I still don't wanna see him tortured either, even if he deserves it
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And he doesn't deserve 95% of the punishments he gets, his punishments (especially in earlier seasons) tend to be way worse than what he actually did. Plus he just wanted some time to himself, not an unreasonable thing at all. And even then he's a lot like Squidward where he's coming from such a sympathetic angle already that it's easier for fans to forgive minor hiccups.
The bottom line is that all of the kids make mistakes but in the end they all love each other anyway, and usually all will be forgiven by the end of the episode. The show is about familial love, and No Such Luck pisses on everything the show stands for. Not helped by Lynn Sr. and Rita (their parents), who are normally rational parents (if a bit goofy sometimes) going full on Mr. and Mrs. Turner that episode.
EDIT: Whoops...
Back to the item discussion, the Fenton Thermos and Lawn Gnome prove that items can coexist alongside characters that use them in their movesets and visa versa (though I will say, considering Zim's gnome is a stage obstacle the item feels a bit redundant. Would've given the slot to a show without an item.