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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]]: [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_postal_workers_strike:1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike|Mail strikes]], literal carpet bombs, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Miners%27_Strike:1984 Minerschr(27) Strike|mine strikes]], [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_:Dolly (sheep) |cloned sheep]], [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_bullet_theory:Single bullet theory|magic bullet]], [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_disease:Mad cow disease#The_BSE_epidemic_in_British_cattleThe 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).
*** 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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* [[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.
* [[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]]''.
** 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.
** The [[Priceless Ming Vase]] references an [[Broken Treasure|ancient comedy trope]], French and Indian Nuclear Tests, Mad Cows, and most of the Strike weapons (particularly the French Sheep Strike, with its burning lorry...) also shout out to other events, things and tropes.
** The two main playstyles of "Lightsiding" and "Darksiding" reference, of course, ''[[Star Wars]]'' (although the styles are inverted: in ''Star Wars'', Light Side fighting is mainly defensive; in ''Worms'', Lightsiding is offensive. In ''Star Wars'', Dark Side fighting is offensive; in ''Worms'', Darksiding is defensive).
** There are [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]] just about everywhere in the Worms series, right down to the ''voice sets'': "Formula 1" is the Worms doing the best impersonation their squeaky voices can handle of legendary British motor racing commentator Murray Walker. "There was definitely contact there!"
** The classic Ninja Rope was a [[Shout -Out]] to [[Batman]] and his [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]. The beta even called it a Batrope.
* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: ''Way'' down the silly end, and loving every second of it.
* [[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.
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* [[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''.
** This is also the only reason why an entire team can get wiped out with one prod. That and [[Luck -Based Mission|really lucky placement]].
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Being submersed in water kills instantly regardless of health.
** Unless you skip over it.
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* [[War Has Never Been So Much Fun]]: particularly with the cartoony direction of the series from ''Worms 2'' onwards.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Your worms will berate a teammate for getting them caught in the crossfire.
* [[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.
 
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