Season 2 • Episode 10
LatestQueen Slug-For-A-Butt tries to enslave mankind by implanting a microchip into Santa Claus' head, brainwashing him into implanting more chips all over the universe. The queen will get a whoopin' coming to her, though, when she learns that Santa is really the Norse god of war.
Jim was a multi-celled life form happily burrowing through the topsoil. His life changed in a flash when an extraterrestrial super-suit fell out of the sky. Instantly transformed from a 98 gram weakling into a muscular worm endowed with superpowers, extraordinary strength and the ability to leap incredible heights and distances, the suit renders him invulnerable. Earthworm Jim - daring defender of Earth, the cosmos and everything in between!
Writing
Meta humor that winks at its own stupidity constantly.
Acting
Dan Castellaneta's unhinged vocal performance as Jim.
Creator
Doug TenNapel
Dan Castellaneta
Earthworm Jim (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Peter Puppy / Narrator (voice)
Jim Cummings
Psy-Crow / Bob the Killer Goldfish (voice)
Kath Soucie
Princess What's-Her-Name (voice)
Charlie Adler
Professor Monkey-for-a-Head (voice)
Edward Hibbert
Evil the Cat (voice)
Andrea Martin
Queen Slug-for-a-Butt (voice)
John Kassir
Snott / Henchrat (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Doug TenNapel created Jim after dreaming of a super-powered earthworm, then pitched it to Shiny Entertainment the next morning.
The show's self-aware narrator breaking fourth walls predated similar meta-cartoon trends by years—Animaniacs walked so Jim could... wiggle.
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