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not the meaning of defictionalization, also replacing adventure time as an example of follow the leader since that has on the whole a very different tone from zim
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* CreatorsFavorite: Some of the supplementary material indicate that Dib is Jhonen Vasquez's favorite character.
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* CreatorsFavorite: CreatorsFavorite:
** Some of the supplementary material indicate that Dib is Jhonen Vasquez's favorite character.
** Some of the supplementary material indicate that Dib is Jhonen Vasquez's favorite character.
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** Outside of the Americas (Brazil, Mexico, USA); GIR is often voiced by a woman.
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** Outside of the Americas (Brazil, Mexico, USA); USA), GIR is often voiced by a woman.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2005, a 17-year-old psychopath named Scott Dyleski attempted to re-enact the episode "Dark Harvest" in real life. Thankfully(?) he was only able to eviscerate one person before he was caught, tried and sentenced to life in prison.
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** Dib and Gaz did not not have an official last name in the original series. Many fans had taken to giving them the last name "Membrane," which would be [[AscendedFanon made canon]] in the comic book series.
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** Dib and Gaz did not not have an official last name in the original series. Many fans had taken to giving them the last name "Membrane," after their father, which would be [[AscendedFanon made canon]] in the comic book series.
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* FollowTheLeader: After Invader ZIM hit cult status and became immensely popular with the preteen demographic, many other animated TV shows started turning towards dark and random humor. ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', and ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' are a few examples.
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* FollowTheLeader: After Invader ZIM ''Zim'' hit cult status and became immensely popular with the preteen demographic, many other animated TV shows started turning towards dark and random humor. ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', and ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' are a few examples.
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* HeAlsoDid: One of the show’s head writers was Frank Conniff, also known as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 TV’s Frank]].
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* HeAlsoDid: HeAlsoDid:
** One of the show’s head writers was Frank Conniff, also known as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 TV’s Frank]].
** One of the show’s head writers was Frank Conniff, also known as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 TV’s Frank]].
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* LyingCreator: A sarcastic variant. Compounding the GodNeverSaidThat issue above, where fans mistakenly attribute words to Creator/JhonenVasquez that he never actually said, Jhonen ''himself'' has often gone on record with information that's intended to be sardonic. For example, it's said in [[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/543/543764p3.html this interview]] that Zim would eventually get a HeelFaceTurn... and become a lawyer:
-->Ultimately, my idea was to take his sights off world domination, as ZIM begins to understand that there is a beauty in human life, an understanding that sets him on his path to becoming a public legal defender. I was very inspired by Ben Affleck's powerful courtroom scenes in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', and I wanted to move people to tears like those scenes moved me. But the show was canceled before any of that, thus leaving our audience of ten unfulfilled.[[note]]If that is not ridiculous enough on its face to give away the game, the ''Daredevil'' film came out in 2003, a year after the show's cancellation, meaning the quote literally cannot be true, and "moved to tears like those scenes moved me" is almost certainly meant as a StealthInsult. See also TheWalrusWasPaul.[[/note]]
-->Ultimately, my idea was to take his sights off world domination, as ZIM begins to understand that there is a beauty in human life, an understanding that sets him on his path to becoming a public legal defender. I was very inspired by Ben Affleck's powerful courtroom scenes in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', and I wanted to move people to tears like those scenes moved me. But the show was canceled before any of that, thus leaving our audience of ten unfulfilled.[[note]]If that is not ridiculous enough on its face to give away the game, the ''Daredevil'' film came out in 2003, a year after the show's cancellation, meaning the quote literally cannot be true, and "moved to tears like those scenes moved me" is almost certainly meant as a StealthInsult. See also TheWalrusWasPaul.[[/note]]
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* LyingCreator: LyingCreator:
** A sarcastic variant. Compounding the GodNeverSaidThat issue above, where fans mistakenly attribute words to Creator/JhonenVasquez that he never actually said, Jhonen ''himself'' has often gone on record with information that's intended to be sardonic. For example, it's said in [[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/543/543764p3.html this interview]] that Zim would eventually get a HeelFaceTurn... and become a lawyer:
-->Ultimately, --->Ultimately, my idea was to take his sights off world domination, as ZIM begins to understand that there is a beauty in human life, an understanding that sets him on his path to becoming a public legal defender. I was very inspired by Ben Affleck's powerful courtroom scenes in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', and I wanted to move people to tears like those scenes moved me. But the show was canceled before any of that, thus leaving our audience of ten unfulfilled.[[note]]If that is not ridiculous enough on its face to give away the game, the ''Daredevil'' film came out in 2003, a year after the show's cancellation, meaning the quote literally cannot be true, and "moved to tears like those scenes moved me" is almost certainly meant as a StealthInsult. See also TheWalrusWasPaul.[[/note]]
** A sarcastic variant. Compounding the GodNeverSaidThat issue above, where fans mistakenly attribute words to Creator/JhonenVasquez that he never actually said, Jhonen ''himself'' has often gone on record with information that's intended to be sardonic. For example, it's said in [[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/543/543764p3.html this interview]] that Zim would eventually get a HeelFaceTurn... and become a lawyer:
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** And then she got cast as [[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Rider,]] in what can only be called an absolutely ''inspired'' CastingGag.
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* RoleReprise:
** The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Enter the Florpus'' brought back the entire cast from the TV series, even those who voiced minor roles.
** The same goes in the Japanese dub. [[note]] Though Creator/HaruhiTerada (Gaz's JPN voice) has since changed her name to Haruhi Nanao due to her parents' divorce in 2014 resulting her last name being changed to her mother's due to it being required by Japanese law [[/note]]
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Maybe not as bad as had been rumored, but still a factor. The show was constantly jumbled all over the schedule so that nobody ever knew when it was on, and new episodes were premiered at timeslots like 9:15 pm. However, while the suits didn't always understand exactly what he was doing, they gave him an awful lot of leeway, and Vasquez himself would later admit that given complete creative control the only thing that might change was that extras would explode at random.
** The exact reason why the show was screwed is still debated, from complaints by MoralGuardians that the series was too dark and violent, to out-of-control costs, and of course, being beaten in ratings by [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants a certain sponge]].
** The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Enter the Florpus'' brought back the entire cast from the TV series, even those who voiced minor roles.
** The same goes in the Japanese dub. [[note]] Though Creator/HaruhiTerada (Gaz's JPN voice) has since changed her name to Haruhi Nanao due to her parents' divorce in 2014 resulting her last name being changed to her mother's due to it being required by Japanese law [[/note]]
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Maybe not as bad as had been rumored, but still a factor. The show was constantly jumbled all over the schedule so that nobody ever knew when it was on, and new episodes were premiered at timeslots like 9:15 pm. However, while the suits didn't always understand exactly what he was doing, they gave him an awful lot of leeway, and Vasquez himself would later admit that given complete creative control the only thing that might change was that extras would explode at random.
** The exact reason why the show was screwed is still debated, from complaints by MoralGuardians that the series was too dark and violent, to out-of-control costs, and of course, being beaten in ratings by [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants a certain sponge]].
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** The Latin American Spanish dub ofRoleReprise: ''Enter the Florpus'' brought back a good majority of the entire original cast from the TV series, even those who voiced minor roles.
**roles. The same goes in can be said for the Latin American Spanish and Japanese dub. [[note]] Though Creator/HaruhiTerada (Gaz's JPN voice) has since changed her name to Haruhi Nanao due to her parents' divorce in 2014 resulting her last name being changed to her mother's due to it being required by Japanese law [[/note]]
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Maybe not as bad as had been rumored, but still a factor. The show was constantly jumbled all over the schedule so that nobody ever knew when it was on, and new episodes were premiered at timeslots like 9:15 pm. However, while the suits didn't always understand exactly what he was doing, they gave him an awful lot ofleeway, and leeway. Vasquez himself would later admit that that, given complete ''complete'' creative control control, the only thing that might change was that extras would explode at random.
**random. The exact reason why the show was screwed is still debated, from complaints by MoralGuardians that the series was too dark and violent, to out-of-control costs, and of course, being beaten in ratings by [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants a certain sponge]].
** The Latin American Spanish dub of
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Maybe not as bad as had been rumored, but still a factor. The show was constantly jumbled all over the schedule so that nobody ever knew when it was on, and new episodes were premiered at timeslots like 9:15 pm. However, while the suits didn't always understand exactly what he was doing, they gave him an awful lot of
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** In the original script for the scene in "Mortos der Soulstealer", where Zim and Dib yell at each other across an intersection, the street between the two was supposed to be filled with vehicles driving by, which would contribute to why the two had to yell back and forth to be heard over the traffic. When the animation got back from the studio, the crew was chagrined to find that they'd forgotten to animate in the traffic....however, upon reviewing the footage with the dialogue, they found that the awkwardness of the two shouting over nonexistent traffic was hilarious, and kept it as it was.
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** In the original script for the scene in "Mortos der Soulstealer", where Zim and Dib yell at each other across an intersection, the street between the two was supposed to be filled with vehicles driving by, which would contribute to why the two had to yell back and forth to be heard over the traffic. When the animation got back from the studio, the crew was chagrined to find that they'd forgotten to animate in the traffic....however, upon reviewing the footage with the dialogue, they found that the awkwardness of the two shouting over nonexistent traffic was hilarious, and kept it as it was. The scene was even called back to in ''Enter the Florpus''.
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** According to [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9eKOqh-E5WPa3hLTGFiS0MzS0k/view?pref=2&pli=1 the show's original pitch bible]], the show was intended to be in a format similar to ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', with short interludes appearing inbetween episodes.
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** According to [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9eKOqh-E5WPa3hLTGFiS0MzS0k/view?pref=2&pli=1 the show's original pitch bible]], the show was intended to be in a format similar to ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', with short interludes appearing inbetween in between episodes.
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** According to Jhonen Vasquez, Dib and his family aren't white, but very pale Mexicans like himself. This would later be reflected ''Enter the Florpus'', where Dib is given a slightly darkened skin tone to better match his own.
** During development, Dib's name was originally short for Dibble, before becoming his actual name. YMMV on whether Jhonen's statement on the name predating both of those being Feebly is also true, or just one of his usual jokes. Meanwhile, Gaz has always been short for [[PunnyName Gazleen]], though it wouldn't be stated within any official ''Zim'' material until ''Enter the Florpus''.
** During development, Dib's name was originally short for Dibble, before becoming his actual name. YMMV on whether Jhonen's statement on the name predating both of those being Feebly is also true, or just one of his usual jokes. Meanwhile, Gaz has always been short for [[PunnyName Gazleen]], though it wouldn't be stated within any official ''Zim'' material until ''Enter the Florpus''.
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** According to Jhonen Vasquez, Dib and his family aren't white, but very pale Mexicans Mexicans, [[WriteWhatYouKnow like himself. himself]]. This would later be reflected ''Enter the Florpus'', where Dib is they're given a slightly darkened skin tone tones to better match his own.
** During development, Dib's name was originally short for Dibble, before becoming his actual name.YMMV on whether Jhonen's statement on the also stated that his original name predating both of those being Feebly is also true, or was Feebly, though it's hard to tell if that's just one of his usual jokes. Meanwhile, Gaz has always been short for [[PunnyName Gazleen]], though it wouldn't be stated within any official ''Zim'' material until ''Enter the Florpus''.
** During development, Dib's name was originally short for Dibble, before becoming his actual name.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even a show set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture couldn't prevent this. Specifically, the notable lack of smart phones.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]] was going to be one of the Nhar-Gh'ok. Naturally [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon did not approve.]]
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]] was going to be one of the Nhar-Gh'ok. Naturally [[ExecutiveMeddling Naturally, Nickelodeon did not approve.]]
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even a show set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture couldn't prevent this. Specifically, the notable lack of smart phones.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even a show set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture couldn't prevent this. Specifically, the notable lack of smart phones.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
** The plot of "Nano Zim" in centered around Dib sending a physical disk with incriminating photos of Zim to a TV show to expose him. A decade later, he could have taken the photos with his phone and emailed them directly to the TV producers the second they were taken, if not livestreamed his entire break-in.
** For a show depicting [[ApatheticCitizens the masses as drooling morons]], there are a noticeable lack of cell phones being held up to record the scenes of destruction they look upon.
** In "Most Horrible X-Mass Ever," Dib whips out his laptop to video-call Gaz, who answers using a video watch. Today, both of them would just [=FaceTime=].
** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
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** ClassPet
** CooldownHug
** DoomyDoomsOfDoom
** TheDreadedToiletDuty
** ExplosiveLeash
** Expositron9000
** GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul
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** ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim
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** AFormYouAreComfortableWith ("Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom")
** LovableNerd ("Gaz: Taster of Pork")
** ProjectileToast
** {{Santabomination}} ("The Most Horrible X-mas Ever")
** AmusingAlien
** BlindedByTheSun (“Walk of Doom”)
** [[BrattyHalfPint/WesternAnimation Bratty Half-Pint.Western Animation]] ("Gaz: Taster of Pork")
** EatingMachine
** AFormYouAreComfortableWith ("Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom")
** LovableNerd ("Gaz: Taster of Pork")
** ProjectileToast
** {{Santabomination}} ("The Most Horrible X-mas Ever")
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* TrollingCreator: Vasquez has a habit of posting things on his Twitter like "Good news for Zim fans! I just ate a delicious burrito. Also, Zim is still cancelled forever." Reached its apex in late 2016, when he [[https://twitter.com/JhonenV/status/796188551314436096 denied rumors]] that the series would be getting a movie a few days after [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks C.H. Greenblatt]] claimed one was in production, pointing out that there are always rumors about ''Zim'' returning as a movie or TV series. A few months later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMnV_eL-D7w the first teaser]] for the movie was released.
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* TrollingCreator: Vasquez has a habit of posting things on his Twitter like "Good news for Zim fans! I just ate a delicious burrito. Also, Zim is still cancelled forever." Reached its apex in late 2016, when 2017, where he [[https://twitter.com/JhonenV/status/796188551314436096 denied rumors]] rumors that the series would be getting a movie a few days after [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks C.H. Greenblatt]] claimed one was in production, pointing out that there are always rumors about ''Zim'' returning as a movie or TV series. A few months later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMnV_eL-D7w movie... ''literally hours before Nickelodeon released the first teaser]] for the movie was released.trailer''.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2005, a [[TeensAreMonsters 17-year-old]] psychopath named Scott Dyleski attempted to re-enact the episode "Dark Harvest" in real life. Thankfully(?), he was only able to eviscerate one person before he was caught, tried and sentenced to life in prison.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2005, a [[TeensAreMonsters 17-year-old]] 17-year-old psychopath named Scott Dyleski attempted to re-enact the episode "Dark Harvest" in real life. Thankfully(?), Thankfully(?) he was only able to eviscerate one person before he was caught, tried and sentenced to life in prison.
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** Nickelodeon objected to the original ending of "Walk of Doom," in which Zim and Gir were dropped off in a ghetto with a banner reading "Welcome To Mexico," feeling that [[UnfortunateImplications it come off as racist]]. Jhonen Vasquez, himself Mexican-American, agreed and it was changed to a vaguely Mexican-looking (but still filthy) town.
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** Nickelodeon objected to the original ending of "Walk of Doom," in which Zim and Gir were dropped off in a ghetto with a banner reading "Welcome To Mexico," feeling that [[UnfortunateImplications it come came off as racist]]. Jhonen Vasquez, himself Mexican-American, agreed and it was changed to a vaguely Mexican-looking (but still filthy) town.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2005, a 17-year-old psychopath named Scott Dyleski attempted to re-enact the episode "Dark Harvest" in real life. Thankfully(?) he was only able to eviscerate one person before he was caught, tried and sentenced to life in prison.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: In 2005, a 17-year-old [[TeensAreMonsters 17-year-old]] psychopath named Scott Dyleski attempted to re-enact the episode "Dark Harvest" in real life. Thankfully(?) Thankfully(?), he was only able to eviscerate one person before he was caught, tried and sentenced to life in prison.
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* OrwellianEditor: The commentary tracks only ever acknowledge director Steve Ressel's CreatorCameo[=s=] as "Joe the janitor", if at all, due to his feud with the writers and suits alike.
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** According to the DVDCommentary, "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" is Vasquez's favorite episode out of the whole series, with him even describing it as "the pinnacle of all that is good and went right with this show."
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to the DVDCommentary, "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" is Vasquez's favorite episode out of the whole series, with him even describing it as "the pinnacle of all that is good and went right with this show."
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* BigNameFan:
** According to the DVDCommentary, Creator/HarlanEllison was a fan of the show and personally requested that Nickelodeon send him tapes of it.
** Creator/RebeccaSugar was a huge fan of the series as a teenager, writing various pieces of fan fiction for it. The character of Peridot in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is largely based on her interpretation of Zim.
* CastingGag:
** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''[=MADtv=]'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael [=McDonald=].
** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who starred in ''Series/TheWonderYears'' alongside Dib's voice actor Andy Berman.
** According to the DVDCommentary, Creator/HarlanEllison was a fan of the show and personally requested that Nickelodeon send him tapes of it.
** Creator/RebeccaSugar was a huge fan of the series as a teenager, writing various pieces of fan fiction for it. The character of Peridot in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is largely based on her interpretation of Zim.
* CastingGag:
** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''[=MADtv=]'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael [=McDonald=].
** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who starred in ''Series/TheWonderYears'' alongside Dib's voice actor Andy Berman.
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** One of the character designers helped design characters for ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''.
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** One Jhonen Vasquez was one of the main character designers helped design characters for ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''.
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**One of the character designers helped design characters for ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''.
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* WorkingTitle: The [[SarcasmMode wildly different]] ''Invader: ZIM''.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even a show set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture couldn't prevent this. Specifically, the notable lack of cell phones.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even a show set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture couldn't prevent this. Specifically, the notable lack of cell smart phones.
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** Similar to the above, the yuppie who calls his friend to brag about his new car in "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain" would most likely be talking on his phone while driving rather than calling from a payphone.
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** In a voice cast example, Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz has gone on record that his favorite character interaction comes from "Rise of the Zitboy".
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** In a voice cast example, Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz has gone on record to say that his favorite character interaction comes from "Rise of the Zitboy".
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** In a voice cast example, Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz has gone on record that his favorite character interaction comes from "Rise of the Zitboy".
--->'''Zim:''' Whyyy was there BACON ''IN THE'' '''''SOAP?!'''''
--->'''GIR:''' III made it ''myself!''
--->'''Zim:''' Whyyy was there BACON ''IN THE'' '''''SOAP?!'''''
--->'''GIR:''' III made it ''myself!''
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* CreatorsPest: Downplayed, but Steve Ressel admits to finding the Almighty Tallest "a little boring" due to being not quite as visually dynamic as other characters like Zim or Gir.
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* CreatorsPest: Downplayed, but Steve Ressel admits to finding the Almighty Tallest "a little boring" due to being not quite as visually dynamic as other characters like Zim or Gir.GIR.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Some of the supplementary material indicate that Dib is Jhonen's favorite character.
** Gaz as well, from the comics onward. Jhonen has gone on record multiple times as saying that he's most excited to have another chance to expand her character from what it was in the original series.
** Gaz as well, from the comics onward. Jhonen has gone on record multiple times as saying that he's most excited to have another chance to expand her character from what it was in the original series.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Some of the supplementary material indicate that Dib is Jhonen's Jhonen Vasquez's favorite character.
** Gaz as well, from the comics onward.Jhonen Vasquez has gone on record multiple times as saying that he's most excited to have another chance to expand her character from what it was in the original series.series.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to the DVDCommentary, "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" is Vasquez's favorite episode out of the whole series, with him even describing it as "the pinnacle of all that is good and went right with this show."
** Gaz as well, from the comics onward.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to the DVDCommentary, "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars" is Vasquez's favorite episode out of the whole series, with him even describing it as "the pinnacle of all that is good and went right with this show."
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Apparently less than you'd expect for a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} show created by the guy who did ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'', but there are a few anecdotes that have been shared:
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Apparently Significantly less than you'd expect for a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show created by the guy who did ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'', but there are a few anecdotes that have been shared:
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* FanNickname: Dib and Gaz did not not have an official last name in the original series. Many fans had taken to giving them the last name "Membrane," which would be [[AscendedFanon made canon]] in the comic book series.
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* FanNickname: FanNickname:
** Dib and Gaz did not not have an official last name in the original series. Many fans had taken to giving them the last name "Membrane," which would be [[AscendedFanon made canon]] in the comic bookseries.series.
** Of the four Girly Rangers seen in "The Girl Who Cried Gnome", only Moofy (the red one) is actually named in-show. Fans have given nicknames to the other three: Millie for the blue one, Madelyn for the green one, and Mia for the purple one.
** Dib and Gaz did not not have an official last name in the original series. Many fans had taken to giving them the last name "Membrane," which would be [[AscendedFanon made canon]] in the comic book
** Of the four Girly Rangers seen in "The Girl Who Cried Gnome", only Moofy (the red one) is actually named in-show. Fans have given nicknames to the other three: Millie for the blue one, Madelyn for the green one, and Mia for the purple one.
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** According to Jhonen Vasquez, Dib and his family aren't Caucasian, but very pale Mexicans like himself. This would later be reflected ''Enter the Florpus'', where Dib is given a slightly darkened skin tone to better match his own.
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** According to Jhonen Vasquez, Dib and his family aren't Caucasian, white, but very pale Mexicans like himself. This would later be reflected ''Enter the Florpus'', where Dib is given a slightly darkened skin tone to better match his own.
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According to "The Medium-Sized Book of Zim Scripts", Bloody GIR was never submitted to Nickelodeon for approval. The prostitute things sounds like an Accidental Innuendo.
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** Two specific incidents that make little sense, however: In the first episode, the writing staff changed radioactive rubber ants to rubber pants simply due to RuleOfFunny. In the words of Jhonen, "Suddenly we had a fight on our hands!" And in a later episode, they had to fight to keep a line in where a kid told his mom to have fun at work because Nickelodeon thought it was inappropriate to have that line. Why? Because it's about one in the morning, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar leading some to conclude that the kid's mom was a prostitute.]]
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** Two specific incidents that make little sense, however: In the first episode, the writing staff changed radioactive rubber ants to rubber pants simply due to RuleOfFunny. In the words of Jhonen, "Suddenly we had a fight on our hands!" And in a later episode, they had to fight to keep a line in where a kid told his mom to have fun at work because Nickelodeon thought it was inappropriate to have that line. Why? Because it's about one in the morning, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar leading some to conclude that the kid's mom was a prostitute.]]
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** A moment in "GIR goes Crazy And Stuff" is particularly famous for subverting this and [[TakeThat what follows.]] An image of GIR dripping with blood was declined by the network and did not blatantly appear in the episode. The "Bloody GIR" became an EasterEgg in the series, hidden faintly into frames.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Mrs. Bitters' actress, Lucille Bliss, died in 2012. In ''Enter The Florpus'', she only makes a silent cameo in a fantasy sequence.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Mrs. Bitters' actress, Lucille Bliss, died in 2012. In ''Enter The Florpus'', she only makes a silent cameo in a fantasy sequence.sequence, while the 2008 video game ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' has Creator/CandiMilo filling in for her.
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** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who played the love interest of Andy Berman (the voice of Dib) in ''Series/TheWonderYears''.
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** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who played the love interest of Andy Berman (the starred in ''Series/TheWonderYears'' alongside Dib's voice of Dib) in ''Series/TheWonderYears''.actor Andy Berman.
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** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADtv'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael [=McDonald=].
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** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADtv'' ''[=MADtv=]'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael [=McDonald=].
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** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADTV'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael McDonald.
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** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADTV'' ''Series/MADtv'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael McDonald.[=McDonald=].
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* CastingGag:
** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADTV'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael McDonald.
** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who played the love interest of Andy Berman (the voice of Dib) in ''Series/TheWonderYears''.
** Zim's roboparents are voiced by ''Series/MADTV'' cast members Mo Collins and Michael McDonald.
** Tak is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who played the love interest of Andy Berman (the voice of Dib) in ''Series/TheWonderYears''.
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** Due the show's proximity to 9/11, some elements (firefighters watching the slow explosion from their fire truck in Walk For Your Lives, vision of destroyed New York in Door to Door) were [[TooSoon deemed too offensive to air]]. The explosion was turned green instead of orange, the firefighter gag was removed and a new "horrible future" vision (that was somehow more destructive than the original one) was produced for Door to Door. Jhonen Vasquez said he preferred the new vision to the old one, as it was more violent.
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** Due the show's proximity to 9/11, some elements (firefighters watching the slow explosion from their fire truck in Walk For Your Lives, vision of destroyed New York in Door to Door) were [[TooSoon [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents deemed too offensive to air]]. The explosion was turned green instead of orange, the firefighter gag was removed and a new "horrible future" vision (that was somehow more destructive than the original one) was produced for Door to Door. Jhonen Vasquez said he preferred the new vision to the old one, as it was more violent.
