Almighty Tallest Rango

Almighty Tallest Rango is a male Tallest that supposedly takes his reign after the canon events of *Invader Zim.*

## **Appearance**

Befitting his title, Rango is among the tallest irkens, being as skinny as the previous and future rulers. He has only two fingers on each hand, his thumbs having been self-removed. His eyes are a saturated orange, vertically-narrow or horizontally-long. His antennae are pointed at the end in a crowbar sort of style, as generic irken antennae-- or at least in the case of many males. As this is with most irkens, he has interconnected, smoothly-rounded teeth and transparent, light pink blood.

Like the previous Tallests, Rango regularly wears the traditional Tallest outfit. This consists of a slim, long, articulated collar, an almost-spherical thoracic compartment, pointed shoulder-guards and raised, hemispherical blades above them, a banded corset, a long skirt, and striped gauntlets. Rango wears black boots and black, skintight pants underneath his skirt. His outfit follows an orange-themed color scheme to match his eyes. His PAK, situated on the back of his thoracic compartment, is orange-gray with three orange-maple spots.

## **Personality**

Usually, Tallest Rango is enthusiastic and talkative, with a rather cheerful demeanor. During broadcasted announcements, which may be for a wide variety of events, he tends to either express excitement over having or witnessing a fun time or optimism and hope for his Empire while enduring a not-as-fun situation. He speaks in an engaging way when addressing his Empire as a whole; with less irkens, he would speak at a calmer tone and express patience. However, he sometimes takes on a more neutral tone with non-irken subjects and enemies.

The ambition Rango has had since his days as a smeet has not gone away, though the degree to which it has diminished can vary between different instances (roleplays, or universes). Generally, he holds the long-maintained urge to extend the reach of the Irken Empire throughout the entire known universe through reformation and treaty-making rather than direct conquest, hence the end of Operation Impending Doom II once he takes the places of Tallest Red and Purple. While he is aware of the suffering inflicted on other races as a result, he feels little to no deep sympathy nor recognizes any compassion- even if he claims to.

## **History**

Rango has pictured himself being "the most powerful and coolest Tallest ever" when he was but a wee smeet. As he trained himself up into the position of being an elite soldier, he still had the ambition of claiming the Tallest title one way or another, but not with as much intention for being the "most powerful" or "coolest" as well. He may have participated in several battles across different planets as an elite soldier, following through with his tasks as excellently as he could manage.

By the time he became an invader before or during Operation Impending Doom I, he took notice of Miyuki and Spork's successors' exceptional lousiness that set them apart from both the industrious Tallest and the short-lived one. While blending in on his assigned planet of conquest, Invader Rango was distracted by the peak of his ambition: his discontent with Tallests Red and Purple adding to his now-strong belief that he *had* to do something. Someone like him had to cause something to enable someone else to become Tallest, before the abruptly-broken alliances and regular disregard on Red and Purples' parts would spark too much conflict than would already be caused by irken conquests alone. Negotiations were rarely made. They were unfit for their duties, in his eyes.

In time, he would replace them.

Rango willingly left his planet before he could complete his conquest of it. One way or another, he put himself through the painful process of lengthening his own body and limbs to have a better chance of sufficing as future Tallest. And one way or another, he satisfied his initial ambition and achieved his smeet self's dream. Whether Red and Purple died from elimination or other means, were demoted, or went missing is generally unspecified.

In some potential instances differing from this default event, Rango may have achieved his Tallest role much longer after the time of Red and Purple, in a less-forced and more-natural case.

## **Additional Facts of DOOM**

* Tallest Rango was created and designed in 2015. After a period of no development, let alone use, he was rewritten in mid-2019 and developed through roleplays since then.
* Whether or not he was named after the well-known protagonist of the movie *Rango* is unclear, simply because the creator doesn't remember.
	+ His name rhymes with "mango," which may or may not be another reason he gained his name.
		- It was either that or "Jango."

* In some distant alternate universe somewhere, Rango is a dancer.