GIR (Invader Zim)

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GIR is one of the main characters from the animated television series Invader Zim. He is Zim's robot slave, a "modified" S.I.R. (Standard-issue Information Retrieval) unit, who occasionally dresses like a dog to disguise the fact that he's an alien robot. GIR is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons.

GIR is Zim's moronic, unfocused robot slave, easily influenced and impossible to fully control. He is incapable of focusing attention on important things for long periods of time and often speaks with no relevant coherent thought in mind (see quotes link below), making him almost completely useless, or even disastrous. Occasionally he reverts to normal S.I.R. behavior, during which time his cyan components (sometimes only his eyes) become red and voice becomes much deeper, but these periods are normally short-lived. As a robot, GIR technically has no gender, but he is usually referred to as being male, mostly by Zim. Zim (While under the Santa Suit's control) called GIR "little fellow", suggesting GIR is, indeed, male. GIR's normal disguise is a shoddy green dog suit with a visible zipper down the front, though he occasionally forgets to wear it in front of humans. He is infatuated with Gaz, the sister of Zim's enemy, Dib. He also doesn't mind getting involved with typical Earth culture.

Contents 1 Personality 2 Zim and GIR's relationship 3 Video Game Appearances 4 Bloody GIR 5 Likes 6 Dislikes 7 GIR in other Media 8 Voice 9 Quotes

[edit] Personality

GIR's personality is essentially much like that of a dog or little brother. His main interests are playing with pigs, sleeping, dancing, watching TV (in particular, the Scary Monkey Show), eating, drinking slushies, aimlessly rolling on the floor ,making waffles, and being very annoying. He cooks occasionally, making foods including mashed potatoes and waffles, and often uses unusual ingredients such as peanuts and soap and ham. His favorite foods are tacos, chocolate bubble gum slushies ,and pancakes/waffles. He usually cooks only for himself, as Zim finds human food to be repulsive. However, in the episode Zim Eats Waffles, Zim was attempting to develop an immunity to human food, and he was shown eating the waffles GIR made seemingly endlessly throughout the episode (although GIR used ingredients not typically found in human food such as soap and Irken ingredients). GIR eats solely for pleasure, as he is a robot and likely does not need food. He gets along well with others, and his best friend (other than Zim) is a pig, named "Pig", who sometimes "visits" with GIR at Zim's house, and can be heard driving a motorcycle after GIR says goodbye to him. He commonly says "I don't... know", accenting "Don't" with a high pitch and dragging out the last word. Surprisingly, GIR seems to know much more about Earth culture and how to adapt to it, as seen on various occasions.

Jhonen Vasquez mentions in the Invader Zim DVD commentary that much of GIR's personality is simply attributed to the fact that he is a largely hedonistic character. Regardless of what Zim and others want of him, he will probably do anything that makes him happy no matter how crazy it is. Vasquez and the cast of the show have expressed that they dislike how some people consider GIR "cute", using the scene from Bestest Friend (GIR walks up to where Keef has been thrown out, and looks like he's going to comfort him, but instead just takes his bacon) as an example. Curiously, GIR is not utterly selfish and devoid of conscience, as he does do what Zim wants of him from time to time and often expresses his love for his master in ways that may make sense only to himself, like the random hugging sessions in Germs and Rise of the Zitboy.

In the episode GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff, Zim uses a behavioral modulator set on a "dangerously high level" in an attempt to lock GIR in "Duty Mode" to make him a more efficient and obedient servant. These extended lucid periods, however, reveal to GIR Zim's overall incompetence. Duty Mode GIR subsequently tries to eliminate Zim, who he deems a threat to the mission. In the end, Zim realizes that a super-intelligent robot that hates him is a larger burden than a stupid robot that loves him, so he reverts GIR back to his former, normal self. This might actually say that GIR truly is aware of Zim's ineptitude, but doesn't say anything about it, or the unusual way his brain works prevents him from saying so.

Defective S.I.R. Units, as observed in Megadoomer, appear to act similarly to GIR's normal behavior, although their coloring stays red and they don't have the GIR body type. Additionally, they acted almost completely destructively, whereas GIR tends to behave in a more whimsical manner.

[edit] Zim and GIR's relationship

At the start of the series, Zim said GIR was his "robot slave." Throughout most of the earlier episodes, Zim and GIR's relationship was established as master and servant (indeed, GIR usually refers to Zim as "Master" and "My lord"). Later on, however, Zim refers to GIR as his sidekick.

Their relationship is oddly complex for a children's series. While Zim initially wished that GIR were operational, and though he often shouts at him and blames him for his failures, stating in Walk For Your Lives when the explosion melt the sides of the door "That was your fault GIR. You're bad.", he regularly expresses concern for GIR's safety and treats him affectionately. For instance, in the Halloween episode, Zim hopes that GIR is okay on his own against the "candy zombies."

Although Zim is frequently frustrated by GIR's incompetence, he takes no steps to deactivate or get rid of GIR (but he does try to replace him in the unfinished episode Nubs of Doom). One reason Zim may keep GIR around is because he is the only friend Zim has. Another is that GIR has saved him from Dib on a number of occasions.

[edit] Video Game Appearances

The Game Boy Advance game Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy refers to GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff: In the Danny Phantom stage, Zim, the main villain in the game (unlocked by getting 100% in the album), confronts his rebellious Helga robot and mentions that "using GIR's code was a really bad idea." This implies that non-S.I.R. robots could rebel with GIR's programming. Realistically though, the game should not be looked at as being too related to the show, being a fictional crossover, which are usually non-canonical.

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[edit] Bloody GIR

Bloody GIR is an Easter Egg visible in several episodes of the television series Invader Zim. Bloody GIR was born when Nickelodeon refused to allow a scene involving GIR covered with blood. Out of comic spite, the creator of the show Jhonen Vasquez had the crew insert the forbidden image into single frames in a few episodes.

The existence of bloody GIR has been confirmed by director Steve Ressel in interviews. The frames were reportedly scattered throughout the episodes following Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy by Ressel and Chris Graham.

"The bloody GIR was this single frame drawing that Chris Graham drew and I was putting it into the show at random points hidden within things. It is very hard to make out....and I am not telling where or when those frames are (you have to be a master to see Bloody GIR, even with a frame-by-frame VCR). If anyone finds it...let me know. He is in several places through the last 14 shows. We tried to get him put into GIR's Rubber Piggy when the last pig goes through the portal: that was the first one and I don't think it stayed...you have to check...if it is there it is faint faint." -Steve Ressel

These are The Times Bloody GIR has been spotted

1- In Mortos Der Soulstealer... You see it in the opening theme when the pipes shoot out of ZIM's house. This is arguably the easiest one to find.

2- In Bad, Bad, Rubber Piggy... It's when the portal goes white at the end.

3- In Plague Of Babies... It comes up multiple times in the corner when ZIM and GIR are screaming in the beginning.

4- In TAK: The Hideous New Girl... It's just before Tak's ship hits the ground at the end, before the screen becomes totally white. It's only in a single frame and is arguably the hardest Bloody Gir to see.

5- In Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars... When the Tallest see The Resisty's ship, Purple says, "That's a Vort ship." Play that frame-by-frame and Bloody Gir will appear near his head in a single frame. (NOTE: This one has been claimed to be seen, but has not been actually proven.)

6-The Most Horrible X-mas Ever... When dib is fighting the mutated santa, when all dib sees is dust, after santa lunges out from the cloud of dust, using frame by frame, bloody girs head is VERY faint, but you can see it in santa's mouth. (Like number 5, this is still just a rumor and has yet to be proved)

[edit] Likes

Sleeping, dancing, watching TV (mostly The Scary Monkey Show) and eating. He cooks on occasion making mashed potatoes, muffins, waffles, biscuits, and birthday cakes. Other likes include human pop culture, including movies, dancing, etc., and Gaz, as seen in some episodes throughout the series. He also like tacos, as well as burritos and taquitos.

[edit] Dislikes

ZIM, (while GIR's in duty mode) as seen in GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff. Losing certain objects can also cause him sadness, as seen in Walk of Doom when he starts to cry after eating his cupcake.

[edit] GIR in other Media

GIR is seen in some other Media such as Comics mostly. He appears in Ninja Highschool as being a Main character in the Comic mostly singind the Doom Song. He appears in Real Life Comics as a little Computer Top in his Dog Disguise on top of The Computer. He appears in Radioactive Panda as a Cookie Pot sitting in his Robot Form. He appears in the Fan-fic stories Grizdar as a Main Villian trying to help Zim and Irken Criminal Mastermind Vaul destroy Stan Grizdar. GIR has also appeared in Bleedman's comic book series PowerPuff Girls Doujinshi along with Zim.

[edit] Voice

Gir is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons. In the pilot episode, his voice is in HI-FI motion. In the Japanese Dub he is voiced by Mizuta Wasabi. In The Most Horrible Short Ever he is voiced by Rickster.

[edit] Quotes

• Gir:(his eyes are red) Gir, reporting for duty!

Zim: Gir? What does the "G" stand for?

Gir:(they turn cyan) I don't knooow...

• GIR: I saw a squirrel. It was going like this! (proceeds to act like a squirrel)

• Gir: I got chcocalate bubble gum!

• GIR: Guess who made WAAAAAAAFFFFFFLES?

• GIR: Aww... my bees.

• GIR: {sniff}...I miss you, cupcake...

• GIR: Let's go to my room, pig!

• GIR: I'm dancin' like a monkey!

• GIR: Wait... if you destroyed Dib in the past, then he wont ever be your enemy, then you wont have to send a robot back to destroy him and then he will be your enemy, so then you will have to send a robot back___ (GIR's head explodes.)

• Zim: Our house Gir! Where is our house?!

Gir: oh, here. Nooo, ummm...it's over there.

Zim: How could you not know? I just upgraded your guidance system chip!

Gir: Oh, I left that at home!

Zim: You left what at home?

Gir: The guidey-chippy-thingy...

Zim: D'oh! Why would you do that!?

Gir: (the top of his head opens) to make room for the cupcake!(starts eating it)

• GIR: Why? Why, my piggy? I loveded you, piggy! I loveded youuuuuu!

• GIR: It's got chicken legs!

• GIR: Cows are my friends.

• GIR: Hi, floor! Make me a sammich!

• GIR: Your head smells like a puppy!

• GIR: Only if you dance with me!

• GIR: I got monkeys in me! (Rosearik Rikki Simons was paid to say this!)

• GIR: {jumping out of a turkey}: It's me! I was the turkey all along!

• GIR: These got peanuts and soap in 'em!

• GIR: I wants me a pair-a floss, I wants me two balls of glue TO BE MY FRIENDS. And I wants to go dancin' NAKED. And I wants... ...and a chair made-a cheese, and a table made-a cheese, and uuuhhh

• ZIM: Gir! Protect the base.

GIR: Yes sir!

(Doorbell rings)

GIR: Leprechauns! (Gir does several fighting poses. He stops, and zips up his dog costume.)

• Gir:Chicken!

(Gir laughs)

Gir: I'm gonna eat you!

• GIR:(watching the scary monkey show) I love this show.

• GIR: Can I be a mongoose dog?

• Zim: Now, witness the power of my compass!

(the compass sticks to Gir)

Gir: Aww, it likes me!

• Gir: Aww, it's broken...

(proceeds to fix the mars camera thingy)

• Gir: I can see up its nose!

• Gir: Awwww...somebody needs a hug!!!

• Gir: I'm gonna sing the doom song now! Doom-doom-doom-doom-doom, Doom-doom-doom Doom-da-doom Doom-da-da-da-doom! Doom! *six months later * Doomdoomdoomdoom-da-da-doo-doom-dooooooooom-de-de-de-doom!

ZIM:GIR, will you please stop singing?

GIR: (GIR Gives him a stop Signal) Doom-da-doom-doom! (Low tone)doomey-doomey-doomey DOOM-de-doom-doom-doom doom-doom-doom THE END! Ooh! What's that?

• GIR: To make room for the tuna.

• GIR: Let's make biscuits, let's make biscuits!

• GIR: MUST... OBEY... THE TACO MAN!!!!!!!

• Zim: Gir! We've been spotted without our disguises.

Gir: But Dib's seen us before...and he knows where we live.

Zim: (laughs) Dib. No, Gir, this is serious.

Gir: Ahhh!(hums and marches to the TV. Turns it on, and watches the scary monkey show)

Zim: GIR!!!

Gir: Ohhhhhh yeeeaaahhh...AAAAAAAHHHH!(follows Zim to the attic)

• Gir: I like yoooouuuu toooooo^^...

• Gir: YAY! I'm gonna be sick!( pukes on Zim)

• Zim: Gir, hold on to something!

(Gir holds on to himself)

• Gir:(starts pressing random buttons) What it do? What it do? What it do?

• Gir: Why iis his head so big? Whhhyyy is his head so big?!

• Zim: WHHHHYYYY WAS THERE BACON IN THE SOAP?!!

Gir: I made it myself!!

• Gir: And then the squirrel ate Dib's greasy head!

• Gir: He's just a baby!

(switches the light on in the attic)

Gir: (waving like a maniac) HI, BABY!!!!

• Gir: Wooo hoo! I'm runnin', I'm runnin'! Wooooooo! Wha, whaaa!(crashes into the lid of the trash can, goes in the trash can)Whoo!

(takes his disguise off)

Gir: I'm naked!

• Gir: MEEOOWW!.

• Gir: I'm gonna eat a rat!!

• Gir: Are we there yet?!!

• Gir:YAY, WE'RE DOOMED!!

• Gir: YAY, BRAAAIINS!!

• Gir: Your methods are stupid! Your progress has been stupid! Your intelligence is stupid! For the sake of the mission, you must be terminated...

• Zim: Do you know what this means?

GIR: Yes!

Zim:....You don't really, do you?

GIR: Oh.

• GIR: Tell me a story about giant pigs!

• Zim: GIR! Come to the observatory!

GIR: Yeeeees?

Zim: What have you done to the telescope?

GIR: Nothing.

Zim: You haven't touched it? Something is broken and it's not your fault?

GIR: I know, I'm scared too.

• Zim: Get off my head, GIR. (GIR gets off and starts to doze on the floor) I have a good feeling about this lead. I can almost taste the humans being destroyed. IT'S DELICIOUS!! This Mars holds the key, I just know it. New words of praise will have to be invented just so they can prGET OFF MY HEAD!!!!