| Nightmare Mech | |
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| Name | Nightmare Mech |
| Type | (Possibly) Nightmare Technology |
| Use(s) | Various |
| First Appearance | Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom |
| Users | Zim |
The Nightmare Mech was a robotic, bipedal walker that was either created or found by Zim in the Nightmare version of Professor Membrane's lab. He used it to rescue Dib from Nightmare Bitters' clutches and escape from the Nightmare Skool. It was then set on autopilot to provide cover fire for the two unlikely allies as they made their escape; it was demolished by Nightmare Bitters shortly afterward.
Description[]
The walker moved on two powerful legs, and its skull-shaped cockpit was entered through its open "mouth." It was capable of bounding across a great distance in a short period of time, and was also armed with hoses that squirted some kind of green fluid. This fluid, however, does not seem to have any effect on targets aside from eliciting disgust.
if Zim was around the Nightmare Membrane lab for quite some time then it’s plausible he stole it from the Nightmare Membrane household , alternatively it’s just as likely that it was located inside the nightmare version of Zim's Base, and if that’s the case then it strongly suggests that his Nightmare counterpart had made it for his prime counterpart.
It also had an autopilot function, whch proved handy when Zim and Dib were trying to find a way to open the portal in the latter's cranium.
Despite it’s intimidating and durable appearance, it was no match for Nightmare Bitters as it was destroyed by her with ease.
Facts of Doom[]
- The mech resembles the head of the Xenomorph from the Alien film and media franchise, created by Sir Ridley Scott. This strongly suggests that the Xenomorphs, or at the very least similar-looking beings, exist in the Invader Zim universe. Sir Scott, however, has neither confirmed or denied this.
- Jhonen Vasquez is in fact a fan of the franchise, so the mech may have been his way of giving homage to the Xenomorphs.