Earthworm Jim is a 1994 run and gun platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment, featuring an earthworm named Jim, who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil.

Jim is a normal earthworm, until a special "super suit" falls from the sky and allows him to operate much like a human, with his worm body acting as a head and the suit acting as a body. Jim's task is two-fold, he must evade the game's many antagonists, who want the suit back, and also rescue and protect Princess What's-Her-Name from them. The game plays out with Jim succeeding in his quest and rescuing Princess What's-Her-Name. However, she is crushed by a cow that Jim launched into space at the beginning of the game.