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===GIR=== |
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Voiced by [[Rosearik Rikki Simons]] and Wasabi Mizuta in the Japanese dub, GIR is Zim's only companion, GIR, is a SIR (Standard Information Retrieval) unit, an Irken standard-issue robot. He is completely made of different parts from SIR units found in a trash can. The name "GIR" is a self-applied moniker that is never explained, GIR himself states that he doesn't know why he refers to himself as GIR, ("GIR, reporting for duty." Zim: "'GIR?' What does the G stand for?" GIR: "I don't know!") but it is insinuated in the show the G stands for garbage. GIR differs physically from other SIR units in that his head contains odds-and-ends rather than artificial intelligence hardware. Because of this, GIR displays a wildly erratic personality. He is almost completely irreverent, and rarely obeys Zim's commands, variously due to distraction, disinterest and disobedience, but when he does, the teal-colored parts of his body (most notably, his eyes) glow red like normal SIR's and he will usually refer to Zim as "My Lord" or sometimes "My Master". As in the episode "Mortos der Soulstealer", GIR says, "Yes, vermin lord!" when Zim needs another mutant vermin for his evil scheme. GIR disguises himself by wearing a green dog suit which fools most humans, despite looking and acting almost nothing like an Earth dog. He also does things that a real dog wouldn't do, such as talking in public, dancing and using jet rockets. A prime example of GIR's uselessness is his pre-programmed defensive mode which for normal SIR units are intended to repel hostiles. When GIR's defensive mode is activated he usually responds by assisting the enemy; in one case offering the enemy ice cream and in another voluntarily jumping into a sack for abducters. |
Voiced by [[Rosearik Rikki Simons]] and Wasabi Mizuta in the Japanese dub, GIR is Zim's only companion, GIR, is a SIR (Standard Information Retrieval) unit, an Irken standard-issue robot. He is completely made of different parts from SIR units found in a trash can. The name "GIR" is a self-applied moniker that is never explained, GIR himself states that he doesn't know why he refers to himself as GIR, ("GIR, reporting for duty." Zim: "'GIR?' What does the G stand for?" GIR: "I don't know!") but it is insinuated in the show the G stands for garbage. GIR differs physically from other SIR units in that his head contains odds-and-ends rather than artificial intelligence hardware. Because of this, GIR displays a wildly erratic personality. He is almost completely irreverent, and rarely obeys Zim's commands, variously due to distraction, disinterest and disobedience, but when he does, the teal-colored parts of his body (most notably, his eyes) glow red like normal SIR's and he will usually refer to Zim as "My Lord" or sometimes "My Master". As in the episode "Mortos der Soulstealer", GIR says, "Yes, vermin lord!" when Zim needs another mutant vermin for his evil scheme. GIR disguises himself by wearing a green dog suit which fools most humans, despite looking and acting almost nothing like an Earth dog. He also does things that a real dog wouldn't do, such as talking in public, dancing and using jet rockets. A prime example of GIR's uselessness is his pre-programmed defensive mode which for normal SIR units are intended to repel hostiles. When GIR's defensive mode is activated he usually responds by assisting the enemy; in one case offering the enemy ice cream and in another voluntarily jumping into a sack for abducters. |
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It can be assumed by many fans of the show that GIR is the most popular among the Invader ZIM characters, hence all of his merchandise sold by local [[Hot Topic |
It can be assumed by many fans of the show that GIR is the most popular among the Invader ZIM characters, hence all of his merchandise sold by local [[Hot Topic |
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===Dib=== |
===Dib=== |
Revision as of 05:12, 14 November 2010
This is a list of characters from the animated Nickelodeon TV series Invader Zim. The recurring cast includes long-term Nickelodeon voice actors Richard Steven Horvitz and Rodger Bumpass, as well as actors from live-action television such as Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall) and John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation). The creator and writer of Invader Zim, Jhonen Vasquez, also voices parts in the show.
Main characters
Zim
Voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, and Naomi Nagasawa in the Japanese dub, Zim is incompetent as an invader who is overzealous, impulsive, and convinced of his own greatness. He dreams of regaining his leader's trust,the Almighty Tallest, by taking part in Operation Impending Doom II, which is an Irken military initiative to conquer the universe. The Tallest send him to Earth (a planet of no interest to the Empire on the outskirts of the known universe) on a fake mission of conquest. They were expecting him to die or become lost on route. Against the odds, Zim lands on Earth, establishes a base and, much to the chagrin of the Tallest, routine communication with his home world. Because of his stature, Zim disguises himself as a human child using a wig to cover his antennae and lenses to make his eyes look normal. Despite his tendency to vociferously malign humans as a species, his undisguised green skin, a severe allergy to water, his refusal to eat human food, multiple failures in his disguise, and an occasionally blatant disregard for his own cover, no one realizes that Zim is an alien—with the exception of Dib. In spite of his slight build, Zim occasionally displays superhuman strength and agility, although due to the show's lack of continuity, these traits are not always present. He is never without his PAK, a backpack-like piece of equipment with long, retractable arms that enable him to move about quickly and climb almost any obstacle. Zim constantly schemes to enslave or destroy mankind, and despite his access to potent Irken technology, his plans, frequently based on misconceptions, are never successful. He serves as the main protagonist of the series but is sometimes depicted as the antagonist when facing off against his rival Dib. Had the series continued, he would've become the first known Nicktoon villain actually known to have murdered people. This position was later taken up by Firelord Ozai in fellow Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
GIR
Voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons and Wasabi Mizuta in the Japanese dub, GIR is Zim's only companion, GIR, is a SIR (Standard Information Retrieval) unit, an Irken standard-issue robot. He is completely made of different parts from SIR units found in a trash can. The name "GIR" is a self-applied moniker that is never explained, GIR himself states that he doesn't know why he refers to himself as GIR, ("GIR, reporting for duty." Zim: "'GIR?' What does the G stand for?" GIR: "I don't know!") but it is insinuated in the show the G stands for garbage. GIR differs physically from other SIR units in that his head contains odds-and-ends rather than artificial intelligence hardware. Because of this, GIR displays a wildly erratic personality. He is almost completely irreverent, and rarely obeys Zim's commands, variously due to distraction, disinterest and disobedience, but when he does, the teal-colored parts of his body (most notably, his eyes) glow red like normal SIR's and he will usually refer to Zim as "My Lord" or sometimes "My Master". As in the episode "Mortos der Soulstealer", GIR says, "Yes, vermin lord!" when Zim needs another mutant vermin for his evil scheme. GIR disguises himself by wearing a green dog suit which fools most humans, despite looking and acting almost nothing like an Earth dog. He also does things that a real dog wouldn't do, such as talking in public, dancing and using jet rockets. A prime example of GIR's uselessness is his pre-programmed defensive mode which for normal SIR units are intended to repel hostiles. When GIR's defensive mode is activated he usually responds by assisting the enemy; in one case offering the enemy ice cream and in another voluntarily jumping into a sack for abducters. It can be assumed by many fans of the show that GIR is the most popular among the Invader ZIM characters, hence all of his merchandise sold by local [[Hot Topic
Dib
Voiced by Andy Berman and Ayumi Kida in the Japanese dub, Dib is Zim's mortal enemy and is highly unpopular at school (where he shares a class with Zim) and at home for his broken record obsession with the paranormal, aliens, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other paranormal phenomena. He and his sister, Gaz (Who couldn't care less), are some of the only humans who know that Zim is actually an alien. He is the co-protagonist of the series, but at the same time being the antagonist because he is constantly trying to break into Zim's house, or even go as far as pushing Zim into water (which was equivalent to acid to Zim's skin). Then again, "antagonist" and "protagonist" are subjective terms in this situation, and Jhonen Vasquez himself has said that there is no "good side" or "bad side" in the constant battle between Zim and Dib. Dib tries constantly to convince his classmates that Zim is an alien, but they do not believe him because he has "cried wolf" so many times before. Dib is so unpopular that the children will not accept his help for anything (even if the situation happens to be life-threatening) because it would mean having to interact with him. His constant harassment of Zim is sometimes seen as an act of bullying by others, but this does not necessarily mean that Zim himself is popular either. Dib is part of a society of paranormal investigators called 'The Swollen Eyeball' where his code name is Agent Mothman. In the episode, "Zim Eats Waffles", he tries to show them proof after he successfully planted a camera in Zim's kitchen. Because of broken software, however, he is not able to record his sightings. There are many times were the other agents could have seen what was going on, but because of their bad timing they answered his call when things had already calmed down.
It has been assumed that Dib's last name is Membrane [after his father], but the series creators have long since confirmed that Dib does not have a last name, as a kind of tradition among cartoon characters. This is shown in "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom," where an alien tries to address Dib by his last name, but without knowing what it is. "Now Dib, uh, whatever your last name is," and rather than correct him, Dib simply says "that's right." There is, according to Jhonen Vasquez, a possibility that Dib and his sister Gaz aren't even human, and are male and female clones of Professor Membrane.
Gaz
Voiced by Melissa Fahn and Haruhi Terada in the Japanese dub, Gaz is Dib's creepy, antisocial, and apathetic younger sister, often described as "Dib's scary sister". She has a penchant for video games and a fixation with pizza. If and when someone or something stands in the way of her getting those things, she won't hesitate to thrust them into "a nightmare world from which there is no awakening." She knows and admits that Zim is an alien, but doesn't care because she thinks he's too stupid to take over the world. Although she is possibly the smartest character on the show, Gaz, like the others, has shown some obvious signs of insanity. In the episode "Game Slave2" she somewhat goes crazy as a result of the fact that Iggins stole the last Game Slave, which, in her eyes, should have been rightly hers. She follows him everywhere forcing him to give it to her. She is not afraid to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. She keeps to herself and never really shows any emotion except annoyance. Her vengeful and explosive nature shortens all common reasons to care about the satisfaction for others, especially that of her brother. However, in the episode "Bad, Bad, Rubber Piggy," it seems to be revealed that she cares about Dib when she is concerned that he is presumably crashing to his death, although truthfully she was probably more impressed by the fall itself rather than Dib's wellbeing. She loves to play Game Slave 1 and 2. She usually plays a secondary role in the series. Although this was probablly meant as a joke, but the creators of the show stated in the DVD comentary for the episode Tak, the Hideous New Girl that Gaz is Zim's love interest.
Secondary characters
The Almighty Tallest Red and Purple
Purple voiced by Kevin McDonald, and Red voiced by Wally Wingert, are The Irken Empire has a hierarchal class structure, where shorter individuals are both figuratively and literally looked down upon. The tallest Irken born in a specific generation takes command of the Empire as "the Tallest", but since Red and Purple, the two current Tallest, are the exact same height, they share equal (and high-supreme) power. While the Tallest function mainly as figureheads, doing little to organize the society (preferring to lounge around and eat snacks), they do hold absolute power over the populace. One of the Tallest also has purple eyes, which is normally seen in Irken females, although he is male. However, it's likely that eye color among Irkens is the same as it is among humans. They travel around to observe and supervise Operation Impending Doom II. They appear to mostly use their unlimited powers of state to amuse themselves- sending loyal Irken soldiers to painful deaths ("Battle of the Planets"), forcing others weaker than themselves to obey their random whims ("Hobo 13") and starving their own command crew ("Backseat Drivers"). The Tallest also seem to enjoy puppet shows, in the episode "Walk For Your Lives", they have fun beating up those invaders who do not put on a puppet show for them. They also hate short Irken soldiers like Zim and Skoodge, regardless of their competence. They were the ones who sent Zim on his "mission" to Earth. Little does Zim know (despite the evidence put right in front of his face) that this was just so they could get rid of him. They might be construed as the main antagonists of the series because they are conquering and sometimes annihilating entire alien races, even though they have little or no influence on the events that take place on Earth.
Professor Membrane
Voiced by Rodger Bumpass, Professor Membrane is the world's smartest man, host of the popular television show "Probing the Membrane of Science", inventor of SuperToast, and father of Dib and Gaz. Membrane's scientific abilities are offset by incredibly poor parenting: his primary method of managing his children is by way of a floating digital projection screen - and his messages to them are often not only prerecorded, but woefully out of date. Dib often goes to him for guidance and/or to show him of his findings. Although some of Dib's evidence is sometimes very believable, Membrane always tells Dib that there is a reasonable, and scientific, explanation for anything Dib's found (going so far as to explain away Dib's video of Zim and GIR out of their disguises as "swamp gas") and calls him "his poor insane son". And it seems that he does not have a wife and manages his children alone. It's also implied that he never married, and Dib and Gaz were created through science.
Ms. Bitters
Voiced by Lucille Bliss, Ms. Bitters is the evil teacher of Dib and Zim's class. She is a tall, slender, aged woman that is very creepy in many ways.[citation needed]. True to her name, she is devoid of any compassionate emotion and having a very demonic hatred for life. Her body has a "snake-like" quality, and is animated as such that it seems she can "slither" around (and in one episode, floats), and sticks out a forked tongue while hissing. She also bears a sensitivity to the sun (Season 2, Episode 13, 15:32 - 15:37). Occasionally she emerges out of other people's shadows and even suck people into her own. The character is directly pulled from Vasquez's earlier comic book series Squee! where she was Todd's teacher.
Recurring characters
Tak
Voiced by Olivia d'Abo, Tak is one of the seemingly rare female Irken invaders (Implying most of them are male on a seemingly all male planet) who has had many unfortunate encounters with Zim. One of them includes inadvertently trapping her in a building on Devastis (The Irken military training planet), therefore missing her chance to take the test to become one of the Irken Elite Soldiers (and an Invader). In the one episode that she is in (Tak: The Hideous New Girl), she tries to take over Zim's position on Earth, but fails miserably in the end. Tak's holographic disguise (particularly the clothing) somewhat resembles Johnny from "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac", a comic by Vasquez. Tak is slightly taller than Zim and has purple eyes ,a trait that appears to be rare in the Irken species.
MiMi
MiMi is a SIR unit who was built for Tak on planet Dirt. Her disguise is also holographic, and is generated as a cat. Like GIR, she is easily distinguishable from other SIR units. Although MiMi and Gir look nothing alike, they have the same distinct look when mad, rarely seen by Gir except for the episode "Gir goes crazy and stuff". MiMi is controlled by Gir and Gaz in the second part of the episode.
Piggy
Piggy is a rubber pig that belongs to GIR, and is thrown into the time machine in the episode "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy." GIR is obsessed with piggy. It is shown in the episode when Zim throws GIR's piggy in the time machine, GIR starts to cry. He carried millions of them around in his head during the episode.
Computer
Voiced by Jhonen Vasquez, Computer is Zim's computer is normally seen talking with Zim. He is scattered around the House and Base so Zim can talk to him whenever he needs to. The computer often doesn't know what some of Earth's organizations (like the FBI) do, so he guesses. This often results in completely wild explanations. For example, when Zim asks computer to explain the FBI, computer makes it up and says "founded in 1492 by demons the FBI is a government law enforcement used to fight aliens" (also they fight with corn). The Computer also seems to display defects, similar to GIR, in both that he lacks information on Earth and will occasionally change his voice tone to a much harsher version at usually completely unnecessary times and situations. But he can be the voice of reason to some of Zim schemes that usually end up in flames. Also in the episode "Walk For Your Lives", Computer coughs.
Minimoose
Voiced by Jhonen Vasquez, Minimoose is a floating purple shape with distorted moose-like appendages (stubby legs, bloated eyes and antlers).
Minimoose is introduced as Zim's other sidekick. Though it does not appear before The Most Horrible X-mas Ever, Zim proudly declares that Minimoose has been with him all along.
Minimoose was to be introduced in the episode Nubs of Doom, which was scheduled to air before Most Horrible X-Mas. The episode established that Minimoose is an Irken superweapon which Zim doesn't know how to use. The series was cancelled before this episode could complete production, with Minimoose's origins left a mystery.
Invader Skoodge
Voiced by Ted Raimi, Invader Skoodge is a successful competent Irken Invader, assigned to planet Blorch, home of the slaughtering rat people, due to his shortness. He was the first Invader to successfully conquer a planet in Operation Impending Doom II, but is prejudiced against by the Almighty Tallest, who proceed to launch him into the planet as the first shot of the destruction. Somehow, he survived. Skoodge is very loyal to The Almighty Tallest, no matter how much they hate him.
He was planned to be included in future episodes of the show, but it was canceled before the episode could be finished.
Sizz-Lor
Voiced by Jim Wise, Sizz-Lor is an Irken character who works at Foodcourtia in an episode. Although Sizz Lor only appears in one episode that is all he needs to fully describe his personality. He has a grudge against Zim for leaving him for Impending doom 2, Sizz Lor was all alone during the great foodining. He is a little on the flabby side and always wants the job done right. He places bio scanners on all the exits so that Zim cannot escape. Apparently not recognizable by Zim unless he is wearing his hat. He left "booth 12" for Zim to clean upon Zim's return. Sizz Lor comes to Earth in the episode "The Frycook What Came from All That Space". It is his only appearance.
Minor characters
- Moofy -
Moofy is an annoying little girl who appears in the episode "The Girl Who Cried Gnome." She loves attention and falls in a hole in Zim's yard when he sends out the "robo gopher" who makes holes and dances then teleports into another dimension. The media responds and blows the situation so out of proportion that even President Man "all the way from president land" comes to help the little brat. She is very content on keeping her position for the fact that she is getting all the attention in the world.
- Keef
(Danny Cooksey) - Keef is an annoying child that attends the Skool with Zim, and his only important role was in the second episode, "Bestest Friends". In this episode Zim got rid of him by removing his eyes and putting in new, robotic ones. He then tricked Keef into thinking the first thing he saw was Zim. The first thing Keef saw was a squirrel. He was supposed to appear in an episode they made called the "Return of Keef" but the animation was never finished because the show had been canceled due to low viewership.
- Roboparents And Gnomes -
Roboparents and gnomes are Zim's helpers that guard him and help make him seem more human. The Roboparents appear to be poorly built and seem to have a lack of normal parental behavior. The Roboparents constantly go insane and attack visitors to Zim's house. The gnomes protect Zim's house at times when people are in the yard.
- Bee/Evil Death Bee -
The creature who wrecked Zim's Voot Cruiser in Attack of the Saucer Morons episode. Zim also vowed to destroy that evil death bee, but never did.