Overstayed Welcome **{Pro. Membrane, Dib, and Gaz are in the car.} Pro. Membrane: (driving) "Now I want you two to be good at your little friend’s house." Dib: (whining) "Da-ad, you’ve already been to four science conventions this month. Who’s house are you dumping us off at this time?" Pro.: (waving his hand in the air as if trying to remember) "Oh, you know...that green, foreign kid." Dib: (screaming in shock) "ZIM!?!?" Pro.: "Ah, that’s his name." (mumbling to self: "Weird parents, though") Dib: "Dad! We can’t go there. Zim is an alien! He’ll do weird stuff to us if you leave us alone." Pro.: "Come now. I’m sure nothing bad is to happen." (the car stops) "Okay out of the car." **{Zim is pacing in the living room as the doorbell rings. The robot parents answer the door.} Mother: Hello there! You must be Zim’s guest. Zim: (looks to see who it is) "What?!?! How can this be?" (thinking to self: "I need to program those two so that they don’t just ALLOW anyone into my own fortress.") Pro.: (leaving and waving) "Bye. Be good" (the door closes) Dib: (with fear on his face, turns his back to the door and stares straight at Zim) "H-h-hi Zim." Zim: (to Dib and Gaz) "My understanding is that you both will be staying at MY house for the next couple of hours. (stands strait up and points to the ceiling) "HEAR ME NOW, HUMANS! For no reason shall either of you travel to certain places of the house." (Zim calls out every room but the living room.) Dib: "But that only leaves us the living room." Zim: "Exactl-ly." (Zim gives Dib a suspicious look as his hands are crossed behind his back.) **{Zim goes to his lab to work on his plan for invasion while Gaz turns on the T.V.} Dib: "He must be stopped and this is my perfect chance to do it." Gaz: "I don’t know what you’re so worried about." Dib: (Very cautiously sneaks into other rooms of the house and takes pictures of what ever he can.) **{Gir walks into the living room to see that Gaz is already watching T.V. Then he sits on the couch.} Gaz: (her stomach starts to rumble) "I need some food." Gir: (No one is in the room.) "Oh boy! Now I can watch the ’Scary Monkey’ show." **{As Gaz enters the kitchen, Dib sees her. Gaz opens the fridge and sees a slice of pizza. She grabs it and raises it toward her mouth.} Dib: "Noooooo! (He swipes the pizza from her.) "That could be deadly for us to eat." Gaz: (staring at the pizza slice on the floor) "Once again, you have asked for it Dib." **{Zim walks into the living room.} Zim: "Gir, where are the humans?" Gir: "In the kitchen." **{Zim enters kitchen.} Zim: (to Dib) "You’ve been snooping, haven’t you? Dib: "Snooping? Me? No, no, no. I was just, uummm, getting a drink of water. Besides... are you afraid I’ll find something?" Zim: (burning up then yelling) "Why don’t you just go outside and wait for your doom FILTHY EARTHLING!" Gaz: (sits back down to watch T.V.) "Boys argue to loudly." **{Gir sees that his show has once again been changed so he goes outside with Dib. Dib starts to see Gir doing cartwheels.) Dib: (thinking) "Amazing! A dog that can do cartwheels. Wait a second, dogs’ joints don’t move that way, and they aren’t green either." (To Gir:) "Here little doggy! What’s your name?" Gir: "Zim says I’m not allowed to talk to you." Dib: "It’s okay. I’m on your side. ’THEY’ have sent me to help Zim so I’m going to need to borrow your costume." Gir "’Kay!" **{Gir shows Dib Zim’s lab. Dib stays there for a while to take in all the information that he can. Then the doorbell rings. Gir and Gaz answer the door.} Pro.: "All ready?" Gaz & Gir: "Yea." **{Dib hears a car leave Zim’s house.} Dib: (thinking) "Gaz knows I’m not there. She’ll tell dad to stop and come back!" Gaz: (talking to Gir back in car) "I know you’re not Dib, but you seem less annoying..." Gir: "Doo-dee-do-do-do-de-de-do-do." Gaz: "...Except for the singing." **{Back at Zim’s lab:} Zim: "GIR! Allow me to check your current status." Dib: "Huh... what? Zim: "Your eyes don’t seem to be lighting up. You require some maintenance." (has a blowtorch in one hand and some strange probes in the other.) Dib: (around the lab with no chance of escape) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THE END
