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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic)

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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic)	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })My Hostage, Not Yours is a series of Invader Zim stories on FanFiction.Net by RavenFollower13.The first story is set several years after the events of the canonical series, and Zim's official banishment to Earth, with the characters (the human ones, anyway) now teenagers and in High Skool. The plot kicks off when Gaz discovers a crashed Irken ship and becomes attached (literally) to an Irken device called a LEECHY. Zim forces her to keep it secret while he tries to find a way to remove it, for her own safety. However, as an old enemy of the Irkens' conspires to take the LEECHY by force, Zim and Gaz find themselves growing closer.The second story, My Hostage, Not Yours 2: The Revenge of Player 2, takes place seven months later: Gaz and Zim are officially a couple, and Zim and Dib are more or less friends. However, their peace is shattered when a hitman nearly kills Dib. Iggins, Gaz's onetime rival, is back for revenge, and he plans on making her suffer by going through her loved ones. But he may have underestimated Gaz — and how far Zim will go to protect her.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The third (and final) story, My Hostage, Not Yours 3: The Inevitable Takeover, skips ahead about another year-and-a-half. When Zim discovers that he only has three months to conquer Earth or die, Gaz convinces him to finally get to work and take over. But Dib isn't going to go down without a fight. Victory may be easy, but keeping that victory may be much, much harder.The series is highly regarded by its readers, in no small part due to being able to keep the personalities of the characters nearly identical to that of the canon, providing a well written example of a popular pairing, a writing style that leaves you wanting more, and of course, its fast and consistent updates.In February 2021, RavenFollower13 announced plans to reboot and rewrite the series, which started in April of that year with the publication of Re: My Hostage, Not Yours.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_10dafb12	comment	Flaming Sword: Gaz briefly wields one during a fight in Takeover, through a combination of her shape-changing necklace and her pyrokinetic abilities.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1206dd74	type	Victory Is Boring
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1206dd74	comment	Victory Is Boring: Gaz shows this attitude after Zim succeeds in taking over Earth.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_137f2d7	type	Card-Carrying Villain
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_137f2d7	comment	Card-Carrying Villain: Iggins seems very much aware of the fact that he's the bad guy, and acts accordingly. Of course, just about everyone calls him out on the dramatics. Zim invokes this in Takeover, since the more he acts like a traditional evil invader, the more the world will fear him, and the faster they'll give up.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_13abce74	type	Misanthrope Supreme
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_13abce74	comment	Misanthrope Supreme: Aside from her brother and father (and them only just barely) Gaz can't stand other humans. Therefore, she doesn't even hesitate to throw the human race under the bus to help Zim.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: In Revenge, Gaz has a momentary one when she realizes that Iggins doesn't just want to kill her, but is also lusting after her. Zim quickly snaps her out of it, though. And Dib has one in Takeover after Gaz agrees to "surrender" herself to Zim; he's so upset he doesn't even say goodbye to her, which upsets them both. He has another, smaller one when he discovers that she was working with Zim the whole time.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_154aa477	type	Big, Screwed-Up Family
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_154aa477	comment	Big, Screwed-Up Family: Played with — GIR and Minimoose act so much like children, that Gaz actually considers them her and Zim's kids (and it doesn't seem necessary to explain why they're screwed up).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_17058a90	type	No Biochemical Barriers
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_17058a90	comment	No Biochemical Barriers: Averted. It's made quite clear that crossbreeding between species is impossible, so Zim and Gaz won't be having any kids.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: The author describes Zim and Gaz as a pair of sociopaths — however, since they genuinely love each other, Gaz genuinely loves her family, and they both care about GIR and Minimoose (her more so than him), it would seem they don't quite fit the qualifications for this trope. On the other hand, they both get their kicks out of tormenting others, which is pretty sociopathic behavior.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1cc9f5e5	type	Playing with Fire
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1cc9f5e5	comment	Playing with Fire: Gaz gets this ability as a side effect of Iggins' Mind-Control Device at the end of Revenge. Then in Takeover she loses control during the Final Battle, and apparently uses up her power completely in the process.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1d95dcb7	type	LadyMacBeth
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1d95dcb7	comment	Lady Macbeth: Gaz is the one who convinces Zim to finally conquer Earth, and even comes up with the bulk of their plan (though he works out plenty of details on his own along the way).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1e669b8e	type	Humanoid Aliens
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1e669b8e	comment	Humanoid Aliens: In addition to the Irkens, there's the Valkians (the Queen more so than her Mooks).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: During one of Zim and Gaz's post-marriage quibbles, the narrative takes a moment to point out to the reader that, yes, they still enjoy nothing more than annoying the hell out of each other. The author's notes at the end of that chapter then lampshades that this is the first time the fourth wall's ever been broken in the series.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1f19f198	type	Back-to-Back Badasses
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_1f19f198	comment	Back-to-Back Badasses: During the Final Battle of the series, we see this first with Tak and Dib, and then Tak and Zim (see Enemy Mine).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The Pill. Zim makes two, per standard procedure — one for Gaz, and a backup to study in case things go wrong. In the penultimate chapter of Takeover, Gaz gives this second one to Dib in order to make him immortal as well. Subverted with the LEECHY. Not only do we never see it get used, but near the beginning of Takeover, Gaz wonders if one is going to be part of the supplies the Tallest send Zim for his conquest. It isn't.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_23698fa8	type	Aborted Arc
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_23698fa8	comment	This might also qualify as an Aborted Arc, seeing as the author brought in the youngest members of the family (two teenagers and a little girl) as people Gaz can torment/interact with while Zim's busy conquering and ruling the world.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshaded by Gaz, who asks them if anyone's ever told them that the talking in unison thing is creepy (incidentally, they reply that yes, people have told them that).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: After Zim crushes the minimal resistance from the major world powers, the rest of the world quickly surrenders, leaving Zim the supreme ruler of the Earth. See Grey-and-Gray Morality for why this may or may not be a subversion.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fa6b075	type	God Save Us from the Queen!
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fa6b075	comment	God Save Us from the Queen!: The Valkian Queen. And then Gaz, once she's made Zim's Empress.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fc2d6e1	type	Shapeshifter Mode Lock
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fc2d6e1	comment	Shapeshifter Mode Lock: A minor example — MIMI is locked into her cat form by the Tallest after Tak is turned human.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fd1d68a	type	Cool-Down Hug
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_2fd1d68a	comment	Cooldown Hug: During Gaz's Superpower Meltdown, Zim (wearing fireproof clothing) holds her close and talks her down.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_30a0067b	type	Supervillain Lair
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_30a0067b	comment	Supervillain Lair: Zim's underground base, naturally. Then, in Takeover, he trades it in for a huge high-tech fortress. Iggins also tricks his stepfather into building one for him by pretending it'll be a public gaming site, when really he just wanted a place to have an epic showdown. Zim gets a second one about two-thirds of the way through Takeover, when he converts a European palace into his base for that continent.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Zim refuses to have sex with Gaz until they're officially married. It would have been consensual anyway, but he apparently stands by the principal of honoring her people's customs towards the matter. This is especially poignant since, according to Tak, Irken custom dictates that they're not officially a couple until they've mated. This means that Zim's putting his respect for Gaz and her heritage ahead of his own — quite a move for a narcissistic sociopath like Zim. Zim is apparently also disgusted by the concept of abortion, of all things. Yes, Irkens are apparently pro-lifers. Go figure. It's a cultural thing. Irkens don't prevent their smeets from being born, giving them a chance to prove their competence/stupidity in adulthood before killing them. Thankfully the author does not spend much time on this point beyond the culture explanation.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_31da1e24	type	Shipper on Deck
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_31da1e24	comment	Shipper on Deck: Played with. Tip and Tine ship Dib and Tak, but only to mess with Gretchen. MIMI seems to ship Tak and Dib, because she sees that they're attracted to each other and is following the logical course of action for it.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_326a44a1	type	Create Your Own Villain
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_326a44a1	comment	Create Your Own Villain: As one reviewer points out, Iggins only became the villain he was in this series because of what Gaz did to him in canon.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_32768814	type	Kick the Son of a Bitch
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_32768814	comment	Kick the Son of a Bitch: What Gaz does to Iggins would be a Moral Event Horizon, but he had it coming.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_34dcfc96	comment	Tak has one of these moments during her last interaction with Gretchen, where she gives her some advice to help her get on with her life. Interestingly, this is following a Kick The Dog, where Tak used her relationship with Dib to mock Gretchen.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_34dd5f3	type	La RÃ©sistance
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_34dd5f3	comment	In Takeover, the Group infiltrates Zim's fortress in order to interrupt his and Gaz's wedding in order to save her. But since she doesn't want to be saved, it doesn't go as well as the previous example. Then there's a literal example when the Swollen Eyeballs launch an assault on Zim's European base of operations, which happens to be an actual castle.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_36135fb0	type	Official Couple
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_36135fb0	comment	Official Couple: Zim and Gaz. Also Dib and Tak by the end of the series.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: How Zim defeats the Valkians: he plays on their honor to secure a deal, Gaz's freedom in exchange for keeping the LEECHY, in addition to all the information stored in his PAK — he just neglects to tell them that the LEECHY is defective and useless, and that his PAK data is corrupted and viral, knowing that by the time they realize it, they'll have already engaged the Irkens in battle, ensuring their defeat.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: A rather believable display, actually.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_3d699462	comment	Hostage: Subverted, since Zim deals with the Valkians without a fight, and their fight with the Irkens is a Curb-Stomp Battle in the Irkens' favor.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_437820dc	type	Villainous Crush
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_437820dc	comment	Villainous Crush: Iggins has a thing for Gaz; in the long run, this actually makes him worse, since his obsession leads to brainwashing her with the intention of making her his slave.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: Dib gets one during a training scene in Takeover; it should be noted that this only happens after he and Tak realize they're attracted to each other.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4631e81f	type	Badass in Distress
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4631e81f	comment	Badass in Distress: Gaz, despite being the strongest fighter in these stories, gets captured at least once in each: Hostage: She lets the Valkians take her prisoner in order to both get rid of the LEECHY and protect Dib and Zim; she probably could have escaped her cell on her own, but it's highly unlikely she would have gotten off their ship alive if Zim hadn't saved her. Revenge: Iggins manages to use a Mind-Control Device on her, so Dib and Zim have to save her again; though in the end, she breaks free from the device and ends up saving Zim's life. Takeover: During the initial stages of Zim's conquest, she gets kidnapped by a group of hired thugs; subverted, though, since Zim himself hired the thugs to get Gaz away from the government officials who were going to use her as leverage, so she was never in any danger.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4920f624	type	Hidden Villain
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4920f624	comment	Hidden Villain: Iggins' identity is kept secret for the first few chapters of Revenge, though it's arguably quite obvious, and at least one reviewer guessed correctly before it was revealed.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4efc4fae	type	Good Scars, Evil Scars
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_4efc4fae	comment	Good Scars, Evil Scars: Tak gets an x-shaped scar on her back from having her PAK transplanted inside her body. As it turns out, those scars are actually the result of Membrane operating on her to remove her memories. And Gaz gives Dib a small burn scar on his cheek for interrupting her wedding.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5037b961	type	Et Tu, Brute?
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5037b961	comment	Et Tu, Brute?: Dib doesn't take the fact that Gaz picks Zim over the Earth too well. At least until he finds out her motives — he doesn't condone it, but he understands.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: When Zim ensures the Valkians' destruction, it's partially because they endangered Gaz, but mostly because they accidentally insulted her while she was their prisoner.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5360c039	type	Karmic Transformation
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5360c039	comment	Karmic Transformation: As punishment for the humiliation of letting herself be captured by the Valkians, the Tallest have Tak subjected to surgery that changes her into a human (more or less; see Half-Human Hybrid above).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_539ae07a	type	Empowered Badass Normal
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_539ae07a	comment	Empowered Badass Normal: Gaz was already a badass, but a side effect of Iggins' Mind-Control Device gives her pyrokinetic abilities.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Skoodge is assigned to Earth by the Tallest to serve as this to Zim. Though Skoodge is a bit of a subversion, since Zim (and Gaz too, for that matter) is much more of a threat than he is. Really, Skoodge is more of a personal assistant than a Dragon. Tip and Tine briefly serve as Iggins' Co-Dragons, but only during the climax of Revenge.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_54321e11	type	Innocent Fanservice Girl
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_54321e11	comment	Innocent Fanservice Girl: Tak, sort of after her transformation; she doesn't seem to quite understand human views on shame.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_558245a7	type	Redshirt Army
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_558245a7	comment	Redshirt Army: Zim's army is a literal example, as their uniforms are modeled after his own.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_55940b68	type	Doorstopper
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_55940b68	comment	Doorstopper: Takeover is more than twice the length of the previous two stories put together.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_57ceb8f6	type	BreakingLecture
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_57ceb8f6	comment	Breaking Lecture / "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gaz gives a brief one to Dib in Takeover when he interrupts her wedding to "save" her from Zim. She points out how, even though Zim's taken over the world, he hasn't destroyed it or made things worse, so defeating Zim wouldn't really change anything. She then adds that "saving" her is just an excuse to strike a blow at Zim, and calls him out for treating her like a prize.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Dib and Tak.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Zim working with Gaz and Dib in the first place was this trope, before it evolved into a relationship and friendship (sorta), respectfully. And in Takeover, Tak ends up working with The Group because she's not strong enough to go after Zim on her own. Then, when Dib decides to defect from the Swollen Eyeballs in order to avoid fighting his sister, and Tak goes with him, the Eyeballs declare them traitors. So, they find themselves fighting alongside Gaz and Zim during the Final Battle. Tip and Tine served as Iggins' Dragons in Revenge, then join the Group in Takeover. Justifiable, though, by the fact that when they fought against Zim, Dib, and Gaz, it was nothing personal — in fact, they (especially Tine) seem to admire Gaz, and enjoy working with her.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: Dib and Zim have basically become this by the time Hostage starts — they don't like each other, but they don't openly antagonize each other anymore. Though naturally, they lose the "friendly" bit during Takeover and arguably regain it by the finale.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5abc8612	type	Unholy Matrimony
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5abc8612	comment	Unholy Matrimony: By the end of Hostage, Zim has claimed Gaz as his "sahlm" (the Irken word for "mate"). During Takeover, he decides to officially propose to her in order to honor the customs of her people. Hell, he even kidnaps a priest to perform the ceremony and a designer to custom make Gaz's wedding dress!
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5fcb9ad1	type	Time Skip
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_5fcb9ad1	comment	Time Skip: The series starts about five years after the canon show ended. Then there's a seven month skip between Hostage and Revenge, and another of about a year-and-a-half between Revenge and Takeover.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In a purely non-romantic example, Membrane doesn't oppose to Gaz marrying Zim (even giving her away) because he wants to make up for being a bad father, and for his daughter to be happy. Also, once Dib gets the message that Gaz truly loves Zim — that it's not a passing fling or brainwashing — he backs off (though he does BSOD over it). This then gets inverted (but remains platonic) when Gaz finds out about Dib's feelings for Tak; she doesn't approve, but wants him to be happy so she gives him the Pill, so that he can have a long life with her.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_63d861f8	type	Even Evil Has Loved Ones
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_63d861f8	comment	Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Gaz and Zim truly love each other, and Gaz also does care about her brother and father. In Takeover, she makes sure to plant trackers on them, and even plays a role in helping Dib form a rebellion, in order to make sure they stay safe. And Iggins' stepfather, despite being a mob boss, clearly loves his stepchildren. To the point that when Gaz threatens to kill them if Iggins comes after her again, he promises to keep it from happening not that Iggins was in any position to threaten her again, anyway.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6411dac8	comment	Badass Normal: Gaz starts out as this, before upgrading to Empowered Badass Normal at the end of Revenge. Then she burns through her powers at the end of Takeover, bringing her back down to (badass) normal. Dib becomes pretty badass during the last two stories. Arguably, Tak and Zim could count as well — they're not human, but they're normal by Irken standards.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Non-fatal example in Hostage: Gaz lets the Valkians take her prisoner, in order to keep them from killing Dib and Zim. She also invokes this trope (again, non-fatally) in Takeover; as per their plan, after she helps Dib set up a resistance (in order to ensure his safety), Zim tells them to hand her over or he'll destroy the whole continent. Gaz then "sacrifices" herself by handing herself over to Zim — when, really, this was just an excuse to get back together, while also making Gaz a martyr in the public eye.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: Dib is insistent on protecting Gaz, even when he's not in the position to actually be capable of doing so.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6d871385	type	Villainous BSoD
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6d871385	comment	Villainous BSoD: Between the physical beating he receives, and the shocking fact that he actually lost, Iggins goes comatose, and ends up locked away in a mental hospital.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6dec2f19	type	Swiss-Army Weapon
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_6dec2f19	comment	Swiss-Army Weapon: Gaz's skull necklace is actually a prototype device she stole from her father's lab as a kid which can change into just about anything. She once used it as a lock pick, but mostly changes it into weapons.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: By the very end of the series, it's hard to say who the "good guys" and "bad guys" are. Zim and Gaz are our protagonists, and are trying to Take Over the World, but they don't seem to be too bad as rulers. Meanwhile, the Swollen Eyeballs are La Résistance trying to liberate the world, but are presented in a villainous light (especially in regards to their methods and ruthlessness).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_74cc759a	type	Atomic Hate
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_74cc759a	comment	Atomic Hate: In addition to the army he raises, Zim uses his technology to seize control of the world's nuclear arsenals to prevent them being used against him.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension / Unresolved Sexual Tension: Dib and Tak in Takeover. Come to think of it, this applies to Zim and Gaz in Hostage as well, though it's resolved by the end of the story.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_77e8d49d	comment	Clingy MacGuffin: The LEECHY attaches itself to Gaz's wrist. See also Deadly Upgrade.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_796fa10c	comment	The Ageless: After their marriage — and being given permission by the Tallest — Zim gives Gaz a chemical formula (the Pill) which halts her aging process, and boosts her immune system beyond human standards, so she can live as long as himnote Apparently, this is common for Irkens who take non-Irken mates. Notably, this comes with a warning about outliving your loved ones, but it's ignored. Then, near the end of the series, Gaz force feeds another Pill to Dib, so that he can live long enough to be with Tak.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_7a4013f3	comment	Deuteragonist: In Takeover, Dib becomes this to Zim and Gaz's collective protagonist.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: During the climatic final fight of Takeover, several Swollen Eyeball agents pin Gaz down, but instead of just killing her, they mock her first. This triggers her Superpower Meltdown, and they get incinerated for their troubles.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_80a282ea	type	Monster Lord
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_80a282ea	comment	Monster Lord: The Valkian Queen is much more human-looking than her Mooks.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_830b0ac9	comment	Final Battle: Hostage: Subverted, since Zim deals with the Valkians without a fight, and their fight with the Irkens is a Curb-Stomp Battle in the Irkens' favor. Revenge: The attack on Iggins' lair. Takeover: The Swollen Eyeballs' assault on Zim's European base.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8404a0f3	comment	Amnesiac Dissonance: Gretchen's family's nameless amnesiac maid is a kind, soft spoken person. Then she remembers that she's actually Tak, and changes into a harsh bitch. Everyone is shocked by the change.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8485d41a	comment	Interspecies Romance: Zim and Gaz. And Dib and Tak. Sort of.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: The Group members (aside from Dib and Tak, who get drafted by the Swollen Eyeballs) just sort of disappear after their first (and final) mission fails. There's also the European royal family whose palace Zim takes as his own; after their initial appearance, they never show up again. Lampshaded during the Swollen Eyeballs' attack — Dib pauses to wonder what happened to them, and then decides that it doesn't matter. This might also qualify as an Aborted Arc, seeing as the author brought in the youngest members of the family (two teenagers and a little girl) as people Gaz can torment/interact with while Zim's busy conquering and ruling the world. As for the Group, Gretchen at least shows up during the epilogue, where her storyline (at least as far as this story is concerned) gets wrapped up. Meanwhile, Tip and Tine are revealed to have eventually joined Zim's army as heads of Intelligence.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_86af7ab0	comment	Badass Biker: Zim and Gaz both seem to enjoy a good motorcycle ride — in fact, in Hostage, one of the things they bond over is a drag race (It Makes Sense in Context)
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: In Takeover, Gaz makes herself the face of the resistance, so that when she hands herself over to Zim she looks like a selfless hero, rather than a Damsel in Distress (not that she's either). The two of them actually seem to enjoy celebrity status in America, while the rest of the world openly dislikes them.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_88799cf4	comment	Badass Cloak: Around the same time Zim starts wearing his new coat (see below), Gaz adds one of these to her wardrobe. Though in her case, it's more practical than anything; the area they relocate to is colder than where they'd been living.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_89283763	type	Insatiable Newlyweds
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_89283763	comment	Insatiable Newlyweds: Zim just can't seem to get enough of Gaz. And vice-versa as well. Seriously, every chapter after their wedding, it seems as if they're either having sex, or complaining that they're too busy to have sex.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Zim, naturally enough. Gaz starts off as more of an Anti-Villain or an Anti-Heroic Sociopath, but in Takeover she seamlessly becomes a full villain to help Zim conquer the planet.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Surprisingly enough, Iggins. He alternates between wanting to kill Gaz and being jealous of her being with Zim. When he manages to brainwash her into being his drone, there's some very disturbing implications for he what he plans to do with her. And to a lesser extent, there's Gretchen — as per usual for the fandom, her canonical crush on Dib is jacked up into this trope. Dib is aware of it, and it creeps him out.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8c1ad82f	type	Proud Warrior Race Guy
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_8c1ad82f	comment	Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Valkians have shades of this.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Hostage: The Valkian Queen Revenge: Iggins Takeover: Zim and Gaz themselves, with the Tallest as the Greater-Scope Villain
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_978a82e6	type	Big Bad Duumvirate
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_978a82e6	comment	Takeover: Zim and Gaz themselves, with the Tallest as the Greater-Scope Villain
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9ab3da1a	type	Evil Mentor
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9ab3da1a	comment	Evil Mentor: Inverted. Tine admires Gaz and emulates her when she can (she even makes herself a sword modeled after the one Gaz changes her necklace into), but Gaz never advises or mentors her. In fact, Gaz doesn't even like her — she can stand her, but that's not the same as liking her. Gaz also apparently feels that Tip has more potential that Tine, but again, she never mentors him.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Zim is much more threatening now than he was in canon. He actually managed to earn the Tallests' respect! Dib also takes a few levels in the latter two stories. Gaz, meanwhile, was already badass, and just keeps going from there.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9ce6492a	type	Taking the Bullet
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9ce6492a	comment	Taking the Bullet: Gaz does this for Zim during one of their fights with Iggins. To make matters worse, it wasn't a bullet, it was a Mind-Control Device.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: During Takeover, Gaz has a nightmare that she loses control of her pyrokinesis. During the climax, her rage at the Swollen Eyeballs causes this to come to pass, before Zim is able to talk her down.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: There are plenty of references to the canon series sprinkled throughout the trilogy, mostly just casually dropped in the narration or in conversations.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a2cbad1	type	Half-Human Hybrid
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a2cbad1	comment	And Dib and Tak. Sort of.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a2f1b41d	type	Robot Me
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a2f1b41d	comment	Robot Me: At one point during Hostage, Membrane has to go to Australia for a business trip, and for some reason brings his kids along. Since Gaz can't afford to have the LEECHY away from Zim's base for the amount of time the trip would take (and doesn't want to explain to Dib why she can't go), Zim creates a robot duplicate of her that can go on the trip and that she can control remotely to keep up the illusion. And it works, initially.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a4cb6559	type	Screw This Index, I Have Tropes!
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a4cb6559	comment	Screw The Rules, I Have Money And Connections!: At one point, Membrane threatens Tak with this, saying he can get away with just about anything without legal consequences. He may have been bluffing. And Iggins apparently feels that being the stepson of a mob boss puts him above the law.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Professor Membrane has apparently known the truth about Zim and Tak and the other aliens for a while, but has been pretending not to in order to avoid dragging Earth into an interstellar war.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_aba8065b	type	Fatal Flaw
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_aba8065b	comment	Fatal Flaw: Both Tak and Gaz recognize pride as theirs.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ac6ea68c	type	Near-Villain Victory
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ac6ea68c	comment	Near-Villain Victory: Iggins nearly succeeds in killing Zim and making Gaz his slave — but the shock of seeing Zim nearly killed snaps Gaz out of Iggins' mind control, and she kicks Iggins' ass.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_af1894f1	type	Super-Power Meltdown
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_af1894f1	comment	Superpower Meltdown: During the Final Battle of the series, Gaz completely loses control of her powers. Zim eventually talks her down but it seems her power got completely used up in the process.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Face–Heel Turn: As pointed out elsewhere on this page, Gaz was never a good person. However, this is what her decision to side with Zim is viewed as in-universe. Subverted example: Dib defects from the Swollen Eyeballs at the end of Takeover, not because of this trope, but because he doesn't want to fight his sister. However, the Eyeballs don't see it that way, and declare him a traitor.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: What Gaz ultimately does to Iggins. She beats him within an inch of his life, and so heavily traumatizes him that a passing reference in Takeover says that he ended up in an asylum. Arguably, what the Tallest do to Tak for letting herself get captured by the Valkians — they change her into a human, then dump her on Earth. Considering how much she dislikes humans, this seems to qualify.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b1efb7a7	type	Mayflyâ€“December Romance
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b1efb7a7	comment	Mayfly–December Romance: Irkens have a much longer life expectancy than humans, so this trope gets brought up in regards to Zim and Tak's relationships with Gaz and Dib until the latter two take the Pill, and have their lifespans exponentially increased.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b51128fa	type	Gilded Cage
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b51128fa	comment	Gilded Cage: After Zim takes over Europe, he relocates his headquarters to a royal palace (it's never clarified which); the resident royal family is allowed to stay, and can still order the servants around, but certain areas are made off limits to them (for Zim and Gaz's private use), and they're not allowed to leave the palace grounds unless they intend to do so permanently.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Subverted. When Gaz realizes that Dib is in love with Tak, it at first seems like she's berating him for it. However, she then admits that she's not in a position to judge, considering her relationship with Zim, and is just happy that Dib's happy.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The latter third or so of Takeover's epilogue (the rest having tied things up) explains what the main characters do after everything's finished and settled into a new status quo.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b8dde2	comment	Evil Overlord: Zim, after he begins conquering Earth. He even titles himself "Emperor".
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b9f472b	type	Storming the Castle
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_b9f472b	comment	Storming the Castle: At the climax of Revenge, Dib and Zim attack Iggins' lair to rescue Gaz. In Takeover, the Group infiltrates Zim's fortress in order to interrupt his and Gaz's wedding in order to save her. But since she doesn't want to be saved, it doesn't go as well as the previous example. Then there's a literal example when the Swollen Eyeballs launch an assault on Zim's European base of operations, which happens to be an actual castle.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Gaz only cares about a handful of people. Harm any of them, and she will hunt you down and make you beg for death. And for Zim, hurting Gaz becomes his button.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_beb9a361	comment	And let's not forget her wedding gown — again, she's all in white, which is misleading from her personality. Especially since, by this point, she's gone from Anti-Hero to Villain Protagonist.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Zim and Gaz by the midpoint of Takeover.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: Done to the villains: The Valkian Queen thinks that even with Zim's corrupt PAK data ruining her ships, she can still defeat the Irkens. Then Zim reveals that the LEECHY and the duplicates she made of it are useless. She has time for a quick Oh, Crap! before the Irkens overwhelm her forces.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: We don't actually see any of Zim's conquest of Earth (mostly because the governments just start surrendering), but at the very least he does attack Washington as a demonstration — and we only see the aftereffects. During said fight in Washington, Gaz ends up fighting Zim (in order to build up her public image), leaving Dib to fight GIR — who happens to be piloting a Humongous Mecha. Sadly, the scene focuses entirely on Zim and Gaz, so we don't get to see how Dib survives the fight, or how he manages to convince GIR to blow the mech up. When the Group interrupts Zim and Gaz's wedding, the narrative focuses entirely on Dib and Gaz's conversation. We therefore miss out on Tak fighting Zim, and whatever other actions the Group were taking.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c696f3ba	comment	Heroic Willpower: While not exactly a "hero", Gaz manages to break free of Iggins' mind control through sheer force of will (though Zim's support helps).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c83a589c	type	Luke, I Am Your Father
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c83a589c	comment	Luke, I Am Your Father: Lampshaded and averted. When it's revealed that Membrane and Tak know each other, Dib assumes that means that Tak is his mother. Membrane tells him that that's ridiculous, and the author explains that that conversation was put in merely to disprove a theory she knew the readers were thinking.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c87660d5	type	Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_c87660d5	comment	Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: In Revenge, when Gaz finds out that Iggins' obsession with her is partly inspired by lust, she has a brief BSOD and starts blaming herself for the whole situation. Fortunately, Zim snaps her out of it by pointing out that it's Iggins' fault, not hers, and that she's too {badass to be angsting like that. And then we get two of these moments in Takeover: first, when Zim realizes he's dying, he's willing to accept it, until Gaz makes it clear that she won't let him die (and the fact that she almost starts crying helps). Later, Tak has a serious BSOD over dealing with her new human emotions, and Dib is only able to get her out of it by insulting her until she snaps and kicks his ass.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ca7ec334	comment	Two Lines, No Waiting: In Takeover, the narrative is pretty evenly split between Zim and Gaz's plans to conquer the Earth, and Dib's (and later Tak's) efforts to stop them.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ce767e6f	comment	Tip and Tine briefly serve as Iggins' Co-Dragons, but only during the climax of Revenge.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ceec4df5	comment	Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Ironically, despite being the titular character in Revenge, Iggins isn't the one doing this. Instead, it's his near murder of Dib that triggers one from Gaz. And then, during the climax, he nearly kills Zim, which pushes Gaz into Extreme Mêlée Revenge mode.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_cf41a26	comment	Deadly Upgrade: The LEECHY is designed for Irken biology, and as such nearly kills Gaz a couple of times (this being the primary reason he tries to get it off her).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_d01cffbc	comment	Badass Longcoat: Dib, of course. And around the time he takes over Europe, Zim starts sporting a(n Irken) military-style coat in addition to his normal outfit.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_d5b3df2d	comment	Dark Action Girl: Gaz. And Tak.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_d66cd0e6	comment	Training from Hell: Gaz puts Dib and Zim through video game-style combat training in order to get them used to fighting Iggins his way. And she's not gentle about it.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Dib eventually quits the Swollen Eyeballs when he realizes that if he stays, he'll end up having to fight his sister. Tak comes along with him, because she's falling in love with him (plus, he's the only human she can stand).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_db39ccfd	comment	Battle Couple: Zim and Gaz, especially in Revenge. Likewise Dib and Tak, by the end of Takeover.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Tak is only in a few scenes of Hostage, but later reappears in Takeover, where it's revealed that the Tallest turned her human (mostly) and banished her to Earth for her repeated failures. After this reveal, she then aids the Group in their fight against Zim. Her appearances in Hostage may qualify as this; she briefly appears via a transmission at the beginning, when she's mysteriously attacked (which causes her ship and the LEECHY to crash to Earth), and near the end it's revealed that it was the Valkians who attacked and captured her.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_dceccabf	comment	Cat Fight: Subverted. One of the assassins Iggins sends after Gaz is another teenage girl, but the fight is hardly Fanservice; Gaz leaves the girl bloody and unconscious.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e19e68	comment	Cruel Mercy: See Fate Worse than Death below for when Gaz ultimately "spares" Iggins. Membrane, rather than killing Tak after she's turned human and dumped on Earth, wipes her memory, so that she can live in peace.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e22feb9c	comment	Revenge: Iggins manages to use a Mind-Control Device on her, so Dib and Zim have to save her again; though in the end, she breaks free from the device and ends up saving Zim's life.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: GIR, and later Minimoose, to Gaz. She's a lot nicer to them than she is to anyone else (even Zim).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e4d9e13b	comment	Mars Needs Women: Between Gaz siding with Zim, and Tak's cover story of having been abducted, the Swollen Eyeballs conclude that this is why the Irkens are interested in Earth.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e52a0cac	comment	He Who Must Not Be Seen: The Valkian Queen keeps herself cloaked and in the shadows at all times, even when in the sanctuary of her ship. It's implied this is part of their culture, as the only time she reveals herself is when she's alone with Gaz, having had her guards leave the room; the second they come back, she covers herself up again.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e543a655	comment	Light Is Not Good: When captured by the Valkians, Gaz is forced to wear a white dress that, combined with her natural skin tone, makes her look like "some kind of moon beam". Considering who we're talking about, it's quite misleading. And she hates it. And let's not forget her wedding gown — again, she's all in white, which is misleading from her personality. Especially since, by this point, she's gone from Anti-Hero to Villain Protagonist.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e61d9a3c	comment	Clothing Damage: During Gaz's Superpower Meltdown (see below), her clothes burn off completely. Fortunately for her modesty, Zim gives her his coat (Irken clothing being fire-resistant, apparently) before the flames are extinguished and she's exposed.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_e8d730c4	comment	Easily Conquered World: Gaz says that humans as a whole are easily frightened beings who will quickly surrender after a show of force. When Zim begins his conquest, this pans out, as the majority of the population doesn't resist, especially after the governments begin surrendering to Zim's superior technology. Some, however, do resist, such as those that join Dib's "Group".
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ea39d156	type	Who Wants to Live Forever?
My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ea39d156	comment	Who Wants to Live Forever?: Zim warns Gaz about this when he gives her the Pill, but she doesn't really start thinking about the ramifications until afterwards. Which then becomes a moot point when she gives Dib the Pill as well, so she won't be outliving him.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_f06b07ff	comment	Locked Out of the Loop: Poor Dib keeps ending up on the receiving end of this, since Gaz and Zim don't want him involved in what they view as their private business (the LEECHY in Hostage, Iggins' vendetta in Revenge, taking over the world to save Zim's life in Takeover). He's never happy when he finds out.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_f4cc32ce	comment	Creepy Twins: Iggins' younger siblings, Tip and Tine. Lampshaded by Gaz, who asks them if anyone's ever told them that the talking in unison thing is creepy (incidentally, they reply that yes, people have told them that).
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_f788b2c5	comment	Love Makes You Evil: Gaz was never a nice person, but when she learns that Zim has to conquer Earth or die, she doesn't think twice before deciding to help him take over.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_f91d1d4f	comment	Darkest Hour: Each story has one: Hostage: Gaz is captured by the Valkians, who intend to use the LEECHY to conquer the Irkens. Revenge: Iggins manages to brainwash Gaz into being his slave, and intends to use her to kill Zim and Dib. Takeover: Zim and Gaz take control of the Earth; interesting variation, in that it's actually a high point for them, and a Darkest Hour for the other protagonists.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_f9876f7e	comment	Faking the Dead: During the attack on Iggins' base, Zim pretends to be vaporized by Tip and Tine, so he can sneak up on Iggins.
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My Hostage, Not Yours (Fanfic) / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: At the end of Takeover, Gaz gives Dib the Pill, in order to insure that not only does she not outlive him, but he'll also have a lifespan that enables him to be in a relationship with Tak. Earlier, when Dib realizes that Gaz doesn't want to be "saved" from Zim and loses his motivation to fight back, she tells him to go home, promising to make their father go as well, so that he actually has a home to go to. Tak has one of these moments during her last interaction with Gretchen, where she gives her some advice to help her get on with her life. Interestingly, this is following a Kick The Dog, where Tak used her relationship with Dib to mock Gretchen.
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