Read the full description before commenting any questions! Also, this video was a nightmare to edit and record, so there are a few minor audio errors due to my nervous stuttering habit ;-;

Imagine Recap kid telling all this.

“Zim zam, the space man” literally the best line in this whole video

Fanfic authors are something else man, you can’t find any group of people more dedicated to what they do than these guys

I like how you spend all this time trying to figure out the history of this franchise, but still haven't figured out how to get yourself monetized

If all history lessons were like this, history would be my favorite period in school by far.

Wow. This totally disregards most of the canon Irken history, or rather takes massive liberties with it, but I'm honestly really impressed with what you've done with this. It feels like a Star Wars intro summary that just goes on for the entire movie. Love it.

Rainbott's catchphrase at this point is "that definitely won't come back to bite them"

Imagine if it turned out Professor Membrane was the Rightful heir to the Tallest royalty.

I like how this story doesn't ever talk about the brains

Until further notice, my headcanon is Gir will have zero issue understanding Pyro.

Okay, I have some thoughts 1. Everything about this is a masterpiece 2. I’m pretty much like this, with making all the super complicated completely non canon lore shit just cause I can, just with Steven Universe instead of IZ. I can relate to this on a personal level lmao

This is pretty much what we have to accept as canon. And this makes it seem like more could’ve been done.

If there was an exam focusing on this entire video and the Irken Outcasts series, I would definitely rewatch all those videos so I can ace it easily without hesitation. Studying for an Irk History exam is way better than actual school exams.

I'm gonna be honest. I really like how thought-out and detailed the history is! It makes me feel like there's more to Invader Zim than the comics, movie, and TV show have brought to us. The Irken Outcast series itself is an amazing aspect and a well-written out fan series! I look forward to see more of the series, and if you would like me to help, I would be more than happy to! If not, then I will enjoy the series anyways! ^^

“Zim zam the space man!” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

99.9% Fan Fic .1% actual real facts from show. Which is the point I think.

I don't even watch Invader Zim, I didn't plan on finishing the video, but I did and this is now my new favorite thing

As a wise Cabal once said *Build a giant ship that can blow up a stars*

*excited noises of someone else agreeing that the irken empire likely does/should have sector heads of some sort rather than just a tallest or two* I already adored your lore stuff from what little I'd known but good hekk do I love it so much more with all this extra understanding And I love the reference that this format of lore video is making, left me smiling the whole time

✨zim zam the space man✨

holy shit i had no idea people had constructed so much of universe based around this goofy-ass show

this is so needlessly intricate and holy shit I'm only 5 and a half minutes in. 69/10

Rain you worked really hard on editing and putting this whole thing together! Please get some rest! While i'm glad the video is finally out there so we can talk more about backstories instead of being vague, please ! get some rest. I love the script and hopefully people will love the final product as well! EDIT: I really liked it! You really did a great job at explaining the unique timeline and events that happen in the story along with each character's backstory! I can't wait to get episode 4 out it's gonna be a blast hahaha !

The thought that was put into all of this is incredible! This is really entertaining and interesting to me at least! Amazing

Aww yeah, my boy Pilot Dib is involved

1:55 HMMMM, I wonder witch one’s evil!

The commander and his kid really resemble the characters from the Invader Byr comics.... My head hurts, this is so much information to process...

"zim zam the space man" god I love this,it's so interesting and intertaining

For a good chunk of this video I thought it was canon because I know almost nothing about IZ lore lol

I don’t get how people are this creative-

I like all of this story and lore - is it okay if I use it when talking about history in personal IZ fanfiction?? I'd only be referencing all these ocs and characters in past tense if i do use it but its nice to actually have something that makes logical sense to connect dots in my story with the issues that crop up from the history of the Irkens.

this is based off a fanfiction not invader zim lore people. so there are not “by the book” because its by their book mkay? ty

this is some damn good worldbuilding for such a classic series. Good job

Im at a loss of words, just... wow. This is amazing.

BEST HISTORY LESSON EVER

I love the short Irken. One of the cutest

You killed off the Resistie before they even appeared in the show? Also, what about Foodcourtia?

how did i not realise this was a rainbott video until the end??

that definitely will not come back to bite them later... wait

best 30 minutes of my life

*ZIM ZAM*

I can't wait for Zim's past to make a come back both with his family from Rise of Zim and his space friends. But both backstories explain we Zim caves acceptance when he mysteriously losses the people that raised him and his friends were lying to him and everyone else does give a shit or hate him.

In an alternate timeline we would've gotten 5 more seasons of Zim and therefore, have so SO much more lore to work with...

omg this sounds like the warrior cat summaries i love it!

I know most people like how diverse eye colours they have but I don't it seems out of place compared to most of the Canon Irkens but I guess there's anime eye colour so I'm usually good with it but most of them had this pinkish colour.

Lol you said you were nervous but you sounded very level! I didn’t check the description until you said fanfiction, literally thought this was canon somewhere haha! It’s very cool!

It feels like there is more, but I got slightly overwhelmed with this amount of lore

Zim zam The spaceman *wheeze*

I would be amazed if this could this meet wings of fire book series

This entire video made no sense and is melting my brain I absolutely love it and now i wanna watch invader zim

Lol rainbott is fluent in french. *giggles in dad joke*

Why are you so horribly awesome wtf im subbing

all I learn from this is that Red and Purple are ooooooooooooold

A few thoughts I had: 1. I can't wait for the Vortian Queen's kid (Emi, was it?) to show up. They seem pretty cool and they're very right about their mom (also, as an enby myself, I have to take interest in their general existence) 2. It took until Zyl was shown in his current state for me to connect the dots on who he was but the revelation was great 3. ...Mux is MARRIED??? First of all, dangit. Second of all, I won't lie, they seem pretty dang cute. Can't wait for him to potentially find his husband again 4. [pats Mux on head] This dad boy can fit so much trauma in him (seriously, ffs someone give him a hug...) 5. Tallest Zuu (Zhu? Zoo? However he spells it) has caused SO many problems but I still feel kinda bad for him. Maybe it's the vent gremlin thing... I do love Entrapta a lot... 6. Ryo: [wanted to be singer] Me: Oh OOF 7. I have several... "choice words" for Dan... Many of them profane, most of them violent 8. Seriously though I would love to meet Cik's other dad. And see him acting as Cik's other dad 9. The moon royals... I just... I love celestial aesthetics, okay? 10. I love that I now understand Norman's general existence that was kind of a meh point for me before now 11. Andy sounds great he's like a living Chuck Norris meme and I love that 12. "Oh yeah, and Taz is actually the last remaining actual Tallest" Wait, she's WHA- holy crap I love that 13. Upon the bleventeenth "which totally isn't gonna wind up biting them in the ass later..." I started entertaining the thought that making this into a drinking game would kill more people than the ass-biting itself, but let's be real, that's probably a *really* high bar to leap 14. Seriously though, f*** Dan 15. This actually answered a ton of questions I had from watching the series and I applaude you on this narrative like holy crap this is extensive I love it so much 15 out of 10 easily one of the best lore-dumps ever :D :D :D

i wanna see this as canon, i mean the show is already far beyond "PG".

ZIM Zam the spaceman

And you thought Zim was the main guy

All the detail and work put into this storyline is crazy, and I have no idea how you managed it, but its absolutely amazing! I can't wait for episode 4 of Irken Outcasts! (P.S. I'm sorry for the weirdness of this, I'm just terrible at writing sometimes and I can't say everything I wanna say about this it would take to long. I just hope you get all the rest and good vibes you need!)

Zim Zam the space man

When you said: “it’s on rainbott’s channel” I said:”YOU ARE ON RAINBOTT

I just rewatched this video and it’s a lot better knowing what we all know now.Also something I didn’t notice before was the most of the characters are very gay and that’s cool.

Y'all i love this but don't Irkens only live for like 800-1000 years? (10 earth year equals 1 year for them) How would Miyuki and Spork live so long unless the Empire is super young.

Imagine if the reason Zim doesnt want to make friends or be in any partner ships with anyone is because of how he was betrayed by what was said, "His first friend"

I ALMOST THOUGHT THIS WAS CANON ITS SO GOOD

That's a pretty good imagination you got there!

dude i lovee invader zim you make the best videos!

I love to just come on this video and watch it over and over again since I just love how you explained it, and I love Irken Outcasts as a whole! Keep up the great work Rain, and Happy New Year!

This is so cool! Rain, you did an incredible job at putting together the whole History of this! I'm super excited to find out what happens in the future now that I know the past!

TAK IS COMING YESSSSSSS

After all those leaders of Irk: THEN there were twooooo...

I don't remember this when I watched invader zim

The sarcasm is radiating off of my screen

This is ART

I can't wait to see more of irken out cast *makes excited dragon noises*

There is all good and all but so uncanonical. Gotta love those fan fics

Are you sure Zui isn't Ennard in alien form?

I now headcannon that humanity is the only speices to actually scare everyone else hence why no one actually knows where earth technically is

Thank you much for making this now I can understand the series

I can't believe Irk has basically the same origins as Cybertronians and presumably SU Gems.

Can I like, steal your version of the tallest? Like, not exactly, but I want the irkens to have been around for like ever, but we don't know any of the tallest before spoork and miyuki.

I'm so excited you always come up with awesome stuff I wish I could be have as talented as you are.

A little late to the party but-- Dib is drooling all over this I gurantee

Im so glad this exist

ngl I deadass watched this entire thing at 2 am believing this was a part of the actual og shows canon. I got so invested in the stories, the character development, the twists!! and then at the end I was so DARN confused and I just sat there, staring into space when words caught up to me and I finally realized I just watched the unnecessarily in depth summary of a long ass AU fanfic I had never heard of. One way or another, this was wild and even without knowing literally any context for this excepting the first two season of the original show, I was still hooked so I guess your doing something right! anyway thanks for the headache.

*furiously writing down character ideas*

Me explaining all of the rp lore that was starting to be made at around july 2021 and still going to my friends:

This video has gave me the will to continue living on planet earth. I can't tell you how many times I revisited this video. Maybe 10 times, which isn't a lot but it's 30 minutes long so that's a lot since this isn't a song from helluva boss

This is genuinely great stuff. Kudos. I've also been known to write excessively complex headcanons for various universes (see Hazbin Hotel)

This looks so cool, I’m really excited!

OMG THIS WAS SO COOL DUDE!! U PUT SO MU H EFFORT INTO IT GOOD JOB MAN IM SO INVESTED AAA :0

Holy crap that was EPIC!!!

Ok that's some good shit

This is canon for me now Also here you go m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8WdZrSDraewgpc.html fixed that little wrinkle about membrane

Theres an artist on deviantart named artsygum who came up with a IZ alternate where zim was born but wasn't raised by a cold metal machine like in the show instead he's raised by tallest purple and miyuki. I'm thinking this gave him a different mindset where he aint causing destruction in the empire and if thats how it went in the show I'd feel like his voice would sound more like Raz from psychonauts

As good as all this is (and it is quite good) I'm pretty sure that the Irkens were supposed to have a history nearly identical to ours, and were simply consumed by the problems facing us as we speak, until they degenerated into a horrific, and nearly automated ChiCom capitalist dystopia with no ideology or culture beyond a vague sense of manifest destiny and self superiority. Edit: I also don't think the Irken Empire is anywhere near this young.

the fact you managed to make all this up is impressive.

this is was instresting edit:the drawings are cool! even the other pictures this is giving me insperasion!

AAAAAA i can't wait for the premiere!!! :))) bet this is going to be amazing!

This is so good I listen to it all the time