Invader Zim

Invader ZIM is an animated series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It aired on the Nickelodeon network beginning in 2001 where it remained for two seasons. Nickelodeon canceled the show halfway through its second season due to poor ratings in the ages 2-11 demographic.The Northerner: Invader ZIM Canceled (April 26, 2002) This stopped production of the season after ten episodes were produced. Only one episode from the second season, The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever, aired in 2002, while the rest did not run on television until 2006 on NickToons. The series continues to air in syndication and is available on DVD, while fans on the Internet have constructed elaborate web archives of Zim information.

• Richard Horvitz: Zim
• Rosearik Rikki Simons: GIR
• Andy Berman: Dib
• Melissa Fahn: Gaz
• Kevin McDonald & Wally Wingert: Almighty Tallest

The series begins at the great Irken Assigning, where Invaders are given planets to conquer. Zim is a diminutive Irken soldier, dispatched to a "mystery planet" during Operation Impending Doom II, due to his poor performance in Operation Impending Doom I, in which he nearly destroyed his own planet. He is issued an insane robot assistant named GIR, and together they take up life on Earth disguised as a small, green child and his insane dog-like creature.

Zim's nemesis, Dib, is a paranormal hunter, and the only one to recognize that Zim is an alien. Since Dib has also seen Bigfoot (in his garage, using his belt sander), everyone thinks Dib is crazy, so no one believes him. Dib makes it his mission to stop Zim, but Zim's incompetence makes this a relatively easy task. On several occasions, when other alien forces threaten earth, Zim and Dib form an uneasy alliance to save the world (since Zim does not want to let anyone else destroy the earth, he wants to destroy it himself).

Uncompleted episodes of Invader ZIM are available on the Extras disc of the Invader Zim Limited Edition Boxset.TVShowsOnDVD: Invader Zim: Massively Cool Stuff About The Invasion! (January 12, 2004) The extra content comes in the form of the full voice tracks for these episodes. No animation is currently available for any uncompleted episodes.