History Fanfic / BothSyllables

* WordOfGod: The forum started off as 'after the series ended'. Now it's just [[FanonDisContinuity not any sort of canon]] whatsover at all.

* NoFourthWall: Sort of. The characters and their RPers interact regularly.

** Also, many of the Irken names are vague references to other works. 'Zoburg' sounds sort of like a weird combination of [[TheNeverhood Hoborg]] and [[{{Futurama}} Zoidberg]], and 'Tessirak' is [[AWrinkleInTime tesseract]] without the last 't'. 'Zerinim' has [[TheSecretOfNIMH 'nim']] in it.

* ItGotWorse: The chapter ''99 Luftballons'' ''is'' this trope.
** ''Take On Me'' is this too.

* LethalJokeCharacter: [[LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]] was brought in as a joke. He'll still eat people from time to time.

* ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' Path

* ''[[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com/art/For-the-Irken-Who-Has-Every-136838032 The Irken Who Has Everything]]'' by [[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com Anonymous-Materials]]- Still in progress. Zim is living on Kaua'i and for the time things seem to have settled down, until an evil plant attaches to his head, mentally throwing him into an alternate universe where his life is perfect. [[ItGetsWorse Until it isn't.]]

* ItGetsWorse

* WholePlotReference: For the Irken Who Has Everything is one of these to AlanMoore's ''ForTheManWhoHasEverything''.

** ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v1-5-Nowhere-Man-ch1-104314647 Nowhere Man]]''- When Zim, in a fit of rage, bites Dib, Dib's body chemistry poisons Zim, and Zim's begins to mutate him. While coping with this, Zim sneaks into Alliance space and kidnaps XR's "sister", a second attempt named MALIK. When Dib kidnaps GIR to force Zim to help him, it backfires when Zim is incapable of any help whatsoever.

* ''[[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com/art/For-the-Irken-Who-Has-Every-136838032 The Irken Who Has Everything]]'' by [[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com Anonymous-Materials]]- Still in progress. Zim is living on Kaua'i and for the time things seem to have settled down, until an evil plant attaches to his head, mentally throwing him into an alternate universe where his life is perfect. [[ItGetsWorse Until it isn't.]]

* MadScientist: Jumba, Kila, Prof. Membrane, Zurg and Hamsterviel embody this trope well, though Membrane and Jumba's work is less "mad" and actually more beneficial to humanity.

* ShoutOut: Several, particularly to WebAnimation/HomestarRunner and StephenKing

* XanatosGambit: Several, most notably by Zim and Zurg.

* ShoutOut: Several, particularly to HomestarRunner and StephenKing

Both Syllables is an epic MassiveMultiplayerCrossover saga by (Author's name omitted). It weaves the canons of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', ''InvaderZim'' and ''LiloAndStitch'' into one universe. It consists of, so far, six fanfics: two simultaneous "paths" leading up to ''99 Luftballons'', and one sequel to it. It is notable for its clever integration of elements, easing into the crossover, and having [=OCs=] that, despite being central to the plot, manage to [[JerkSue stay likable]] and not [[YourMileageMayVary seem out of place.]]

* AuthorAppeal: There exist many references to songs by TheBeatles and Nena, as well as Wicked.

* FanFicChopSuey: Hoo boy.

* WordOfGod: The forum started off as 'after the series ended'. Now it's just [[DisContinuity not any sort of canon]] whatsover at all.

Both Syllables is an epic MassiveMultiplayerCrossover saga by Alohilani. It weaves the canons of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', ''InvaderZim'' and ''LiloAndStitch'' into one universe. It consists of, so far, six fanfics: two simultaneous "paths" leading up to ''99 Luftballons'', and one sequel to it. It is notable for its clever integration of elements, easing into the crossover, and having [=OCs=] that, despite being central to the plot, manage to [[JerkSue stay likable]] and not [[YourMileageMayVary seem out of place.]]

!!'''Main Series'''

[[folder:Fan contributions]]

'''Main Series'''

-''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' Path
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v1-City-Traffic-Puzzle-ch1-93996077 City Traffic Puzzle]]''- To pay off gambling debts, XR takes a shady second job in Tradeworld, which throws himself into a [[TheMafia load of trouble]] when he tries to quit. So, he finds himself a bodyguard- Kilana Jookiba.
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v2-I-Palindrome-I-ch1-96706515 I Palindrome I]]''- In the aftermath of City Traffic Puzzle, XR is saddled with rehabilitating Kila. Meanwhile, Zurg's dark history is revealed, and there is a [[KilledOffForReal death in the family.]]

-''InvaderZim'' Path, currently being rewritten into a single fic due to the author's improving writing skills causing her to [[OldShame hate the original fics.]]
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v1-5-Nowhere-Man-ch1-104314647 Nowhere Man]]''- When Zim, in a fit of rage, bites Dib, Dib's body chemistry poisons Zim, and Zim's begins to mutate him. While coping with this, Zim sneaks into Alliance space and kidnaps XR's "sister", a second attempt named MALIK. When Dib kidnaps GIR to force Zim to help him, it backfires when Zim is incapable of any help whatsoever.
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v2-5-Rules-ch1-105335726 Rules]]''- While Dib and his family move to Hawaii to oversee an auxilliary branch of Professor Membrane's labs, Zim, in an attempt to impress the Tallest, takes MALIK and leaves Earth for the Galactic Alliance. After a run-in with NOS-4-A2, the 2 seperate, in the beginning of the end...

-Major Crossover
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v3-99-Luftballons-ch1-109549116 99 Luftballons]]''- In four words? [[EarthShatteringKaboom It hits the fan.]] Zim infiltrates Star Command as a rookie ranger, assigned to the newly-promoted XR. Meanwhile, Tak and Zurg manage to hack XR and use him to spy on Star Command. When Zim's planning disrupts a peace conference between the Galactic Alliance and the Federation, everything falls apart. [[spoiler: Irk is destroyed, and Zim is captured, by Zurg, assumed dead.]]
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v4-Take-On-Me-prologue-122082419 Take on Me]]''- Kila takes XR to meet the 'ohana back on Earth. But when a sick Irken invader shows up from being assumed dead, things begin to once again turn for the worse.

'''Contributions by fans'''

* ''[[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com/art/For-the-Irken-Who-Has-Every-136838032 The Irken Who Has Everything]]'' by [[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com Anonymous-Materials]]- Still in progress. Zim is living on Kaua'i and for the time things seem to have settled down, until an evil plant attaches to his head, mentally throwing him into an alternate universe where his life is perfect. [[ItGetsWorse Until it isn't.]]
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5413714/1/Policy_of_Truth Policy of Truth]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/286965/Maran_Zelde Maran Zelde]]- Also still in progress. Fills in a plot hole in the original series, specifically, where Dib was between Rules and Take On Me when he is rudely and abruptly shoved out of the plot. This fic makes a very good explanation and fits wonderfully into the original series 'canon'. It's also an entertaining read in its own right.
* ''[[http://z8.invisionfree.com/Both_Syllables/index.php?showtopic=1114 21 Sacraments]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/573595/ngrey651 Nick]]'', though more connected to the forum 'canon', is a fast-paced thriller that takes inspiration from the ''SilentHill'' series, most noticeably the use of MultipleEndings.

There's also a [[http://z8.invisionfree.com/Both_Syllables/index.php?act=idx roleplay forum]] that by now has nothing to do with the series.

'''Main Series'''

* OldShame: Given these (and everything else) disappeared from the author's fanfiction.net page, the entire series is probably this...
** Confirmed; see [[http://630kila.deviantart.com/journal/35059840/ the author's list of reasons]] for hating the series.

'''Fan contributions'''

'''Forum'''

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The natural flipside of NoFourthWall, especially [[TheWoobie Desdemona.]]

Guys. Please. The writer hates this story and wishes nobody would remember it.

Both Syllables is an epic MassiveMultiplayerCrossover saga by Alohilani. It weaves the canons of ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', ''InvaderZim'' and ''LiloAndStitch'' into one universe. It consists of, so far, six fanfics: two simultaneous "paths" leading up to ''99 Luftballons'', and one sequel to it. It is notable for its clever integration of elements, easing into the crossover, and having [=OCs=] that, despite being central to the plot, manage to [[JerkSue stay likable]] and not [[YourMileageMayVary seem out of place.]]

It also has a modest expanded universe created by fans, aka the author's good buddies like the one who made this page. Now that the original author has left, [[PromotedFanboy one has been approached to take the reins.]]

'''Note: The original author has now taken down every single one of her stories. Hence, the links to her fanfiction below are all dead.''

'''Main Series'''

-''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' Path
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v1-City-Traffic-Puzzle-ch1-93996077 City Traffic Puzzle]]''- To pay off gambling debts, XR takes a shady second job in Tradeworld, which throws himself into a [[TheMafia load of trouble]] when he tries to quit. So, he finds himself a bodyguard- Kilana Jookiba.
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v2-I-Palindrome-I-ch1-96706515 I Palindrome I]]''- In the aftermath of City Traffic Puzzle, XR is saddled with rehabilitating Kila. Meanwhile, Zurg's dark history is revealed, and there is a [[KilledOffForReal death in the family.]]

-''InvaderZim'' Path, currently being rewritten into a single fic due to the author's improving writing skills causing her to [[OldShame hate the original fics.]]
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v1-5-Nowhere-Man-ch1-104314647 Nowhere Man]]''- When Zim, in a fit of rage, bites Dib, Dib's body chemistry poisons Zim, and Zim's begins to mutate him. While coping with this, Zim sneaks into Alliance space and kidnaps XR's "sister", a second attempt named MALIK. When Dib kidnaps GIR to force Zim to help him, it backfires when Zim is incapable of any help whatsoever.
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v2-5-Rules-ch1-105335726 Rules]]''- While Dib and his family move to Hawaii to oversee an auxilliary branch of Professor Membrane's labs, Zim, in an attempt to impress the Tallest, takes MALIK and leaves Earth for the Galactic Alliance. After a run-in with NOS-4-A2, the 2 seperate, in the beginning of the end...

-Major Crossover
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v3-99-Luftballons-ch1-109549116 99 Luftballons]]''- In four words? [[EarthShatteringKaboom It hits the fan.]] Zim infiltrates Star Command as a rookie ranger, assigned to the newly-promoted XR. Meanwhile, Tak and Zurg manage to hack XR and use him to spy on Star Command. When Zim's planning disrupts a peace conference between the Galactic Alliance and the Federation, everything falls apart. [[spoiler: Irk is destroyed, and Zim is captured, by Zurg, assumed dead.]]
* ''[[http://630kila.deviantart.com/art/BS-v4-Take-On-Me-prologue-122082419 Take on Me]]''- Kila takes XR to meet the 'ohana back on Earth. But when a sick Irken invader shows up from being assumed dead, things begin to once again turn for the worse.

'''Contributions by fans'''

* ''[[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com/art/For-the-Irken-Who-Has-Every-136838032 The Irken Who Has Everything]]'' by [[http://anonymous-materials.deviantart.com Anonymous-Materials]]- Still in progress. Zim is living on Kaua'i and for the time things seem to have settled down, until an evil plant attaches to his head, mentally throwing him into an alternate universe where his life is perfect. [[ItGetsWorse Until it isn't.]]
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5413714/1/Policy_of_Truth Policy of Truth]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/286965/Maran_Zelde Maran Zelde]]- Also still in progress. Fills in a plot hole in the original series, specifically, where Dib was between Rules and Take On Me when he is rudely and abruptly shoved out of the plot. This fic makes a very good explanation and fits wonderfully into the original series 'canon'. It's also an entertaining read in its own right.
* ''[[http://z8.invisionfree.com/Both_Syllables/index.php?showtopic=1114 21 Sacraments]] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/573595/ngrey651 Nick]]'', though more connected to the forum 'canon', is a fast-paced thriller that takes inspiration from the ''SilentHill'' series, most noticeably the use of MultipleEndings.

There's also a [[http://z8.invisionfree.com/Both_Syllables/index.php?act=idx roleplay forum]] that by now has nothing to do with the series.

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!!This series provides examples of:

'''Main Series'''

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Might as well call the [=BLoSC=] path 'XR of Star Command'.
* AIIsACrapshoot: MALIK, programmed a space ranger, ends up [[spoiler: the tool of an Irken Invader.]]
* AlternateUniverse: There are far too many alterations (some of them rather questionable) to even contemplate calling this canon . . .
* {{Angst}}: [[{{Wangst}} Far too much]] angst.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Commander Nebula, Tallest Purple, NOS-4-A2, Tak.]]
* ArcWords: The lyrics to "99 Luftballons".
* AuthorAppeal: There exist many references to songs by TheBeatles and Nena, as well as Wicked.
** The plot of the entire SERIES (more or less) originated from a song the author liked. Said song has no connection to anything in any of the three canons, either.
* BittersweetEnding: The endings of the finished fics, aside from ''City Traffic Puzzle'' and ''Nowhere Man''.
** ...because those fics barely have endings.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The general conflict of [=BLoSC=] becomes this.
* ChekhovsGun: At one point, Zim mentions [[spoiler:the self destruct system that could destroy the entire Irken Empire. [[EarthShatteringKaboom Sure enough...]]]]
* ClearMyName: To an extent. By the time of ''Take On Me'', [[spoiler:Zim]] has been blamed for [[spoiler:blowing up the Irken Empire, when it was really Zurg that did it.]] What makes this worse is that no one, not even [[spoiler:Zim]], knows this.
* DarkerAndEdgier: To a degree, mostly to make all the series fit the grey morality of ''Lilo and Stitch''.
** There's still very little content that couldn't make it into a Disney movie, though.
* DarkActionGirl: Tak. Without a doubt. Edgy, described as "cat-like" and very smooth and savvy. Also seemingly without morals.
* DeadFic: All the above links written by the actual author lead to 404s. The fan stuff is still there, though.
* DeusAngstMachina: Kila's backstory, anyone? Or the circumstances that get her trapped on Earth in the town that hates her guts?
* DisneyDeath: Zim and GIR
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: NOS-4-A2]]
* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Happens to ''the entire Irken Empire'' by the end of ''99 Luftballons.'']]
* EmotionlessGirl: MALIK, though it certainly doesn't last for long.
* ExpandedUniverse
* FanFicChopSuey: Hoo boy.
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]: Gantu is cemented as one of these in ''Delta Dawn''- He hunts the experiments not for Hamsterveil's plans, but because he considers them "monsters" that should be locked up so they can't hurt people.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Hamsterviel tells Stitch that [[spoiler:Kila and Zim had the potential to be the most powerful psychics in the world because of his experimentation done on them when they were not yet fully developed.]] The problem was [[spoiler:Kila ended up [[ProfessorGuineaPig altering her body,]] and Zim was experimented on by ZURG, and as a result, if the two ever met and their powers awakened...yikes. ]]
** And... of course, then there's Kila's [[ProfessorGuineaPig plant technology...]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The Zim and Dib conflict becomes this.
** And so does nearly everything else, unless [[DesignatedVillain Zurg]] is involved.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every story in the series is named after a song.
** And after 'Rules', they're all 80's songs.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Many of the alien characters feel this way about Earth.
* ItGotWorse: The chapter ''99 Luftballons'' ''is'' this trope.
** ''Take On Me'' is this too.
* KickTheDog: Zurg's callous treatment of [[spoiler:Commander Nebula's death]] right in front of XR, his [[spoiler:murder of his own subordinates]] to blame on Zim and his [[spoiler:cold-hearted planned murder of Tallest Miyuki]] are good examples of a bad man becoming even worse. Probably BEST exemplified in Tak's [[spoiler:pitiless shooting of GIR]]...and then she literally kicks him over and over while he's deactivated on the ground.
* KilledOffForReal
* KnightTemplar: Gantu's slightly changed motivations make him this.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:MALIK]] is this, with Zim.
* MadScientist: Jumba, Kila, Prof. Membrane, Zurg and Hamsterviel embody this trope well, though Membrane and Jumba's work is less "mad" and actually more beneficial to humanity.
* MeaningfulName: Zerinim and Kilana both have meanings in the alien lexicon. Also, Dib's last name is 'Putchel'. Think about it. Say it out loud. Slur it a little. Get it?
** Also, many of the Irken names are vague references to other works. 'Zoburg' sounds sort of like a weird combination of [[TheNeverhood Hoborg]] and [[{{Futurama}} Zoidberg]], and 'Tessirak' is [[AWrinkleInTime tesseract]] without the last 't'. 'Zerinim' has [[TheSecretOfNIMH 'nim']] in it.
* MindlinkMates: Subverted in that the two characters with a mindlink actually really hate having one and do everything they can to get around it.
* MindRape: Zurg does this to Zim by [[spoiler:experimenting on his brain]]. This makes Zim's potential as a [[spoiler:telepath]] go off-the-charts and into dangerous levels.
* NarrativeProfanityFilter
* NobleBigot: Again, Gantu.
* NotSoDifferent: Zim does this to Kila.
* OldShame: Given these (and everything else) disappeared from the author's fanfiction.net page, the entire series is probably this...
** Confirmed; see [[http://630kila.deviantart.com/journal/35059840/ the author's list of reasons]] for hating the series.
* [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Our Irkens Are Different]]: The actual series canon is only a ''suggestion'', right?
* OutOfCharacter: The majority of the Lilo and Stitch cast is this . . . yes, the TV characterizations were lame, but even that iteration of them weren't that stupid or cruel.
* PardonMyKlingon: Ame kef, the PardonMyKlingon.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:Zim and Kila]] have the potential to become this. Or at least more so.
* PromotedFanboy: Anonymous Materials, author of the EU fic ''For The Irken Who Has Everything'', has been approached by the original author to finish the series while she focuses on original works.
* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Zim literally tries this line on Kila, insisting he's not a bad person, but a good guy who was thrust into terrible situations. Talk about straining a definition.
* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler:One existed on Irk for the whole Irken Empire.]]
* ShipTease: None of the romantic relationships have gotten past this.
* ShoutOut: Several, particularly to HomestarRunner and StephenKing
* TheSnarkKnight: MALIK.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Zim and XR.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mr. Valdez.
* TranslationConvention: Assumed to be in use in the original works; various definitions of "standard" vocabulary are in the fics.
* WordOfGod: Used to inform the readers that [[spoiler:Tak]] is KilledOffForReal
* XanatosGambit: Several, most notably by Zim and Zurg.

'''Fan contributions'''

* ADayInTheLimelight: Dib and the Lilo & Stitch cast in Policy of Truth receive more attention than they do in the series proper. This is a good thing.
* AllJustADream: Most of the plot of For the Irken Who Has Everything
* AdaptationDistillation
* ItGetsWorse
* LotusEaterMachine: The plant in For the Irken Who Has Everything.
* WholePlotReference: For the Irken Who Has Everything is one of these to AlanMoore's ''ForTheManWhoHasEverything''.

'''Forum'''

* AdaptationExpansion: A lot of new characters are added, including many from canons [[WordOfGod not included]] in the original series.
* {{Angst}}: In truckloads!
* BabiesEverAfter
** I said not canon!
* BecomeARealBoy
* BelligerentSexualTension
* BewaretheNiceOnes. OH how is this used often.
* ChuckNorris. The only one who seems to exist on both sides of the fourth wall, by the nature that he is '''CHUCK NORRIS'''.
* InterspeciesRomance
* LethalJokeCharacter: [[LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]] was brought in as a joke. He'll still eat people from time to time.
* MindOverMatter
* NoFourthWall: Sort of. The characters and their RPers interact regularly.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: The natural flipside of NoFourthWall, especially [[TheWoobie Desdemona.]]
* ThrowItIn
* VoodooShark
* WordOfGod: The forum started off as 'after the series ended'. Now it's just [[DisContinuity not any sort of canon]] whatsover at all.
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* {{Angst}}: [[strike:Lots and lots of]] [[{{Wangst}} Far too much]] angst.

* BlackHoleSue: I want that three hours I wasted reading about Kila the Wangst-bucket back.
** It wasn't so bad at the very start, but by the time ''99 Luftballons'' rolls around, [[{{Understatement}} oy]] . . .

* CrossoverShip: Yep.

* PossessionSue: Zim, end of line.

* {{Wangst}}: [[JerkSue Kila.]]

* CompleteMonster: Zurg in For the Irken Who Has Everything. Potentially in the main series as well, but it's more obvious here.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs

* {{Wangst}}: Dear Irk, the Wangst.

* WhenAJerkLovesATsundere

* YourMileageMayVary
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* AdaptationDecay: Averted. Or not, depending on whether or not you're a Zimmick shipper.
** Oh, and on whether or not you're a fan of massive amounts of crack.

* DeadFic: All the above links lead to 404s.

* DisneyAcidSequence: In the accompanying animatics on the [[http://bothsyllables.atspace.com website.]]