Invader Zim (2016)

Invader Zim (2016)
Information
Genre	Comedy Horror
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	73
Production company(s)	NickFamily Studios (pre-production/post-production) Nickelodeon Studios Burbank (main animation production) Plus One Animation (animation production; season 5)
Distributor	Aura Television Productions (North America) Viacom (Europe)
Original channel	Nicktoons Family

Invader Zim is an American animated television series based off of the 2001 series of the same name. It premiered on February 29th, 2016 on Nicktoons Family. Almost every episode in the first season were supposed to be part of the 2001 series, but unfinished at the time of cancellation.

In August 2016, Cartoon Network XD announced that it will start rerunning the series in 2017.

In January 2017, Curiousgorge66 Studios announced that the third season has wrapped up production, and that the fourth season will be the final season of the 2016 series; the latter decision was later reversed. The fourth season premiered in 2017 featuring episodes based off of the backup comics, and ended with the three-part made-for-TV movie "Invader Dib", which aired between April 9th, 2017 and April 11th, 2017. On April 11th, 2017, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on Nicktoons Family/Toonami Channel on May 20th, 2017.

On May 13th, 2017, it was announced that the fifth season would air new episodes entirely on Saturday mornings and have original stories (such as a sequel to the original series' "Zim Eats Waffles") and few comic adaptations.

On June 15th, 2017, a sixth season was ordered.

Reruns began airing on Disney XD in the United States in February 2017; Disney XD later pulled them following a trial between Mystical and Viacom.

In 2018, it was revealed that the sixth season would be the final season of the 2016 series. The series ended its regular Nicktoons Family run in February 2018, with eight burn-off episodes airing on Aura. A final three-part special has yet to air on Nicktoons Family in the United States and Toonami Channel in Canada, despite premiering in several other regions; due to its U.S. premiere slot being replaced with Cottonsweet in April 2018, the special aired in North America over summer 2018.

Characters

Main article: Invader Zim#Characters

Plot

Main article: Invader Zim#Plot

Episodes

Main article: Invader Zim (2016 TV series)/Episodes

Broadcasting

United States

• Nicktoons Family (2016 - present)
• Disney XD (2017 - 2018)
• Toonami Channel (2017 - present)
• Cartoon Network XD (2017 - 2018)

Canada

• YTV Family (2017)
• Toonami Channel (2017 - present)

Wales

• Disney XD

Russia/Ukraine

• Cartoon Network

United Kingdom

• Cartoon Network XD

Home media

The entire series has been gradually released to Region 1 DVD during 2017 and 2018. The first three seasons were released on DVD in Region 1 by Paramount Pictures on April 1st, 2017. The fourth season later received a DVD release in Region 1 on September 10th, 2017. In April 2018, the fifth season received a DVD release in Region 1. On July 10th, 2018, the sixth season (excluding Finale of Doom) was released to DVD in Region 1. A separate DVD release for the first TV movie was released to Region 1 DVD on the same day. The final DVD release of the series by Paramount Pictures was the home media release of the Finale of Doom TV movie on August 1st, 2018. All re-releases will be done by NickFamily DVD Distribution.

Streaming

As of 2018, all regular episodes that initially aired on Nicktoons Family, in addition to the first TV movie and the episodes already aired on Aura, are available on Netflix, with the final three regular episodes and Finale of Doom appearing on Netflix by the end of August 2018. With permission from Viacom Media Networks, the series appeared on Nickelodeon Family's YouTube channel in March 2018.

Trivia

• This is the second Nicktoons Family original series (after Twelve Forever) to end production following the pickup of a directly-related project by another company.
• Except in cases where voice actors weren't able to reprise their roles, the original cast of the 2001 series reprised their roles for the 2016 series (excluding the finale movie Finale of Doom, in which only the original VAs of Zim and Dib reprise their roles, with Kathleen Wilhoite taking over most other roles).

Notes

Nickelodeon Family original series

Nickelodeon Family AuraNightfall	From Dull to Delight (2015-18) • Friendly Competition (2015-17) • Wizards (since 2015) • Nickelodeon Guts '16 (2016) Red Room (edited version, since 2016) • Double Dare 2K16 (2016) • Bones & Dog (2016) • ChalkZone: Hero with the Chalk (since 2016) • The Luna Show (since 2017) • WKRP in Cincinnati (since 2017) • Criminal Influences (since 2017) • Neverending Nightmare (since 2018) • Drawing Master (since 2018) • Fate/Jewel (English dub; 2018-19) • Ready to Game Up! (moved from NFGaming; since 2018) • Dragon Sisters (since 2018) • Robot Warriors (since 2018) • The NickFamily Challenge (since 2018) • CryptoMan (2018-19) • AniComi (since 2019) • Jewelpet Story (English dub; since 2019) • Washed-Up: A Low Budget Story (since 2019) • Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi (TBA) • Sweets: Successor Fairies (TBA)
Nicktoons Family	Cartoon Madness (since 2015) • The Life of David Bowie (2016) • Zootopia (2016) • Invader Zim (2016-18) • Baseball Team 106 (since 2016) • Arnold the Journalist (2016-17) • Bones & Dog (moved from Nickelodeon Family, 2016-17) • Time Force (since 2017) • The Life of Prince (2017) • Sketch (since 2017) • The One (since 2017) • Adventures of a Gamer (moved from EliShows; 2017-18) • Twelve Forever (2017-18) • Road to Infinity (since 2018) • Webkinz: The Animated Series (since 2018) • Cottonsweet (since 2018) • Saturday Morning Fever (since 2018) • Ms. Squrl (since 2018) • Softball Victory Team (since 2018) • Kari the Magic Bunny (since 2018) • Lucid Fantasy (since 2018) • Instant Adventure: Just Add Water! (2019) • Morning Variety (since 2019) • World of Pilots (since 2019) • Card Masters (since 2019) • CodeScan (since 2019) • Hundred Nights (starting 2019) • CryptoMan (moved from Nickelodeon Family, TBA) • Zomi: Rabbit from Space (starting 2019) • Super Scouter Kumi-chan (starting 2020)
NFGaming	NFGaming Morning Playthroughs (since 2017) • Playing Games from Japan (since 2017) • Old-School Gaming (since 2017) • The Next Level (since 2017) • Two Bros and a Nintendo DS (since 2017) • Konami Code Cheaters (since 2017) • Reviews on the Run: America (since 2017) • Fighting Underground (2017-18) • DotA 2 Underground (since 2017) • Cheat the System (since 2017) • Ready to Game Up! (2018) • Impulse Fighting Underground (since 2019) • Robot Wars Cyber (since 2019)
Other channels	Hard Rock 101 (Disney XD, 2016-17) • The New 52 (Cartoon Network, since 2017) • The Intruder (Toonami, 2017) • Mix Master (Cartoon Network XD/Aura, since 2017) • Chloe (Cartoon Network XD/Aura, 2017-18) • Top Gear: Canada (Aura, since 2017) • Storytelling (Disney XD, 2017-18) • Eagle Girl (Aura/AuraToons, since 2017) • Hard Rock 101: Rock On! (TBA, starting 2018) • The Adventures of Ross and Sherry (AuraToons, since 2018) • The Animator's Worst Nightmare (TeleAmerica, since 2018) • Multidimensional Investigators (TeleAmerica, since 2018) • YTV Alternative Productions series (YouTube, 2018) • Rainbow Puppies (Netflix, since 2018) • Uglies (Netflix, since 2018) • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (Cartoon Network/Boomerang, 2018) • Jewelpet: Sparkle! (English dub; SurgeAnime Network, 2018 - present) • Nano Invaders II (Nickelodeon Family/Beta Cartoon, since 2019) • Superhero HQ (Beta Cartoon, since 2019) • Excavators (Beta Cartoon, since 2019) • Robot Anime Parody (Beta Cartoon, since 2019) • Arcade Masters (Beta Cartoon, since 2019) • Heroes of Light: A Story about Magic (Nickelodeon Family/Beta Cartoon, starting 2020)