Invader Zim: The Series: Difference between revisions

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't hurt Darth's loved ones. Just ''don't''.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: 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.

* [[Big Bad]]: Sue has this role during her [[Story Arc]], before being demoted to secondary villain later on. Spork then takes over as [[Big Bad]] for the latter end of the story, though the last couple of chapters make him more of a [[Disc One Final Boss]] to [[Knight Templar|Sarong]].

* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: Most of the Irken race subscribes to this school of thought. Even the “nice” ones like Skoodge want to have power and rule over others, they’d just be civil and kind about it. Needless to say, this ends up backfiring horribly when their poor treatment of other races comes back forcibly to bite them in the ass near the end of the story.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Frequency, an OC from some of ngrey651's other stories, appears here as a mercenary hired by Sue to serve as her [[The Dragon|Dragon]].

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dib is one. When you’ll been turned into bologna, you know you’ve reached a new low. Nick, the Narrator, seems to get even more crap dumped on him though, most likely because he’s the opposite of Jhonen. Even Zim gets this treatment sometimes.

'''The Narrator:''' Uh, cuz you're trying to take over the world? }}

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Dib. Dib, Dib, Dib.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: “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 [[Multiple Endings]]}}.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: You know that insane SIR unit of Skoodge's that tried to kill him? {{spoiler|It pops up again during the final [[Story Arc]] as the [[Legion of Doom]]'s [[Sixth Ranger]]}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: There’s so many of these leveled at the author’s fans, sources of inspiration, etc.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Nick gives so many of these that it’s practically a staple of the story. Dib also gives one to Gaz after she finally pushes him a BIT-TOO-FAR.

* [[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 separate 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.