| Zim's Space Station | |
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| Name | Zim's Space Station |
| Located On | Earth orbit |
| Known Residents | Zim, GIR |
| First Appearance | The Wettening |
Zim's Space Station is in orbit around Earth, and was featured in the episodes "Bloaty's Pizza Hog", "The Wettening" and "Future Dib". Zim uses it as a prison, refuge, and general extension of his base.
Layout[]
Zim in his Space Station.
The station is roughly shaped like a crescent, with a claw-like extension in its middle, with a spherical section in turn in its center, with the Invader symbol on its front.
It has a grey and purple color scheme on its exterior. The inside color scheme, by contrast, is more mixed, with red-gray for the control room, and gray and black for the rest of the station.
The station can be accessed by both spaceship and teleporter, and has at least two escape pods. From the station, Zim is able to remotely control various pieces of his technology, like the Dib Robot-Spy or his Orbital Water Balloon.
Facts of Doom[]
An escape pod stolen by Gaz.
- In "Bloaty's Pizza Hog", Gaz looks out the window and sees Earth. She dismisses it, but when she passes by another window, four objects can be seen: Earth, the Moon, and two other moons that don't exist anywhere near Earth in reality and since it hasn’t been seen since it can be chalked up to an animation error.
- However, recently the Earth has acquired a temporary second moon. Earth temporarily gained a second moon in September 2024, called 2024 PT5.[1]
- Although it closely orbits Earth, the station is totally ignored by the people of Earth, which would imply that Zim has it cloaked somehow... or that the planet's inhabitants are simply oblivious as usual.
- In "Future Dib", Zim hides aboard the station in order to survive the pending destruction of Earth by the overloading Perpetual Energy Generator. Presumably, he planned on doing the same in "The Girl Who Cried Gnome" when the Earth was about to be shaken apart, as he was shown preparing to evacuate the planet.
- It's unknown where the station came from, but presumably Zim built it from scratch like his base upon arriving on Earth.
- It's unknown if every Invader has a space station orbiting the planets they were assigned to, as most alien races in the show are capable of space travel and they would see Irken technology orbiting their planets. This hints at the possibility that the space stations are only given to Invaders assigned to planets where the inhabitants are incapable of traveling outside of their worlds or they have them cloaked somehow.
- Given that most of Zim's technology is outdated, it's quite likely that his Space Station is by no means cutting edge tech by Irken standards.
- Seeing as NASAPlace has problems with funds and was eventually defunct in Issue 45, its unlikely that this version of Earth has an International Space Station, which would make Zim's Space Station the only station orbiting the planet.