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In the early 90s, bedroom coder and [[Amiga]] fan Andy Davidson decided to make an ''Artillery''-style [[Turn-Based Strategy]] game with a large arsenal of outlandish comedy weapons and - for reasons known only to himself - warring annelids. Showing his game idea - ''Total Wormage'' - at a games fair, he caught the eye and imagination of games company Team17, who offered to develop the game. The result was ''Worms''. With weapons ranging from the relatively sane Bazooka, Grenade and Shotgun to the bizarre [[Baa Bomb|Sheep]], Banana Bomb, and the devastating [[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail|Holy Hand Grenade]].

In the early 90s, bedroom coder and [[Amiga]] fan Andy Davidson decided to make an ''Artillery''-style [[Turn-Based Strategy]] game with a large arsenal of outlandish comedy weapons and - for reasons known only to himself - warring annelids. Showing his game idea - ''Total Wormage'' - at a games fair, he caught the eye and imagination of games company Team17, who offered to develop the game. The result was ''Worms''. With weapons ranging from the relatively sane Bazooka, Grenade and Shotgun to the bizarre [[Baa Bomb|Sheep]], Banana Bomb, and the devastating [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Holy Hand Grenade]].

The warring annelids were originally set to be [[Lemmings]], for the first several years of the game's existence. Only when he started trying to sell the game to games companies did he change it from "Lem''Artillery''" to [[Captain Ersatz|something less copyright-infringing]]. Some versions of the game still mention "[[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|***''Artillery'']]" in the credits or title screen.

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* [[Have a Nice Death]]: "_____ is an ex-worm" is a classic example.

* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: The Worms seem to be not only desensitized to death, but occasionally laugh whenever someone dies.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Straight from ''[[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail]]''.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Straight from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.

* [[Home Run Hitter]]: The Baseball Bat, even though many of the more powerful weapons can easily send worms flying off the map as well.

** Of course, in some of the 2D games, batting enemy worms into the water will prompt the 'Charge!' theme to play.

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** The "Cocky" AI in ''Worms Reloaded'' does this [[Invoked Trope|on purpose]]. It chooses to do the most difficult (but still viable) shots possible in order to show off.

* [[In a World]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by the "Movie Trailers" voice option in ''Reloaded''. [[Friendly Fire Index|"In a world where worms can't trust one another..."]]

* [[Just for Pun]]: [[wikipedia:1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike|Mail strikes]], literal carpet bombs, [[wikipedia:1984 ~~Minerschr(27)~~ Strike|mine strikes]], [[wikipedia:Dolly (sheep)|cloned sheep]], [[wikipedia:Single bullet theory|magic bullet]], [[wikipedia:Mad cow disease#The BSE epidemic in British cattle|mad cows]]... and probably a lot more.

* [[Just for Pun]]: [[wikipedia:1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike|Mail strikes]], literal carpet bombs, [[wikipedia:1984 Miners' Strike|mine strikes]], [[wikipedia:Dolly (sheep)|cloned sheep]], [[wikipedia:Single bullet theory|magic bullet]], [[wikipedia:Mad cow disease#The BSE epidemic in British cattle|mad cows]]... and probably a lot more.

** ''Not'' Dragon Ball (which resembles a Kamehameha ki wave), at least not in the way you expect. ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' was basically unknown in the United Kingdom until around the ''release'' of ''Worms Armageddon''. As stated in [[Shout-Out]] below, it's named after the Fireball and Dragon Punch moves in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' (there's another unarmed combat move called Fire Punch which supports this).

*** Many voice bank settings have the worms shout "Hadoken" and "Shoryuken" when using said attacks. However some of the non-street fighting referring ones tend to be funnier, due to accents.

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* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]: Quite literally with the Armageddon weapon.

* [[Short-Range Shotgun]]: Inverted - in all of the Worms games, the shotgun is your primary ''sniping'' weapon.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The most notable examples being the Fire Punch and Dragonball weapons, homages to ''[[Street Fighter]]'''s [[Shoryuken]] (Dragon Punch) and Hadouken [[Fireball]], and the Holy Hand Grenade's [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The most notable examples being the Fire Punch and Dragonball weapons, homages to ''[[Street Fighter]]'''s [[Shoryuken]] (Dragon Punch) and Hadouken [[Fireball]], and the Holy Hand Grenade's [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.

** The beta demo of the game made it even more blatant as it just called them 'Dragon Punch' and 'Fireball' before they were swapped around for the actual release.

*** One of the voice packs even says "Saiyouken!" when the Dragon Punch is used.