So, how many fans are convinced Dib's head really ''is'' drawn larger than the rest of the cast's, I wonder?
** In the [[Art Evolution|animation project]] God Save The Dib, Jhonen changed him so he actually ''does'' have a larger head.
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* [[Off-Model]]: The shape of her head is inconsistent between certain scenes in "The Wettening".
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: When stalking Iggins in "Game Slave 2".
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Girl]]: She is one of the few people who know perfectly well that Zim is a alien who wants to conquer/destroy the Earth. She's also largely uninterested in the conflict, quipping rather correctly that Zim isn't very good at what he does.
* [[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]: She delivers these more than a person probably should.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Her moments of this are so noticeable because they're so damn rare; it almost seems out-of-character when it happens!
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Pizza, to the point where it's one of the accessories that comes with the Palisades toy of her.
* [[Twitchy Eye]]: ''"I'm trying to draw a little piggy. Can't you see I'm trying to draw a little piggy??"''
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: In Game Slave 2.
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: She gets swirls in her pupils when distracted by a commercial in ''Bloaty's Pizza Hog.''
* [[Woman in Black]]
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''"I'll have them serve me curly fries."'' }}
The leaders (or more accurately, figureheads) of Irken society. Their height being the only qualification for office, they're not necessarily well-equipped in the brain department, although Red does seem to have it together more than Purple. Pretty much they sit around snacking and acting like jerks. Their role can be likened to a pair of teenage bullies picking on and ordering around a bunch of smaller kids.
Red and Purple weren't the first Tallests. Some of the previous leaders were slated to appear in flashbacks if the show hadn't been canceled.
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[All There in the Script]]: Their real names are Red and Purple.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: The design of their "Tallest" outfits.
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]
* [[Big Eater|Big Eaters]]
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* [[The Caligula]]: Both of them, although Purple is especially useless.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|You'll never guess]] [[Captain Obvious|which one is Red and which one is Purple.]]
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: In the first episode they each got alternating moments of stupidity and intelligence. By "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" Red seems to be the smarter one, though he still spends plenty of time acting lazy and stupid along with Purple.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: They're referred only as the Tallests in the series.
* [[Evil Empire]]
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* [[Man Child]]: Not to the extent of Zim, but its there. They love sweets and junk food, bicker over simple things, and make their servants present their planet-conquest strategies with puppet shows.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Red is the [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|first color in the rainbow]] and purple is the color associated with royalty.
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Averted. While the Irkens treat all other races as nonentities, the Tallests still have no qualms about shooting ''their own people'' out of cannons or airlocks.
* [[Orcus on His Throne|Orcuses On Their Thrones]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Red, of course.
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: "There are no curses, son. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
* [[For Science!]]!
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: That we know of.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He also voices [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Squidward Tentacles]].
* [[Hot Scientist]]: He has fangirls who will defend this trope.
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: According to one source, Miss Bitters didn't come to teach, as she's always existed on that land... ''[[Genius Loci|the school was simply built around her]].''
* [[Living Shadow]]: She sometime sneaks up on people by becoming their shadow. Literally.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: And ''how''!
* [[Sadist Teacher]]
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]
* [[Snake People]]: She's tall and thin and swirls through the air and curls around people like a boa constrictor. Rattlesnake sounds show up when she speaks or gets annoyed.
* [[Transplant]]: She was [[Squee (comics)|Squee]]'s teacher.
* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Sunlight hurts her.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: He doesn't really come across as being [[For the Evulz|evil for its own sake]], but Irkens in general seem to have an [[Always Chaotic Evil]] bent and at the very least he is complicit to genocide.
* [[Badass]]: He's the first Irken Invader to single-handedly complete his mission, and he survived being on a planet as it was being blown up. If it wasn't for his gullibility, he'd be an Irken to be reckoned with.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[The Dragon]]: What he would have been to Zim.
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* [[Beauty Mark]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Somewhat, particularly being exiled from her planet despite being an excellent invader but Zim's idiocy caused this, and getting thwarted by Zim and being almost killed in a spaceship crash. Tak just couldn't catch a break.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Her S.I.R. Mimi takes the guise of a cat, and is nasty powerful enough to kick Zim and GIR's asses.
* [[Compelling Voice]]: It only works on idiots though.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
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* [[Evil Versus Evil]]
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]: Not one in canon, [[Self Fanservice|but is portrayed as such in fanart]].
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Zim ruining her chance to become an Irken-Elite.
* [[Large Ham]]: It leads to [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]] when she argues with Zim.
* [[Motive Rant]]
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Dib's class makes no effort to hide how much they hate him.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]:
{{quote|'''Zootch:''' Argh! My organs!}}
* [[Anime Hair]]: [http://zim.wikia.com/wiki/File:Peyoopi.png Peyoopi]
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