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The day started off great for Dib. His sister wasn’t bothering him, his math teacher was on maternity leave, and he was invited to a party. Life was going good for Dib.
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Dib and Zim are invited to a party. They were having fun until someone suggested they played seven minutes in heaven.
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Zim has always been a social reject, even amongst his own kind. He's learned to cope by telling himself that the unending scorn was merely a product of jealousy.
He was wrong, of course; the bullying and exclusion was never about jealousy... but it wasn't just about his height, either.
It was about fear.
(Or; an alternate explanation of why Zim is the way he is.)
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—ZiM… Si tú y yo no tuviéramos que ser enemigos, si no tuviéramos diferentes ideales y metas ¿Crees que podríamos haber sido buenos amigos? — Tras eso Dib escucho por primera vez una auténtica
—¿Tu y ZiM? ¿Amigos? Incluso si no tuviera una misión que cumplir, no sería amigo de un mono terrestre como tu
—Ugh… olvídalo. Sabía que sería imposible
—¡Suficiente! ¿Que sucede contigo gusano? Has estado actuando raro desde que regresaste de la dimensión de castigo.
—Lo se... —Dijo Dib, sonando frustrado y suspiro antes de darse la vuelta e irse sin decir nada más.
ZiM en un intento por deshacerse de Dib crea un artefacto que lo enviaría a una dimensión de perdición, donde llovían cristales del cielo, y el calor era abrazador, pero como siempre su plan tuvo un ligero fallo y en lugar de aparecer en el lugar destinado a su muerte, despertó de nuevo en el laboratorio de ZiM, pero sin ser el laboratorio de ZiM, oh bueno no el de su ZiM.
¿Lo más extraño? Lo cercano que parece actuar este ZiM, llamándolo entre apodos no tan ofensivos como a los que esta acostumbrado.
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Beneath the Mycelium Veil by ConfettiDonut (EclipseofMoths)
Fandoms: Invader Zim, Gravity Falls
07 Aug 2025
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When Dib turned 18, he made a deal with his father: he would give up his paranormal research, go off to university, and work at Membrane Labs; in return, he would never have to worry about money ever again. It’s been a few years now, and Dib has completed his side of the deal early. Now he’s stuck working in a sterile, boring laboratory studying whatever it is his father assigns him.
Things come to a head, however, when Dib is knocked overboard while on a marine expedition and is subsequently rescued by an eccentric pair of old men. Soon enough, Dib finds himself spinning a web of lies that leads him to a sleepy town known only as Gravity Falls.
All to study mushrooms of course. Or at least that’s the reason his father thinks Dib is so keen on exploring this small town in the middle of nowhere. No other reason…
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"ZiM… If you and I didn’t have to be enemies—if we didn’t have such different ideals and goals—do you think we could’ve been good friends?"
For the first time, Dib heard a genuine laugh—an actual burst of amusement from ZiM.
Well… from his ZiM."You? Friends with ZiM? Even without a mission to fulfill, I wouldn’t befriend a filthy Earth monkey like you!"
"Ugh… forget it. I knew it was a stupid idea."
"Enough! What’s wrong with you, worm? You’ve been acting weird ever since you came back from the punishment dimension."
"I know..." Dib said, sounding frustrated, before turning away and walking off without another word.
O: In an attempt to finally get rid of Dib, ZiM creates a device meant to send the human to a dimension of doom—one where crystals rain from the sky and the heat is blistering.
But, as always, his plan has a minor flaw, and instead of landing in a place meant for his doom, Dib wakes up in ZiM’s lab again. Only… it’s not his ZiM’s lab.And the weirdest part?
This version of ZiM is surprisingly nice, calling him nicknames that aren’t nearly as insulting as he’s used to.Series
- Part 1 of Unfamiliar
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Dib shows up to school feeling pretty shitty after a long, seemingly fruitless night of exploration in an abandoned asylum. Zim, who would normally enjoy nothing more than to bask in the anguish of his enemy, becomes determined to figure out what's going on with his arch-nemesis...and why he smells so weird.
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When Dib saw Zim better his human disguise, he realizes he has to REALLY think of an actual plan to stop Zim, or else he's gonna take over the world. So after lots of thinking, he gets the best idea ever!!If he can't defeat the enemy...WHY NOT FRIEND THE ENEMY?So, he decides to try to friend Zim. But OF COURSE HE'S NOT GENUINELY FRIENDING HIM! With this alliance, Dib will try gaining Zim's trust and then, gather proof that Zim is a space monster.
But will this work?
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Dib had spent years consumed by Zim’s sudden and unexplained disappearance. He searched tirelessly for answers, but found nothing—no trace, no proof, no explanation. His father, always skeptical, eventually dismissed him as delusional, convinced that his son was losing his mind. But Dib knew the truth—Zim had been real, and his disappearance only made things more suspicious.
Over time, frustration and isolation took their toll. Realizing that no one believed him and that Earth held nothing for him anymore, Dib made a choice. He would leave—not to find Zim, but to escape. He spent years building his own spaceship, pouring everything he had into his one chance at freedom.
Finally, the day came. With one last, bitter farewell, Dib left Earth behind, disappearing into the vastness of space. His journey into the unknown had begun.
Meanwhile, somewhere far away, on an another planet, Zim was seen not as an invader or a threat, but more like a savior.
While the Irken Armada rebuilds itself silently, preparing for their ultimate battle. -
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Captured by the human FBI, Zim undergoes experiments that trigger malfunctions in his PAK, unlocking memories of a past life where he was a child of an Irken emperor, destined to become king. But these memories bring chaos-visions of blood, betrayal, and destruction-leaving Zim confused and tormented as he struggles to piece together his fractured identity.
Escaping the FBI, Zim's unraveling mind is further complicated by the relentless pursuit of both the humans and the Tallest, who begin to notice his erratic behavior. As he battles to uncover the truth about his past, Zim faces the looming threat of both his own fading sanity and the danger that his lost history might bring to Earth.
Zim must face the painful truth of who he once was, and the consequences that may lead to the destruction of everything he's known. Will he unlock the answers before his fractured psyche drives him mad? Or will the ghosts of his past destroy him-and Earth-once and for all?
ZAGR and ZADF!
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Space, Love, and Everything Else In Between (ZaDr AU) by DerrickBloodz
Fandoms: Invader Zim
27 Jul 2025
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Zim has been stuck on Earth for a long 6 years, and now in high school things have gotten even more complicated. Things are slowly changing, and Zim isn't liking it one bit. What will happen to Zim? Will Dib finally destroy Zim?
I DO NOT OWN INVADER ZIM OR THE CHARACTERS! ALL CHARACTERS IN ADULT SITUATIONS WILL BE 18+. THIS STORY IS NOT FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THIS IS A GAY LOVE STORY DON'T LIKE IT DON'T READ IT SIMPLE AS THAT
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7 minutes in heaven!? What could possibly happen…this is a one shot by the way X3! I wanted to give you guys something while you wait for me to update my beginning story. I sincerely apologize for not updating a lot has been happening in my life and things are currently difficult. I’m struggling to even get up out of my bed right now, but this fandom definitely keeps me going. Haha love you guys!! I really hope you enjoy >o<
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The last thing Zim needed was Dib breaking into his base again. Yet here he was in his magnificent base, drinking a horrid drink and sobbing like a little smeet. Why did he come here just to cry?
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- Part 2 of Impulsive Curiousity AU
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It's easy to hate someone when you're twelve years old, and they're the only thing standing between you and the love you so desperately crave.
It's much, much harder to hate someone when you're getting old too fast and they're the last person who still cares enough to show up.
alternatively titled "a somewhat ridiculous biopsy on potentially the most un-serious show ever", or, "dib and zim go on a horrible journey of discovering emotional maturity".
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND by PaintedVanilla for MartiansFromMars
Fandoms: Invader Zim
21 Jul 2025
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Zim is Irken. Celia knows this because she is Irken, too. Zim held her as a smeet. Zim is 7,000 years old, and a rebel, and he knows exactly who Celia is. He can't comment on that, though, on account of his PAK currently serving as a surveillance device for the Irken Empire. If he let slip that he cares for Celia like a sister, The Hive would recognize his treason and execute him remotely.
So Zim is pretending to be a loyal Irken soldier, and on top of that he's pretending to be insane, and on top of that he's pretending to be a human middle schooler, and Celia is politely pretending not to know who he is, and Dib is fairly convinced that Zim is an alien, so Celia has taken it upon herself to gaslight him to hell and back about it, and Gretchen has a crush on Dib, and Keef has a crush on Zim, and Dib has a crush on Celia, and Celia is handling this remarkably well, considering she's also an alien pretending to be a human middle schooler, the major difference being she actually is twelve.
It sounds like a lot to balance, but rest assured, she does not need to get her parents involved. She is more than capable of handling it herself.
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- Part 2 of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FAMILIAL KIND
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Connection Error by Violintrees
Fandoms: Invader Zim, Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
21 Jul 2025
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Over the past two decades Cyberlife's IRKdroids, androids designed to look like green aliens, have become an important part of society and the economy. Revitalizing the city of Detroit where Cyberlife is headquartered and creating greater inequality than ever in human history. Now in 2038, they are starting to break from their programming, killing their human owners and escaping their encoded jobs. Called 'Defectives' by Cyberlife, these IRKdroids threaten to destabilize the status quo. Detective Dib Membrane with the Detroit Police Department and a prototype IRK800 android named Zim have been assigned as partners to investigate the growing crisis of Defectives. How will the pair navigate this mystery, the threats of the city, and the rivalry they have formed with each other?
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What do you get when you cross a defective irken Invader who desires acceptance and approval above all else?
With a tiny, toddler Dib who is much less jaded about the world, much more hopeful in the good of others, who desires a real family above all else?
Who would much rather befriend the real live alien than cut him up?
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Dib Membrane dies. Often.
But Daddy always brings him back—newer, better, quieter.Zim starts noticing. Gaz cares just enough to want him dead faster.
And Professor Membrane just keeps tweaking the code. Calls it progress.
It’s Daddy’s idea of parenting.
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Zim dejó de intentar comprender la mente humana hace unos años, pero, inesperadamente se ve obligado a enfrentar la dolorosa realidad de la estúpida fragilidad de la vida humana.
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Lo único en común entre Zim y Dib es que ambos no les gustaba el dia de San valentin.
Zim no le gustan las personas ni las muestras de amor ni mucho menos Dibra, su archienemiga, pero algo era seguro para el, no le gustaba compartir nada que fuera de su propiedad...Zim loco...
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Dib taking his personal issues out on himself via self-harm, but also mostly him moping and thinking about all the sucky stuff in his life