Invader Zim: Season 1, Episode 11 - Battle-Dib
Invader Zim on ImdbFamily | Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi
5/4/2001
When Dib finally manages to be permitted to present his findings on Zim to the Swollen Eyeball Network, he believes he will be able to put an end to Zim's schemes once and for all. However, when he discovers that he needs his father's permission and since his father is busy working on his television show, Dib must venture into the studio where his father is in order to attempt to get the signature he needs; though he soon discovers that speaking to his father isn't going to be as easy as it should be.
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added by newsBotLike the monster at its heart, the new CGI film Igor feels like a patchwork creature pulled together from a variety of sources. The character design, palette, and sensibility come from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. The protagonist looks like from Disney's Hunchback Of Notre Dame, down to the football-shaped head, unruly thatch of hair, bulgy eyes, and protruding ears. The cheery-creepy-crackpot tone is reminiscent of Invader Zim. The plot recalls Ratatouille. The two wacky, mismatched stupid-and-smart sidekicks come from practically every animated movie since The Lion King. Even the central conceit, in which "Igor" is more a job description and oppressed social underclass than a proper name, is familiar from Terry Pratchett's popular Discworld books. But in spite of all the familiarity, Igor finds its borrowed feet readily, with an appealing mix of macabre, reference-heavy horror-movie trappings and good-natured positivism. Like Remy in Ratatouille,
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