The gentle giants of space.
The Space Whales are a species of planet-sized cetacean-like alien creatures that appeared in Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus.
Space Whales resemble whales on Earth, as they have a similar body shape and are able to sing, but don't seem to have any eyes. This might be as a result of evolution, given the darkness of space, or they do have them but they couldn't be seen by the audience as a result of the angle they were shown from.
A Space Whale "swimming" towards a gas giant.
They also have fins in their sides which resemble wings. They are also seen travelling in herds and have the ability to "swim" into gas giants.
These creatures were seen by Dib and Gaz with amazement when they left Earth in Tak's Ship. Later, when the Membrane family returned to Earth, the ship was "attacked" by one of them, making Gaz lose control of the flight and making the ship crash, after that, these whales were never seen again.
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- The Space Whales might be a reference to Möbius Dick, a four-dimensional space whale from the cartoon series Futurama or possibly even Fantasia 2000, as there was a segment with a family of humpback whales who fly and frolic through the clouds to emerge into outer space.
- On that note it’s also possible that the Space Whales are a reference to the Purrgil from Star Wars, or the Korellian Daizen in Star Trek, as they’re both species of massive whales that lived in deep space.
- These Space Whales are noted to be the first alien species (so far) that managed to make Gaz look on in awe rather than indifference.
- On Earth, male whales sing, so it's possible this could also be the case for the space whales.
- How these Whales are able to be heard is unclear as there is no sound in space.
- These Space Whales were called “Space Organisms” in the close captions used by Netflix.
- In the episode "Abducted", the Abductors' ship was first seen cloaked as a whale, and while at the time this was considered an error on their part, in Enter the Florpus, we see these space whales, which might have been the sole influence on their choice of cloaking, despite obviously not making sense in the fauna of Earth.