On November 8, 2016, 

Harvey Beaks and Chowder creator, C. H. Greenblatt was asked by a fan on

Tumblr if he would work with Jhonen Vasquez on an hypothetical Invader Zim movie, and Greenblatt
responded, "Jhonen IS making an Invader Zim movie for Nick. I'm not a part of it, but I'm excited."
However, Vasquez initially denied this on his Twitter, most likely because he was under contract to
not say anything at the time and was forced to dismiss it as a rumor. [170]
On April 4, 2017, over sixteen years since the series' debut and eleven years since the last unaired
episode premiered in the United States, Nickelodeon officially announced that they had green-lit a
71-minute[171] television film based on the series with three teaser trailers being released in a span of
the following four days.[172] Vasquez returned as executive producer and as the voice of Zim's
computer, along with Kevin Manthei as the composer and Jenny Goldberg who worked on
the Invader Zim comic book series as the Art Director for the movie. Most of the cast members from
the television series reprised their roles in the movie including: Richard Steven Horvitz as
Zim, Rosearik Rikki Simons as GIR, Andy Berman as Dib, Melissa Fahn as Gaz, Wally Wingert as
Almighty Tallest Red, Kevin McDonald as Almighty Tallest Purple, Rodger Bumpass as Professor
Membrane, Olivia d'Abo as Tak and Paul Greenberg as Poonchy.[173]
At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Jhonen Vasquez explained that Nickelodeon had been asking him
about doing more Invader Zim for years and that he always had to decline their offers either because
he was busy working on something else or due to not being able to come to an agreement with
Nickelodeon on a budget for a Invader Zim revival. But being completely miserable with the other
things he was working on at the time, Vasquez accepted Nickelodeon's latest offer to do
more Invader Zim. Nickelodeon initially wanted a new Invader Zim television series, but Vasquez
suggested a six-episode miniseries instead. He soon changed his mind to a television movie, since
doing a movie would be "infinitely less stressful".[174][175]
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus had a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2018. During the
panel, some never before seen production art such as backgrounds and turn-around charts for the
movie were revealed. A trailer put together out of unedited first take animation for the movie was
also shown at the panel accompanied by some original music composed for the trailer by Kevin
Manthei. During the panel, Vasquez explained that he put the trailer together out of some random
animated footage he had for the movie that he thought looked presentable enough to show people
and that most of the shots used in the trailer were going to be sent back overseas to be re-animated.
Vasquez also revealed that they had written the movie in 2015 and that at the time of the panel, they
were currently in the process of getting first take animation back from their overseas animation team,
Maven Animation Studios, in South Korea.[174][175]
On May 10, 2019, Viacom president Robert Bakish revealed in a conference call that Netflix has
acquired the distribution rights to Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus.[176] The movie was released on
Netflix on August 16, 2019.[34]

Video games[edit]
Invader Zim has yet to have a stand-alone video game release, but has been featured in several
Nickelodeon related video games.
The 2002 game, Nickelodeon Party Blast includes Zim as a playable character in every version of
the game. There are also multiple Invader Zim-themed stages in Nickelodeon Party Blast, including
a level in which the player competes against Dib and Gaz. Although they are not playable
characters, GIR can be seen in the background of several levels and Almighty Tallest Purple is
shown in the background of the level where the player competes against Dib and Gaz. [177]
In the 2004 Game Boy Advance exclusive game, Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy, the final stage of
the game takes place on Zim's ship and Zim and GIR are the final boss of the game,[178] but Zim
becomes a playable character once the photo album is complete. Additionally, GIR, Dib, Gaz, Keef,
Dirge, Ms. Bitters (mistakenly called "Mr. Bitters") and Bill the Paranormal Investigator (mistakenly
called "Prof. Membrane") appear in the photo album as well as in the background of various levels
throughout the game.[179]
Zim's Voot Cruiser and house can be seen briefly in different worlds in the console versions of the
2006 game Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island.[180][181]
In the console versions of the 2007 game Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots, the EvilToyCo Factory,
Zone 3 (Part 2) and the Master Model Chamber are Irken-themed. [182][183] Additionally, GIR appears in
the game as a Master Model (unlockable) and becomes a playable character once he is rescued.
Both Zim and GIR are unlockable and playable characters in the Nintendo DS version of Nicktoons:
Attack of the Toybots, although there are no Invader Zim-themed levels in this version of the game.
[184][185]

Both Zim and Dib are playable characters in every version of the 2008 game, SpongeBob
SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom.[46] In the PlayStation 2 and Wii versions of the
game, the second world is modeled after and called Zim's Town, and the boss battle of the world
takes place inside Zim's house and is against GIR.[186] In the Nintendo DS version of the game, the
fifth world takes place on Zim's space station and the boss battle of the world is against The
Almighty Tallest.[187]
The 2008 game, Nicktoons: Android Invasion, exclusively released on the educational Didj platform,
is set entirely inside Zim's base. Zim is the final boss in the game and several other characters from
the series make appearances throughout the game. [188]
The 2009 arcade-exclusive game Nicktoons Nitro includes Zim as a playable character in his Voot
Cruiser, and there is a race course called "Irken City".[189]
Zim and Gaz are playable characters in every version of the 2011 game Nicktoons MLB. GIR
appears in the game as one of the announcers, and there is a ballpark called "Irken Field". Other
characters from the show appear in the game as cameos when the game is loading and on the
character cards.[190]
Zim and GIR are playable characters in the 2019 official mobile game Nickelodeon Super Brawl
Universe. There is also a location in the game set inside Zim's base[191] and an Invader Zim themed
challenge called "Doomsday Challenge". [192]
Invader Zim characters and locations are included in the racing game, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2:
Grand Prix, released on October 6, 2020, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, and
released on December 1, 2020, for Microsoft Windows.[193]
Zim is a playable character in the fighting game, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl released on October 5,
2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft
Windows.[194]
Zim is a playable character in the mobile game, Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis released on January
21, 2022 exclusively on Apple Arcade. Zim's secret base is also a location in the game. [195]
The online game Smite did a crossover with Nickelodeon on July 12, 2022. The crossover featured a
handful of Nickelodeon characters, including Zim, as skins. However, the crossover attracted
criticism for its decision to replace Richard Horvitz as the voice of Zim, with Horvitz himself calling
the decision "offensive" and "disrespectful." [196]

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