DOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!! Read the full article on AICN Evening, geeks. If you were an edgy teenager like me in the early 2000s, you’ll probably fondly remember INVADER ZIM, created by Jhonen Vasquez. INVADER ZIM had fun, twisted humor that was refreshing in a time of almost “too happy” cartoons, airing against shows like RUGRATS, CATDOG, POWERPUFF GIRLS, and FAIRLY ODD PARENTS. There were suddenly a lot of scene kids decked out in INVADER ZIM merchandise from Hot Topic who used “tacos” as their go-to word, in a lame attempt to be random and “quirky”.