List of Invader Zim episodes explained

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] Before the second season was completed, Nickelodeon canceled the series, leaving several episodes unfinished.[5] [6] The show originally ran on Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2002,[7] 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.[8] Despite its early cancellation, it has been widely regarded as a cult classic[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] due to increasing popularity and above-average merchandise sales.[14] [15] [9]

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 , premiered August 16, 2019 on Netflix.[16] [17] [18]

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot

A pilot for Invader Zim was produced for Nickelodeon in 1999, featuring Billy West as the voice of Zim. However, because he was too busy with Futurama at the time, West was replaced by Richard Steven Horvitz in the series proper. It was first released publicly as a special feature on the Invader Zim Vol. 1: Doom Doom Doom DVD set on May 11, 2004. The pilot made its television debut on Nicktoons on December 24, 2011, as part of their "Winter Funderland" block.

Season 1 (2001–02)

The first season of Invader Zim consists of twenty episodes, which are ordered below by production number and not their original broadcast order.
Note: All episodes of the series were directed by Steve Ressel.

Season 2 (2002; 2006)

In August 2001, Nickelodeon officially renewed Invader Zim for a second season which was originally planned to consist of twenty episodes. In January 2002, Nickelodeon announced that they had plans to cancel the series effective immediately. The series finished with a total of twenty-seven out of its initially contracted forty episodes, leaving a dozen episodes originally planned for the second season to be scrapped before they could be produced.[19] The seventh episode of season two aired on Nickelodeon on December 10, 2002. The remaining six completed second season episodes were initially unreleased, but were made available on DVD in 2004 and later made their television debut on Nicktoons in 2006.[8]

Netflix film (2019)

In April 2017, Nickelodeon announced that there would be a television film based on the series.[20] On June 26, 2018, it was announced that the film was titled Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus.[21] The film released digitally on Netflix on August 16, 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Creepy Cartoons: 10 Scariest Animated Horror Series . Avina, Anthony . Screen Rant . 13 October 2019 . 7 November 2019.
  2. Web site: '90s Kids, Rejoice: 'Invader Zim,' A Cult-Classic Nicktoon, Returns . Acovino, Vincent . 23 August 2019 . 2020-01-28 . NPR.
  3. Web site: Invader Zim review . Graham, Andrea . . 2018-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100134/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/invader-zim . 2018-11-29 . live .
  4. Web site: Mindspill » INVADER ZIM Fact #2 . Questionsleep.com . 2010-03-02 . 2012-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119215547/http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=1229 . 2012-01-19 . live .
  5. Web site: An Interview with Jhonen Vasquez and Rikki Simons (page 2) . Adam Tierney . 1 September 2004 . 2007-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911213116/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/543/543764p2.html . 11 September 2007 . live .
  6. Web site: 25 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Invader Zim . TheGamer . Powell, Dougie . 23 November 2017 . 27 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181127064730/https://www.thegamer.com/shocking-things-you-didnt-know-about-invader-zim/amp/ . 27 November 2018 . live .
  7. Web site: Invader Zim season one . Rotten Tomatoes . 7 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Invader Zim season two . Rotten Tomatoes . 7 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Invader Zim's strange path from cult hit to all-time classic. Polygon. Frank. Allegra. April 6, 2017. April 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406204919/http://www.polygon.com/tv/2017/4/6/15196252/invader-zim-movie-best-show. April 6, 2017. live.
  10. Web site: Invader Zim Is Returning to Nickelodeon in the Best Way Possible. Nerdist. Marnell. Blair. April 4, 2017. April 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053813/http://nerdist.com/invader-zim-returns-sequel/. April 7, 2017. live.
  11. Web site: 'Invader Zim' Re-Invades Nick in Original TV Movie . . Milligan, Mercedes . 4 April 2017 . 22 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073602/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/invader-zim-re-invades-nick-in-original-tv-movie/?doing_wp_cron=1528783286.2605860233306884765625 . 22 October 2018 . live .
  12. Web site: Invader Zim still wants to conquer the world in new teaser. Entertainment Weekly. Holub. Christian. April 5, 2017. April 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406191024/http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/05/invader-zim-conquer-world-teaser/. April 6, 2017. live.
  13. Web site: The 2000s: TV Animation . Amid Amidi . 20 November 2009 . 10 October 2019 . Cartoon Brew.
  14. Web site: Invader Zim a cult classic . . Jones, Tim . 9 February 2011 . 22 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073653/https://dailycollegian.com/2011/02/invader-zim-a-cult-classic/ . 22 October 2018 . live .
  15. Web site: Aaron Alexovich on His New Invader Zim Comic, Non Sequitur Humor and the Power of Hot Topic T-Shirts . Thompson, Barry . 20 March 2015 . . 26 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035314/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/aaron-alexovich-on-his-new-invader-zim-comic-non-s.html . 27 January 2019 . live .
  16. Web site: Nickelodeon Sets 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Invader Zim' & More For Comic-Con 2018. Deadline. N'Duka. Amanda. June 26, 2018. June 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005310/https://deadline.com/2018/06/nickelodeon-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-invader-zim-comic-con-2018-1202417561/. June 27, 2018. live.
  17. Web site: Nickelodeon's TMNT, Invader ZIM & More Coming to SDCC 2018. ComingSoon.net. Hemmert. Kylie. June 26, 2018. June 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627010720/http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/954659-nickelodeon-tmnt-invader-zim-more-coming-to-sdcc-2018. June 27, 2018. live.
  18. Web site: NickALive!: Netflix Acquires Nickelodeon's 'Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling' and 'Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus' TV Movies . 2019-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190511002251/https://nickalive.blogspot.com/2019/05/netflix-acquires-nickelodeons-rockos.html . 2019-05-11 . live .
  19. Web site: Invader Zim Cancelled . . Godfrey, Leigh . 21 January 2002 . 8 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608203910/https://www.awn.com/news/invader-zim-cancelled . 8 June 2019 . live .
  20. Web site: Nickelodeon reviving Invader Zim for TV movie. Entertainment Weekly. Snetiker. Marc. April 4, 2017. April 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404234935/http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/04/nickelodeon-invader-zim-tv-movie/. April 4, 2017. live.
  21. Web site: Nickelodeon's TMNT, Invader ZIM & More Coming to SDCC 2018 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627010720/http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/954659-nickelodeon-tmnt-invader-zim-more-coming-to-sdcc-2018 . 2018-06-27 . live .

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