The ENTIRE Story of Invader Zim in 58 Minutes

[@Egryn]

Man this show had so much to it that you couldn’t help but get addicted. It was outrageous and nutty but has a million one liners.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

One thing that made me love Invader Zim is the fact that despite the goofy off the wall insanity and sheer stupidity of all of its universes inhabitants, it's clear the writers put a lot of thought into the actual backstory and setting that every so often they let leak through in small scenes like Zim recalling how he was "born". In aggregate, it all paints a clear picture of the Irkens as a post-singularity species. Whatever they were before they became what they are as we know them, they've been heavily modified to effectively be mass produced cybernetic biodrones for the express purpose of being tools of artificial intelligences. As a kid who was really into speculative sci-fi and hard sci-fi, that sort of stuff was my jam and let's me continue to enjoy the series on other levels to this day.

[@Minchken]

Apparently, before, they were beastlike and deadly, then a subset we all know and love would be born but vunerable to the more dumb and dangerous populace, so the most intelligent few that managed to survive went subterranian and evolved more irks to be more like the smarter but smaller populated subset, they'd be born from artificial wombs and installed subdermal implants to behave and have the same knowledge and experiences that the smarter subset of the species had before going underground to speed things up. The smeets would spend a decade underground doing lab learning and the best of the best would be chosen to go to the surface and separate the more animalistic ancestors from the quickly evolved irks. After obtaining total control they would turn to astrophysical endeavors and end up wanting to take total control of any planet they come across.

[@Broomer52]

I had a theory for a long time that Irkens originate as a subterranean species especially since their eyes have been repeatedly shown to shine in near darkness, and that they often build into the planet rather than upwards like we do. Also seeing how skinny most of the race is in spite of the fact they subsist entirely on sugar, grease and salt the food of their homeworld was heart stoppingly intense by nature. This next theory has a lot less evidence but considering their relationship with the Vortains and how all advanced robotics were made by them and that Irk cannot imagine having their Empire without Vortian tech. I figure that Irkens were more about biological sciences and engineering was very lacking. They cloned themselves so accurately they're practically mass produced citizens and have turned themselves into cyborgs with their brains being backed up on their PAKs. That's genuinely impressive they basically have a second brain and as far as we know only Irkens decided to do this to themselves so it was probably a pure Irken idea.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

@@Broomer52 Possibly, it's hard to say if whatever they are now is anything like what they started as . They seem to be so heavily altered cybernetically straight out of their growth tubes it's possible they're also equally heavily genetically modified to be better adapted to space travel and a wider variety of planetary conditions.

[@jonpim2242]

"I put the fires out" YOU MADE THEM WORSE! "Worse, or better?"

[@Lambach-Ruthven]

THEY TOOK MY SQUEEZING ARM

[@joeszymanski3540]

You pull some levers! Pull some leveers.

[@ogchaxzor3562]

I worked at a Dish Network uplink when this show came out and the line "Its not stupid, its advanced" was the tag line for the whole setup.

[@phantasydragon696]

The creator of Invader Zim, Jhonen Vazquez, original script, was much darker, but Nikelodeon told him to make it nicer. This is also how Nightmare Before Christmas was with Tim Burton, yes Nightmare Before Christmas was orihinally much darker.

[@takanti]

Makes sense considering how violent jthm was. I’d like to see the original script for zim

[@2diefor]

Zim probably killed/experimented on humans more often. Remember Squidman?

[@donovan.d]

​@@takantiIt'd never happen, but I'd like to see a reboot on, say, Adult Swim, Max, or Netflix and it lean more into that darker side. Not much more though since I feel like the limitations led to subversive and creative dark themes and moments (ie. the Dark Harvest). But I'd love to see ones that learn more into that horror and morbidity that Dark Harvest brought

[@mrtophat12]

Yup. The dude who wrote Johnny the Homicidal Maniac was picked up by Nickelodeon somehow..

[@Meatpilot-it7kr]

Squee was a much more invader zim type comic book ​@@mrtophat12

[@thejoe9175]

Invader Zim was ahead of its time. It feel like this was the Misadventure of Flapjack of Nickelodeon.

[@WeebTrashQuips]

Honestly I feel like it was inspired by tGAoB&M

[@thejoe9175]

@@WeebTrashQuips Grim Adventures some what softens up after the pilot/first episode. Don't get me wrong its still some what a dark show sometimes but the art caters more to kids. While Misadventure of Flapjack is nightmare inducing like Invader Zim 🤣

[@thejoe9175]

@ArtistTheComedy all we can do is dream about additional season 🥲

[@Wild-Man406]

Agreed @thejoe9175

[@aBitTedious]

I grew up watching Invader Zim but I don't remember hearing about that show. Did it release later on?

[@ginnanchor6438]

One of the BEST cartoons of ALL time and my favorite by FAR!

[@Zayzurfer]

“Sir we’re still on our home planet” “SILENCE” 😂

[@ecosmith7852]

Twist those knobs! Pull some levers pull some levers!!!

[@JohnStewart223]

😂😂😂🤣🤣iconic words​@@ecosmith7852

[@2diefor]

.....I put the fires out 😁

[@VincentNajger1]

I was already in my very early 20s when this came out, but being an avid fan of all warped comics and animation, from Ren and Stimpy, very early South Park to Fritz the Cat etc (we didn't have as many options back then), I was instantly hooked on this incredible piece of art....it was hilarious but also darkly witty and a perfect reflection of the society to come.

[@kerri-9407]

one i wish you would cover is chalk zone!! such fond memories of this show!!

[@kennethhopson4649]

No lice episode, no pusskoolio, and not even the episode when zim and Dib get turned into bologna 😢

[@westywest59]

Also missing walk of doom. Room with a moose. Germs. Halloween special. The mall. Tacobell. Ye...

[@neurohack9038]

The bologna episode terrified me so much as a child that it’s still hard to watch.

[@whateverwhatever4026]

Those are like the best ones..

[@kennethhopson4649]

@@whateverwhatever4026 those are my 3 favorite

[@korhol2065]

It’s amazing how much shit in this show didn’t make me throw up for whatever reason

[@wesellcoffeehere]

58:13 are we not going to talk about how that gu didn't try to move or run but embraced death with literally open arms ?

[@rezthemediaruler3768]

I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED! ...to watch all the Episodes again.

[@DarkManX16]

After rewatching episodes of this show I think this show would totally work nowadays. You could make it darker and still appeal to different age groups because the satirical content the original had was ahead of it's time

[@TheMushroomArmy1]

I WISH the show never got discontinued…this is literally my favourite show! I need to know how it’s meant to end 😂

[@DianneRoberts722]

@FrazFlub-np1: I wish MINE hadn't either!

[@WOWOW_3]

I watched Invader Zim when I was like 7 and I absolutely do not remember this show being this insane. But I do remember being completely obsessed with it.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

Invader Zim, man. Talk about a pop culture phenomena and icon. Holy shit! And for GREAT reason too. It’s the perfect time capsule of early-2000’s animated shows. It was DARK as hell, morbidly hilarious, and so original. It absolutely still holds up today. It’s just as good now as an adult as it was when I was a kid. There’s never been anything like it before or since it aired. While there obviously were MANY great animated shows at that time, they pale in comparison to Invader Zim. It out shown everything. It’s a true testament to how even animated shoes CAN/SHOULD be smartly written and to trust that the kids watching it don’t need their hands held watching it, or every thing explained to them as if the character’s on screen are talking directly to the audience through the TV, rather than actually having a cohesive show full of cohesive episodes. Invader Zim is one of the all time greatest animated shows ever aired/created. It was almost immediately an instant classic for the 11-14 year old demographic. I loved(still do obviously) Invader Zim so much that when I found out the creator had actually wrote a comic called Johnny the Homicidal Maniac before ever creating Invader Zim; that had a 7 issue run I had to try and snag some. It’s similar in style to Invader Zim, but cranked to 12. Same type of humor but just VASTLY darker. If you have read it do yourself a favor and read it. It’s a one of kind comic run that if you’re into comics, you absolutely MUST read it.

[@DianneRoberts722]

@FrazFlub-np1: So THAT'S what all the hype was about?! All these years I couldn't FIGURE IT OUT!

[@thepiedish903]

My wife painted me the whole main characters and it's the best thing I've ever received.

[@lashonnakennybrew4847]

Matt Invader Zim was the true OG episode Siri and movie I can't believe Zim still never been able to conquer the world

[@havocgear8143]

Tbf if he got a normal robot he could've, gir stopped him a lot

[@Bassoonicmayhem]

Oh, you didn't include the episode that scared me for life, "Bestest Friends." That's the one where a boy wants to be Zim's BFF, so Zim removes his eyeballs and makes him think every squirrel is actually Zim. Freaked me out as a kid. XD great analysis, regardless.

[@G82Jesse]

This channel is packed with so much nostalgia. God I loved invader zim lol

[@shakebackj95]

i always remember how gross the show was and how I would casually eat my tombstone cheese pizza wondering why my cheese didn’t stretch like theirs.

[@GoldenRadioHour]

Lol

[@DianneRoberts722]

Cheese stretches?

[@451dev]

"SILENCEE !!!!!! " I LOVE ZIM AHAHAH

[@scottn322]

Jhonen Vasquez is known for creating dark, messed up stories with a lot more violence. JTHM is a comic series about a psychotic serial killer, and we shouldn't forget Squee. Now that I'm a lot older most of it just feels super cringe, but Invader Zim remains awesome, one of the best cartoons ever made.

[@yoBigWave]

LOVED this! great memories watching this show as a kid, glad it still one of the gems that holds up

[@waltersalmonscartooncrosso784]

You forgot the movie

[@pdeniro57]

He did mention that there was an existence of movie at the beginning.

[@StreetUrchin4Life]

1:05

[@pdeniro57]

@@StreetUrchin4Life thank you

[@jameswebb1978]

And the comics

[@twotamatos]

@@jameswebb1978and the unaired episodes that fans salvaged at invader con

[@selay333]

My cousin loved this show and got a gir tattoo. I think it has a speech bubble as well that says “I’m a duck moo” which kinda fits for the character.

[@nickhawkes2188]

This show wouldve did soooo much better on adult swim

[@Astro_TheDummy]

Fr

[@katorrienwilliamson4764]

We Need a invader Zim And Transformers Crossover Movie 😢❤

[@shinigami_0127]

I really want someone to re-acquire this and make it into a more dark Adult reboot Something as metal as Primal

[@nathanwood7492]

I miss invader zim only thing i watched close to this type of show was ahh real monsters

[@larethhuff5385]

Jesus dude that just took me wayyy back.

[@CheeseCake_OP_Chronicles]

Invader Zim was peak American cartoon for adults/ teens or children. It was definitely ahead of its time, cult favorite. It's comedy is definitely my style and I still love love and Cherish this cartoon. It beats all American cartoons by a mile based on story and comedy and entertainment.

[@MxShade86]

From what I remember Vasquez said Nickelodeon was unhappy about his other projects (like JTHM) and told him it was one or the other. So he told Nickelodeon to suck it.

[@scotttomeo2989]

JTHM was hilarious

[@cshimp10]

It was me! I was the turkey ALL ALONG! That part always kills me.

[@spcneary]

It suck’s we only got 1 season, the show was amazing, and very unique for the time. I remember it being popular in school to sing the doom song.

[@DianneRoberts722]

1 and a half actually.

[@anwaralexander3035]

Gir, my favourite cartoon robot of all time.

[@pandie_cube]

Ooh I was waiting for this! I still love this show to this day, even tho it's pretty dark at times. One of the best cartoons I have ever seen 💚

[@jeffreyjacobs5414]

😂😂😂 19:29 The way Ger screens.😂😂😂

[@noticemeonii-chan5347]

They need to bring it back. The movie is very successful I think.

[@thesoldierofequestria9266]

you may have forgotten a couple episodes regarding when zim discovers about germs and when he also get a hypnotizing zit

[@TnT_F0X]

And when Zim died he was reborn in the Greed Ring to a rich Mafia imp family.

[@DEGREELESHNESS4530]

i see what you did there.

[@Its-Elya_Kenthryn]

YES ANOTHER HB AND HH FAN! MOXXIE

[@DianneRoberts722]

@FrazFlub-np1: I was reborn as Robin on Teen Titans!

[@Ometecuhtli13thGate]

Old kid was probably an undercover cop

[@LookingGlass69]

I just found out there's an invader zim movie I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED

[@Earthdr0id]

Been waiting on this one for a long time . Something Zim would know about 😂

[@davefletch3063]

One of my favorite cartoons ever

[@harvinater3]

Wow I never watched this but the merch was everywhere and it seemed like everyone I knew was loved it I'm surprised it got such a short run

[@407lnation5]

One of my favorite shows !!!

[@gamerguy247365]

9:10 that organs episode made me really uncomfortable as a kid

[@luciferneverchanges5841]

Zim was ironically one the best invaders because he by himself steamrolled over the Irken military and basically stopped impending doom 1. I always feel hurt because the tallest never gave Zim the respect he deserved and treated him like trash.

[@justicetaylor3050]

At 8:42 that hall pass is a bomb that is triggered by the student attempting to leave the school. If said kid is hauled off in an ambulance due to the emergency of lacking a stomach or liver, then that hall pass bomb will detonate, filling his heart and lungs with casing shrapnel. Even if it were a weak explosive, the fluid sacs around the heart could still risk getting ruptured which would be very bad since said sacs prevent the hearts movements from causing friction heat.

[@megaknight4311]

"WASNT ME" "YES IT WAS COMPUTER INTRUDER ALERT"

[@thestraydog]

I forgot about the Old-Kid gag, I remember choking on my chocolate milk as a kid, it was so hysterical to me (and still is, I won't lie)

[@BrainJelly]

I watched this show when I was way too young and absolutely loved it still do, it definitely influenced my sense of humor along with courage the cowardly dog and Mr meaty. 😂

[@PatrickPease]

Did you miss meaty evil? Exceptionally important episode...

[@MajorINCVideo]

Gaz taught me that when people disrespect you, get even but get even with a sprinkle of REVENGE

[@tjzdroik7844]

Bro the comedy in this show was so fucking funny 😂😂 "I guess the old kid is an alien to huh?" "HOWS IT GOIN?" 😂😂😂

[@bobflemmet7454]

One of the best shows ever created

[@DaneResell]

I feel a strange mix of disgust, and nostalgia for this show

[@lilthang92]

What?! They skipped the “Germs” episode. Literally the root of my germaphobia

[@daniellong1525]

31:32 is the funniest thing I've seen in a month

[@clownofwar]

God this show was the whole reason i binged Saturday morning cartoons 🤗

[@АйдоралСмертестойкий]

That has to be my favorite cartoon of all time

[@Adolphsson]

42:07 That's what she wanted you to believe. She was actually there to steal Zim's robot bee.

[@shirinkamisami4487]

I lived with him was my favorite cartoon

[@moe_chi]

I love Gir!! ❤❤❤

[@joeszymanski3540]

You can hide but you cant..... Hide!

[@Shizukanaikaku]

you skipped a whole bunch of episodes 😝 Career Day, Rise of the Zitboy, Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain, A Room with a Moose, Door to Door, FBI Warning of Doom, Bolognius Maximus, Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom, Mysterious Mysterie, Future Dib, Megadoomer, Lice, Abducted, The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot, Mortos der Soulstealer, The Girl Who Cried Gnome, Vindicated!, The Voting of the Doomed and Gaz, Taster of Pork

[@xilanthrophir13]

I legit thought I was going crazy and something was missing lmao

[@usonly101]

There are just too many. This show was a masterpiece

[@Shizukanaikaku]

@@usonly101 True... but he did say "The ENTIRE Story of Invader Zim" so I felt a need to bring up that he missed a bunch 😅

[@01maxplayz67]

The intro is amazing

[@California_Doge]

NGL some of the food that was shown in "The frycook what came from all that space" looked weirdly appetizing.

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

I never watched this show but I remember in middle and highschool (probably 2006-2012) seeing a bunch of kids wearing invader Zim shirts and hats and bags and stuff. I'm really surprised to find out it was on way back in the early 00s. I assumed it was still on when I saw people wearing all the merch but it must have already been long cancelled by then.

[@CozyBoat275]

Game Slave 2 was one I adimantly remember, because of how wild it was. Needless to say, my mother thought this show was too weird for me as a kid.

[@lsixty30]

26:52 omg proper use of the word temper!

[@thebeaarr1]

Should have all episodes if ya ask me

[@branzan18]

Foamy the Squirrel is drawn in the Invader Zim's style

[@hakimitchi1518]

Invader Zim

[@JcornondACOB]

Yes

[@DaDungeonNCR]

Fuck I love this show

[@DarkManX16]

After rewatching some episodes

[@slothman9731]

What happened to the scariest episode? A room with a moose 😮

[@thorveim1174]

that's forgetting "into the florpus" though, which is still official content thats far more recent (as well as the comics but hey i get it if we wanna keep to the animation) :p

[@skotnica93]

19:56 Also, better the devil you know, than the devil you don't.

[@Freedom4Ever420]

A room, with a moose!

[@nyanya2757]

Did this not cover all episodes or did they forget the vote for president episode?

[@Vidar93]

This is so weird.. I was a huge Zim fan growing up, like I not only remember every episode he has talked about plus some aspects he didn't talk about. However for the absolute life or me I have 0 memory of "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars"... I have binge watched the show probably around 3-4 times as an adult also so I don't know why I have no memory of that specific episode... Its so odd..

[@Nick.t.S]

Where does the episode “a room with a moose” come into all of this or was that a fever dream I just made up.

[@mcjester1523]

our savior grr

[@Lilbluepenguin10]

I heard a rumor the creator of invader Zim said things at a company party that pissed off management so they fired the whole invader Zim team over night 👀

[@garyschlagheck603]

Fascinating 😮

[@Fierygaming2024]

38:24 amogus

[@PsychGh]

7:08 i feel like this scene was a nod to Fairy Oddparents

[@kendrashaaaa]

nothing will ever unsettled me like career day when Zim had all those pimples on his skin, turned all slimy and gross. It literally made my flesh crawl. Nothing was worse than that for me not even dark harvest😭😭😭

[@brandonmcalpine8734]

As a NRB BotC fan the music change at 24:29 REALLY threw me for a second

[@aroberts0101]

Forgot the zit, and the Halloween episode

[@MilkyWaytub]

loll I have the comic book of this 🤣🤣🤣

[@biplab2467]

Some suggestions: 1. Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 2. Camp lakebottom 3. Space goof 4. Beetleborgs 5. Rekkit rabbit 6. super robot monkey team This are my childhood memories, if you can please make video's on it😊😊

[@Khornecussion]

SRMT was great

[@DianneRoberts722]

@FrazFlub-np1: IM on Randy Cunningham! I'm Bucky Hensletter!

[@eljaymac2369]

YES

[@gamers1234466]

had to double check it but i remembered the iggins episode was supposed to end with iggins death but nick forced the scene of him bursting from the elavator lol

[@neurohack9038]

I think you mean Keef.

[@brassmonkey7566]

I thought I had seen most but apparently they didn't show some of these when my kid used to watch tv giving me a excuse to watch. ...😅

[@abyssalfeline9650]

I still want a reboot

[@jprobertson-e1j]

You've got head pigeons.......Hell Yeah....

[@WhosAlx]

I got to the end of the video and I can't remember if you covered the Halloween episode

[@shirinkamisami4487]

It was my favorite part