Script Revision Game Plan

In order to more effectively re-write the screenplay for "Invader ZIM: The Doom Movie!" I have created a list of the "scenes" along with aspects of that section which make it important and/or necessary (i.e. those which advance the movie's plot in any way).

ACT ONE

1. The Escape/Opening Credits
     -Establishes Irk as a planet/location.
     -Establishes Defective Area 9, how Irkens are branded "defective" and what goes on there.
     -Shows that a defective escapes and that this is kept a secret.

2. Universal Conquest
     -Impending Doom II is shown as completed (Meekrob has been conquered).
     -Resisty established as being behind bars on Meekrob.
     -Since they're bored, the Tallest decide to blow Zim's cover and leave him stranded on Earth.

3. Smoots
     -Zim is established as a power-hungry maniac bent on global domination.
     -Smoots introduced as an escaped defective and a complete nobody. She's Zim's problem now.
     -The Tallest discover that Smoots has escaped and act relieved when they find out she's a nobody. It's as if they're scared that someone higher than them would find out.

4. The First Last Day of Skool
     -Dib and Gaz are introduced and established.
     -Dib finds out about Smoots - first "real" conflict established
     -Dib chases Zim and Smoots home - just to keep the film flowing.

5. Irk or Bust
     -Tallest crush Zim's hopes and dreams by landing on Earth, telling him his mission's a fake, blowing his cover, blowing up his ship, and stranding him.
     -Master Control Brain FINALLY introduced as the lead villain and a threat above the Tallest. He tells them not to pull a stunt like this again (not for Zim's sake - for the sake of maintaining control).
     -Zim, convinced that the Tallest have been hypnotized into lying, decides to go to Irk to "free them". Dib tags along.

ACT TWO

6. Ambush
     -Skoodge established as stranded on Hobo 13 without fuel. Tak crash-lands here and hypnotizes Skoodge.
     -Skoodge, hypnotized, ambushes Zim's house-ship. Zim barely escapes. This now introduces Tak as a legitimate threat. Plot is complicated further.

7. Welcome to Irk
     -Zim realizes that Gaz and Dib need disguises. They get some disguises.
     -Zim discovers that the Tallest really do hate him and he really wasn't an invader. Zim becomes revenge-bent. He and the others are subsequently captured and nearly executed.
     -Zim is "rescued" by Tak - this is just so she can do him in later on. The distraction allows the others to escape to... DEFECTIVE AREA 9.

8. The Hive Mind
     -Master Control Brain takes over every non-defective Irken in the universe b/c he's fed up with how the Tallest are running things.
     -We're introduced to some important Defectives in DA9.
     -Because of the M.C.B. taking over, Tak turns right as she's about to kill Zim. This gives Zim a chance to escape, and it also gives him a clue as to what's going on.

9. The Battle of the Defectives
     -We discover that the Resisty has left Meekrob's prison, having hacked into the MCB and forced it not to harm them.
     -The MCB assaults Defective Area 9 as Zim works up a plan to fight it.
     -Zim destroys the Master Control Brain, thereby saving all Irkens... maybe.

ACT THREE

7. Here Comes the Storm
     -Zim is set at the lowest of lows: The Tallest, upon returning to normal, find that all the Defectives have escaped, the city is in ruins, and Zim is responsible for it. They label Zim "Defective" and throw him into DA9. Zim loses all hope. :-(
     -The Resisty arrive and discover that the MCB is gone. *shrug* oh well. PREPARE THE INVASION! They make a death threat to the Tallest, who launch a battle in space. The Resisty is outnumbered and outgunned. Losing quickly.
     -Zim undergoes an internal debate and decides to go and help the Irkens! There is NO way that this will wind up backfiring at ALL.
     -Dib sends a transmission to the Resisty, who enlist his help. He's got a mission now: go to the Tallest Tower, sneak around, and hack into the Massive, disabling its shields.

8. The End.
     -Dib hacks into the Massive, but isn't able to blow it up because Gaz beats him up and takes his laptop batteries so she can keep playing her game.
     -Zim, now in a space-ship, shoots at the Resisty's flagship. The Resisty move out of the way and the laser blast hits the Massive instead.
     -The Massive falls to Irk and, to make a long story short, BOOM! The entire planet explodes, destroying every ship in the battle. We see Zim and GIR floating in empty space. The end. :D