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Opposing Zim is his classmate Dib Andy Berman , a young boy who is obsessed with the paranormal and supernatural and is determined to expose Zim as an alien and thwart his plans for world domination. Later in the series, villains begin to appear, including Tak Olivia d'Abo , a fellow Irken seeking revenge against Zim; Lard Nar Fred Tatasciore , the leader of a resistance group called The Resisty who wants to overthrow the Irken Empire; and Sizz-Lorr Jim Wise , Zim's former employer on Foodcourtia who attempts to recapture his employee.

Apart from eight double-length episodes including the debut , each episode is a self-contained storyline. Some occurrences from previous episodes are mentioned, but there is little continuing storyline other than the main invasion plot. However, towards the end of the show, a larger universe of characters and organizations were introduced to build continuity: Tak appearing and seeking revenge against Zim; Dib's capture and repair of Tak's spaceship to travel through space; resistances to the Irken Empire such as the Meekrob and The Resisty; and other various devices which were becoming more and more a part of the show's central mythology.

Prior to creation of Invader Zim , Nickelodeon desired a series to suit its "eleven to fifteen year-old" demographic. Jhonen knew from the start that his previous works were definitely not suitable for Nickelodeon, so instead of adapting something he had already done, he decided to make something new.

Since he was creating a show for a children's network, Jhonen compiled together many things he loved during his own childhood, including: He 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 handily, but instead, he decides to stay in school all day, never even thinking to sneak out. A pilot for Invader Zim was originally pitched to the channel in , [15] [18] which led to the series being green-lit.

Vasquez indicated that very little of his writing style was changed over the course of Invader Zim , other than restricting certain language and visuals that may not be suitable for children.

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Salami Studios provided the post production and sound services for most episodes of the series and Encore and Hollywood Digital, provided the post production services for a few episodes in season one. In season two, the animation style became slightly more stylized and pronounced in motion than in season one. Director, Steve Ressel even admits that it was the hardest style he had ever worked on, citing the characters heads as the most complicated aspect of their designs.

This is because Invader Zim has a very dedicated attention to detail outlining every ounce of a character's movements and method of acting, which is something Nickelodeon was very impressed by. However, this idea was scrapped, due to it limiting the episode's storytelling capabilities and it being too different to animate. When casting voice actors for Invader Zim , series creator, Jhonen Vasquez did not want actors who were just capable of doing zany voices because it sounded less natural to him.

He 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 instead just speak naturally.

Mark Hamill was originally hired to do the voice of Zim for the pilot episode, but was replaced before the pilot was shown to Nickelodeon executives because his voice didn't feel right for the character according to Jhonen. Also, due to Futurama still being on the air at the time, Jhonen did not want the same voice actor to be the lead in two current sci-fi comedies. Jhonen Vasquez wanted someone with no experience in voice acting to play the part of GIR, as a reflection of how broken and messed up GIR really is.

He then he remembered when he used to play with hand puppets with his father as a kid and tried to do one of those voices. Rikki was also a colorist on Invader Zim and in the same month he auditioned for GIR in November , he also helped color the pilot episode. While Rikki eventually learned to perform the voice without the high pitch editing, the metallic quality still had to be added.

Unedited versions of Rikki's voice-overs can be heard in voice recordings for the unfinished episodes. Jhonen said that all he really wanted for the theme music was military music to represent Zim mixed with futuristic electric orchestral music. Once the direction for the music was settled on, Tortorici produced the theme music on an Alesis QS8 very quickly and it did not go through many changes, but they did reorchestrate it for the TV series and stuck with it from that point on. The Movie , to compose the music for the pilot episode of Invader Zim.

Vasquez said that he asked for several of the tracks that Tavera produced to be discarded and that ultimately the team had less than half of the number of tracks that they planned to submit. According to Vasquez, he and Tavera were not "a great fit" for one another creatively. Vasquez described the pilot music as having a "more 'children's television' sound," with a "much more traditional and not as surprising" theme as he wanted, but added that the music "worked for the pilot.

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. Tavera did not become a part of the regular Invader Zim crew, and was replaced with Kevin Manthei , who is also known for composing the music for Generator Rex , The Sims 2 , and Robot Chicken , to compose the series' music.

However, due to financial reasons, they only made copies of this CD. When I was approached by Richard E. Rae about the possibility of an internet radio show featuring hours and hours of my "Invader Zim" music, I was thrilled. What a great opportunity to let the fans of "Invader Zim" hear the music!

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Richard went way beyond what I thought the show was going to be, and he poured his heart and soul into producing the "Zim-phony". Richard is not just a fan, he's a professional who uses his passion for music and his willingness to work hard at it to produce great shows. I am honored that he and Tom took the time to put the "Zim-phony" and this "Special Edition" together.

I took a chance by approaching Kevin Manthei with the idea. Kevin took a chance in trusting his music to someone he only knew from e-mail. My friend Tom took a chance too, okaying a show with music from an American cartoon series instead of a Japanese Anime. These chances definitely paid off! The "Zim-phony Special" broke every Anime Stuff R ratings record, thanks to the overwhelming response to this show from you, the "Invader Zim" fans. Of course, the "Zim-phony" is all about the excellent music of the remarkable Kevin Manthei.

I certainly owe Kevin more thanks than I can ever hope to articulate for his terrific support during this once-in-a-lifetime experience. This Mini CD you're holding is proof that some chances are definitely worth taking. Thank you for listening! Invader Zim ultimately, ended up being sandwiched between The Fairly OddParents and Rocket Power , which didn't feel like a suitable time slot for the show, according to the creators.

Even though Invader Zim usually aired later at night, the show never found a time slot that the creators of the program thought was suitable for it and the show continuously suffered in ratings amongst year olds, Nickelodeon's core demographic. Unfortunately, this never ended up happening and instead, Nick was all about trying to bury the show with ever-changing time slots, which further hurt the show's ratings. Invader Zim premiered on March 30, , and contains 20 episodes in its first season. In August , Nickelodeon renewed the series for a second season, which was originally planned to consist of 20 episodes.

In January , [32] Nickelodeon announced that they had plans to cancel the series, almost immediately after this announcement was made, fans launched an online petition to try to change Nick's mind or get the show picked up by a different network, and even though the petition collected over 55, signatures by April , it was not enough to prevent Nickelodeon from canceling the show. Six of the completed second-season episodes initially went unaired, these episodes were later seen on DVD in and aired on Nicktoons from June 10 to August 19, On December 24, , the series pilot had its television premiere on Nicktoons it had previously only been seen on DVD.

Invader Zim would frequently find itself at odds with network censorships; as in many episodes, it was originally intended for certain characters such as Keef and Iggins to be killed off at the end of an episode, but Nickelodeon would not allow any characters to be killed off and demanded the crew add certain details suggesting that they survived or in some cases, rewrite the episodes to where they would not die.

They complied, however did so in an intentionally forced and sarcastic way to purposely convey their disagreement and reluctance toward the decision, such as the sarcastic "No characters were harmed in this episode" end-card message at the end of the episode "Hamstergeddon" where many background characters "died" onscreen. But once again, Nickelodeon would not allow any characters to be killed off permanently and so this did not end up happening. On reflection, Jhonen Vasquez said that he prefers the new virtual reality world to the old one, since he does not like the idea of Invader Zim taking place in a big city.

One of the biggest problems Nickelodeon had with the show before it premiered was with Dib's design. Jhonen wanted Dib to wear a trench coat, but Nickelodeon opted against this because they feared Dib's clothing would remind people of the Columbine High School massacre , in which the two teenagers responsible for the shootings both wore trench coats during the attack. Nickelodeon ultimately lost this fight and Dib ended up wearing a trench coat in the show.

Later, Nickelodeon wanted to cut Dib from the show outright because they did not think he was funny or interesting enough. However, the people at Nintendo did not like this parody and threatened to sue Nickelodeon if the name was used. In the final version, Keef gets attacked by a squirrel and falls off of a building, which Nickelodeon was fine with. Many people believe that Bloody GIR was the reason behind the cancellation of Invader Zim , however, Jhonen Vasquez has revealed that Nickelodeon did not find out about the image's inclusion until after the show's cancellation.

Vasquez also stated that when it was discovered by Nickelodeon, they were not particularly bothered by it, since kids would not notice it anyway. Certain images of Bloody GIR can only be seen in a frame-by-frame viewing. Otherwise, it will be a flash, or, in some cases, blended into the movements of the animation. Bloody GIR is never animated and will always appear as a still image. However, the opacity and size of the Bloody GIR is varied. On the subject of why Invader Zim was cancelled , creator of the show Jhonen Vasquez said, "I could go on and on with variations of the most fantastic reasons for why the show was cancelled, but in the end, even I couldn't give you the whole and accurate truth for why the show got pulled," he wrote in a lengthy post on his website in , nearly eight years after the show wrapped.

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In an interview with syfy. But what [the cancellation really was] is this plain simple fact: We had horrible ratings. There were two things that were going on in Our ratings were not doing well, our demographic at the time was not The Fairly OddParents demographic, which is what we premiered with, and we premiered to really, really good critical acclaim.

But ratings-wise, the only real barometer [was the] target audience, 6 to 10 year olds, and I think that it was a little too much for that [demographic], and the parents also might have thought it was a little graphic for them. Our ratings never really got off the ground. One other thing that people often forget, is that the show premiered in March of By September of , we had the horrible downing of the twin towers.

Though, the people who defended Dyleski said that these comments were made in jest. Invader Zim received positive response from critics [68] and has gained a Cult following. Despite its popularity and continued fanbase, Invader Zim has received some criticism for its mature tone and dark themes. When Invader Zim was launched, the now-defunct magazine Christian Parenting Today negatively criticized the program in their May issue written by Jennifer Mangan , calling the show "non-Christian", "immoral", "offensive", "blasphemous", "unsuitable for Christian children" and "insulting towards Christian values and beliefs" due to Invader Zim ' s dark nature and negative characters like Gaz and Ms.

Bitters, among other complaints. Invader Zim garnered decent ratings for its premiere episode, with a 6. While Invader Zim was popular during its original run, Nickelodeon did not think the show was doing well because they were only focused on a certain age group of viewers: Even though Invader Zim was praised by critics and popular with viewers ages 14—18, [33] [62] the ratings amongst Nickelodeon's core demographic were just not high enough for the network to justify the expenses being put into the show, as Invader Zim was the most expensive show they were producing at the time.

When Nickelodeon saw that some of their other shows with half the budget of Invader Zim were getting double the desired ratings amongst the year old demographic, canceling the show just seemed to be the logical thing to do from a business perspective. Despite the poor ratings the show received during its original run, reruns of Invader Zim tend to receive average to above average views and ratings. Shortly after its cancellation, Invader Zim gained abundant popularity through reruns, the internet and DVD and merchandise sales, eventually being labeled as a Cult Classic.

The initial event was created to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Invader Zim and took place in Atlanta, Georgia on March 26—27, We made it happen, though.

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Over 1, fans from 42 different states and 7 countries showed up near Los Angeles for two days of Invader ZIM fandom goodness. The show was an expensive risk and a major stress on the Green Mustard Entertainment team — but it was worth it for us to see the fans and families that all appeared to share in the experience.

Autographs, panels, breakfast, dinner, puppets, surprise guests, and more added up to a once in a lifetime weekend for the cast, crew, and attendees. On April 7, , a poll was uploaded to the official InvaderCON Twitter page, discussing the potential locations to hold the next event. Invader Zim was featured as a clue on the July 29, episode of Jeopardy! Boy Genius and Iroh from Avatar: All three volumes contain animatics, Irken subtitles, digitally restored and remastered picture and sound, as well as a Spanish language track.

They also include audio commentaries for every episode and exclusive interviews with the voice actors, writers, and the post production staff. A box set shaped like Zim's house, known as the House Box Set has also been released, [] [] which includes all three volumes, plus an extra disc for bonus features which includes the uncut version of "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever", voice recordings for seven of the unfinished episodes, interviews with Kevin Manthei on the sound design and music of Invader Zim , and a soundtrack of Kevin Manthei's main compositions for the show.

Originally, this set included a duty-mode "GIR" figurine in the roof compartment of the box set, but Anime Works silently stopped including it with the termination of Palisades Toys, the toy company that had been producing Invader Zim figurines. This box set does not contain an extra disc for bonus features like The House Box Set includes.

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