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Invader Zim is an American animated dark comedy science fiction[1] television series that was created by comic book writer and cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez and aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) from the planet Irk and his ongoing mission to conquer or destroy a dark and satirical version of the Earth. His various attempts to subjugate and destroy the human race are invariably undermined by some combination of his own ineptitude, his malfunctioning robot servant GIR (Rosearik Rikki Simons) and his nemesis Dib (Andy Berman), one of very few humans not oblivious enough to be unaware of Zim's identity.
Invader Zim premiered on March 30, 2001. The series was targeted at older children and adolescents[2][3] and met with critical acclaim. As the series went on, ratings declined and budgetary issues became more frequent.[4][5] Before the second season was completed, Nickelodeon canceled the series, leaving several episodes unfinished.[6][7] The show originally ran on Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2002,[8] with six of the completed second-season episodes initially going unreleased. These episodes were first made available on DVD in 2004 and later made their television debut on the Nicktoons Network in 2006.[9] Despite its early cancellation, it has been widely regarded as a cult classic[10][11][12][13][14][15] due to increasing popularity and above-average merchandise sales.[10][16][11]
The series consists of a pilot episode, twenty-seven episodes split into forty-six episode segments, and at least seventeen unfinished episode segments that were in production at the time of the series' cancellation. On December 24, 2011, the pilot episode aired on television for the first time. Thirty-eight episode segments were originally broadcast in pairs, each 12-minute episode segment debuting in the same half-hour. There are eight double-length episodes which run for 24-minutes each. This list is ordered by the episode order in the DVD releases, with broadcast dates noted. Every episode was directed by Steve Ressel; except the pilot, which was directed by Jordan Reichek.
A television film based on the series, entitled Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, premiered August 16, 2019 on Netflix.[17][18][19]
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- ^ Graham, Andrea. "Invader Zim review". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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- ^ Powell, Dougie (23 November 2017). "25 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Invader Zim". TheGamer. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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- ^ a b Jones, Tim (9 February 2011). "Invader Zim a cult classic". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b Frank, Allegra (April 6, 2017). "Invader Zim's strange path from cult hit to all-time classic". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ Marnell, Blair (April 4, 2017). "Invader Zim Is Returning to Nickelodeon in the Best Way Possible". Nerdist. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (4 April 2017). "'Invader Zim' Re-Invades Nick in Original TV Movie". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Holub, Christian (April 5, 2017). "Invader Zim still wants to conquer the world in new teaser". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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- ^ Thompson, Barry (20 March 2015). "Aaron Alexovich on His New Invader Zim Comic, Non Sequitur Humor and the Power of Hot Topic T-Shirts". Paste. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (June 26, 2018). "Nickelodeon Sets 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Invader Zim' & More For Comic-Con 2018". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 26, 2018). "Nickelodeon's TMNT, Invader ZIM & More Coming to SDCC 2018". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "NickALive!: Netflix Acquires Nickelodeon's 'Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling' and 'Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus' TV Movies". Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.