History Fanfic / InvaderZimTheSeries

* [[ThisIsSparta This!Is!Sparta!]]: The [[MemeticMutation meme]] gets parodied twice:

** SixthColumn: Frequency, though [[spoiler: Tak and Sizz-Lorr]] later join him in a HeelFaceTurn
** SixthRanger: You could say [[AIIsACrapShoot ERROR]] is this, as he joins after the group has formed.

** TeamPet: You could say [[AIIsACrapShoot ERROR]] is this

** And a chapter earlier, the author compares them to [[DoctorWho the Doctor and the Master]]. Think of that what you will.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Just prior to the battle with Sue, we're introduced to her minions (all of whom are Sue archetypes). There are four of them, but only three show up during the fight, and the one who doesn't is never mentioned again in the story.

** [[spoiler: HeGetsBetter.]]

The story is BetterThanItSounds. The sheer amount of misfortune the narrator goes through alone is hilarious, and the story contains dozens of jokes about the Invader Zim canon and fanon, and is a surprisingly faithful adaptation to the source material while also providing a surprisingly satisfying and heartwarming ending to the series as a whole. But of course, YourMileageMayVary.

* ChekhovsGun: “The End” is discussed as some kind of awful, yet incredible power that could put an end to the entire universe as the characters know it. There’s a huge build-up as to just what it is and what it does, and when it finally shows up...[[spoiler: Nick hides it away, ensuring that Invader Zim never really HAS an end in a touching metaphor, while at the same time teasing the audience with MultipleEndings]].

** [[spoiler: HeGetsBetter.]]

* FoeYay: There’s a “happy ending” scene at the end of “The Terror of the Pies” when Zim and Dib just finally break down the walls, finally satisfying all the fans who were waiting for a ZADR moment.

** First, in chapter 19, where Zim is trapped in his house for a year by/with GIR (ItMakesSenseInAContext), he finally snaps and screams out "This is madness!" at which point a floating TV screen apparently playing "300" pops up and gives the trope name.

* CrowningMomentofHeartwarming: Gaz tells a fairytale story to GIR until he falls asleep. Also serves as a catharsis for her, and in the end she actually cries a single tear.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Skoodge’s first SIR unit actually went insane on Blorch and tried to terminate the poor lump. And he insulted his weight. Now that was just mean. >.< There's also ERROR, the AxCrazy A.I. that work's for Spork's LegionOfDoom during the final StoryArc - and the best part? [[TheReveal The Reveal]] in the last chapter that [[spoiler: ERROR ''is'' Skoodge's original SIR in a new body]].

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Nick’s diabolical self, Michael White, is an albino with a fairly nice complexion...and is dead sexy. He also happens to be capable of going super fast and screwing around with time. [[spoiler: this doesn’t keep him from dying.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: Skoodge’s SIR unit actually went insane on Blorch and tried to terminate the poor lump. And he insulted his weight. Now that was just mean. >.<

* SongFic: Obnoxiously so. As in, every character breaks out into song every other chapter. [[spoiler: Or maybe it's just Nick who breaks out into song, but his character is so involved in everyone else's lives that it's hard to seperate the characters as individuals anymore.]] At the very least, there is at least one song breaking up the story in bold text, so it is impossible to miss.

* Song Fic: Obnoxiously so. As in, every character breaks out into song every other chapter. [[spoiler: Or maybe it's just Nick who breaks out into song, but his character is so involved in everyone else's lives that it's hard to seperate the characters as individuals anymore.]] At the very least, there is at least one song breaking up the story in bold text, so it is impossible to miss.
* Self Insert Fic: Nick is a self insert of the author who's online handle and real life name is Nick. True to the trope, this character is a Mary Sue and the entire fic wish fulfillment.

* BewaretheNiceOnes: Nick actually goes practically insane with rage after Zim uses him in a world domination plot and almost beats him to death, screaming how Zim broke his trust.

* RelationshipSue: A deliberate MarySue who only wants to make Zim go gaa-gaa over her, through fair means and foul. Has unrealistically-colored eyes, beautiful features, she can turn into an Irken, has magical powers, enormous breasts, etc. . She is gleefully squished by Gaz in an enormous monster truck, yet she comes back 18 chapters later...and is now in love with Dib, hoping to kill ZIM off. The constant pain and humiliation she endures throughout the rest of the chapter is an [[ParodySue all-too-clear take]] on what the author thinks of poorly-thought-out eye candy-esque {{fanservice}} characters.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[Spoiler: Spongebob Squarepants is behind the Swollen Eyeball Network and wants to kill off all "dark" cartoons.]]

* CassandraTruth: --->'''Dib:''' "No matter how hard I try nobody's really willing to openly HELP and the only few people who COULD help don't believe Zim's such a threat!"

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Most of the characters from the show get their own small subplot at least once in the story. One of the more touching ones is when Skoodge and Gretchen develop a touching little crush on each other. This includes sappy poetry. Perhaps the best example is Bob, the flat-headed serving drone seen only in "Hobo 13," who becomes a major secondary character.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4627351/1/Invader_Zim_The_Series Invader Zim: The Series]]'' by {{ngrey651}} is an ''InvaderZim'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~ckhttp://www.fanfiction.net/u/573595/ngrey651 ngrey651]] and is an adaptation of the insanely popular animated series ''InvaderZim''.