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GIR makes Zim's life a living hell after his consciousness is accidentally transferred into the house's computer.

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  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The base's artificial intelligence core is corrupted when GIR accidentally sticks his head in the data beam, transferring his consciousness into the house's computer and allowing him to manipulate everything to his will. In the climax, house!GIR transforms into a quadrupedal Humongous Mecha.
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg: After GIR goes on a rampage with the House trying to head for the Krazy Taco for some tacos, Zim gets on his knees and says please to have GIR obey him and return home.
  • Breathless Non Sequitur: The drive-thru attendant taking house!GIR's order while Zim is yelling at him to take them home.
    "So that's two large tacos, a burrito and a medium GIR take us back to the base right now. Would you like a drink with that?"
  • Delayed Reaction: During GIR's rampage, a yuppie is seen talking excitedly to someone from a phone both about his new car. After GIR tramples said car, the yuppie calls the police, reports the accident and hangs up with same enthusiasm, then, after several beats, screams and flails his arms.
  • The Elevator from Ipanema: GIR plays muzaque to get Zim to dance in the elevator for him.
  • Hollywood Police Driving Academy: After chasing House GIR to the Krazy Taco, the Police manage to pile up one behind the other to try stopping House!GIR from escaping. It doesn't work.
  • Moving Buildings: After seeing a commercial for a taco restaurant, GIR decides he wants one and lifts the entire house off the base's foundation to go to the restaurant, much to Zim's panic as it means his base is exposed.
  • The Precious, Precious Car: A man in a phone booth is talking about how much he loves his shiny new car, right before House-GIR steps on and destroys it.
    Man: (cheerfully) Police! I'd like to report a giant house that flew out of the sky and destroyed my car! Okay, thank you!
    (long pause)
    Man: (screams)
  • Sense Loss Sadness: After getting his tacos and returning the house to its proper location, GIR tries to use one of the arms to try feeding himself his tacos; yet due to him being the house instead of his robot body: it has no mouth for him to eat his tacos with. This serves as enough motivation for GIR to listen to Zim long enough to get back into his original body.
    House!GIR: (Holding a taco in a robotic arm as he scrapes it against the walls) Where's my mouth?!
  • Stock Footage: House!GIR subjects Zim to endless footage of public domain cartoons trying to cheer him up.

 
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