Psy-Crow

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Psy-Crow is a fictional character from the Earthworm Jim universe. Despite his career as an intergalactic bounty hunter, Psy-Crow spends most of his time on missions from Queen Slug-For-A-Butt. Psy-Crow was the boss on the asteroid chase levels in Earthworm Jim 1, and became the main antagonist in Earthworm Jim 2, kidnapping Princess What's-Her-Name in an attempted power grab. He also showed up in Earthworm Jim 3D as the final boss in the Memory area.

In the cartoon series (see animated series), Psy-Crow's character (voiced by Jim Cummings) was fleshed out a bit more. He occasionally allies himself with Professor Monkey-For-A-Head, generally in service to the Queen but in at least one case in a successful attempt to take control of Insectika. The Queen eventually returned to dethrone the two of them, however. On at least one occasion, Psy-Crow grew tired of his bounty hunter profession and tried out other occupations, including a job as, what Jim once called "the most horrible peril in all the universe", a Gym Teacher (he was fired for shooting lasers at the children; the reason being that he was too nice to be a gym teacher.) He soon decided that being a bounty hunter was indeed his chosen profession. In the episode, Hyper-Psycrow, when the Great Worm Spirit (Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim) shows up after Psy-Crow and Jim destroy the universe, Psy-Crow claims to have been a veteran of the Vietnam War, explaining how he ended up meeting the spirit (who pulled in him into a foxhole, thereby saving his life).

Being a crow persona to Jim's worm persona, Psy-Crow is generally regarded as Jim's primary nemesis. However, he has not yet managed to successfully beat Jim, for a long period of time, anyway. This could be attributed to his general lack of intelligence and common sense, or the fact that he is very poor in hand-to-hand combat.

[edit] Quotations

• Psy-Crow: Didn't your momma ever tell you to watch where you're runnin'?
  Earthworm Jim: Momma didn't have no mouth.
• Psy-Crow: Now that I've shrunken you down to microscopic size with (voice changes) Professor Monkey-For-A-Head's patented reducing cream, in lotion or ointment form, (normal voice) I will crush you like... some easily crushed thing!
  
• Psy-Crow: The wages of sin is death, but the hours are good!
  
• Psy-Crow: You're goin' down like Jacques Cousteau!
  
• Psy-Crow: At last! It is mine and what not! The mightiest object in the universe! The Orb Of Quite Remarkable Power! *laughs maniacally*
  
• *Jim jumps out of the way of a giant hamburger*
  Earthworm Jim: A hamburger?
  Psy-Crow: Oh. Heh, sorry. I was just thinkin' about lunch.
  Earthworm Jim: Oh-ho. Quite alright.

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