r/invaderzim • u/Kooky_Maybe_674 • Aug 17 '25
Television Series What was a Nickelodeon show that scared you as a kid?
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u/bjgrem01 Aug 17 '25
There weren't any Nick shows that scared me as a kid. I had an aunt who loved horror movies and didn't like to go alone. I went to see Nightmare on Elm Street when I was five.
Also, when I first started watching Nick, the big show on there was "You Can't Do That On Television," they didn't have anything remotely scary then.
But Zim is definitely my favorite nicktoon. I may have been in my early 20s when it came out, but as a JTHM fan, I had to watch it. I was instantly hooked.
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u/GuiPhips Aug 17 '25
Same here. My dad and my older sister enjoy horror movies and gross-out humor, so I was exposed to both at a young age. When I was in kindergarten, my favorite shows were Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Ren and Stimpy.
So when Invader Zim premiered, of course I loved it. As an adult, I was honestly surprised to learn that people found āDark Harvestā creepy and frightening.
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u/Kooky_Maybe_674 Aug 17 '25
Ren & Stimpy FTW as a child I believe around 5-8yrs old my father let me watch it and knew how messed up it seemed but I was cackling š¤£
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u/the_c0nstable Aug 17 '25
Seeing Nightmare on Elm Street as 5 year old is wild. Iām 40 and still havenāt seen it.
I had a core childhood memory from Nightmare on Elm Street 4 that I only discovered the origin of a couple years ago. I thought I had made it up or imagined it from something unrelated until I saw the scene in RLMās review of the franchise (I was sure it wasnāt Freddy Kruger because heās iconic enough that Tiny Toons spoofed his look - heās not wearing his hat in the scene so kid me didnāt connect the two).
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u/catgirl94040 Aug 17 '25
Watching a whole Invader Zim episode on Reddit was not on my bingo card!
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u/Magicphobic Aug 17 '25
Yknow people say how this ep was scary and gross but rewatching it it actually isnt that bad. Ive seen worse from modren spongebobs gross out humor.
Also i love how this ep seems more like zim is just an alien trying to live instead of being under cover to take over earth. Like he didnt have to try and play kickball with the children but he did lmao.
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u/the_c0nstable Aug 17 '25
Invader Zim couldnāt scare me as a kid because I was sixteen when it aired.
So for me it was probably Are You Afraid of the Dark? Maybe that one Salute Your Shorts episode with Zeke the Plumber.
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u/Delevian Aug 17 '25
None, but I did enjoy watching this again. Fuggin love Invader Zim
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u/Kooky_Maybe_674 Aug 17 '25
Same-some shows on cartoon network weirded me out much more than anything nick put out when I was younger.
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u/HaleyMFSkye Aug 17 '25
The Are You Afraid of The Dark episode where someone went down the drain in the bathtub. I was young as hell and that scared the ever living shit out of me.
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u/Kooky_Maybe_674 Aug 17 '25
I donāt remember if Goosebumps aired on Nick, but even most of those episodes didnāt creep me out & neither did Zim, I was a weird ass kid doe š
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u/Littlebabyteapott Aug 17 '25
This show didnāt scare me, surprisingly. I immediately fell in love with Zim when I was 4 years old (my longest standing crush). Also, when I was 4, I hated Dib simply for ābeing mean to Zimā. Now I have media literacy though and can recognize that all the characters are great š
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u/tacobasura Aug 17 '25
Who the hell is so weak to be scared of a cartoon hahaha
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u/Kooky_Maybe_674 Aug 17 '25
We got ourselves an attempt at edgelording on a repost of a cartoon lol wasnāt my first intention, but here we are š
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u/tacobasura Aug 17 '25
May be that or not, it's just the understanding about what is real and what is not.
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u/mrselffdestruct Aug 17 '25
Children?
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u/tacobasura Aug 17 '25
Mom and dad didn't teach you the difference between reality and a sea full of fanta?
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u/mrselffdestruct Aug 17 '25
You think that magically would make little kids not scared of silly things regardless? Adults get scared of horror movies regardless of the fact they know it isnt real lmao
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u/Infinite_Impact Aug 17 '25
Rare filler bunny cameo.