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After Dib captures some incriminating photos of him, Zim secretly enters Dib's stomach to overtake his body, destroy the photos and destroy his brain.

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  • Artistic License – Biology: Invoked. Zim controls Dib's arms through his "arm control nerve" which is apparently in his stomach. No such nerve exists, as Dib points out, but it doesn't stop Zim from controlling Dib's arms anyway.
  • Big "NO!":
    • Dib yells this when he learned that Zim would make him lose his intelligence.
    • Zim yells this as he gets flushed down the toilet.
  • Comically Missing the Point: When Gaz sees Dib piloting the nanoship from his laptop, she asks what game he's playing, to which Dib declares "This is no game! This is my life!!" Gaz tells him it's just a game.
  • Double Entendre: Gaz asks Dib if she can play his body dogfight after he fails. She still thinks this is just a game, but the fact is that Dib will die for real if he loses it.
  • Dropped in the Toilet: Dib sends Zim down the toilet after Gaz beats him.
  • "Fantastic Voyage" Plot: Zim goes inside Dib's body.
  • Saying Too Much: After Zim destroys the first set of photos, Dib ends up mentioning that he made a copy and hid it somewhere, prompting Zim to erase the memory.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: Dib finally gets his first victory against Zim in the form of flushing him down the toilet.
  • Toilet Humor: Dib's last beat involves... Urinating Zim from his body and flushing him down the toilet.
  • Verbal Backspace: Inverted. Zim realizes halfway through telling Dib that he's going to destroy his brain that his grammar is off, but is too proud to do this, so he just says "I might as well make the rest of your brain... not smart... no more."

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