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little things about Invader Zim

zim’s skin is liquefied, weaponized, and then used to douse the entire student body

GIR destroys a whole city in search of tacos, along with physically and violently attacking children for candy alone. these are separate episodes and not an isolated event.

Irken Invaders are equipped with self-destruct programs.

Some form of meat is either an obstacle or a tool on multiple occasions

there is a child whose name is The Letter M

Zim receives a beating heart as a Christmas donation from complete strangers passing him on the street

it makes sense that nobody would believe Zim is an alien, considering the characters of Pigboy and Shunk Wugga

Minimoose just… appears

Keef’s head absorbs milk.

Zim yelled “my tallest” for three hours and apparently nobody tried to end the transmission but instead wait for him to stop

Walnuts apparently ruined the 3D budget

The whole skool is hypnotized by a pimple

PEEPI

the general concept of Bolognius Maximus

a man trapped in a costume with the zipper stuck is considered an urban legend akin to bigfoot

Poop Dog

the fart noises that punctuate the dialogue every so often, especially during small interjections from characters

Professor Membrane has a grudge against Santa

characters frequently going wall-eyed

the cat chorus during Zim’s speech in FBI Warning of Doom

the entire episode of Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars

Zim attempting to weaponize Christmas is remembered two million years after the fact

Bloody GIR in general

Zim canonically traps strangers in conversation in which he vents about his frustrations. It is entirely plausible Zim would use Omegle.

Zim’s escape plan in Frycook What Came from All That Space

GIR’s form at the end of Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom

it is implied Zim is at least a century older than Dib and the other children, but repeatedly assaults/tortures them.

dysfunctional robots with no concept of right or wrong or even with a clear goal as robots attempt to eat a child. upon being thwarted, they attempt to murder Zim.

One of the Tallest VAs begged Jhonen to kill the Tallest in Backseat Drivers

Dib has successfully raised the dead on at least one occasion and Professor Membrane acknowledges this

“piggy piggy piggy piggy”

I bought it online but it won't ship for like a week If you send it to me I will forever serve you

I got issue 3 of the Invader Zim comic today, so like usual I will scan and upload it after classes. Like/reblog this post if you want me to send you the link.

i vaguely remember someone in the underloid tag asking for this a while back, but i don’t think its actually been done yet?? i’m kinda surprised about that tbh

original song by jonathan coulton, vsq by InvaderSpongebob

Brain Melt

When someone’s “logic” is so incredibly bad that your brain completely shuts down.

Does not compute. I don’t even know where to begin trying to refute that.

Happy Holidays!

Whether it’s Kwanza, Hanukkah, Christmas, or whatever other traditions you have, have yourself happy holidays and a great new year!

Canon evidence that Mettaton is a trans masculine character

There’s too much confusion expressed over Mettaton’s gender in places like YouTube comments. (TW: transphobic slur in second image)

Canon makes abundantly clear that he’s male, not only in consistent masculine pronouns (see veialias’ addition), but in the nouns other characters use to refer to him.

Canon clues also indicate clearly – if subtly, and bit by bit – that he is transgender.

Apparently ghosts are usually genderless and are assumed to be so at birth (or however ghosts come into the world…?) Napstablook, Mad Dummy, and the unnamed Dummy in the ruins all use “they” pronouns.

When he lived as a Blook on the snail farm, Blook Acres, Mettaton also was also referred to as “they”.

(Emphasis added, Napstablook in gray, both together in blue, Mettaton in pink)

A character who went by one set of gendered pronouns and later goes by a different set of gendered pronouns is the most basic definition of a transgender character. But Mettaton’s backstory is a transgender narrative in many other aspects.

(1) He changed his name.

(2) He believed he had to make a complete break with his past life. For decades, and until very recently, this was the only type of transition medical gatekeepers would allow – one in which all relationships and ties to pre-transition life were severed.

While the line in Mettaton’s diary, “Sorry, Blooky. My dreams can’t wait for anyone…” might sound cavalier, his expression at hearing Napstablook’s voice again shows that he cares deeply.

Even from a distance he defends Napstablook with ferocity. When he receives indication that Napstablook will accept him in his current form and identity, he rushes back immediately to make good on his earlier promise to Napstablook and Shyren.

(3) He had his body changed, giving a reason for doing so that sounds awfully similar to gender dysphoria.

His diary states that he believes he will “never find the kind of body I’m looking for”, and it’s only after seeing plans for the EX form that he regains hope of becoming corporeal.

In the Genocide route we learn from Mad Dummy’s transformation into Glad Dummy that: (1) Becoming corporal is a goal shared by multiple ghosts. Unnamed Dummy in the ruins is not fused to their body, as Mad Dummy tells us the encounter with Frisk “spooked them right out of their dummy.” Whether they were unable to fuse or did not want to fuse is unknown. (2) Incorporeal ghosts like Napstablook are invulnerable to physical attack; ghosts that have fused with their corporeal body can be killed. (3) Becoming fully corporeal isn’t something that’s fully under the control of the ghost. Mettaton’s diary also hints at this, as he records that Napstablook asked him if he was going to “try” to become corporal. (4) Becoming corporeal took a “moment of unbridled emotion” in the case of Mad Dummy.

We know that Mettaton was able to fuse with the Mettaton EX (and NEO) body because when he’s encountered in the game he can be killed. What allowed him to fuse?

(4) He supported the gender-nonconforming (possibly trans) lion by gifting the dress he wore in the “Undertale: the Musical” (“Oh My Love”) performance.

He also supported a monster who was discriminated against because of their body, by hiring them to work at MTT resort. While that might not seem relevant (maybe all Toby Fox had in mind was another rectangle joke, I wouldn’t blame him, rectangle jokes are great), when seen through the lens of knowing the most recent compiled statistics for the United States found 90% of trans people have experienced harassment, mistreatment or discrimination at work, and 47% have been fired, not hired, or denied a promotion for being trans, it takes on new significance.

So what’s up with the make-up, glitter and high heels? Glam rock!

Remember that the Underground’s view of human culture has come to them in bits and pieces over decades (90’s cultural effluvia must be the reason Flowey thinks it’s a searingly effective insult to say something positive and follow it up with “… Not!)  Mettaton’s design and theatrical performance style scream glam rock. His battle theme’s title, “Death by Glamour”, and MTT resort’s sale of “glamburgers” confirm the resemblance is intentional.

“Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter. The flamboyant costumes and visual styles of glam performers were often camp or androgynous, and have been connected with new views of gender roles.”

(lifted directly from Wikipedia, because hey this is a compilation of internet sources not a scientific paper, and also while I may be significantly older than Toby Fox I’m not old enough to have lived through the 70s.)

Look at these stylish men. Commentary by vintage aficionado and artist Miss Peelpants: “[The Sweet] are the perfect example of how pervasive the glam-look became in the early Seventies. [..] I appreciate that most men wouldn’t have been wandering around in full make-up, seven-inch platform boots and silver lamé. But the fact that proper ‘blokes’ like The Sweet would appear on TV and in magazines dressed as such, must have heavily influenced the general street style. […] This period is possibly the last time men would, somewhat paradoxically unselfconsciously, just dress however they liked. Without fear of mockery or being thought effeminate. Every other street style subculture since then has been rigidly regulated and adhered to, and only by those with enough confidence to try. This lot were just having fun.”

David Bowie is, of course, one of the originators and greatest examples of glam style.

For a modern example, Adam Lambert draws from glam. Check out this video in which he performs with KISS, whose genre can be considered glam metal. Eyeliner, epaulettes, and explosions.

On the statement “Mettaton is a girl ghost in a boy body”…

“Happstablook” loves the color pink, heart motif, dancing, and diaries… all of which describes Mettaton the boy robot. There’s no reason to think “Happstablook” is a girl ghost except for the stereotypes surrounding those characteristics.

(Incidentally, there’s an unquestionably male character in Adventure time who dresses exclusively in pink, decorates in pink with heart motif , has a hobby sometimes considered “girly” (baking), and keeps a diary: Prince Gumball.)

The robot body Alphys built was an inanimate object until the presence of Mettaton’s soul made it _his_ body. When his soul is removed – if you kill him – the body reverts back to being an inanimate object, an “it”.

On his sexual orientation:

There’s a colorful bit of monologue that miiiiight be construed as him implying that he, like bisexual Alphys, “craves the tender embrace of a burly man”… but it’s simpler to assume he’s simply speaking colorfully to entertain the audience and mortify Alphys.

There’s really no canon evidence here, so any headcanon is legit.

(I want to give special thanks to mtt-brand-undertale and hotlegmeme (NSFW) for making an abundance of screencaps and comprehensive masterposts available to the public.)

Nerd boy staring viciously at the stars. I love Dib's (slightly) new design tho!! I had to draw it.

trippy

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