The Rise and Fall of Invader Zim: What Happened?

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  @TheAlphaJayShow · 7 years ago · pinned

  What are your thoughts on Invader Zim?

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  @mr.bazinga4170 · 7 years ago

  He decided to sit in a toilet and laugh maniacally for several years.

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  @raviaviaviavioli · 7 years ago

  It's kinda odd Nickelodeon saw a comic about a homicidal maniac and thought: "Hey, this guy would make a great kid's cartoon!" it was obvious the guy was going to create something that an older audience would like.

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• GI

  @Giantalfe · 7 years ago

  Whats the matter?... scared of BEANS SPACE BOI!

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  @umamorinha · 7 years ago

  “Not for this show, not for this show’s logic” dude did you watch the show?

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  @aptspire · 7 years ago

  Invader Zim has fallen?<br><br>NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!

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  @eclipsaaddams1639 · 7 years ago

  Invader Zim probably would have been better off on ADULT SWIM.

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  @TheFunnyGuy9000 · 7 years ago

  Us: where’s the invader Zim TV movie<br>Nick: heehoo Dora movie<br><br><br>Us: Am I a joke to you?

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  @tigerfestivals5137 · 7 years ago (edited)

  The time travel episode where he kills dib is great. It shows just how evil zim is and that despite his incompetence he is a legitimate threat when he actually pulls off a scheme. Though I don&apos;t think killing off dib for good would have been good for the show itself, since the Dib/Zim rivalry is the core of the conflict.

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  @toesnatcher48 · 7 years ago

  We need to raid Area 51 to free zim and get back the show

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  @MrGeorgeFlorcus · 7 years ago

  Invader Zim was so far ahead of its time. It was to children&apos;s animation what The Simpsons was to 80&apos;s sitcoms. Here was this edgy, subversive, unique series that really pushed the envelope for what was considered appropriate for television. 18 years later, it holds up in every aspect, from its art style, direction, writing, humor, even its animation holds up and in my opinion puts many contemporary animations to shame. Had this show been produced 10 years later, in an era where 2D-3D hybrid animations were more prevalent, and older teens and young adults were more keenly interested in animation than they may have been in the day, Invader Zim would have thrived. Instead of being the sort of underground cult classic that it is, it would have become a mainstream cultural phenomenon; again, I would put it on or near the level of The Simpsons. But as it was, it was released a little too early on a network that didn&apos;t support them, to an audience that largely wasn&apos;t ready for it.<br><br>And maybe that&apos;s okay. The one benefit, at least in hindsight, of &quot;failed&quot; projects like Invader Zim is that being dropped before it could really catch on just meant that it didn&apos;t stay long enough to lose steam and focus, and devolve into a run-of-the-mill, overly commercialized piece of mediocrity. It didn&apos;t outstay its welcome, and fans may decry its perceived preemptive cancellation as unfair and unjust, but there&apos;s no denying that it&apos;s cancellation went a long way towards elevating it to its cult status. Endless talks about how the show &quot;died before its time&quot; doubtlessly created untold amounts of word of mouth advertising for it, priming it for a resurgence in popularity during the late 2000&apos;s. All without having to make a single new episode.

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  @butterpie7592 · 7 years ago

  Also, Invader Zim is now officially 18 years old, having premiered 18 years ago on this day.

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