I used the audio from that one video where Richard Horvitz shares strategies for coping with anxiety, and I just thought it was really endearing, so I made this quick animation.
I get it's from his voice actor, but it's so surreal hearing such a supportive message from a character that would actively and intentionally make your anxiety worse
Yeah, this is more Raz than Zim tbh. Wanna see someone do one using him since he's actually a damn good therapist and making people feel better is like his super power.
This is probably a much mature Zim. Not after the world as hes happy having the town he tornents Dib in under his thumb as a mayor and occasionally fakes his death for the next offspring of the mayor to step up to continue running it because of some legal American loophole he found.
I came here thinking this was going to be a shitpost of Zim screaming at you at the top of his lungs and stayed for the animation and learning an actual anxiety coping skill from the literal last person (totally not alien) I was expecting it from. I love this. I needed this. Thank you 💜
glad I wasn't the only one expecting "YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, THESE THINGS HAVEN'T HAPPENED NOR WILL HAPPEN, YOU'RE INSIDE YOUR OWN HEAD, LIVE FREE, FREEEEEEE"
"THINK NOT OF THOSE PUNY WORRIES, SMELLY PIG BEASTS!!!! .... THEY ARE DUMB AND PUNY AND... DUMB! THE END!" fr tho, the actual advice was legit nice and helpful x3
I was expecting him to yell at me as a joke? Like audio of him screaming "You're lying!" Or "You're after my robot bee!" - The classic lines he has where he freaks out. I wasn't expecting good advice.
@@BrenTenkage @gooeydude574 I always love AUs like this where Toons are actors in their individual media, it's always funny and good worldbuilding. Would be pretty cool to see ZIM and others just chilling out after screaming at each other for an entire shoot XD
I've seen the original video a long time ago. I didn't think it would become known enough for someone to animate it. This is nice. :) Another thing about this I find awesome is that this is very closely if not exactly like how I imagine Zim in my series when he is reformed / de-brainwashed. Since his first instinct at birth was loving and hugging, I believe he's naturally a sweetheart without the PAK download thing that irkens are given when they're 2 minutes old. (Referencing a written and unfinished episode that was supposed to show some lore.)
No. No, no, no, no! I have too much riding on this for kittens and bunnies and daisies and pink! I need raw meat, lots of it, and fast! There can be no compromise with good vibes. They are the downfall of all my youthful hopes! I had a career planned and I was not expecting to have mellow be a fate I had to face! Somewhere my paints are slowly plotting to become Georgia O'Keeffe when I damn well know they were born to be Edvard Munch!
I'm glad everyone was just as surprised as me with actually getting helpful advice, instead of something like Zim being Zim. This is nice, and I'm glad I saw it. Thank you for animating this, it's nice.
I haven’t watched these animations in a long time, but I’ve been here since the beginning. It’s absolutely AMAZING to see how far you’ve come! You are seriously one of my biggest inspiration, keep it up!
This literally summarized the anxiety I have been having for the past month. Hearing this has actually brought me to tears. I really needed this, thankyou.
I think one of the best perspectives on anxiety i’ve ever heard came from Alan Watts: “no amount of anxiety will have any effect on what’s about to happen.” Things happen no matter what, worrying about them does nothing but hurt yourself, so just make yourself happy ^^
I really like this video, great job with it! This isn't a critique of the video or anything, but the same voice actor voiced Raz from Psychonauts, which has a pretty heavy mental health theme, at least in the second game, so like, this voiceline would work REALLY well for Raz, and seeing it come out of Invader Zim instead is VERY funny to me!
For folks too young to know who Zim is, close your eyes and picture Moxxie from Helluva Boss. For those slightly too old, picture Daggett from Angry Beavers
Just got immense anxiety burst with my heart beating really fast and feeling shaky all over my body. Came back here to get my support. Thank you, yatangtangguo, Richard Horvitz and Invader Zim X).
Wow, I'm seriously surprised that Zim says that, I thought he was going to make one of those videos where he just screams and mocks, that's why I LOVE IT! Very good animation! 💗💗
I've been struggling with my own anxiety quite a bit lately, & while I've been figuring my own grounding techniques, it was just really nice to come across this. We can all use the extra reassurance we're going to be okay. Also, just further confirmation on how awesome a guy Richard Horvitz is. I met him at a convention once & I was astonished at just how funny & sweet he is.💕
I've never heard that definition of anxiety, but holy cow is it right on the money. I'm saving this video in my favorites to play anytime my anxiety tries to get the better of me.
I actually really like this because I remember struggling with confidence a lot as a teen and one of the things I remember realizing is that confidence, at least in some form, is merely the faith you have in yourself. There was something revelatory about that for me. That I just had to trust in myself to be able to handle the situations I was put into and that I knew that if I was doing something, like say something competitive, that I had done my best to put myself in a position to allow myself to do well. In this instance, I think the way this definition of anxiety and my definition of confidence line up is really synergistic. If anxiety is about imagined struggles then confidence is about mastered experiences.
i met him at a con this year and i had no money for a photo or signing, i just saw his line was short and jumped in to say hi. i didnt expect to get a little choked up because all i wanted to do was say a little "hi you were very influential in my childhood thank you" but he was so nice and shook my hand and complimented my cosplay. very sweet guy, im so happy for him getting back into the public eye of animation!
*Anxiety takes 2d6 psychic damage* Also since the voice of Zim is also the voice of Moxxie from Helluva Boss, this hits the same for me as it does for Invader Zim fans :)
Thank you, algorithm. For posting this here. I just broke up with my GF of 4 years and I know the road ahead is going to be difficult. Thank you for the soft and very kind words of encouragement.
I remember Richard saying something similar on the Hunicast awhile back, and now that I’m reminded of it, I might wanna try it out. Thanks Richard, and thanks Zim for the advice.
I get it's from his voice actor, but it's so surreal hearing such a supportive message from a character that would actively and intentionally make your anxiety worse
If it was Raz from Psychonauts it would make more sense
Yeah, this is more Raz than Zim tbh. Wanna see someone do one using him since he's actually a damn good therapist and making people feel better is like his super power.
This is probably a much mature Zim. Not after the world as hes happy having the town he tornents Dib in under his thumb as a mayor and occasionally fakes his death for the next offspring of the mayor to step up to continue running it because of some legal American loophole he found.
@@ZigealFaustoh youre totally right, Raz would 100% say this. Awh now im just thinking about how sweet Raz is. Love that guy.
@@XemeraldXD Hes the greatest psionic trapeze artist therapist in fiction and hes not even old enough to drive yet!
I came here thinking this was going to be a shitpost of Zim screaming at you at the top of his lungs and stayed for the animation and learning an actual anxiety coping skill from the literal last person (totally not alien) I was expecting it from. I love this. I needed this. Thank you 💜
LMAO same 🤣
no chz thats real
glad I wasn't the only one expecting "YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, THESE THINGS HAVEN'T HAPPENED NOR WILL HAPPEN, YOU'RE INSIDE YOUR OWN HEAD, LIVE FREE, FREEEEEEE"
"THINK NOT OF THOSE PUNY WORRIES, SMELLY PIG BEASTS!!!! .... THEY ARE DUMB AND PUNY AND... DUMB! THE END!"
fr tho, the actual advice was legit nice and helpful x3
100%
I was expecting Horvitz' Helluva Boss role to be screaming in my ear with an image of Zim on the screen
I was expecting him to yell at me as a joke? Like audio of him screaming "You're lying!" Or "You're after my robot bee!" - The classic lines he has where he freaks out.
I wasn't expecting good advice.
I was fully ready to be berated for being a mess by a 4 ft green alien.
This feels like if the Invader Zim show had animated actors kinda like in Roger Rabbit, and this is Zim’s actor outside of the show
Ya know I like that idea. And GIR is actually super intellegent, he just REALLY loves his role as the idiot.
I love these ideas lol :)
@BrenTenkage Funny you say this! I'm a theater kid & can confirm the most brightest intelligent people play the most convincing moron.
I love this idea :D
@@BrenTenkage @gooeydude574 I always love AUs like this where Toons are actors in their individual media, it's always funny and good worldbuilding. Would be pretty cool to see ZIM and others just chilling out after screaming at each other for an entire shoot XD
Sometimes I forget that Richard Horvitz is basically just using his normal voice when he's voice acting. It sounds like such a character voice.
Yeah I heard more of Billy’s dad giving a lecture from The Grim Adventures
I genuinely thought this was going to be a shitpost and it was just going to be Zim yelling at you but this honestly felt really comforting
This feels much more like something Raz would say in Psychonauts to calm someone down inside their mind.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Raz while watching this!
Thats what i was thinking as well. I just imagine him saying but zim saying it really seems funny considering his character.
I was just thinking the same thing but remember who he also voices.
This is probably the most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen of Zim in my life. 😭
I saw this thumbnail and yelled NO HE WOULDN'T but I'm glad i watched this
Glad this normal human boy helped me with my anxiety
Been having emotional dysregulation, this helped a bit. He’s right it is the best definition of anxiety.
I read that as erectile dysfunction at first 😭
@@gtetogOne often leads to the other :^)
I love Richard horvitz
I've seen the original video a long time ago. I didn't think it would become known enough for someone to animate it. This is nice. :) Another thing about this I find awesome is that this is very closely if not exactly like how I imagine Zim in my series when he is reformed / de-brainwashed. Since his first instinct at birth was loving and hugging, I believe he's naturally a sweetheart without the PAK download thing that irkens are given when they're 2 minutes old. (Referencing a written and unfinished episode that was supposed to show some lore.)
No. No, no, no, no! I have too much riding on this for kittens and bunnies and daisies and pink! I need raw meat, lots of it, and fast! There can be no compromise with good vibes. They are the downfall of all my youthful hopes! I had a career planned and I was not expecting to have mellow be a fate I had to face! Somewhere my paints are slowly plotting to become Georgia O'Keeffe when I damn well know they were born to be Edvard Munch!
Idk why, but I can imagine him being a good therapist 😂
Psychonauts 1 and 2 have a lot of that
I met the guy irl, I agree. He’s very very nice.
This is oddly comforting, I loved Zim as a kid, and now that I’m 22 he is able to make me feel safe again
came for a shitpost, stayed for genuinely good advice
Zim wouldn't say, this he would go up to you and scream "NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE"
(cool animation though)
*George Clooney appears*
When im having anxiety, i like to say "nah, id win"
Thank you, Zim Invader Zim. Very cool.
I really heard " anxiety is the imaginary BULLY that I will be unable to handle"
Now this is definitely something Moxxie would say. Zim would just recommend his usual scream therapy.
omg raz is a huge comfort character for me so hearing richard say something like this is so nice :]
I wish is was Raz instead but Raz is the therapist we didn't deserve but one we needed.
This is actually so wholesome 😭❤️❤️
I'm glad everyone was just as surprised as me with actually getting helpful advice, instead of something like Zim being Zim. This is nice, and I'm glad I saw it. Thank you for animating this, it's nice.
I know this is suppose to be wholesome, but I magine him saying this to calm down one of his victims he's about to test on
Thank you, Raz. Very inspiring.
He’s so cute
This is literally just Raz
I WAS EXPECTING THIS TO BE A JOKE- 😭
ME TOO
I’m expecting this to be followed by Gir falling through the ceiling and triggering a self destruct countdown on the ship.
Lmao
We’ll see what happens. I’ll handle it. I’m OK.
There's something sweet about Zim saying this, with the gentle look that he has.
i was expecting like zim shitpost where he would just scream at me for 22 seconds straight but this actually helped, thank u Zim
aw 😭😭💖 ive been feeling very anxious today thank you
Lol every time I hear Richard speaking normally, all I can think of is Moxxie.
Eh i heard Raz 😂😊
I haven’t watched these animations in a long time, but I’ve been here since the beginning. It’s absolutely AMAZING to see how far you’ve come! You are seriously one of my biggest inspiration, keep it up!
Zim after he gets his Ritalin:
Genuinely thought this was shit post but I was delightfully wrong, thank you zim
This literally summarized the anxiety I have been having for the past month. Hearing this has actually brought me to tears. I really needed this, thankyou.
I think one of the best perspectives on anxiety i’ve ever heard came from Alan Watts: “no amount of anxiety will have any effect on what’s about to happen.” Things happen no matter what, worrying about them does nothing but hurt yourself, so just make yourself happy ^^
Thanks Zim. Telling myself, "Nah, I'd win" usually works out for me so this advice is accurate.
I really like this video, great job with it!
This isn't a critique of the video or anything, but the same voice actor voiced Raz from Psychonauts, which has a pretty heavy mental health theme, at least in the second game, so like, this voiceline would work REALLY well for Raz, and seeing it come out of Invader Zim instead is VERY funny to me!
For folks too young to know who Zim is, close your eyes and picture Moxxie from Helluva Boss.
For those slightly too old, picture Daggett from Angry Beavers
Not wanting to ruin the good message, but I imagine Zim going from screaming the message to becoming calm-toned at the end. I love this.❤
I needed this 😭
I honestly thought this was going to go a much meaner and/or funnier direction, but the punchline never came and im honestly pretty happy about that
I prefer Billy's way to cope with Anxiety.
DESTROY US ALL!
DESTROY US ALL!
DESTROY US ALL!
I’m having an anxiety attack right now and Zim is my comfort character. Thank you, this helped 🖤
I wanna cry, this is too beautiful 🥺💚💚💚
I was half expecting zim to just scream/yell at me as a joke not genuine advice, this genuinely cofmorting thank you.
Just got immense anxiety burst with my heart beating really fast and feeling shaky all over my body. Came back here to get my support. Thank you, yatangtangguo, Richard Horvitz and Invader Zim X).
Wow, I'm seriously surprised that Zim says that, I thought he was going to make one of those videos where he just screams and mocks, that's why I LOVE IT!
Very good animation! 💗💗
I have been thinking about this every day for a week now. It's helping immensely. Thank you SO much.
this is so supportive/wholesome and such a bizarre sight to see it coming calmly from zim especially with what i remember of the show
I've been struggling with my own anxiety quite a bit lately, & while I've been figuring my own grounding techniques, it was just really nice to come across this. We can all use the extra reassurance we're going to be okay.
Also, just further confirmation on how awesome a guy Richard Horvitz is. I met him at a convention once & I was astonished at just how funny & sweet he is.💕
I've never heard that definition of anxiety, but holy cow is it right on the money. I'm saving this video in my favorites to play anytime my anxiety tries to get the better of me.
*YOU LITERALLY MADE MY ANXIETY DISAPPEAR*
*IM SITTING HERE CRYING CUZ I BEEN STRESSED FOR DAYS*
congrats joe rogan
I actually really like this because I remember struggling with confidence a lot as a teen and one of the things I remember realizing is that confidence, at least in some form, is merely the faith you have in yourself. There was something revelatory about that for me. That I just had to trust in myself to be able to handle the situations I was put into and that I knew that if I was doing something, like say something competitive, that I had done my best to put myself in a position to allow myself to do well. In this instance, I think the way this definition of anxiety and my definition of confidence line up is really synergistic. If anxiety is about imagined struggles then confidence is about mastered experiences.
i met him at a con this year and i had no money for a photo or signing, i just saw his line was short and jumped in to say hi. i didnt expect to get a little choked up because all i wanted to do was say a little "hi you were very influential in my childhood thank you" but he was so nice and shook my hand and complimented my cosplay. very sweet guy, im so happy for him getting back into the public eye of animation!
*Anxiety takes 2d6 psychic damage*
Also since the voice of Zim is also the voice of Moxxie from Helluva Boss, this hits the same for me as it does for Invader Zim fans :)
*Jump cut
Zim: "Gir! Why is the base flooded with soy sauce!?!"
Gir: "I or-dered egg rolls! he he he he..."
i thought this was gonna be an asmr parody thing LOL this is actually rlly sweet
I too was not expecting the title to be genuine, but I'm not disappointed. I like this. Thank you
Feels more like Raz tbf since it’s dealing with anxiety
This is awesome! 💚
This is awesome
I have… *A MIGHTY NEED!* for this version of Zim to be my new therapist
I like the idea of the shows secret alien disastermind coming off the set and actually being one of the most well adjusted dudes.
Thank you, algorithm. For posting this here. I just broke up with my GF of 4 years and I know the road ahead is going to be difficult. Thank you for the soft and very kind words of encouragement.
i feel like he would make sure you can't handle it
I was fully expecting some kind of chaotic fake-out. I was pleasantly surprised.
Richard horvitz is so wholesome, i think because he gets the evil out with characters like zim
Sounds more like Raz than Zim based on the tone, but was comforting nonetheless. Bless Richard Horvitz.
Not the anxiety advice i expected, but definitely the anxiety advice i needed.
this would make for a great psychonauts animation
Of all the Horvitz characters to use, Zim seems like an out-there pick ngl
I thought this would be Zim screaming but the green bean actually helped me
This feels more in character for Moxxie these days
This was so much more wholesome then I expected
Seems much more like something Moxie would say than something Zim would say.
The most calmest zim conversation
bro but if im asking out a baddie that shit aint gonna fly ZIM
Closer to something Raz would say than Zim but it’s oddly more comforting from the alien that hates this pathetic earthen worm
This is awesome, stopped me from having a panic attack completely
I was expecting him to yell. and make it a funny video but this is nice. I like this
ZIM was probably the most confident character I've ever seen so yeah of course he's got advice on this
I think Moxxie would’ve made more sense, but this is still good too.
Naw I see Raz more because he literally is therapist
I remember Richard saying something similar on the Hunicast awhile back, and now that I’m reminded of it, I might wanna try it out. Thanks Richard, and thanks Zim for the advice.
oh, this was actually really sweet and wholesome, I fully expected him to cuss me out lol.
The beauty of comfort characters, eh…!
I didn’t expect him to actually be nice
Been dealing with anxiety all night. This really helped. Thank you.
Why am I on the verge of tears after this?
Thanks, I needed that.
I think Razputin would be the most likely to say something like this, rather than Zim
It means a lot hearing this message! I can picture Moxxie saying this.
THAT WAS SO WHOLESOME OMG
This is the sweetest I've ever seen of Zim 😭
I didnt know how much I needed Zim to tell me im going to be ok.
always liked Richard Horvitz. second i saw him. I hope his voice is still in stuff we like!