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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]].

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* [[Bag of Spilling]]: In a multi-round versus match, the Regular arsenal setting gives each player a fresh arsenal of weapons and items each round, ignoring what they had remaining in the previous round. Averted with the other settings; the Plunder setting allows teams to keep what they had in the previous round as well as giving them a new arsenal each round, and the Survival setting gives each team only one arsenal at the very beginning that carries over but is never replenished.

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Though some of the games, like Armageddon, gives the option to turn blood on. It's basically the equivalent of a minor graze.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: A few weapons, but exemplified by the Shotgun.

* [[British Accents]]: Several voicebanks in ''Armageddon'' and ''World Party'': Scouser, Yorkshire Tykes, Cockney Wideboy, Geezer (also Cockney), Brummie (Birmingham), Stiff Upper Lip, Cad (both upper class accents), Geordie, Angry Scots, Jock (also Scottish)... ''Worms 3D'' then brought Welsh and Madchester to the party.

* [[Cutscene Incompetence]] and [[Cutscene Power to The Max]]: Sort of. The amusing opening animations tend to feature stuff that couldn't happen in game.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The theme for Worms Armageddon.

If the bug didn't get you, [[Rise to The Challenge|you probably drowned]]<br />

But [[Determinator|the Worms battled on]], through hunger and pain<br />

* [[Pinball Spinoff]]: Worms Pinball for the [[PS 1]] and PC.

* [[Plot What Plot]]: Worms are trying to kill each other with nasty weapons. Why? Who knows? More to the point, who cares?

* [[Preorder Bonus]]: Worms Reloaded comes with extra maps, bonus hats, a discounted price and early access for preorders.

* [[Randomly Drops]]: All sorts of weapons, items and even health pickups can be randomly dropped in crates scattered around the map.

*** of course, if you're being skipped over water, odds are you're flying off the side of the level...

** This becomes incredibly annoying because your worm could still be half-submerged and still alive after an attack, and then immediately dies when you make any sort of move because they're pinned on a slippery cliff, thus wasting a turn.

* [[Theme Tune]]: Wormsong, written by [http://www.lynnemusic.com/ Bjorn Lynne]. Three versions of it - Wormsong '95 from the original, Wormsong '98 from ''Worms Armageddon'' and Wormsong '03 from ''Worms 3D'' - have lyrics and little stories to go with them.

** [[Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics]]: Most other versions of the game have the Wormsong refrain without the lyrics.

* [[This Banana Is Armed]]: Every version starting with ''Armageddon'' has had a number of silly weapons, the sillier the more dangerous.

* [[Throw the Pin]]: Played straight in one cutscene in ''Worms 2'': We see a worm pulling the pin from a grenade, the camera cuts to the "victim" worm - who is hit on the head by the pin. Cut back to the attacking worm, who proceeds to do an [[Evil Laugh]] - [[Oh Crap|then notices that]] [[Big No|he's still holding]] [[Epic Fail|the grenade.]]

* [[Title Drop]]: The Armageddon weapon in ''Worms: Armageddon''.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The worms have no sense of fighting back or fleeing when they're attacked.

* [[Visual Pun]]: Skipping rope for skipping a turn. The Battle Axe splits the worm in half...and their hit points

* [[War Has Never Been So Much Fun]]: particularly with the cartoony direction of the series from ''Worms 2'' onwards.

* [[When It Rains It Pours]]: In 3D installments.

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: PLENTY of this going on. Enemy worms will take any opportunity they can to lambast your combat skills.