"[first lines] I used to look up at space with hope and wonder in my eyes. Until space looked back. Invader Zim-- evil, alien soldier of the Irken Empire, sent by his diabolical masters, the Almighty Tallest, to infiltrate Earth and prepare it for the coming invasion. Disguised as one of us, he moved into my neighborhood, he went to my school, and with the help of his vile mechanical servants, plotted to destroy everything we have – everything we are. And then... he vanished. My name is Dib Membrane. I'm 12 years old. And I'm all that stands between Zim and the annihilation of our world!"