Invader Zim/Enter the Florpus

First announced in 2017 and released on Netflix on August 16^th 2019, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus is a film based on the old Nickelodeon cartoon Invader Zim.

After having gone missing for some time, Zim finally returns with phase two of his plan to conquer the Earth leaving Dib Membrane to try and stop his nemesis and expose his Irken nature to the world.

Tropes used in Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus include:

• Affably Evil: The galaxy's most infamous criminals are quite a chipper lot.
• All Just a Dream: Membrane is convinced that the whole movie is the result of him getting a bump on the head.
• Alternate Continuity: To the comics. The first 20 minutes adapt the first issue, and bits of the second, before the plot veers off.
• Art Shift: Aside from the anime-style opening, as the style changes in every alternate reality.
• As You Know: The first twenty or so minutes is dedicated to recapping the major background lore of the series in this manner.
• Ascended Extra:
  • Gaz and Professor Membrane have a lot more to do here than in most episodes.
  • Minimoose is vital to the plot.
• Bad Boss: Most of Zim's dialogue towards GIR is condemning his actions as terrible.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: Unlike in the series and the comics, Zim and Dib are able to survive the vacuum without spacesuits.
• Batman Gambit: Phase 1 of Zim's plan banked on the idea that Good Needs Evil. By hiding in his toilet, Dib became lethargic and overweight without having to fight Zim's schemes.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Technically, Zim. While he did cause the Florpus Hole, it and the Tallest planning to blow up Earth are the big threats. As GIR points out, no one on Earth seems aware of Zim.
• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: GIR got the wires crossed on Zim's throne. The flame button shoots out peanuts before the peanuts button shoots out flames. After some spluttering, burning peanuts shoot out.
• Brick Joke: That Pug that GIR launched into space in the opening falls back to Earth in the finale. He fires it back into space.
• Book Ends: Like in "The Nightmare Begins", GIR composes a song. Unlike "The Doom Song", "Peace Is Nice" is actually good.
• The Cameo:
  • With the death of her voice actress, Ms. Bitters only appears in a non-speaking cameo in Dib's flashback.
  • Table Headed Service Drone Bob appears as the victim of Purple's Spit Take.
  • Several of the Skool kids can be sighted forming the Peace Ring.
• Canon Immigrant: Moo-Ping 10, a space prison from the comics, appears.
• Cardboard Prison: It takes very little to break Membrane out of Moo-Ping 10.
• Chekov's Gun: The ham.
• Cloning Blues: Averted. Clembrane thinks that he's the original Membrane and adores "his" children just as much.
• Cool Gate: By having every kid on Earth for a ring, and having Minimoose channel dark energy through the Space Phasing Horror Blob on the Membracelets, Zim teleports the Earth across the galaxy, right in the flight path of the Massive.
• Darker and Edgier: Played with. The art is Lighter and Softer and the gore is downplayed but the stakes are higher than they're ever been.
• Decoy Protagonist: The film is about Dib, not Zim.
• Demoted to Extra: GIR has a lot less to do than he normally does.
• Ditto Aliens: Aside from the Tallest and Bob, all the Irkens share Zim's character model.
• Dramatic Thunder: Zim set up a machine to provide it when he and Dib reunite.
• Enemy Mine: Tak's ship (which has her personality) agrees to work with Dib and Gaz because she hates Zim more than she hates Dib.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Despite his Batman Gambit, Zim is horrified by how disgusting Dib now is.
• Evil Is Hammy: Zim of course but he ramps it Up to Eleven in this film. After taking over Earth, he dedicates the airwaves to just his Evil Laugh.
• Extreme Omnivore: GIR is the only one who can stomach Clembrane's horrible pudding.
• Flanderization: The Tallest are now openly transparent in their hatred for Zim, being willing to destroy a whole planet just to be rid of him, and are dumb as rocks.
• Formerly Fit: How Dib starts the film.
• Greed: Lampshaded by Zim. He spent so much energy trying to conquer Earth and he ultimately succeeded by charging the humans.
• Ignored Expert: The Comms Officer on the bridge of the Massive who keeps telling the Tallest that they can just turn to avoid Earth and the Florpus Hole.
• Insistent Terminology: Zim was not a toilet. He was hiding in the toilet.
• Internal Reveal: Zim finally learns that the Tallest aren't coming to Earth.
• Master Actor: Zim's initial bout of Villainous BSOD was genuine but everything after the Membrane labs commercial was an incredibly convincing ruse.
• Most Definitely Not a Villain: Most of the ticker tapes beneath Zim's broadcasts.
• Mundane Solution: As the Comms Officer says, the Massive can easily just steer around Earth and the Florpus Hole.
• Mecha-Mooks: Zim builds an army's worth after taking over Membrane Labs.
• Negative Space Wedgie: The Florpus Hole. It's a black hole turned Up to Eleven that serves as a gateway to other realities, its gravitational pull being liable to destroy Earth.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Zim's creation of the Florpus Hole, which the Tallest blindly fly into, deprived the Irken Empire of its mighty Armada.
• Not So Different: During Zim's Villainous BSOD, Dib sees a few similarities between his own quest for his father's approval and Zim's quest for the Tallest's approval.
• Plot Irrelevant Villain: Zim in the second half. Though he caused the Florpus Hole, its sheer destructive potential outclasses any threat he, or the encroaching Irken Armada, could ever hope to pose. GIR even lampshades that no one on Earth even seems to be aware of Zim.
• Poke the Poodle:
  • What most of Zim, Minimoose, and GIR's antics in the opening amount to.
  • To save face at the end, Zim claims his whole plan was to steal Dib's Puppy-Clown thing.
• Reality Ensues: Dib screams up at Zim, who is at the top of a skyscraper, over a cheering crowd. Unsurprisingly Zim hears nothing.
• Riddle for the Ages: What was Phase Two? Given that the first act follows the first issue of the comics, was it seeking out the comic's Gargantis Array?
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Zim thinks that the Tallest aren't coming to Earth out of disappointment for his failure to remember Phase Two, remaining blissfully ignorant that he's been exiled.
• Running Gag: Dib's big head.
• Shout-Out:
  • Dib's Animesque intro seems to owe a bit to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
  • One of the kids in the peace line is dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants.
  • Zim's robot butler is called Lawrence.
  • The planetary teleport is outright compared to a Stargate.
• Small Role, Big Impact:
  • Minimoose. He has little direct screentime and just squeaks but his dark energy channeling capabilities make him the film's MacGuffin.
  • Professor Membrane. Zim needs the resources of Membrane Labs to complete his plan and Dib needs his father's intellect to undo it.
• Space Whale: A pod cameo when Dib and Gaz head for Moo-Ping 10.
• Spit Take: Almighty Tallest Purple does an epic one when he sees Zim is alive. It's particularly epic because he wasn't drinking anything at the time, manages to pause to grab a donut, and still shoots it out with an intensity strong enough to knock down Table Headed Service Drone Bob.
• Technology Marches On: The Irken Armada has gained a new class of ship. A sleek, thin cruiser that seemingly acts as a long-range cannon.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The Massive can destroy planets on its own. But to kill Zim, the Armada charges up every gun and aims them at Earth.
• Too Dumb to Live: As the Comms Officer keeps pointing out, the Massive does not need to conform to a straight line. It could easily turn and avoid the Florpus Hole. But as the Tallest consider turning to be no fun, they stubbornly press on.
• Took a Level In Badass: Zim is still Laughably Evil but he's ditched his Not-So-Harmless Villain attitudes and does Take Over the World for two days. Gaz even comments how unexpected this is. He even managed to detain Gaz herself.
• Took a Level In Dumbass: Almighty Tallest Red, formerly the smarter of the two Tallests, is now as dumb as Purple.
• Took a Level In Jerkass:
  • The Tallest have ditched their Affably Evil personas and are far more overtly cruel in their hatred of Zim and their subjects.
  • Zim himself is far less tolerant of GIR's antics, frequently calling him terrible.
• Took a Level In Kindness: Gaz.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Clembrane loves pudding.
• Underestimating Badassery: Gaz can't be bothered to do anything against Zim's takeover of Membrane Labs. She later admits that she was wrong to do this.
• Villainous BSOD: Zim when he learns that the Tallest aren't coming to Earth.
• Wave Motion Gun:
  • The Massive has one powerful enough to destroy whole planets in a single blow.
  • A feature of Membrane's robot arms.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: As always, Dib chases his father's love. Dib draws a parallel between this and Zim's own quest for the Tallest's approval.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Averted. The Tallest finally decide to be rid of Zim by simply blowing him, and everything on Earth, up.
• Xanatos Speed Chess: The instant Zim hears about the Membrane's bracelet, he starts running a complicated scheme on the fly.
• You Killed My Father: Dib's fury at Zim in the climax is derived from the, incorrect, belief that Zim's schemes sent Membrane falling to a hideous demise.