Why was the show 'Invader Zim' cancelled?

It was too good so they canceled it to piss us off like all the other good stuff in life.

The show Invader Zim was canceled for the following reasons:
1. Parents never liked the show and thought it was too dark and violent for children.
2. It didn't attract the age group it was supposed to. It was basically made for 9 to 12-year-olds but was liked by teenagers and adults.
3. There is a hidden image of GIR covered in blood in some of the episodes. You can see it clearly in the opening of "Mortos Der Soulstealer".
4. Nickelodeon kept making Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim, add changes in the episodes and Jhonen got sick of it and quit.
5. It wasn't getting high ratings from 9 to 12-year-olds

who could give that show low ratings. i used to watch it everyday, and i still watch all five seasons on dvd. i loved that show, it was sooo awsome. i gess that just goes to show how stuck up some people are!

loads of ppl say it was because of low ratings, 9/11, or the bloody gir. to let u kno, bloody gir does exist in some of the episodes. i looked it up, and the directors did put a faint picture of a bloody gir in some of the episodes. you can find these frame-by-frame pictures by looking for them on google. i used to love invader zim, but i do think it was dark for kids when i was younger. if it does come back, nick should try to make it appeal for older kids, rather than young children. i used to watch the reruns when i was really young. but parents didnt want their young kids watching it.

It was because the show appealed to an older age group than it was meant to. It mainly appealed to teenagers from 14 - 18 while it was meant for about 9 - 12.

Despite the show's popularity and extended fanbase ranging from kids to adults, the show was axed after the 9/11 tragedy. It was beleived that a show featuring a megalomaniacal alien attempting to destroy the world was 'too sensitive a subject' to be showing after the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately the show was cut in the height of its popularity. Most fans of the show agree that using the 9/11 tragedy as an excuse to cancel the show was a bit underhanded, as well as a bit of overreaction. Invader Zim has not been picked up again and there are currently no indications of the show returning.

Note that there may be other reasons given for the show's cancellation, but supposedly the 9/11 tragedy was cited by Nickelodeon as the primary reason why the show was cut.

Invader Zim was canceled due to "low ratings." the time slot was generouly around 8 pm and the show was moved to 1 am in the morning. Many ppl do not stay up as long and can't watch and that caused the ratings to plummit. Please sign the petition @ http://petitiononline.com/izlovers/petition.html plz u guys for the sake of bringing bak the most awesomest show plzzzz sign I will b writing a letter to Nick studios to withdraw the name and title of invader zim so that jhonen can continue to make more episodes Invader Zim lovers unite!

one of the people that worked for the show wanted to put a bloody gir in one of the shows but they said not so he hid them trow-out the shows and nice found on and asked what it was and they said it was gir with pizza sause and pepperoni on his eyes but nick knew it was blood so they banned the show :[

First of all, I love the show especially the Garbage Idiot Robot or GIR for short. According to Nick, it wasn't really nice at that moment (9/11)and it contains a lot of gore, violence and stuff. The ratings of this show is pretty high on its 1st time slot (im not sure if it was 5 or 7), but when they moved it to 9 pm, the ratings got lower, (duh...curfew? kids can't stay up later than 9).

becus parents said it was to dark and violet is what i heard but i think its asome and they should bring it back

Some people say that it was because of 9/11 and some say that it was because the makers put something called a "bloody GIR" a image of gir covered in blood. Nick had to cut that scene off of the few episodes they could find this "bloody GIR" on. I have no idea if this is true but some people seem to be pretty sure that its one of the reasons. These GIRs are very hard to spot and blend with the back ground.

The show was meant for kids ages 9-12 and it was not highly appealin to that age group, plus, in some episodes there is a hidden image of Gir covered in blood, that was not 'appropriate' for the show. The creater tried to pass it off as pizza sauce and pepperoni over the eyes, but it was proven to be blood.

ROBOTS CANT BLEED ITS KETCHUP DUH!

i lovee gir and btw and zim but i think that is NOT COOL!! to canceled this show because it was AWESOME ^_^ I think it would be better to put Invader Zim back (to get more viewers) =) and I really enjoy to watch this show it was so random but funny ^_^ and i know that one of the reason that they canceled it was becuz the population of kids was litterally low but i was a kid when this show was on and I really ENJOY IT. =) too bad they canceled it ='(

I THINK IZ WAZ CANCELED BECAUSE IT WAS ATTRACTING THE WRONG AGE OF CHILDREN(TEEN AGERS) BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD PUT IT ON NICK@NITE OR TEEN NICK OR MTV

They should put Invader Zim Back on television..they could simply show it on MTV or Adultswim.
I think people are stupid If they simply didn't like the bloody gir they should of just change the channel instead of complaining or whatever reason it was they should of just shown it somewhere else.
There's a lot of shows that aren't sanitary for kids but kids still watch it...
so what. People are close minded....Put Invader zim back on.!!!

Invader Zim was cancelled because the producers of the show had planned to put a Bloody Gir in an episode, but Nickelodeon wouldn't allow it. Because of this, the producers snuck the Bloody Gir into the show, but only in small, frame by frame images, almost impossible to find. Youtube has videos of it. A person saw it and reported it to Nick, who then cancelled the show, which I loved. I'll miss you Gir...

The guy made a comic book in North america. It never made it to Japan, I don't think...

I don't know the exact answer but I heard
that parents thought that invader zim was really violent for some kids. Other people say that on the intro of invader zim there was a bloody gir hidden somewhere. Someone drew that bloody gir but it was kinda hidden, but nickelodeon actually found it.Or maybe they canceled it because they wanted to add in Fairy God parents the cartoon.Again I don't know the exact answer. These options might be true.

1. Parents thought invader zim was violent for kids
2. A mistake in the into about a bloody gir
3. Or they just wanted to add Fairy God Parents

Because it was creepy (But cool) and the writer of it was a maniac with MAJOR issues. I also bet they got complaints from parents! People brains where being sucked out, but GIR was a Sexy beast!!!!

PEANUT BUTER IS AWSOME!!!

okay now that i got that of my system i have a few theries (however you spell is lawl) of why the show was canseled

1.the 9/11 event

2.goth and gore (meaning gothic kids and blood and guts)

3. GIR was retarded (thats whe whole point of GIR NICK!!)

4. Bloody gir found in 14 episodes

5.low ratings and new timeslote (that sucked lol)

now then, im and 11 year old girl and if i can come up with all these ideas and sound like a 34 year old man i must be smart!! either that or nick is lieing to every body OR... (lol again) rumors are being spread amung a million places!! and one last one, detail number 6!!

6. jhoean visquits (i cant spell it lol!) was a dark and deep person and when nick found out they though we cant have a person who made bad comic books be a show creater so they fired him.

7.some main person in the show quit the voice

8.nick though a grown man doing a high voice was bad (GIR's voice was edited by computers!! just look at spongebob!! no computers!!)

9.they though invader Dib sucked (i saw it and it didnt lol)

10.nick though aliens would give little kids nighmares because they though an alien was ganna abduct them...

Now then if i can come up with ten reasons... im a smart child!! I LOVE DIS SHOW!! (said by GIR)
~ Invader Kat

it was "innapropriate for children" it sucks. I love GIR

http://www.petitiononline.com/izlovers/petition.html

http://www.buzzyworld.com/zim/faq/

As it says in those, I guess the low ratings brought it off the air. On the second one it is the first question.

The reason Invader Zim was cancelled was because Nickelodeon says it was too gory. (but to tell you the truth, I've seen more blood on Rugrats) And another reason is, because of new shows coming on in 2001, it was moved to another time slot. And because of this, children who couldn't stay up past 9 PM could not veiw it. Also, many say because of 9/11 Nickelodeon thought an alien trying to destroy all man kind, was too dark, for the tragic time.

Touching, yes? Well, thank Nickelodeon, and Ben'laden, or whatever his name is, for this GREAT show's loss. I miss you Zim, i won't forget you...

i dont know the answer. well thats probably why i'd be searchin it but anyways, i love invader zim and so does everyone else i know(it happens to be my favorite)and as i was reading the answers i thought wow! people should protest for them to start airin it again.

Low ratings?

It was because the show appealed to an older age group than it was meant to. It mainly appealed to teenagers from 14 - 18 while it was meant for about 9 - 12.

I was practicly 11 when i first watched this with my cousin and this show was the bomb man it made me and my cous crack up so much that our lungs was startin to hurt haha man so much memories but yea i wanted to know too on why they cancelled it?

it didnt appeal to the goal age range and some asshole-ish perents said it was too dark violent n stuff like that and they thought dark harvest was highly inapropriate also the creator put hidden pics of what is called bloody gir appeared in some opening sequences exc


or in other words nick is just stupid 4 getting rid of the best show ever

Okay people, we get it. You can read the first 10 comments and regurgitate the information to make it sound like you know something. The question is answered already, jesus christ. Make an original contribution, God forbid

I loved that show! And Jhonen Vasquez is a genius.

invader zim still does come on tho, I LOV IT AND IM 11

Invader Zim was a really good show....But during the main intro when the tubes come out of zims house i saw a faint pic....so i wanted to know wat it was and when i found out it was gir cover in blood (keptchup) =P i couldent watch it anymore because i get sort of sick if i see blood...and then when i saw it was in 7 episodes i just lost it....

Because every show eventually gets cancelled

i got this from wikianwser soo its not mine
They canceled it because the guy who made Invader Zim (Jhonen Vasquez, GENIUS!!!!) also made a comic called "Johnny The Homicidal Maniac" and parents who don't seem to have a sense of humor where afraid there kids who liked Invader Zim would go looking for these comics, and they where right. They complained till they canceled it so kids would know bout it. Some websites still sells the comics and so do some book store's. There really funny and if you like Invader Zim you will love Johnny The Homicidal Maniac.also what might be the case,is that they showed gir all bloodyband said it was ketchup but they dident belive it.OR THE THE EPISODE WERE ZIM PUCKS OUT HIS INTESTEN
JTHM!!!! LMFAO

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I dont think anyone could notice bloody gir and from what I read it was cancled for low rateings witch I think is bull alot of pepol watched it

bloody gir if u actuly wached the intro clip it was basicly normal I dont even think it was noticeable at normal speed so why would they care XP

v i o l e n t

I love invader zim so much!!! but i think even if someone managed to get nick and vasquez to bury the hatchet and start in up again, it wouldnt be the same... but a gir cutoff (like planet sheen is to jimmy neutron) would be cool :) . Also my coward 8 year old bro watches it of nicktoons all the time, so "dark and scary" is just not happening for him...

Aren't most cartoons eventually canceled? I mean, Invader Zim is 10 years old...

no people said it was to bad for lil kids

I heard that some viewers were complaing that the show was to violent and scary,... i wish there was a way to bring it back.

invader zim was awsom, it was my favorit show and i still watch reruns of it. i think they should bring it back and make it so it just appeals to older audiences. parents did think it was a bad show because it was dark, but its not bad. i think they need to bring back invader zim.

Invader Zim was canceled because of its low ratings and its dark presence. it was also canceled because the artist put in a "bloody gir" and the directer told him not to do it again nonetheless he did it anyway and got invader zim off the air.

P.S. the writer claimed the "blood" was pizza sauce and his eyes were covered with pepperonis. The judge didn't buy it. =[

BRING BACK ZIM!!

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we love girrrrrr!!!! why must it be canceled ?!?!?!!? its not like we are going to kill robots... robots can't bleed you smart people. The show may be a lil creepy but it was so retarded and funny and EPIC! They say adults are smart! not really... we are children and teens and we are WAY smarter than them. but me and my friend agree that it was really stupid that if they had low ratings why must they put bloody gir? WWWHHHYYY?!?!?!? way to go! "smart" PEOPLE!!!!

Everyone keeps claiming it was "Bloody GIR" that did it, but in all actuality, Nick never found out about Bloody GIR until after the series was cancelled. Truefax to the first person who wrote CORRECTLY about the 9/11 trick. It was underhanded and rediculous, but it was perfect for getting such a dark show off TV.

Honestly, some children are sensitive, watching the Bloaty's Pizza hog was enough to scare some of the eigth year olds I watched. The show was good, but it was intended for an older audience. Everyone bitching about how the creator was "oh-so-dark-and-depressing" has a screw lose. Have you ever seen Tim Burton? He'll admit that he ENJOYS writing and drawing darker things- he even told camera crews that he had to have other people "safety-mode" his art so they could make movies like Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride.

So what if the man who made Invader Zim was a little different? Hell, aren't we all? It shouldn't matter what you look like or what your background is to enjoy something, but Nick never got that message, and people like Coach Miller obviously didn't either.

Invader Zim was a fun show with a lot of potential, and if it were to ever come back, it would be individually so the artists could have freedom.

So stop bitching to Nickelodean because they aren't going to solve your problems. I reccomend enjoying what you have before that too gets taken away.