Invader Zim: The Series: Difference between revisions

''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4803016/1/Invader_Skoodge Invader Skoodge]'' which tells the story of how ''[[Chew Toy|Skoodge]]'' of all people managed to take over a planet, as well as planting the seeds of the main story's latter [[Story Arc]].

 

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: This happens so, so often. In fact, most of the universe seems to be filled with idiots or bastard coated bastards with bastard filling.

* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: 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.

* [[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]]}}

* [[Christmas Episode]]: Several of them, actually.

** And near the end, Zoburg tortures {{spoiler|DL to death}} for [[For the Evulz|no good reason]].

* [[Cool Chair]]: All Lard Nar really wants is a frickin’ rotating chair.

** There's also Sarong, who hates the Irkens.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Zim, The Tallest, Tak, Darth, Sarong, etc...

** [[Big Bad]]: Spork (the one who brought them together)

** [[The Dragon]]: Sue (the most loyal to Spork, and is the last defeated before him)

** Unlike most pileups, however, none of these plots even interact until the Resisty attack, at which point it becomes a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]].

* [[God Mode Sue]]: Invoked and explored.

* [[Halfbreed]]: At the end of the story, it's revealed that {{spoiler|Erin}} is half Irken, due to {{spoiler|being Spork's daughter}}.

* [[Happily Married]]: Red and Erin, by the end of the story.

* [[Large Ham]]: [[World of Ham|Almost EVERYONE at some point]], with some more frequently than others. Nick actually lampshades this in “The Trial” when he shows up for what he THINKS is Zim’s birthday.

* [[La Résistance]]: The Resisty, of course.

* [[Legion of Doom]]: Most of Zim's enemies form one during the final [[Story Arc]].

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The Meekrob are [[Energy Beings]] who emit light from their forms, and they're led by a [[Knight Templar]] who wants to wipe out the Irkens and seems to think [[Fantastic Racism|his people are better than everyone else]].

* [[Love Redeems]]: Love transforms the bad side of Nick into a decent guy, makes Tallest Red mellow out and begin to care more about his people, and even Gaz’s hard outer shell begins to crack the more she allows herself to love others.

* [[Magic Music]]: Nick’s greatest power, so much so that it’s lampshaded a few times.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Darth’s little brother, DL.

* [[Nice Guy]]: Nick. He’s a good example of this trope.

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Dib. Poor, poor Dib.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Darth has telekinetic and telepathic powers, and it’s implied that many other Irkens and humans have hidden powers of their own lurking deep within, waiting to be unlocked, Dib and Zim included.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Sizz-Lorr is killed helping Nick, Tak, and several others escape from [[Legion of Doom|Spork's group]]}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: All over the place. The ships that get the most attention are Red/Erin, DATR, and ZAGR (the last one never really goes anywhere, but it is strongly implied by the end that Zim and Gaz have crushes on each other).

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

{{quote| '''Dib:'''"I'M SICK OF IT! I try to love and care about you and I look after you when Dad's not here which is almost all the time and all you do is treat me like CRAP! Well I'm SICK OF IT! You are NOT better than me! You are going to treat me with more '''respect''' from now on! '''GOT it''', little sister?!"}}

* [[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.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: The fate of Relationship Sue the first time around, and of {{spoiler|Zoburg, who is crucified to a rocket and launched into low earth orbit to endure a painful death as he slowly and agonizingly runs out of air.}}

* [[There Will Be Toilet Paper]]: Once Nick needs to shave, White gives him a razor, saying it’s going to become his new best friend, but Nick knows better, having “seen that episode of Fairly Oddparents”.

** Then, ten chapters later, when Iggins calls Gaz's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against him madness, she replies with "This... is Revenge!" - at which point the story cuts away to Nick, who [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall]] and comments on how much he hates this particular meme.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: This is a running gag for Skoodge who manages to survive getting shot into a planet by a cannon, getting attacked by a Hogulus, being blown up by a hunter-seeker drone, etc. It also works for the long-suffering Nick, the narrator. He was turned into a cow once.

 

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