| Skool | |
| |
| Name | Skool |
| Located On | Earth |
| Known Residents | Skool Staff Skoolchildren Zim |
| First Appearance | The Nightmare Begins |
The Skool is the elementary school that Zim, Dib, Gaz, and various minor Skoolchildren characters attend in Invader Zim.
As seen during the duration of the series, the conditions at Skool are woefully inadequate: the bathrooms are filthy and graffiti-ridden, the cafeteria food has lousy quality and seems to have a mind of its own, while the teachers are often inordinately harsh toward their students, save for Mr. Elliot.
The Skool makes a brief appearance in the intro of Enter the Florpus, and later on in the climatic scene between Zim and Dib as the latter tries to get Minimoose from Zim in order to teleport Earth back to its rightful place in the universe.
Skool Staff[]
- Main article: Skool Staff
The "Skool" has few known staff members:
- Ms. Bitters (Teacher)
- Mr. Elliot (Teacher)
- Unknown Teacher
- Coach Walrus (Gym Coach)
- Old Skool Counselor (Previous counselor)
- Mr. Dwicky (Counselor)
- Unknown Nurse
- Unknown Receptionist
- Unknown Skool Security
- The Principal
The Principal has only been seen once, in "The Voting of the Doomed", but only as a silhouette. In "Tak: The Hideous New Girl", Ms. Bitters was angrily complaining to the Principal for allowing the children to celebrate Valentine's Day (which, due to an unknown historical event, now involves the exchange of meat slabs in the shape of hearts instead of candy, cards, and gifts).
Skool Technology[]
.png){kind=link}
An example of the Skool's technology.
The Skool is technologically advanced, possessing things like robots, flying cameras, and hovering platforms (all seen in "The Voting of the Doomed"), In contrast, it lacks basic needs like decent food, clean toilets, or sturdy desks. These could be explained by budget cuts.
Spoken of but rarely seen, there are also supposedly "underground classrooms", to which any student can be sent on a whim. In "Tak: The Hideous New Girl", Rob was sent there to make room for Tak, and Brian was sent there because Ms. Bitters was "just tired of him".
Each student also has the opportunity to send a fellow student to the asylum by using Crazy Cards, as seen in "Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom". Each class is given three Crazy Cards per month, which seems to insinuate that it happens comparatively often.
Student President[]
A student president is chosen to help enforce Skool spirit. If a president fails to live up to these expectations, they are taken away, never to be heard from again, and an election for a new president is held immediately. A student president candidate is chosen by their level of intelligence; the dumber the better.
Once the president is elected, they are brainwashed into thinking the Skool is perfectly fantastic. The current student president is Willy.
Nightmare Version[]
Nightmare version of the Skool
Like the rest of the city (and probably the world), there is a nightmare version of the Skool. This Skool, however, seems to have more importance in this realm than other buildings. Most of the buildings appear to be made of rock or stone.
Facts of Doom[]
- The Skool is possibly spelled improperly for comedic purposes. However given the timeframe of Invader Zim, there is a fan theory that since the English language keeps evolving, it’s plausible that “skool” rather than “school” became the correct spelling of the word in the year the series takes place in.
- Alternately given how the conditions of the Skool are quite horrible, it’s plausible that things like spelling errors are a result of the poor education system and the apathy of the staff.
- The Skool in the Pilot had a different external look; it even had an American flag, but no "quiet" sign was present in the cafeteria. This may have been because Jhonen Vasquez simply gave the Skool a simpler design due to the limited budget given to him by the network.
- According to a Skool Security Guard in the unmade episode "Ten Minutes to Doom" every skoolchild is implanted with a homing chip so they can find at all times. Why the Skool would do this is unknown.
- The Skool has never been destroyed by Zim during the duration of the series, the closest he ever got to doing so was during the episode "Hamstergeddon".
- Zim and Tak were the only two Irkens seen attending Skool and presumably Skoodge was meant to be a student as well in order to aid Zim in his “mission” had the series not been cancelled.
Gallery[]
.png "Skool Principal (The Voting of the Doomed).png (476 KB)")
