#zim is extra confused because one of the girls who was making fun of him

[emeraldspiral]

ZADR where Zim comes to the skool dance in a purple dress and is surprised to find out that it's considered "inappropriate" and worthy of mockery by some of his classmates for reasons he doesn't understand. Others try to defend him, but they all do it clumsily in a way that insinuates that he still looks like a fool. Like, "It must've taken him a lot of courage to show up looking like that." When he bumps into Dib he expects him to explain plainly exactly what's wrong with the way he's dressed, but Dib only tells him, "You look fine. Those idiots don't know what they're talking about." "Really?" "Yeah. You know, purple really suits you."

And then Zim starts coming to skool every day in purple, and Dib realizes for the first time that Zim actually cares what he thinks.