Appearance:
Name:
"I AM ZIM!"
Age:
I say somewhere around 20 to 30s. At least 10 however.
Bio/History:
When Zim was, but a Smeet, his only parent was a cold, unfeeling robotic arm that he hugged. Somewhere along his life, Zim developed such a loyalty to the Irken Empire that people began to make fun of him and yet his blind loyalty prevented him from seeing his own faults. Unfortunately, this would cause the 'Might Irken Warrior' to hinder his own people during Operation: Impending Doom I via giant mech that may or may not have killed the other participants. As a result Zim was exiled, but quit being banished when Operation: Impending Doom II arrived.
Given a new planet to invade and a new, semi functioning companion, Zim would come to a version of Earth where most people were dumb. Zim and GIR would go on many comedic, and failed, adventures to take over earth. Either thwarted by earth's self-proclaimed protector 'Dib' or his own sheer incompetence. Or GIR.
Now Zim finds himself in a world of apes and other beings and some idiots need their help to resolve their problems. Humans.
Canon base: Invader ZIM
Powers/Abilities:
Zim has proven to be a capable pilot under pressure, but more or less just crashes half the time. Able to manipulate tools to a great extent and because of Cartoon logic, he could be considered to have superhuman endurance and strength. Zim is also intelligent enough to come up with plans that nearly conquer earth... nearly. He can also improve or create devices on the spot with the right materials.
Zim also has GIR, a semi functional robot that is really just a hindrance to Zim.
Strengths:
Zim has proven to be high intelligent, way above that of those he intends to conquer. Zim also has acesses to a variety of gadets via PAK. Zim also has a will so even if his latest schemes fail, he'll just return.
Weaknesses:
Zim is far too arrogant and incompetent to see his own faults. He also has spent way too much time with Invader Zim's humans so it is likely that he'll mistake any human for being dumb. His PAK also contains his personality and many other things so if that is destroyed, Zim goes with it.
Gir
Personality(Copy and pasted from Wiki):
While most
Irkens are expected to be ruthlessly loyal to the Empire, Zim is considered overzealous even by their standards: Brash, arrogant and overconfident, Zim's tendency to cause wanton destruction makes him a danger to himself and his own people, yet he still considers himself a mighty Irken warrior. In addition, he is acutely narcissistic and megalomaniacal, congratulating himself on even the smallest of successes; these, however, are rare:
Zim putting in his best effort to learn more about human behavior, in this case the emotion of love
Despite his self-proclaimed greatness, Zim rarely succeeds in his attempts, and is held up as a complete laughingstock by his own people - a fact that he is either oblivious to or simply chooses not to notice. Zim is cluelessly loyal and obedient to the Tallest, the Irken Empire, his planet and his people, and is willing to go to ridiculous lengths to please his leaders. However, his self-absorbed nature prevents him from acknowledging any of his failures, and he chooses only to speak about the better things that came from each incident.
Zim testing in his lab
Despite his frequent displays of stupidity, it is clear that Zim is highly intelligent in some respects - being a keen manipulator of tools and devices - but has absolutely no apparent interest in thinking things through, and wastes much of his time fretting about or dealing with unimportant "threats." Moreover, it is evident that he is more than capable of conquering the Earth, yet he hardly ever uses this capability properly, and has often been very close to taking over the planet, only to be thwarted by his own negligence.
One of Zim's abilities is his somewhat inconsistent skills at piloting; while in a tense situation he flies masterfully, but seems to crash on most other occasions, and his skills pale in comparison to opponents adept at hand-eye coordination or overall agility (such as Gaz). Zim also has admirable engineering ability; in
Walk of Doom, he singlehandedly improved the
SIR unit guidance system chip, and in
Walk for Your Lives, he hand-built a variable time stasis field capable of altering individual time-fields. He is immensely proud of anything he creates, yet is often frustrated when his devices fail to live up to his grandiose expectations.
Even though Zim often affirms that he wishes to enslave Earth, it has been hinted that he would not actually want to rule it. In
Attack of the Saucer Morons, Zim gained a
group of human worshippers who would be willing to do his bidding, yet his only thought was escaping them. In the non-canon Nickelodeon Magazine Special, in which Zim finally took over the world, he did not stay to rule for very long, instead leaving Earth forever to ride flying alien rabbits and drink soda.
Baby Zim hugging the "cold, unfeeling robot arm"
Zim usually shows little to no affection, often claiming to "need no one", but he occasionally lets a softer side of him slip by accident. In
Parent Teacher Night, when Zim thought back to when he was born, he remembered the first thing he ever said was that he loved the "cold, unfeeling robot arm" that "hatched" him from his incubation capsule and activated his
PAK.
Zim and Dib fighting
Strangely, it would seem that Zim also relies on the presence of his mortal enemy, Dib, for motivation. He said in
A Room with a Moose that his mission might not be as "exciting" without Dib around to "annoy him", but also seems to dwell on the big-headed human quite a bit, sometimes more so than his actual mission. This importance was particularly highlighted in
Mopiness of Doom: When Dib briefly decided to give up his pursuit of Zim, the Irken lost all motivation to take over Earth, or do anything in general.
Family/Friends:
GIR and PAK, even though the two are technically henchmen.
Animal Spirit:
I wanna be a mongoose.
Theme Song:
