Mortos Der Soulstealer
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Mortos Der Soulstealer is episode 22A of Invader Zim. This episode did not air on Nickelodeon in the United States, but did air on Nicktoons in the USA on June 17, 2006.
[edit] Plot
The episode opens with a shadowy figure standing in a cemetery. The figure watches as a portal opens in the ground and a large monster falls to the ground. The figure, stepping into the light to be revealed as Dib, asks the monster if he is, in fact, Mortos Der Soulstealer. Mortos yells that he is and launches into a lengthy description of where he came from. Every thousand years, when two planets line up, the door to the place beneath the overworld is opened, allowing Mortos to walk among mortals for one day.
Dib asks Mortos to help him by stealing Zim's soul, as Zim is doing something with an evil-looking box labeled mutant vermin, and then throwing the mutated creatures into various places, but Mortos says he does not want to waste time "stealing life juice from bug man from outer space" and begins to walk away. Dib stops him, saying that according to the ancient phamplet, Mortos must grant one mortal a wish before he can return to the spooky realm. Mortos reluctantly agrees to go along with Dib, but after being away for so long, Mortos must first recharge his powers.
Mortos takes Dib to MacMeaties and orders a massive amount of food but since he doen't carry cash, Mortos makes Dib pay. Then throughout the episode, Mortos mooches off of Dib to recharge, buying rubber pants and bothering puppies in pet stores. While Mortos is running off, Zim is seen throwing mutant rodents into windows. Dib calls Zim's name a few times, but from across the street, Zim cannot hear him. Dib says he has a secret weapon. Due to not hearing this, Zim says, "That's very nice of you!" Dib repeats that sentence and Zim has GIR launch a "sammich" (sandwich) from his own head, which smacks Dib in the face.
However, when Dib at last needs Mortos to grant his wish, he is busy fighting with Zim. Mortos, who is ready to grant Dib's wish mistakenly grants a feckle wish of a bystander to have ice cream. The bystander then says "ew, raisins!" and throws it onto the ground.
Mortos then returns to the place beneath the overworld, leaving Dib defeated and in trouble with the pet store owner.
[edit] Trivia
- Mortos' name sounds similar to the Spanish language word "muerto", which means "dead", though it is most likely a derivative of Latin "mort" meaning death.
- The nose of the clerk who gives Mortos the rubber pants keeps disappearing.
- Two of the fabled Bloody Gir frames appears in this episode during the introduction. One can be found as the cables burst from Zim's house. Careful observation just before the scene changes to Dib will yield this image. Another is just at the very beginning when the camera sweeps over various tombstones. These are both achievable with a freeze-frame function on a DVD player. It can also be seen in the episode Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy and probably more.
- Jhonen has stated that this is his least favorite episode ever.
- The name of the owner of the puppy store is Maurice the Puppy Man.
