History YMMV / ToejamAndEarl

* PeriodPiece: There's no way a game like this, with all it's bright and colorful, family-friendly hip-hop aesthetics could've been made outside of the early 90's (which is probably part of the reason why ''Mission to Earth'' flopped so hard.)

* PeriodPiece: There's no way a game like this could've been made outside of the early 90's (which is probably part of the reason why ''Mission to Earth'' flopped so hard.)

** Tourists in ''Panic on Funkotron'' can stun you with their cameras (and deal damage at the same time) if you don't duck before they take a picture, and in later stages love to hang out with other Earthlings who will definitely get in some free hits.
** Most flying enemies count as well, especially the fairy who moves rapidly and drops bags of some kind of pixie dust or something that makes you laugh uncontrollably (having the same effect as the tourists' camera flash) and the duck on a magic carpet who moves even faster and dive bombs you. The general strategy for either of them is to just constantly toss your jars into the air hoping they'll fly into them.

** Dogs in ''Panic on Funkotron''. They move quickly, but a single dog by itself isn't too much of a hassle. However, the game also likes to group them in threes with a dog lady, where they'll quickly tear you apart if you aren't quick on the draw or have Super Jars or a Funk-Vac handy. Finding just a single dog lady is even worse, because it means that the dogs are lying in wait for you to capture her before they jump out and ambush you.

** Most flying enemies count as well, especially the fairy who moves rapidly and drops bags of some kind of pixie dust or something that makes you laugh uncontrollably (having the same effect as the tourists' camera flash) and the duck on a magic carpet who moves even faster and dive bombs you. The general strategy for either of them is to just constantly jump and toss your jars into the air hoping they'll fly into them.

** In the same game, Tourists can also stun you with their camera (and deal damage at the same time) if you don't duck before they take a picture, and in later stages love to hang out with other Earthlings who will definitely get in some free hits.

** Single dogs in ''Panic on Funkotron'' move quickly, but aren't too much of a hassle. But the game also likes to group them in threes with a dog lady, where they'll quickly tear you apart if you aren't quick on the draw or have Super Jars or a Funk-Vac handy. Finding just a single dog lady is even worse, because it means that the dogs are lying in wait for you to capture her before they jump out and ambush you.

** The dogs in ''Panic on Funkotron'' move quickly, but aren't too much of a hassle. But the same also likes to group them in three with a dog lady, where they'll quickly tear you apart if you aren't quick on the draw or have Super Jars or a Funk-Vac handy. Finding just a single dog lady is even worse, because it means that the dogs are lying in wait for you to capture her before they jump out and ambush you.

** No mention of the Moleman/Dogman? He doesn't hurt you, but he will remove A LOT of presents from you, and moves very quickly. Oh, and did I mention that he mostly appears in [[QuicksandSucks quicksand levels]] where your moving speed is drastically lowered?

** Unless he saw Toe Jam and Earl ahead of time in that instance and put the bad package on top knowing it would be stolen. Well played, Santa.

** The Boogie Men are the worst. They're faster than you, they're ''invisible'' (aside from the occasional shadow appearing for a split-second and only when they move), they're ''everywhere'' on the higher levels, and exist on some lower levels unlike the other demonic spiders -- combined with the lack of MercyInvincibility, the sound of "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" is almost inevitably followed by the sound of a thrown controller. The Boogie Men's preferred terrain is sand, which TJ & E move slowly on, unless they are walking along an edge. Being on the edge means one "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" will knock you down to the previous level, but that may be preferable to being caught in a CycleOfHurting. Unless you fall into an area next to [[ItGotWorse two Boogie Men]].

** The Boogie Men are the worst. They're faster than you, they're ''invisible'' (aside from the occasional shadow appearing for a split-second and only when they move), they're ''everywhere'' on the higher levels, and exist on some lower levels unlike the other demonic spiders -- combined with the lack of MercyInvincibility, the sound of "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" is almost inevitably followed by the sound of a thrown controller. The Boogie Men's preferred terrain is sand, which TJ & E move slowly on, unless they are walking along an edge. Being on the edge means one "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" will knock you down to the previous level, but that may be preferable to being caught in a CycleOfHurting.

* FridgeLogic: You can steal presents from Santa, presents that were presumably intended for human children. These presents are totally random and do include the "Total Bummer" packages that instantly kill you. So... Santa is trying to straight-up murder naughty children now? Whatever happened to lumps of coal?

** The Boogie Men are the worst. They're faster than you, they're ''invisible'' (aside from the occasional shadow appearing for a split-second and only when they move), they're ''everywhere'' on the higher levels, and exist on some lower levels unlike the other demonic spiders -- combined with the lack of MercyInvincibility, the sound of "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" is almost inevitably followed by the sound of a thrown controller.

* FakeBalance: Earl has a little more health, but screw that, walking faster is a huge asset in this game. The difference between the two is pretty slight so it doesn't matter much.

** The Boogie Men are the worst. They're faster than you, they're ''invisible'', they're ''everywhere'' on the higher levels, and exist on some lower levels unlike the other demonic spiders -- combined with the lack of MercyInvincibility, the sound of "BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE" is almost inevitably followed by the sound of a thrown controller.

** But the Lawnmower Men are far worse. Their sheer speed combined with the aforementioned lack of MercyInvincibility basically translates running into one of these guys into a OneHitKill. As if that wasn't bad enough, they'll still chase you after you die, so unless you have a present that enables a speedy getaway, once your [[MercyInvincibility after-death invincibility]] wears off, chances are you'll just [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous die]] '' again''. This is enough to cause said thrown controllers to go through televisions. All of a sudden, the pits that take you to the previous level, normally an extremely annoying thing to happen, become your best friend.

** Considering that the game group that made Toejam and Earl's soundtrack later made that of {{Kid Chameleon}}...

** But the Lawnmower Men are far worse. Their sheer speed combined with the aforementioned lack of MercyInvincibility basically translates running into one of these guys into a OneHitKill. As if that wasn't [[ItGotWorse bad enough]], they'll still chase you after you die, so unless you have a present that enables a speedy getaway, once your [[MercyInvincibility after-death invincibility]] wears off, chances are you'll just [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous die]] '' again''. This is enough to cause said thrown controllers to go through televisions. All of a sudden, the pits that take you to the previous level, normally an extremely annoying thing to happen, become your best friend.