Jhonen Vazquez mentioned that the world of the show takes place on Earth after years of pollution and junk slowly deteriorated everyone’s brains and bodies. That’s why nearly every character is either insane, kind of dumb, or both; they are all literally suffering from brain damage. It’s no wonder everyone thinks Dib is crazy; ironically, he’s probably one of the least crazy people on the planet.
Oh great just like our world! -_- If you guys didn't know humans are becoming less fertile, also everyone now have microplastics in the body, have fun.
Maybe Membrane is also going insane due to decades on Earth and his own experiments. Dib and Jazz just aren't feeling the effects yet because their Dad is also doing everything in his power to protect them. Like when Jazz had the Pig Curse, he did everything scientifically possible, and is unwilling to spiral into more insanity that comes with paranormal science
Also advancements in tech cause people to be overdependent on it thus the population is composed of a few very smart people and a lot of idiots with no in-between just like in idiocracy.
In episode 7 in the first 4 minutes, Zim walks into Dibs house to borrow his telescope, Dib screams “Gaz there’s an alien in the house!” And she responds “besides you?” I thought that was another cool example for the case!!
I remember how in "Planet Jackers", Zim enters Dib's house, and when he says "Gaz, there's an alien in the house!" she actually says "You mean besides you?"
@@dylan.bissendmylife yeah it could just be a witty comment, but imagine how interesting it would be if she said that on the basis that they’re both genetically altered in some way shape or form
The tragic irony of Dib being an alien is heartbreaking, really. He could also be a human baby that was taken and experimented on and just adopted and raised afterwards. He might be a human/Irken hybrid experiment, which could also explain why his head is so different than either species. Seems like Professor Membrane is the Bulma of that planet. Inventing everything and owning everything and basically being the richest being on the planet. Strange that they don't seem to live like rich people. Though his father probably uses most of his money for his experiments.
An episode that was planned before the show was cancelled called “the trial” actually would have given us some interesting new backstory on the tallest. Firstly, the tallest are from the same generation/batch as Zim, and second, Zim is actually the reason that the current tallest, known only as Red and Pink, are in power, and that they only became the tallest Irkens because a monster Zim created ate the two Irkens taller than them, Tallest Miyuki and her successor, Tallest Spork.
Zero idea where you have the infos from but it would make sense IF this is true. At the moment as long as you don't have proof of where you have this info from I will have to take this at face value or potential fanfiction material or something like that. Because it sure sounds like it. It sure would be interesting if it is true though. Emphasize on the IF.
@@sazuna4024 Why would he lie about this? Also, how does it sound like fanfiction? It sounds exactly like something that could've happened in the original series.
The Trial is a real thing, not fanfiction. It was an uncompleted episode, but the script was finished. You can actually find a script reading of the Trial(and other unfinished episodes)from the voice actors of the show on youtube.
Also quick correction, the tallest are the tallest not because they offed the current ones, but because zim, as a smeet (child). Created an infinity energy absorbing blob that ate not one, but two of the current leaders back to back. Making the whole race sort of go into a panic on who would be leader. They basically picked two of the tallest irkens at the time. Who are in canon the same age as zim, making them teen rulers..basically (jhonen vasquez plays around with they're ages, saying zim is an adult, 16. Whatever but they are basically young rulers).
jhonen did change tha design of the tallest to show that they didnt grow to be the tallest, but became the tallest. Their suits are part of what make them the tallest. He wanted the views to know there was a difference. And it has been alluded to them "becoming" the tallest by doing something to the old tallest. Which i believe was a singular leader, but i may be misremembering that
I like how prof membrane says he doesn't believe in the paranormal, but aliens aren't really paranormal. If anything they're more science than anything
Know this is an old comment, but aliens fall into the science fiction category…unless they’re proven to be real, then I guess it would be Science non fiction? Or just Science maybe? 😅
@@TisGrym No.Aliens as phenomenon is not science fiction.But what we usually mean under aliens - yes. We and all life at earth is proof that life can exist in our universe.Universe according to scientists(all this and other you can google) have diameter in 93 billion light years and visible is 28 billion ly .Approximate number of galaxies in visible universe is from 170 bilion to 2 trillion.If we do calculations of volumes by 4/3 x pi x r^3 we get that visible universe have 36.641 times smaller volume than observable. So approximate number of galxies in Universe from 6.229 trillion to 73.283 trillion.Wiki says galaxies have in average 100 mil galaxies, yes, not best source but other options - we don't know for sure.So i will pick 50 million, plus some of strs definitely haven't habitable planets like A-O types, this don't change result by much.Each star system have in average 10 planets but this number based on incomplete information and contains gas giants so i take 5, not including rogue planets by obvious reasons. As result with raw calculations we get that Universe might have from 1.55x10^21 to 1.83x10^22 planets and this is HUGE number. Is pretty unlikely that there is no other alien life besides us. But what we are considering "alien life"?Answer is any not terrestial life from simpliest microbes to more advanced organisms like plants , animals and finally sentient beings.All this have different odds , mircobes have highest and sentient beings - lowest. All of this we certainly know is possible having Earth and us as example, so no restrictions from universe laws of physics. Finally reached main point.We know that nothing can travel faster the light besides space-time.We know it for sure because all objects further 14 billion ly is moving faster than light relatively to us.But we and them moving at least half of ftl because space-time expanding in both directions, of course not entirely half this can be like 0.7 +0.3 too.But on 28billion ly distance both objects for sure moving at ftl relatively to each other. This concept exploited by warp drive.Exist many doubts in his possibility because requiremnts to make space-time distortion around certain area to travel at ftl.So warp drive is sci-fi for now.And ftl travel between stars too. So alien civilisation that can reach ftl speed is science fiction.But aliens as phenomenon, even sentient ones rather not a fiction, they just extremely rare.
@@TisGrym Well... Statistically, aliens kind of have to be real, in an infinite universe it's ridiculous to assume that no life-bearing planets exist. Even if it's just some bacteria.
Fun fact: The tallest AREN'T actually that tall. In one of the Invader Zim commentaries, it was said that a plot point for an episode that wasn't released would be showing how the tallest are put in robot bodies to make themselves taller once they are deemed worth. Extra bit of trivia, Zim and the current tallests were in the same classes together.
It's also pretty clear throughout the show that The Tallest very much so want to remain in power and would probably do anything to stay in power, so killing actually taller peeps seems plausible
I also like to think that Zim KNOWS that Membrane is irken. In one of the episodes, Dib comes home to the two of them having tea or something while Zim waited for Dib. Zim would also absolutely recognize the irken technology Membrane uses. I think they have an understanding of some sort, maybe even a competition or bet. I just like the idea of the two of them having a mutual understanding and respect thing going on.
I think during the movie Zim and professor membrane were working together to take over the world and get into the path of the irkin armada and that membrane going to space prison was to make it more convincing for everyone else that Zim has taken over peace day and was not working with membrane
I feel like Zim not only isn't smart enough for that he a) wouldn't be able to resist gloating about it to Dib and b) wouldn't be able to handle the knowledge of a competitor without completely freaking out. Zim at his core is childish, overzealous, and highly reactive. He's had his clever moments, but they're far and in between
@@tedtubegaming exactly. Or maybe Membrane was a clone of a human who ended up being totally different from a human - intelligent and having no ears. So Dib could be a clone of a clone 0_0
Or you know Professor Membrane could have simply mixed his DNA with human DNA to have different and more normal looking children since that's literally how reproduction works
From what I remember, Dib and maybe Gaz were confirmed as clones of Membrane, but I think there's good evidence that Membrane is a potentially banished Irken. In which case, yes I guess that means that Dib would be an alien clone. And it makes sense that Membrane would be so into trying to convince Dib that aliens aren't real, both to keep his cover best he can, and potentially because he isn't ready to let the kids know about their clone status. It would be crazy enough to hear that you're a clone, much less an alien clone.
Me and my mom theorized that membrane is an alien but not irken let me explain so in the 3rd invader zim quarteley i think we see membranes parents and they dont have ears and noses either so we had a theory that they are an alien species thats almost exinct so membranes parents moved to earth since that was the safest planet AND even membrane doesnt know hes an alien
What about that episode where Zim controls Dib's arm nerve? Dib says he doesn't have one, but Zim knows about it, almost like he knows more about Dib's anatomy than Dib himself does...
Aside from fitting in really nicely to this theory, the bit about the Aliens running the same operating system as Dib was probably a dig at movies like Independence Day where the humans hack advanced alien tech with a mid 90s laptop
@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 huh, I seem to have forgotten that plot point. I know that's the basic idea in the first Transformers movie, but again I assumed it was done to make sure that people didn't say "that's the same plot hole/ convenience from ID4" when the Autobots and Decpticons spoke english and used human tech.
Honestly, I do think membrane and Dib are aliens, but not Gaz. She’s an android! Think about it: She Dosent obey anyone but membrane. When she got wet when Dib splashed water on her and Zim, she looked like it hurt her. Robots are affected by water. Why do you think he wanted Dib to go with her to the mall? He didn’t want her to get broken. She protects herself, all the time. There was one episode where she was on the elevator, and was trying to get the GS2 from Iggins, and SMASHED AND GLITCHED THE ELEVATOR FROM ONE PUNCH. BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEORY A FILM THEORY
Something I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned is the “Arm control nerve” in Dib’s stomach as seen in “NanoZim”. Even Dib points out how that doesn’t exist in humans. This would also explain how Zim, an alien creature who doesn’t understand much of Earth, would know exactly where to find it.
@@wehtawnikrap I mean, Zim, an idiot, was capable of creating methods of protecting himself from rain water (albeit idiotic and flawed means that didn't go anywhere), and he hadn't been on Earth for even a year, yet Membrane has been there significantly longer, and is intelligent and capable, despite having access to more primitive tech than Zim's. It'd stand to reason that he'd likely find a way to protect his clones (and hopefully himself) from something as common and devastating to Irkans as rain water.
Even if Membrane was a irken, in the movie finally it's shown both his legs and arms are robotic. So I doubt he was a 'tallest'. More likely he was really short so no one paid attention to him and his genius. So he went to earth, made a mech suit to fit in. And his peace day stunt was to show up the tallest for ignoring him.
I used to wonder why Dib was so obsessed with Zim, he must be an alien too and can recognize Zim as a counterpart. But then I saw the Halloween episode and decided the teacher was the only true alien there.
There's this line in one of the comics, when GIR mentions another Irken that came to Earth once. It's heavily implied that this Irken died somehow while on Earth, Zim himself even seems to mourn him. Now, this could be a throwaway joke about Zim's selective memory, but after seeing this video it makes more sense. It's a stretch, I know, but I think this could've been Membrane. It doesn't look like him, but that could easily be his true form, and the Membrane we see is in disguise. Another I'd like to mention, is that if I remember correctly, Tak's disguise had ears and a nose. Zim's doesn't since it's part of the plot for him to have a terrible disguise. If Membrane's technology is so advanced, why couldn't he get rid of some of the only good evidence that he's an alien? It's clear he left Irk long before Zim and Tak did, so maybe Irken technology wasn't as advanced back then. It really depends on when he left, and the history of Irk. Both of those aren't talked about much in the series, movie, or comics.
How about having that Irken being Dib's grandfather or great grandfather? Just so Dib would be part human and actually have had a mother and relatives.
There are Irkens in the middle ground heightwise. The soldiers on the Irken Mothership are medium height. The ones that work for the Tallest are between the tallest and normal Irken height.
* Invader Zim pitch meeting * Nickelodeon producer: Im not really liking the cartoon idea. What other work have you done Mr. Vasquez? Vasquez: Well... I made a small comic book series a few years ago. Nickelodeon producer: Is that so? What was it about? Vasquez: Nothing major, it was about a homicidal maniac, and how overly depressed he was. Nickelodeon producer: You're hired!
Producer: Don't you think it'll be difficult to get kids to watch a show with such horrifying scenes and ideas? Screenwriter: Actually it'll be super easy. Barely an inconvenience
Omg I never actually watched invader Zim but whenever I saw pics from it I would think "that reminds me so much of Johnny the homicidal maniac a lot" and now my mind is blown
JTHM is my absolute fave. I have every copy of the comic I could get my hands on and the directors cut. Also, Happy Noodle Boy is iconic. "I am TESTICLESE God of rash covered scotums!". Shouldn't be funny, is.
The last thing that fits just fine into this puzzle is found on the comics. On issue #12, at the end there’s a poem titled invasion, in which Dib wanders around the streets, apparently after the alien invasion arrived. Then, he finds Gaz, but when he gets close to her he realized she is an alien, and more irkens start to crawl out of the shadows, and surround him, and then Zim appears and reveals that Dib was an alien all along. Dib touches his face and realizes it was actually a mask, takes it of and confirms what Zim said.
@@benmcauley8872 I don’t know, but I suppose they are. Some stuff that happens in the comics was referenced in Enter the Florpus, in fact most of the plot of that movie was from a comic
@@chainsawz1312 well in a unmade episode the trial there was another tallest who zim killed some theorize the tallest where made to look tall to hide the fact that the tallest where all dying as they where the first ones to clone but as they continued to clone the irkins got shorter it's just a theory thou
At 10:17 you said that Professor Membrane might be taller than the Tallest which is why they sent him to Earth, but earlier at 5:43 you said he's been dressed that way since he was a child. So that part kind of confuses me, seems like a little contradiction to the theory. Lol But cool video theory, regardless!
Dibs always accusing Zim of being an alien, but what about their teacher Mrs. Bitters? She slithers and moves around in ways impossible for a human, makes cicada noises, has to wear a cloak in the sunlight, among some other inhuman things I’m probably forgetting.
@@treeeyed8578 Because he dad made him look more human. If you're going to give your entire Kingdom to your child and you are an alien to them, better make yourself look like the population so they don't get suspicious.
@@theemmisaryfrombeyond2322 he still had a nose, well at least, breath hole there, omg, THATS WHY, every villain that has lost had a nose! Success really does come at the loss of a nose.
Gaz also knows about aliens and knows Zim is an alien. She mentions it in the Gaz, taster of pork episode, “Yeah, Zims an alien, why should I care?” She doesn’t care because Zim is to dumb to actually take over earth
I always liked to think that the humans around Dib were stylized to represent how he felt about them. So to me his father looked "alien" because to Dib it feels like he is. Like he can't connect to him because he acts so distant to him almost speaking another language while they talk. But your theory is amazing. Zim looked clearly alien to Dib because that is what he saw and felt. But clearly anyone else was not able to see it. To them Dib was the more weird and alien than Zim. It's an amazing show no matter how freaky it sometimes got.
Ever since I saw Enter the Florpus on Netflix you can bet I was thinking "theory, theory, theory!" I have been wanting more theories and IZ is a great start to new ones that branch off from each other!
If his father is indeed an alien taking over the world, it may actually be out of kindness that he doesn't tell dip since it would completely destroy him
I always figured it was just a response designed to bug her brother. Kinda like when your sibling sees something of yours and says "eww, you like that? Thats gross!" And then you respond, Oh yeah? Well youre gross!"
Rewatching this again and I really am thinking Membrane is Zim but a future version of him, hence why he is trying to convince others that aliens don't exist. That way his (Membrane's) present plays out the way that currently exists.
Another interesting "coincidence" that I'm surprised Mat didn't mention: Zim is a three letter name. Who else do we know with three letter names? Gaz and Dib.
Technically not - Dib fits, but "Gaz" is short for "Gazlene" - a play on Gasoline to reference her volatile nature. That said, it's not like Irkens all have three-letter names (see Tallests Miyuki and Spork from the unproduced "The Trial"; or invaders like Skoodge, Skutch, and Larb).
7:00 The scene afterwards was my favorite of the series, he steps into a stall and screams "LEAVE NO EVIDENCE!" Then a kid runs out and watches the bathroom stall explode into fire, and stands there in shock.
Kinda hard to say when Membrane has memories of being a small child, Zim would notice any alien organs inside Dib, also a lot of people talk that way in the show showing its just a running gag, Dib eats the food, plays in rain, Membrane is just the dad that doesn't pay attention to what his kids say trope
We can actually explain those problems away with Mat’s theory. That was just a flashback to his first days on Earth before he understood Santa or other human cultural norms. He concocted further disguises to provide the illusion of growing up, to ensure that he blends in. Heck, that’s probably the reason Dib and Gaz are there in the first place he probably abducted some extremely young children, modified them to look similar enough to himself and then uses them as part of his cover.
@wolf masque dont ever do that, the series was cancelled since it didnt have good ratings and it was directed for kids but it hit more towards to teenagers
@@catpen672 i thought it was cancelled because some guy said he murdered someone because of the episode dark harvest. That, and the fact that parents hated that episode.
I wanna see matpat do an episode on hot wheels highway 35/acceleracers. I wanna see what he can create. Plus, THE SHOWS ARE ON YOUTUBR FOR FREE AT THIS POINT
This video might be one of my favorites. I've known about Dib being a clone for a few years now, but I always wrote it off as just another one of professor Membrane's experiments. Membrane being an exiled Irken would put it into an entirely different context since that's just how Irken children are made.
@kyestar88 Really? 'Cause, if he said there were no aliens intelligent enough to get to Earth, then he'd probably met the Irkans. Zim's rampant incompetence isn't actually unusual for his species.
I actually agree with this theory- as well as the fact that, from what I’ve seen, nearly EVERY alien does the thing where their voice raises- when tallest red says : “You- SAVE THE DONUTTSSSS” To Tallest purple- his voice does randomly raise, so it seems like a natural speech pattern for aliens.
I would've loved it if they kept the series going and they actually showed this twist. Dib would've blown his top if he found out the whole time he and his family were actual aliens. 😂
Kind of like when Zim in the NanoZim episode where he was controlling Dibs arms with the arm control nerve in his belly. Zim also seemed to know where to go like he knew the entire anatomy, but didn’t think twice about it.
Maybe because they realized how smart membrane was as a shorter irken and were afraid of his genius, so they sent him away to prevent him from overthrowing the tallest somehow
I always had a theory about the Tallest that they arent actually tall. They're always hovering, and Idk about you but their limbs and bodies look to me like they've been augmented. Like they used levitation devices and cybernetics to make themselves seem taller. That or being that tall for Irkens causes physical disabilities, their leg muscles too weak to support that much mass.
Makes me wonder if the professor wasn't genetically altered to take over Earth but then wound up being taller than the tallest so instead of conquering Earth he was banished to Earth instead.
That's a great theory, actually. That would explain why he has human skin (it seems?) and why his children have human eyes. If they were genetically altered to fit in with humans...
I haven't watched much of Invader Zim but that could be. I think Membrane could be spying on & stealing tech from the Irken to get in a position of power on Earth and denies their existence to avoid being found out and losing his technological advantage. Those wouldn't explain the weird facial features however unless they're a strange byproduct of it's use.
I mean it looks Zim was born inside of a vat and the only thing that was a parent to him was metalic hand so i don't think the irkens have a mom and a dad
Zim: "You never learned the truth about your father!" Dib: "I learned enough, I know I am a clone!" Zim: "No, Dib, I am YOUR FATHER!" Dib: "Well that's just wrong." Zim: "DON'T INTERRUPT ME! I was going to say I am your father's species. He's an Irken, just like me!"
wait............. what if........ Zim fixed his "skin condition" traveled back in time conquered earth, his son is Dib(which explained the similarities of their names) Dib goes to school with zims young self, Dib figures it all out, Zim denies everything Dib is saying to keep the world under his control
@@satoukazuma4837 zim is not that calm and probably won't ever be and why would he clone dib instead of just not having the clone so he can take over the world
"Make sure to take them out of the can, or the explosion will destroy all human life" is exactly how it felt as kid when you're told not to put metal utensils in the microwave
Yes, just imagine a game of among us where it take place in an urban setting, the impostor is terrible, and there is only one crew mate smart enough to figure out who it is, but the impostor never gets ejected because no one believes him. Invader Zim in a Nutshell.
Something I also noticed is that during the realities colliding scene in the movie Dib was turned into an Irken at one point. So that could have been eluding to the idea!
@@justsomebody9990 Wait, doesn't it? In independence day, (never actually saw the movie, so apologies if I'm wrong) didn't they win by infecting the alien ship with a virus built on a human operating system, which doesn't make sense because there's almost no way they'd be compatible. Hence him saying that line as a cheeky remark towards Independence Day. Or am I missing something? That said, I prefer the explanation in the video :P
Slight edit: Dib is shown to have ears, unlike his father, so he couldn't be a complete clone. He could be an attempted hybrid, trying to make sure his line continues while not outing himself as an alien; this would explain Dib's hypothesis that he'd been experimented on while also taking both his similarities and differences from Irkens into account.
I think if the show wasn't canceled, this would actually be the big twist during a season finale of some sort
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@@taralamlam1287 shutup
Why was it cancelled to begin with?
I didn't watch the show in a while so I don't actually keep up with its news
@@pierreemad2220 It all started with the episode "Dark Harvest" i think.
@@pierreemad2220 Parents lol
I misread the title as “Zim is an alien” and questioned MatPat’s intelligence for a few seconds until I read the title again.
I would totally watch that episode. He could make the reasoning just as far-fetched and presuppositional as his regular episodes.
@hands indeed, I did. I still am.
It's a skin condition
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I laughed way too hard at this
i love how zim just pulled a napoleon and decided to “quit being banished”
lmao "pulled a napoleon"
Ok, but grammar?
Mind to 'edit'?
@@loturzelrestaurant Not everyones native language is English
@Loturzel Restaurant
Mind to not be a asshole when someone is joking around? It’s not like their typing a fuckin essay.
@@Vivosity I am chill, buddy.
Jhonen Vazquez mentioned that the world of the show takes place on Earth after years of pollution and junk slowly deteriorated everyone’s brains and bodies. That’s why nearly every character is either insane, kind of dumb, or both; they are all literally suffering from brain damage. It’s no wonder everyone thinks Dib is crazy; ironically, he’s probably one of the least crazy people on the planet.
“Does thinking you’re the last sane man on earth make you crazy? Because if it does, then I think I am.” - Del Spooner
Except for dr membrane
Oh great just like our world! -_-
If you guys didn't know humans are becoming less fertile, also everyone now have microplastics in the body, have fun.
Maybe Membrane is also going insane due to decades on Earth and his own experiments. Dib and Jazz just aren't feeling the effects yet because their Dad is also doing everything in his power to protect them. Like when Jazz had the Pig Curse, he did everything scientifically possible, and is unwilling to spiral into more insanity that comes with paranormal science
Also advancements in tech cause people to be overdependent on it thus the population is composed of a few very smart people and a lot of idiots with no in-between just like in idiocracy.
In episode 7 in the first 4 minutes, Zim walks into Dibs house to borrow his telescope, Dib screams “Gaz there’s an alien in the house!” And she responds “besides you?” I thought that was another cool example for the case!!
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@@sekoseko2165 why
This isn't evidence of anything. That's just Gaz being Gaz.
I literally thought of that theory a long time ago
@@sekoseko2165 dude this has nothing to do whit this
I remember how in "Planet Jackers", Zim enters Dib's house, and when he says "Gaz, there's an alien in the house!" she actually says "You mean besides you?"
where can I watch invader zim anyway?
@@shadowshifter3177 I'm afraid dailymotion did not have full episodes, is there anywhere else? sorry for the trouble
@@zeya_thaya hulu
Granted that could just be sibling banter. My brother and I call each other things like that all the time
@@dylan.bissendmylife yeah it could just be a witty comment, but imagine how interesting it would be if she said that on the basis that they’re both genetically altered in some way shape or form
*He made a fricking Invader Zim Theory, I can die happy now.*
I second that
I third it
Exactly
@Zkyball YT I was hoping for this theory since I first watched his channel.
What's next? Danny phantom? 😂
The tragic irony of Dib being an alien is heartbreaking, really.
He could also be a human baby that was taken and experimented on and just adopted and raised afterwards.
He might be a human/Irken hybrid experiment, which could also explain why his head is so different than either species.
Seems like Professor Membrane is the Bulma of that planet. Inventing everything and owning everything and basically being the richest being on the planet.
Strange that they don't seem to live like rich people. Though his father probably uses most of his money for his experiments.
Maybe Prof Membrane, as the alien he is theorized to be, kidnapped Dib when he was a baby.
what about roach boy?
And because Dib and Gaz are hybrids, probably their mother died after giving birth to them
right now hybrid Dib (and Gaz) is my headcanon
and Dib being a Irken hybrid could explain what happened with Zib
An episode that was planned before the show was cancelled called “the trial” actually would have given us some interesting new backstory on the tallest. Firstly, the tallest are from the same generation/batch as Zim, and second, Zim is actually the reason that the current tallest, known only as Red and Pink, are in power, and that they only became the tallest Irkens because a monster Zim created ate the two Irkens taller than them, Tallest Miyuki and her successor, Tallest Spork.
Fascinating! So much lost potential. It is VERY PAINFUL to discover new details like this about the show. Such a tragedy we will never see it!
One of the most interesting episodes that explained so much new lore, I’m still mad they never aired it.
Zero idea where you have the infos from but it would make sense IF this is true. At the moment as long as you don't have proof of where you have this info from I will have to take this at face value or potential fanfiction material or something like that. Because it sure sounds like it. It sure would be interesting if it is true though. Emphasize on the IF.
@@sazuna4024 Why would he lie about this?
Also, how does it sound like fanfiction? It sounds exactly like something that could've happened in the original series.
The Trial is a real thing, not fanfiction. It was an uncompleted episode, but the script was finished. You can actually find a script reading of the Trial(and other unfinished episodes)from the voice actors of the show on youtube.
Also quick correction, the tallest are the tallest not because they offed the current ones, but because zim, as a smeet (child). Created an infinity energy absorbing blob that ate not one, but two of the current leaders back to back. Making the whole race sort of go into a panic on who would be leader. They basically picked two of the tallest irkens at the time. Who are in canon the same age as zim, making them teen rulers..basically (jhonen vasquez plays around with they're ages, saying zim is an adult, 16. Whatever but they are basically young rulers).
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@@taralamlam1773 stopppppp
RIP Tallest Miyuki
jhonen did change tha design of the tallest to show that they didnt grow to be the tallest, but became the tallest. Their suits are part of what make them the tallest. He wanted the views to know there was a difference. And it has been alluded to them "becoming" the tallest by doing something to the old tallest. Which i believe was a singular leader, but i may be misremembering that
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“NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!”
that line has a LOT of power behind it.
So that's where the meme came from.
ya ya get the it
I'm Going to destroy matpat Once and for all
@@Avery-gn8gz no
@@sonjapotter474 nope, like most of Matpad videos is a pretty old theory from the internet
I like how prof membrane says he doesn't believe in the paranormal, but aliens aren't really paranormal. If anything they're more science than anything
Especially given how demons, which are paranormal, are shown to be real.
But they aren't normal and I need to find stuff for the definition
Know this is an old comment, but aliens fall into the science fiction category…unless they’re proven to be real, then I guess it would be Science non fiction? Or just Science maybe? 😅
@@TisGrym No.Aliens as phenomenon is not science fiction.But what we usually mean under aliens - yes.
We and all life at earth is proof that life can exist in our universe.Universe according to scientists(all this and other you can google) have diameter in 93 billion light years and visible is 28 billion ly .Approximate number of galaxies in visible universe is from 170 bilion to 2 trillion.If we do calculations of volumes by 4/3 x pi x r^3 we get that visible universe have 36.641 times smaller volume than observable.
So approximate number of galxies in Universe from 6.229 trillion to 73.283 trillion.Wiki says galaxies have in average 100 mil galaxies, yes, not best source but other options - we don't know for sure.So i will pick 50 million, plus some of strs definitely haven't habitable planets like A-O types, this don't change result by much.Each star system have in average 10 planets but this number based on incomplete information and contains gas giants so i take 5, not including rogue planets by obvious reasons.
As result with raw calculations we get that Universe might have from 1.55x10^21 to 1.83x10^22 planets and this is HUGE number.
Is pretty unlikely that there is no other alien life besides us.
But what we are considering "alien life"?Answer is any not terrestial life from simpliest microbes to more advanced organisms like plants , animals and finally sentient beings.All this have different odds , mircobes have highest and sentient beings - lowest.
All of this we certainly know is possible having Earth and us as example, so no restrictions from universe laws of physics.
Finally reached main point.We know that nothing can travel faster the light besides space-time.We know it for sure because all objects further 14 billion ly is moving faster than light relatively to us.But we and them moving at least half of ftl because space-time expanding in both directions, of course not entirely half this can be like 0.7 +0.3 too.But on 28billion ly distance both objects for sure moving at ftl relatively to each other.
This concept exploited by warp drive.Exist many doubts in his possibility because requiremnts to make space-time distortion around certain area to travel at ftl.So warp drive is sci-fi for now.And ftl travel between stars too.
So alien civilisation that can reach ftl speed is science fiction.But aliens as phenomenon, even sentient ones rather not a fiction, they just extremely rare.
@@TisGrym Well... Statistically, aliens kind of have to be real, in an infinite universe it's ridiculous to assume that no life-bearing planets exist. Even if it's just some bacteria.
"He doesn't have any ears!"
"That is ALSO a skin condition."
Ya don't say?
Legit doe, people can be born with no ear shell, aka, just a hole where there ears should be
@@666herescared I believe Stephen Colbert is mising part of his ear, so I can believe it.
“Hmmmmm, pretty sus Zim”
don't forget super toast
Fun fact: The tallest AREN'T actually that tall. In one of the Invader Zim commentaries, it was said that a plot point for an episode that wasn't released would be showing how the tallest are put in robot bodies to make themselves taller once they are deemed worth. Extra bit of trivia, Zim and the current tallests were in the same classes together.
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I always thought that was just a known fact haha
It's also pretty clear throughout the show that The Tallest very much so want to remain in power and would probably do anything to stay in power, so killing actually taller peeps seems plausible
I also remember reading something about how when they become one of the Tallest, they have to cut off their thumbs?
That does make sense in the theory's context, since membrain is very obviously a cyborg
This childhood show built me into the paranoid person I am today
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JAJAJAJA x2
@SniperX NO
@SniperX work hard for it buddy
This show is my childhood
And there is a theory on it...
Im happy :)
I also like to think that Zim KNOWS that Membrane is irken. In one of the episodes, Dib comes home to the two of them having tea or something while Zim waited for Dib. Zim would also absolutely recognize the irken technology Membrane uses. I think they have an understanding of some sort, maybe even a competition or bet. I just like the idea of the two of them having a mutual understanding and respect thing going on.
I like your idea
I think during the movie Zim and professor membrane were working together to take over the world and get into the path of the irkin armada and that membrane going to space prison was to make it more convincing for everyone else that Zim has taken over peace day and was not working with membrane
This is a very good theory
I feel like Zim not only isn't smart enough for that he a) wouldn't be able to resist gloating about it to Dib and b) wouldn't be able to handle the knowledge of a competitor without completely freaking out. Zim at his core is childish, overzealous, and highly reactive. He's had his clever moments, but they're far and in between
Membrane says he’s the most excited for peace day, proceeds to punch a man in the face
@kyestar88 bruh a tooth came out of this mans face
@@jaydentorres254 Just a scare tactic, mate. What's a punch but getting so close to someone so fast that they lose a tooth in fear?
@@dylanconfer1116 I don’t understand what you just said
@@dylanconfer1116 actually a tooth didn’t fall out, but his face folded in
I mean, it wasn’t peace day YET.
Don't forget the never explained question from Zim to Gaz: How do you know how to use Irken technology?
ya thats more proof
no that's just because she's a gamer
@@brine_909 or the irken were gamers
@@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 Originally in the pilot of IZ, Zim was shown to actually have and play video games
@@cindypicadomolina7814 so the irken can be alien gamers and thats why gamers know how to use irken tech
I'm really this isn't only a theory but is a true fact that couldn't be revealed because of the show's cancelation
There’s two kinds of canon
Actual canon
Unfinished canon
This can be considered unfinished canon but I still think membrane is a normal person
@@LucyWest370 Support for this is that, if Dib is a clone of Membrane, why does he have ears and a nose?
@@tedtubegaming exactly. Or maybe Membrane was a clone of a human who ended up being totally different from a human - intelligent and having no ears. So Dib could be a clone of a clone 0_0
Or you know Professor Membrane could have simply mixed his DNA with human DNA to have different and more normal looking children since that's literally how reproduction works
@@janeoathdragon5793 or... he’s just normal
From what I remember, Dib and maybe Gaz were confirmed as clones of Membrane, but I think there's good evidence that Membrane is a potentially banished Irken. In which case, yes I guess that means that Dib would be an alien clone. And it makes sense that Membrane would be so into trying to convince Dib that aliens aren't real, both to keep his cover best he can, and potentially because he isn't ready to let the kids know about their clone status. It would be crazy enough to hear that you're a clone, much less an alien clone.
Me and my mom theorized that membrane is an alien but not irken let me explain so in the 3rd invader zim quarteley i think we see membranes parents and they dont have ears and noses either so we had a theory that they are an alien species thats almost exinct so membranes parents moved to earth since that was the safest planet AND even membrane doesnt know hes an alien
What about that episode where Zim controls Dib's arm nerve? Dib says he doesn't have one, but Zim knows about it, almost like he knows more about Dib's anatomy than Dib himself does...
YEAH!!!!
How
He even says humans don’t have an arm nerve
What episode was that? I wasn't able to finish the show before it was removed from hulu
Aside from fitting in really nicely to this theory, the bit about the Aliens running the same operating system as Dib was probably a dig at movies like Independence Day where the humans hack advanced alien tech with a mid 90s laptop
But thats because in the universe of the movie our tecnology was develop using Reverse engineering of the alien ships that crash on earth
@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 huh, I seem to have forgotten that plot point. I know that's the basic idea in the first Transformers movie, but again I assumed it was done to make sure that people didn't say "that's the same plot hole/ convenience from ID4" when the Autobots and Decpticons spoke english and used human tech.
shhhhhh lets not talk about that
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Honestly, I do think membrane and Dib are aliens, but not Gaz. She’s an android! Think about it:
She Dosent obey anyone but membrane.
When she got wet when Dib splashed water on her and Zim, she looked like it hurt her. Robots are affected by water.
Why do you think he wanted Dib to go with her to the mall? He didn’t want her to get broken.
She protects herself, all the time.
There was one episode where she was on the elevator, and was trying to get the GS2 from Iggins, and SMASHED AND GLITCHED THE ELEVATOR FROM ONE PUNCH.
BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEORY
A FILM THEORY
SOMEONE GET MATPAT ON THIS ONE
Doesn’t the show reveal her fleshy innards on one of the X ray scenes in Dark Harvest?
I didn’t think about that 🤔 it would make a lot of sense though
But she has organic organs
Edit: grammar
There's something that makes this wrong if she is a robot the pig mouth wouldn't have worked but kn the show it did
Water also hurts Irkens
I’m so upset the show had gotten canceled, the plot twist would have been CRAZY- I wonder what the other episodes would have been
Something I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned is the “Arm control nerve” in Dib’s stomach as seen in “NanoZim”. Even Dib points out how that doesn’t exist in humans. This would also explain how Zim, an alien creature who doesn’t understand much of Earth, would know exactly where to find it.
Yeah, he probably just assumed humans would have one too, not realising Dib was an Irkan.
Tell this to matpat so he goes like HOW DID YOU NOT FIND THIS RESEARCH CREW THINGY!
@@katiekhabbazi6849 But Dib can survive in rain water unless if that was cloned out of him.
@@wehtawnikrap Maybe that's also weird to Irkens and he actually does have a skin condition.
@@wehtawnikrap I mean, Zim, an idiot, was capable of creating methods of protecting himself from rain water (albeit idiotic and flawed means that didn't go anywhere), and he hadn't been on Earth for even a year, yet Membrane has been there significantly longer, and is intelligent and capable, despite having access to more primitive tech than Zim's. It'd stand to reason that he'd likely find a way to protect his clones (and hopefully himself) from something as common and devastating to Irkans as rain water.
Even if Membrane was a irken, in the movie finally it's shown both his legs and arms are robotic. So I doubt he was a 'tallest'. More likely he was really short so no one paid attention to him and his genius. So he went to earth, made a mech suit to fit in. And his peace day stunt was to show up the tallest for ignoring him.
Tallest aren’t actually tall they are in Robert armored exoskeleton
Dib is a clone
the tallest are clearly also short inside mechanical bodies. this just lines up with what we know.
Membrane's legs aren't robotic. He's wearing rocket boots and in Florpus, it's shown that he has bones in his legs but not his arms.
but...the Tallest (red and purple, anyway) are obviously in some kind of robotic suits that make them taller themselves. Lol
Can u imagine a guy who made comics about a literal homicidal maniac got a show on NICK
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NICK: wants a show for kids.
Also NICK: hires a guy who makes pg-13 comics where the protag kidnaps, tortures and brutally murders a stranger.
which show?
Warcriment
Invader Zim
Jhonen is an enigma
I used to wonder why Dib was so obsessed with Zim, he must be an alien too and can recognize Zim as a counterpart. But then I saw the Halloween episode and decided the teacher was the only true alien there.
There's this line in one of the comics, when GIR mentions another Irken that came to Earth once. It's heavily implied that this Irken died somehow while on Earth, Zim himself even seems to mourn him. Now, this could be a throwaway joke about Zim's selective memory, but after seeing this video it makes more sense. It's a stretch, I know, but I think this could've been Membrane. It doesn't look like him, but that could easily be his true form, and the Membrane we see is in disguise.
Another I'd like to mention, is that if I remember correctly, Tak's disguise had ears and a nose. Zim's doesn't since it's part of the plot for him to have a terrible disguise. If Membrane's technology is so advanced, why couldn't he get rid of some of the only good evidence that he's an alien? It's clear he left Irk long before Zim and Tak did, so maybe Irken technology wasn't as advanced back then. It really depends on when he left, and the history of Irk. Both of those aren't talked about much in the series, movie, or comics.
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Omg ya. MatPat didn't even consider the whole Tak thing.
wow.
@@taralamlam1773 stop spamming all these comments
How about having that Irken being Dib's grandfather or great grandfather? Just so Dib would be part human and actually have had a mother and relatives.
Everyone: but what if this theory is wrong
Matpat: NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!!!!!!!
Lol
Hahaha lol
I can hear it in my head XD
Should've been : NOT THEOROLICLEY POSSIBLE
HE SOUNDS LIKE ENGLISH ALL MIGHT
Professor Membrane: Runs at the speed of light to yell in someone’s face*
Everyone: "Eh, seems normal"
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bro everyone got bodied
i mean, it is a cartoon world. Breaking physics isn't that common
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There are Irkens in the middle ground heightwise. The soldiers on the Irken Mothership are medium height. The ones that work for the Tallest are between the tallest and normal Irken height.
* Invader Zim pitch meeting *
Nickelodeon producer: Im not really liking the cartoon idea. What other work have you done Mr. Vasquez?
Vasquez: Well... I made a small comic book series a few years ago.
Nickelodeon producer: Is that so? What was it about?
Vasquez: Nothing major, it was about a homicidal maniac, and how overly depressed he was.
Nickelodeon producer: You're hired!
Johnny the homicidal maniac was a good comic
Producer: Don't you think it'll be difficult to get kids to watch a show with such horrifying scenes and ideas?
Screenwriter: Actually it'll be super easy. Barely an inconvenience
Funny enough, it was because of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac that Jhonen Vazquez got the job to begin with lol
Omg I never actually watched invader Zim but whenever I saw pics from it I would think "that reminds me so much of Johnny the homicidal maniac a lot" and now my mind is blown
JTHM is my absolute fave. I have every copy of the comic I could get my hands on and the directors cut. Also, Happy Noodle Boy is iconic.
"I am TESTICLESE God of rash covered scotums!".
Shouldn't be funny, is.
Fun joke theory: Zim is an alien. I mean, how should he ever, he's just a kid with a skin condition
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Lol that's a funny theory xD god imagine if that was real lol
@@krispyquacker I disagr-*NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE*
Yeah what next his dog gur is a robot.
So,I’m good friends with a kid named dib and he thinks zim is a alien,and i kinda believe him.
This was unexpected since the last I heard of the words invader zim was in a saberspark video for a long time ago.
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Same
TLDR dr membrane was basically broke from dbz
Me too it's sad when a show with so much potential gets dumped for going through a rough patch, same with My life as a teenage robot.
Same here
The first thing i can instantly call out: we've seen the baby membrane, which means he's been short at some point, but got higher
The last thing that fits just fine into this puzzle is found on the comics. On issue #12, at the end there’s a poem titled invasion, in which Dib wanders around the streets, apparently after the alien invasion arrived. Then, he finds Gaz, but when he gets close to her he realized she is an alien, and more irkens start to crawl out of the shadows, and surround him, and then Zim appears and reveals that Dib was an alien all along. Dib touches his face and realizes it was actually a mask, takes it of and confirms what Zim said.
are the comics cannon?
@@benmcauley8872 I don’t know, but I suppose they are. Some stuff that happens in the comics was referenced in Enter the Florpus, in fact most of the plot of that movie was from a comic
wut
holy i just realized my face doesn't actually feel. i thought i was going numb for 12 years
@@pelon6951 it was the beginning of the first issue that's what the opening of the film was based off of but the rest of the film is original
This is one of matpats most solid theories I think he’s ever made
Ikr!?
Minus the part about the tallest culling out other tall irkens, the tallest are in machine bodies that make them taller
@@chainsawz1312 well in a unmade episode the trial there was another tallest who zim killed some theorize the tallest where made to look tall to hide the fact that the tallest where all dying as they where the first ones to clone but as they continued to clone the irkins got shorter it's just a theory thou
What about sans is ness?!
i've also heard this theory long before matpat covered it
At 10:17 you said that Professor Membrane might be taller than the Tallest which is why they sent him to Earth, but earlier at 5:43 you said he's been dressed that way since he was a child. So that part kind of confuses me, seems like a little contradiction to the theory. Lol
But cool video theory, regardless!
Point taken...
Maybe the three of them are brothers but only he will inherit the power, so somehow they sent him to earth so that the two of them will be ruling
Huh, didn't expect to see you here
You could more or less take it as he ment his Childish Ways when he thought the paranormal and such was real
They could have all 3 grown up together and the 2 tallest sent him away to have more to themselves
I feel like this isn't a theory. You just proved it. Dib is an alien. I used to wonder that every time they made such a huge deal out of his big head.
Dibs always accusing Zim of being an alien, but what about their teacher Mrs. Bitters? She slithers and moves around in ways impossible for a human, makes cicada noises, has to wear a cloak in the sunlight, among some other inhuman things I’m probably forgetting.
I figured she was a vampire since those exist in the world of the show
The show writers actually said Miss bitters isn’t human but They won’t tell us what she actually is at least this is what I’ve heard
@@27mylobay90 lizard person?
@@27mylobay90 She also was where the school was built, they just built it around her.
Wake up Dib! The Matrix has you! It has us all!
Literally controls the world , but can’t give himself a nose
Why does dib have a nose and ears if ge is a clone of his "father"
@@treeeyed8578 Because he dad made him look more human. If you're going to give your entire Kingdom to your child and you are an alien to them, better make yourself look like the population so they don't get suspicious.
Voldemort
@@theemmisaryfrombeyond2322 he still had a nose, well at least, breath hole there, omg, THATS WHY, every villain that has lost had a nose! Success really does come at the loss of a nose.
Ergo: Krillin is actually the God of the DBZverse.
Gaz also knows about aliens and knows Zim is an alien. She mentions it in the Gaz, taster of pork episode, “Yeah, Zims an alien, why should I care?” She doesn’t care because Zim is to dumb to actually take over earth
I always liked to think that the humans around Dib were stylized to represent how he felt about them. So to me his father looked "alien" because to Dib it feels like he is. Like he can't connect to him because he acts so distant to him almost speaking another language while they talk. But your theory is amazing. Zim looked clearly alien to Dib because that is what he saw and felt. But clearly anyone else was not able to see it. To them Dib was the more weird and alien than Zim. It's an amazing show no matter how freaky it sometimes got.
Dib: "Zim's an alien!"
Dr. Membrane: "NOT SCIENTIFICLY POSSIBLE!"
MatPat: "Dr. Membrane's an alien!"
No, he's Ironman.
No, he’s Patrick
No he’s Justin bible.
@@mashynua1751 let me stop you right there
the other can keep going
Bieber*
"The Tallest are faking thier height"
REPORTED FOR TREASON.
Take him and, uh... throw him out the airlock!
You should talk bout if baby yoda died by kylo ren or what happens to him when he’s with Luke when kylo attacks
They cybernetically made their selfs tall
Apparently they also faked cutting off their thumbs by hiding them in their gauntlets
It seems in enter the florpus that the tallest finally got gauntlets that expose their thumbs, and apparently no other irken cares
I like how this show is still relevant after about 20 years
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1:27 that bloody gir cameo is wild
I saw invader zim and immediately stopped everything I was doing and clicked on this as fast as I could
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SAME
I was watching a video and the moment I saw this i clicked
I was in the middle of saving a kid from drowning, but I couldn't not watch this.
Same here XD
The fact that Dib at the 0:06 looked like that and said that he's 12 years old, *IS BASICALLY EVERY KID IN ANIME LMAO*
*I’m 12 years old* 🧔🏻
That's the joke
That was the point
What about 1000 year old demon females looking like 4 year old girls
My name is GioGio Giovanna and I'm 15 years old...
"NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE " is the best quote
it’s even a meme template
@@meowdasia has very high meme potential
I know it’s amazing
Yep.
He sounds like lemongrab
Ever since I saw Enter the Florpus on Netflix you can bet I was thinking "theory, theory, theory!" I have been wanting more theories and IZ is a great start to new ones that branch off from each other!
"Not scientifically possible!"
- Professor Membrane
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Omg that had me dying
I loved that
More like "Professor _Memebrane!"_
Eh? _Eeeh?!_
...I'll show myself out...
“I a-
N O T. S C I E N T I F I C A L L Y. P O S S I B L E.
Alternate Theory: Membrane found irken technology, and denys aliens so no one finds out he stole the tech from an irken crash.
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Makes sense
Lol that would be funny tho...
@@taralamlam1122 already know how to convert pdf to word ya poser
@@grey_xoid yeah like a con man
“Mrs Bitters I have a MIGHTY NEED to use the restroom once again”
-Zim
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Zim isn't Zim if he doesn't scream a word or two XD
@@VeloxFox JAJAAAJ THATS RIGHT
“Okay, but that's your last restroom break for the rest of the skool year.”
@@CrispyPrism333 XD
If his father is indeed an alien taking over the world, it may actually be out of kindness that he doesn't tell dip since it would completely destroy him
I always thought Gaz saying "I've got a squiddly spooch" was a kid-friendly euphemism XD
me too
Gaz assuming that if Dib knew anything about female anatomy, he'd have better things to do than chase conspiracy therories XD XD
@@CRanunculus chill he's 12
I always figured it was just a response designed to bug her brother. Kinda like when your sibling sees something of yours and says "eww, you like that? Thats gross!" And then you respond, Oh yeah? Well youre gross!"
Always thought Gaz was a little sus
Great to see that the theory/fanfiction/head-canon I came up as a child when watching this made it to Film Theory.
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@@taralamlam1825 No
@@taralamlam1825 Hmmm what's this?
Can we all agree we need this show to come back asap?
@puppylover why did you link a video about converting a pdf to word
No! They'll PowerPuff him! We need to leave old shows alone instead of ruining them all with crappy reboots.
@@chunkystains8950 I don't want a re boot I just want them to continue the show where they left off
@@chunkystains8950 came in here just to say this have a thumbs up
With today’s shows that they brought back I disagree since it just not going be like the old one just lore child friendly and crap
Rewatching this again and I really am thinking Membrane is Zim but a future version of him, hence why he is trying to convince others that aliens don't exist. That way his (Membrane's) present plays out the way that currently exists.
Theory: MatPat is an alien is trying to solve human beings so that’s why he creates these theories.
@SniperX no one asked
@SniperX my mom told me if you shut up humanity will be saved
I knew it
@SniperX subscribers*
@@CarlStevenson21 moms always knows better
"You've become the very thing you've sworn to destroy."
No Dib... you've always BEEN! DUN DUN DUN!
just like eren
they become what they hate
idubbz
@@Jcob_C like a what I can
@@mopbucket4307 whats that mean
Another interesting "coincidence" that I'm surprised Mat didn't mention: Zim is a three letter name. Who else do we know with three letter names? Gaz and Dib.
yeah, seriously. he must be sneezing with all the straw hes been grasping.
this is on the same level as sens
So bob over there is an alien then.
Technically not - Dib fits, but "Gaz" is short for "Gazlene" - a play on Gasoline to reference her volatile nature.
That said, it's not like Irkens all have three-letter names (see Tallests Miyuki and Spork from the unproduced "The Trial"; or invaders like Skoodge, Skutch, and Larb).
Also Gir
So Professor Membrane doesn’t want Dib exposing the truth about aliens because Dib would be exposing himself? 🤯
7:00 The scene afterwards was my favorite of the series, he steps into a stall and screams "LEAVE NO EVIDENCE!" Then a kid runs out and watches the bathroom stall explode into fire, and stands there in shock.
Pretty normal situation
I like the kid that out of nowhere says "can I have a SODA?" Sometimes I still ask that on the internet randomly for no reason 😂
Professor Membrane being Irken is one of my favorite long-standing theories of childhood shows
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Kinda hard to say when Membrane has memories of being a small child, Zim would notice any alien organs inside Dib, also a lot of people talk that way in the show showing its just a running gag, Dib eats the food, plays in rain, Membrane is just the dad that doesn't pay attention to what his kids say trope
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Membrane could have just spliced him and his kids DNA with human DNA to better blend in
We can actually explain those problems away with Mat’s theory. That was just a flashback to his first days on Earth before he understood Santa or other human cultural norms. He concocted further disguises to provide the illusion of growing up, to ensure that he blends in. Heck, that’s probably the reason Dib and Gaz are there in the first place he probably abducted some extremely young children, modified them to look similar enough to himself and then uses them as part of his cover.
@@triforceofcourage100 your right
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It makes sense for gaz because she keeps her eyes closed mostly
This is why the series needs to be continued, somehow. There's so much untapped potential still.
@wolf masque dont ever do that, the series was cancelled since it didnt have good ratings and it was directed for kids but it hit more towards to teenagers
I’m am second away to reviving the series
@wolf masque I’m gonna just make a GIR account and just say “Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom”
@@catpen672 i thought it was cancelled because some guy said he murdered someone because of the episode dark harvest. That, and the fact that parents hated that episode.
I wanna see matpat do an episode on hot wheels highway 35/acceleracers. I wanna see what he can create. Plus, THE SHOWS ARE ON YOUTUBR FOR FREE AT THIS POINT
"Not scientifically possible!"
*face punches guy*
Time stamp: 12:01
I laughed so hard at that in the show and this vid.
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@@taralamalam1321 stopppppp
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He doesn't punch him, he points his finger very close to his face.
This video might be one of my favorites. I've known about Dib being a clone for a few years now, but I always wrote it off as just another one of professor Membrane's experiments. Membrane being an exiled Irken would put it into an entirely different context since that's just how Irken children are made.
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3:39 I don't care what anyone thinks, if someone manages to make toast even _more_ super than it already is, then they are a magnificent scientist.
Invader Zim needs to be renewed for a new season.
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It got cancelled bro, sadly aint gonna happen
Vasquez hated working on the series.
Very much agreed
A final season, like Samurai Jack
I swear membrane actually said on the show “ there are no aliens! None inteligent enough to get to our planet anyhow”
@kyestar88 Really? 'Cause, if he said there were no aliens intelligent enough to get to Earth, then he'd probably met the Irkans. Zim's rampant incompetence isn't actually unusual for his species.
@kyestar88 seems like he's just calling his own race stupid, which we humans do all the time. Plus, the irkens aren't exactly geniuses.
Theory: Membrane made a deal with the aliens to keep them secret and they give him all of their knowledge
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interesting
I wonder what dibs reaction would be
And steal his ears.
@@jarrenstarkey8541 And nose.
much better theory than the straws matt is grasping at here.
I actually agree with this theory- as well as the fact that, from what I’ve seen, nearly EVERY alien does the thing where their voice raises- when tallest red says : “You- SAVE THE DONUTTSSSS” To Tallest purple- his voice does randomly raise, so it seems like a natural speech pattern for aliens.
I would've loved it if they kept the series going and they actually showed this twist. Dib would've blown his top if he found out the whole time he and his family were actual aliens. 😂
There's Actually Alot Of I.Z Fanart Of Dib And Gaz Being Irkens
You can always read the comics. Iirc they're cannon
@@ghostprince4284Now I kind of want to see some of that fanart ngl (don't mind the fact that this comment is 3 years late)
I sent my friend a picture of Dib and she said “Why Is his head so big!?” And she hasn’t even watched the series
It's DESTINY
@@lolbitnerdy9820 yes
this is hilarious- XD
or maybe she has and is hiding it just like the professor is hiding the fact that he is an alien *dun dun dunnnnnn*
@@londonsbrokamacho1002 LMAO
Theory. This is a robo matpat made by Zim to discredit Dib so no one will ever believe Dib
**Weeeeeeze**
True story
@@bonpaoi4736 why?! A random video to people speaking a random language. So random in fact you must be Grrr in Disguise
Kind of like when Zim in the NanoZim episode where he was controlling Dibs arms with the arm control nerve in his belly. Zim also seemed to know where to go like he knew the entire anatomy, but didn’t think twice about it.
The irony of this theory would have been an amazing twist for the show! I wish the cartoon would've been continued. :(
yeah there was really lost potential tbh 😭😭😭
I mean technically it could continue, lots of shows were cancelled or ended for years but then either got rebooted or a sequel of some kind
@@CheshireEclipse Yeah but let's be real here
@@TheAdvertisement just tryna (tryna Autocorrected to tuna-) be positive XD
honestly glad enter the florpus exists, but isn't exactly what we lost :(
I’m confused why would the tallest send him away because he was tall but he has a memory of being short during Christmas?
That is...A good point.
Maybe because Matpat didn't watch the show
they g r o w
@@avocado5810 Not that high and also he would've gone to earth after he grew
Maybe because they realized how smart membrane was as a shorter irken and were afraid of his genius, so they sent him away to prevent him from overthrowing the tallest somehow
Never clicked on a theory so fast in my life
True
Same
SAME
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@SniperX Stop self advertising please :/
You will get hate
I always had a theory about the Tallest that they arent actually tall. They're always hovering, and Idk about you but their limbs and bodies look to me like they've been augmented. Like they used levitation devices and cybernetics to make themselves seem taller.
That or being that tall for Irkens causes physical disabilities, their leg muscles too weak to support that much mass.
There writers did actually plan to explore this idea
Makes me wonder if the professor wasn't genetically altered to take over Earth but then wound up being taller than the tallest so instead of conquering Earth he was banished to Earth instead.
That's a great theory, actually. That would explain why he has human skin (it seems?) and why his children have human eyes. If they were genetically altered to fit in with humans...
If they didn’t know what earth was tho, how would they know their features such as skin?
I like more to imagine that Membrane is not an “alien invader” himself, but his parents or his ancestors WAS.
I haven't watched much of Invader Zim but that could be.
I think Membrane could be spying on & stealing tech from the Irken to get in a position of power on Earth and denies their existence to avoid being found out and losing his technological advantage.
Those wouldn't explain the weird facial features however unless they're a strange byproduct of it's use.
I mean it looks Zim was born inside of a vat and the only thing that was a parent to him was metalic hand so i don't think the irkens have a mom and a dad
JP animation life maybe one irken made human-irken hybrid who has his own reproductive system?
So his ancestors fricked aliens?
That is true, we can’t say for sure that Membrane is or is not the first Irken sent to Earth
Zim: "You never learned the truth about your father!"
Dib: "I learned enough, I know I am a clone!"
Zim: "No, Dib, I am YOUR FATHER!"
Dib: "Well that's just wrong."
Zim: "DON'T INTERRUPT ME! I was going to say I am your father's species. He's an Irken, just like me!"
this needs to happen in the future show
wAIT thats hilarious
Perfect.
wait............. what if........ Zim fixed his "skin condition" traveled back in time conquered earth, his son is Dib(which explained the similarities of their names) Dib goes to school with zims young self, Dib figures it all out, Zim denies everything Dib is saying to keep the world under his control
@@satoukazuma4837 zim is not that calm and probably won't ever be and why would he clone dib instead of just not having the clone so he can take over the world
1:11 all those theories sounds so interesting to talk about them!! Hey you should make another video about Zim!
"Make sure to take them out of the can, or the explosion will destroy all human life" is exactly how it felt as kid when you're told not to put metal utensils in the microwave
When someone is more excited about Peace Day, Membrane goes Ultra Instinct
N O T S I E N T I F I C A L L Y P O S S I B L E
And gir eat bebe
The entire plot of invader Zim is basically
“There is one imposter among us”
I hate this comment
Omg YAS!
Amog us
Yes,
just imagine a game of among us where it take place in an urban setting, the impostor is terrible, and there is only one crew mate smart enough to figure out who it is, but the impostor never gets ejected because no one believes him.
Invader Zim in a Nutshell.
The green guy is mad sus, bro.
I *live for the fact that zim casually unbanishes himself, it is always very humorous everytime I go on an invader zim marathon once a year.
New theory: Dib actually grows up to start a RUclips channel about video game theories and changes his name to Matthew
I want MatPat to do a full on theory…ON HIMSELF.
Well I will subscribe the guy XD
He is my fav character
@@BiggestPhangirl i would live for this
Theory confirmed, he’s still saving us from Zim’s evil scheme till this day
Now THAT is another theory I believe in.
It can run apps. Oh yea, it also can make a galactic stargate.
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Something I also noticed is that during the realities colliding scene in the movie Dib was turned into an Irken at one point. So that could have been eluding to the idea!
5:44 actually in the comic the profesor membrane HUMAN parents are shown in the comics,but stills being a really good theory
Now i'm realizing how lucky i was to experience this show when i was little
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Now I wish I was a eraly 2000s kid but im a 2010
@@nerfcontent9429 that sucks my guy
I’m so glad I was raised on this show
This show was fantastic
I think Dib saying "I just hope the Irkens use the same operating system as I do" was more of a reference to Independence Day.
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That... Doesn't really make sense
that just don't make sense at all, please can you explain?
@@justsomebody9990 Wait, doesn't it?
In independence day, (never actually saw the movie, so apologies if I'm wrong) didn't they win by infecting the alien ship with a virus built on a human operating system, which doesn't make sense because there's almost no way they'd be compatible. Hence him saying that line as a cheeky remark towards Independence Day.
Or am I missing something?
That said, I prefer the explanation in the video :P
@@techyon9401 You're correct.
Slight edit:
Dib is shown to have ears, unlike his father, so he couldn't be a complete clone.
He could be an attempted hybrid, trying to make sure his line continues while not outing himself as an alien; this would explain Dib's hypothesis that he'd been experimented on while also taking both his similarities and differences from Irkens into account.
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Ignore Tara.
The link is pointless
So he used soem human's genetic code then.
My first film theory video I ever watched and now he’s quitting. I will miss you.
Sad