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COLLECTION · Series · 2001

Invader ZIM

Zim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.

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* 8.5 (462)AnimationComedyFamilyFantasyScience FictionUnited States
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Creators
Jhonen Vasquez
Countries
United States
Studios
Nickelodeon · Nicktoons · Nickelodeon Animation Studio · Nickelodeon Productions
Runtime
11 min/ep
Age rating
TV-Y7
Release
30/03/2001
Score
8.5 / 10 (462)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Kyle Menke (Storyboard Artist) for " The Nightmare Begins "
  • Nominated at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Invader Zim
  • Winner at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Steve Ressel for " The Nightmare Begins "
  • Nominated at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Kevin Manthei
  • Jhonen Vasquez — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Steve Ressel for "Dark Harvest" — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Richard Horvitz as Zim — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Winner at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Best Title Sequence
  • Nominated at 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards — Invader Zim
  • Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Richard Horvitz as Zim in Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
  • Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus — 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
6 episodes · 2000
Pilot
Episode 1. Pilot
2000-11-12 · 11 min

Dib has been taking notice of how ZIM never eats human food and he believes he may just be able to exploit this fact to prove ZIM is an alien. However, ZIM isn’t about to let someone ruin his mission and he does everything he can to…

Episode 2. The Voices of Zim
11 min

An interview with the cast and creators of Invader ZIM.

Episode 3. The Writers of Zim
11 min

Interviews with the writers of Invader ZIM.

Episode 4. Interview with the Production Staff
11 min

Interviews with the Production Staff of Invader ZIM.

Episode 5. Invader Zim Sound Design
12 min

Interview with Kevin Manthei on the production and sound design behind Invader ZIM.

Episode 6. Interview with Kevin Manthei
11 min

An interview with the composer for the soundtrack of Invader ZIM.

Season 1
Season 1
36 episodes · 2001
The Nightmare Begins
Episode 1. The Nightmare Begins
2001-03-30 · 24 min

Dedicated Irken soldier Zim is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where he disguises himself as an elementary-school student and gathers information about human beings. His plan is moving smoothly until an extraterrestrial-obsessed…

Parent-Teacher Night
Episode 2. Parent-Teacher Night
2001-04-06 · 11 min

After another day at the Earth skool, Ms. Bitters reminds the children that it’s Parent Teacher Night and that all the parents must come to the skool at the end of the day. Zim becomes worried because his robotic parents aren’t…

Walk of Doom
Episode 3. Walk of Doom
2001-04-06 · 11 min

Zim goes on an outing to the downtown area in order to test a new guidance chip he installed in GIR, but when GIR removes the chip before leaving in order to store a cupcake, Zim and GIR are left lost and have to resort to public…

Bestest Friend
Episode 4. Bestest Friend
2001-04-13 · 11 min

When Zim makes a huge scene over his inability to eat lunch food, he overhears one of the girls at school talking about how inhuman he seems to be and how he has no friends. In an attempt to appear more normal, Zim decides to spend time…

NanoZim
Episode 5. NanoZim
2001-04-13 · 11 min

When Dib finally manages to get a picture of Zim without him in his disguise, Zim formulates a plan to shrink himself down into a microscopic size to get into Dib’s body and perform a brain wipe to prevent him from remembering where he…

Germs
Episode 6. Germs
2001-04-20 · 11 min

After Zim watches an old movie where some invading aliens are defeated by some bacteria, he begins to study germs more. However, when he discovers that such germs truthfully are everywhere, he begins a crusade to kill every germ in his…

Dark Harvest
Episode 7. Dark Harvest
2001-04-20 · 11 min

When Dib finds out that Zim has no human organs, he attempts to exploit Zim’s ailment of head pigeons to get the skool’s nurse to examine Zim in hopes she will see the truth. However, when Dib blurts his plan out to Zim, Zim develops a…

Attack of the Saucer Morons
Episode 8. Attack of the Saucer Morons
2001-04-27 · 11 min

Zim attempts to test some of the defenses that Earth has by taking his Voot out for a drive to monitor local police units. However, when a bumble bee crashes into his vehicle, Zim comes crashing down in the park, in which he heads home…

The Wettening
Episode 9. The Wettening
2001-04-27 · 11 min

When it begins to rain one day, Zim becomes worried because he’s never experienced rain before. Dib takes notice of his fear and he coaxes Zim into stepping into the rain, only to discover that the Irken race has an innate weakness to…

Career Day
Episode 10. Career Day
2001-05-04 · 11 min

Ms. Bitters is assigning students their mentors for Career Day through the use of an aptitude test and a machine. Both Dim and Zim attempt to get their desired professions on the test, in which Dib manages to get paired with a Paranormal…

Battle-Dib
Episode 11. Battle-Dib
2001-05-04 · 11 min

When Dib finally manages to be permitted to present his findings on Zim to the Swollen Eyeball Network, he believes he will be able to put an end to Zim’s schemes once and for all. However, when he discovers that he needs his father’s…

A Room with a Moose
Episode 12. A Room with a Moose
2001-08-17 · 11 min

When Zim formulates a plan to get revenge on his skoolmates and especially Dib, he gets them all participating on a fieldtrip. Dib, however, realizes that the driver of the bus isn’t real, but due to his constant theories, the other…

Hamstergeddon
Episode 13. Hamstergeddon
2001-08-17 · 11 min

While at skool one day, Ms. Bitters tells the class that they need a new pet hamster due to the orders of the skool’s board of directors. When the hamster arrives, all the children love the hamster because of how adorable it is, in which…

Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain
Episode 14. Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain
2001-08-24 · 11 min

When Zim’s headquarters are having security problems, Zim attempts to upgrade the security system and get the job over with. He decides to put Gir in charge of ensuring nothing goes wrong while he replaces the computer’s AI, but when Gir…

Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy
Episode 15. Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy
2001-08-24 · 11 min

Zim finally finishes one of his self proclaimed brilliant inventions, a space-time-object-transfer device, in which he plans to send a giant robot into the past in order to put an end to Dib once and for all. However, when the robot…

Planet Jackers
Episode 16. Planet Jackers
2001-08-31 · 11 min

Zim is upset because all of the other Invaders are doing much better in their tasks than he is, though he inadvertently discovers that his signal to the data hub has been interrupted. When Zim takes a closer look, he discovers that the…

Rise of the Zitboy
Episode 17. Rise of the Zitboy
2001-08-31 · 11 min

When Zim comes home from a lousy day at skool because he found out that Dib knows a flaw in his security system, Gir attempts to cheer him up by rubbing bacon oil all over his face. However, when Zim develops a pimple due to the grease,…

Plague of Babies
Episode 18. Plague of Babies
2001-09-07 · 11 min

When Zim’s Voot Cruiser has a mechanical failure and it sends Zim and Gir flying through the skies, Zim manages to gain control just in time to land safely in their headquarters. However, Zim is highly upset because a human baby saw the…

Bloaty's Pizza Hog
Episode 19. Bloaty's Pizza Hog
2001-09-07 · 11 min

Dib believes he has figured out a way to successfully tunnel into Zim’s underground base, but when his father comes in and announces that it’s the Membrane family’s night out and that Gaz gets to pick the place to eat, Dib runs off saying…

Bolognius Maximus
Episode 20. Bolognius Maximus
2001-09-21 · 11 min

When Dib once again notices that Zim isn’t eating his food, he throws a piece of bologna at him in order to taunt him, in which the bologna fuses with Zim’s skin, causing him immense pain. Zim vows to get his revenge and during the next…

Game Slave 2
Episode 21. Game Slave 2
2001-09-21 · 11 min

When Gaz sees an advertisement for the new handheld gaming console, the Game Slave 2, she decides that she really needs to go to the mall in order to get one. However, when her father insists that she takes Dib to the mall as well, he…

Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom
Episode 22. Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom
2001-10-26 · 24 min

It’s Halloween and the entire town is getting into the Halloween spirit; much to Zim’s dismay because he considers the entire concept to be insane and he doesn’t want filthy Earth children coming to his house. Meanwhile, Ms. Bitters…

Mysterious Mysteries
Episode 23. Mysterious Mysteries
2002-03-22 · 11 min

When Mysterious Mysteries is having trouble in ratings due to their lack of stories, they decide to take drastic measures and they finally let Dib onto the show. Dib believes this is his best chance to reveal Zim for what he is and he…

Future Dib
Episode 24. Future Dib
2002-03-22 · 11 min

Professor Membrane has just unveiled a world changing machine that will completely remove the entire need for fuel, though if the machine were to malfunction, it could cause a giant shockwave that would destroy all life on Earth.…

Door to Door
Episode 25. Door to Door
2002-03-29 · 11 min

The skool is holding a candy drive in order to get some finances, in which the individual who sells the most chocolate bars will get a secret mystery prize. Zim becomes interested and he attempts to find a way to sell the most chocolate…

FBI Warning of Doom
Episode 26. FBI Warning of Doom
2002-03-29 · 11 min

Gir has recently been watching a movie he rented from the local mall, in which Zim just happens to be in the room when the FBI Warning is displayed on screen. Just as Zim realizes this, he gets a phone call from the mall saying they need…

Battle of the Planets
Episode 27. Battle of the Planets
2002-04-05 · 24 min

When Zim goes to Mars to attempt to find a way to destroy the Earth, figuring that whatever killed the life on Mars may work for Earth as well, he stumbles across the face on Mars, which he later discovers that is actually the controls…

Abducted
Episode 28. Abducted
2002-04-12 · 11 min

When Zim is attempting to explain to the Almighty Tallest that the humans are both dumb and tall, he gets interrupted when the doorbell rings and his transmission to the Tallest is cut short. The two individuals at the door claim to be…

The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot
Episode 29. The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot
2002-04-12 · 11 min

When Professor Membrane invites some of his colleagues over to the house, they insult and mock Dib because of his hobby of paranormal investigation. Matters become even worse for Dib when Mysterious Mysteries begins to show a segment on…

Megadoomer
Episode 30. Megadoomer
2002-04-26 · 11 min

The Almighty tallest are examining a storage planet in order to send valuable goods to the Invaders to help them on their missions. They decide to send a Megadoomer Combat Stealth Mech to Invader Tenn to help her conquest of the planet…

Lice
Episode 31. Lice
2002-04-26 · 11 min

When at skool one day, a child comes into class late because his head was itchy, which Ms. Bitters recognizes that it was due to lice. Before she can do anything, however, the lice infect the rest of the students in the class, so Ms,…

TAK: The Hideous New Girl
Episode 32. TAK: The Hideous New Girl
2002-05-10 · 24 min

An Irken masquerades as the new girl at school in order to settle an old score with Zim.

GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff
Episode 33. GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff
2002-05-24 · 11 min

When Zim attempts to taint the Earth’s cow-meat supply with sewer water is ruined because of Gir’s antics, he decides to increase the power on Gir’s behavioral modifier, which will permit him to stay in serious mode all the time.…

Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom
Episode 34. Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom
2002-05-24 · 11 min

While at school one day, Zim throws another fit about the lunch food so Dib throws a muffin at him, which causes Zim to run away in anger. The next day, a pair of Meekrob come to Dib in his sleep and grant him marvelous super powers, in…

Hobo 13
Episode 35. Hobo 13
2002-07-12 · 11 min

When Zim’s constant requests to the Tallest get on their nerves, they attempt to remind him that he is an Invader, not a battle soldier, and that he doesn’t have the training to use the equipment he requested. In order for Zim to prove…

Walk for Your Lives
Episode 36. Walk for Your Lives
2002-09-28 · 11 min

During Probing Day, the day where the Tallest evaluate the Invaders’ performances, Zim has Dib captured in a space-time-field prison which is keeping him in slow motion, in which Zim wants to perform experiments on him for the Tallest.…

Season 2
Season 2
10 episodes · 2002
The Most Horrible X-mas Ever
Episode 1. The Most Horrible X-mas Ever
2002-12-10 · 24 min

Zim's Yuletide plan to overtake Earth by posing as Santa starts to backfire when he takes on characteristics of the Jolly Old Elf. Dib, meanwhile, tries to save the population from impending doom.

Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars
Episode 2. Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars
2006-06-10 · 24 min

Dib interferes majorly with Zim's plan to bring the Almighty Tallest to Earth just as he's preparing to bring about the downfall of the human race with mind-sucking parasites.

Mortos der Soulstealer
Episode 3. Mortos der Soulstealer
2006-06-17 · 11 min

Dib summons Mortos der Soulstealer, a mystical being who emerges once every thousand years, in order to wish for him to steal ZIM’s soul. However, when it turns out that Mortos needs to recharge his power before he can complete the task…

ZIM Eats Waffles
Episode 4. ZIM Eats Waffles
2006-06-17 · 11 min

When Dib finally manages to get a spy camera inside Zim’s house, he plans to exploit the moment to show the Swollen Eyeball Network the truth about Zim’s nature. Unfortunately for Dib, Zim is more concerned with Gir’s waffles than his…

The Girl Who Cried Gnome
Episode 5. The Girl Who Cried Gnome
2006-07-15 · 11 min

When a girl named Moofy comes to Zim’s house and attempts to sell him cookies, he freaks out and sends a robot gopher to get rid of her. However, when Moofy falls into a hole, the story breaks out and a crowd of people and a news agency…

Dibship Rising
Episode 6. Dibship Rising
2006-07-15 · 11 min

When Dib discovers that Tak’s ship he recovered has a built in AI, he decides to reprogram the ship with his own personality. While Dib is quite pleased with initial results, the spaceship begins to behave more and more like the real Dib…

Vindicated!
Episode 7. Vindicated!
2006-07-22 · 11 min

Dib talks to a counselor about his belief that Zim is an alien.

The Voting of the Doomed
Episode 8. The Voting of the Doomed
2006-07-22 · 11 min

Class elections find Zim running against a Dib-backed Willy for president.

Gaz, Taster of Pork
Episode 9. Gaz, Taster of Pork
2006-08-12 · 24 min

Gaz develops an unhealthy fondness for the flavor of pork.

The Frycook What Came From All That Space
Episode 10. The Frycook What Came From All That Space
2006-08-19 · 24 min

Zim's former boss is mad at him for leaving, so he kidnaps him and makes him work at his old job on the planet Foodcourtia.

Cast by season
Andy Berman
Andy Berman
Dib (voice)
Lucille Bliss
Lucille Bliss
Ms. Bitters (voice)
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★ 7.0 / 10
*SPOILER REVIEW* This could've honestly only been a three-day watch if I actually put dedication into watching it, but it just took me over a month because I wasn't *that* interested in it. Overall my thoughts on the show are pretty good, but I feel like a lot of it's praise is a bit overblown because it has a way more dark tone compared to other Nickelodeon shows and has been looked as a black sheep in the studio's catalog and raided Hot Topic ever since. I will admit seeing pretty dark and graphic in a show that was targeted to families is pretty cool, but after a dozen or so episodes, the show stops having these really dark moments, probably because Nick didn't like *how* dark it could get. Like in the second episode, A kid gets his eyes popped out and of course the infamous "Dark Harvest" episode which has sense been linked to a real world crime, but I'm just say this, if you say something "inspired" you do a crime, you were gonna do it anyway, you would just be pointing the finger to the creators who had nothing to do with it. So yeah, it's main appeal of being graphicly dark wears off in the first dozen or so episodes, so what else does the have? Well, I guess I could talk about the characters. Zim was pretty good as the titular main character. I like seeing this enjoyably over-the-top, yet incompetent little alien constantly attempting to take over the earth only fail miserably, and I even like the fact that he's hated by the Irken Empire because ruins everything. I'm kinda mixed on Dib, because he can be really unlikable and acts really selfishly, but he can be really entertaining also in good episodes. Gaz is also enjoyable, but unfortunately the shows doesn't give her a lot of time to shine. Same can be said about Professor Membrane, but barely gets any time to shine, but the moments he had were hilarious. and of course, GIR. GIR, best character in the whole show and I totally understand the hype around him. I mean it's GIR!!! He's so precious, I loved watching that little ball of cuteness just be GIR and I would totally buy a plushie of him. I've noticed that most of my favorite episodes involve that actual Irken Empire, which made me realize that the show barely ever tries to flesh out this race of aliens and their world which made me pretty disappointed, but maybe the comics dive into it more, so who knows. The Taller duo could be pretty fun sometimes and it's cute that it's just because of their height gives them power. After that, I don't have too much to add. Good show, enjoyable characters, cool art direction, rad dark moments, but with some comedy that doesn't really work for me. Best episode (in my opinion): Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars Weakest episode: Bolognius Maximus 3/2/23 Edit: I watch the pilot, it was okay. I mean it got the style right in all, but the story was incredibly basic and the voices for Zim and GIR in the pilot just don’t fit those characters at all, also the teeth for Dib was just gross
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