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'''''Earthworm Jim''''' is an American [[animated television series]] based on the [[Earthworm Jim|video game series of the same name]] that aired on [[The WB]]'s [[Kids' WB]] strand<ref name=animation>{{cite news|last=Mendoza|first=N.F.|title=WB Raises the Animation Ante|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-22/news/tv-59667_1_animation-show|access-date=23 March 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 22, 1995}}</ref><ref name="network">{{cite web |author=Gamasutra Staff |date=April 22, 2008 |title=Interplay, TenNapel Partner For Earthworm Jim Game, Cartoon Revival|date=2008-04-22|publisher=[[Gamasutra]] |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18353|author=Gamasutra Staff|access-date=2008-04-April 24, 2008 |publisher=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> for two seasons from September 9, 1995, to December 13, 1996. A co-production between [[Universal Animation Studios|Universal Cartoon Studios]] and [[Living TV Group|Flextech Plc]] and based on the [[Earthworm Jim|video game series of the same name]] from [[Playmates Toys|Playmates]] and [[Shiny Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite news |titlelast=Johnson |first=Greg |date=December 17, 1995 |title=A Company and an Artist from Orange County Work to Turn Video Game Character Earthworm Jim Into a Multimedia Star |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=December 17, 1995|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-17/business/fi-15129_1_earthworm-jim-video-game |access-date=2010-08-August 27, |2010 first|work=GregThe |Los last=JohnsonAngeles Times}}</ref> with characters created by [[Doug TenNapel]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=298–300}}</ref> the series follows the adventures of the titular character who battles the forces of evil using a robotic suit.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=117 }}</ref>
 
==Premise==
Most episodes involve the series' numerous villains attempting to reclaim the super suit or conquer the universe. However, some episodes have Jim facing more mundane issues, which include returning his neighbor's eggbeater and finding a new power source after his suit's battery runs out. Also, the show breaks the [[fourth wall]] with characters often talking to the audience and the narrator.
 
Episodes begin with a [[cold opening]] of Earthworm Jim and Peter Puppy in some peril that has nothing to do with the main plot or the past episodes, with little statement of how they got into the mess. In between parts (generally before or after the commercial break), there is a short side-story, generally featuring one of the villains doing a more natural part of life, usually without any involvement from Jim. Both of these are changed in seasonthe 2second season, with the cold opens being more relevant to the plot and the side stories being dropped entirely. Most episodes end with a character being crushed by a cow, a homage to the original game's ending.
 
==Characters==
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Most of the main characters from the show originated from characters introduced in the video game series. Peter Puppy becomes Jim's sidekick and friend and Princess What's-Her-Name is featured as his love interest. Several antagonists from the games such as Evil the Cat, Psy-Crow, Bob the Killer Goldfish, Queen Slug-for-a-Butt, and Professor Monkey-for-a-Head also appear in the series.
 
Additionally, some original characters were also created for the series, and were then inbefore turnbeing integrated into future games in the series. ForThese example,include Evil Jim, anand evilEvil doppelgängerthe ofCat's Jimservant created forHenchrat, the series, went on toformer bebeing the main antagonist in ''[[Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy]]''.
 
==Voice cast==
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===Main===
* [[Dan Castellaneta]] as Earthworm Jim, Evil Jim, Jim's Four Brains, Turns-His-Eyelids-Inside-Out Boy, [[Death (personification)|Grim Reaper]], Jaepius: God of Puns (in "Assault and Battery"), [[Abraham Lincoln]] (in "Sword of Righteousness")
* [[Jeff Bennett]] as Peter Puppy, Narrator, The Hamsternator, President of the United States, Puce Dynamo, The Great Worm Spirit (in "The Anti-Fish"), Evil Peter (in "Opposites Attack!")
* [[Charlie Adler]] as Professor Monkey-for-a-Head, Doorman of the Gods (in "Assault and Battery"), [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]] (in "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls")
* [[Jim Cummings]] as Psy-Crow, Bob the Killer Goldfish, Whooping Cough Boy, Zantor: Master of the Flying Toupée, Walter, The Sword of Righteousness, Maggot, Cuban Band Leader, Lower Back Pain Man, Johnny Dactyl and Phlegmaphus: God of Nasal Discharge (in "Assault and Battery"), Giant Fur-Bearing Trout (in "The Anti-Fish"), [[Santa Claus]] (in "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls")
* [[Edward Hibbert]] as Evil the Cat
* [[John Kassir]] as Snott, Henchrat, Grayson (in "Upholstered Peril")
* [[Andrea Martin]] as Queen Slug-for-a-Butt, Torch Singer
* [[Kath Soucie]] as Princess What's-Her-Name, Evil Princess (in "Opposites Attack!"), Johnny Dactyl's Mom (in "The Exile of Lucy"), Perpsichore: Goddess of Disco (in "Assault and Battery"), Cody (in "Peanut of the Apes")
 
===Additional===
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* [[Roger Rose]] as various (Season 1)
* [[Ben Stein]] as Rosebud the Nameless Beast (in "The Great Secret of the Universe"), Dr. Houston (in "The Origin of Peter Puppy")
* [[Billy West]] as Morty and, Surgeon (in "Lounge Day's Journey into Night")
* [[April Winchell]] as Mrs. Bleverage, Ilene (in "Lounge Day's Journey into Night")
 
==Production==
In 1995, Doug TenNapel and [[Will Meugniot]] created a pitch animation video for WB, in which showcasedTenNapel a different animation style andvoiced Jim not speaking (voice was done by TenNapel). On August 23rd of23, 2022, a [[YouTube]] user named gooberloll uploaded the pitch video.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlE1rjyzyeo&t=0s | title=Earthworm Jim cartoon pilot | website=[[YouTube]] | date=22 August 2022 }}</ref> However, while Meugniot leftwas tonot supervisea seasonproducer 4 of ''X-Men'',for the Grazfinal Entertainmentseries, producedhaving firstleft seasonto of Street Fighter and consultingwork on ''[[G.I.X-Men: JoeThe ExtremeAnimated Series]], someone at the network decided that Jim had to talk''.
 
==Episodes==
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===Season 1 (1995–1996)===
{{Episode table |background=#006400 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes={{Episode list
 
{{Episode list
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| WrittenBy = [[Doug Langdale]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|9}}
| ShortSummary = After growing tired of Peter's transformations hindering him, Jim abandons him and enlists numerous replacement sidekicks. Meanwhile, Queen Slug-for-a-Butt hires Psy-Crow to kidnap Princess What's-Her-Name and hold her for ransom in hopes that Jim will give up his suit in exchange for her safety. Eventually, Peter stows away in Jim's rocket and helps him defeat Psy-Crow, after which they discover that the Princess escaped on her own.
| ShortSummary = After Peter inadvertently allows Professor Monkey-for-a-Head to escape after Jim is distracted fighting his monster form, Jim begins looking for a new sidekick, including A Shadow, Whoopee Cushion Man, Captain Cabbage, and Turns-His-Eyelids-Inside-Out Boy. Meanwhile, Psy-Crow has more than he can handle when he kidnaps Princess-What's-Her-Name on Queen Slug-for-a-Butt's behalf.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|16}}
| ShortSummary = Evil the Cat steals Jim's animal pop-up book, which contains instructions for how to destroy the universe due to an ancient printing error. Learning that he must make all the Reeking Beasts of the Malodoron System see a [[fondue]] fork at once, Evil travels there to execute his plan, but fails because one of the Beasts is nearsighted and cannot see the fork. Jim and Peter then destroy Evil's ship, stranding him and Henchrat on the planet.
| ShortSummary = Due to a printing error, Jim's pop-up book contains the Mystic Secret of Ultimate Destruction, which Evil the Cat seeks to possess.
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| WrittenBy = Thomas Hart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|23}}
| ShortSummary = JimDue andto Peteroveruse, journeyJim's suit begins to therun homeout of thepower, godslimiting tohis getmovement. aAfter newlearning GODSthat Batteryit afteris powered by a GODS battery, Jim's suitand beginsPeter runningtravel outto the home of power.the gods to get a Meanwhilereplacement, while Queen Slug-for-a-Butt threatens to destroy Terlawk if Jim does not givengive theup his suit. After negotiating with several lesser-known gods and getting the battery, Jim defeats the Queen by sundownthrowing her into space.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|30}}
| ShortSummary = As Jim plays poker with other heroes, he learns that they have run out of sugar and heads to the nearest planet to get some. However, this planet is La Planeta de Agua, home of Bob the Killer Goldfish, who confronts Jim with his feline henchmen. Jim manages to defeat them, but realizes that he never got the sugar and ventures out again in search of it.
| ShortSummary = Jim encounters Bob the Killer Goldfish after going to La Planeta de Aqua to get sugar for the Intergalactic Heroes League.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|7}}
| ShortSummary = While visiting the mall with Peter and the Hamsternator, Jim accidentally takes a photo of himself that is discarded in a landfill, exposed to toxic waste, and transformed into an evil clone of Jim. Believing Evil Jim to be a split personality and himself to be responsible for his crimes, Jim gives up his suit and is willingly imprisoned, where he befriends fellow inmate Walter. However, he escapes and defeats Evil Jim after learning the truth.
| ShortSummary = A photocopier accident creates Evil Jim, an evil duplicate of Jim who frames Jim for his crimes. Subsequently, Jim willingly imprisons himself out of belief that he was truly responsible, befriending an inmate named Walter.
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| WrittenBy = John Loy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|14}}
| ShortSummary = Mysterious living furniture with hypnotic powers appear around the world. After Peter is incapacitated by one, Jim enlists the help of Grayson, a teenaged prodigy and head of his fan club, who discovers that the furniture are created and remotely controlled by Professor Monkey-for-a-Head. Eventually, Jim defeats the Professor by throwing his rocket at his tank, triggering a switch that flings him far away.
| ShortSummary = Professor Monkey-for-a-Head tries to conquer the world with cybernetic furniture that turns whoever sits on them into zombie-like couch potatoes after defeating Santa Claus and taking over the North Pole.
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| WrittenBy = Steve Roberts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|21}}
| ShortSummary = Jim finds an ancient enchanted sword embedded in a sandwich he bought who trains him to be a more powerful hero. However, while fighting Psy-Crow, Jim realizes that the sword has been manipulating him into following its ideas of heroism, learns that it has never won a fight, and abandons it to defeat Psy-Crow on his own. Afterwards, Jim accidentally sits on Psy-Crow's Orb of Quite Remarkable Power, freeing an ancient energy being who leaves to bring peace to the universe.
| ShortSummary = Jim finds an enchanted sword in a vending machine sandwich who begins training him in the ways of a true hero as Psy-Crow steals a powerful magic orb.
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| WrittenBy = Jim Peterson,<br>John Behnke,<br>Rob Humphrey
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|28}}
| ShortSummary = JimAfter loseslosing his neighbor Mrs.Ethel Bleverage's eggbeateregg beater during a battle with Bob, Jim is distraught and takes her onand aPeter journeyacross the universe to recover it, encountering Bobnumerous villains in the Killerprocess. GoldfishAfter defeating them, EvilJim finds the Categg beater, Professorbut Monkey-for-a-Head,discovers Psy-Crow,that it is the wrong one and Queenthat Slug-for-a-Butthe alonghad the wayactual egg beater in his pocket all along.
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| WrittenBy = [[Henry Gilroy]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|4}}
| ShortSummary = After receiving a postcard, Jim andfrom Peter's gouncle toRex, findJim learns of the legendary Giant [[Fur-bearing trout|Fur-Bearin' Trout]]. Atand thesets sameout timeon a road trip to find it. Meanwhile, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head develops a banana-like weapon for Queen Slug-for-a-Butt that is seekingpowered by fish hair, leading her to go to Earth in search of the Trout. toAfter usethe hisQueen hairkidnaps Princess What's-Her-Name, Jim races to powerlocate athe weaponTrout and ultimately defeats her by destroying her staff.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|11}}
| ShortSummary = Evil the Cat steals Jim's snow globe, summoning Rosebud the Nameless Beast to destroy the universe by breaking its glass barrier. Rosebud launchesproves Jimto be peaceful and Petereventually intoleaves deepEvil's spaceservice, wherebut theyaccidentally meetbreaks athe purplebarrier alienwhile whothrowing becomesaway the key that Evil was controlling infatuatedhim with. Jim and Peter's monsterseal formthe hole, trapping Evil and helpsHenchrat themoutside returnof tothe universe, after which Rosebud realizes that he likes taking orders and becomes a Earthwaiter.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|18}}
| ShortSummary = Psy-Crow and Professor Monkey-for-a-Head reminiscehave aboutcaptured theJim timeand Peter and put them on display on their wall. A flashback reveals that they captureddid Earthwormso after tricking Jim byinto replacinggiving them his supersuitsuit and replacing it with a weakpowerless replica, with Jim trying several methods to get his powers back before being captured. In the present, Peter escapes and frees Jim after disguising himself as a duplicate[[taxidermist]].
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|25}}
| ShortSummary = Jim and Princess What's-Her-Name finallymanage overthrowsto heroverthrow tyrannicaland sisterimprison Queen Slug-for-a-Butt. However, theshe Queenplots revenge and Professorrigs Monkey-for-a-Headthe havePrincess's theirdress ownso plansthat forit will cause her onto theuncontrollably dayattack ofothers herduring the coronation ceremony. Eventually, the Princess destroys the dress and decides to convert Insectika into an electoral democracy. However, this enables the Queen to take back leadership as nobody ran against her.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|24}}
| ShortSummary = Bob awakens the Anti-Fish, a cosmic entity and enemy of the Great Worm Spirit, but is unable to control it. As such, he is forced to work with Jim and Peter to stop the Fish from traveling back in time and killing the Spirit at the beginning of the universe. Ultimately, Jim sacrifices himself to self-destruct his suit and destroy the Fish from within, but the Spirit revives him out of gratitude.
| ShortSummary = Having to put their fight with Evil Jim on hold, Jim and Peter must join forces with Bob the Killer Goldfish to save the Great Worm Spirit from being consumed by its arch-enemy the Anti-Fish.
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===Season 2 (1996)===
{{Episode table |background=#700070 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=25 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes={{Episode list
 
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|7}}
| ShortSummary = After becoming fed up with Peter's transformations, Jim sets out to discover his origins. He learns that Peter was originally a normal dog before being sucked into a vacuum cleaner, transported to Heck, and possessed by one of Evil's demon servants. This makes him anthropomorphic and capable of speech, but also causes him to periodically turn into a monstrous form resembling the demon. After Jim gets Evil to exorcise Peter, he is returned to normal, but eventually chooses to reunite with the demon to save Jim.
| ShortSummary = After Peter's transformations repeatedly botch Jim's heroics, Jim sets out to learn the source of them. However, when he ultimately cures Peter, he also reverts him to a normal dog, leaving him unable to help against Evil the Cat's newest scheme.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|14}}
| ShortSummary = Having become lonely due to being the only evil twin in the universe, Evil Jim creates a ray gun that can create evil duplicates of whatever it hits. However, the clones of Peter and Princess What's-Her-Name have undesirable traits that make them less useful to him: the former's monster form is benevolent while the latter is too obsessed with fashion to fight. Eventually, Jim defeats Evil Jim by shooting him with his own gun, creating numerous good clones of Jim that help defeat him.
| ShortSummary = Evil Jim attempts to create evil versions of Jim's friends with less than stellar results – especially when good clones of Professor Monkey-for-a-Head, Evil the Cat, and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt are created.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|9|28}}
| ShortSummary = Angered by the limitations of his fish body, Bob creates a device that drains evolutionary energy from others to evolve himself. Eventually becoming a human with psychic powers, he takes over the world while Jim and Peter are devolved and become too dumb to fight him. Eventually, Princess What's-Her-Name, who has been devolved into a small insect-like form, helps Jim and Peter destroy Bob's device, returning everyone affected by it to normal.
| ShortSummary = Bob the Killer Goldfish discovers a way to hyper-evolve himself to higher lifeforms.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|5}}
| ShortSummary = Psy-Crow and Professor Monkey-for-a-Head overthrow Queen Slug-for-a-Butt, butand proveexile her to beEarth, evenwhere worseshe rulers than her. Whenbefriends Jim's andneighbor Peter are capturedEthel and everysettles oneinto ofa theirdomestic allieslife. is unavailableHowever, Jim and Princess What's-Her-Name mustrealize that the Queen, despite being evil, is a better ruler than her replacements and work with her sister to reclaimtake back Insectika, with Ethel deciding to move there.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|10|26}}
| ShortSummary = EvilAfter themeeting Catand fallsfalling in love and teams up with Malice the Dog., MaliceEvil usessummons hera powersclown-like demon in a bid to trapdestroy the universe and traps Jim, Peter, and Princess What's-Her-Name in a nightmarethe realm of nightmares, where they endface uptheir contendinggreatest withfears. However, they escape and subdue the Lorddemon by calling the Department of NightmaresApocalyptic Affairs, who make him fill out several billion years' worth of papers to get a license for universal destruction. Afterwards, Malice departs to another dimension to star in her own television series.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|2}}
| ShortSummary = While trying to steal Jim's suit, Psy-Crow purchases a powerful dose of coffee that makes him dangerously fast and hyperactive. Eventually, Jim transforms into a super-mellow state to fight him, but their opposing energies destroy the universe after coming into contact with each other. However, the Great Worm Spirit rescues them and they recreate the universe, being sent back in time to before the events transpired while still remembering them.
| ShortSummary = Psy-Crow overdoses on coffee and becomes hyper-powered.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|9}}
| ShortSummary = Jim and Peter attempt to increase their show's ratings and viewership and force one of their viewers, Cody, to partake in a program where he can determine the outcome of their adventures. Amidst this, they discover that Professor Monkey-for-a-Head has created special cosmetics that transform people into apes, planning to profit due to being the only person capable of communicating with primates. Eventually, Jim and Peter realize that peanuts can reverse the transformation and disperse peanut butter throughout the world to do so.
| ShortSummary = Professor Monkey-for-a-Head tries to turn everyone on Earth into apes using cosmetic products, while Jim tries to introduce "viewer interactivity" on the show.
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| WrittenBy = Thomas Hart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|16}}
| ShortSummary = Evil attempts to destroy the universe by making two untalented [[Lounge music|lounge singers]], Morty and Eileen, sing a particularly bad song. Meanwhile, the High Council of superheroes determine that Peter has saved the day more often than Jim and decide to give him Jim's suit. Evil nearly succeeds in his plan before the show's budget runs out mid-song, enabling Jim to erase him out of existence with the animator's pencil. Peter then decides that he does not deserve the suit and gives it back to Jim.
| ShortSummary = Jim and Peter switch roles as hero and sidekick after the Intergalactic Heroes League deems the former unfit to be a hero, while Evil the Cat tries to destroy the universe by making two dime-store lounge singers sing a cursed song.
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| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|11|22}}
| ShortSummary = While fighting Queen Slug-for-a-Butt transports, Jim and Peter are transported to an alternate dimension akin to ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. (1939After film)|Themeeting Wizardits counterparts of OzWalter, the [[Grim Reaper]]'', whereand theythe Hamsternator, the group sets out to meet the dimension'sWizard of Ooze in versionshopes of Walterreturning home and obtaining their individual wants. Amidst this, they fight the Grimalternate Reaper,counterparts of Queen Slug-for-a-Butt and theProfessor HamsternatorMonkey-for-a-Head, who wantseek to obtain certainJim's [[Ruby slippers|sapphire toe socks]]. After learning that the Wizard cannot give them what they want, the group instead gets them at a mall, after which Jim and Peter return home via an interdimensional towing itemsservice.
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| WrittenBy = John Loy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|12|13}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/15302-For-Whom-The-Jingle-Bell-Tolls|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150219211221/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/15302-For-Whom-The-Jingle-Bell-Tolls|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2015|title=For Whom The Jingle Bell Tolls (1996) Episode 74508- Earthworm Jim Cartoon Episode Guide|author=The Big Cartoon DataBase|date=13 December 1996|work=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)}}</ref>
| ShortSummary = On Christmas, Queen Slug-for-a-Butt learns of [[Santa Claus]]' immense power and seeks to exploit him for her own benefit. Discovering that he is too pure to be controlled through traditional means, she instead brainwashes him using a microchip implanted in his head. However, Jim eventually manages to free him by reminding him of Christmas spirit, after which he assumes his true form as the god [[Wodin]] and helps Jim defeat the Queen.
| ShortSummary = During the holiday season, Queen Slug-for-a-Butt tries to brainwash [[Santa Claus]].
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==Merchandising==
MCA/Universal Merchandising held consumer product rights for the series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/1996/09/01/17245-19960901/ | title=Licensees line up behind Earthworm Jim }}</ref>
 
A[[Playmates Toys]] also released a line of [[action figure]]s based on the show, was released by [[Playmates Toys]]. The serieswhich included several variants of Earthworm Jim, as well as Peter Puppy, Princess What's-Her-Name, Bob the Killer Goldfish, #4, Evil the Cat, Henchrat, Major Mucus, and Psy-Crow.<ref name="figures1">{{cite web |title=Earthworm Jim (Playmates) – Action Figure Checklist |url=http://www.figurerealm.com/universes.php?action=serieslist&universeid=263&universe=earthwormjim |titleaccess-date=EarthwormMay Jim25, (Playmates) – Action Figure Checklist2011 |publisher=Figurerealm.com |access-date=2011-05-25}}</ref> A mountable "pocket rocket" was also available as well as a rare mail-in repainted figure of Earthworm Jim in a green suit. Premium DNA Toys also made a new line of action figures (Wave 1) set to ship this month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Earthworm Jim - Premium DNA Toys |url=https://premiumdnatoys.com/collections/earthworm-jim | title=Earthworm Jim }}</ref>
 
==Telecast history==
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In the United States, the show was aired on [[Kids' WB]] on [[The WB|The WB Television Network]] from 1995 to 1996.<ref name="network" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title='Toon In: MDK Comes to Life as an Animated Series |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=101 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=December 1997|page=30}}</ref>
 
The show premiered in the United Kingdom on co-production partner [[Living TV Group|Flextech]]'s [[The Children's Channel|TCC]] network around the same time. The show was promoted with a country-wide roadshow campaign held at shopping centres.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 1995 |title=NEWS: The Braben Company is spearheading a pounds 200,000 campaign |url=https://www.prweek.com/article/99538/news-braben-company-spearheading-pounds-200000-campaign | titlewebsite=NEWS: The Braben Company is spearheading a pounds 200,000 campaign prweek.com}}</ref> Following this, the show later made its free TV debut on [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/1996/05/01/17021-19960501/ | title=TCC scores big }}</ref> In the 2000s, the show reran on [[Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] and [[Nicktoons (British and Irish TV channel)|Nicktoons TV]].
 
===Internationally===
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Four VHS volumes were released by [[MCA/Universal Home Video]] in September 1996, each containing two episodes.
 
The complete series was intended to receive a U.S. DVD release from [[Visual Entertainment]] (under license from [[NBCUniversal]]) on {{Start date|2012|7|10}}, but was delayed right before release to late October.<ref>{{cite web |urllast=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Earthworm-Jim-The-Complete-Series/17199Lambert |first=David |date=July 10, 2012 |title=Earthworm Jim DVD news: Delay for Earthworm Jim – The Complete Series |publisherurl=TVShowsOnDVDhttp://tvshowsondvd.com |access/news/Earthworm-date=2012Jim-11The-26Complete-Series/17199 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120180349/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Earthworm-Jim-The-Complete-Series/17199 |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |access-11-20date=November 26, 2012 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |urllast=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Earthworm-Jim-The-Complete-Series/17527Lambert |first=David |date=September 24, 2012 |title=Earthworm Jim DVD news: New Release Date for Earthworm Jim – The Complete Series |publisherurl=TVShowsOnDVDhttp://tvshowsondvd.com |access/news/Earthworm-date=2012Jim-11The-26Complete-Series/17527 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130151712/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Earthworm-Jim-The-Complete-Series/17527 |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |access-11-30date=November 26, 2012 |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}</ref> The set includes all 23 episodes on 3 discs, and is currently available on [[Amazon.com]].<ref>{{cite web |authordate=July 10, 2012 |title=Earthworm Jim: The Complete Series: Dan Castellaneta: Movies & TV |url=https://www.amazon.com/Earthworm-Jim-The-Complete-Series/dp/B007QD0VOE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351269008&sr=8-1&keywords=earthworm+jim+the+complete+series |titleaccess-date=EarthwormNovember Jim: The Complete Series: Charles Adler26, Jeff Bennett, Dan Castellaneta, Jim Cummings, Edward Hibbert, John Kassir, Andrea Martin, Kath Soucie, Danny Mann, Ben Stein, Kevin Michael Richardson, April Winchell, Na: Movies & TV2012 | website=Amazon |date = 10 July 2012|access-date=2012-11-26}}</ref>
 
Digitally, theThe complete series was formerly available on [[Tubi]], but has since been removed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Earthworm Jim - Free TV Shows |url=https://tubitv.com/series/300006687/earthworm-jim?start=true&tracking=google-feed |title website= Earthworm Jimtubitv.com}}</ref>
 
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[[CIC Video]] released three VHS volumes of the series in the 1990s in the [[United Kingdom]], each containing two episodes. These are now out of print and considered rare.
 
On June 1, 2011, Via Vision Entertainment, under license from Universal, released the complete series as a 5-disc set in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref name="via vision">{{cite web |url=http://www.viavision.com.au/tv/198-earthworm-jim |title=Earthworm Jim: The Complete Series |publisherurl=http://www.viavision.com.au |access/tv/198-date=2011earthworm-05-25jim |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231019/http://www.viavision.com.au/tv/198-earthworm-jim |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |access-04-24date=May 25, 2011 |publisher=www.viavision.com.au}}</ref>
 
==Legacy==
Aspects of the show, such as newly created characters, or art style, were later implemented in future video games ''[[Earthworm Jim 3D]]'' and ''[[Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy]]''. Two Earthworm Jim [[comic book]] series, in the US and UK, were also created to tie into the animated series.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ramsay |first=Morgan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEYnCgAAQBAJ&q=earthworm+jim+marvel+comics&pg=PA1#v=snippet&q=earthworm%20jim%20comic&f=false |title=Online Game Pioneers at Work|first=Morgan|last=Ramsay |date=3 June 2015 |publisher=Apress |isbn=9781430241867 |access-date=21 May 2019 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
 
On November 18, 2021, it was reported that a new animated television series titled ''Earthworm Jim: Beyond the Groovy'' iswas in development.<ref>{{citeCite web book|urllast=Otterson |first=https://variety.com/Joe |date=November 18, 2021/tv/news/earthworm-jim-animated-tv-series-1235114624/ |title='Earthworm Jim' TV Series in Development From Interplay Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE) |dateurl=18https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/earthworm-jim-animated-tv-series-1235114624/ |access-date=November 18, 2021 |publisherwebsite=Variety.com |access-datelanguage=2021en-11-18US}}</ref> A year later, it was announced that Paris animation studio Circus Studios joined Passion Pictures as a partner on the show.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldbart url|first=https://deadline.com/2022/11/searching-for-sugar-man-earthworm-jim-passion-pictures-circus-studios-1235180113/Max |date=November 23, 2022 |title='Searching for Sugar Man' Producer Passion Pictures & Circus Studios Broaden Partnership & Are Working on 'Earthworm Jim' Animated TV Series | dateurl=23 November https://deadline.com/2022/11/searching-for-sugar-man-earthworm-jim-passion-pictures-circus-studios-1235180113/ |website=Deadline}}</ref> OneIn ofNovember the2023, writersseries on the show,writer Brent Friedman, saidstated onthat [[Twitter|X]]production (formerly Twitter) that thehad projectbeen isput on hold.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=BFree63|number=1717652415892398341|author=Brent Friedman|title=The project was put on hold.|date=October 26, 2023|access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref>
 
==References==
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