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Great animation, characters, show. FULL SKULL BABY!

I admit that it took me a while to catch on to Invader Zim. (Partially because it was being aired by Nickelodeon about once a week on Sunday afternoons.) What first drew me in to the series was the absolutely astounding semi-3D computer animation. The characters were (and are) some of the most unique and interesting in cartoon history. The second thing that drew me in (and also the most likely reason the show was cancelled) was its cutting edge "dark humor". Similar to other Nick shows like 'Rocko's modern life', (Still waiting for the DVD on that one.) Invader Zim can safely be enjoyed by children, but the real, underlying humor will only be appreciated by teens and adults.
I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys dark humor, or just great animated TV. Zim truly is one of the greatest series of all time, animated or otherwise.
And if you like Zim, I REALLY recommend that you check out HBO's sketch comedy series 'Mr. Show', one of, if not THE best show you've never heard of. (That one's just for the adults, though.)
...Anyway, I'm kind of getting off track here...Great animation, great characters, great show...yeah, I pretty much covered everything. Now please go buy it and love it. Thanks.
-Colin George

BEST CARTOON EVER! FULL SKULL BABY!

this cartoon is one of the best i have ever seen. The graphics as well as the hillarious plot and characters make it a cartoon for most everyone to see. Although it should not be shown to smaller children, anyone over the age of 7 should be embrassed with Zims greatness...now go....buy the DVD share it with your friends and spread the word of ZIM!!

wonderful but cancelled FULL SKULL BABY!

This is simply one of the finest (and funniest) works of sci-fi to be aired on television, ever.

A lot of mystery revolves around why Nick found the "wisdom" to cancel the show, after only one season and a rotating ,illogical time slot .

Here is what I've learned during a recent covention at which Jhonen Vasquez spoke about Invader Zim: during an episode called "Game Slave 2", their is a part where Gaz's nemesis in the episode (Igines), is killed falling with an elevator. Nick execs thought that it was horrible having a child die on their network, a family network. To please the censors and to hopefully give a cheeky response to the execs, an epilogue was added of Igines leaping from the broken husk of the elevator and shouting his name with "IGINES!" splashed across the top in a victorious manner. This was an "in your face!" to Nick execs., who DID GET IT!! Soon after, the show was canceled. (Not directly quoting) Many elements that were suppose to be added later were simply thrown into "the worst x-mas ever"; (minimoose, Tak's ship, the Massive coming to earth0, all larger story features for other episodes. Condensed down, they actually killed the episode (as well as the brutal chopping it got on the editting floor).

Saddly, an actual story with some meat was beginning to take shape (again, Tak's ship, the Resisty from "Backseat drivers from beyond the stars",Invader Skoog joining Zim on Earth and Foodcourtia mentioned in many episodes). As well as a definite final episode (titled "Invader Dib" acording to rumor) which woud have brought the everything to a proper end (see TVTOME.COM for further information). None of which will ever be shown. (Some bootlegs do exist of some of these episodes)

Worse yet, in signing over the rights to Zim, Jhonen lost all creative rights to the charecters that were in the show (luckily Squee or Johnny never cameoed in the show).

I hope this gives some explanation to the whole debate.

Favorite episodes: "NanoZim","PLanet Jackers", "The Sad, Sad Tale Of Chickenfoot" (funniest episode ever), "Tak: The Hideous New Girl", "Dib's Wonderful Life Of Doom", "Backseat Drivers From Beyond The Stars" (favorite episode)

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