Pilot (Invader Zim)

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Pilot is the unaired first episode of the television series Invader Zim. The voice of Zim is voice actor Billy West.

Plot

The episode opens with Melvin giving his talk to the class on why he wants to become an astronaut. Miss Bitters then swoops down to crush his dreams and obliterate his diagrams. Dib attempts to expose Zim as an alien, but his attempts are in vain as no-one seems to notice or care, despite zim removing a students brain using the dame device from Dark Harvest episode. At lunch, Dib notices that Zim doesn't like the cafeteria food, which Gaz points out is fairly normal. Dib pressures Zim into eating the food, and he does so, making his head expand to several times it's normal size. Escaping before anyone notices, he goes to his house and has Gir pump the toxins out of his head. Later, Zim is playing a 'pain piggy' game, while Dib talks about his plans infront of an uncaring Gaz. He tells her of his intentions to start a foodfight the next day, which Zim overhears through a listening device on Dibs head. When Dib turns around we see a very large beetle-type object clamped roughly to his head. The two both get to work to prepare themselves for the fight. Zim comes into skool wearing robotic armour, to which someone comments 'the weird kid looks weirder today'. Dib enters with an arm-mounted food-launcher and challenges Zim. The two compliment each others weaponry before launching into battle. At the end, the suit blows up and Dib gets blamed for starting the fight, which has claimed half the cafeteria. The episode ends with Dib writing on the blackboard 'Zim is not an alien'

Trivia

  • The 100+ writings of 'Zim is not an alien' on the blackboard were apparently done by Vasquez himself (as stated in the DVD comentary for the episode) and on closer inspection reveal that it contains phrases such as 'my hand hurts' concealed in the text.
  • Apparently, due to the creation of this episode being so close to the Columbine incident, Dib's trenchcoat and the cafeteria food fight drew strong criticism [1]

Quotes

  • Zim: "GIR! Meet me in the making stuff room!"
  • Zim: "Cheating pig!"
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