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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#676: Sep 2nd 2019 at 12:59:30 AM

Honestly, I am surprised they didn't execute him after the failure of Impending Doom I. They've killed people for less, as I recall.

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#677: Sep 2nd 2019 at 9:21:53 AM

Because Red and Purple are a couple of lazy assholes who figured sending Zim far away to some unexplored corner of space was easier. It would have worked too, if not for the fact there actually was a planet there.

IIRC, the problem with their plan was the infinite void of space. They didn't send him to an actual location on the star-map; they pointed him at a sticky note hanging off the edge.

In essence, they told him to fly in one direction and just go really, really far until he found the planet. So he did. Then he kept going, 'cause the planet wasn't there. And then he kept going even more. And more. And more. Until he eventually rolled a 20 and a planet was somewhere in the general direction that he was traveling.

That's why he's so far away from the armada's flight path. He went past the edge of the map, just like he was told, and then kept flying until a planet was there.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 2nd 2019 at 10:23:17 AM

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#678: Sep 2nd 2019 at 10:50:23 AM

He was going what is presumably FTL for six months straight, no less.

Granted, The Massive and the Resisty made that same trip in an afternoon, but Rule of Funny.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#679: Sep 2nd 2019 at 5:45:51 PM

They're evil, but they're lazy and kind of affable about it. They gave Zim the consolation prize of a sandwich. Of course, shortly before then they send one of their invaders to a planet of slaughtering rat people, so seems to depend if you catch the Tallest in a good mood or not.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#680: Sep 2nd 2019 at 6:00:54 PM

They gave him a sandwich and he wasted it.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#681: Sep 2nd 2019 at 8:42:19 PM

It's especially funny because Red and Purple take food very seriously. Probably more than they value their subjects, really.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 2nd 2019 at 8:42:42 AM

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#682: Sep 3rd 2019 at 11:15:21 PM

@ Karkat: They probably tried but Zim has the devil's luck-he wins at anything that he doesn't try to accomplish.

VeryVileVillian Since: Dec, 2017
#683: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:29:09 AM

Oh that's Stupid! Really Stupid.

EdwardX1 Since: Oct, 2013
#684: Sep 5th 2019 at 10:49:02 PM

That has to be one of my favorite exchanges between Dib and Zim. In fact, it stuck with me so much that many years after my childhood, I tried to find the scene on youtube and became obsessed with the series again.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#685: Sep 5th 2019 at 11:37:59 PM

I love those rare moments where Zim has a sane, annoyed reaction to something stupid going on.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#686: Sep 5th 2019 at 11:49:01 PM

"Why is my computer coughing?"

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#687: Sep 6th 2019 at 5:37:38 AM

I just love that both Zim and Dib are complaining about a legit Irken superweapon, rather than something Zim built or that Earthlings did. The Irken Empire doesn't get to be the butt of the joke very often.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 6th 2019 at 6:37:57 AM

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#688: Sep 6th 2019 at 1:17:32 PM

[up] [up] "Processing... processing... PROCESSING!"

Zim's computer is great, because it clearly can't cope with some of its requests.

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#689: Sep 8th 2019 at 2:52:57 PM

WHY THE HELL IS THE TALLEST BLUE CLEARLY PLEAKLY FROM LILO AND STITCH?

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#690: Sep 8th 2019 at 2:55:39 PM

STOP YELLING

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#691: Sep 8th 2019 at 2:57:05 PM

NO

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#692: Sep 8th 2019 at 3:04:13 PM

He's purple.

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#693: Sep 8th 2019 at 3:05:25 PM

WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

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#694: Sep 8th 2019 at 3:07:33 PM

If he wasn’t dead, it would have been hilarious if Tallest Purple decided to turn good after realizing mosquitoes came from Earth.

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mythbuster Since: Jan, 2010
#695: Sep 8th 2019 at 3:07:55 PM

Does make you wonder though why they didn't just recall Skooge and send Zim to Blorch. Either he gets killed by the Slaughtering Rat People, or he captures a planet for the Irken Empire.

Edited by mythbuster on Sep 8th 2019 at 3:13:01 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#696: Sep 8th 2019 at 4:16:04 PM

Or it somehow ends with Irk having an chronic infestation of slaughtering rats.

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#697: Sep 8th 2019 at 5:21:58 PM

WHY THE HELL IS THE TALLEST BLUE CLEARLY PLEAKLY FROM LILO AND STITCH?
Kevin McDonald only has the one voice.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
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#698: Sep 9th 2019 at 5:25:19 PM

Putting Zim on a real mission planet that they actually have intentions for would mean that they have to interact with him more.

Would you rather deal with Zim occasionally calling in with unsolicited mission updates, or having to regularly contact Zim to solicit actual mission updates on a priority target?

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#699: Sep 10th 2019 at 2:25:39 PM

Finally watched the Neflix Grand Finale. I'd say 9/10

Still bummed the scientist father never believed his son. That's one screwed up family.

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#700: Sep 10th 2019 at 2:26:53 PM

He believed in Dib though,thats pretty important

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