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The
tallest of the Irkens are made leaders of the empire. They host major
events such as the Great Assigning and the Planetary Sweeps, but they
usually just get pampered.
The current Tallest, Red
and Purple, spend most of their time eating snacks, but previous
Tallest were most likely more productive. The Tallest looses his or
her position as the leader of the empire when another Irken gets
taller than them or they die. Fromer Tallest Miyuki accidentally died
at the hands of Zim's creation (a giant blob). Later, Tallest Spork died
due to the same beast. When Spork died, Red and Purple were still too
small to be Tallest, so it is unknown who else was Tallest before them.
Red and Purple are both Tallest because they
are exactly the same height. Red and Purple have custom colorized
suits that match their eye color, so the Irken I have drawn to the
left is what the color scheme for a green eyed version of the current
Tallest.
The Tallest have hover belts equipped in their suits, allowing them to
float around. The Tallest also have only 2 fingers. It is apparently
cut off in a ritual to become the Tallest, in order to show that they
can rule the Empire with only two fingers (this was apparently stated
by the Zim crew). |
