ToeJam & Earl/Trivia

• Executive Meddling: Panic on Funkotron was originally closer to the first game in terms of gameplay before Sega had them change it to the side-scroller seen in the finished product. Some of the differences between the first game and Mission To Earth were also made at Sega's request.
• Franchise Killer: Mission to Earth's commercial underperformance pretty much killed any chance at a revival. Until 2015...
• Saved From Development Hell: ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth, since the mid-90s. See What Could Have Been in the YMMV tab.
• Sequel Gap: Twice. Mission to Earth was released nine years after Panic on Funkotron, and Back in the Groove will be released sixteen years after Mission to Earth.
• Throw It In: ToeJam and Earl were originally named FlowJam and Whirl, but the man coding their names in misheard them and wrote in ToeJam and Earl. Sega liked the latter names.
• Unintentional Period Piece: There's no way a game like this, with all it's bright and colorful, family-friendly, Totally Radical hip-hop aesthetics could've been made outside of the early 90's (which is probably part of the reason why Mission to Earth flopped so hard).
• Working Title: All Funked Up was the original subtitle to the third game.
  • The game also formally had the title ToeJam, Earl & Latisha.