When was zim born

Exposure to excessive grease leads to the creation of an enormous transparent, semi-permeable, hypnotic pimple, known first as Pustulio. It's unclear whether these effects are due to Zim's alien biochemistry or because the Earth itself appears to be, in the timeframe of Invader Zim , excessively polluted. The episode " Bolognius Maximus " offers an additional suggestion that the Irken body may be physiologically and biochemically much more delicate than a human's.

Zim's genetic structure breaks down and turns into bologna much faster than Dib's after exposure to an identical infusion of bologna-DNA. However, for each weakness Zim has found a compensatory mechanism, he discovered that germs could be repelled by covering his body in "space meat" and using conventional Earth disinfectant sprays despite the meat then fusing to his flesh.

He also discovered his pimples have hypnotic properties over humans. In the episode " Zim Eats Waffles ", he thinks that eating enough Earth food will allow him to build up an immunity to it. Whether it has or not wasn't seen.

In addition, in " The Wettening " after Zim found out about bathing in the school glue, he could be protected against water, at first it appears that he developed a layer of glue that permanently fused to his outer epidermal layer, but it was revealed that Jhonen Vasquez planned to have more scenes where Zim would be seen bathing in paste to have the viewer remember that he needs protection against water but couldn't due to time constraints.

It is first seen in " Door to Door " that Zim can withstand a large amount of water when the character who Zim asked sprays him with a hose. In the DVD, Jhonen commentates that "Zim is resistant to water, but he's exposed to polluted water only. Zim also has an intense fear of germs and anything "filthy. Zim panics when he realizes that germs are almost everywhere and begins to spray them with disinfectant. An unknown substance secreted by his skin kills lice almost instantly, this could mean that he is also immune to other pests on Earth.

His biggest weakness, however, would be his immense ego as it makes Zim do incredibly reckless things almost all the time. This is best shown by Issue 12 , as in the future a more competent Zim has conquered Earth. To blend in with the inhabitants of Earth , Zim has made a series of creative disguises. Zim often wears disguises to try to conceal his identity from the "earth-monkeys" that he plans to eventually conquer; they are often unconvincing and hastily constructed, but he knows that the humans are too oblivious to recognize that he is an extraterrestrial visitor anyway.

Zim's school disguise consists of some contact lenses and a bouffant wig. The contacts give his eyes a human appearance, and the wig covers his antennae; however, everything else about him, including his uniform and green skin, is left unchanged. He explains away his skin color and lack of ears as a skin condition in the " The Nightmare Begins ", and has passed off being caught without his contact lenses as a bad case of pinkeye.

It was discovered in the first episode that the sleeve of his right glove can become a self-destruct device, most likely to get rid of an Irken soldier if they believe their mission has been compromised.

He occasionally wears an old man disguise, such as in " Walk of Doom " and other episodes, which he used throughout the first season. This disguise consists of a flowered hat and a white fake beard. It makes him resemble a short, crazy old man; in the same episode, he was mistaken for a hobo and later for a bank robber.

Ironically, this is the only disguise Zim wore that nearly got him arrested and even discovered, as was the case in " Attack of the Saucer Morons. In the second season of the show, Zim added another disguise to his arsenal: a floppy, huge-headed human suit with a cape, a sewed-on handbag and stuffed puppy, and a name tag reading 'human'.

His face was undisguised, but no one saw through it as it was revealed humans saw a human face. A similar disguise was seen in Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus , where Zim kidnaps Professor Membrane and takes over his labs for his new evil plan. The only differences from the above human disguise were that Zim was dressed as a scientist of sorts and was using his contact lenses. Other costumes worn include a fat lady outfit used to hide the time field explosion in " Walk for Your Lives "; a bear suit use unknown, possibly an I Feel Sick reference in " Battle of the Planets ", a "Baby Inspector" disguise for interrogating " Noogums " " Plague of Babies " , and the Santa Claus suit and Easter Platypus disguises used to manipulate the public in " The Most Horrible X-mas Ever "; the former was by far one of Zim's most ambitious and advanced disguises, being made from a Vortian liquid substance.

The Pilot also featured an over-sized robotic battle-suit shaped like Zim's school disguise for use in the food-fight that occurred.

Brief on-screen appearances of other Invaders in " Walk for Your Lives " and " Planet Jackers " showed that almost all other Invaders use even shoddier disguises, so Zim's ineptitude in this regard is not unique. Zim's name is still remembered two million years after the events of " The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever ", in which he created a Santa Suit in hopes of finally conquering the Earth and enslaving the inhabitants in the name of the Irken Empire. Even though he was not successful, the consequences of his actions had a profound effect on the planet for centuries to come as his desire to destroy humanity became a yearly event taking place on Christmas , as people tried to keep the feral Santa at bay, ruining the holiday forever.

Meanwhile on Irk , Zim is remembered for several atrocities, including the deaths of two Tallest, creating monsters, and even his birthdate is remembered as "Horrible Painful Overload Day" due to the planetwide blackout he caused a few minutes after activation, so he's viewed as a figure of contempt in Irken History.

Dib is Zim's mortal enemy during his "mission" on Earth. It's quite evident that the two hate each other, but because Dib is the only one aside from Gaz to know he's an Irken Invader, Dib has made it his mission to expose Zim for the "evil menace he is". People have often mistook them for friends, much to their shared disgust, but ironically because they rely on each other to have a meaning in their lives, this would make the two adversaries "frenemies" of sorts.

It is also quite evident that they share a few traits, such as both being outcasts in their respective societies, intelligence and height, as well as the fact that they have a grudging respect for each other, makes their rivalry all the more complex. Although they hardly ever speak to each other, Gaz is not afraid of Zim and knows his identity as an alien visitor, but unlike her brother who sees Zim as an actual threat, Gaz doesn't care as she quickly realized that Zim is too stupid to conquer Earth.

However, she underestimated the Irken in Enter the Florpus. Interestingly, in early episodes she didn't care if he tried to kill all human life, opening the possibility that there are some lines she's not willing to let Zim cross.

On Zim's end, he views Gaz as nothing more than "Dib's scary little sister" and has repeatedly made the mistake of overlooking that she is far craftier and dangerous than Dib, however, there are hints that he is intimidated by her and has tried to prevent her wrath.

GIR is apparently Zim's only true friend, although in reality he is his faulty servant robot. The two of them get along, GIR is like his insane and hilarious younger brother.

Although they sometimes can't agree on certain things, they still try to make Zim's plans work, but they don't always go as expected. Zim, for his part, is frustrated with GIR's disobedience and tried to replace him as his "evil sidekick" in " Nubs of Doom ", however it should be noted that he didn't try to dismantle or get rid of GIR, suggesting he has grown attached to the robot.

This could be hinted by the fact that they're both "Defectives" in the eyes of the Irken Empire. Zim has a complicated relationship with each of his minions.

He seems to be fond of Minimoose as he views him as his most competent member of his "army of evil", and this shows in Enter the Florpus , where he was crucial to his plans and the purple moose even admitted to saying that he believes Zim is "cool".

In his debut episode, Minimoose did what Zim asked without question, which impressed the Irken. Zim's fondness towards his creation is seen several times, like in the final issue where he was knitting Minimoose a shirt, showing clear favoritism between his "sidekicks".

By contrast, Zim is frustrated with his Computer's snarky replies, and the feeling is mutual as the AI gets easily frustrated by his master's stupidity and tendency to disregard his warnings like in " Walk for Your Lives ".

Despite this, the Computer is clearly Zim's second most helpful piece of technology he has available. Zim also had several other robots at his disposal both sentient and mindless, like the Roboparents , the gnomes , and his army , with various degrees of success and failure.

The Roboparents are clearly the worst as they're poorly made, have faulty programing, and don't necessarily aid in Zim's mission in any way, shape or form, unlike the robot gnomes who have done their job to keep Dib at arms length in some cases and thus are some of Zim's most reliable security droids.

His army seen in Enter the Florpus were by far his best minions, as they aided him in his conquest of Earth and Zim showed affection towards them as he knew all their names and even mourned their "deaths" at the hands of Professor Membrane. Tak is perhaps Zim's most cunning enemy. From their limited interaction, it's quite evident that they hate each other, as Zim is the reason as to why she couldn't become an Invader and Tak tried to take his "mission".

She claimed not to want revenge on Zim but simply to take "what is rightfully mine", however, this didn't stop her from making his time at skool miserable. Eventually Zim had the last laugh, as he was able to stop her plan to destroy the Earth and as a final insult, left her stranded in space with a dismantled MiMi in the remnants of her ship. Had the series gone on, Tak would have become a regular enemy to Zim, however it's unknown to what effect future encounters would have had in their relationship, as it's clear they won't stop until the other is defeated or dead.

Quite interestingly, Ms. Bitters is the only being in the universe aside from the Tallest that Zim shows any type of respect, possibly because of her height and demonic abilities. This feeling isn't mutual, however, since from their first meeting Ms. Bitters seems to already hate Zim, which is hardly surprising, as she is devoid of any positive emotions. Several episodes seems to show her getting annoyed with Zim's shenanigans and stupid questions, but ironically this isn't the Irken's intentions, as she is his main source of information on Earth and therefore vital for his "mission of conquest", and thus he only asks certain things in hope to eventually getting something out of his teacher that will get him one step closer to conquering the planet.

Though it can be said that her lessons are far from accurate, and if they are she teaches them in the worst possible light. It can be said that because neither of them is human that there is a supernatural connection between them. In the episode " Bestest Friend" , Keef actually served as a main character. He was used by Zim as a best friend due to his physical absorbency of liquids, shock-resistance, and ability to come out all right after an unseen incident with a toy beaver and taxi so that Zim appears normal to the other Skoolchildren.

However, Zim grew tired of Keef following him everywhere and invading his privacy. It got to such a level that Zim's paranoia gets the best of him and he decides to get rid of Keef to ensure the safety of his mission. And while he failed in killing the boy, he was successful in getting him out of his antennae. Interestingly, had the series gone on, Keef would have learned that Zim is an alien, however, it's unlikely he would use this information against him.

Skoodge and Zim are both Irken Invaders , and both are hated by their leaders, the Almighty Tallest, for various reasons primarily, their short statures.

They have seemingly formed a friendship, despite how poorly Zim treats Skoodge, which seems to have been the case since their smeethood , as Zim has used Skoodge as nothing more than a tool to get ahead, but no matter how many times he is abused, Skoodge for whatever reason stays loyal to Zim. Zim sees Skoodge as a pitiful excuse for an Invader, and calls him gullible, and he seems to be aware that the Tallest hate him, even while being oblivious to their hate of himself.

As stated above, he often abuses Skoodge, and if the series were to continue on, he would not be very welcoming when he finds him in his basement. He thinks that Skoodge was just lucky when he conquered his assigned planet Blorch , despite Skoodge being an excellent Invader. Nevertheless, they're more than likely the only friend the other has, which would explain why Zim at best tolerates having Skoodge around.

Sizz-Lorr seems to be the only Irken Zim seems to fear. This isn't without reason, as Zim was so traumatized working under Sizz-Lorr during his banishment on Foodcourtia to the extent that he had to block out his time on Shloogorgh's Flavor Monster.

The relationship between them can best be described as jailer and prisoner. After Zim escaped the first time during the beginning of The Great Foodening , Sizz-Lorr was severely understaffed and had to do all the work by himself for twenty years, which caused him to have a personal hatred towards Zim and as a result, he was determined to bring him back to Foodcourtia to serve the rest of his banishment apparently unaware that the Tallest simply re-banished Zim to Earth.

Sizz-Lorr's hatred towards Zim was so deep that he forced the defective to work around the clock. Zim wasn't allowed to leave the restaurant and was made to do several humiliating tasks for the amusement of the abusive costumers. However, it was this hatred and fear on Zim's end that out of desperation found a way to escape both the restaurant and the planet, leaving the Frylord alone to endure another Foodening by himself, with Zim gloating over his victory.

The relationship between Zim and the Almighty Tallest can best be described as tumultuous, at least from the Tallests' point of view. Although they deeply detest him and will do anything to get him out of their way, Zim remains innocently loyal and reasonably obedient to his leaders. When Zim ruins Operation Impending Doom and destroys part of Irk as well as killing the original Invaders as well as most likely thousands of Irkens , the Tallest respond by banishing him to Foodcourtia and reencoding his PAK from Invader to food service; their response to such a severe offense would imply that the Tallest are reluctant to actually execute their fellow Irkens.

Zim repeatedly tries to win the praise of and please his leaders and will go through great lengths to get it, and is often oblivious to their disdain for him. However, his efforts are in vain, as Red and Purple hate him but Zim has deluded himself into thinking they're his "biggest fans. Zim has had several voice actors before the series had officially started. The pilot episode with West's voiceover track is available as an extra feature on the second disc of the Zim DVD set.

Hamill was not cast because Vasquez considered he was unsuited for the role upon hearing his recordings while Nickelodeon considered that he sounded too old. Richard Steven Horvitz , who voiced Daggett from The Angry Beavers , revoiced Zim as a tester on the third pass of the pilot and was finally chosen to be the character's permanent voice for the remainder of the American series. This final version of the pilot was unavailable to the public until Christmas Eve, when the pilot aired on Nicktoons.

At this point, the late Gary Coleman was considered to voice Zim, but according to his blog, Vasquez didn't want to cast a celebrity to voice the show's titular protagonist. Horvitz's style of voicing Zim was influenced heavily by Vasquez's own inflections and those of Vincent Price. On behind the voice actors, it was shown that Melissa Fahn had voiced Zim as a smeet in " Parent Teacher Night "; her only line as Zim was: "I love you, cold unfeeling robot arm.

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These flashbacks prove that Zim, Red, and Purple actually trained together, and that Zim has been causing planet-wide chaos since he was literally two minutes old when he caused the first of two decade long blackouts. Also within the episode, it would have been seen that, upon receiving data in the facility he was born in, Zim complained that he wasn't given enough. It would have also been stated that there were many mistakes in his PAK's programming "40 schmillion", to be precise , which is likely the reason he is considered defective.

These toys are described as advanced even more than Professor Membrane's lab technology , but it's unclear what they look like. In Issue 7 , a smeet that looks similar to Zim was born out of his DNA, the fluid of his Voot Cruiser , and the environment of the formerly lifeless planet. This was the first Irken smeet witnessed being born without the use of cloning.

Another notable aspect of this smeet is their lack of a PAK, which could imply that Irkens become dependent on the device upon adulthood. Another explanation is that newborn smeets can survive without a PAK for a short period before ultimately expiring. Unfortunately, the smeet was killed by the other lifeforms who called the smeet a heretic and "false Zim".

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