What's this?! An Invader Zim redraw that ISN'T the same one I redraw every year?! What a shock!
But all seriousness, I really wanted to redraw this scene in particular because it was the first time my body tensed up while watching, with the only other times I experienced the same reaction to the scene was when Crypto tricked Armquist in Destroy All Humans and the entirety of a movie I saw with my boyfriend called The Drama.
Back when I was a kid in highschool, I was terrified of Zim's human disguise, not just because of the two episodes that scarred me(Dark Harvest and Bestest Friend) but because there was something about his disguise that made me feel really uncomfortable. Maybe it's just the idea of an alien just wearing a wig and human-like eye contacts freaked me out back then. When I watched the movie back 2019 as a teen, I was as scared of Zim as I was before, but then this scene happened and my fear of his disguise returned to me for a moment. In fact, there were two scenes that made my fear return for a moment, this scene and a scene at the start of movie were Zim slowly turned to the camera before it transitions to him sitting in the official hiding place. I don't know why I thought this, but when that scene happened, it made me feel like Zim knew I was watching and was amused by my reaction. Now that I'm an adult, I'm not as scared of Zim's disguise or both of those scene, but the peace is nice scene does still make me a little anxious when I rewatch it, especially when I know what will happen next.
Anyway, I may have accidentally made my version of scene more creepy so enjoy trying to sleep tonight after seeing this.
I sure won't. :')
Proof:
Original Screenshot:
Invader Zim belongs to Jhonen Vasquez/Nickelodeon








