Earthworm Jim (animation)/Trivia

Creator Backlash: This is the sole reason why this series will never see the light of day on DVD. Allegedly, Word of God states that they think of the show as their Old Shame that they were forced into making to tie into the games, despite it being a very funny and entertaining show.
- This troper is hoping that this official DVD listing is legit...
  - As long as pre-orders are solid, it should be.
Hey, It's That Voice!: The voice of Earthworm Jim is Dan Castellaneta, best known as the voice of Homer Simpson and various other Simpsons characters (particularly Grampa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Barney Gumble, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby, The Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Arnie Pie, and the Mexican Bumblebee Man). Jim's cowardly shriek is a dead giveaway, being exactly the same as Homer's.
- One opening sequence has Jim doing standup comedy about superheroes. His "old superhero" voice is the Old Jewish Guy (the one who used to be a studio executive around the time Its a Wonderful Life was released and who gained minor fame as a TV star singing "The Old Grey Mare" with his pants around his ankles. He even had a band called "The Crazy Old Man Singers.")
- Evil Jim in particular sounds like a sinister Krusty the Clown.
- Let's not forget that...
  - Peter and the Narrator are Jeff Bennett
  - Princess What-Her-Name is Kath Soucie
  - Queen Festering, Pulsating, Pus-filled Malformed Slug-For-A-Butt is SCTV's Andrea Martin
  - Professor Monkey-For-A-Head is Charlie Adler
  - Psycrow and Bob the Killer Goldfish are Jim Cummings
  - Evil the Cat is Edward Hibbert (Zazu from The Lion King 2).
Keep Circulating the Tapes: There were actual official release VHS tapes back in the mid-1990s (with select episodes), but with DVD becoming more popular than VHS, this petered out real quick.
- Via Vision of Australia released the series in one set in 2011.
No Export for You: The 2011 DVD release was only sold in Austrailia.
Screwed by the Network: It suffered the same time slot demotion as Freakazoid!!
What Could Have Been: Major Mucus might have eventually made his debut.

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