Bleveridge A strange woman who lived in a trailer park near Earthworm Jim's house. He also played the piano remarkably well. Hench Rat was quite formidable, and wielded a large cheese blaster gun. Henchrat (Evil the Cat's main lackey) - As well as demon rat followers who played heavy metal, Evil had a companion to kick around. The Hamstinator a super hero capable of stuffing anything into his cheeks.
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New characters (unique to the TV show) were introduced. Sought ways to destroy Earthworm Jim and her exiled twin sister Princess What's Her Name and get the suit back. "Queen Slug for-a-Butt Evil ruler of the planet Insectica. Sought power and ways to cook Jim up for dinner. Bob The Goldfish Ruler of an underwater kingdom on the La Planeta de Agua (Aiihaa!). They act as an odd couple, often bickering with one another. Professor MFAH The professor is quite highly strung and sensitive, having a monkey for a head. Tended to team up with Professor Monkey for a head. Psy-Crow Nemesis of Earthworm Jim - often sought ways to cause havoc and destroy his enemies - "I shall destroy you, and what not". Evil The Cat Always tried to devise ways to "Destroy The Universe" and generally be evil - on failure he would remark "A minor setback!". Exiled at birth, became a renegade freedom fighter. She had a bit of a back-story which was a nice development. Princess WHN Had the strength of ten men and was a bit prickly towards Earthworm Jim in her TV show incarnation, but warmed up eventually. Snott spoke his own language in the show and helped Peter and Jim out when they were in trouble. Snott Snott featured quite frequently as a docile pet character. He was Jim's loyal sidekick-turn-demonic leg chewing monster throughout the show. Peter Puppy Peter Puppy wore clothes in the show - black pants and a green shirt. His house was situated in the small town of Turlock, which held a strange attraction to invading space aliens. He lived in a house with Peter Puppy and Snott. He had a knack for getting into trouble, and an obsession with snow globes. Despite having "four hyper intelligent brains", they were all pretty useless. The strength of the cartoon show was in its quality of writing which was very intelligent and humorous.Įarthworm Jim In the TV show Earthworm Jim was incredibly silly. All the characters were re-designed for it to suit the themes of the show. There were several noticeable differences between the games and the TV show. They jumped from various themes which varied from lost egg beaters to children's popup books that held the secrets to destroying the universe. They were independent to one another, so didn't need to be watched in sequential order. The episodes didn't follow a set out story or plot. Bob the Killer Goldfish, Walter & Psy-Crow Jim Cummings.Professor Monkey For-a-Head & Monkey Charles Adler.Earthworm Jim & Evil Jim Dan Castellaneta.He was a good choice for the TV Show Jim and matched the off-the-wall, light-hearted and comical mood of the show. Castellaneta had come in for one of the supporting roles. Originally the voice director for the show Ginny McSwain, was said to have wanted the actor Matt Frewer for the role of Jim. The show lasted for two American seasons, and was eventually cancelled in 1997 by Warner Brothers.Įarthworm Jim was voiced by Dan Castellaneta (Homer in The Simpsons). Some of these included "I Love Lucy", "The Wizard of Oz", "Dune", "Star Trek" and "Citizen Kane". It made references to famous films and old sitcoms. Its humour was a mix of pop-culture reference, irony and some old fashioned slap stick for good measure. In particular the style of humour and the direction it took was very different. Universal Cartoon Studios created a different style for Earthworm Jim in comparison to the original video games. It had a memorable Theme Tune which was written by Will Anderson.
Other writers included John Behnke, Thomas Hart, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson and Steve Roberts. Douglas Langdale was the show's main writer. The other producers were Roy Allen Smith, David Perry and Kathi Castillo.
Along with the first two games came a TV Show, promotional comic books and toy line.ĭoug TenNapel was the executive Producer for the show. Earthworm Jim was something that didn't have to be limited to one area of the Media or Arts. When the first two games were released, it was already decided that Earthworm Jim was not going to stop there.
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