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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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* [[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.

* [[Character Customization]]: ''Worms 2'' and ''Armageddon'' allowed the player to create their own sound schemes using .wav files. A massive amount of fan made schemes abound, ranging from ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' one liners to ''[[Silent Night Deadly Night]] 2'' quotes.

* [[Character Customization]]: ''Worms 2'' and ''Armageddon'' allowed the player to create their own sound schemes using .wav files. A massive amount of fan made schemes abound, ranging from ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' one liners to ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night]] 2'' quotes.

* [[Cherry Tapping]]: Prod and Handgun.

** ''Worms Reloaded'' even awards the player an achievment for winning a game this way.

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* [[Critical Existence Failure]]: In many of the games, the Worms ''blow themselves up with a [[Plunger Detonator|demolition plunger]]'' when they run out of [[Hit Points]].

** This "corpse explosion" will occasionally damage or even kill other worms that happen to be in the area of effect. It can turn the tide in close matches.

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

* [[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.

{{quote| Then came the [[Nuke'Em|nuke]] and the disease tumbling down<br />

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

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 />

Living to fight, just a victor again }}

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* [[Dueling Games]]: ''Armageddon'' vs. [[Hogs of War]].

* [[Edible Ammunition]]: The Banana Bomb.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Mike's Carpet Bomb is an airstrike... ''using rolls of carpet'' and the Mail Strike is an airstrike... using ''letters''.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Mike's Carpet Bomb is an airstrike... ''using rolls of carpet'' and the Mail Strike is an airstrike... using ''letters''.

** These are also examples of [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].

** The "reckless" AI in Reloaded will make careless and often suicidal decisions if it means doing damage.

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* [[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.

** ''Not'' Dragon Ball (which resembles a Kamehameha ki wave), at least not in the way you expect. ''[[~~Dragonball~~]]'' 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).

** ''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.

* [[Large Ham]]: The Thespian voice set, which is basically worms trained in classical acting. Has gems such as "FEEL THE POINT OF MY RAPIER, YOU SCOUNDREL!" for damaging an enemy worm, "'ZOUNDS! I AM UNDONE!" as a death quote and the randomly said "A DONKEY, A DONKEY, MY KINGDOM FOR A DONKEY!" , a [[Richard III]] quote rendered in-context.

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* [[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.

* [[Rise to ~~The~~ Challenge]]: See [[Stalked By the Bell]].

* [[Rise to the Challenge]]: See [[Stalked by the Bell]].

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: To quote the song Wormsong '95 - "It was all too much for Boggy as he watched his best friend die. His heart filled with rage, and he gripped his rifle tight. Charging down the hill, he had to have revenge. What had Spadge done to come to such an end?"

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

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* [[Sniper Scope Sway]]: In ''Worms 3D'', this happens when the player is using the shotgun since, as in all other Worms games, the shotgun works more like a two-shot sniper rifle.

* [[Sphere of Destruction]]: The explosions of most weapons in the 2D games leave perfectly circular craters.

* [[Stalked By the Bell]]: When the round timer runs out, varying things can happen: all Worms reduced to one health, all Worms poisoned, and/or [[Rise to ~~The~~ Challenge|the water level starts to rise]]. The latter is a problem due to [[Super Drowning Skills]].

* [[Stalked by the Bell]]: When the round timer runs out, varying things can happen: all Worms reduced to one health, all Worms poisoned, and/or [[Rise to the Challenge|the water level starts to rise]]. The latter is a problem due to [[Super Drowning Skills]].

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Homing pigeon. It's of course a type of a pigeon, but here it's also "homing" in a way a homing missile is.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: See [[Made of Explodium]] above. There's stuff you'd reasonably expect to explode, like grenades and bazooka rockets. Then there are sheep, bananas, pigeons, carpets, concrete donkeys, more sheep, cows, envelopes, and ''grannies''. Shoot a supply crate and it explodes. Kill a Worm and it explodes, leaving behind a small gravestone which given enough provocation ''also explodes''.