| Pustulio | |
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| Name | Pustulio |
| Use(s) | Hypnotization |
| First Appearance | Rise of the Zitboy |
| Users | Zim |
Pustulio was the name that Zim gave his greasy pimple in the episode "Rise of the Zitboy", which was its only appearance. Pustulio had hypnotic powers that took effect when someone looked directly at it.
Appearance
Pustulio was an over-sized pimple with a green tint, due to Zim's skin color, and filled with a large amount of pus, much like a water balloon, that sloshed around when moved, leading Pustulio to bounce up and down.
GIR drew a face on it, giving Pustulio hypnotic powers. Zim disguised it as his relative using a small purple tuxedo with a maroon tie and a undershirt with a lighter shade of purple.
Role in Invader Zim
During the episode "Rise of the Zitboy", Pustulio came about when GIR ordered a particularly greasy pizza; the contact with the oil caused the zit to appear almost immediately, presumably because of Zim's extreme sensitivity to Earth substances at the time. Acne Blast, a cream made to remove the zit, made the pimple grow larger and filled it with pus, hence the "pus" in "Pustulio".
After a face was drawn on the pimple, GIR looked into the drawn-on eyes and quickly became hypnotized, which was how Zim learned of its pimply powers. To make it pass as a human being, Zim attached a small body to the zit's underside, and thus Pustulio was born.
Zim quickly began using the pimple's power on the Skoolchildren, gathering a small army of prepubescents as he proudly paraded through the schoolyard; everyone who saw it followed behind, hypnotized, with Gaz being the only one not to fall under the control of Zim (due to her refusal to look at Pustulio).
Zim used the hypnotic power of Pustulio on Dib. Dib tried to resist, but he was ultimately mesmerized and was forced to reveal a weak spot in Zim's home security that he had discovered.
The zit eventually grew to an enormous size and exploded, covering the whole Skool ground in its pus. Dib was forced to clean it up.
Facts of Doom
- It is unknown if Zim is the first Irken to discover the hypnotic power of his blemish (even if this is an unusual case) or if it happens to all Irkens when coming in contact with certain food that don't have Irken ingredients or are dangerous to them.
- Pustulio seemed to have a different effect on the Skoolchildren than on GIR, as the skoolchildren stayed hypnotized without Pustulio looking at them.
- This implies that the effect has a different effect on different species, as GIR being a robot may have something to do with it and humans in the show are not particularly smart, so staying hypnotized may be due in part to an individual’s intelligence.
- Zim himself was almost hypnotized but he was able to break free with relatively ease.
Gallery
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| Characters of Invader Zim |
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| Main Characters |
| Zim • GIR • Dib Membrane • Gaz Membrane |
| Supporting Characters |
| Almighty Tallest Purple • Almighty Tallest Red • Ms. Bitters • Professor Membrane |
| Minor Characters |
| Invader Skoodge • Keef • Minimoose • Tak • President Man • Roboparents • Lard Nar • Skool Principal |
| Background Characters |
| Adult Dib • Old Kid • Hobo • Alan • Meef • Skoolchildren |
| Temporary Characters |
| Mortos der Soulstealer • Sergeant Slab Rankle • Sergeant Hobo 678 • Shadow Hog • Chickenfoot • Sizz-Lorr • Gashloog • Willy • Iggins • Walton Chunky • Pigboy |
| Canceled Characters |
| Louie • Digestor • Almighty Tallest Spork • Almighty Tallest Miyuki • Bloody GIR • Cthulu • Cybernetic Kitten • Dinky • Little Timmy |