This is the best scene in the entirety of IZ imo it’s literally perfect

according to the staff commentary for this episode, the script actually called for heavy traffic to be rushing past Dib and Zim in this scene, which is why they’re shouting at each other, and you can even still sort of hear the sound effects

but then, for whatever reason, in the finished episode they just

forgot the cars

@arr-jim-lad I’m CRYING is that actually a thing that happened, I can’t believe I’ve never heard this

YES

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS AS A LITTLE KID AND THINKING IT WAS SO FUCKING FUNNY, ME AND MY BROTHER WERE DYING.

Another for the lost in translation category.

The original request from the writing team to the animation team was simply: “Rhys flips off the monitors as he runs by.” The intent was to have Rhys simply turn off the monitors in an act of defiance, but instead, the animation team interpreted it to mean that Rhys performs a crude gesture.

Apparently, creative director Nick Herman found the mistake to be too hilarious to not use, and so they wound up shipping it.