Gaz (Invader Zim)
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Gaz is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon cartoon, Invader Zim. She is the sister of Dib and daughter of Professor Membrane. Other than Dib, Gaz is the only character that is aware that Zim is an alien--though, unlike her brother, she is heavily aware that Zim is much too incompetent to do any real harm. Gaz is voiced by Melissa Fahn.
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[edit] Appearance
Gaz has a gothicesque style of dress — black dress, purple/pink leggings, grey sleeves, purple hair, and skull necklace, although Jhonen Vasquez claims she is just a normal kid and the clothing comes from his own style. She also has noticeably squinty eyes that rarely open up except in moments of total enrapturement, great rage and/or agitation. Her father is Professor Membrane, a world-renowned scientist who is famous for his Science TV show, Probing the Membrane of Science, and for inventions like Super Toast and high-tech machinery. Her brother is Dib, a paranormal investigator who she constantly sneers at, just like she does to everyone and everything else. In fact, she seems to care little about anything besides video games, pizza, drawing pigs, and soda. She looks similar to Pepito the Antichrist from Squee and Devi from I Feel Sick.
[edit] Personality
Gaz's character is depicted as very antisocial and preferring to be alone, playing her Game Slave 2 video console rather than dealing with people. In the first season of Invader Zim, most of her on-screen time showed her playing her Game Slave, and she had very few lines. One first season exception is episode 2.B, "NanoZim", where Gaz uses her video game prowess to defeat Zim and his nano-chip micro-suit, thinking she is playing a video game. Gaz has a tendency towards sudden, decisive action, especially sworn acts of violence against those who cross her in her mind, which she can pursue with megalomaniacal focus. She also has a great hatred for her brother, and if he annoys her too much she is prone to attack him. For instance, she once cautioned Dib that he would "suffer horribly" were he to interfere with a ceremony that she was conducting.
[edit] Episodes featured in
As the first season went on, Gaz's character developed further with the episode "Game Slave 2". Here, Gaz has her first solo adventure at the City Center Mall waiting to buy the Game Slave 2 handheld, only to see the last of the stock sold to the child accompanying her, who introduces himself as Iggins. In the second season episode, "Gaz, Taster of Pork", she was again to take center stage after her brother Dib accidentally curses her with "enhanced piggy senses" by the usage of a spell drive.
