Gaz Membrane

Gazlene Membrane, also known as Gaz Membrane, is one of the main characters from the Invader Zim series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dib Membrane's younger sister. Like her older brother, Dib, she knows Zim's real origin, but unlike him, she doesn't much care, on the grounds that he really isn't very good at the whole world-conquering thing. That, plus she seems to be something of a misanthrope herself. (She did once have a very hard time deciding whether to destroy all life on Earth or not, when putting a can of beans in a super-powered microwave.) Mostly Gaz sticks to her video games and snarks at the insanity around her.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Invader Zim
* Invader Zim Season 2
=== Comics ===
* Invader Zim
* Invader Zim Quarterly
* Invader Zim Quarterly Collection: Oodles of Doom
* Invader Zim Treasury Edition
* Invader Zim TruthShrieker
* Invader Zim: Best of World Domination
=== Movies ===
* Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
=== Video Games ===
* Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
* Nickelodeon Party Blast
* Nicktoons MLB
* Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy
* SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
== Trivia ==
* Gaz was voiced by Melissa Fahn in the original English version, and by Haruhi Nanao in the Japanese dub. In the German dub, she is voiced by Yvonne Greitzke, and in the Spanish dub, she is voiced by Ana Lobo.
** In contrast to Gaz who is a vengeful, misanthropic girl , Melissa Fahn auditioned for the role of Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" who is known to be a happy, helpful woman, she was called back many times, but was turned down because she sounded slightly too young.
* Her voice actress, Melissa Fahn, has stated in the commentary for "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever" that Gaz actually can show positive emotions and love others; she just does not like people interfering with her life and thinks she is better than others, hence her rotten and ill-mannered demeanor around most of the people she makes contact with.
* Melissa also stated in the same commentary that Gaz is the smartest character, even more so than her own father, agreeing with Jhonen Vasquez. This seems to explain why, unlike Dib, she doesn't view Zim as an ultimate threat to Earth.
* While never actually said in the show, it is hinted in several episodes that Gaz has a girly side to her but doesn't want anyone (except her family) knowing. In fact, in the commentary for "Gaz, Taster of Pork", it is stated by both Melissa and Jhonen that at heart, Gaz is girly.
* In the commentary for "NanoZIM", Rikki Simons says that he finds Gaz adorable.
* Ironically, in contrast to Gaz’s usual attitude, her voice actress, Melissa Fahn, is actually very pleasant and friendly.
* Gaz was the fourth main character of the series to be introduced (starting from "The Nightmare Begins"), the second human to be seen in the series, and the only female protagonist overall.
* During the intro, Gaz breaks the fourth wall by putting her hand on the screen and brusquely shoving it aside.
* Gaz's full first name is Gazlene, a play on the word gasoline. This play on words fits her personality rather well: like gasoline when ignited, Gaz has a very fiery temper when provoked.
** She is one of the only main characters to have a full name with more than one syllable, or a name that is a wordplay.
** The word "gaz" is also the name of a type of candy found in the Middle East.
** The word, translated from Farsi, means "sap".
** The word is also the French word for gas (as in the fuel).
** According to Name.org, Gazlene also mean "Edgy scary person!!!!"
* Like Zim, Gaz is ambidextrous. She can be seen drawing with her right hand in "The Wettening" and with her left hand in "Bloaty's Pizza Hog".
* Although her eyes are brown in color, they were supposed to be light blue, as they were in the Pilot. A coloring error led to her current eye color.
** A few issues of the comic series give Gaz different eye colors - Issue 5presents them as green, while her cameo in Issue 17 presents them as purple.
* In an image on Nicktoons's official site , Gaz is seen sitting on the floor playing her Game Slave 2in Zim and Dib's classroom in front of Ms. Bitters, who is growling at her. However, "Parent Teacher Night" and "Gaz, Taster of Pork" notably explains that she is in Mr. Elliot's class, so this was most likely an error or simply a way to show three of the four main characters in a picture.
* Gaz and Dib are the only humans that know about the Irken Empire.
* Her hair prior to Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus resembled open jaws, possibly of a carnivorous creature, adding to her intimidating and scary nature.
* In some episodes, her height and size occasionally change, possibly due to some animation errors on the part of the artists. She is sometimes seen taller in her surroundings and other times shorter. The shape of her head can also be seen as angular or round in different episodes.
* Gaz is a playable character in Nicktoons MLB, alongside Zim. Best used as a pitcher, her throw (which leaves behind a trail of cartoony skulls) is one of the fastest in the entire game. Her clothes are the same as in the show, only her dress has pinstripes, and she wears a red baseball cap, which transforms into a first baseman's helmet when she is at first base.
** In these concept sketches by Aaron Alexovich, she is shown with a similar helmet.
* Gaz appears in Nicktoons: Globs of Doom, with Melissa Fahn reprising her role. She can be rescued alongside her father in the Skool stage. When you rescue her, she actually congratulates you; however, she is not playable.
* Unlike Dib who rants about Zim being an alien, Gaz told the Shadowhog in "Gaz, Taster of Pork" that he indeed was an Irken Invader and he seemed to believe her. This shows that Gaz has more credibility than her brother.
* Interestingly and fittingly, since Gaz hates people but had a fondness for piggies, she made her first friend when she met the Shadowhog, which was ironically due to Dib cursing her with his spelldrive.
* Gaz is the only character in the series that has ever gotten an onscreen kiss on the lips, albeit an unwanted one from GIR as seen in "Tak: The Hideous New Girl."
* In "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever", Gaz's anger and hatred are said by Jhonen Vasquez to be the cause of how she was able to fix the Tak Runner. If not taken as a joke, this could suggest that Irken ships can be fixed faster by intense emotion alone, which makes sense as at the time Gaz had a strong desire to inflict revenge on her brother. Alternatively, it could've simply been another of her unique abilities.
* Gaz is one of three characters shown to scare or at the very least, intimidate Zim, the other two being Sizz-Lorr and Hobo 678.
* Gaz's original clothing style in the show bears a strong resemblance to that of Pepito the Antichrist, another creation of Jhonen Vasquez.
* Gaz’s new outfit in the comics makes her look more like a gamer.
* Of the four main characters, she has the least screen time in the series. Paradoxically, she's also the lead female character on the show.
* Gaz has been absent in 19 episodes, has made 2 small cameo appearance, her voice has been heard offscreen twice, and has appeared without speaking twice.
* In some aspects, Gaz could be considered a secondary antagonist of the show since she has made it harder for Dib to save the Earth in some occasions; while at the same time she also could be considered an anti-hero for helping save the planet, albeit against her will or with some reluctance.
* Gaz is the character Jhonen Vasquez was the most excited to get back to writing for the comics. He said that she got the "least love in the series" and that she just "had a role to play, there really wasn't much room for her to be more of a person."
* Jhonen also claimed that he likes her more in the comics since she's "more fleshed out" while in the show she was "a bit simple."
* Vasquez has stated that the four main characters aren't evil, although with Gaz it can be hard to tell since she can be merciless towards anyone who interferes with her life which she seems to believe is "justified."
* Arguably, Gaz is the least liked character in the series, especially due to episodes like "Gaz, Taster of Pork". When the show still aired, many parents made complaints about Gaz's cold treatment of Dib.
* It can be said that Gaz hates humanity more than Zim does, but unlike him, she has no desire or motivation to cause its destruction. This is probably because, as mentioned above, she views human interaction as a means to an end and while she likes being alone, she acknowledges that without people around, there wouldn't be any pizza or video games, her main interests.
** However, in "Dibship Rising", she tried to destroy the Earth and by extension, the human race, though this is the only episode where she attempted it.
* Gaz is one of the four characters to have conquered the Earth, as she took over the planet while pretending to be Zim in Issue 21. The others were GIR in "The Trial", Emperor Zim in Issue 12 and Zim himself in Enter the Florpus.
* Issue 40 shows that even in a universe where everyone is nice, Gaz can still be scary, as she's so overtly friendly that she forces people to partake in tea party sleepovers with her against their will.
* Issue 44 reveals that Gaz is an excellent skier.
* Gaz's eyes are open throughout Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus much more frequently than in either the show or the comics.
* TruthShrieker (Issue 0) features the only time in the comics where Gaz is wearing her classic black dress from the show, during the "interview with Dib" where she's impersonating her brother.
* In The Art of Invader Zim, Aaron Alexovich stated that Gaz's hair style on the show never made sense to the him and the crew until the toys came and he saw a toy version of her. He then says that he prefers her new hair style in Enter the Florpus, as it makes more sense to him.
* It was once speculated she was a goth girl because of her dark nature, clothing, and appearance; yet Jhonen said something about her not being a goth but only her style, her outfit being heavily based off of Pepito from Squee!. Jhonen possibly changed Gaz’s design in the comics and movie to portray her more as a gamer.
* Despite Jhonen Vasquez going on record that Gaz isn't a Goth, she was still ranked on the Cartoon Goths: Good to Evil video as the fifth most evil Goth by WickedBinge.
* In the show bible, she and Dib Membrane are inspired by the main characters, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from The X-Files. As both Gaz and Dana are a foil to both Dib and Fox, skeptic, mature, and have more credibility than them.
* Her characterization in Enter The Florpus has had a mixed reaction from the fanbase, as some fans praise her character development while other fans criticize her new attitude as "too annoying" and how they made her "too nice" and that her character development was a bit rushed.
** Her redesign also had a mixed reaction from the fanbase, as some fans praise her new look while other fans panned her redesign that took away her original character.
* Gaz seems to really like pigs. Her favorite video game is Vampire Piggies, and her favorite restaurant is Bloaty's Pizza Hog.
* As Dib is Jhonen Vasquez's favorite character, his favorite character to write for was Gaz. He said he didn't write for her enough .
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Gaz Membrane at Invader ZIM Wiki
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