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PLAYER↴ Name: Pan Contact: diremuta@plurk, pan#2663@discord Other Characters: None CHARACTER↴ Character Name: ZIM Age: Older than any human. Species: Irken Canon: Invader ZIM Canon Point: Post-show, post-issue 19 of the comics. Character Info: Here! Personality: Zim is what you get when you combine supergenius-level intelligence, loyalty that's lethally intense, and 40 schmillion programming errors. Having been raised in a militaristic empire bent on universal conquest, Zim's biggest priority in life is to be the Ruler of All. And since he's unfortunately far too short to manage that (the Irkens determining status based on height, and Zim being particularly shrimpy), he's out to do the next best thing: be the Best Invader Ever. All Irkens are loyal and militaristically-minded thanks to the programming in their PAK (essentially their robotic brain), but Zim's happens to be unique in that it, unfortunately, wound up with 40 schmillion errors, rendering it (and him) defective. That level of brokenness renders other advanced technological beings (that is, the Control Brains that actually rule Irk) completely insane, so it isn't all that surprising Zim is the way he is. The real problem lies in his inability to recognize these issues - or, at least, completely ignore them as any doubt is drowned out by an unwavering, unending tide of self-confidence. Even when he loses, fails, is blatantly wrong he still thinks he's won. Somehow. At the very least, it's all a minor setback in what will inevitably be his ultimate victory. It'll happen, you'll see. Continuing on this streak of over-the-top personality quirks, his unerring loyalty to the Irken Empire is admirable if it wasn't terrifying thanks to his penchant for destruction. He believes his leaders, the Almighty Tallest, are the best ever and even when he knows better he's more than willing to disregard what little logic and common sense he has to believe whatever lies they're telling him. For example, he knew GIR was garbage right away, but when the Tallest tell him the robot is in fact advanced and not total trash he's quick to believe them. One comic issue also consists of Zim nearly murdering himself over and over again in order to "recharge" a "secret weapon" sent to him by the Tallest. Spoilers, it's a giant cheese doodle Almighty Tallest Purple didn't feel like eating. They're just trying to kill him. The fact that his loyalty extends so far when it REALLY OBVIOUSLY isn't returned is kind of sad, really. Also? Creepy. He happily admits to the Tallest that he stalks them, and spends an entire episode nearly murdering them by bringing their flagship to Earth because of course they'll want to swing by to watch him take it over! Nevermind the fact that they gave him the "mission" in the first place to get him out of their hair. Minor detail. He's got some good points to him, though. He's intelligent on a whole other level of Irken intelligence, being able to hack technology like the Irken flagship the Massive, reverse-engineered advanced wormhole technology with his garbage of a base, and created an adorable creature that also happened to infinitely absorb energy. That last one also ate the two previous Almighty Tallests, further showcasing how anything Zim touches is a danger to not only his enemies, but his allies and himself. His ego and already-mentioned ballooning self-confidence prevents any real reflection on his part; he's continuously charging through life, ignoring everyone around him in order to fulfill the Tallest's fake orders and be the best invader he can be. Unsurprisingly, this means his narcissism and megalomania are through the roof. The guy not only wants to be a good invader and Irken, but he really, really loves conquering stuff. All other alien species are inherently inferior to Irkens and himself (especially humans, despite his fear that he'll be discovered and experimented on), and are only useful in pushing the Irken Empire towards universal conquest. Or, you know, horrible experiments (see: happiness probe, replacing a police officer's brain with that of a squid's and then letting him return to the ocean and get eaten by a shark). On top of all these personality flaws is the fact that while Zim likes to think big, he isn't above holding petty grudges. Something as simple as bullying from literal human children results in him stewing, plotting, planning, and enacting a hugely blown out of proportion revenge scheme. Of course, said revenge schemes tend to be so huge because he doesn't think things through, and it's plainly obvious that he doesn't have much in the way of common sense. His patience, additionally, can vary wildly. On the one hand he's totally fine with hiding in his toiler-elevator for years to enact yet another hugely elaborate evil plan against his nemesis Dib (another literal human child), yet often doesn't let others finish speaking or flat out refuses to listen to them. His paranoia can swing just as wildly. He yells a lot. All in all, Zim is a militaristic space racist wrapped in an exploding layer of unpredictable horror, topped off with delusions of grandeur. Oh, and he's a big germophobe. It's adorable. Abilities: •Ocular implants: Standard issue for invaders. Enhances his eyesight. •Irken physiology: makes him very resilient (and immune to lice!). Past injuries include: his torso and legs being shredded, his spine being broken, an eye popping out of his head, the sun burning his eyes to a crisp, being set on fire in general, and getting beaten up a lot. The downsides of being Irken, however, mean that most human foods and polluted water can burn him and in serious cases, set him on fire. Irkens also don't seem to be particularly athletic, having to rely on technology rather than their own strength and agility. •PAK: Standard issue for all Irkens, which contains all his ZIMness, specifically: his charging cell, memory drive, atmospheric processor, spiderlegs that can be used as lasers or a shield, robotic arms, binocular+night visions helmet, an audio-video communication device, a space helmet-bubble, a jetpack, and an organ harvester. This functions as both a brain and life support (as Tallest Purple puts it, "They hold the collective memories of all the IRKENS before us. Our personalities, our power, our high scores, all in HERE."), containing the collective knowledge of the Irken Empire. Detachment will kill Zim in 10 minutes; if it attaches to a non-Irken it will kill them in 10 minutes. Attempts at downloading the information in his PAK apparently hurts, and will cause whatever is doing the downloading to go just as crazy as he is. It can zap him back from unconsciousness if his body's brain gets knocked out. •Intelligence: He's really, really smart, even by Irken standards. Guy can make advanced technology out of garbage. CARNIVAL↴ Soul Colour: Pinkish-red. Official hex code is #E3256B, and it's called razzmatazz. Ideal Jobs: Repairman, Lighting/SFX tech. Relevant Experience: Zim is, even by Irken standards, an utter genius when it comes to technology. He's built a number of crazy ass science-y things through the course of the show and comic, including a time stasis field, a robotic santa suit made up of millions of tiny nano-drives that absorbs data on Christmas, an infinite energy absorbing creature, a gigantic water balloon-making space station, and manipulating Dib's DNA to turn him into literal bologna. He's hacked into the Tallest's flagship the Massive on several occasions, which can't be easy to accomplish, and he's used his technological prowess along with some quick thinking to take out his enemies: on Hobo-13 he reprograms his gauntlets to steal energy from everyone else, using that to complete his military evaluation, and in Plague of Babies he uses his base's power amplifier to amplify GIR's stupidity and destroy the intelligence of the babies. He also does work on things like his ship the Voot Cruiser, which is insinuated should not even be able to fly due to being made out of garbage and farts. He turns GIR into a hyper-competent robot in one episode despite the robot's brain literally being made out of garbage. One thing worth mentioning is despite Zim's genius all of his experiments have a tendency to get out of hand, go horribly wrong, and usually explode or turn into hideous monsters. Generally this isn't deliberate on his part. Reason for Joining: Working off the debt after breaking shit (a carnival game and lasering holes in one of the tents). SAMPLES↴ Samples from the TDM!