Zim Rips Out a Kid's Eyes - Dark Toons

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[@jamalsistas414]

SpongeBob Squarepants : Krabby patty creature feature

[@henrym4484]

Hi

[@jamalsistas414]

The Amazing World of Gumball : The Joy

[@vinniedelibero3622]

Tuff puppy thunder dog being afraid of thunderstorms is a nightmare. Also the Powerpuff girls Boogie Frights.

[@omh20]

No one has mentioned the looney tunes cartoon cheese chasers. It’s about two mice who want to commit suicide.

[@shamsquatch9980]

I always interpreted that last "You don't like waffles?" as a memory and that it further emphasized that Keif had died

[@InvaderTak176]

He was supposed to have died, but nick wouldnt allow it

[@elvalight2135]

it makes you wonder if each episode is contained in its own little universe, cause it seems like characters just respawn (but then again that could just be cartoon logic lol)

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

Same

[@neverstepd7]

@@elvalight2135 Do you remember when zim and dib become sausages?

[@elvalight2135]

@@neverstepd7 It's forever cemented in my mind 😂😭

[@JediDanD]

**Keef gets his eyes ripped out** "Think it'd scare the kids?" "The kids? This will give the parents nightmares . . ."

[@GhazMazMSM]

JediDanD Ironic

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

The kids thought it was cool

[@benjamincastro6063]

YES! Omg yes I have waited for a god damn Jurassic reference to be used in a comment, dude you are awesome

[@monsterhanna6691]

Genius. 😂👏

[@YamiSpyroX]

JediDanD Wings of Fire 'Book 1' Dragon Gets his eyes melted out of his Skull. Tui Sutherland: You think this'll scare the kids reading? Scholastic Publishing: The Kids? This'll give George R Martin Nightmares!

[@Stormkrow280]

I’m actually sure that Zim is an adult, at least by the Irken standards, it’s just he’s so short that he can pass as an earth child.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

nah, those two tall aliens were adults, they send Child soldiers to conquer weak and underdeveloped planets, while the veteran Adults work towards conquering the tougher worlds.

[@irkenpony17]

In the commentary of the episode where Zim gets a giant "chicken legs" battle robot from the tallest (which wasn't even meant for him as the slave switched the packages) which he spends the episode going through town to Dib's house to kill him. Jhonen, the creator, pretty much said its kinda sad how Zim and Dib's relationship is strange as Zim isn't a child, he is pretty much an Old Man, over 100 years old or so. The last part I said is something I think remember, but he definitely described Zim is an old man.

[@cyberjackal774]

Hieght is highly valued, but the whole race is generally on the short side, Zim being among the shortest. They are *not* children. Zim is canonically at least seven hundred years old. While that number could equal an irken child, I'm pretty sure it doesn't. You'll also notice that the "tallest" have a completely different body type and vastly taller than the rest of the race- this is because they're wearing essentially ceremonial robotic suits. We don't know how tall they genuinely are, and if the suits didn't make them appear so significantly tall, other irkens would probably try to overthrow them claiming to be taller.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@irkenpony17 now that's just weird, i guess that means that rather Zim being a innocently dumb child, he's a senile old alien. tbh i wish that the creator NEVER said that, i'm gonna have to blank it out of my head, or it'll ruin the show for me.

[@snakefang1123]

@@irkenpony17 Actually Zim is a child by Irken standards, but he's ancient by Earth standards, he ages slowly, he even tells Dib this in a later episode.

[@KnightWhoSaysNopeAvi]

Fun fact: When Keef and friends run to Zim's house and Keef's yelling "PAAAAAAAARTYYYYYYY," the audio is not altered. The VA just slowed down and deepened his voice.

[@irkenpony17]

Pretty odd trick i like it

[@tiablue9106]

Oh cool I didn’t know that. Also Keef is voiced by Danny Cooksey (VA for Jack Spicer, Brad Buttowski, Dave the Barbarian, etc.)

[@grimmetal9530]

That scene cracks me up😂😂😂

[@TheVeniceAngel]

😃 That's amazing!

[@astrowolvez]

Bro

[@elvalight2135]

Fun fact I'm pretty sure irkens are able to take their eyeballs out with no pain so Zim doesn't actually see anything weird about it

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

The Irken bodies themselves seem to be mostly expendable. That backpack-like thing on Zim's back? It's called a PAK, and it contains all of Zim's intelligence and personality. The PAK _is_ Zim, and "Zim" is just a host body. In a cancelled episode "10 Minutes of Doom", the PAK got removed and attached itself to Dib. Zim began to physically and mentally deteriorate and Dib began acting much more Zim-like. If the PAK was not attached to Zim, both he and Dib would've died after the titular ten minutes. In fact, the episode was intended to be the series finale, ending with both Zim and Dib dying. But Nickelodeon wanted the series to end on a Christmas episode.

[@elvalight2135]

@@HunhowsShadowStalker Damnnn that would've been fucked up :0

[@Duelkitten]

@@HunhowsShadowStalker which makes you wonder how zib came along. I mean you can tell zims pack fucks dib up to the point he's a different person/being. Also funny enough in the comic zim's pak gets attached to a chair while his body is being used by another person with a rip off pak. Zim literally becomes a chair. Got to give props to dib for toughing zim's pack out though, it caused a mass shutdown and insanity of the control brains when hooked up.

[@ricotheskunk3062]

@@HunhowsShadowStalker is this somewhere on the internet?

[@KitsunenoHibi]

I think so; remember when Zim tried the homeless man disguise and roasted his eyeballs by staring at the sun? He was mostly just inconvenienced, since he couldn't see, and told Gir to watch over him while his eyeballs healed.

[@kimifw58]

_Actually,_ Zim is a grown adult. He just acts like a child, and he looks like one because he's short. That makes his rivalry with Dib even more pathetic and funny.

[@Turbomun]

That’s not necessarily true. Zim has no confirmed age - Jhonen Vasquez made one or two comments about Zim being an adult, but he makes false comments all the time (like saying that he wanted to put a romance between Zim and Gaz in the show) and the pitch bible straight-up says it’s about a rivalry between two children. IMO you could make an argument either way, so it’s up to interpretation what Zim’s age actually is.

[@kimifw58]

@@Turbomun In the unfinished episode The Trial, Zim was shown to be born in the same clutch as the Tallest. If he's a kid, they're kids too. Maybe him being a child was an early idea that was later scrapped or a straight-up lie to appease Nickelodeon's desire for a child protagonist.

[@Turbomun]

@@kimifw58 I know, but that episode’s still not actually canon, and I could easily see them all being teenagers or something. My point here isn’t that Zim is definitely a child - it’s that Jhonen has said multiple times that there is no word of god for this series, so it can be interpreted in multiple ways. That’s all. Not saying you’re wrong, just that there’s no definite answer.

[@DracoMagnius]

@@Turbomun I mean we also need to consider continuity and Invader Zim don't really mix. I mean Keff shows up in the backgrounds without robo eyes. I think Zim got his brain replaced with a rubber piggy once if I'm remembering that episode right. Dib had a mooing cow toy for lungs, but then didn't in other episodes. Dib and Zim became sausages. Even in the comics the universe just kinda resets between episodes/books. Zim might be a child, teen or adult at any time doesn't really matter. Whatever you find funniest is what's right.

[@Duelkitten]

All i know is that it was stated that zim is definitely older then anyone on earth and he thinks a good use of his time is to throw hands with a child.

[@kimifw58]

Actually, Zim is quite easily creeped out by the weirdness in this world, almost making us sympathize with him.

[@irkenpony17]

Legit screamed at seeing a hamster

[@Paiste2002Fan]

I love that scene of him on the bus and he gets super-freaked out and has to get off. Then the clown is like, “Freeeak.”

[@Whimsy3692]

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?! THIS WORLD IS JUST BEGGING TO BE DESTROYED!"

[@DisorientedWanderer]

@@Whimsy3692 accurate.

[@Duelkitten]

Doesn't help that dib helps push that fear factor. Like the whole organ thing started because dib couldn't shut up and ligit made zim worry and freak out

[@audreypatrick3774]

I actually find the Halloween episode of Invader Zim to be the darkest. It goes through dark topics like insane asylums and hallucinations, and SPOILER ALERT, literally shows Dib pull himself inside an out, guts and all.

[@Retro_Red]

Is that the one where Dib summons Solomon Grundy and he becomes overbearing?

[@kamikazelemming1552]

@@Retro_Red Different episode. You're thinking of Mortos Der Soul Stealer.

[@BingFox]

@@kamikazelemming1552 aka, the episode Jhonen Vasquez hates.

[@Devils_Lair_Comics]

@@BingFox why does he hate it?

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

I actually, JUST watched that episode earlier! I decided to watch a random episode and it happened tk be that. The title of that ep is "Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom"

[@Gamer3427]

Honestly, I kind of feel like Zim would be a perfect show for Doug to do Vlogs of like he did in the past for stuff like Avatar. I'm sure he's busy with stuff, but this and Courage are both right up his alley and deserve for him to fully watch through the series......

[@Spectra651]

Right? Especially since Zim is only 27 episodes long + a 90 minute movie, so it would probably only take him two days or so to binge.

[@maromi7118]

I can agree to that. And with how much he has praised their stylistic choices in both shows and their brands of humor I am a little surprised he hasn't already.

[@rorysainsbury6816]

It would be interesting if he did that Invader Zim episode “Dib’s Wonderful Life of Doom.” That would be interesting and fitting for him!

[@jonkennedy8499]

Another really dark invader zim episode is “Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy” I dunno something about zim slowly ruining that kids life always made me uncomfortable

[@avosmash2121]

Yeah if Doug does IZ again he should do that one next. That was a very creepy disturbing episode. It was a cool but unsettling effective reminder that Zim is NOT to root for. He'd definitely kill a child off, with the fullest cruelty gladly, and would be very serious business as a villain, if his evil wasn't constantly burdened by total laziness or incompetent stupidity.

[@DisorientedWanderer]

The ones that always stuck with me were the episode where gaz is trying to get this new game or something and torments the kid that got the last copy and the (i think) last epsiode or nearing last where there's a bunch of time travel shenanigans and dib gets mauled by a chimp and you see some of the shadow and the aftermath of it with future dib. The chimp stuck with me more. I think you know why.

[@AnInsideJoke]

Fun fact: Dib was actually supposed to die in that episode originally, and a new nemisis character was supposed to be brought in for Zim.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

@@AnInsideJoke Oh no, they were totally planning to Death Note the series?!

[@jhereklast7851]

Excellent choice. I suggested Haloween spectacular of spooky doom

[@BugsyFoga]

Sometimes I question how Invader Zim was allowed on Nick.

[@TUM_Toons]

I question how Regular Show was on Cartoon Network.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

because Nick at one time was a very cool network, now it's garbo.

[@cyberjackal774]

Especially considering the creator's previous work. They should've known what to expect. Back in the day, Nickelodeon did allow a lot more creative freedom than they do now. Their philosophy was to let kids decide what they wanted to watch- not what their parents thought was safe and appropriate (within reason).

[@lordnul1708]

I'm surprised the creator got approved for it, considering his previous work was a comic aptly titled Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

[@pepesilvia429]

@@TUM_Toons it played in between CN and Adult Swim, i think that kind of explains it.

[@gatekeepingwarlock9604]

*Keith falls off the roof, yelling as an explosion erupts* "He's gone into a coma."

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

For Duke!

[@pallyboy6005]

Keef, xD

[@juzoinui4627]

The whole series is a dark toon

[@avosmash2121]

It really really is.

[@finnmchugh99]

Yep, another example is the Baby army... I saw that one when I was sick so I didn't know if I was suffering from a fever dream when I saw that episode

[@jamarkusholcomb516]

Invader Zim is basically Nickelodeon’s Courage the cowardly dog.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@jamarkusholcomb516 I feel like Zim was made because Nick wanted another Ren and Stimpy.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

The eyes kids returned in a lost episode as Dibs friend

[@gregzotter6189]

@The Eyes Of A True Demon- Anomaly Productions Yep.

[@naotatheendlessesper]

@The Eyes Of A True Demon- Anomaly Productions and this is not a creepy pasta thing this series has a lot of lost episodes (some of which their voice recordings or script can still be found)

[@jhereklast7851]

Yeah I've heard it too. There's a few more

[@naotatheendlessesper]

@The Eyes Of A True Demon- Anomaly Productions so far one, it was unfinished but various artist are working together to finish it.

[@skylaandreas9017]

I saw there was a lot of unfished or lost episodes of invader zim, I wish they were able to be made and that it wasn't canceled when it was. But at least we have transcripts and some of them have voice recordings.

[@mestar99]

You should do some Dark Toon episodes on Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy!

[@kendrarasberry3078]

I love the brains episode.

[@teceneka]

Yes! I agree, Maxwell Atom's deserves some love

[@CosmicApe94]

@Fearless Composer that slug was a reference to Dune, Mandy was the God Emperor of Mankind

[@wilderbuchananhorton3356]

"Why is Gif in the smoke stirring the cake still?" 2010 Gir fangirls: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@matteoalacran1563]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who caught that.

[@Squiggie420]

I had to rewind to make sure I heard him right.

[@pennysanchez7656]

Eh, it’s just there, who wouldn’t love GIR anyway?

[@deralmighty8011]

You should do that one episode where Zim keeps going back in time and attempting to kill Dib but only winds up repeatedly disfiguring him.

[@DisorientedWanderer]

That one freaked me out as a kid. It was mainly the chimp part though that scarred me. Never been the same since.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

"Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy"

[@sarafontanini7051]

that's on the list of dar episodes I posted in a comment : 3 its certainly a very good, dark episode

[@danielhofer3172]

Best episode of season 1 in my opinion.

[@MacTechG4]

That and Dark Harvest...

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

Imagine if “Zim rips a kid’s eye out” was the episode name

[@carrotfoot64]

(It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia title card music)

[@TheWesinatorvids]

Yo! It’s the 31 days of Disneycember guy!

[@DisorientedWanderer]

@@carrotfoot64 The gang finds an alien.

[@pundertalefan4391]

It would ruin the twist. XD

[@sarafontanini7051]

of course then you wait the entire episode, and find it refers to the VERY end XP

[@robertplissken4825]

I always assumed that Keef did die, and that the replaying of the line as the smoke rises wasn't him saying it again but was a reminder of what his personality was like (I'm not sure if there's a technical term for this in filmmaking).

[@magnusthered4946]

Im a rational person and I think to think calmly but BY THE GODS WTF WAS THAT

[@steampowered6883]

You're a daemon of Tzeentch, you've seen worse!

[@magnusthered4946]

@@steampowered6883 Not cartoon violence there are no cartoons in the grim darkness of the future

[@sarafontanini7051]

It was an episode of a kid's cartoon program, of course. You silly : 3

[@wstine79]

I'd like him to review the G.I. Joe episode "There's no place like Springfield." A psychological episode with melting people.

[@thishonestgrifter]

Wait was that the one where they ended up in alternate timeline where cobra won, and there where mutated insects ever where?

[@wstine79]

@@thishonestgrifter that was when Shipwreck was injured inbattle and wakes up in a hospital. He finds out that he has been married and has a little daughter and all the Joe's of all since retired since winning the war. But, he get suspicious when the Cobra and the Joe's hunt him down for the secret code. It turns out he was in a dream created by Cobra.

[@MarieAntoon]

@@wstine79 not a dream but a complex simulation with Synthroid copies of people. when it all goes south (and a little before), people start melting including his wife and daughter. I remember that episode, though they cut parts of it in later airings. The melting thing was pretty dang creepy.

[@jrcarter9175]

Been pushing for this episode for the longest time. Probably Cobra's cruelest scheme, seconded only by the one from "Captives of Cobra".

[@WolfsDE]

If I remember it right, that was a 2 part episode. One of the best episodes of the entire series.

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Fun fact: Zim is actually over a hundred years old.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Dang! He cleans up good. XD

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

Well he is an alien, there biology is gonna be different from humans

[@Sally.C]

And yet the Fandom ships him with a 10 years old boy

[@maleitemarques]

Yeah but- He's an alien And he still is portrait as a kid

[@Duelkitten]

Fun fact but zim is the same age as the tallest (we see this in the unaired episode "the trial").

[@Yusbarrett1]

Since you're getting into Zim episodes, check the Halloween special. It's one of the best darkest episodes of the show (besides the Christmas special).

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

And people complain about Mr. Meaty showing a tapeworm and a Wedgie giving demon.

[@HauntedChipDoodles]

Oh boy, the Mr. Meaty trauma is back

[@DisorientedWanderer]

I swear that show was a fever dream. It's not real and you can't make me believe otherwise.

[@FanaticMitchell1]

I remember those two episodes.

[@MsGigglesluv]

Don’t forget about the cannibal cult using a vegan restaurant as a front.

[@joshuamartin2069]

@@DisorientedWanderer "All of God's creatures, fresh from the grill! So come on down to Mr. Meaty's, where friends meaty meat!" Over a decade later and I can't forget the theme song

[@HunterX05]

Anyone else think Nugget from the game Kindergarten would be Zim's friend?

[@HB-fq9nn]

Honestly I think Zim would be terrified of Nugget, especially since Nugget dug a tunnel so deep he made a cavern, gives his friends chicken nuggets as tokens of friendship, and even caused the apocalypse TWICE.

[@DisorientedWanderer]

@@HB-fq9nn Nah Zim would try too study nugget so he can figure out how he does any of what that crazy kid does. Hell he chewed off his own arm and didn't give a damn about it. Just went back to class.

[@eaglescout1984]

@@DisorientedWanderer Nugget is quite durable.

[@sarafontanini7051]

Nugget is everyone's friend c: you just need to let him or else! :D

[@TheVeniceAngel]

Yes! But... He'd probably get his eyes ripped out too...

[@renamon5658]

Invader zim was one of Nickelodeon darkest kids show

[@UltimateGamerCC]

right up there with Ren & Stimpy.

[@cyberjackal774]

And fire is hot.

[@bradyanderson6311]

@@UltimateGamerCC but it's normally a lot of slapstick.

[@reverendfatheruncleruckus]

Mr. Meaty was the most horrific and dark show I ever watched on nickelodeon. It may have been that I was a in my late teens when it came out. Invader Zim is by far the most child friendly things Vasquez has ever produced and nickelodeon always had some dark toons (Rugrats typically being babies wandering around in supervised as an example. The Thornberry kids getting nearly mauled by wild animals)

[@GenericProtagonist118]

All Nickelodeon shows [were] dark.

[@caseyknight7658]

The creator of the show joked that the gir at the end was to show that gir was the puppeteer to Keef's death. And to explain how keef shows up in later episodes he said maybe Keef's full robot by the end of the series or he's a monster that just looks human 😆

[@pundertalefan4391]

Dang Gir. XD

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Little known fact. The animators didn't have fun drawing Invader Zim. In fact, it was a nightmare to animate since that type of drawing was so new. Animators even quit

[@omgwtfbbq_1]

Wasn't it Aaron alexovich that did the character designs? I'm not sure who were the animators but that sounds like something that could happen haha

[@finikksu]

Personally I find "Bad Bad Rubber Piggy" darker than this one. I hope you can react to that one one day

[@Cloud-zb8lw]

Bet that kid didn’t “see” that coming. I hope he wasn’t “eye”rate.

[@brideofcthulhu347]

Don't worry, he's a "vision" of compassion.

[@SCP-469]

Dude, "see"riously.😬😏

[@mikecabral2420]

Eye hate puns.

[@SukiNoKoe]

Eye "see" what you did, thar. :D

[@nodatron6954]

Nice one Captain Pun-ishment.

[@brideofcthulhu347]

This is what happens when adult television networks turn down an artist, and then a children's network picks it up from the mind of someone who's most popular comic is "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" Fun fact, during the Halloween episode of Invaded Zim you can see Nny in the background behind Dib

[@TUM_Toons]

Can you do Regular Show: Ello, Gov'nor?

[@klaymanpanime5779]

That episode was gold!

[@i_teleported_bread7404]

The name's *Fists.*

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

*HOLY CRAP! IT'S REAL!*

[@SlytheyTove]

10:47 Calling Gir "Gif"... you are dead to me!

[@aquapenguin9697]

it was an honest mistake

[@sir_potoo]

What? I thought it was canon all along.

[@Vidar93]

The episode where zim throws piggies back in time to affect dib at critical points in his life gets progressively more and more messed up. I'm pretty sure it's called "bad,bad rubber piggy"

[@Owlbundy5052]

Spongebob’s SB-129 is so different and darker than any other episode. That’s a recommendation.

[@Nasser851000]

Back when kids show were violent as heck ;)

[@ToonsyTheToon]

Correction: Back when kid shows had balls

[@TheRibottoStudios]

I'd LOVE for you to look at Same as it Never was from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003. Cause JESUS CHRIST poor Donatello. Why they gotta put the GENTLE one through such horror? Damn.

[@weirdguy1495]

Or the Rat King episodes from TMNT 2012. Jeffrey Combs did such a good job.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@weirdguy1495 ohhhhh yeah that was a good one. Oh oh or Insane in the Membrane just....damn.

[@kamikazelemming1552]

I can't remember the name of the episode, but it was from the 2003 adaptation, and it involved the Turtles going into a cave with Cassie's sister, I think, and suffering from hallucinations via *LITERAL CTHULU* . It was a pretty dark episode, and there was even a scene where Leo or Raph kills Splinter, and you see the weapon punch through Splinter's back.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@kamikazelemming1552 that episode scared the SHIT out of me as a kid lol. Seeing Leo STAB HIS FATHER was like....holy shit. And Raph fighting Shredder only for it to reveal HE KILLED HIMSELF like....the episodes of cartoons that deal with one's inner fears are always some of my FAVORITES. Which now that I think about it I don't think we ever saw Don's inner fear, just Mikey's, Raph's and Leo's.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

Putting a gentle character through horror? That reminds me of Spencer Reid.

[@johnofonett8036]

It’s great to see Doug covering Invader Zim again on this show. The show is full content ripe for review on Dark Toons.

[@deadcool3227]

Invader Zim totally should have been on Adult Swim

[@damondodson9414]

Yeah or even better a show for Johnny the homicidal maniac on it

[@Max7345-i8m]

Saw this when it first aired. That eye scene still sticks in my head to this day. I remember actually being nauseated by the sheer horror of it back in the day. xD I can handle gore and horror a lot better these days.

[@breeeegs]

I remember being so deeply disgusted and horrified by it that I was kind of shell-shocked. It also decisively put me off watching the show ever again.

[@Fueledbystardust]

I actually had to turn away from the screen when that happened.

[@williamjohnson3093]

@@breeeegs same

[@ImmaLittlePip]

The teen titans episode haunted pls

[@sarafontanini7051]

GOD YEAH, That's a good one unfortunately I think that's a show for teens/odler kids, not strictly for little ones, so it may not match the criteria. Still, that's an amazing and dark episode

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@sarafontanini7051 I don't think so it's in the same rating as invader zim

[@sarafontanini7051]

@@ImmaLittlePip i seeeees

[@ironcladnomad5639]

Zim is just a fantastic sci-fi comedy. There are plenty of dark episodes (like the Halloween one), but other episodes lean on more sci-fi heavy concepts (Planet Jackers) and actually have some pretty cool ideas. The most consistent thing about the show is its nonstop, off-the-wall, manic flavor of comedy. And screaming.

[@lokziiviingaal3951]

I'd like another Courage episode. Either The Demon in the Mattress, The Great Fusilli, or Night of the Weremole.

[@alexiaNBC]

What about the episode "Perfect"?

[@DisorientedWanderer]

@@alexiaNBC or cats motel? Arachniphobic here and that one still gets me. But then again the spiders from skyrim still make me flinch. Nothing will top my shriek at the bloodborne spiders though. Not the rom spiders.

[@sarafontanini7051]

The Great Fusilli is a CHILLING one

[@animeHEAT]

I raise you "Windmill Vandals"

[@Nasser851000]

I have a mighty need for Ziiiiiiim!

[@stevegoodson9022]

and plenty of mission goooooooooooo!

[@DisorientedWanderer]

Can we sing the doom song?

[@sarafontanini7051]

LEAVE! NO! EVIDEEEEEEENCE!

[@titang6173]

Horrible. Suffering.

[@CHAOTIXMaddLass]

Invader zim, the one show that I can see showing up a lot on this show :)

[@TheGreenQuality3rd]

I was 10 and thought. Cooool. Didn't think it shouldn't be on tv, just thought it was an awesome show.

[@thisjustin6529]

I always thought this show would have lasted longer on Adult Swim. At least we got that random Zim movie on Netflix a couple years back.

[@stonermonkey6127]

Definitely Dexter's Lab, Filet of soul. I don't know why but that one freaked me out as a kid, maybe because of the ghost fish

[@geodudegaming123]

10:48 "why is gif in the smoke"....did he just say Gif?

[@pundertalefan4391]

I heard that too. XD

[@aliasfakename5200]

We need to start a petition to get the episodes with their original, darker and more morbid intent out to the public

[@AnakinTheWeird]

2 Spongebob Episodes you should do: Graveyard Shift, where Squidward tells Spongebob a scary ghost story and then it comes true, and I was a Teenage Gary, where Squidward accidentally turns Sponegbob into a snail. The first is hilarious and balances the comedy with the horror in genius ways, the second is just straight fucked up.

[@maxscarrow4547]

Grave yard shift was written by the creator of Phineas and Ferb

[@DDChorror]

Loved this cartoon as a kid, always felt like it was criminally underrated.

[@avatheartcup]

I miss Invader Zim TwT

[@ChamarM]

im glad it came back with the netflix movie

[@XXLittleSofyXX]

@@ChamarM same but it deserves reboot show

[@orangeslash1667]

@@XXLittleSofyXX There is a Zim comic.

[@anabia8761]

"You don't like waffles" is the equivalent of "I'm Okay!" to assure the kids he's still alive

[@Robert-rw5lm]

I'm just waiting for 'My Life as a Teenage Robot' where jenny is dealing with living skin

[@Silverstar_]

That would be Raggedy Android.

[@michaelcinelli4120]

Courage the Cowardly Dog Everyone Wants To Direct

[@Rovonix]

Yeah and especially the part when volkhiem comes to life it creeped me out

[@colli_wolly]

This episode unsettled me when I was a kid.

[@aidenproulx3849]

Same

[@Maloz-se1rf]

I liked it, I was kinda young so the only thing I laughed at was "why is his head so big!?" And poop dawg

[@pariscloud2907]

It still bothers me and I'm an adult now

[@alejandromolina7270]

I don't know why, like the kid eyes being yanked and replaced unsettled me, but that last shot of Gir stirring the cake batter really unsettled me as a kid.

[@jamarkusholcomb516]

Okay so seriously which cartoon you thought was more dark and creepy for kids? Courage the cowardly dog or Invader Zim?

[@tirsiakingolf6835]

I thought Zim made the eyes to both make the kid hallucinate, THEN he fell onto the ground, and the eyes exploded, and the line "You don't like waffles?" was him suffering some pretty major trauma to the head.

[@TheVeniceAngel]

If he didn't die, that's the only other thing, I can think of.

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

@@TheVeniceAngel He didn't die. He came back in an unaired episode, and he was also in the background in the movie.

[@mr.cringe2.059]

Please review "o brother where art thou" it's a wonderful story and I think you might enjoy it.

[@AnakinTheWeird]

The movie?

[@mr.cringe2.059]

@@AnakinTheWeird yes

[@totaldramarebooted]

"No One Can Hear You" Adventure Time Season 3 Episode 15

[@aztecgodhuzluiospd1033]

Is that the one with the freaky af deer?

[@geistgrace6452]

I'm still reeling that Zim's voice actor is Moxie in Helluva Boss.

[@alexiaNBC]

And Billy from the Grim Adventures with Billy and Mandy

[@firesky16]

And Dagget from the angry beavers

[@ChamarM]

and Chaos from Skylanders

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

@@firesky16 I always forget he's Dagget, but they have the same, "Eh?"

[@tokomcarro7061]

Hi Critic, would love to see you do 'Episode XXXV: Jack and the Haunted House ' from Samurai Jack, I don't know if it meets the 'requirements' but it was such a twisted creepy experience

[@kendrarasberry3078]

That or the zombie episode.

[@Silverstar_]

I think Samurai Jack skews too old. It was never a little kids' show.

[@renamon5658]

For a future darktoons can you do my little pony friendship is magic the cutie map part 1 and 2. That season 5 opener got dark fast

[@kendrarasberry3078]

I don’t think he likes My Little Pony.

[@renamon5658]

@@kendrarasberry3078 he might tolerate it enough to review those 2 episodes

[@kendrarasberry3078]

@@renamon5658 I guess, but he didn’t really care for either The Powerpuff Girls or Totally Spies.

[@Regfife]

"Return of Harmony" and "28 Pranks Later" might be decent candidates also. I recall another reviewer using "Return of Harmony" to refute the Nostalgia Critic's stance that "Balloons aren't scary!

[@kendrarasberry3078]

@@Regfife Again, I’m not sure he’ll do it because I don’t think he’s fond of My Little Pony.

[@RoosterDog0712]

It would be cool to see the episode No One can hear you from adventure time (The deer episode)

[@Paiste2002Fan]

Back in the day, I remember a friend telling me Jhonen Vasquez got a show on nickelodeon. I looked at him in disbelief. I said, “Jhonen Vasquez? The same guy that wrote Johnny the Homicidal Manic? Squee? Fillerbunny? Did they even read any of this stuff!?” I miss this show. It was so good.

[@jcorrell8590]

Invader sim had another dark episode called bad bad piggy I believe. I loved this show as a kid although I watched the Dutch version, which wasn't to bad actually, compared to other Dutch dubs. But I loved the show even more when I saw the English version and I was a bit older.

[@petercrowder8268]

3:25 “what can I add to that. It’s just funny” Couldn’t agree more Doug. 🤣🤣🤣

[@dragonheart2272]

I remember seeing this episode when it first aired. I was about five or six when I saw it, and it was one of those things that haunted me throughout my childhood. I had forgotten what the show was called, until about 2010 when the popularly for Invader Zim came back. Since then, I've been a huge fan of the show. 🤣

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

I wanna see doug do a invader zim vlog series somehow

[@couchops549]

You should do the episode of Animaniacs with Baloney. He’s creepy as he is, but 3 Warner anvils to the head and he doesn’t stay down. That is objectively terrifying.

[@InvasionAnimation]

Zim is so smart, and handsome!

[@darkblood626]

Please cover the power puff girls episdoe 'knock it off'

[@kendrarasberry3078]

Yes!

[@JosephCaquiasMusic]

Imagine how awesome Invader Zim would be if the animators didn't have to censor the show. It'd be cool to see the blood and more terrifying scenes.

[@sinclarelovelace7909]

Having watched this show as a child, then again as an adult, I can safely say it's not really as jarring as maybe it should have been. Sure it's a little terrifying to consider, but as child at the time it wasn't much of a scare factor as a shock factor, and I personally was more curious than scared of what was going to happen.

[@mgrzx3367]

You and your crew do a great job entertaining me. I'm older so I don't remember some very dark cartoons I saw back in the 60's as a kid. But I do love your ability to remind me of thinks and I think You are right. I saw stuff I shouldn't have. And felt stronger for it. All my thanks to You.

[@Moonlightflight13]

You will never know how happy I am that you decided to watch some of the Invader Zim episodes!!!

[@matodragonespor5000]

The kid was supposed to die, but since he was kept alive there was a script about him returning to take revenge on Zim for not wanting to spend time with him. Apparently it would be something similar to Misery, but the show was canceled before the episode started production.

[@xwraiths]

I really didn't watch Invader Zim as a kid...more of an older teen, but gods did I love it. As for this episode, I remember it but not for being scary or freaky. ... For freaky you need to react to the lice episode!

[@FritzFoxPirate]

Zim, Squee and JTHM are easily Johnen Vasquez best work

[@someguy4096]

I grew up with this show and when I watched the ending as a little kid I thought he died and the voice was more of a nondiegetic voice over.

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

Moxxie being a crazy alien person for 12 minutes 54 seconds.

[@jimmyhughes7]

I'm really glad this series isn't just seasonal!

[@nolanmetzger4354]

How about Return of the Raggedy Android from My Life as a Teenage Robot

[@blakemiller3666]

i loved this show growing up and still do to this day, it's so different from the usual sticking by the safe way to go cartoons, it's demented, disturbing, twisted, and mentally scarring to alot of kids, but that's what makes it so great, i've heard rumors of a more adult continuation of it and it still being directed by Jhonen Vasquez, and i absolutely can't wait for it! this is such a great and creative show, thank you Doug for taking the time to review it once more, would love an entire series from you as Nostalgia Critic honestly.

[@Lukoro05]

I loved this show. Still do. I feel like there could be a whole subsection of DarkToons that covers like 75% of this show. I mean, how about that friggin lice episode?

[@Nasser851000]

More Invader Zim! Yay!

[@alterhd4775]

I saw this episode at the age of, I wanna say 9. This episode gave me nightmares for a week straight, very hard to forget. The crazy thing is that I still watched the show the next day and enjoyed it, but that eyeball scene continued to haunt me. Overall experience though was pretty great.

[@clericofchaos1]

Ya know i feel like we've been over this, but shows like invader zim and courage the cowardly dog were *not* made for little kids. They were made for teens.

[@jodgee2374]

Zim was made for the 6 to 11 Neilsen demographic. That was the only group Nickelodeon was catering to at the time. Teenagers liked it, but that was irrelevant for ratings purposes.

[@clericofchaos1]

@@jodgee2374 rated for kids 11 and up here

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

you should review one of the latest cartoons on Disney+'s Mickey mouse shorts called "Just the Four of us", its all constructed like a horror movie in the most HILARIOUS way.

[@pikkusaukko]

Yes!!

[@monstersociety3360]

Hey Arnold! - "The Haunted Train"

[@ZanUchuu]

Invader Zim Halloween episode. Probably one of the scariest to me.

[@Pridetoons]

This episode gave me so many nightmares as a kid!

[@oHmega14]

PLEASE!! Do Teen Titans: "Haunted" and "Fear Itself"!! I think you'll really like those two episodes

[@LTAHour]

Do a review on "The fresh vegetable Mystery".

[@oliviaharris8359]

To this day, my favorite Spongebob Squarepants episode is The Graveyard Shift. It used to scare me as a kid, but I've since grown to be a horror fan and now appreciate it so much more.

[@maverickay5807]

First! :D

[@megakingzilla3093]

Congrats you were indeed first

[@randomperson4280]

BLUE SHELL!

[@BuddhaBot]

I watched the show when every episode premiered and I Do. Not. Recall. if that was the second episode. Maybe it was made to be, but, at the long Pilot, the second episode I saw was the one where Zim’s school had parents day. Followed by the one where Zim has a raincoat and a beard and gets lost with Gir. Maybe the friend one came After That one? I dunno. It’s all a red blur

[@CrispyPrism333]

No your right. The episode you’re talking about is Parent Teacher Night/Walk of Doom which was the second episode and Bestest Friend was the third. Although for some reason if you google it, it says Bestest Friend is the second episode, even though that episode aired April 13 2001 (a week after Parent Teacher Night/Walk of Doom).

[@Nasser851000]

GIR would have made a better President than Trump XD

[@MrTerminator3010]

Here's a Dark Toon for ya, "Bimbo's Initiation" by Fleischer Studios. What's it about? Oh you know, Bimbo the dog accidentally stumbles upon a cult that tortures him until he agrees to join.