Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (titled onscreen as Dib Membrane vs. Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus) is a 2019 American animated science fiction comedy film written by Jhonen Vasquez. It is based on and is a continuation of the animated television series Invader Zim, which was created by Vasquez and originally aired on Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2002 and later Nicktoons in 2006. Originally created as a television film for Nickelodeon's own network, Netflix bought its distribution rights in May 2019. The film was released on Netflix on August 16, 2019, and received critical acclaim, with critics praising the animation, humor, and voice performances.

## Plot

When Zim suddenly reappears after a long absence, a disabled Dib Membrane, who had been awaiting his return, confronts him. Zim reveals that his disappearance was part of a plan to make Dib too physically unfit to oppose him, allowing Zim to begin the second phase of his plan. Zim contacts the Almighty Tallest to explain the phase to them, but realizes during the call he has forgotten about what it entails.

Dib trains to regain his physical fitness with help from his sister, Gaz. When he recovers, Professor Membrane gives Dib a prototype device called the Membracelet, meant to harness the positive energy of world's children. However, he expresses his disappointment in Dib's belief of aliens and Dib goes to face Zim without his father's backing. Dib finds Zim in a state of depression, unable to come up with a plan and having learned that the Tallest have no interest in him, as the Irken Armada's flight plan (which consists of going only in a straight line) does not come into contact with Earth. Defeated, Zim surrenders to Dib, who decides to present Zim to the world during Membrane's keynote address.

Dib brings Zim to his father's keynote address and allows him to modify the Membracelet so he can expose Zim to the world. However, the moment Zim hijacks the livestream, Membrane disappears and Zim takes control of the stage in disguise. Dib awakens the next day to find that he and Gaz are imprisoned in their own home by Clembrane, a failed clone of their father created by Zim. Zim, having taken over Membrane's company, sells Membracelets modified with alien technology. After ordering every child on Earth to hold hands while wearing the bracelets, Zim uses Minimoose to teleport Earth directly in the path of the Irken Armada to force the Tallest to visit him. Meanwhile, the Tallest, irritated by Zim's reappearance, callously plan to destroy him along with the Earth once they reach it.

The Earth's sudden teleportation suddenly opens a "Florpus", a rift in space-time capable of swallowing the planet and merging it with alternate realities. Zim ignores the danger and goes on his way to prepare for the arrival of the Tallest. Dib and Gaz are able to escape using a spaceship formerly belonging to Tak. They travel to Moo-Ping 10, an intergalactic prison where Professor Membrane is being held. They free him and head back to Earth. Dib expresses his desire for his father to be proud of him, and Membrane tells Dib that he is already proud of him, despite his belief in the supernatural.

Dib lands on Earth and fights Zim for control of Minimoose to stop the Florpus. Membrane, revealed to have robotic prosthetics, comes to Dib's aid shortly after. The Membranes are able to recover Minimoose after turning Clembrane on Zim and Professor Membrane works to reverse its effects. Just as Earth is about to enter the Florpus, the Irken Armada finally arrives to destroy the planet. Earth briefly experiences a clashing of realities before Membrane at last figures out how to reset Minimoose and teleport the planet back to its original location and the Massive flies straight into the Florpus.

Back on Earth, the Membrane family is reunited. Zim appears at their window and taunts them, claiming the real goal of the second phase was stealing a ceramic figurine from Dib's living room. Zim contacts the Tallest to report his success, only to see them suffering in an alternate reality. Zim interprets their anguished screams as them being pleased with his work, before he is crushed by a falling dog whom his robot assistant, GIR, had earlier launched into space, that GIR then launches again.

## Characters and Voice Cast

* Zim - Richard Steven Horvitz
* Gir - Rosearik Rikki Simmons
* Dib - Andy Berman
* Gaz - Melissa Fahn