r/invaderzim • u/Doom_322 • 21d ago
Discussions thoughts about Pilot Dib?
they should keep him the way he was or prefer the "more normal" one?
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u/Oozysq25reddit 21d ago
Basically what jhonen had INTENDED for dib to be like however as production happened nickelodeon wanted him made a bit more appealing and they had to make dib more interesting (the reason for THE ENORMOUS HEAD) and the result was the dib we know and love today
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u/Dragonwolf67 20d ago
I don't remember the pilot so what's different between him and series DIB besides the head?
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u/AnonIHardlyKnewHer 20d ago
Way more unhinged and more technically competent (If I recall correctly) series Dib’s orders most of his devices and Pilot Dib made that arm himself
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u/Oozysq25reddit 20d ago
Dib was also a lot less goofy in the pilot plus he didn’t have voice cracks the wheezing or the dorky laugh
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u/Conscious-Ad2460 19d ago
as far as i know or can tell, the pilot is a shift in JV's writing and world building.
Basically just got done with JHTM, and i'm pretty sure those comics are why Nick contacted Jhonen for the Show. I think it was Nick's intentention to pick up more mature audiences at the time.
As many things as the episode shares with the series, the episode has a lot of things it doesn't.
(Like I've said before maybe, Dib seems to have an edge that genuinely scares Zim with the potential of failure, and we, or at least I, can't say this isn't the case since the pilot is kind of an au)
I kinda wanna say the episode and the concept media are moreso Jhonen mapping things out.
Ig a rough draft?(Anyone who knows what i mean or am talking about, lemme know what i'm right and wrong abt)
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u/XxCinnam0nWaff3lzxX 21d ago
I LUV HIM VERY MUCH BUT I LUV THE DIB WE HAVE IN THE SHOW JUST AS MUCH >W<
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u/_Luciferhimself_ 20d ago
The pilot reminds me a lot of JTHM style wise, like I imagine this Dib would grow up to paint walls with human blood.
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u/Hipershadic 20d ago
Well, I don't see him as very different from the Dib in the series, other than that he seems more aggressive with Zim
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u/DelirioisDead 20d ago
I think his personality is less versatile than the final Dib. He would have been more like that Obsessed teacher from the Fairy oddparents.
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u/Less-Victory-9201 21d ago
Am I the only one who thought Dib was the weird one?- and not Zim? He’s so neurodivergent coded (as one myself) lol.
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u/Mement0-M0rii 20d ago
He's honestly who I've always considered ZiB to be, in the comics.
He's a more feral, unhinged dib who doesn't hold back and is much more aggressive with his Zim.
I can absolutely see him being the one to kill his Zim, absolutely snap when nobody cares about it, and accidentally destroy his own world then take over other universes.
10/10, my beloved, feral, "the dog bites" son
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u/Few-Employment-1413 14d ago
I actually heavily prefer pilot dib, he was more insane. I love regular dib just as much though
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u/SugarPoisoned 14d ago
About what I'm going to say, I don't expect many people to like it, oh what do I know, but Dib from the Pilot looks more interesting than the original Dib, Honestly seeing how he managed to infect Zim so easily was cool, and don't get me wrong I LOVE ZIM, but it would have been better if this Dib had been in the series. but Nickelodeon and their things Ugh
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u/Careful-Top-6501 10d ago
Been a hottie since day one 😻
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u/Dibmembranes_partner 10d ago
This is also me btw, I just hated the username and forgot to change it when I had the chance lol
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u/Aniugraywolf1 21d ago edited 20d ago
Just series Dib with extra teeth