History Characters / EarthwormJim

* OverlyLongName: Overly long and accurately gross.

* TheBlob: He's a glob of green ooze.

* MismatchedEyes: His left eye is green, while the right one appears irisless (they both have pupils, though).

* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: In the cartoon, the Professor admits the monkey is in fact a chimpanzee who glued the tail on because he feels like he's a monkey trapped in a apes body.

* DoesThisRemindsYouOfAnything: In the cartoon, the Professor admits the monkey is in fact a chimpanzee who glued the tail on because he feels like he's a monkey trapped in a apes body.

* AllMenArePerverts: In the cartoon. One of his only three brain cells is always occupied with finding where the girls are hiding.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jim's favorite food is apparently chip butties [[note]]a British sandwich that uses fries or chips between the bread[[/note]], as they appear as mega-healing powerups in the second game.

* InvincibleVillain: In the games, you cannot avoid or fight back against Peter if he hulks out, just prevent it or expect a maiming. The cartoons justify this as he is Jim's best friend.

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure
* NonMammalianHair[=/=]RapunzelHair
* NonMammalMammaries

* Catchphrase: "OW! Thank you."

* GirlyGirl: Dresses, speaks and acts more feminine than her original counterpart

* {{Slapstick Knows No Gender}}: Gets mauled by Evil Peter Puppy and later in a flying duel with her good counterpart gets flung into a rock wall by a volleyball net.

* HarmlessVillain: In the games... sorta. He may be an AnticlimaxBoss, but his level is grueling and his minions are formidable fighters. In the cartoons, he is bumbling like all the others but can cause trouble for Jim in his schemes. The cartoon plays with this, though capable of being a threat on occasion he is still easily the most problem prone and most pathetic of Jim’s villains.

* GoneHorriblyRight: In the cartoons, Bob's plans often turn up like this. Show them how to "destroy, destroy, destroy"? One of them attacks him in the same manner. Awaken the Anti-Fish? It not only refuses to obey him, but sets off to destroy the entire universe by eating the Great Worm Spirit, forcing Bob into an EnemyMine situation with Jim if he wants to be able to conquer the universe. Mutate the entire fish population of La Planeta de Agua ([[RunningGag ¡arriba!]]) to have super intelligence? They realize he is a dangerous megalomaniac who must be obliterated and turn on him.

* HarmlessVillain: In the games... sorta. He may be an AnticlimaxBoss, but his level is grueling and his minions are formidable fighters. In the cartoons, he is bumbling like all the others but can cause trouble for Jim in his schemes.

* Multiple-ChoicePast: The reason for his, um, "condition" varies based on the medium. The games don't offer any kind of origin outside the (arguably canon) N64 game, which implies it's hereditary (as seen by his late great aunt Baroness Beaver-For-A-Head). The cartoon doesn't offer any origin either, although its apparently such a common occurrence that there are self-help groups for it. As for the comic, this is done on purpose; TenNapel has stated that he has no idea why the Professor is the way he is and has no intention of ever deciding on it any time soon.

'''2020 Comic:''' Although never revealed in the actual comic (yet), this incarnation is actually an Earth woman who was adopted by Slug-For-A-Butt at some point. She disagrees with her mother's methods of planetary destruction and steals the Super Suit, allowing it to eventually make its way to Earth. She is far more level headed than Jim, and although not as much of a warrior as in the cartoon, is still the driving force of the group in their quest to defeat her adopted mother.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Played for laughs in the 1995 comic, where Bob repeatedly belittles and dismisses Princess What's-Her-Name due to her gender. When he learns she's beating up all of his minions after being abducted, he's amazed that his forces could be thwarted by a "mere girl", despite knowing that she's an Insectikette, whose species [[SuperStrength has the strength of 100 men]].

'''Cartoon:''' Depraved ruler of Planet Heck, the source of all true evil, this mad feline yearns to destroy the universe. Voiced by Edward Hibbert.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Jim may be an idiot, but he's still a very capable crime fighter. This is especially shown in ''Egg Beater'' where Jim [[spoiler:manages to fight most of his RoguesGallery at the same time [[MomentOfAwesome and come out victorious.]]]]

* LargeHam: In the cartoon.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jim has to fight her titanic hindquarters in the form of the slug-like tip, which shoots projectiles at him. [[ToiletHumor Um...wait a minute...]]

A twisted opposite of Jim spawned when a distorted photo-copied image of Jim was exposed to toxic waste, Evil Jim yearns to destroy his heroic counterpart. Voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta.

* EvilTwin

* CatsAreMean: The core precept behind Evil the Cat.

* DumbMuscle: #4 is so dimwitted, he can be tricked to chasing a clockwork mouse that's been tied to his tail... but is strong enough that even Jim fears getting into melee with him.

* MobileFishbowl: He's a regular goldfish in a bowl who gets carried around by a musclebound cat minion.

This character sheet includes the major characters in the ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' franchise. Because [[WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim the animated series]] portrayed some characters in a very different fashion to [[VideoGame/EarthwormJim the games]], and the [[ComicBook/EarthwormJim comic book]] even moreso, appropriate character sheets will divide their profiles between a Games version, a Cartoon version, and a Comics version.

'''Comic:''' Like the game, Jim is created when a Super Suit lands in Texas and a normal earthworm crawls inside. This time around, he is also affected by the magic of a mysterious space fairy. This version is easily the most naive and inexperienced, but still has a good heart, sees the beauty in the world, and is willing to attempt to be a hero despite the risks.

* AllMenArePerverts: In the cartoon. One of his only three brain cells is always occcupied with finding where the girls are hiding.

* AppropriatedAppellation: Comic only. The first person he meets upon creation is a farmer who introduces himself as "Jim. Farmer Jim." So our hero borrows the idea and decides to be "Jim! Earthworm Jim!".

* PoweredArmor: The Super Suit, natch. In the games, it runs on atomic power; in the cartoon, it runs off a "Battery of the Gods". Unusually for the trope, it doesn't posess built-in flight systems- rather, Jim utilizes his Pocket Rocket.

* ReligiousBruiser: Often prays to his god, the Great Worm Spirit and eventually gets to meet him.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: It appears that its chip butties (a British sandwich that uses fries or chips between the bread), as they appear as powerups in the second game.

'''Cartoon:''' Once an ordinary dog mocked by his fellow canines for being small and cowardly, Peter dared to break the Great Taboo of the Dogs -- approaching a running vacuum cleaner -- in an effort to prove himself. But vacuum cleaners are canine-specific trans-dimensional portals, and Peter was sucked through a wormhole to the PlanetHeck, where Evil the Cat set a demonic spirit on Peter that transformed him into an anthromorphic dog -- who happened to turn into a monster when hurt, scared or enraged. Banished back to Earth, Peter was outcast as a freak, until he stumbled into the path of Earthworm Jim. After a rather hostile first meeting, Jim warmed up to his "fellow freak of nature" and eagerly took Peter on as his sidekick. Voiced by Creator/JeffBennett.

'''Comic:''' Here, Peter is actually 'Proto Pooch', an organism sent (and presumably created) by Slug-For-A-Butt to Earth to act as an advanced scout and spy. Jim's friendship convinces him to switch sides.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: From an alien in the games, to an earth dog in the cartoon, to some kind of alien being that happens to look like a dog (specifically, a Jack Russel/Beagle mix) in the comic.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: In the cartoon, at least, where he sports a shirt and shorts, but no shoes. In the games, he's completely naked.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jim in the cartoon, between Jim's antics and Peter's uncontrollable transformations, there is the odd tension to say the least, but Peter certainly hates being taken from Jim's side.

'''Comic:''' Although never revealed in the actual comic (yet), this incarnation is actually an Earth woman who was adopted by Slug-For-A-Butt at some point. She disagrees with her mother's methods of planetary destruction and steals the Super Suit, allowing it to eventually make its way to Earth. She is far more level headed than Jim, and although not as much of a warrior as in the cartoon, is still the driving force of the group in their quest to defeat her adopted mother.

* BrainlessBeauty: In the games, according to her character profile in the manual.
** Amusingly her evil clone created by Evil Jim has this personality in the cartoon.

* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The insect wings and slightly too big eyes are the only indicators that the Princess is an alien and not a human woman.

* ObliviousToLove: The Princess has no clue about Jim's romantic obsession with her, insists that his elaborate romantic evenings are not a date, and practically makes a {{Catchphrase}} out of her denial.

* SuperStrength: In the cartoons, she boasts that, as an Insectican, she has the strength of 100 men.

* WomenAreWiser: In the cartoon. Her comedic flaws and quirks are far more limited than the rest of the heroes, or most of the cast altogether (it ''is'' a nineties cartoon).
** The comic also has this for her.

'''Comic:''' About the same as the games, although he apparently possesses the ability to convene with the spirits of dead Earth crows.

'''Comic''': Not as independent this time, and apparently an explicit minion of the Queen. Still says "A minor setback" though, and now touts Communist ideals.

* {{Satan}}: In the games, he is basically this.

'''Comic:''' Same as the games, more or less--a minion of the Quuen who makes the super suit for her. No mention has been made of why the current suit is the only one that works, however. Also, the monkey throws its own poo this time around.

* Multiple-ChoicePast: The reason for his, um, "condition" varies based on the medium. The games don't offer any kind of origin outside the (arguably canon) N64 game, which implies its hereditary (as seen by his late great aunt Baroness Beaver-For-A-Head). The cartoon doesn't offer any origin either, although its apparently such a common occurrence that there are self-help groups for it. As for the comic, this is done on purpose; TenNapel has stated that he has no idea why the Professor is the way he is and has no intention of ever deciding on it any time soon.

* Catchphrase: "OW! Thank you.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: In one episode, Evil Jim gets jealous of Jim's friends and decides to make clones of them for himself. They naturally end up being the exact opposite of the originals in personality.

[[folder:Princess Whats-Her-Name]]

---> '''Princess Whats-Her-Name:''' Or a hundred man sized crows.