Why Invader Zim was cancelled

[Melody]

Honestly, I think they shouldn't have split Nickelodeon into two networks anyways. TeenNick sucks because all they do is tween drama, which Disney does. >_> (And copying Disney is bad, because you ALWAYS FAIL HORRIBLY)

Seriously, only the 12-15 year olds really enjoy the stupid tween crap, the rest of us just roll our eyes at it.

That being said, It's stupid that Nick canceled the show when they could have just aired it on TeenNick and let the creator of the show do his own thing. I honestly didn't like Invader Zim at first, but at that time in my life I felt Nick was seriously in Network Decay already and thus I hated ALL of their cartoons released in that time frame because I was like. "Nick fails so hard now, whatever happened to the good stuff like Rugrats?"

 

[Redstar]

1. Parents never liked the show and thought it was too dark and violent for children.
2. It didn't attract the age group it was supposed to. It was basically made for 9 to 12-year-olds but was liked by teenagers and adults.
3. There is a hidden image of GIR covered in blood in some of the episodes. You can see it clearly in the opening of "Mortos De Soulstealer".
4. Nickelodeon kept making Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim, add changes in the episodes and Jhonen got sick of it and quit.
5. It wasn't getting high ratings from 9 to 12-year-olds.

Actually, Nickelodeon hired Vasquez specifically to create a show aimed at teenagers and young adults. Children were never the intended demographic, yet they still pulled the plug because they wanted the show to attract children too.

 

[Nyu~♥!]

it was funny but too scary for me when I was little. .XD I was squeamish. Istill don't like it because it's so dark.
I knew that there was controversy about it's darkness.. i just knew it.

Oh well D: where I am, it's back.

 

[EmeraldSerenade]

I have a Gir plush, but I'll be honest: That show gave me nightmares ._.

 

[Cynic Kaka]

Yeah, the last good show Nick had was Avatar, oh, and the Penguins, but blame Network Decay

Also Disney Channel suffered the same fate years earlier, now look at it



Yeah, back then, CGI was millions out of someones pocket, thankfully, it's cheaper now

It's a little thing that's common in 2D animation called Conspicuous CG, and often, it can easily become Nightmare Fuel......



Agreed, nick has been shoving it down our throats for 10 years already......

:/ Honestly, if you didn't link to TVTropes, and actually just replaced those links with, "the networks are going downhill", "CGI", and "dudewtfomg is that", it'd be more of a realistic argument.

Invader ZIM was an amazing show. It doesn't matter if it ended. We still have it in our hearts.