apparently it was confirmed that Zim is hard-of-hearing. and that's also why he shouts so often. don't do nothing about his negligible attention span though.
0:34 fun fact: there was suppose to be loud cars in traffic passing by in the intersection scene but, they couldn’t be animated in time so they kept the sound effects in for the cars but left the scene in because it was so funny just imagining the two yelling to each other from across the street.
Invader Zim, despite being one of the darkest shows to ever air on Nick, is one of THE FUNNIEST shows ever. Rewatching it and now that I smoke weed I started laughing so much that I rewatch so many episodes and didn’t realize how funny the writers were
@@JoseSena-gs4tz The Author behind it, Johnen Vaquez has a very particular, dark, surrealist and absolutely hilarious sense of humor. Hell even him making a Kids Show is a hilarious Joke in itself. You know what work got him atention of the hiring personal? His comics, the most prominent being literally named "Jonny the homocidal Maniac". They hired a Dude making brutal, dark, nihilistic comics full of death, despair and surrealist humor about a homocidal Maniac who murders people to make Childrens TV. I mean, really, how did this show even manage to happen in the first place? It´s just as surreal as Vaquez humor.
What would be perfectly in character is that he actually decides he didn´t hear and is so self assured and full of himself it just becomes retrocatively reality to him.
@@famousdraven5443 the joke of “he hears what he wants to hear” which plays perfectly into his ego, you can monologue to him but if it doesn’t involve the words he wants to hear he just doesn’t hear it
I love how some unplanned visual quirks in this series became pretty hilarious gags, like the giant police officer in "Walk of Doom" and Ultra-Peepi's funky walk cycle in "Hamstergeddon." XD
I like to imagine that eventually the skool wises up to this, so to technically fulfill the requirements of the system, Zim's made to take a sign language class. Just because I know he'd hate it so much.
The fact they'd be like yea this boy is special needs ( in a school so clear of neglect) would floor me 😹 zims that far gone and in *clear* need. (Not that children needing extra help is funny, just this is a satirical comedy show )
"You won't get away with this!" "WHAAAAAT??" "You won't get a--" "WHAAAAAAAAT??" "You won't get awa--" "WHAAAAAAAAT???" "You won't get away--" "WHAAAAAAAAAT???" "You--" "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT???"
0:21 I love this scene so much. XD When Dib confirms that *is* indeed Tak's ship he's in, it's like Zim gets so mad his ears turn off. The way he shudders with rage and twitches really sold it!
If it only happened when Zim was wearing his wig or another human disguise, I would reason he has trouble hearing just because his antennae are pinned down beneath his costume. But no. It's just all the time. He is only interested in listening to his own opinions and those which directly influence them.
For the original airing of the show he was also doing Billy and Mandy and would sometimes go back to back recording lines for different studios. Man’s lost his voice a few times and even says in an old interview it was a bit of a hard time playing Zim because of so much screaming, but he said it in a light hearted way and seems to genuinely love playing the character when he can. So it was a fun blast and a pain in the ass.
@@irkenpony17 Grateful that he gave us the voice of 3 classic unhinged characters around the same time (Zim, Billy, and Daggett) even tho Beavers was ending around the time Zim began
@floating_mario_head from what I remember, Angry Beavers ended at a perfect time at least for Zim fans. Because that was when Richard was open and they took him to play the role which he obviously nailed. Otherwise, some other guy or Billy West would be the beloved crazy-ass alien roach. I think someone said once there were apparently test recordings with Mark Hamill being Zim, but I don't know if that is true.
@@irkenpony17 oh absolutely I didn't mean it as a bad thing. Billy West would've been ok but we are definitely living in the good timeline with Horvitz as Zim
"I am the last of my people. An interactive instruction manual, for the incredible vessel YOU are now helming." "Your people were instruction manuals...?" "No... no- huh???" *Awkward silence* LOVE IT 🤣🤣 Edit: OMG ty for the likes!!!
Eventhough Zim barely knew Tak, she still knew better than he knew himself, even gave up trying to explain things to him, knowing he couldn't be reasoned with.
The best thing about zim and dib yelling across the street is that the only reason its like that is because the animation team actually forgot to add the cars to the final version, that why there's car noises but no actual cars.
Assuming that Zim’s antennae are basically his “ears” it makes sense why he’d have a hard time hearing when he has to cover them up with a wig every day.
I feel Zim's pain because I can't hear worth a shit half of the time and not only that, but I have processing issues so it takes me a moment to fully process what a person has said sometimes.
it's called his antenna lol. you know those pointy things on his head lol those are his ears though it was confirmed he is hard of hearing so that may explain why he yells so much. then again if your whole life depends on just destroying things, he probably caused his own hearing issue when using bombs and explosives and other things of that nature so often. then again he's also confirmed to be a defect anyway, so with such problems it adds up to how he is.
@@miathealien3911 Apparently the wiki says irkens do have ears where humans' are, bc Zim wore headphones once and they cover the sides of their heads from some sounds, and one of the comics said they have inner ears (which I'll consider dubious until I read it, given how some of the wiki's facts are taken out of context). Guess if we're going by that, they just have microscopic earholes. Which is actually kinda humorous to me.
This is kinda unrelated, but I wish Zim won the battle for Earth in the end. Their Earth was full of terrible people, and Zim really deserved a single win in his life.
I mean there is a probably unofficial mini comic by Jhonen himself for some kinda Nickelodeon promoting thing after the show ended, where Zim took over earth after he told Dib to look away for a second, then someone made a shitty plushie of Zim as praise but he hated it so he was going to leave scary robots to look after earth while he ye know, just go abandon it. He offered Dib to come with him, he did and they drank space soda and road on alien space bunnies- The end. Technically a win where main characters are happy.
i'm convinced that irken flirting is based on torture, and zim and tak are being obnoxious the entire valentines day special, without any of us having a clue
He has a listening problem, but we still love this little goober and how hysterical he gets. Invader ZIM will always be one of my all time favorite Nicktoons.
Such a masterpiece, the street especially is such a good bit, the pacing, delivery, the missing traffic just *chef’s kiss* thank you for this bountiful harvest of clips
All in Invader Zim are neurotics, I love it cuz I found it very fun, they don't listen they just deny evereything, are conspirative, and do weird stuff, it's just beautiful
These were my absolute FAVORITE bits!!!! I remember cry laughing at the Tak bit and I rewound that shit sooo much!🤣 Same with the “who are you?!” Omg 😅🥲🥹 good times.
Sadly for me, my my hearing is kinda bad so I have interactions similar to the one where Zim and Dib are standing across the street and I can't tell what anyone is saying.
i mean this would make sense considering he’s caused the genocide of his people, probably severely damaging his hearing from the loud noises in the process
Кино
Zim interrupting people from answering his questions is my favorite bit.
"WHO ARE YOU?" "I am..."
SAME
ISN'T IT?!?!
@@MidnightThunderKid "WHO ARE YOU!?"
1:13 you-WHAT!!! is so funny 😂 😂😂
p.s ikr🤣🤣
Auditory processing disorder king❤️
Autism at its finest❤
STOP XD my leetle seestor and I have this
Lol same 😅
No
Zim is just stupid
no he's just kinda deaf
apparently it was confirmed that Zim is hard-of-hearing. and that's also why he shouts so often. don't do nothing about his negligible attention span though.
I remembered that onem it was a big deal in the fandom when it was confirmed.
That actually makes it even funnier that his stupidity is mixed in with slight deafness
He has no ears. It is part of his skin condition
Honestly this explains so much of the original show. I mean, he’s psychotic anyway but it does make some of his outbursts more understandable
Omg! That makes me so happy as someone who is HoH!!!
“That’s Tak’s ship you’re sitting in isnt it!?”
“Yes it is Zim, it fell from the-“
“ISN’T IT?!?!”
“I SAID IT IS!!!”
“Man you have a problem with listening Zim!”
“ISN’T IT??!!??”
“😑”
ISN'T IT??!?!
I can still hear his voice haha😂😂
ZIM
0:34 fun fact: there was suppose to be loud cars in traffic passing by in the intersection scene but, they couldn’t be animated in time so they kept the sound effects in for the cars but left the scene in because it was so funny just imagining the two yelling to each other from across the street.
I’m glad they kept it this way
@@mousepat9256 , That's What Makes This Funnier.
The fact Dib has the same delivery of
" Zim....." Makes it even better.
Invader Zim, despite being one of the darkest shows to ever air on Nick, is one of THE FUNNIEST shows ever. Rewatching it and now that I smoke weed I started laughing so much that I rewatch so many episodes and didn’t realize how funny the writers were
@@JoseSena-gs4tz The Author behind it, Johnen Vaquez has a very particular, dark, surrealist and absolutely hilarious sense of humor. Hell even him making a Kids Show is a hilarious Joke in itself. You know what work got him atention of the hiring personal? His comics, the most prominent being literally named "Jonny the homocidal Maniac". They hired a Dude making brutal, dark, nihilistic comics full of death, despair and surrealist humor about a homocidal Maniac who murders people to make Childrens TV. I mean, really, how did this show even manage to happen in the first place? It´s just as surreal as Vaquez humor.
I never realized he was hard of hearing, I thought he was either full of himself or he just ignored everyone
I actually prefer the latter explanations for being funnier
He's not HoH
Omg, I thought zim’s screaming was the result of his boosted ego too, lmao
@andieallison6792 yes he is, it was confirmed in the 2018 san diego comic con. jhonen says "i think zims a little hard of hearing"
It honestly could be all 3
The amount of times Zim’s brain was destroyed and reactivated, he just gets dumber, and maybe even deaf, every minute.
no shut up
Naw-t exactly
was it destroyed?
Fun fact, Zim is canonically hard of hearing.
@@thepotatoofheaven well technically at one point it was devoured, and another time it was switched with a pig plush.
D: "ZIM!! 😡"
Z: "WHaT? 🤔"
D: "ZIM! 😠"
Z: "WHAT? 😒"
D: "ZIM 😐"
Z: "WHAT? 😕"
D: "Zim.. 😶"
Z: "WHAT??? 😧"
D: "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH IT! 🤬"
Z: "That's very nice of you! 😊"
reminds me of the the WHAT"S YOU NAME bit
0:33
Why are comment sections always quotes?
And emojis don't make something funny
@@user-fg3fv9hl3b ik, i just added them to match how it'd be in real life (aka going from mad to more or less "what")
When I was a kid I did the 'who are you!?' bit to an adult and they looked at me like they wanted to slap my face off.
Eh? Who are you?
@@PyrodorahI am-
@@someguy1894WHO ARE YOU
who are you?
@@kathleenoconnell-yf7lsI am-
“You’re just jealous!”
“This has nothing to do with jelly.”
I love how most the characters still repeat themselves for him
It's one of the funniest parts
and he still doesn't get it lol
"You won't get away with it!"
"That's very nice of you."
Had me dying.
It's a fun idea that Zim hears and understands them just fine, but he does this for Psychological Warfare.
What would be perfectly in character is that he actually decides he didn´t hear and is so self assured and full of himself it just becomes retrocatively reality to him.
@@theexchipmunk I think he's done that, too!
Zim: "The Tallest said they'd call back in an hour!"
Gir: "No they didn't!"
that's annonying as fuck tho tbh
@@famousdraven5443 the joke of “he hears what he wants to hear” which plays perfectly into his ego, you can monologue to him but if it doesn’t involve the words he wants to hear he just doesn’t hear it
It makes sense, the enemy can’t think and plan properly if they’re too angry
To be fair, it's probably really hard to listen with a skin disease that gets rid of your ears
Woah cudose I respect that comment it stopped my brain train and I was like there truly cultured
@@Fwoompusfr the comment was so meaningful I stopped time so I can appreciate the comment
#TopCommentGod
0:26 I love that Dib has to yell back at Zim. Theyre both so twitchy
“I SAID IT WAS!!! Man, you have a problem with listening Zim!”
@@PictureFrameStudios2023 ISNT IT!!!?!?!?!?
0:34 is actually an animation error that was kept in. There was supposed to be a car driving by
You can even still hear the sound effect
Made it even better
Holy shit i have never noticed that until now lmao
Not an error. They ran low on budget and decided it would be funnier to just have an empty ass street instead
I love how some unplanned visual quirks in this series became pretty hilarious gags, like the giant police officer in "Walk of Doom" and Ultra-Peepi's funky walk cycle in "Hamstergeddon." XD
I just figured the were driving across from left to right behind the shot 😹😹
I like to imagine that eventually the skool wises up to this, so to technically fulfill the requirements of the system, Zim's made to take a sign language class. Just because I know he'd hate it so much.
STOP HE CAN'T DO ASL HE ONLY HAS 3 FINGERS 😭😭😭
The fact they'd be like yea this boy is special needs ( in a school so clear of neglect) would floor me 😹 zims that far gone and in *clear* need. (Not that children needing extra help is funny, just this is a satirical comedy show )
Or Dib wises up and teaches him 'cause he's tired of having to yell and repeat himself a dozen times. Ruins the flow of the battle.
@@invaderlee1299 You assume that special needs class in this nihilistic and depressing surealist nighatmare of a world isn´t in some way worse.
0:55 To be fair, Zim's logic kind of made sense there, even if he came to the wrong conclusion.
my autistic ass would definitely make the same mistake lol
@@grilledpook same
I'd say it as a joke, and that's mostly because people rephrase it one way or another.
That is probably one of Zim's other deffects.
It’s no wonder he never listens. Even to his own race when they tell him something
O_0
Apparently it was confirmed that Zim is hard of hearing. His species hear with their antennae, and one of Zim's is damaged. Guy's literally half-deaf.
@@silverfang1158 Thats also probably why he screams so much, besides him being insane lol
"You won't get away with this!"
"WHAAAAAT??"
"You won't get a--"
"WHAAAAAAAAT??"
"You won't get awa--"
"WHAAAAAAAAT???"
"You won't get away--"
"WHAAAAAAAAAT???"
"You--"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT???"
😂😂
The first time i saw i thought Zim was trolling Dib.
0:33 THIS WHOLE SCENE HAS ME DYING
0:21 I love this scene so much. XD When Dib confirms that *is* indeed Tak's ship he's in, it's like Zim gets so mad his ears turn off. The way he shudders with rage and twitches really sold it!
Zim going “EH?” is contagious
I literally started saying it whenever people speak to me and I don’t hear them at first pfff
“You won’t get away with this!“
“WHAT?”
“You won’t get away-“
“WHAAAT?”
“You-“
“WHAAAAAT?”
All his brainpower goes towards his genius plans. He has none left for listening.
Agree he has no problem inventing superior technology or bypass Irken empire security system so clearly he the IQ
0:01 This apparently is one of the ways Richard Horvitz gets into character to play Zim
Fun fact: That huh sound is how Horvitz dials into the Zim voice.
Zim is the physical representation of Auditory Processing Disorder. 😂
Zim and Dib are the comedic duo of the century XD
I like how when confused and saying "HEAUH?" his stupid little tounge just hangs out of his mouth
If it only happened when Zim was wearing his wig or another human disguise, I would reason he has trouble hearing just because his antennae are pinned down beneath his costume. But no. It's just all the time. He is only interested in listening to his own opinions and those which directly influence them.
He's confirmed to be half deaf just in general, which is why he yells a lot. He's a defective irken which is why they don't really like him.
i love this running gag
Richard Orvitz must’ve had a blast voicing Zim.
For the original airing of the show he was also doing Billy and Mandy and would sometimes go back to back recording lines for different studios.
Man’s lost his voice a few times and even says in an old interview it was a bit of a hard time playing Zim because of so much screaming, but he said it in a light hearted way and seems to genuinely love playing the character when he can.
So it was a fun blast and a pain in the ass.
@@irkenpony17 Grateful that he gave us the voice of 3 classic unhinged characters around the same time (Zim, Billy, and Daggett) even tho Beavers was ending around the time Zim began
@floating_mario_head from what I remember, Angry Beavers ended at a perfect time at least for Zim fans. Because that was when Richard was open and they took him to play the role which he obviously nailed.
Otherwise, some other guy or Billy West would be the beloved crazy-ass alien roach.
I think someone said once there were apparently test recordings with Mark Hamill being Zim, but I don't know if that is true.
@@irkenpony17 oh absolutely I didn't mean it as a bad thing. Billy West would've been ok but we are definitely living in the good timeline with Horvitz as Zim
And now he uses a similar voice for Moxxie in Helluva Boss so it's delightful to pretty much hear zim again
"I am the last of my people. An interactive instruction manual, for the incredible vessel YOU are now helming."
"Your people were instruction manuals...?"
"No... no- huh???"
*Awkward silence*
LOVE IT 🤣🤣
Edit: OMG ty for the likes!!!
I am all that is left of my people.*
YOU are now helming.*
Just fixing that for you, what is ilmate even supposed to mean?
@@mewhenthethewhen4079 ohhh thanks! i was wondering what ilmate meant too 🤣
oh my lord why does this comment have 100 likes????
this is crazy thank you!
To be fair, he did make it sound like that
@@cyberlord1922 lol you have got a point🤣
Eventhough Zim barely knew Tak, she still knew better than he knew himself, even gave up trying to explain things to him, knowing he couldn't be reasoned with.
I never realized how much I relate to Zim. I always say “what? Huh?” More than I need to when I talk to people
😂😂😂
The confusion of the instruction manual is by far my favorite one
Zim apparently has really bad hearing
Well he doesn't have ears because of that skin condition.
The best thing about zim and dib yelling across the street is that the only reason its like that is because the animation team actually forgot to add the cars to the final version, that why there's car noises but no actual cars.
Assuming that Zim’s antennae are basically his “ears” it makes sense why he’d have a hard time hearing when he has to cover them up with a wig every day.
I feel Zim's pain because I can't hear worth a shit half of the time and not only that, but I have processing issues so it takes me a moment to fully process what a person has said sometimes.
Well how well could you hear without ears?
He can hear with his beautiful antennas
it's called his antenna lol. you know those pointy things on his head lol those are his ears
though it was confirmed he is hard of hearing so that may explain why he yells so much.
then again if your whole life depends on just destroying things, he probably caused his own hearing issue when using bombs and explosives and other things of that nature so often.
then again he's also confirmed to be a defect anyway, so with such problems it adds up to how he is.
@@miathealien3911Which are conveniently covered by a wig the majority of the time.
@@Laully Okay, now THAT'S a huge mystery now🧐🧐
@@miathealien3911 Apparently the wiki says irkens do have ears where humans' are, bc Zim wore headphones once and they cover the sides of their heads from some sounds, and one of the comics said they have inner ears (which I'll consider dubious until I read it, given how some of the wiki's facts are taken out of context). Guess if we're going by that, they just have microscopic earholes. Which is actually kinda humorous to me.
0:13 - pretty much the entire series in a nutshell...
You couldn't begin to imagine the monster which lurks in my deck
"TELL ME!"
Oh you'll find out. I'm about to su-
"TELL ME!"
The Intro of Kanye West Mercy: 1:14
"WHO ARE YOU?"
"i am..."
"WHO ARE YOU?"
"i am..."
*"WHO ARE YOU?"*
this is so child coded omg 😂
Finally someone who still uploades invader zim content😄👏👏👏
I’m still in the gig. I’m also looking for artists that are stilll doing invader zim content.
@@silverfang1158 maybe make a video or something about it?
0:44 this reminds me of the movie lol
I believe that added that scene to the movie as a call back to the original show
This is kinda unrelated, but I wish Zim won the battle for Earth in the end. Their Earth was full of terrible people, and Zim really deserved a single win in his life.
Agreed
@James Furey true that movie is disturbing
I mean there is a probably unofficial mini comic by Jhonen himself for some kinda Nickelodeon promoting thing after the show ended, where Zim took over earth after he told Dib to look away for a second, then someone made a shitty plushie of Zim as praise but he hated it so he was going to leave scary robots to look after earth while he ye know, just go abandon it. He offered Dib to come with him, he did and they drank space soda and road on alien space bunnies- The end.
Technically a win where main characters are happy.
Honestly he would be an improvement in terms of leadership.
Holy crap-I’m a middle school teacher and talking to kids is fricking just like this!! Zim is like the students 😂
is your real name Ms. BeeBoper? 😭
I just love how after all those years Zim still have problem with listening
0:07 Zim: HUH? HEH? YOUR AFTER REVENGE???
i'm convinced that irken flirting is based on torture, and zim and tak are being obnoxious the entire valentines day special, without any of us having a clue
0:30 I only just now noticed Dib defensively putting his hands up
1:25 Hahaha, I love this szene lol😂😂🥰
“Zim!🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️‼️”
“WHHAT?🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️”
"YOU'RE AFTER MY ROBOT BEE!!!"
"Part 2 is..."
"NOOO!!! MY BEAUTIFUL BASE! NOOOO!"
"Part 2 is...?"
"NOOOOO! MY BEAUTIFUL BASE! NOOOOOOOOO!"
"Part..."
"NO!"
"Part..."
"NO!"
"OK, I'm..."
"NO!"
"Ok, I'm leaving now..."
"But you didn't tell me your plan..."
1:01 I have started to do this with my siblings
It's also quite adorable that he is more affective at protecting earth than concurring it ❤
He has a listening problem, but we still love this little goober and how hysterical he gets. Invader ZIM will always be one of my all time favorite Nicktoons.
I have a theory. Zim doesn’t always yell because he has trouble hearing with his wig on. Zim always yells to make up for his size.
He has trouble hearing anyway :)
Why does Zim think Gir is stupid when they're on the same wavelength lmao
The difference is that Zim is inteligent dumb, like Dib, Gir is dumb dumb.
@@universalpower419 Real
0:33 you can tell they used the same audio for the joke 🤣
get this man a hearing aid lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
0:37 pretty sure there were meant to be cars here, the lack of them makes it funnier tho Lmao.
Dib:you're just jeal-
Zim:THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JELLY
"who are you!?!?!" famous words from zim.
I relate a little too much
Same lol I just turn off sometimes when people talk to me.
Same. 😭
Basically just showed all my favorite parts of the series, especially poop dog my parents actually asked me why I was laughing like a madman
Zim is literally me omg
Such a masterpiece, the street especially is such a good bit, the pacing, delivery, the missing traffic just *chef’s kiss* thank you for this bountiful harvest of clips
I have never seen anything Zim related in my life until this video.
He hears what he wants to hear.
Dude i miss this show wish they continued it😭
2018 Enter the florpus's quality is just so UNREAL!! gooooooosh!! the video quality is soooooo good!! they have come a loooooong way
Zim doesn't have any ears of course he has a problem with listening, lol 😂
0:44 "You won't get away with it!" "That's very nice of you!"
0:55 "Your people were instruction manuals?"
0:31 The look on his face is, "You gotta be @#$%ing kidding me."
All in Invader Zim are neurotics, I love it cuz I found it very fun, they don't listen they just deny evereything, are conspirative, and do weird stuff, it's just beautiful
Back when zim actually got sad for not having ears
Oh yeah, its all comin together
ZIM,WHAAT,ZIM,WHAAAT,ZIM,WHAAAAAAT,ZIM,WHAAAAAAAAAAAT- “this has nothing to do with jelly”- true words of a legend
Alternative title: Zim being Zim for one minute and thirty two seconds of my life
The last "What" from Zim had to be intentional just to piss of Dib
WHAT IS THAT??? WHO ARE YOU . I AM. WHO ARE YOU . I AM . WHOO ARE YOU
Now I need to see a conversation between Zim and Lil Jon!! 😂😂😂
These were my absolute FAVORITE bits!!!! I remember cry laughing at the Tak bit and I rewound that shit sooo much!🤣 Same with the “who are you?!” Omg 😅🥲🥹 good times.
He also has a addiction with saying “liar” 😓😭😇
0:59 this scene is so fucking funny to me.
Never realized that me and Zim had this in common lol.
You won’t get a what😂😂😂
😅
Hi 😅
Even as bitter enemies, Zim and Dib sometimes share a brain cell.
Remember, in episode one they directly bring up the fact that zim doesn’t have ears
You're after my robot bee!!
Sadly for me, my my hearing is kinda bad so I have interactions similar to the one where Zim and Dib are standing across the street and I can't tell what anyone is saying.
It's over Dibhuman, I have the highground, eh!
1:12-1:24
A rather annoying sibling moment in a nutshell
i mean this would make sense considering he’s caused the genocide of his people, probably severely damaging his hearing from the loud noises in the process
0:33 is just me and my friends (I'm zim)
Living with tinnitus be like
"Thats very nice of you!!"