IMPORTANT: Yes, I'm well aware of the term of "Lemon" and that is partly why I named this episode as such. It is amusing to me.
THE LEMON EPISODE
Zim sat down on the couch and slouched into the cushion, "What a week. That teacher lady kept going on about the world ending, Dibstink and that distraction kept looking at me funny, I ran multiple tests on the dull humans and all were inconclusive. Zim needs a break."
Skoodge stood at attention right next to the couch, "Sir, it is 3 PM on a Tuesday."
"It's been that long?" groaned the exhausted invader.
Suddenly, the door opened and a random lanky guy with glasses walked in, then turned around in the doorway. Skoodge quickly grabbed this human and slammed him against the wall, "Who do you work for? What are you doing here?" He demanded.
"Hey man, I just want some lemonade!"
"Lemonade?" Zim walked outside to see a line of people on his front lawn heading across the road to a lemonade stand ran by Lola Loud who was smiling with glee.
Skoodge walked out next to him an threw the lanky man away from the house who screamed until he hit the wall of another building, "This is bad, sir. All these humans around can bring unwanted attention to us."
Zim gritted his teeth and marched up to the lemonade stand, ignoring the line. He put his hands on the stand and screamed, "Pink human child!"
Lola gave him her best innocent smile, "Sorry Mr. Zim, but you need to go to the back of the line for lemonade."
"I WANT NO LEMONADE! I WANT YOU GONE!" Zim yelled.
Lola took out a megaphone, "YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE! NO CUTTING!" The magnitude of the yelling was so great that it flung Zim backwards, landing at Skoodge's feet.
"Shall I lay waste to our enemies, sir?" Skoodge asked.
Zim got up off the ground, "Stay out of this, Skoodge! The pink human has declared war on Zim! I shall deal with this PERSONALLY!"
Skoodge shrugged and headed back inside, "Okay then, good luck sir."
...
Zim grinned as he sat behind his metallic lemonade stand, that Kim helped him put together, "Yes! Now all that needs to be done is to sell the lemonade at a price far lower than the pink human, it will draw all the customers to Zim and put that stand out of business!"
Kim smiled at the sight of Zim behind the stand, "Aww, this is so cute little bro!" She cooed as she reached into a pocket compartment, "In fact, I'll be your first customer!"
Before Kim could hand over money for lemonade, a squad of Girly Rangers appeared out of nowhere and covered the stand with ninja star cookies before crashing into it and taking the stand apart.
"This is Girly Ranger turf!"
Kim looked at the ruined stand aghast, her eyes started to glow red as she turned to the Girly Rangers, "YOU BAD HUMANS! I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Steam started to blow out of Kim's ears and her body started to open up as she got a bit taller with her shoes turning into platform pumps. Her arms and legs opened up to pull out several weapons such as lasers, a sword that was on fire, a flail with electricity flowing through it, and a rubber chicken.
"Oh no you don't!" shouted one of the Girly Rangers as she raised up one arm, "Charging, goooooooo!" Flashes of bright lights emitted from the Girly Ranger as a catchy song started to play from out of nowhere.
GO GO GIRLY RANGERS!
When the flashes stopped, the Girly Ranger's helmet had gained a black visor, and the ranger herself gained a sword and blaster on her hip. A series of explosions went off behind her that was color-coded to her outfit.
Lola watched as the Girly Ranger and Battle Ready Kim took off to fight off-screen, "Wow! Can all of you do that?"
One of the other Girly Rangers shook her head, "No, only Kendra has the transformation badge."
"Note to self: get the transformation badge..."
"Ay, yi, yi..." Zim shook his head as he looked on at the epic battle that was going on further away from the lemonade stand, and sighed as he realized it wouldn't get damaged in the process. Especially since the two seemed to be headed towards the City's abandoned rock quarry.
...
Zim stared down at the stand as he rubbed his hands together with Minimoose floating right next to him, "Okay Minimoose! I've sent GIR to get in the line for lemonade. Little do the human fools know, he will not BUY any lemonade! Instead, he will EXPLODE as soon as he makes it to the stand!"
"Nya?" Minimoose asked.
"Because Minimoose, when life gives you lemons, you make LEMON GRENADES!"
"Nya?"
"GIR? Oh, he'll be fine. This wouldn't be the first time something like this happened to him. Besides, he was up for it."
GIR himself was in disguise while in the middle of the line, giggling, "I'M GONNA EXPLODE!"
Meanwhile, right beside the lemonade stand, Lori and Leni were dressed in swimsuits and getting into a small inflatable pool filled with water. This appeared to attract more people to the lemonade stand.
Leni smiled at all the people giving her looks as they waited in line for lemonade, "We must be good business people!"
Lori sighed, "Maybe this was a bad idea."
"No no! You two stay there! I'm making a killing!" Lola cried out.
"Lola, all this attention is a bit uncomfortable and-"
"I'll split the profits with you."
"...get me some lemonade."
"I'LL BUY YOU A GLASS!" yelled a potential customer.
Zim pointed at the two older sisters in the kiddie pool, "Why are they bathing in that plastic bathtub? That's disgusting!"
Minimoose perked up, "Nya!"
"Sex appeal? What's that?"
"Nya!"
Zim slapped his forehead in disgust, "Augh! What is WRONG with these creatures?"
GIR was getting closer to the front of the line when Leni noticed him. She waved and called out to him, "Hi GIR! Wanna take a dip with us?"
"Sure!" GIR ditched the line and headed for the swimming pool.
"GIR no! Don't get distracted by the sex appeal!" Zim yelled out.
GIR either didn't hear his master, or he simply didn't care. He climbed into the inflatable pool, splashing Lori a bit and giggled.
"Uh...Leni, what is this thing?" Lori asked, eyeing GIR suspicionsly.
"That's GIR, the neighbor's robot dog! Isn't he cute?" Leni explained.
"Why is he green?"
Zim marched over and picked GIR up out of the pool, "You're a disappointment, GIR! No Angry Monkey Show for you tonight!"
"Aw! But it was gonna be a special episode!"
The two were in the middle of the street when Zim started hearing a ticking noise, "Wait! Why are you ticking, GIR?"
"There's dynamite in mah brain!" GIR squealed.
"Oh yeah."
That's when GIR exploded, only harming Zim and himself in the process.
...
Quite a bit later and a slightly crispy Zim was down in the lab at a computer with Robobaby and Skoodge loafing around in the background. "I didn't want to do this - well, I did, but not without the Tallest witnessing it - but it's time I've used my secret weapon..."
"Sir, I can still just, you know, go take down that lemonade stand myself." Skoodge interjected.
"Do not interrupt my monologue, Skoodge! Besides, what could you do?"
"Sir, I singlehandedly successfully invaded planet Blorch, singlehandedly defeated the Hogulus of Hobo 13, and survived the Tallest's attempt to kill and replace me."
"Exaggerating your accomplishments won't get you anywhere, Skoodge!" Zim scolded as he pushed more buttons.
"I should've let you and Bob fly into that sun..." Skoodge muttered.
""What doin'?" Asked the Robobaby.
"What's my secret weapon you ask? Simple! I, Zim, have singlehandedly constructed a giant laser in Earth's orbit. The laser will absorb solar power from this system's star, after that, I will unleash the power of the sun onto that lemonade stand of mild annoyance!" Zim struck a pose with that last sentence with a gripped fist triumphantly in the air.
Skoodge took a closer look at one of the monitors displaying the laser's trajectory and power level, "With that much power, you may even take out the entire city." He commented.
"Collateral damage! They knew what they were getting into!" Zim kept pushIng buttons and one of the monitors displayed the laser with a solar panel preparing to fire. Zim locked the trajectory of the laser completely on the lemonade stand, and slammed his palm on the big red button. The laser then fired a large green beam down to Earth. More monitors displayed the beam heading for its target.
"How many of those recording drones do you have flying around?" Skoodge asked.
"Not nearly enough!"
One of the monitors displayed the Loud's house from the front. Suddenly, the roof of the house opened up and something started to rise out of it.
"WHAT'S THIS?" Zim quickly took out a remote and flipped through a few feeds until the same monitor displayed an aerial view of the house.
A giant mirror had risen out of the roof and started positioning itself over the lemonade stand. When the large green beam came down, the mirror reflected it back up through the atmosphere. From there, it went back to Zim's solar-powered laser which was soon destroyed by the green beam.
Skoodge couldn't believe his eyes, "Wow. I didn't think the Earth creatures were capable of such ingenuity."
Zim's eyes started to twitch, then his voice box started to work overtime, "NO! NO, NO, NO! THIS IS JUST TOO SILLY! THAT LEMONADE STAND CAN NOT DEFY THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS ZIM AND ZIM'S SUN LASER!"
The Robobaby cried out in fuming anger, "GAAAH!"
"You said it, Robobaby! The time for beating around the bush is over. WE'VE BEATEN AROUND SO MANY BUSHES AND THE LEMONADE STAND IS STILL THERE DEFYING ZIM!"
"So uh, what's the plan, sir?" Skoodge asked, a bit nervous about the spikes in Zim's volume.
"Pull up your pants, Skoodge! We're going across the street."
...
"Sir, something is wrong." Skoodge tried to alert Zim.
"Silence! Zim is concentrating!" Zim yelled back.
"But Sir-"
"ONE MORE WORD AND YOU'LL BE ON PERMANENT DISH WASHING DUTY!"
"But I'm already doing that..."
The two walked up to the empty lemonade stand. No Lola, no line, and no pool with Lori and Leni in it.
"Zim, there's nobody here." Skoodge flatly told his superior.
Zim banged his fist against the lemonade stand, "They're just hiding! YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM ZIM!"
Skoodge groaned, "Zim-"
"Hey there!"
The two looked up to see Luan now manning the lemonade stand. Skoodge recoiled a bit, "Where'd you come from?"
Zim banged his fist on the lemonade stand again, "THERE YOU ARE! THE GIRL WITH THE PIE!"
Luan giggled and gave a smug smile towards all of you reading this, "Get a load of these guys."
"Who are you talking to?" Skoodge asked.
"Oh, don't you worry about that. So, you two want some lemonade?" she gave him a big manic smile.
"All of my instincts edged from decades of battling xeno scum are screaming at me to run." Skoodge thought to himself.
Zim banged his fist on the stand yet again, "NO! ZIM WANTS RETRIBUTION! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET RID OF THIS STAND ALL AFTERNOON AND NOW THE PINK HUMAN HAS RAN OFF!"
"You mean my sister Lola? Yeah, she had some urgent Girly Ranger stuff to deal with. Something about a giant robot or something on the loose. I'm here to cover for her but..." Luan quickly put some eye drops in her eyes for dramatic effect, "Nobody seems to like the lemonade I make..."
"Sir, we need to go, now." Skoodge informed Zim.
"WE ARE NOT LEAVING UNTIL ZIM HAS VENGENCE!" Zim yelled, he pointed at Luan, "REMOVE THIS STAND IMMIDATELY! ZIM DEMANDS IT!"
Luan smiled, "Sure, I'll remove the stand...if you drink all this lemonade I got!" As she told them her terms, Luan placed a pitcher of lemonade on the stand.
Zim picked it up, "Is that all? Neat! Oh Skoodge..." Zim turned to see Skoodge running back inside of the house. "DESERTER! THIS IS GOING DOWN INTO YOUR RECORDS, SKOODGE!"
Luan shrugged, "Guess it's all yours, noisy boy."
"I AM NO BOY! I AM ZIM!" Zim yelled as he grabbed the pitcher, "This task will be nothing for Zim! Prepare to take down this stand!"
"Okay, noisy Zim."
Zim sipped the lemonade and spat out fire, "AAH! IT BURNS!" He then proceeded to drink more and history repeated itself.
"My lemonade is hot stuff, huh? Hahahahaa!" Luan laughed, "I added in a special ingredient: habaneros!"
Zim drank the rest of the pitcher, and ended up barfing up a flame that set the stand on fire. Luan quickly got away and got out a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. After the flames went out, Zim stood in a daze until he realized the stand was gone. "HA! THE STAND IS GONE! VICTORY FOR ZIM!" The little green boy hooted and hollered and ran back to his house cheering.
Luan shook her head and looked over to you wonderful readers with a smile, "Oh that Zim, he's such a sourpuss."