Irken
Homeworld	Irk
Skin	Light Green
Eyes	Ruby, pink, purple, red,navy , green
Notable Facts	Antennae, PAK, hairless, no nose or ears.
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The Irkens are an imperialistic race of green-skinned humanoids from the planet Irk . The basic goal of the Irken race is total universal conquest. They mostly attain this feat with the aid of the Massive, the flagship of their military and personal vessel of the Almighty Tallest, which aids in planetary destruction via a sort of final attack called the Organic Sweep.

Contents 1 Methods of Conquering 2 Irken Society 3 see also 4 References

Methods of Conquering Edit

The Irkens institute the Organic sweep when one of their own, an Irken Invader, has successfully infiltrated and taken over a planet they intend to conquer, in order to let the rest of the universe know that planet is now Irken territory. The intelligent inhabitants of the planet seem to be forced to work as slaves while unintelligent inhabitants are simply killed off. The planet is then given a single purpose. For example, Foodcourtia became an intergalactic food court, the planet Vort became Irk's top military research prison, and Blorch became a parking structure planet.

Irken Society Edit

Irken society is best described as a hierarchy based solely on height; tall individuals are respected and usually assigned to high-ranking jobs. Short individuals, on the other hand, are looked down upon both figuratively and literally, and are usually assigned to menial labor. The tallest living Irken (or Irkens) is selected to rule the Irken Empire as the Almighty Tallest.

The rest of the universe that know of the Irkens consider them to be bloodthirsty, tyrannical and dictatorial, which may be true to an extent. However, the Almighty Tallest and the Control Brains determine what the Irken population thinks through PAK programming. Considering Irkens bloodthirsty and tyrannical is therefore a matter of perspective, because Irken thoughts are actually pre-programmed. Despite this, they do have a brain capable of independent thought. Irkens do not sleep, though it is not known why.

Zim is an Irken Defective; due to the "forty schmillion" errors in his PAK, he is not programmed like the other Irkens, but since even he is still extremely militaristic and feels a need to conquer, it is logical to assume the general Irken mindset is focused on universal domination.

Irkens are born via cloning vats deep under Irk's surface, and the Irken PAK is installed seconds after. A baby Irken, or smeet, then gets all existing knowledge in the Irken database downloaded into his/her brain and then immediately reports for duty. Until they are of age, however, young Irkens are not permitted on Irk's surface.

see alsoEdit

• Irk
• Irken Empire
• Irken Military
• Irken Technology
• irken Biology
• Irken Jobs
• Irken History
• Irken PAK
• Irken Smeet
• Irken Defective

ReferencesEdit

Irken Empire
Irk • Irken • Irken Biology • Irken Disguises • Irken History • Irken Invaders • Irken Jobs • Irken Armada • Irken PAK • Irken Smeet • Irken Society • Irken Technology • Written Irken Language

Species of Invader Zim
Hogulus • Human • Irken • Large Nostril People • Martian • Meekrob • Nhar-Gh'ok • Rock Species • Screwheads • Slaughtering Rat People • Brain Eating Parasite • Plookesian