History Fridge / InvaderZim

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and among other things he becomes TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround hooks up with a number of fangirls.]] Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole time Dib was unknowingly trapped in a simulation that Zim was in complete control of, including of any relationships (romantic and/or possibly sexual) that Dib was in. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

** I have to question the logic here. Artists can't create a variety of things? Did R. L. Stine become unsuitable for the Goosebumps series because he wrote Superstitious? Any director who makes a film that is Rated R can't also make a movie that's rated G? Seeing as I'd freely let my kids read the Johnny comics, I think what is happening here is a very subtle case of MoralGuardian...

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and among other things he becomes TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround hooked up with a number of fangirls.]] Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole time Dib was unknowingly trapped in a simulation that Zim was in complete control of, including of any relationships (romantic and/or possibly sexual) that Dib was in. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and among other things he becomes TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround goes through many girlfriends]] that he seemed to view more or less as arm candy. Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole time Dib was unknowingly trapped in a simulation that Zim was in complete control of, including of any relationships (romantic and/or possibly sexual) that Dib was in. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and among other things him becomes TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround goes through many girlfriends]] that he seemed to view more or less as arm candy. Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole time Dib was unknowingly trapped in a simulation that Zim was in complete control of, including of any relationships (romantic and/or possibly sexual) that Dib was in. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* A potential and squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and that includes him becoming TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround going through many girlfriends]] that he seemed to view more or less as arm candy. Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole time Dib was trapped in a simulation that Zim was in complete control of, including of any romantic (or ''sexual'') relationships Dib was in. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and that includes him becoming TheCasanova and [[ReallyGetsAround going through many girlfriends]] that he seemed to view more or less as arm candy. Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole thing was a simulation that Zim was in control of, including of any romantic (or ''sexual'') relationships Dib got into. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* A potential squicky example from "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom". Dib lives out his perfect life and gets more than he could ever ask for, and that includes him becoming TheCassanova and [[ReallyGetsAround going through many girlfriends]] that he seemed to view more or less as arm candy. Seems not too big a deal and on par for a boy's fantasy...until one remembers that the whole thing was a simulation that Zim was in control of, including of any romantic (or ''sexual'') relationships Dib got into. Let's hope that Zim's knowledge of human mating rituals is beyond miniscule or that there were plenty of skips in between...

* [[NotSoDifferent Zim and Dib both have much more in common than either thinks.]] Both boys are the same height, [[FriendlessBackground have been ostracized by their peers,]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo are far more ambitious in their goals than their intelligence should allow them.]] They both seek validation from tall, patriarchal figures in their lives (The Tallest and Professor Membrane respectively), [[BadBoss but while the Tallest are actively malicious in their dismissal of Zim,]] [[NotNowKiddo Membrane is more casually oblivious to the problems his son faces.]] Both boys have a smaller "sidekick" whose incredibly unhelpful (though GIR screws up because he's insane while Gaz simply doesn't care enough about her brother's cause). And, ultimately, both boys' backgrounds end up being what drives them to this rivalry to begin with, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy as one's incessant attempts to defeat the other only drive the opposite party to try even harder.]]

** Keef makes a few cameos later in the series as well as the comics with eyes intact, so he's most likely fine.

** Also, seeing that Membrane was bummed out that he couldn't legally perform certain experiments in one of the unaired episodes, did he know what Gaz did and allow it? Did he also know that they could potentially harm/kill Dib (which...is probably one of the biggest intentions Gaz had in the first place)?
** Here's a better one: do they not attack ''her'' simply because she programmed them not to...or is it because ''she herself is not exactly human'' (her occasional powers certainly don't help).

*** In regards to this part in particular, Dib has a nightmare version of ''Nny'' from JTHM in his head. ''Why'' in the everliving hell would ''him'' of all people be showing up there (assuming it was not as a joke/cameo)? Does this imply that Dib had met or witnessed Nny off-screen at some point in the past?

* Miss Bitters has zero tolerance for Dib's rants about aliens and space. As shown in "Career Day", this could be because she was [[NotSoDifferent similar to him when she was a child.]]