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*** And she still somehow decided Vasquez's work would be perfect for a children's television network. Mmmnyep, sure [[What an Idiot!|nailed that one]].
** The show was canceled due to ratings. It was very expensive to make and they weren't getting what they thought they should for their investment, so they pulled the plug. There were some squabbles over material deemed inappropriate, but that's not what did ''Zim'' in. I know people like to harp on the [[Periphery Demographic]] and the merchandise sales, but guys, Occam's Razor. Which is more likely to cause queasiness in your average TV exec: A potential loss of money? Or the fragile little psyche of children they relentlessly push toward teeth-rotting candy and overpriced action figures?
*** To be perfectly honest, I'm actually kind of glad they canceled Invader Zim as soon as they did. In that sense, it allowed every single episode to be completely devoid of any horrible Flanderization from the network and the creators, leaving the series as a precious masterpiece. I mean, just look at [[Rugrats|some]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants|of]] [[The Fairly Odd Parents|the]] [[Drake and Josh|other]] [[
**** ''[[Invader Zim]]'' wasn't given a mercy killing. Keep in mind this was 2002--''[[SpongeBob]]'' was on season three, ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' was brand-new, and it would be another year before we even got a preview of ''[[Drake and Josh]]''. There's only [[Ho Yay|one]] [[Ten-Minute Retirement|episode]] of all the ones in production pre-cancellation that could be said to have sucked. Though I still think the rumors of a story arc are a bit exaggerated considering what we've seen of what was unfinished, I feel inclined to believe Vasquez when he says it was going somewhere. Not to mention that most of the executive meddling was either minor, averted or made the show even funnier (IGGINS!). So no, no mercy. Evidence shows the show would've gotten on just fine for another year or so baring any of the writers going horrifically off the rails.
* In the Halloween episode Zim and Dib gets trapped in a nightmare world inside Dib's head where everyone has a nightmare version of them, beside GIR and Zim, why?
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