Peter Puppy
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Peter Puppy is a fictional character for the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. He is an anthropomorphic dog.
Peter has the unusual ability to transform into a large monstrous form whenever he is upset or hurt. This trait is very similar to that of Bruce Banner as the Hulk. In this form he will attack anything he sees (Mostly Jim and Psy-Crow). After a short while he will change back to his natural form unaided. The animated series expanded upon this, adding that Peter can be forced to change back to normal by tickling him.
[edit] Video games
In the Earthworm Jim video games, Peter is an alien from a planet on which Jim crash-landed after being sucked through a warp hole. Jim's Pocket Rocket was badly damaged in the crash, and Peter helped Jim escape the planet in exchange for helping Peter safely return to his house. In Earthworm Jim 2 Jim chases Psy-Crow to Peter's planet following Psy-Crow's kidnapping of Princess What's-Her-Name. Psy-Crow has taken Peter's hundreds of brothers and sisters hostage and is throwing them from the window of a tall building. Jim must save the puppies by bouncing them to safety via a large marshmallow. Peter's planet is battered daily by asteroid showers, raided by passing aliens, and overrun with strange and dangerous octopus-like man-eating plants. His violent transformations may be seen as a defense mechanism to these constantly present dangers.
In Earthworm Jim 3D Peter plays the role of Jim's Super Ego. This Peter is clearly based on the cartoon version.
[edit] Cartoon series
The animated series changes Peter's origin considerably, portraying him as an ordinary dog. A coward in nature, he was picked on by the other neighborhood dogs. One day Peter decided to prove his worth by attacking a running vacuum cleaner, something few dogs have attempted. His fear turns out to be well-justified as vacuums are canine-sensitive trans-dimensional portals. Peter is flung through time and space and eventually lands on the Planet Heck where Evil the Cat places a curse on him. The curse gives Peter human intelligence and his anthropomorphic form, but also causes his transformations. He eventually finds Jim and the two become good friends, with Peter serving as Jim's unofficial sidekick. As such, he had a much larger role in the cartoon series than in the games, appearing in almost every episode. .
Peter is quite timid in nature and has a hard time controlling his transformations. He can often be heard chanting to himself "I must not fear, fear is the mind killer, fear is the little death that brings total oblivion" (a modified Litany against fear, From Frank Herbert's Dune series). Despite his cowardice, Peter is always willing to accompany Jim on his adventures, acting as Jim's consultant when Jim goes astray, as well as providing Jim's moral support. Whilst Peter does have a kind of hero worship for Jim, he does often point out certain inconsistencies of Jim's, like when Jim called Peter a kettledrum, which Peter takes as an insult on his weight; or Jim's ability to use aromatherapy despite having no nose. This invariably makes Jim say "Don't question me" in a threatening tone of voice.
Peter is very artistic and has dabbled in many different forms of expression such as interperative dance, gourmet cooking, and play acting. He is also fond of professional wrestling, licking stamps for the taste of their glue, and playing in garbage. Peter enjoyed eating haggis until discovering its ingredients and method of preparation. As a result, his greatest fear is a Scottish chef and he now cannot eat haggis without getting sick, though he has been tricked into eating it on numerous occasions. This is a running gag on the animated series.
Peter's voice actor was Jeff Bennett, who also voiced the Narrator.
| Earthworm Jim | |
|---|---|
| Games: | Earthworm Jim | Earthworm Jim 2 | Earthworm Jim 3D | Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy | ClayFighter 63 1/3 | Earthworm Jim PSP |
| TV series: | Earthworm Jim (TV series) |
| Heroes: | Earthworm Jim | Snott | Peter Puppy | Princess What's-Her-Name |
| Villains: | Psy-Crow | Queen Slug-for-a-Butt | Evil the Cat | Professor Monkey-For-A-Head | Bob the Killer Goldfish | Evil Jim |
| Other topics: | List of Earthworm Jim characters | List of Earthworm Jim locations | List of Earthworm Jim items |
