42 Facts About Invader Zim

Invader Zim is antagonized by Dib, a young paranormal investigator who is determined to stop Zim from succeeding.

Invader Zim received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with praise primarily directed at its humor, writing, animation, art-style, and the way it pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable on children's television.

Invader Zim has spawned its own fan convention called InvaderCON and a plethora of official merchandise, including video games, toys, clothing and accessories, among many other products.

When Zim learns the Irkens are planning a new invasion called Operation Impending Doom II, he, not understanding the purpose of his exile, "quits being banished" and leaves Foodcourtia and travels to the convention center planet called Conventia, for the Great Assigning, an event where Irken Elite soldiers are chosen to become Invaders and are then assigned by The Tallest to a planet.

Zim is determined to regain his status as an Invader and pleads with The Tallest to assign him a planet.

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The remainder of the show focuses on Invader Zim's time "infiltrating" the human race at school or at his home base, planning attempts at world domination, and the enslavement of humanity.

Invader Zim was inspired by the idea of an alien who came from an incredibly advanced race and has access to such powerful and advanced technology that he could easily take over or destroy the Earth single-handedly, but instead he decides to stay in school all day, never even thinking to sneak out.

Pilot for Invader Zim was pitched to Nickelodeon in 1999, which led to the series being green-lit.

However, he said the experience of working on Invader Zim was "incredibly gratifying", but "fiendishly frustrating".

Invader Zim was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios with Nick Digital providing the CGI animation services and Sunwoo Entertainment providing the 2D animation services.

Invader Zim's art-style was initially difficult for the animators to learn.

Invader Zim was one of the first animated television shows to merge 2D animation with CGI animation.

Episode "Invader Zim Eats Waffles" was originally supposed to be one long shot, panning between Dib's reaction and his computer screen.

When casting voice actors for Invader Zim, Vasquez did not want actors who were just capable of doing zany voices because it sounded less natural to him.

Invader Zim made a point to cast people with speaking voices that were naturally distinct and out of the ordinary so that the cast did not have to do unnatural voices, but could instead just speak naturally.

Invader Zim then remembered when he used to play with hand puppets with his father as a kid and tried to do one of those voices.

Vasquez said that members of the Invader Zim crew laughed at Tavera's version of the theme because it was "cheesy, " adding that the reaction was not mean-spirited and that Tavera had received little information about the series before submitting the music.

Invader Zim was too dark and subversive for Nick's core demographic — and much of the humor flew past the heads of their younger viewers — but in retrospect Vasquez and his director Steve Ressel did everything right.

When Invader Zim was green-lit, Nickelodeon had desired a block of "mature, action-oriented" programming for an older demographic to compete with some of the stuff that Cartoon Network was doing at the time.

Invader Zim ultimately ended up being sandwiched between The Fairly OddParents and Rocket Power, which did not feel like a suitable time slot for the show, according to the creator.

From Invader Zim growing a massive pimple with hypnotic powers, to the class pet hamster, Peepi, evolving into a colossal beast known as "Ultra Peepi", to the glorious introduction of Mini Moose, the show had enough originality to last it a decade.

From its seemingly bizarre nature to its too-early demise, [Invader Zim] brought a darker form of entertainment to [Nickelodeon and] welcomed critical acclaim for straddling the line between child and adult entertainment [and the] constant depiction of Earth as a complete shitcan only adds to this dingy, but delightful program.

Invader Zim had a villain at its center, years before Breaking Bad and Mad Men popularized that dramatic convention for adult audiences.

Variety's Steven Oxman, wrote, "[Invader Zim] captures a nice blend of the innocent and the satirical".

Invader Zim garnered decent ratings for its premiere episode, with a 6.

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Invader Zim has its own fan convention known as InvaderCON, run by Wasabi Anime .

The convention had over a thousand in attendance and featured many Invader Zim-related panels and activities; including a panel where the voice cast read the scripts for the unfinished episodes "Mopiness of Doom" and "Day of da Spookies".

Rebecca Sugar, the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe, is a fan of Invader Zim and has admitted to reading and writing fan fiction and drawing fan art for Invader Zim when she was a teenager.

Invader Zim's show Invader Zim was my gateway drug to the independent comic world.

Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano, the creator of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, is a fan of Invader Zim and has gone on to say that Invader Zim had a "huge influence" on her and her work.

When Invader Zim came out, [the intense stuff we did on the show] was the new barometer by which you could get away with something.

Invader Zim became a controversial series when the show was mentioned at Scott Dyleski's murder trial in 2006.

Invader Zim soon changed his mind to a television movie, since doing a movie would be "infinitely less stressful".

Invader Zim has yet to have a stand-alone video game release, but has been featured in several Nickelodeon related video games.

Invader Zim is the final boss in the game and several other characters from the series make appearances throughout the game.

Questions about Invader Zim have been featured in several episodes of the 2021 game show Tooned In.

Episodes of Invader Zim have been featured in several Nickelodeon compilation DVDs.

Two series of collectible Invader Zim articulated figurines were produced by the company Palisades Toys and released from 2004 to 2006.

Several Invader Zim figurines made by Palisades Toys were released as Hot Topic exclusives.

An Eekeez figurine metallic variant of Invader Zim was released as an Emerald City Comic Con 2019 exclusive and limited to 300 units.

Nickelodeon has licensed a multitude of official Invader Zim products including: a wide variety of clothing, fashion accessories, makeup, jewelry, tabletop games, backpacks, bags, home accessories and decorations, office supplies, car accessories, household appliances, novelty items, holiday decorations, hygiene items and more, all commonly sold at stores like Hot Topic, Newbury Comics, Spencer's and other speciality retailers.

Invader Zim merchandise has been included in subscription boxes such as Loot Crate in September 2017 and The Nick Box in fall 2020.