Zips



Zips is a strange doppelganger of Sips, appearing out of nowhere in Episode 30 of Sipsco Space Program. His Minecraft username is "_Zips", believed to be "Sips_" (Sips' username) reversed. Although he is clearly physically based on Sips, with grey skin and a Spacemen-themed outfit with blue highlights, there are several flaws that instantly differentiate him from the real Sips, such as having a receding hairline, a deep, gravelly voice, a uni brow, and lazy eyes. Additionally, the square symbol on Sips' chest has been replaced with a circle on Zips' outfit. Despite these flaws and differences, Sjin seems unaware that his best friend has been replaced, writing these (and personality errors described below) off to Sips being 'off his game today'.

Although Zips seems to possess an understanding of the mechanics of Minecraft and the Galacticraft mod, he generally seems confused, believing he could get into spaaace by building a giant nerdpole. Additionally, while he seems to have been supplied with information that would allow him to pass for Sips, much of it is flawed or openly incorrect; he repeatedly refers to SipsCo and its slogan "Big Money, Big Women, Big Fun" as the ZipsCo Gravel Company, with the slogan "No Money, No Women, No Fun", and calls Slime Island "Goo Fort". He also consistently pronounces Sjin's name as "Si-jin", unlike the real Sips who simplifies it to "Shin".

While Zips has so far just attempted to pass himself off as Sips and continue SipsCo's attempts to build a rocket ship and get into space, going as far as helping to build the items required for constructing a rocket, his true motivations and long-term goals remain unclear, though ominous.

At the beginning of Sjintech Space Rescue, a paranoid Zips rigs Slime Island (and the quarr below) with TNT, convinced that Sjin isn't the real "Sijin". After testing Sjin on his door preference, claiming the real one prefers spruce over mahogany, he detonates the TNT and flies away in the spare airship.

Origin
At the end of the episode that introduces Zips, Sips sends a message to Sjin, stating that Zips is a clone and that he has been abducted and put on Mars. He instructs Sjin to kill Zips and come and rescue him. Sips' message is cut off when "them" approaches.

Trivia

 * As seen in the video that introduces Zips at 12:32 _Zips has two way points. An unnamed one at 335m distance and BakedBeanz at 660m. Honeydew has the exact same way points visible at their #41 "Moonquest" video 10:54  the BakedBeanz and 10:58  the unnamed way point at the same distance as _Zips.
 * Zips could be a replacement for Sips, as Sips revealed on Tumblr and Reddit that he will not do any Minecraft videos in the new year, as he has now found Minecraft "boring".