The auditorium where the Great Assigning was held.
The Great Assigning is a ceremony held by the Almighty Tallest to promote Irken Elites to Invaders. The Great Assigning made its appearance in "The Nightmare Begins", and took place on the conquered planet Conventia.
Zim gatecrashed the Great Assigning and demanded to be assigned a planet. Desperate to get rid of Zim, the Tallest told him to go to a "planet so mysterious, no one has even heard of it". They then showed him a sticky note with the word "Planet?" and a question mark that had been stuck to the side of their map of the universe. This planet happened to be Earth, with Dib picking up the transmission.
Afterwards, the Invaders were all assigned SIR Units (with Zim being given GIR by the Tallest) and then sent on their way to their assigned planets.
Facts of Doom[]
- Tak makes a reference to the Assigning in her debut episode, stating that she should have been the one taking part in the event and that she should have been given a planet to invade.
- In the unmade episode “The Trial”, flashbacks show that the Tallest instructed Zim to stay in a circle they drew around him as they were getting ready to give all the other Invaders their assignment planets, this implies that the Great Assignment that was seen in “The Nightmare Begins” was a “do-over” since Zim stole a Frontline BattleMech and crashed the event as well as ruined Operation Impending Doom I.
- Interestingly if this is the case, then it would mean “The Great Assigning” took place on Irk rather than Conventia as Zim was seen destroying half of his home planet.
- This would suggest that the Tallest decided to re-do the event on Conventia, possibly because Irk is still being repaired.
- Dib was the only non-Irken who heard about what was going on throughout the Great Assigning.