#professor membrane's parents

[homocidal-invader]

what if I turned the santa belief into a generational trauma thing tee hee

#invader zim #professor membrane #professor membrane's parents #quo's art #quo's doodles #this family is normal #yes his first name is professor

[izpride]

Transparent Icons - Professor Membrane's Parents

#invader zim #invader zim icons #transparents #transparent icons #izpride #professor membrane's parents

[scorpioide]

Post from Twitter

#random #no context #invader zim #iz #professor membrane parents #please help #stfuyu

[ditzdove]

Funny fic idea: zim and dib are fighting in membrane labs for some reason. He and zim somehow fall into a vat of something of course they crawl out and continue their fight. Skip to the next day and well dib isn’t in skool this makes zim worried skeptical of what’s happened to him. Later on the news it’s announced by professor membrane that his new youth serum works and that his son was the first to receive it. Zim enthusiastic about the fact that his rival is now a sniveling defenseless baby goes to exterminate him. Cue a few failed break ins and beatings courtesy of gaz. finally he has baby dib in his grasp! And dib retaining no knowledge of their rivalry just looks at zim with wonder and astonishment. Dib smiles making little cooing noises and zim….just… Can’t hurt him for some reason. In fact he’s got a new plan! he’ll turn his ex enemy into a loyal ally of the irken empire. And I mean teen dib would hate it so it’s still a revenge of sorts?

Anyway that’s the idea. Not really sure if it’s good or not but I thought it was funny.

#dib invader zim #iz gaz membrane #iz dib membrane #zim #iz zim #iz professor membrane #invader zim fic idea #fic ideas #invader zim #zadf? #zadf #parent zim #baby dib

[falloutboyyaoi]

more ideas for my invader zim portal au

so membrane essentially forced dib to become a test subject for the crime of being an autistic child/j no but basically it was because "if he isn't going to contribute to "real science" on his own, ill make him"

gaz however is a test subject because she thought it would be like video games in real life. membrane then realized that having his kids essentially imprisoned was better than having to be an actual father, and that his children (gaz, mainly) would take on his legacy if *if* he were to die

tak is a rouge ai in charge of the testing facility, zim is a "defective" personality core who was formerly attached to tak in order to prevent her from hollowing out the earth

gir is the little turret who could

the plot starts after dib has been testing for about a year or so (without dying somehow) when tak "accidentally" tells dib that gaz is also in the testing facility, and tells gaz that dib is still alive (after repeatedly lying about him and her father being dead) their goal is to find eachother and escape the facility together

upon escaping they are immediately draged back into the testing facility and placed in suspension

after 99999999999.... dib and gaz are both woken from stasis (separately) by zim who was definitely put in charge of the test subjects in stasis and not lying. zim tells them both that everyone, including their father and sibling, is dead.

(those moments at the beginning of the game where whetely isnt with chell? zim is with the other sibling)

gaz and dib are reunited after dib helps zim replace tak

#invader zim #invader zim au #portal #portal au #dib membrane #gaz membrane #iz tak #tak #tak invader zim #zim invader zim #bad parent professor membrane #professor membrane

[lilacthebooklover]

i'm in the middle of watching the iz halloween special and what the actual heck, membrane??? not believing dib about aliens is one thing, but this??? this world is so messed-up jdhgjkfhk

"so i find you here, son. oh, i suppose it was only a matter of time" way to support your son smh. he's showing more concern for his freakin science tools than his kids

#iz #invader zim #halloween #dib invader zim #professor membrane #bad parenting #sorry guys #membrane's not a good parent #invader zim gaz #iz dib #iz dib membrane #poor dib #ngl if i was in that kid's position i would probably go a lil crazy too #granted he's already a bit mad on the whole #but that's okay #everyone else is just... #concerningly oblivious and/or ridiculously stupid #or gaz #iz professor membrane #iz gaz membrane #halloween special

[vermwerm]

meowww :3

#im insane #aggie.io #artists on tumblr #invader zim #invader zim dib #invader zim zim #hk art #hollow knight #invader zim au #man wtf #professor membrane #i hate that man #abusive parental figures are instantly a -100/10 for me #but alas hes necessary #dib has a weird fuckin cloak #grimms outfit looks similar to zims :3 #they both moths #just hk #hk au #hollow knight au #gaz is full of violence #iz gaz #tiny tak doodle #i think its obvious whos my fav iz characters tbh #kaleidos insane hollow knight invader zim au

[spacebabe51]

“Putting up a lot of fight for something as simple as parent-teacher night, Zim. I bet he doesn’t even know what parents are!” 

“Of course I do...”

Invader Zim: Season 1 Episode 3.1: Parent Teacher Night

#ok i cheated on this one there are 7 gifs #but i'm too tired to pick which one to nix. i made them all so sorry #tw eye horror #eye horror #i mean they're robots but its still gross to look at #gifs #my gifs #invader zim #iz #parent teacher night #invader zim comic #dib #miss bitters #professor membrane #jhonen vasquez

[danoninohappy]

MOREEE

BECAUSE I LOVE THEM 😭😭💕💕💕✨💕

#invader zim #fanart #iz fanart #art traditional #professor membrane #membrane PARENTS #I LOVE THEM AAAAAAAAAAA #my drawings #drawing #abuelitos 🥺 #Chillando fuerte

[irlwakko]

and i hope professor membrane is having an awful father’s day god bless <3

#invader Zim #professor membrane #I do not care for this man’s parenting

[wazzuppy]

gonna go out and fight everyone who thinks professor membrane is a bad father and that he doesnt love his kids

#NO he is not a perfect parent #but goddamnit i can tell how much he loves them and how everything he does is for them #he loves dib and gaz so so much and tries his best and i refuse to see anymore slander of him #tara says stuff #invader zim #iz #membrane #professor membrane

[homocidal-invader]

Professor Membrane: Good or Bad Father?

I've decided to scientifically argue weather or not Professor Membrane from Invader Zim father of Dib Membrane and gasoline the other one by going through EVERY EPISODE of Invader Zim (that he appears in) and making a point counter of every good and bad action he does.

Episode 1 The Nightmare Begins Ignores Dib -1 point

Episode 2B NanoZim Just gives him the tiny ship when he needs help even though what he says is insane. Proffy doesn't even call him insane just tells him to run along + 1 point

Episode 3A Parent Teacher Night He tried to show up for the meeting,,, even if it resulted in the lab exploding. + 1 dad point - 1 scientist point

Episode 6B Battle Dib Didn't recognize his son - 1 point Too hard to contact - 1 point Gave Dib the permission slip + 1 point

Episode 8B Bad Bad Rubber Piggy MADE HIS SON INTO A COOL ASS BATTLE ROBOT TO PREVENT HIM FROM DYING + 1 point

10B Bloatys Pizza Hog Only one annual family night out - 1 point Lets Gaz choose wherever she wants + 1 point Made sure Dib also came + 1 point If Dib doesn't show up, he'll put it off for next year - 1 point 12B Game Slave 2 One of the best lines in the show + 1 point

13 Battle of the Planets Told his son aliens were fake and said he had a big head as a baby. The iconic line "my poor insane son" debuts this episode. - 1 point

14 Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom said "It was only a matter of time" for Dib going to HIS INSANE ASYLUM THAT HE OWNS. - 1 point Did not consider Dib's opinion for a second. - 1 point Sent Dib to the asylum. For the rest of his life. - 1 point And an extra bad point, because that's really bad, and the worst thing he's done in the show and what most people remember him for. - 1 point Another bad point for apparently experimenting on baby Dib so much he has subconscious trauma over it. - 1 point

15B Future Dib Neglects his children (hasn't shown up for weeks) - 1 point However he makes prerecorded messages for them so he's not totally abandoning them. + 1 point Inviting his kids to the infinite energy thingy. + 1 point Pat Gaz on the head + 1 point Noticed Dib was missing immedietely + 1 point He told Gaz to make sure Dib doesn't do anything embarrassing. - 1 point Waited for his kids despite jeers from the audience + 1 point DOESN'T GIVE EVERYONE PERPETUAL ENERGY BECAUSE THEY DISRESPECTED HIS KIDS + 1 dad point - 1 scientist point Membrane doesn't realize the robot dib is fake - 1 point

18B The Sad Sad Tale of Chickenfoot Invasion of privacy by letting randoms in the house. - 1 point Calls his son insane to everyone there. - 1 point Insisting what his son's future is as I'm assuming he does that a lot offscreen. - 1 point Not defending Dib when everyone starts laughing at him - 1 point

20 Tak The Hideous New Girl Trying to make friends with Dib's friend :) + 1 point

21 Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars Tells Gaz to be nice to his brother and helps her out with her problem. + 1 point Calls Dib insane behind his back - 1 point

23b Dibship Rising He LIED about the can of beans wiping out ALL HUMAN LIFE - 1 point?

25 Gaz Taster of Pork Always keeps the fridge stocked with good food + 1 point Stopped what he was doing immedietely to help Gaz with her problem + 1 point Put his kid on public TV without consent - 1 point Turned his kid into an experiment - 1 point Makes his children have to do an escape sequence at all - 1 point Apologizes + 1 point

27 The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever Trusted Dib with his anti-santa arsenal + 1 point

DELETED EPISODES!

Mopiness of Doom Listened to Dib + 1 point Told Dib to give up on his dreams - 1 point Very encouraging to Dib + 1 point Constantly checking in on Dib + 1 point Very tuned into Dib's emotions and be able to tell when something is bothering him + 1 point Professor Membrane's love is conditional - 1 point Complaining about Dib to Gaz - 1 point

10 Minutes to Doom Did not recognize his son - 1 point Did not want to get involved with Dib's fashion matters - 1 point Deciding to take a look anyways + 1 point Didn't to his son and now insisting that they have to stop him - 1 point

Day of Da Spookies Calls his son insane - 1 point Stopping work to help him anyways + 1 point

TOTAL SCORE

Good Points - 25 Bad Points - 30

ENTER THE FLORPUS

Making his kids a food robot + 1 point Waiting for Dib + 1 point Calling his son insane to Gaz - 1 point Telling Gaz to be supportive, even using metaphors + 1 point BEHOLD MY BOY CHILD + 1 point Mean to Dib about his interests - 1 point Arguing - 1 point Calling Dib's spaceship fake - 1 point Wishing isn't very scientific son - 1 point Patting his son on the head + 1 point Unprovoked calling Dib's ideas imaginary - 1 point Confirming he knows aliens exist, thus meaning that he's just saying they don't to be mean to his son specifically - 1 point Insisting it's a hallucinations so hard - 1 point Saying he'll always be proud of his son before he thinks he's going to die + 1 point Saved his son from a pit! + 1 point Helped fight off robots with Dib + 1 point Saying "great work honey" to Gaz + 1 point Using the moose without arguing + 1 point Pretending like all of it was a hallucination - 1 point Convincing everyone else it was a hallucination too - 1 point 10 Good point 10 Bad points

TOTAL SCORE

Good Points - 35 Bad Points - 40

RESULTS ARE IN!!!! Professor Membrane, SCIENTIFICALLY, is a BAD DADDYO!!!!!!

#INVADER ZIM #professor membrane

[scorpioide]

They are hot

I don't care about what ppl say.

#no context #invader zim #professor membrane parents are so hot like ngghhhh

[spaceboibrainrot]

I don't have the quarterly that this is from but professor membrane's parents are so cute

#invader zim #iz #professor membrane iz

[robotnik-mun]

You know what still gets to me from Enter the Florpus?

This.

This one, brief moment with Membrane.

In this moment, in this exchange with Dib, you can see there's a lot going on in his mind. He knows what Dib wants to hear. He even knows what Dib NEEDS to hear, and some part of him even wants to say it badly, if only for the sake of his son.

But at the same time, he is Professor Membrane. A man of Science, and of principles- principles that cause him to see the world purely through the lens of proven scientific truth. Now, as the audience, we know for ourselves that everything Dib talks about is absolutely true, and more. But Membrane doesn't have that benefit… and even in a world where aliens, nightmare worlds and hog demons are real, paranormal research still attracts the same kind of grifters, attention-seekers and lunatic fringe that it does in real life. From Membrane's perspective, his son is staring down the barrel of a future that will have him as a social outcast at best and a criminally negligent scam-artist at worst. The kind of person who peddles theories about Atlantis and Aliens building Egypt on history programs.

Thus we see the conflict. This is his son's passion, and his son is all but begging for some kind of acknowledgement… but giving that acknowledgement would only help further cement what, from Membrane's perspective, down a path that will bring harm to Dib and maybe others. Especially with his endless insistence that the one, unfortunate green child is an alien… what if he ever accused the wrong person of such a thing?

Membrane WANTS to tell his son what he wants to hear. Membrane NEEDS to stay true to himself and his principles as a scientist… so he tries to find a middle path, and winds up saying basically the worst thing possible- an uncommitted not-answer that only leaves his son furious at him.

It's quite the leap from how he was in the series proper, actively belittling Dib's interests and not even attempting to stand up for him in front of others. To say nothing of his general distance and negligence as a parent, even though he DOES in fact care for his children. Invader Zim was an absurd and mean-spirited show that spared neither Zim nor Dib, and honestly I think that's a big part of why it endured for so long and what made its humor so memorable… but all the same? I do like that Enter the Florpus tossed Dib a small bone when it came to his family, and this moment is what really clinches it for me.

I dunno, I just really like this scene because of the layers I see to it, and its still my favorite.

#Invader Zim #Professor Membrane

[inbarfink]

So the Japanese Dubs for Invader Zim the Show and Enter the Florpus (or perhaps I should say ‘Florpus Keikaku’*) are actually pretty consistent. Even if they couldn’t get every VA for a side-character back, they at least got the same VAs for the Main Four (and it’s not necessarily a bad thing that some VAs did get switched, ETF!Japanese!Membrane is much better than Show!Japanese! Membran tbh). There’s a few tiny inconsistencies but I think most of them can be explained with them either only using a few episodes as reference rather than the whole show or maybe relying on the VAs memories from all these years ago?

For example, in the Japanese dub of the show, GIR usually refers to Zim as ‘Boss’ both in Regular and Duty mode. This quirk of his was retained in ETF for Normal Mode, but in Duty mode he used ‘sir’ instead. The use of 'Boss' as the consistent specific term for how GIR addresses Zim tells me they were probably trying to be consistent with the show’s original dub, but like... maybe Wasabi Mizuta didn't remember what GIR used to say in Duty Mode, or they didn't rewatch any episode where GIR is in Duty Mode for a significant amount of dialogue time.

And both the show and the movie refer to the Tallest both as just ‘Tallest’ transliterated, or as 司令官 (shireikan, literally ‘commanders’). But the show heavily favors “shireikan” and the movie heavily favors ‘Tallest’ - to the point the discrepancy is noticeable. 

And in the show, Gaz and Dib generally address Professor Membrane as as とおさん (tō-san) - but in the movie they use パパ (papa) instead. Which isn’t technically an inconsistency between the movie and the show because there are a few episodes where they do use ‘papa’ as well, it’s just not as common in the grand scheme of the show. So maybe they just had those episodes where 'Papa' is used.... or since ‘papa’ is a lot cuter and more affectionate, that might’ve been a deliberate choice to go with ETF’s shift in the characterization of the Membranes.

So really, most 'inconsistencies' are not real inconsistencies at the end of the day and... actually, I can say....

That the most major actual change between the dub of Invader Zim the Show and ‘Enter the Florpus’ is that in the show, the Robo-Parents refer to Zim as ぼうや (‘bōya’, an affectionate but not necessarily familial term for a young boy). 

But in ETF, they call him ‘Zim-chan’.

(*translator’s note: keikaku means plan)

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