Nik, a pine green-hued Planet Jacker with Irken cybernetic enhancements.
Planet Jackers are an alien race featured in the episode of the same name. Due to the fact that their planet's star is dying, they steal or "jack" (hence their name) other planets and throw them into the star like "firewood", as Zim put it. They thus are responsible for the mass genocides of several interplanetary species. They were shown to have advanced planet-moving technology.
Planet Jackers have red tongues and saliva that appears to be of a normal hue, although since they are always seen with small tubes entering their mouths that resemble dental rinse tubes on Earth, it could be that they must constantly keep themselves hydrated and this "saliva" is in fact the fluid they douse their mouths with. Larger Jackers seem to require more hydration, although this could also be a personal preference.
Oog-Ah, A Planet Jacker, showing its entire form.
Their race are not above cybernetic enhancement and while they naturally possess three fingers and an opposable thumb on each hand, their cybernetic replacement hands instead only possess two finger-like appendages.
Judging by the two seen in their species' sole appearance, Planet Jacker skin can range from an asparagus color to a more pine green hue. Their eyes seem to be consistently green-yellow. Ironically, despite being fully green themselves, they still referred to Zim upon encountering him as "that green guy".
Irken-Planet Jacker Treaty[]
The Planet Jackers have a treaty with the Irken Empire; this would make them one of the few races that the Irkens are not directly trying to conquer, possibly due to the threat from their advanced planet-jacking technology. The treaty restricts the Planet Jackers from jacking planets marked for Irken conquest but it was not stated what benefits the Planet Jackers would receive from the Irkens.
Facts of Doom.[]
- In real life, throwing a planet into a star is like pouring alcohol into a campfire. It makes the fire burn bigger for a short period of time, but it makes the lifespan of the fire itself shorter, so realistically and ironically, the Planet Jackers would doom their homeworld by doing their job unless they constantly throw planets into their sun to keep it from going out.
- It's never explained why the Planet Jackers don't just re-locate their homeworld to a more hospitable sun, though a possible explanation is because they like to see "critters burn good."
- The Planet Jackers are one of the two species in the show who have moved the Earth, the other was Zim, an Irken, though they both used different methods to do so as the Planet Jackers used their advanced planet moving technology while Zim used a combination of the Membracelets and Minimoose to do so which also caused the creation of a Florpus Hole.
- Despite the fact that the Irken Empire didn't know about Earth until Zim discovered it, the Planet Jackers seemed to have been aware of its existence considering it was on their map.
- It is never stated in what solar system the Planet Jackers homeworld is in, but presumably it has to be one in the Milky Way Galaxy because of the short time they took to transport the Earth almost all the way to their dying sun.
- The Planet Jackers only appeared twice during the run of the series, in their debut episode and in “The Frycook What Came From All That Space”.
- The Planet Jackers somewhat resemble the Irkens to a degree, this suggests that they inhabit the same galaxy but not the same solar system.
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| Blobs • Brain-Eating Parasite • Hogulus • Humans • Irkens • Large-Nostril People • Martian • Meekrob • Nhar-Gh'ok • Planet Jackers • Plookesian • Rock Species • Screwheads • Slaughtering Rat People • Vortian |