Earthworm Jim - An Introduction

Earthworm Jim is a character created by Doug TenNapel.

Earthworm Jim found it's first ever origins in 1994 as a video game by David Perry's newly founded Shiny Entertainment.

Shiny began as a team of very talented and skilled artists, illustrators, animators and programmers who had come from various development and animation backgrounds.

To prove his creative worth Doug TenNapel was asked to create a main character for their first game. A series of sketches later produced exactly what they were looking for; a quirky original character, that could fight, sing and even skip with his stretchy body. Earthworm Jim.

The video game won much acclaim and respect and a sequel was developed afterwards along with a TV Show and Toy line.

For in-depth information about Earthworm Jim and how the franchise developed read the History and Information section of the site.