7.5/102 votes#1 - Attack of the Saucer Morons
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2001
Zim attempts to test some of the defenses that Earth has by taking his Voot out for a drive to monitor local police units. However, when a bumble bee crashes into his vehicle, Zim comes crashing down in the park, in which he heads home because he will be unable to recover it the next day. However, when a space cult known as the Saucer Morons discover the Voot first, Zim must find a way to get his vehicle back without causing him to lose his cover.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
7.4/107 votes#2 - The Nightmare Begins
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/2001
Dedicated Irken soldier Zim is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where he disguises himself as an elementary-school student and gathers information about human beings. His plan is moving smoothly until an extraterrestrial-obsessed classmate named Dib takes notice of Zim's green skin and missing ears.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
7.0/101 votes#3 - Bestest Friend
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/13/2001
When Zim makes a huge scene over his inability to eat lunch food, he overhears one of the girls at school talking about how inhuman he seems to be and how he has no friends. In an attempt to appear more normal, Zim decides to spend time with a student named Keef, though Zim soon finishes his plan and he considers himself normal, so he tries to get Keef to leave him alone. Much to Zim’s chagrin, however, Keef continues to follow Zim around, so Zim decides to take unorthodox measures to ensure Keef leaves him alone.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
- 7.0/101 votes
#4 - NanoZim
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2001
When Dib finally manages to get a picture of Zim without him in his disguise, Zim formulates a plan to shrink himself down into a microscopic size to get into Dib’s body and perform a brain wipe to prevent him from remembering where he located the picture. Fortunately for Dib, his father has been working on some technology that may just help Dib stop Zim before it’s too late, though he’ll been to be careful because he’s extremely vulnerable due to the fact that Zim is inside of him.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
7.0/101 votes#5 - Germs
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2001
After Zim watches an old movie where some invading aliens are defeated by some bacteria, he begins to study germs more. However, when he discovers that such germs truthfully are everywhere, he begins a crusade to kill every germ in his headquarters so that he can be safe, which is helped by the fact that Gir had some cleaning spray handy in the house; though when the cleaning bottle runes dry, Zim must attempt to go to the store and get some more, despite the fact that he knows just how many germs are out there.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
6.0/102 votes#6 - Parent-Teacher Night
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/6/2001
After another day at the Earth skool, Ms. Bitters reminds the children that it’s Parent Teacher Night and that all the parents must come to the skool at the end of the day. Zim becomes worried because his robotic parents aren’t programmed for such a task yet and he cannot permit them to blow his cover, so he attempts to help them become the parents they should be, but Gir’s carefree nature soon puts his plans in jeopardy.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
- 6.0/101 votes
#7 - Walk of Doom
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/6/2001
Zim goes on an outing to the downtown area in order to test a new guidance chip he installed in GIR, but when GIR removes the chip before leaving in order to store a cupcake, Zim and GIR are left lost and have to resort to public transport to find their way back. Their journey home is complicated further by Zim temporarily losing his vision by looking at the sun, his disguise being mistaken for that of a bank robber, and his escape from the police being wrecked by GIR replacing his extra rocket fuel with tuna fish.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Jhonen Vasquez
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"Attack of the Saucer Morons" is the best rated episode written by Jhonen Vasquez. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Steve Ressel. It aired on 4/27/2001 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Nightmare Begins".