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{{quote| ''"I am Zim, and [[Third Person Person|Zim shall rule!]]"''}}
A pint-sized alien from the planet Irk, with an ego as big as he himself... isn't, Zim is a [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|walking disaster area]] that somehow remains [[Small Name, Big Ego|oblivious to his own shortcomings and the contempt his people hold him in]]. He ''thinks'' he was sent to Earth as an Invader to ready the planet for hostile takeover, but really [[Reassigned to Antarctica|his leaders were just trying to get rid of him by sending him as far away as possible]] (they didn't even know there'd be a planet there for him to try to conquer). On Earth, he aims to [[Take Over the World]], but is of course [[Failure Is the Only Option|continually thwarted]], through Dib's interference, GIR's stupidity, or sheer bad luck, but often as not Zim's greatest obstacle to success is himself.
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* [[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
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "YOU LIE!!", "SILENCE!!!", and "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
* [[Clark Kenting]]
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* [[Cross Dressing Voices]]: In the Japanese dub and as a smeet.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Or with a [[Paper
* [[Enfante Terrible]]: He was capable of causing apocalypse-level damage even as a smeet (Irken baby).
* [[Evil Laugh]]: In the theme song.
* [[Expressive Mask]]: His contact lenses.
* [[Four
* [[Genius Ditz]]: It can be hard to credit, but he's demonstrated some true cunning on occasion. He's more ''insane'' than stupid, but his insanity is what makes him do stupid things in the first place, so it's hard to tell the difference.
* [[Girl Scouts Are Evil]]: When he's selling Poop candy bars for a school fundraiser to get the mystery prize in "Door to Door".
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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.
* [[
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Jerk]]: In "FBI Warning of Doom" and "Planet Jackers".
* [[Karma Houdini]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope|Sometimes, sometimes not.]]
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* [[Mad Eye]]: This ''is'' a [[Jhonen Vasquez]] production.
* [[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.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: "[[You Lie|You lie! You liiiiiiiiiiiiie!!!"]]
* [[Off
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|The Only One Allowed To Destroy Earth]]: And he already promised the moon to GIR.
* [[Paper
** 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..."}}
* [[Pick On Someone Your Own Size]]: His rivalry with Dib... [[Non
* [[Pint
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Word of God]] has him [http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=552&page=5 "older than any human alive,"] at any rate.
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** [[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.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[Spider Limbs]]: Almost a crossover with [[Awesome Backpack]].
* [[Stupid Evil]]
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** Though, given Earth's state in this setting, one could argue that ALL water has been polluted.
** Also, meat.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Invader Guy]]
* [[Won't Take Yes for An Answer]]: A [[Running Gag]] with him is that he'll continually interrupt people trying to tell him something, demanding they tell him about the very thing his interruption is preventing them from saying in the first place.
{{quote| "Who are you?"<br />
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* [[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
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]
* [[Bag of Holding]]: The inside of his head.
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* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Well, not quite -- his eyes are the same color as the lightbulb on the antenna on the top of his head.
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]
* [[Death Glare]]: Pulls one off when delivering his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Zim in duty mode in "GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff".
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: During his moments of clarity, GIR can be pretty snarky towards Zim.
{{quote| '''Zim:''' You now possess superior geographic guidance abilities, GIR.<br />
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* [[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
* [[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.
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{{quote| '''Zim:''' GIR! Your waffles have sickened me! Fetch me the bucket!}}
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: "WHYYYYYY?! WHY, MY PIGGY?! I LOVEDED YOU PIGGY! I LOVEDED YOU!"
* [[Pint
* [[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
* [[The Starscream]]: In ''GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff''.
* [[Talkative Loon]]: "OOH! LEPRECHAUNS!"
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Dib: "It's para-NORMAL, and you're wrong, it makes me look cool!" }}
* [[Anime Hair]]: And according to "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom," it gets more and more extreme as he ages.
* [[Anti
* [[Agent Mulder]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]
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* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Gaz...sometimes.
* [[Brown Eyes]]: Changed frequently to [[Eyes of Gold]] in fanworks.
* [[Buffy
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[The Cassandra]]
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* [[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.
* [[Crying Wolf]]: He has the reputation of making bizarre and unverifiable claims (see [[Noodle Incident]] below), although it's quite possible [[Not
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Dib Can Breathe In Space]]: "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". {{spoiler|Subverted at the very end when the sequence was revealed to be part of a [[Lotus Eater Machine]].}}
* [[Disney Death]]: In "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy".
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* [[Expressive Mask]]: His glasses.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: He does not have an official last name, but many fans have taken to calling him "Dib Membrane."
* [[Four
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Particularly earlier on, where it's not only clear that just because he's right about the alien invasion doesn't mean he's not crazy, but that when he ''is'' right about stuff [[Knight Templar|he tends to engage pursuit almost cruelly,]] Zim just being the most recent example. [[Character Development|He loses a bit of that as the show goes on, though.]]
* [[Hero Antagonist]]
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* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]
* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: [[Self Fanservice|In fanart.]] Especially if said fanart involves ZADR.
* [[Thinking Out Loud]]: A habit he frequently lampshades in later episodes.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Dib's dad seems to notably favor his sister, just because she's not 'insane'.
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* [[Aloof Older Brother|Aloof Younger Sister]]
* [[Anime Hair]]: It doesn't look like the hairstyles her brother and father sport, but it deserves its own mention -- it's shaped like a set of ''jaws.''
* [[Anti
* [[Anti
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Not to Zim's level, but she has her moments.
* [[Badass Biker]]: In the script for "Ten Minutes to Doom", she drives a motorcycle from the arcade all the way to her father's lab to retrieve Zim's PAK (long story).
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* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: She frightens grown men.
* [[
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: Like her brother, she doesn't have a last name, but is often called "Gaz Membrane."
* [[Feel No Pain]]: She completely ignores the itchy lice attack on her head in "Lice" and isn't bothered when Zim steals one of her organs and replaces it with her Game Slave in "Dark Harvest".
* [[Four
* [[Gamer Chick]]: Er...sort of. She would rather play video games than just about anything, and she is very very good at them. And terrifying if you get in her way.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: When younger, she wore a bow in her hair as seen in "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy".
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: If she can be bothered to help at ''all,'' she's this.
* [[Hey
** Referenced in the commentary track for "Nanozim". Upon Jhonen admitting that he regretted not bringing Melissa Fahn on to do commentary for "Gaz's episode", the other commentators attempt to impersonate her voice to make up for it, which culminates in them repeatedly chanting "DIGI-MODIFY!"
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: She used cans of Poop soda against Zim, Dib, Tak, and MiMi in "Tak, the Hideous New Girl".
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* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]
* [[
* [[Off
* [[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.
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* [[The Power of Hate]]
* [[Smurfette Principle]]: In the quartet of main characters, she's the only girl.
* [[Somebody
{{quote| '''Gaz:''' Are there any video games around here?<br />
'''Zim's Computer:''' No. Not really.<br />
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* [[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]]
* [[Fingore]]: They only have two fingers on each hand as opposed to a normal Irken's three. [http://zim.wikia.com/wiki/Tallest According to the Zim wiki], when a Tallest is chosen, their thumbs are chopped off in a ceremony to prove that they can rule without them.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* [[Hey
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Red in "Backseat Drivers" -- namely, he's [[Brilliant but Lazy]].
* [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]]: Big time.
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* [[Badass Labcoat]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]: "There are no curses, son. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
* [[For Science!]]!
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: That we know of.
* [[Hey
* [[Hot Scientist]]: He has fangirls who will defend this trope.
* [[Large Ham]]: Possibly the biggest one in the series. Considering [[World of Ham|the kind of world he inhabits,]] it's ''quite'' an accomplishment.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Despite the obvious hatred she has for her students and all the horrible stuff she's told them before, she refused to divulge just what happened that led people to start giving out meat on Valentine's Day. Her response to Dib's question was "[[You Don't Want to Know|you don't want to know]]". She even expressed "moral outrage" to the principal allowing the kids to celebrate the holiday.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: She's half human, part demon, Twisted & Evil.
* [[Hey
* [[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.
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* [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[The Dragon]]: What he would have been to Zim.
* [[Hey
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]
* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]
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{{quote| ''"'''I''' should have been an Invader! '''I''' should have been part of The Great Assigning! I shouldn't '''have''' to be stealing '''this''' planet from '''you'''!"''}}
A female Irken out to seek Zim's mission and prove herself as a worthy Invader to the Tallests. Fifty years ago, Zim caused a blackout that caused her to miss her test to become an Irken-Elite. Not to be confused with [[
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Holy crap!
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]
* [[Green
* [[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.
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* [[The Rival]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness]]: She's essentially a competent, intelligent version of Zim.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Is her SIR unit named Mimi or MiMi?
* [[Strange Girl]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Her human disguise.
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: At the end of ''Plague of Babies,'' Zim uses the power amplifier to reduce their intelligence to that of real babies.
* [[Fusion Dance]]: "Now, my minions! FORM GIGANTO-BABY!"
* [[Human Outside, Alien Inside]]
* [[No Name Given]]: Like the Resisty, most of them are not given individual names.
* [[Poisonous Person]]: One of them spits out an acid-like substance to melt through the wall of Zim's base.
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* [[The Ditz]]: Willy.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Chunk and Rob.
* [[Hey
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Miss Bitters' class could give Gaz a run for her money in this department. The only ones to be exempt from this are Gretchen, Keef and a handful of recurring kids who don't pick on Dib.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Carl, who wears a red stocking cap.
* [[No Name Given]]: The [[One
* [[Recurring Extra]]
* [[Teachers Pet]]: Zita is the only student who Miss Bitters seems to like.
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