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With the exception of 10 minutes to doom, Nubs of Doom, Day of da spookies and The trial, the unfinished episodes are not inportant enough to have sections of their own and deletions have been threatened. I have combined most of it into one large article, but left everything as it is, incase it doesn't work out (The list is kinda big) what does everyone propose we do? Devilmaycare 10:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Cite your sources. CovenantD 15:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Has been done Devilmaycare 16:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Where the heck did you get the "Possible airdate" crud!? Was that actual information that was true? I really don't think so. Why do even make that up. I say that you shouldn't even put information that wasn't confirmed. Some people will actuallly believe it and say things about it all across the internet.In conclusion, STOP MAKING UP AIRDATES!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.106.186.7 ( talk) 04:35, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
There is supposably an alternate version of the pilot with (poor) cgi effects in the food fight. Images of this episode are in the room with a moose screenshot gallery, but there seems to be no way of califying whether this exists or is simply a hoax. Can someone clarify? Devilmaycare 11:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
A couple of notes after I put all the episodes into tables. I chose purple and green because those 2 colours appear loads in Invader Zim. The descriptions are crap so someone please change them lol. I don't have the DVD yet so I can't take screenshots without having the toonami logo in the corner. I put the episodes into production order, if that's too much of a problem for too many people then I'll fiddle the table around. My source dates are TV.com, if they're wrong then fix accordingly. umm, I think that's all. BillPP 01:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for doing all that work on the episode list. I've been doing a lot of work on the episodes themselves. I'm still experimenting with exactly what format each episode description needs but I'll get it all synced sooner or later (I work in an editorial office and do this sort of thing every day. I can only do so much at a time). What I'm mostly writing about is the color scheme you chose. I like it but the purple you chose is a little too light and makes the blue text, "List of Invader Zim episodes," on the episode pages nearly invisible. Maybe another shade of purple or even red, since that color figures so prominently in the show. Whichever you like will work, just as long as you can easily read the text underneath. Thanks. Philiplore 01:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
In Invader Zim, school is always spelled "skool." I notice this humorous spelling is used in the articles for the actual episodes. Should it not be used in this list as well? Another annoying question -- since the Skool in Invader Zim is a very specific school, should it not also be capitalized everywhere it is used? -- Tckma 19:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
It seems to me that it could be changed in this list. The first occurrence will need to be in quotations, making it clear to someone unfamiliar with the show that it's not just a typo. If it doesn't look right, it can be changed back or fine tuned as needed. I think there are still several articles that need to be changed as well. I just don't have enough time on my hands for this lately, especially with the holidaze here.
Unfortunately, we don't know enough about the Zim universe to make a definitive grammatical decision on the capitalization. If the word, "school" is commonly spelled as "skool" in that universe, and the 'skool' is one of many 'skools,' then it should be lowercase. If their "Skool" is the only one spelled that way, or the only one that exists, then it should be uppercase. We've never been given any indication that there are or aren't other schools, so there's no way to know for sure. The school is never given a proper name (maybe it just has a number) but there must be other schools and some way to differentiate between them. A logical universe would dicate lowercase, but this show doesn't exactly hold to logic, so... It could also be argued that it's a unique artistic creation and therefore should be capped. It might look really weird being capped everywhere though. So who knows? --
Philiplore
16:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I believe that it should be spelled 'skool', however, there is no way, as I see, to tell about upper or lower case. On the first usage of 'skool', we should add (sic), to ensure it is not interpreted as an error. Devilmaycare 17:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Works for me—"'skool' (sic)" on the first instance and "school" after. Philiplore 17:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Seems like a good idea Devilmaycare 17:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I know I'm late to this discussion, but I see that at the start of the episode "Vindicated!", right when the episode title is displayed, they show the front of the "school" and it has the sign above the door "SKOOL". While it is it all capital letters (and thus is not decisive), it seems to me unlikely that "skool" just means "school", since this would be akin to having a sign above your school or mine that says "SCHOOL", which is certainly odd, to say the least. Of course, as previously stated, logic does not always apply to Invader Zim. Thestorm042 12:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi people, I've made an alternative page for the episode list which can be seen in my sandbox here. It has a few layout changes and the episode order is more "official" as it's based on the production order and DVD releases. At this point I don't intend to change the current list because it's fine. But if there's ever a consensus to change to production order then it's all ready to be pasted in. -- BillPP ( talk) 07:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Single episode articles do not need to exist for most series. Only certain shows of high regard ( Simpsons, Dr. Who), that can have actual information, need them. An episode needs to be capable of having more than just a plot summary; along with a nice, concise plot summary, they need to have at least well sourced development, and reception sections. Examples of this can be found here, here, and in any of the episode articles here. Obviously, they won't just pop up for every episode article, but it is easy to tell that this is very unlikely to happen for this series. I plan on doing this in five days if no concerns are brought up. If they are brought up, I will address them. Nemu 19:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
If anybody's wondering why the redirecting went ahead without further discussion, I've been unable to use the DVD commentary as an out of universe source as I can't get hold of my DVDs at the moment. The episodes can be remade easily by reverting the merge. But I advise this is only done when multiple out of universe sources are available otherwise the article will be redirected again. Four episode articles that have been expanded with sources remain, but still need further work. A guide towards making a good episode article can be found on the Invader Zim taskforce page. ● BillPP ( talk| contribs) 01:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
"Dibship Rising", has wrong production number. It's suppose to be 25B, their are currently two episodes listed as production number 22B.
Again with "The Frycook What Came from All That Space" is suppose to be 23 and not 26. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnichoj ( talk • contribs) 19:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
The article states that "Invader Zim: The Movie" was neither finished nor aired. However it's on the list of episodes with an air date. Wikipedia is the only place that mentions "Invader Zim: The Movie" as an actual aired episode. Should this be corrected?
Someone add some unofficial episodes. The description for Invader Dib is unavailable. And all episodes listed after that aren't real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.69.229 ( talk) 05:14, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
This discussion has been started in response to edits made by @ Grapesoda22: here, and my subsequent reversion of those edits. The rational for my first reversion: Grapesoda22's edit was not explained, and it was unclear why an episode that aired in 2002 was being moved to the end of a series of episodes that aired in 2006. Grapesoda22 restored his/her changes with this edit summary: "It aired out of order this is the correct listing as it appears on the DVDs". My response: Without a reliable list of the episodes as they were PRODUCED, to contrast against the episodes as they were aired, we are making an assumption that the episodes aired "out of order". Without any other information, the broadcast order is, for our purposes, the appropriate ordering. DVD publishers package and arrange episodes however they want. It cannot be assumed that the order of episodes on a DVD is the order in which the episodes were produced, or that this ordering is the definitive "canonical" episode ordering. TVGuide, for example, lists the episodes by airdate. Now, if there is other compelling information, such as if the DVD also contains the episode production codes, or an interview with Vasquez where he explains that this episode was the last to be produced, that's a different story, and should be explained in prose on the main article, and corroborated by a reliable source. Until we have that sort of information, I am of the opinion that the episodes should be ordered by airdate. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 04:36, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Come on, the Holiday special is the last episode, I don't really want to fight you. Grapesoda22 ( talk) 06:13, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Grapesoda22 ( talk) 19:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Folks, I don't really have the time to present the information but Steve Ressel didn't write most of those episodes he's credited for. I'm pretty sure he didn't write any episodes in fact. 2600:8805:8100:17E:21F8:D035:A4B0:5DCA ( talk) 14:03, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Dark Harvest (Invader Zim) is now in drafts 92.236.253.249 ( talk) 23:19, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
}} 2601:703:101:A1B0:AC75:35BD:E57B:2A40 ( talk) 20:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
}} 2601:703:101:A1B0:AC75:35BD:E57B:2A40 ( talk) 21:43, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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List of Invader Zim episodes article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
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With the exception of 10 minutes to doom, Nubs of Doom, Day of da spookies and The trial, the unfinished episodes are not inportant enough to have sections of their own and deletions have been threatened. I have combined most of it into one large article, but left everything as it is, incase it doesn't work out (The list is kinda big) what does everyone propose we do? Devilmaycare 10:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Cite your sources. CovenantD 15:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Has been done Devilmaycare 16:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Where the heck did you get the "Possible airdate" crud!? Was that actual information that was true? I really don't think so. Why do even make that up. I say that you shouldn't even put information that wasn't confirmed. Some people will actuallly believe it and say things about it all across the internet.In conclusion, STOP MAKING UP AIRDATES!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.106.186.7 ( talk) 04:35, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
There is supposably an alternate version of the pilot with (poor) cgi effects in the food fight. Images of this episode are in the room with a moose screenshot gallery, but there seems to be no way of califying whether this exists or is simply a hoax. Can someone clarify? Devilmaycare 11:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
A couple of notes after I put all the episodes into tables. I chose purple and green because those 2 colours appear loads in Invader Zim. The descriptions are crap so someone please change them lol. I don't have the DVD yet so I can't take screenshots without having the toonami logo in the corner. I put the episodes into production order, if that's too much of a problem for too many people then I'll fiddle the table around. My source dates are TV.com, if they're wrong then fix accordingly. umm, I think that's all. BillPP 01:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for doing all that work on the episode list. I've been doing a lot of work on the episodes themselves. I'm still experimenting with exactly what format each episode description needs but I'll get it all synced sooner or later (I work in an editorial office and do this sort of thing every day. I can only do so much at a time). What I'm mostly writing about is the color scheme you chose. I like it but the purple you chose is a little too light and makes the blue text, "List of Invader Zim episodes," on the episode pages nearly invisible. Maybe another shade of purple or even red, since that color figures so prominently in the show. Whichever you like will work, just as long as you can easily read the text underneath. Thanks. Philiplore 01:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
In Invader Zim, school is always spelled "skool." I notice this humorous spelling is used in the articles for the actual episodes. Should it not be used in this list as well? Another annoying question -- since the Skool in Invader Zim is a very specific school, should it not also be capitalized everywhere it is used? -- Tckma 19:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
It seems to me that it could be changed in this list. The first occurrence will need to be in quotations, making it clear to someone unfamiliar with the show that it's not just a typo. If it doesn't look right, it can be changed back or fine tuned as needed. I think there are still several articles that need to be changed as well. I just don't have enough time on my hands for this lately, especially with the holidaze here.
Unfortunately, we don't know enough about the Zim universe to make a definitive grammatical decision on the capitalization. If the word, "school" is commonly spelled as "skool" in that universe, and the 'skool' is one of many 'skools,' then it should be lowercase. If their "Skool" is the only one spelled that way, or the only one that exists, then it should be uppercase. We've never been given any indication that there are or aren't other schools, so there's no way to know for sure. The school is never given a proper name (maybe it just has a number) but there must be other schools and some way to differentiate between them. A logical universe would dicate lowercase, but this show doesn't exactly hold to logic, so... It could also be argued that it's a unique artistic creation and therefore should be capped. It might look really weird being capped everywhere though. So who knows? --
Philiplore
16:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I believe that it should be spelled 'skool', however, there is no way, as I see, to tell about upper or lower case. On the first usage of 'skool', we should add (sic), to ensure it is not interpreted as an error. Devilmaycare 17:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Works for me—"'skool' (sic)" on the first instance and "school" after. Philiplore 17:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Seems like a good idea Devilmaycare 17:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I know I'm late to this discussion, but I see that at the start of the episode "Vindicated!", right when the episode title is displayed, they show the front of the "school" and it has the sign above the door "SKOOL". While it is it all capital letters (and thus is not decisive), it seems to me unlikely that "skool" just means "school", since this would be akin to having a sign above your school or mine that says "SCHOOL", which is certainly odd, to say the least. Of course, as previously stated, logic does not always apply to Invader Zim. Thestorm042 12:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi people, I've made an alternative page for the episode list which can be seen in my sandbox here. It has a few layout changes and the episode order is more "official" as it's based on the production order and DVD releases. At this point I don't intend to change the current list because it's fine. But if there's ever a consensus to change to production order then it's all ready to be pasted in. -- BillPP ( talk) 07:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Single episode articles do not need to exist for most series. Only certain shows of high regard ( Simpsons, Dr. Who), that can have actual information, need them. An episode needs to be capable of having more than just a plot summary; along with a nice, concise plot summary, they need to have at least well sourced development, and reception sections. Examples of this can be found here, here, and in any of the episode articles here. Obviously, they won't just pop up for every episode article, but it is easy to tell that this is very unlikely to happen for this series. I plan on doing this in five days if no concerns are brought up. If they are brought up, I will address them. Nemu 19:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
If anybody's wondering why the redirecting went ahead without further discussion, I've been unable to use the DVD commentary as an out of universe source as I can't get hold of my DVDs at the moment. The episodes can be remade easily by reverting the merge. But I advise this is only done when multiple out of universe sources are available otherwise the article will be redirected again. Four episode articles that have been expanded with sources remain, but still need further work. A guide towards making a good episode article can be found on the Invader Zim taskforce page. ● BillPP ( talk| contribs) 01:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
"Dibship Rising", has wrong production number. It's suppose to be 25B, their are currently two episodes listed as production number 22B.
Again with "The Frycook What Came from All That Space" is suppose to be 23 and not 26. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnichoj ( talk • contribs) 19:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
The article states that "Invader Zim: The Movie" was neither finished nor aired. However it's on the list of episodes with an air date. Wikipedia is the only place that mentions "Invader Zim: The Movie" as an actual aired episode. Should this be corrected?
Someone add some unofficial episodes. The description for Invader Dib is unavailable. And all episodes listed after that aren't real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.69.229 ( talk) 05:14, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
This discussion has been started in response to edits made by @ Grapesoda22: here, and my subsequent reversion of those edits. The rational for my first reversion: Grapesoda22's edit was not explained, and it was unclear why an episode that aired in 2002 was being moved to the end of a series of episodes that aired in 2006. Grapesoda22 restored his/her changes with this edit summary: "It aired out of order this is the correct listing as it appears on the DVDs". My response: Without a reliable list of the episodes as they were PRODUCED, to contrast against the episodes as they were aired, we are making an assumption that the episodes aired "out of order". Without any other information, the broadcast order is, for our purposes, the appropriate ordering. DVD publishers package and arrange episodes however they want. It cannot be assumed that the order of episodes on a DVD is the order in which the episodes were produced, or that this ordering is the definitive "canonical" episode ordering. TVGuide, for example, lists the episodes by airdate. Now, if there is other compelling information, such as if the DVD also contains the episode production codes, or an interview with Vasquez where he explains that this episode was the last to be produced, that's a different story, and should be explained in prose on the main article, and corroborated by a reliable source. Until we have that sort of information, I am of the opinion that the episodes should be ordered by airdate. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 04:36, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Come on, the Holiday special is the last episode, I don't really want to fight you. Grapesoda22 ( talk) 06:13, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Grapesoda22 ( talk) 19:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Folks, I don't really have the time to present the information but Steve Ressel didn't write most of those episodes he's credited for. I'm pretty sure he didn't write any episodes in fact. 2600:8805:8100:17E:21F8:D035:A4B0:5DCA ( talk) 14:03, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Dark Harvest (Invader Zim) is now in drafts 92.236.253.249 ( talk) 23:19, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
}} 2601:703:101:A1B0:AC75:35BD:E57B:2A40 ( talk) 20:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
}} 2601:703:101:A1B0:AC75:35BD:E57B:2A40 ( talk) 21:43, 21 November 2023 (UTC)