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Fox is also incredibly smart. He is the type of kid to make a whole presentation with statistics and calculations. He’s a very intelligent boy for his age and already displays incredible ability to construct his own inventions and experiments that he makes in his father’s base in his free time — However this does result in the house blowing up on many occasions. He’s quite the little scientist, and science is his main interest. He ends up inheriting Membrane Labs as Head Scientist ( taking over his grandfather Membrane’s position ) when he’s old enough.

While Fox seems to be an extreme child, he’s actually very sociable with other children and can be well behaved. Despite his intense nature, he’s a sweet boy and very kind.

Fox’s hobbies include making things or doing activities that require working with his hands. He loves experimenting with irken equipment which he’s free to do so using the technology in his father’s base - if he asks first ( and promises not to blow things up or at least try ) He also loves to read - gravitating a lot to science fiction. Less the extraterrestrial aspect of the genre and more of the advanced science and technology aspect - I think reading these sorts of stories would later inspire him as an adult when he eventually becomes a scientist himself. he also enjoys paranormal novels ( thanks to Papa Dib ). And has a love for video games.

Despite Fox’s interest in scientific pursuits, he does share a fascination with the paranormal with his Papa. It’s hard not to believe in such things when his very existence could be described as such. His favorite thing to do to bond over the topic is to sit down with his Dad and watch some reruns of Mysterious Mysteries - which Dib first introduced him to as a toddler. It’s become their favorite bonding activity.

Fox’s appearance is mostly human-like while his irken physical traits are more subtle. He has Dib’s complexion and his hair ( which doesn’t fully have a scythe shape yet until he’s older ) while his eyes are pink - like Zim. His irises developed a pink color rather than Fox inheriting irken eyes. He also has Dib’s nose and ears. Despite having said ears, Fox does have irken antennae - which are more for sensory purposes rather than hearing. His antennae is often hidden amongst his hair, so it’s not noticeable right away. Fox also has an irken tongue and has a mixture of human and irken organs - he possesses a squeedilyspooch in particular.

A less physical irken trait he has is his tendency to run very bug-like. He often is very skitterish and tends to be able to move around quickly - sometimes while not even being seen or noticed. This comes in handy for pranks and getting things from the fridge while his parents aren’t looking. A less physical human trait ( that he inherited from Dib ) is his allergies - he’s allergic to most dogs and cats.

Fox’s name comes from the character ‘Fox Mulder’ from the X-files. A show that’s probably not canon in the Zim universe but I’d like to believe it is. Dib possibly watched it along with Mysterious Mysteries and being the nerd that he is, opted to name his son after Mulder, who is a fictional fbi agent in charge of tackling paranormal phenomena.