Blog:Mein Minge

zim in his disguise

Zim is an irken invader bent on taking over Earth.

Information

Zim is a member of the alien Irken race. As Zim is severely emotionally unstable, he is considered defective. Zim, on the other hand, believes that he is a mighty warrior. Since his actions usually lead to disaster (he nearly destroyed the Irken homeworld during Operation Impending Doom I) his leaders, the Almighty Tallest, sent him to Foodcourtia as a sort of exile. While there, however, Zim heard about Operation Impending Doom II, and (obviously not understanding the purpose of his previous exile) returned to Conventia in the hopes of getting an assignment. Chagrined, the Almighty Tallest sent him on a "secret mission" to Earth, in order to keep him away from Operation Impending Doom II.

After arriving on Earth, he enrolls in the nearest elementary school to begin his infiltration and becomes quick rivals with Dib, an avid preteen paranormal investigator. Zim wants to conquer the Earth, mostly to prove his superiority and impress his leaders. However, as mentioned by Gaz in the episode Gaz, Taster of Pork, "He's so bad at it."

Although he is the protagonist of a children's show, Zim is, morally and ethically, a villain (though occasionally considered an antihero), being overall a fairly unsympathetic character and usually only causing chaos and destruction for either himself, his own race or Earth. Once considered by the control brains to be the best invader ever.

Zim is absolutely insane.

He is voiced by Richard Horvitz, Billy West (original pilot), Melissa Fahn as a smeet in Parent Teacher Night and Naomi Nagasawa (Japanese dub).

Appearance

Zim and the rest of the Irkens seem to be based off the typical "little green men from outer space" stereotype. Many Irkens are about the size of a elementary school child (with a few exceptions), with Zim being exceptionally short. In The Nightmare Begins, Zim is shown as being even shorter than the notoriously short Invader Skoodge. Almighty Tallest Purple tells him that "no Invader has ever been so... very small".

Zim, like most of the Irken race, has ruby-colored eyes. It's mentioned in Walk of Doom as well that Zim's eyes contain ocular implants ("Ocular implants are standard Invader issue"). Since the eyes he was born with aren't visibly different from subsequent appearances, it can be assumed that these implants are subcutaneous.

He also possesses a pair of antennae. Their exact function is unknown, but they seem to function like human eyebrows; rising and lowering to convey emotion. It is strongly implied that they function like ears, and even pick up vibrations.

Zim's House is designed to look like a normal green home which he and Gir live in. Zim put some lawn gnomes, fake blowfish and an "I heart EARTH" flag to make it look more normal. The tentacles that come out the sides steal his next door neighbors' power and might function as a waste disposal system, seeing as that's where Dib ended up in Walk of Doom. It has a toilet and a trash bin that acts as the entrance to his underground lab. The antenna on the roof serves as a means to get TV, and to contact the Almighty Tallest. The top of the house can open up for Zim's ship to fly out or land in.