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* GrimyWater: Downplayed, but WordOfGod is that the only reason that water is toxic to Zim is from how [[PollutedWasteland contaminated]] it is, rather than the water itself.
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* KillItWithWater: Dib intends to do this to Zim (or at least expose/neutralize him) after learning that Irkens are weak to water, going from simply taunting him with a leaky faucet to throwing water balloons at him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Dib, Zim's DisproportionateRetribution has him retaliate with a water balloon big enough to flood the entire city]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After flooding the entire city, Zim gets his head stuck in the toilet and presumably drowns. Of course NegativeContinuity ensures that none of this is permanent.
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* OhCrap:
** Dib and all of his classmates are visibly terrified when Zim drains the world's water and sends a gigantic water balloon their way.
** Zim himself, when he accidentally gets stuck in his toilet and starts drowning.
** Dib and all of his classmates are visibly terrified when Zim drains the world's water and sends a gigantic water balloon their way.
** Zim himself, when he accidentally gets stuck in his toilet and starts drowning.
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* SnapBack: The episode ends with the entire town flooded and Zim all but stated [[ItMakesSenseInContext to have suffocated inside his toilet]]. Naturally, none of this is ever brought up again in future episodes.
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* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim croaks "The wettening... the wettening..."
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* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim Dib croaks "The wettening... the wettening..."
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Zim approaches Gaz, we're led to believe he plans on taking her umbrella to shield himself from the rain...only to pick her up and use ''her'' to shield himself from the rain.
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* UncertainDoom: Zim's fate in the end when he is flushed down in a toilet and likely [[TheyKilledKennyAgain drowns to death]].
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* UncertainDoom: Zim's fate in the end when he is flushed down in a toilet and likely [[TheyKilledKennyAgain drowns to death]].death]].
* YankTheDogsChain: Zim doesn't get a lot of time to enjoy his victory over Dib before he gets stuck in the toilet and starts drowning.
* YankTheDogsChain: Zim doesn't get a lot of time to enjoy his victory over Dib before he gets stuck in the toilet and starts drowning.
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* UncertainDoom: Zim's fate in the end when he is flushed down in a toilet and likely [[TheyKilledKennyAgain drowns to death.death]].
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She was just mad that Dib splashed her and still believes that splashing Zim is "fate of the world" work.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dib's gratuitous torture of Zim with water prompts a DeathGlare of contempt from Gaz, which is saying something given that she was about to hit Zim over the head with an umbrella just a few seconds ago. Dib getting her splashed on as well doesn't help matters.
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* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim croaks "The wettening... the wettening..."
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* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim croaks "The wettening... the wettening...""
* UncertainDoom: Zim's fate in the end when he is flushed down in a toilet and likely drowns to death.
* UncertainDoom: Zim's fate in the end when he is flushed down in a toilet and likely drowns to death.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dib's gratuitous torture of Zim with water prompts a DeathGlare of contempt from Gaz, which is saying something given that she was about to hit Zim over the head with an umbrella just a few seconds ago.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dib's gratuitous torture of Zim with water prompts a DeathGlare of contempt from Gaz, which is saying something given that she was about to hit Zim over the head with an umbrella just a few seconds ago. Dib getting her splashed on as well doesn't help matters.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dib's gratuitous torture of Zim with water prompts a DeathGlare of contempt from Gaz, which is saying something given that she was about to hit Zim over the head with an umbrella just a few seconds ago.
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* BiggerStick: Zim retaliates against Dib's water balloons with one roughly the size of the moon.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', from a space station orbiting above the Skool, then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing [[NoKillLikeOverkill a highly destructive flash flood]].
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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution
** How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', from a space station orbiting above the Skool, then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing [[NoKillLikeOverkill a highly destructive flashflood]].flood]].
** Also, Miss Bitters threatens to erase the students' minds as punishment for the paste incident at the beginning of the episode.
** How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', from a space station orbiting above the Skool, then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing [[NoKillLikeOverkill a highly destructive flash
** Also, Miss Bitters threatens to erase the students' minds as punishment for the paste incident at the beginning of the episode.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Through a combination of Zim's his general ignorance about Earth water, his vulnerability to it and RuleOfFunny, a simple water balloon fight becomes a literal battle of life or death.
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** Dib to Zim. "I'll get you back! [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon!]]
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** Dib to Zim. "I'll get you back! [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon!]]soon!]]"
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* ShoutOut: Dib's TitleDrop at the end is one of ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
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** Dib to Zim. "I'll get you back! [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon!]]
** Dib's TitleDrop at the end is one of ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
** Dib to Zim. "I'll get you back! [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon!]]
** Dib's TitleDrop at the end is one of ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing a highly destructive flash flood.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', from a space station orbiting above the Skool, then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing [[NoKillLikeOverkill a highly destructive flash flood.flood]].
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* SilenceIsGolden: The entire episode is very light on dialogue, with the entire climax having almost no dialogue at all.
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* SilenceIsGolden: The entire episode is very light on dialogue, with theentire climax having almost no dialogue at all.
* SilenceIsGolden: The entire episode is very light on dialogue, with the
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* IsItSomethingYouEat: Zim says that the rain on his planet was "delicious."
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After discovering that Zim gets burned by Earth water, Dib tortures him with water balloons. When Zim learns that covering himself in paste protects him from water's harm, he plots his revenge.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing a highly destructive flash flood.
* PasteEater: The episode opens with Miss Bitters shaming one of the students for doing this.
* SilenceIsGolden: The entire episode is very light on dialogue, with the entire climax having almost no dialogue at all.
* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim croaks "The wettening... the wettening..."
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* DisproportionateRetribution: How to Zim get back at Dib for hurling water balloons at him? By draining the city of all it's water to make his own water balloon, roughly the size of ''the moon'', then dropping it from outer space onto where Dib is standing, causing a highly destructive flash flood.
* PasteEater: The episode opens with Miss Bitters shaming one of the students for doing this.
* SilenceIsGolden: The entire episode is very light on dialogue, with the entire climax having almost no dialogue at all.
* TitleDrop: While lying face up in the water left by Zim's flood, a traumatized Dim croaks "The wettening... the wettening..."
