History WesternAnimation / EarthWormJim

* BiggerOnTheInside: Jim's suit, which has tunnels big enough for Jim and Snott to casually crawl through, complete with giant killer security robots wandering them.
-->'''Jim:''' You're right! This IS a violation of the laws of physics! I'll notify the Physics Police at once!

** Relatively speaking, to the extent that a hyper-evolved worm in a super-suit can be: Jim once had his super-suit replaced with one that gave him the strength of a normal person. A normal, really big person, as Professor Monkey-for-a-Head found out the hard way.

* BoisterousWeakling: The Sword of Righteousness is a hopeless bag of douche who has clearly never won a fight before, yet he still thinks he can somehow boss the real heroes (Earthworm Jim) around. "NOW, JIM. EXPLOIT HIS WEAKNESSES! SUMMON THE WARRIOR WITHIN! FEEL THE BURN! DESTROY HIM WITH HIS OWN EVIL!"

* PerformanceArtist: Peter Puppy has used interpretative dance, splatter paint puppetry and poetry recital to describe his inner sadness.

* WorldOfHam: ''Oh yeah''. When you've got Creator/DanCastellanetta, Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/JimCummings ''and'' Creator/CharlieAdler among the voice cast, ham is going to be the main course.

* CreatorCameo: [[spoiler:The Great Worm Spirit's true form, revealed in "Hyper-Psycrow", turns out to be Doug [=TenNapel=].]] [[spoiler:This is even lampshaded when he brings up the ending credits to prove it.]]

* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Subverted. Professor Monkey-For-A-Head can replicate the super suit at will. It's just that he can't power the damn thing without another [[ForgedByTheGods Battery of the Gods]] and when he went to them to try and get a new one, they turned him into a bread maker.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Jim has a horrible weakness to "Wormtonite," which only appears once and has unpredictable horrible effects on him. Rather than coming from some bizarre alien planet, it's just something the two found in their fridge (Peter thinks it used to be cheese).

* WorldOfHam

* AdaptedOut: There are characters from the original game who never appear in the cartoon, most notably Major Mucus, Chuck and Dr. Duodenum.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Peter complains "Who writes this garbage?" in "Darwin's Nightmare", after Jim says his plot development alarm went off, and the script gets faxed to him.

-->'''Jim:''' I appreciate you're taking the time to discuss my feelings, [[PunnyName Snott]]. How do I feel? Well, perhaps this little puppet play I've written will explain. (sticks two forks into the table)(waves salt shaker between the prongs of the forks) I am Earthworm Jim. Woe is me for I am wrongfully imprisoned.(grabs mustard bottle) I am Peter. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Sad and unhappy am I]] [[AmbiguouslyGay without Jim]]. BOO HOO! BOO HOO HOO HOO!! My life is without purpose. [[TheWoobie Emptiness wells up in my tortured soul.]] I'm going to...GOING TO...(squirts [[UnusualEuphemism mustard]] all over the table)(grabs ketchup bottle) [[UnfortunateName I am Snott]], I also am indeed BLEAUGH! (squirts ketchup all over the table)(grabs the sugar and a jar of jelly) I'm just the sugar but I'm gonna barf too, and the [[SanitySlippage JELLY, JELLY BARF, JELLY BARF!!!]](soaks his hands in the mixture and theatrically displays them to the audience) [[LargeHam BEHOLD the GOOEY SLOP of our SORROW! (smears the mixture all over his face with his hands) IT IS...SLOBBER...DAMMERUNG!!!]] ''[[ChewingTheScenery THE TWILIGHT OF THE CONDIMENTS! WEEP FOR THEM, WEEP FOR THEIR SORROW-HO-HOHO-HOHH!!!]]''\\

-->"You know, after a few days in space, some people see strange things but, not me, pal. ''[Jim flies by screaming]'' Like, uh... just now, for instance. I definitely did NOT see a big worm. ''[Jim [[RubberyWorld bounces on a pair of rubbery planetary rings]] and flies by screaming again]'' NOTHIN' HERE IN SPAAAACE, NO SIRREE, LALALALALALA!"

* RubberyWorld: In "Sword of Righteousness", Jim bounces off a pair of rubbery planetary rings after being hit by a giant golf club.

-->"You know, after a few days in space, some people see strange things but, not me, pal. ''[Jim flies by screaming]'' Like, uh... just now, for instance. I definitely did NOT see a big worm. ''[Jim bounces on a planetary ring and flies by screaming again]'' NOTHIN' HERE IN SPAAAACE, NO SIRREE, LALALALALALA!"

* SadlyMythtaken: Surprisingly partly averted in one case. The [[BadassSanta Santa Claus]] of this universe was known by a different name in his young net days: [[SuddenlyShouting Woden, Norse god of judgment!]] Woden is another name for Odin, who was indeed (among other things) the god of judgment. Played straight in terms of appearance and weapon, this Woden has both of his eyes and wields a large axe instead of Orin’s signature spear Gungnir.
* SanitySlippage: Peter slowly but surely sinks into this after Jim's wrongful imprisonment in Conqueror Worm.

* {{Narrator}}

-->'''Jim:''' I appreciate you're taking the time to discuss my feelings, [[PunnyName Snott]]. How do I feel? Well, perhaps this little puppet play I've written will explain. (sticks two forks into the table)(waves salt shaker between the prongs of the forks) I am Earthworm Jim. Woe is me for I am wrongfully imprisoned.(grabs mustard bottle) I am Peter. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Sad and unhappy am I]] [[AmbiguouslyGay without Jim]]. BOO HOO! BOO HOO HOO HOO!! My life is without purpose. [[TheWoobie Emptiness wells up in my tortured soul.]] I'm going to...GOING TO...(squirts [[UnusualEuphemism mustard]] all over the table)(grabs ketchup bottle) [[UnfortunateName I am Snott]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I also am indeed BLEAUGH!]] (squirts ketchup all over the table)(grabs the sugar and a jar of jelly) I'm just the sugar but I'm gonna barf too, and the [[SanitySlippage JELLY, JELLY BARF, JELLY BARF!!!]](soaks his hands in the mixture and theatrically displays them to the audience) [[LargeHam BEHOLD the GOOEY SLOP of our SORROW! (smears the mixture all over his face with his hands) IT IS...SLOBBER...DAMMERUNG!!!]] ''[[ChewingTheScenery THE TWILIGHT OF THE CONDIMENTS! WEEP FOR THEM, WEEP FOR THEIR SORROW-HO-HOHO-HOHH!!!]]''\\

* TheUnintelligible: Snot.

** In "The Anti-Fish," Jim and Peter have to work with Bob and Number 4 to save the Great Worm Spirit and the whole universe. This is only after the titular villan betrays Bob and the villain realizes that he can't rule a universe if its destroyed.

* TimeTravel: "The Anti-Fish" shows two "easy" ways of time travel. There is the Sewer of Time, where each manhole leads to a different time period. The other one is the Restaurant of Time, which automatically takes you to a specific period based on what you eat. The only catch for the second method is dealing with a ShockinglyExpensiveBill. Worst Case Scenario, you have to work to pay off the bill, which would take "pseudo-years" to finish.

* EnemyMine:
** In "The Anti-Fish," Jim and Peter have to work with Bob and Number 4 to save the Great Worm Spirit and the whole universe.

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: In the episode featuring Hyper Psycrow, Jim and Peter retreat to the room of the elderly superhero The Puce Dynamo. Amongst the Dynamo's paraphernalia is a framed letter from US president Harry Truman, which Peter reads aloud: "Thank you for offering to end UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but we have a bomb we wanna try out."

* CatsAreMean: Evil the Cat.

* ComedicHero

* DeadpanSnarker: Psy-Crow. Also, Peter Puppy - ''especially'' in the second season.

* IdiotHero: Jim has four [[InformedAbility incredibly advanced worm brains]].

* CatchPhrase: Plenty.
** Jim has two: "Groovy!" and "Eat dirt!"
** Peter Puppy: [[MadnessMantra "I must not fear, fear is the mind killer..."]] in tight situations.
** Evil the Cat: After he gets a plan thwarted, he'll follow up with "A minor setback."
** Henchrat: After Evil beats him up, "thank you!"
** Bob the Killer Goldfish: "Go forth and destroy!"

* IceCreamKoan: The Master of Wow-Lin, whom Jim claims to have studied under. He spouts nothing but useless platitudes so nonsensical even Jim is quick to realize he's "a senile old [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar bat-nugget]]."