History YMMV / ToejamAndEarl

* {{Jerkass}}: Most Earthlings seem to be trying to kill Toejam and Earl through jerkassery rather than through intentional evil.

* TheScrappy: Latisha in the third game. Fans pointed out the series was called ''[=ToeJam=] and Earl'' for this reason and that she added nothing other than to fill out TheSmurfettePrinciple.
* ScrappyMechanic: The Goddamn RANDOMIZER! It randomizes every present (including itself) so you don't know what's inside any of them and have to start again from scratch.
** As a result, identifying the randomizer is the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of any run of the first game. Sure, to the untrained eye, you simply talked to a man dressed as a carrot who caused the word "????????" to turn into the word "randomizer", but still.
** There are actually circumstances in which the Randomizer can be an ''asset'' -- since it changes not only the appearance of presents but their content, if you have an inventory full of undesirable items, spinning the roulette wheel is bound to turn some of them into helpful things instead. Of course, this is better used near the end of the game where you won't have to worry about re-identifying many presents.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Just look at how many tropes listed deal with the first game. ''Back In The Groove'' while being a MegamixGame, uses the style of the original and leans on it much more than the sequels.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Just look at how many tropes listed deal with the first game.

** The baby alien in ''Back In The Groove'' and its UndergroundMonkey variant will randomize some of your presents when they bump into you, undoing some of your hard work identifying them.

** Even worse than the fake elevators are the Spanish Inquisition ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]); if they catch you, you immediately get dropped down ''through the floor'. Needless to say, you're gonna be making reverse progress ''a lot'' in this game.

*** They came back in ''Back in the Groove'', and they're arguably ''even worse'', as now they can drain nearly your entire health bar in a single hit, while your offensive options against them are greatly reduced. The best advice if you see one is simply to ''stay the hell away''.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: There's no way a game like this, with all it's bright and colorful, family-friendly, TotallyRadical 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.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The guy in the carrot suit from the first game, since he has the very useful ability of identifying unmarked presents.

*** It also has a tendency to drop you into shark-infested water.

* {{{Jerkass}}}: Most Earthlings seem to be trying to kill Toejam and Earl through jerkassery rather than through intentional evil.

* GoodBadBugs: "Lil Kid Mode" in ''Panic on Funkotron'' ends after five levels but you can still access 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 by entering in passwords for those levels. By doing this, all the earthlings can be defeated with only two jars.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The first game even lets you jam to it.
** Considering that the game group that made Toejam and Earl's soundtrack later made that of ''VideoGame/KidChameleon''...
** The animated trailer for the Kickstarter features a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXbj1xun1Lg delightfully funky]] ExpositoryThemeTune performed by the duo's voice actors from ''Mission to Earth.''

* MostWonderfulSound:

** As a result, identifying the randomizer is the CrowningMomentOfAwesome of any run of the first game. Sure, to the untrained eye, you simply talked to a man dressed as a carrot who caused the word "????????" to turn into the word "randomizer", but still.

** As a result, identifying the randomizer is the CrowningMomentOfAwesome of any run of the first game. Sure, to the untrained eye, all you do was talked to a man dressed as a carrot who caused the word "????????" to turn into the word "randomizer", but still.

* VindicatedByHistory: The second game was a ContestedSequel when it first came out, primarily due to the heavy ExecutiveMeddling ordered by Sega. Nowadays, it's enjoyed as much as the original.

** Considering that the game group that made Toejam and Earl's soundtrack later made that of ''KidChameleon''...

* NauseaFuel: Among the bad foods in the third game is maggot-filled egg salad with vomit sauce...''[[ExtremeOmnivore which Earl can eat!]]''

* HellIsThatNoise: '''BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE!!!'''
** The sequel adds "Poochie poo!" and "Babies!", meaning there's a dog lady (and probably lots of dogs) nearby.
** "SURPRISE!", the sound byte that plays when several enemies jump out of the trees and ambush you.