ToeJam & Earl: Difference between revisions

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[[Totally Radical|Supremely funky]] alien [[Totally Radical|homeboys]] ToeJam and "Big" Earl, proud residents of the planet Funkotron, have crashlanded on the decidedly lame and non-funky planet of Earth. The impact, while leaving them unharmed, scattered pieces of their spacecraft all over the planet, and [[Gotta Catch Em All|finding all of these pieces]] is the only way to get back home. Sounds simple in principle. The Earth's natives might be a bit of trouble, though...

''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl'' is a series of video games known mainly for its first entry, released in 1991 on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, although two more games exist. The first game, with the same name as the series, is an exploration-oriented [[Action Adventure]] game with an overhead perspective and (the option of) randomly-generated [[Game Level|levels]]. The sequels are ''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl in Panic on Funkotron'', an extremely different two-dimensional [[Platform Game]] released on the Mega Drive in 1993, where the Duo has made it back home, only to find that several Earthlings have somehow stowed aboard, and are now causing [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Panic on Funkotron]], and ''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl III: Mission to Earth'', a three-dimensional [[Platform Game]] released on the Microsoft Xbox in 2002.

''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl'' is a series of video games known mainly for its first entry, released in 1991 on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, although two more games exist. The first game, with the same name as the series, is an exploration-oriented [[Action Adventure]] game with an overhead perspective and (the option of) randomly-generated [[Game Level|levels]]. The sequels are ''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl in Panic on Funkotron'', an extremely different two-dimensional [[Platform Game]] released on the Mega Drive in 1993, where the Duo has made it back home, only to find that several Earthlings have somehow stowed aboard, and are now causing [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Panic on Funkotron]], and ''[[Toe Jam]] & Earl III: Mission to Earth'', a three-dimensional [[Platform Game]] released on the Microsoft Xbox in 2002.

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: The original game features tomatoes as the protagonists' weapon of choice. ''Panic on Funkotron'' features jars that capture enemies (though it takes multiple jars to weaken the enemy).

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* [[Cutscene|Cutscenes]] - In the first game, when travelling in the elevator to the next level while in Two-Player mode, you can hear a conversation by Toejam & Earl, with hilarious results.

* [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: "Lil' Kids" mode in ''Panic on Funkotron'' makes it impossible to die, but ends the game after level five, thus robbing players of the chance to collect the Funkopotamus' favourite things and get the good ending.

* [[Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: If a shark gets close, you'll hear a quick snippet of the ''[[Jaws (~~Film~~)|Jaws]]'' theme as a warning.

* [[Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: If a shark gets close, you'll hear a quick snippet of the ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' theme as a warning.

* [[Floating Continent]]: Each level in the original is a piece of land floating in a void. If you drop off the edge, you will land in the previous level, implying that they are arranged in a vertical stack. {{spoiler|Try falling off the bottom-left corner of Level 1.}}

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: ToeJam is faster than Earl but has a shorter life bar.