GIR!

As I have mentioned previouisly, gonna dedicate a whole post to my fave cartoon character.

From Wikipedia:

GIR (Invader Zim)

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Invader ZIM character

GIR

GIR is one of the main characters from the animated television series Invader ZIM. He is Zim's robot slave, a S.I.R. (Standard-issue Information Retrieval) unit. GIR is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons. The character GIR has featured in the main storyline in 2 episodes, Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain, and GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff.

Origin

The point that GIR's body was first constructed is never revealed in the series. In the first episode The Nightmare Begins, when Zim attempts to get a SIR Unit, a broken robot was put together with parts from a garbage can by the Almighty Tallest and then had pennies, paperclips, and bubble gum put into its head. The robot introduced himself as GIR. It is unknown what the G stands for, if anything.^[2]

Personality

GIR is Zim's robot slave, easily influenced yet impossible to fully control. He is incapable of focusing attention on important things for long periods of time and often speaks with no relevant coherent thought in mind, making him almost completely useless, or even disastrous. Occasionally he reverts to normal S.I.R. behavior, during which time either all his cyan coloured components or sometimes only his eyes become red and voice becomes much deeper, but these periods are normally short-lived. During the episode GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff, Zim manages to set GIR to duty mode, but the result is that he is smart and responsible enough to realize that Zim is a failure as an Invader, and attempts to overthrow him.

When GIR shuts down, all of his cyan parts turn gray and he reverts to lifelessness. As a robot, GIR technically has no gender, but he is usually referred to as being male^[1], mostly by Zim. In public on earth, Zim and GIR must wear disguises, GIR's most common disguise is a green dog suit that squeaks, with a visible zipper down the front. Another disguise is one that looks like a human child, and another that looks like a government agent by the name of "government man". Unlike Zim, he doesn't mind getting involved with typical Earth culture, and has a strong love of Earth snacks, such as tacos, waffles, and slush-style drinks. A strange fact is in the opening for the show, when Zim is thrown into his voot cruiser, you can see GIR's eyes are green instead of cyan.

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OK, why do i love this robot? coz he's an idiot. simple as that. he indulges in tacos, pizza, soda, enjoys watching some monkey show on tv, likes squeaky soft toys, etc.etc. you get a rough picture. All this while he is intended to be a slave robot of an alien invader on earth. To top it all off, there's the ultimately silly mongoose dog disguise where he still walks on 2 legs. I'm not ashamed that I have a soft toy of GIR in mongoose dog suit.


Some classic quotes:

Zim: We can't be lost! I just upgraded your giuding system!
GIR: Oh, I left that at home.
Zim: You left what at home?
GIR: The guidy chippy thingy.
Zim: YOU! Why would you do that?!?
GIR: To make room for a cupcake!
(After eating it)
GIR: (almost in tears) I miss the cupcake...


Zim: It's been nice working with you GIR! Now, self-destruct.
GIR: FINALLY!! Wiihiiihooohoowee.... *boom*

ok u get the picture, he's totally whacked out.

They should have an Absolut Vodka ad with GIR on it, saying Absolut Stupidity.

The nightmare begins is no longer on youtube due to copyright issues, but there are a few good compilations.

Gir Compilation 1
Gir Compilation 2
Gir Compilation Season 2

enjoy!