Hobo 13

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Hobo 13 is an episode of the television series Invader Zim. Originally produced as episode 15A, "Hobo 13" aired as episode 20A on July 12, 2002 and aired with episode 20B on September 28, 2002.

[edit] Plot

When Zim constantly keeps petitioning the Almighty Tallest for equipment, they remind him that he is not a battle soldier, and that he doesn't have the training. So they send Zim to Hobo 13, a training camp for the best of soldiers. Zim thinks he will prove himself to the Tallest; they just hope he'll die once and for all. But when he becomes the leader of his squad in training, sacrificing members for his safety, Zim is more cunning than it seems.

Meanwhile, Bob, a servant of the Tallest, was forced into betting on Zim, when other Irkens bet large sums of "monies" (apparently, planet's currency) that Zim would be killed in various brutal fashions. At the very end when Zim survives and completes the test (and even bests Sgt. Hobo.), Bob defies the Tallest and throws his servant gear (a table with a brace like a helmet) on the ground and says "You can serve yourselves from now on!".

He is later seen at the end in Zim's newly granted ship strapped to the back seat promptly trying to warn Zim of the imminent doom they are approaching.

[edit] Trivia

  • On the trip to Hobo 13, Zim is humming the Opening Theme to the show.
  • Nickelodeon did not like this episode, because they believed it had nothing to do with Zim's mission, although the only reason Zim went through training was so he could receive super weapons from the Tallest.
  • In this episode, Invader Skoodge is not wearing his PAK, when Irkens can live only ten minutes with their PAK off, Zim on the other hand has his covered up with his power suit.
  • In this episode, Invader Skoodge's constant returning from the brink of death appears to be a reference to Kenny from South Park.
  • This episode has Invader Skoodge playing the largest roll of any episode he is in, though it's still a minor one. If the series hadn't been cancelled, Jhonen Vasquez had planned to have him move in with Zim, as confirmed by the DVD commentary for this episode.


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Season One Episodes Pilot • The Nightmare Begins • Parent Teacher Night • Walk of Doom • Bestest Friend • NanoZIM • Germs • Dark Harvest • Attack of the Saucer Morons • The Wettening • Career Day • Battle-Dib • A Room with a Moose • Hamstergeddon • Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain • Planet Jackers • Rise of the Zitboy • Plague of Babies • Bloaty's Pizza Hog • Bolognius Maximus • Game Slave 2 • Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom • Mysterious Mysteries • Future Dib • Door to Door • FBI Warning of Doom • Battle of the Planets • Abducted • The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot • Megadoomer • Lice • Tak: The Hideous New Girl • GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff • Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom • Hobo 13 •

Walk for Your Lives
Season Two Episodes The Most Horrible X-mas Ever • Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars • Mortos Der Soulstealer • Zim Eats Waffles • The Girl Who Cried Gnome • Dibship Rising • Vindicated • The Voting of the Doomed • Gaz, Taster of Pork • The Frycook What Came from All That Space • unfinished episodes
Main Characters Zim • GIR • Dib • Gaz • Almighty Tallest
Planets Callnowia • Conventia • Foodcourtia • Irk • Meekrob
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