Let's compile what we know of the Irken: >They are typically the size of 12 year old human children. >They value the literal body height of individuals above skill and accomplishment. >They breed purely through artificial means but do have sexes. >Most of brain power is located in a cybernetic enhancement. >Said enhancement is also a life-support system and encodes their station. >Whoever is the tallest will become "leader" and is stretched out to make sure they stay tallest longer. >The leader doesn’t seem to do much beyond overseeing invasions of other planets. >Liquid water burns their skin. >Their blemishes have a hypnotic effect on humans. >Computers appear to make more important decisions than the official leaders. >They have both insect and reptile like features. >Despite their claims of superiority to all other species, a signifigant portion of their technology was engineered by other species. >Creating an empire seems to mostly be an excuse to make room for parking lots and junk food factories.
This, OP forgot about the Control Brains, which aren't actually AI but genetically engineered Irkens who don't need bodies anymore, and are the ones actually in charge of the empire.
Brandon Baker
water doesn't burn their skin, polluted shit quality earth water full of smog does.
any drawfriend making cute little situations with this character will have a SPOT UNDER MY UNDYING PLANETARY REIGN and my love
Thomas Gomez
>Liquid water burns their skin. Correction: Only EARTH water burns their skin. Commentary confirmed it's an allergy due to waterborne pollution. The planet is a dump.
It appears that they only got on top through invading. After years of spying, stealing tech, and establishing The Armada from other races accomplishments they just became a lazy fuck all race with win buttons
I might... MIGHT be inclined as I'm doing Invaders at the moment.
Jose Anderson
Some info from the commentary track >They're ambidextrous >Their back pact make them self sufficient
Evan Reyes
kek
Jackson Walker
This The only question is whether the AI is one of their own inventions gone rogue or I'd the AI created them from whole cloth
Carson Williams
From the snippets of lore released it seems that they're ancient Irkens who evolved to the point where they put their brains into machines and created mass supplies of cloned Irkens
Matthew Johnson
>They value the literal body height of individuals above skill and accomplishment Eh, sort of.
From what I know, "invader" is the highest rank that isn't Tallest, and considering Skoodge managed to achieve that rank regardless, its reasonable to say they DO, in fact, value skill and accomplishment to a pretty huge degree, considering how severe their society's prejudice is towards shorties
Mason Scott
Zim's pimple was able to hypnotize GIR as well, so the blemish thing might not be limited to humans.
Kayden Fisher
When does it say the Control Brains are Irkens?
Grayson Ross
Side material/commentaries
Jaxon Sullivan
A garbage race, probably ancient enough to eventually develop technology that made them less retarded. Humanity will eventually eclipse these Xenos.
Hunter Evans
Praise be to the God-Emperor, honorable battle brother
What are you talking about? they assigned Skoodge the slaughtering rat people for being short and when he managed to conquer the planet the tallest shooted him out of a cannon and gave the credit to a taller Irkem.
Yeah but keep in mind that's just the Tallest being pricks. Most Irkens don't really like the Tallest's beyond their military/cultural system forcing them to be subservient to them.
Zim is probably one of the few that genuinely look up to and respect the Tallest beyond basic obligation.
Jordan Adams
>IZ lore makes more sense then Signs >Also came before Signs Is that funny or sad?
Sebastian Davis
Dude, it's the Vasquez-verse. The only reason the Irkens keep winning is because the other sentients species are equally, if not more incompetent.
Julian Sullivan
Yes.
Ayden Powell
Threadly reminder that Skoodge hasn't appeared in the comics or the new movie because his sheer power level would make any and all plots immediately resolved
Connor Morris
It's a little bit of both. In "Tak the Hideous New Girl" we see that there is a military training planet and you take tests in order to achieve higher ranks. Within that rank, you are given better assignments based on your height as height conveys social standing.
Matthew Bailey
They need to draw him only with pants to contain it.
For anyone who doesn't already know this, if the lack of alien-on-human action in IZ ever gets you down, there's always an anime named Keroro Gunso (Sergeant Frog) with some IZ similarities where the insanely short alien x human romance is at least unrequited canon.
>>Liquid water burns their skin. Acid water (acid rains for example) burns their skin. >>reptile like features. huh?
Asher Brooks
This is the only fandom where I don't cringe at your guy's OC.
Tyler Collins
It's weird how acceptable the OC stuff is for this fandom. Everything seems to fit, nothing is out of place or excessive.
Adam Evans
Well, they do have sexes, so I think that means the only thing in the way is that its been phased out of their culture for more efficient, controlled methods of breeding. There had to be some way they reproduced enough to *get* to that tech level.
Cooper Rivera
Here's something I don't understand - shouldn't The Tallest despise other tall Irkens? Anyone above average height might become a threat to their leadership one day, so shouldn't they be sneakily sabotaging them instead of shooting midgets like Skoodge into space?
Noah Perry
I assume Irkens stop growing at some point.
Nicholas Diaz
I figure there's some kind of mechanic, either in their dna or pak, that encourages Irkens to elevate taller Irken. But due to the cloning they never actually get taller as a species.
Character's who were meant to appear in cancelled later episodes, and did actually appear in Enter the Flurpos.
Control Brain's are the real leaders of the Irken's who assign the Tallest's as figure heads while the make all the actual decisions in the background.
Daniel Carter
So I just watched the movie with the GF (She was a big IZ fan, I never got too into it), but did the movie seem to be a bit brighter and cleaner compared to the show? I remember the show having an unapologetic grime to it.
Also I feel like the animation wasn't as...elastic? I don't know, you could definitely tell it was done in Flash.
Ian Ramirez
I don't remember any control brains in Enter The Florpus, and I'm sure they would've made the decision to turn
Justin Cooper
>seem to be a bit brighter and cleaner Yes, yes it was
David Wright
They were in a dream sequence. But, yeah, an actual intelligence managing the irken makes no sense. But, well, the show was kinda just do whatever is funny or something.
Christian Lopez
Both are correct. The movie was also less disgusting, you really can't eat anything and watch most IZ episodes at the same time. Still fucking baffled its first two non-origin story episodes featured a kid's shadow blatantly showing his eyes getting ripped out of his head, and stealing then vomiting up human organs
Jackson Fisher
They were in Zim's imagine spot about the Tallest reprogramming him.
Lucas Torres
They appeared in that scene when Zim was imagining himself going to trial for failing his mission.
The exact concept years ago which they were supposed to be formerly introduced actually (however the original episode was Zim going to Trial for killing the previous Tallest).
Aiden Clark
That's also the reason why stuff like meat hurts zim
I'd enjoy watching IZ that was less... grimy and nauseating in the style of the movie. Who knows, maybe Nick will actually reboot it after all the hype.
Asher Perry
In the rare chance the show gets renewed, probably. They're too popular to just remove like that and this isn't the first time an episode ends with characters in intense agony.
Nathan Nguyen
The art's really cool even if this is completely out of place with the series.
The main problems some fans have with making their own stuff is they make shit too edgy. IZ is darker and edgier then most kid shows sure but it still ultimately a silly and comedic show.
Luis Sullivan
the series doesn't have that much potential anyway
Kayden Wood
I could see it working as long as whoever she was interacting with was completely taking the piss out of her. Some oohs and ahhs then she gets stuck as a can opener or something.
Isaac James
Okay, not sure how most fans feel about that but it definitely made the movie more accessible.
I actually remember as a kid, the scene with pizza hog taking his suit off is when I was done with the show. It was just too much for my tastes.
Zachary Young
Aw, I liked the nauseating grime.
Gabriel Martinez
Control Brains were in the show, first during the flashback sequence in Tak's episode, and then similarly in Sizz-Lor's episode.
I think it suits the style and world they live in better I agree. Though I do think the reboot has its own charm, the lighting especially looks nice.
Isaac Martinez
Brief History:
Kiki was born like every other Irken: in a mass-produced tube in a nursery under the surface of Irk. She attended the Academy, learned what she needed to learn, went on to train as an Elite, and then land her projected profession as an Invader. She was assigned her planet, went forward with her mission with gusto, and came out of it victorious to present a new one-purpose celestial body for her Tallests to use at their leisure. But it should be said that she was mostly successful.
Truth be told, when she was working on getting her assigned planet ready to be conquered, she blended in so well that she attracted the attention of a very lonely little social outcast that slowly grew to adore her, much to her dismay. Eventually, around the last couple of days she was on-planet, she received that blue and off-yellow striped scarf she constantly wears from that native and had a brief moment of conflict in her mind that made her ask herself, "Is this wrong? Am I wrong for doing this?".
Ever since then, she's never been able to get rid of the thing no matter how hard she tries to just dump it into the trash or incinerate it. The scarf is a symbol of her guilt and is a physical manifestation of her compromised resolve. She's very good at hiding it but she's now aware that she's starting to 'malfunction' and may be subject to deactivation if it gets any worse. Feelings makes soldiers soft--makes them a liability.
I was gonna complain about heterochromia but honestly a mad bomber makes up for it.
Jordan Lewis
>5'7" I want to say that's too tall for an Irken but considering the absolute unit that is Sizzlor probably not.
Joseph Roberts
I accept this as my new head canon...
Robert Wright
The race as a whole is woefully incompetent as shown by how easily Professor Membrane was able to handle them when he stopped being retarded for two minutes. If Earth could harness the professor's autism for at least a half hour the empire would crumble almost immediately
Robert Morris
>>They are typically the size of 12 year old human children. Keep in mind that Zim is very small for an Irken.
I always assumed that the Tallest were just as short as all the other Irkens and their bodies were just cybernetic suits made to make them seem taller. I was even waiting for this to be a reveal in Enter the Florpus, but alas it is forever only a fan theory of mine. I haven't even heard of any side stuff that corroborates this.
Easton Ortiz
>Keroro I think they'd get along. They're both members of "main character is my childhood friend and also an ass and I get the shit abused out of me" club.
On a related note, Irken Empire vs Keronian Army who wins
>On a related note, Irken Empire vs Keronian Army who wins The Keronians, probably. The Irkens have lots of advanced technology, but Keronian tech is a whole other level of crazy.
Plus, their incompetence is less pervasive.
Christopher Miller
Wait, I thought Shamalama hinted in an interview that the aliens were actually demons, and the water that hurt them had been 'blessed' by the little girl somehow. Or that might have been a lie or something, this is the internet.
Nathaniel Clark
I saw this theory in some youtube video, rewatched the movie (even though I hated it the first time) and the theory checks out as far as I know. They even go so far as to call her a miracle child and blessed many times throughout the film
Cooper Morris
OP you seem to know a lot about this shit.
Can you source every >statement you made to a particular episode or comic?
If I'm not mistaken Vasquez stated that they are truly tall and it's not just cybernetic suits.
But I don't feel like looking it up.
Jack Phillips
He probably has a private water filtration system for him and his kids.
Wyatt Gutierrez
Sauce? This is too cute.
Carter Lopez
In an early drawing in the shows bible, the Tallest didn't look that much taller than an average Irken.
This is probably more due to Jhonen changing his mind though, than the implication that this is what really they look like, but its a fun theory.
I personally always liked the idea that they keep artificially enhancing their own height to ensure they stay the tallest (as opposed to simply hiding in a suit). that might explain why all the tallests we've see got their position due to the previous ones dying, rather than another Irken outgrowing them. Its just not a height most Irkens can reach "naturally".
Obviously, given how many times characters die at the end of an episode and come back. At most, it'll be like when Dib and Zim were permanently stuck as bologna and, like a dozen episodes later, they'll just throw out a blurb about how they "got better."
Luke Green
If the Tallest just do what the Control Brains make them, then the control brains are just as retarded as the tallest, and their master plan for impending doom 2 is literally to go in a straight line
Parker Morales
That’s probably like saying you are a 7’2” human.
Isaac Miller
Who will be the new tallest? The announcer?
Christopher Thompson
>Age: 20 Zim is older than any human alive (according to Jhonen), so the Irken race as a whole is obviously long-lived.
Julian Lee
ty
Alexander Clark
Are the Tallest even actually tall or are they just wearing tall cyber suits?
Jacob Butler
Is Membrane smarter than the Irkens?
Asher Collins
DEEPEST LORE
Eli Jackson
their fucked, brother.
Connor Russell
Yes
Maybe
No
Matthew Moore
>FEAR ME HUMANS! I, ZIM!!! HAVE MASTERED THE POWER OF THE N-WORD!! NOT EVEN YOUR LEADER OBAMA I WILL SAFE YOU NOW!!!
Elijah Adams
>and is stretched out to make sure they stay tallest longer
That is fucking disgusting, even for Invader Zim. Jesus Christ.
Gavin Garcia
Aren't burgers in the zimverse made out of masking tape?
Julian Murphy
Of course not, that would be silly. They're napkins.
Dominic Jenkins
MacMeaties uses microbial-free imitiation SPACE MEAT made out of paper napkins, yes.
Julian Richardson
Would they be able to beat the trolls or be evenly matched with them?
I always admired just how much variation there was in the background Irkens despite the species having such a simple design.
Asher Jackson
Trolls are stupid, they would defeat themselves, trolls belong on the bed and should stay there
Thomas Sanders
>Creating an empire seems to mostly be an excuse to make room for parking lots and junk food factories. Are they muricans then?
Colton Torres
Trolls would be outmatched. They rely on psychic powers, long lifespans, and expendable labor. The Irkens have far superior technology, and far greater numbers. A short skirmish could end in Troll victory depending on the attributes of the belligerents. But a total war would result in a landslide Irken victory.
Robert Martin
Which Irken is the must huggable
Carter Russell
>All the Irkens cone to the Membranes just to mooch water
Bentley Carter
Invader Poot
Jayden Jones
He had trouble with the moose. To Zim it was a ptetty easy thing to do and make.
Bugs and reptiles are classifications given to Earth life. It would be silly to use our evolutionary tree as a model for the classification of a species that did not evolve on our planet.
Irkens are burrowing eusocial creatures most similar to ants.
Hudson Murphy
Dib calls Zim a lizard more than once
Jeremiah Martinez
what are you fucking gay?
Angel Parker
Isn't that more of insult because he is green like some lizards?
Like how he thinks of him like a spider while his Swollen Eyeball codename is Mothman. Even the PAK legs make Zim move like a spider would.
Andrew Watson
Doubtful, considering that nearly every human who’s last name isn’t “Membrane” is terminally retarded
Julian Gonzalez
>eusocial That’s wrong, but I can’t think of a way to dispute your claim while using the terminology of the show. If anything, it’d be more like Cicada Killer Wasps. At best, Bumblebees.
Ayden Green
They’re aliens, they would probably belong to their own class. Best case scenario, they fit the definition of arthropod or chordata. Do you even specbio m8?
Chase Morris
Fuuck Are the tallest dead!?
James Rogers
Yes. Also Zim and Dib are still bologna
Leo Morales
are you stupid? they never even died in the movie. even the dog didn't die
It's been ages since I've seen that episode, but didn't Zim but a cream on it that caused it to expand? Might be a mutant chemical reaction
Hudson Thomas
>tape-worm four years of age This is still among the funniest things I’ve ever seen in writing.
Robert Long
All demon theories aside, it's even funnier that ZIM despite the point being he's comically stupid, overcomes the water weakness in 1 ep despite being given intentionally crappy/defective resources. He just uses some paste he finds to create a protective layer. Meanwhile whether aliens or demons the Signs shits have a whole fucking force. They should at least be able to figure out protective clothing.
Gavin Lewis
He scrubs himself with a rock and then Gir tells him to rub bacon on his face or something.
Kayden Price
Yes, shriveled from disuse.
Logan Campbell
It was bacon soap
Thomas Gomez
I understand why, but I imagine that if Zim were ever in a fighting game, he’d play like Bedman
>Zim Zoner/Trapper >Dib All-Rounder >Gir Either Rushdown or just a Joke character >Gaz Rushdown >Red and Purple Either Tag Team or Puppet and send Irkens to fight for them >Membrane Zoner >Sizz-Lorr Grappler >Mom and Dad Tag team >Tak All-Rounder >Mini-Moose Zoner
That's as far as I can go.
Sebastian Wilson
Virooz is in a chair so he'd play more like Bedman
Does President Man attack with throwing star cookies?
Connor Gutierrez
They appear when Tak is explaining her backstory to Zim.
Easton Cooper
They were seen in a flashback in the Frycook episode, after Zim sabotaged Impending Doom 1
Jacob Nelson
That seems to be the idea? Since Irkens only have one single (known) organ and spinal cords the idea seems to be that, but there's no genuine confirmation.
James Scott
He still got the rank of Invader in the first place, even if the bosses still treated him like shit. Clearly they have rules regarding ranks based on merit instead of height, even if the actual commanders don't like that idea.
James Edwards
Is that why Nick is holding him hostage, they know Skoodge's true power?
I’m not a fighting game dude, but Gaz would be whatever characters like Guile are. Charging back makes her play her videogames.
Jonathan Wright
In the DVD commentary Jhonen said that he wanted fans to suspect that the Tallest were phonies wearing suits to look tall. He just wanted it to be a suspicion though, so officially it's supposed to be ambiguous.
Yeah, I've always felt that the Irken designs are a great example that aspiring designers should learn from. Each one is totally distinct and recognizable, usually with clear hints of a personality, despite all having the same basic features.
Anthony Parker
lavender eyed cutie for the win
James Bennett
>Their blemishes have a hypnotic effect on humans. That was only because Gir drew a face on it. It wasn't hypnotic until that stroke of luck.
Also, their eyes can be knocked out of their sockets and then easily popped back in. Happened in Planet Jackers.
I thought it was really funny. Some cities have water treatment plants where the shit from the entire city comes together in giant pools and is purified.
David Bailey
From the commentaries, I recall Jhonen saying that the Control Brains were basically giant paks.
Also in "10 Minutes To Doom" Dib realizes that Zim's pak is his mind and personality, and the body is just an engineered thing to carry it around. It only keeps some residue of the pak's personality when it's removed, and it dies in 10 minutes without the pak.
Here's a theory just for kicks: Maybe the Irkens were once a totally organic race who created the paks as a helpful AI. Then the paks took over, and they modified the original Irkens into helpless drones that could be cloned endlessly.
Jace Lee
>Vasquez later confirmed in the 2012 InvaderCON that had he wanted to put romance into the show, he would have actually paired Zim and Gaz together.
I have my doubts it would have worked out anyway.
Samuel Richardson
Glad we dodged that bullet.
Gavin Perry
You think it would show in the comics since Gaz has more appearances there, even with that one body switch one.
Henry Ross
its a shame enter the florpus didn't expand on the control brains. They were always the most interesting part of the show to me.
Anyone know which part is it from these? Or are these the wrong ones or not been recorded?
Jaxon Harris
zim could still call them
Benjamin Price
Poor pleakley
Lucas Nguyen
what's Yea Forums's opinion on DAGR? I know y'all love DATR.
Evan Mitchell
How does mini moose work?
Liam Hall
Gaz or Gretchen?
I know in Nubs of Doom, his blueprints were from Vortian technology that is like a doomsday device. Just turning the nubs to unleash a horrible power upon a planet.
weird, I don't even remember mini moose from the tv show
Anthony James
Gaz.
Austin Nguyen
Yeah, Minimoose's debut was from an unaired episode, although it did appear in the Christmas special that did air despite the episode being set after Nubs of Doom took place.
Easton Rodriguez
It only made appearance from the Christmas episode. If the show hadn't been cancelled, Nubs of Doom would be the proper introduction.
Audio has been recorded for Nubs of Doom, featured in the special extras of the house box set.
Cameron Ross
Red + Purple and Jumba + Pleakley are the most iconic gay aliens of the early 2000s, and Kevin MacDonald's involved in both.
Justin Bell
>What can we deduce about them? They were created to destroy the Meekrob by a long gone enemy.
Austin Gomez
Nanomachines, son.
Indifferent. Normally I'm crazy about incest ships but DAGR never really did it for me. I guess part of it is because Gaz wasn't really a character in the show and more an unstoppable force of nature. They never interacted like siblings let alone human beings so there isn't much to go with outside fantasy.
Yep! It looked like this! Comes with GIR figure and special features DVD with the unaired episodes in audio format. DVD cover for that is Skoodge taking over Blorch!
Yeah, but that doesn't mean there aren't younger Irkens being cloned.
Jordan Bennett
I bought the volumes as they released, the box was sold seperately with the GIR and Special Features disk. It was cool, it had recorded audio for episodes that were never made. I sold it on ebay a few years ago and made a killing
Josiah Cooper
>Skoodge taking over Blorch How did he do it
Jason Gutierrez
Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys watched Randy Cunningham?
Xavier Mitchell
What I want to know is did Disney hire him because of his work on IZ, did Nick hire him because of his work on L&S, or was it purely coincidental, or did Kevin wake up one day in the late 90's and just say "I'm exclusively playing gay aliens from this point on"?
Landon Perez
This house set is quite pricey. But I would never give it up, no matter how much the prices would increase for it on sites like eBay. I love this show too much.
I'm not sure. But something happened to make all those fires, rat monsters bodies piling up, and him standing on top of it with the SIR unit by his side.
The SIR units are the ones that actually do the work though. It's just GIR that's incompetent.
Brandon Thomas
I remember when I was in middle school, in my peak zim phase, we got called to an assembly to watch a big movie presentation about the dangers of drugs and drinking. When the movie started it said on the screen in huge letters 'NARRATED BY WALLY WINGERT' and I just about went feral.
Samuel Campbell
Wouldn't that raise the question if the Tallest dislike Skoodge, they could have given him something like GIR as they did for Zim. But didn't.
I would assume the Tallest gave Skoodge a proper SIR unit either for the sake of formality or didn't believe Skoodge would be capable of using the SIR unit for what they do best to help take over Blorch.
Dylan Gray
How did he voice it? It couldn't have been in Purple/Pleakly's voice, could it?
Asher Perez
Fuck scratch that, Wally was Red.
David Fisher
Everyone got a proper SIR except for Zim, which was just made of literal trash because he wrecked his home planet and wasn't an invader. Skooge was an invader.
Luke Nguyen
Protective clothing should be the bare minimum when you go around space
Justin Walker
>Red doing training videos Why does this make sense to me?
Skoodge was an invader, so they gave him a SIR. Zim was not an invader, so they gave him a GIR. That's literally all there is to it.
Henry Nguyen
Red's pretty much his normal voice, so I lost my shit through the whole thing and had to be shushed by the teacher at least twice because of my giggling.
Red doesn't approve of drunk driving that's why they only travel straight now.
Nicholas Perez
Red and purple are like ice climbers but with laser's
Kevin Roberts
The Desync would be incredible, but also piss off anyone going against them.
Christian Ward
Imagine the sex
Cooper Jenkins
What about smoke machines? Purple likes smoke machines.
Caleb Reyes
>Red doesn't approve of drunk driving Explains why he was acting like Purple in the movie
Elijah Rivera
If Zim had been a female Irken instead, and Dib stayed a guy, how would Yea Forums see them? Would it be a ship? Would they still have their animosity? Would Gaz rile her brother up by impying he has a thing for femZim?
Lucas Johnson
It would be the most popular ship in the past ten years. People already ship them as homos, Zim being a chick would just make it more normie accessible.
Let it be known That's from this day, until the end of the day, vengeance will be mine! Dib, you will not know the meaning of peace for I shall rain misery down of mind your pizza stealing heart!!!!
I'm trying to dig it up and I can't find it on his IMDB. I know it happened. I remember it was all me and my friend could talk about for a week. It was one of those three screen movies and I think it was sponsored by some kind of government agency or sheriff department. The year was 2002 or 2003.
I just wanna see it again and laugh.
Zachary Myers
>She ded Stop pushing this meme
Cooper Jenkins
Do this anime kinda look cartoonish to you,i think it looks cartoony to me .
Bentley Gray
Keroro is pretty good as it's episodic with some decent comedy. While it does have lore-centric episodes, it's mostly a show for kids. There was an episode where everyone got raped by drills though.
Matthew Lee
fresh ZAGR incoming
If you like Zim ,and you like anime, you'll probably like Keroro Gunsou. There's usually a thread up on /m/ about it, if you want to learn more.
>you are given better assignments based on your height as height conveys social standing >social STANDING
Hunter Adams
You know i watched this show as kid but not anymore due to the fact it a lot of episode,does the newer episode any good?
P.S I also know the rape drill scene as well it was really weird.
William Rivera
I'd imagine Zim would be a highly mobile all rounder. Leaping around the screen with his Pak legs like an annoying shit. Like Spiderman in the Capcom VS. games
God bless, doodleanon.
Joseph Rodriguez
I like this idea, I like it a lot.
Levi Miller
More like shortsTak
Jeremiah Parker
Actually do like Keroro anime it was a fun anime,but i stopped watching it,cause of that long episodes and season that tired me out.Does the newer episode and season any good?
I think the movies are the best the show has to offer, but it really depends on you if you want to watch all 350+ episodes. There's a lot of hit-or-miss stuff, but I think it's worth it to at least watch up to the Shurara arc and the chibi Keroro episodes.
Carson Watson
It's still popular so I assume it can't be all bad, but last I heard they made a new show that was animated differently and had a character that looked like Keroro but was smaller? I'm in the same boat where I used to love the show but I think it stopped getting subbed and it just got so long that I lost my place, but the quality seemed pretty consistently good.
This image reminds me why I hate furfags so goddamn much
Jackson Bell
Why were the tallest so fucking stupid in the movie? I mean, Purple I can understand because he was always kind of oafish and silly, but Red has shown himself to at least be competent in the show. What gives?
Isaac Reed
Who is that near the bottom left in between Sizz-Lorr and Virooz? I recognize all the others, except that one.
Dylan Richardson
Recap Kid
Thomas Taylor
They just really, really, REALLY wanted to fly on a straight line that day.
Watch the episode "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars," zim and dib take control of the massive and red is the only one who maintains composure and tries to fix things
Evan Bell
I don't remember the episode, but I clearly remember a scene where something happens on the armada and Red is on the computer trying to figure out what's going on and how to fix it, while Purple screams and tries to catch all the snacks that escaped. Something like that.
>They have one single organ that supports all their body's functions >They don't have any sort of family unit and are shunted from birth into a system of labor
Noah Foster
When Irkens go on vacation they just end up invading "low priority" planets. The only difference being they take lots of time to emphasize pleasure over business.
You can't abuse the (unknowingly) willing.
Can't wait to see Irkens in /shortstack/ generals,
If "Uaaah... I'm so fuckin' EMO!" isn't on my grave when I die, I'm gonna murder a bitch.
Ayden Martin
Zim is CUTE and made for cuddling. There, I said it.
But Irken Zim >>>> Human Zim
Thomas Collins
>that spoiler >that word count Good god, we truly do live in a society.
Zachary Phillips
Someone linked Video Games of Doom in an earlier thread, that was really good. Thanks to that one, I want back in on fanfiction, but unsure if there's anything else as good.
Daniel Kelly
Fucking furries. Gonna ruin this fandom all over again.
The most expensive Invader Zim merch I bought was a statue of GIR riding a pig for $120NZD last week.
Josiah Jackson
>That image Dark side of the Doodle. >New Zealand I am so sorry.
I'm reading Vort Dogs: A Love Story right now and I'm really enjoying it. There are some pacing issues, but the author's love for the series really shines through. Loads and loads of references to canon even I had forgotten. And while it can have it's charms, it's nice to read ZADR that wasn't obviously written by a twelve year old.
James Thompson
You do realize people from all over the world are trying to move here because it's the ark? There are so many rich Americans with literal bunkers here, and the Panama papers showed a lot of them keep offshore money here even though it's not a great tax dodge.You should probably be a little worried.
>actually good ZAGR You're probably not gonna find any that hasn't been recommended already. Half the reason I draw these is to try and fill the massive, gaping void.
When society crashes, New Zealand is supposed to be the safe haven. In all fairness we would be well-equipped to survive even a nuclear war, provided all the bombs fell in the northern hemisphere.
Carter Bennett
>commonwealth >having any value aside from being the world's greatest bootlickers
y'all got a whole lotta land the chinese are gonna want. You should be nice to America while we're still your friend. Cause all your Indians ain't gonna be much help when the chinks come knocking.
Ian White
>Welcome, tiny Irken smeets! You are the most impressionable examples of life the Irken race has to offer! Good for you. Standing behind us, however, are the paid actors we've chosen for roles in one of the most crucial parts of operation "Dangers of Drugs and Drinking 2"! You in the audience just get to sit and watch. >You should have tried harder!
Connor Hernandez
>reading the first chapter >Zim is a star math pupil
I really like that. Makes a lot of sense. He's probably really good at physics too.
I suppose Dib's best subject is biology? Or creative writing
Alexander Howard
"Hey everyone, Zims my bestest friend! In fact, hes such a good friend, that I made this! Whaddya think?"
Dib would probably do photography. He'd make abstract portrayals of himself torturing Zim, and the art teacher would probably cream herself over them and promote them as a wonderfully touching insight into the nature of the human condition.
He's also probably a journalist for the school newspaper. Everything he writes turns into a conspiracy rant.
Dominic Cox
Rollo
Jonathan Rodriguez
I feel your pain Doodle. But for DATR
Nolan Rodriguez
I shall participate.
John Baker
Rolling for RED
Chase Ramirez
Well shit
Lincoln Price
I imagine him saying this in a joking way, because he at least has enough standards not to make fun of smeets. Come on Elites!
You have to divvy out the numbers one at a time to a respective slot. Giving them values of "one to three and four to six" make your rolls predictable. I'll just wait to get to Irken elite for example.
There's videogames of doom, undefined on ao3, and a couple more I forgot about
Luis Sanchez
Zim trying to woo Gaz would be interesting, not because he would actually be attracted, but rather because she's Dib's sister and it would piss him off
Noah Rivera
From left to right. Gaz, Dib, Zim in a hat, Gir, Prof. Membrane, Tak
Mason Sullivan
That I could see happening if it was played for laughs. But nothing beyond that. Gaz would be totally unperceptive.
Aiden Rodriguez
Zim's Mythology of Doom is nice, in-character ZAGR that is a take on the Hades and Persephone myth tale.
The Darkest Couple in the Universe also was fine for me, about what if Zim transferred to Gaz's grade instead of Dib, that she has to play along with him being a normal human.
>Gaz would be totally unreceptive. Bullshit. She'd be unreceptive for the first thirty seconds until Zim revealed to her that it would upset Dib. Then Gaz woul be totally gung-ho. I'm stealing this idea or all the little girls on Amino before one of you faggots do it.
According to Melissa Fahn, she is somewhat capable of love. I mean, she can love video games and pizza. Care slightly a bit for her brother and father.
Austin Garcia
Most called her Miyuki. But the infinite energy monster called her 'chewy and slightly bitter tasting'
Gavin Nguyen
I kinda like the precedent that no matter what happens he will never believe dib Which pretty much is the same sentiment that the rest of the characters have i.e. parent teacher night and most of the other school episodes
I think most of the service drones are shorter. Zim and Skoodge are the shortest invaders, not necessarily the shortest Irkens (or would be if Zim was an actual invader)
That said, not by much. Skoodge got where he I imagine largely through surprising skill, while Zim got as far as he did through a combination of stubboenness, destructiveness and zeal.
I imagine if they were either a few inches shorter or Skoodge was less compitant and Zim not a defective they'd be service drones too.
Nolan Martin
The trading cards were written by Eric Trueheart, one of the 3 main writers. I guess its a case of the Storyboard artists and writers not being on the same page.
I'd be curious to see if Nightmare Begins and Hobo 13 are consistant in this regard. Its the only other episode where Zim and Skoodge are in the same place.
Noah Jackson
Playing for keeps
Angel King
Sorry, meant to tag this post.
Christopher Bailey
They sent that faggot into the sun yet he was right there next to the Tallest in ETF.
Alexander Miller
Well zim was on the ship too so he prolly found some way to change course
Aaron Jenkins
I'm going to go full autismo but I always head canonned that Zim was originally just a Scientist/Engineer Irken that Miyuki was impressed of his creativity and technological prowess and promoted him to an Invader role before Zim accidentally killed her.
It makes a lot of sense if this was the case: Zim's biggest defect is his insanity and intense passion to prove himself to others. He's highly intelligent when it comes purely to making machines so him initially being made just to do that but then try to work his way up the ranks for something he was never meant to be explains so much from him being bad at it, why he's incredibly defensive of his skills and self-esteem to the basic fact that he was assigned to lead Operation Impending Doom despite the Irkens should have known that this was a bad idea.
Ian Allen
here we go!
Brayden Phillips
He's not a bad Invader. He'd have been one of the most successful heroes of Impending Doom One had he been on the right planet.
Brayden Martinez
>Miyuki >Spork >All of invader dib >All the unaired episodes I still feel bad for Jhonen
Gimme a situation, I've got some free time after I finish dishes. I want to do something cute, I might go into lewd, but I don't k Ow of you can lewd IZ.
Benjamin Howard
Yeah ok I'll roll
Dylan Brooks
>I thought the Tallest killed you? >Yeah, but I'm okay now. Awesome.
Aaron Green
Zim appears taller in Hobo 13, but we don't get any good side-by-side comparisons where their height isn't modified by their gear
>He's not a bad Invader. Yes he is. Notice how his job is too simply Invade which simply means >Control the planets inhabitants >Wipe out its inhabitants Yet the closest he ever gets to "winning" is via destroying the Earth entirely.
Then again, the rat people may have been ravenous, but they're planet/society seemed pretty primitive.
Its like seeing how Zim wasn't even a real invader and still got access to some pretty nifty tech, like the hunter destroyer machine, the giant satellite, the brainwashing VR goggles from door toor etc., i'm not sure why Skoodge wouldn't have similar. The only problem with Zim is that he's too dumb to utililize any of it effectively, so presumably Skoodge wouldn't have such problems. Sending Skoodge to Blorch was kind of like sending a trained soldier with access a arsenal of guns, tanks, and bombs to a cannibal tribe with rocks and spears. It doesn't matter how vicious the cannibals are, or how outnumbered he is, the gap in tech is just too big.
If anything sending Skoodge was completely unnesscary, the Irkens could have easily nuked the planet from orbit, the Tallest just sent Skoodge there alone cause they're dicks, but didn't consider that this still meant there was a good chance of Skoodge being the first to finish his mission because of it (probably to due underestimating him due to his shortness.)
Nathaniel Gonzalez
Is it weird I heard that in his voice?
Cooper Robinson
Zim wasn't chosen to lead Impending Doom I though. The cancelled script for the trial shows that Zim's "Mission" basically involved the tallest drawing a circle on the ground around Zim and told him to "guard the circle." as a way of keeping him out of trouble. Zim ran off after they left and got in the giant battle mech, and technician just all kind of assumed he was supposed to be there.
Alexander Thompson
They're eachother's backup My theory is the Control Brains gave them both the job so that there would still be one in charge if Zim commited regicide again.
Levi Rodriguez
As if Zim would save anyone but himself.
[Halloween episode] Dib: What about me!?! How do I get back!?! Zim: Good question! (pauses) But I don't care!
Cameron Cooper
There was only one ship. Even if he didnt want to save bob, I don't think he had a choice. He probably intended to save himself, bob was just collateral
Nathaniel Lopez
Again, what happened to the technicians that helped Zim destroy Irk? Surely they were punished as well.
Nathan Baker
Zim did use Skoodge to distract that robot, which caused the power outage to happen again on Irk. He used Skoodge again for Hobo 13 to distract a monster as well. What can I even say about using his other teammates as well during that Hobo 13 episode.
Jacob Ward
Rolling for Tak
Isaiah Foster
They were pretty tall, so they probably got promoted.
Jeremiah Hall
Red said in "Frycook from Space" that Zim "blew up all the other invaders" so its possible they also died in the destuction? I don't know, what happened to the technicians is never elaborated on.
I know that, what I meant was if Zim was destructive enough to kill EVERY other Invader, I imagine a lot of other Irkens died in the destruction as well, though I realize now that since they were in the same robot with Zim, that seems a bit unlikely.
