Zippy: The Movie

Zippy: The Movie is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Disney Channel animated television series Zippy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 63rd Disney animated feature film. Written and directed by series creators Brandon Greene and Kyla Greene, it features the series' regular voice cast consisting of Michaela Dietz, Dante Basco, Laura Marano, Dove Cameron, Ross Lynch, Calum Worthy, Kari Wahlgren, and Mark Hamill with guest voices of Will Ferrell, Alec Baldwin, Demi Lovato, Kristen Bell, Ed Sheeran, and Jane Lynch as new characters. It is the first film in Zippy film series. In this film, Zippy finds one of the five Star Crystals that when all are gathered together can grant one wish. But then What's-It's-Face gets it and uses it power to rule Ziptown and enslave everyone in it. With the help from two teenage girls named Vanessa and her friend Gabi, Zippy and his friends must travel to Manhattan to find the other four Star Crystals and save the world from What's-It's-Face's rule.

Disney Animation accepted an offer for a film adaptation of Zippy from Brandon Greene in 2024. Brandon and Kyla assembled a team from the show's writing staff, including Cameron Perez, Jake Zubrod, Daniel Whyte, Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Alex Hirsch, Matt Braly, Bill Motz, and Bob Roth. The film was originally intended to serve as the series finale, but Disney ordered more episodes of the series as it had become increasingly profitable, so Kyla resigned as co-showrunner, with her brother would remain as showrunner, but won't be here to often while making his own movies.

Zippy: The Movie was released theatrically in the United States on June 19, 2026 and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a box office success, earning over $149.3 million worldwide against its $10 million budget. At the 95th Academy Awards, the film received two nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (Ed Sheeran's "Change The World"). Two standalone sequels have been released on Disney+: Zippy: The Road Zip Movie (2037) and Zippy: The Cyberspace Movie (2043).

Plot
One night, five shining objects in the sky fall all across the world. One falls near a cave in Ziptown. The next day after school, Zippy and Wet Willy try to blow the biggest bubble that could last. Zippy blows a bubble so big that it engulfs them both and carries them into a nearby cave. The bubble suddenly pops as it makes an impact with the shining object that fell from the sky last night.

Eager to discover what exactly it is, they decide to take it to the Burger Shack at the Zip Central Mall, where they explain to their friends about what they found. At first, Zack thinks that Zippy and Willy were planning to steal the Star Crystal, which is housed in the Shack, but upon attempting to return it to its spot, he realizes that what they had was, in fact, another Star Crystal which all five crystals put together can grant one wish. Suddenly, Hazel, Von Papperoth, and Freddy Bear in a ice cream truck drove by, sending out invitations to a feast at What's-It's-Face's Funhouse to apologize for his wicked behavior. Meanwhile, the twins Jack and Mack get invitations as well and they decide to head to What's-It's-Face's Dinner Party. Meanwhile, Flambo enters his dog house and Bubbles reveals that Flambo has an auto-scan replication device which he uses to scan and replicate all of Whiskers' evil inventions and that he recruited detective Chihuahua Pepe on their mission. Flambo and Ember leave the doghouse in a hovercraft to stop Dr. Whiskers.

Curious and skeptical, the crew sets off for the funhouse, but upon their arrival, they find it was a trick as What's-It's-Face and his henchmen trap Zippy and his friends in a cage when they enter. With the group trapped, What's-It's-Face takes the crystal and he and the others head to the Burger Shack to steal the other one. Displeased by the outcome, the gang escaped and head off to the mall. Open their arrival, What's-It's-Face and his goons attack the Burger Shack in an attempt to steal the other Star Crystal. After a battle involving giant foods and condiments, What-It's-Face attempts to steal the star crystal, but Zippy tries to stop him. While Zippy and What's-It's-Face fight over the Star Crystal, Hazel steals the Zip Burger secret formula and sells it to the Sugar Rush Candy Company in Manhattan.

Slugger, roller skating out of control, accidentally swipes the Star Crystal leading to a chase around the mall and Ziptown. The crystal falls into the sewer. Without the secret formula, Zip Burgers cannot be made, causing customers to become ravenous. What's-It's-Face, realizing that the Star Crystals could grant a wish once put together decides to find them. Zippy and Wet Willy propose teaming up with their friends to find the the Star Crystals. Flambo and Ember crash into Dr. Whiskers' lab but are trapped. While Floppy and Baby Butch leave the lair assist Whiskers in repairing his new invention the Power-Consuming Staff, Buddy sees them and helps them to escape and head to Manhattan.

Zippy and Wet Willy head off on a super plane to fly around the world to find the Star Crystals. What's-It's-Face finds out about this and goes after the duo. What's-It's-Face and his goons hijack the plane and kicked both Zippy and Willy off, leaving them stranded in the middle of the forest. Zippy and Willy try to find the stolen plane, but found a subway station instead which leads to Manhattan, New York City. Upon their arrival in Manhattan, they decide to head around the town to find the other Star Crystals and settle the score with What's-It's-Face. Meanwhile, What's-It's-Face meets Dr. Whiskers and he gives him the staff to use the Star Crystal's power. They invite many of Zippy's foes and persuades them to get the other Star Crystals, destroy Zippy, and conquer Ziptown.

While exploring around the city, they stop at a high school called "Reitherman High School" where they run into Principal Wiggles and introduces them to the CEO of the Sugar Rush Candy Company, Kurt C. Mintzwell and he and his loyal butler Edmonton take them a tour around the school, while also revealing that he was friends with Mr. Baxworth and What's-It'-Face and went to the same high school together. Later, Zippy and Wet Willy meet two students named Vanessa Duncan and her best friend, Gabi Buyer and they followed them after class. Zippy tells them that they came to Manhattan to find the Star Crystals to save Ziptown and they need their help. But Vanessa's parents left for a convention and they're trusting her at home by herself, so she doesn't want any strangers in her house causing damage. Gabi convinces Vanessa to let Zippy and Willy stay since she has the Star Crystal. Vanessa agrees to this and let's Zippy stay at her house where they see Flambo and Ember with her pet Chihuahua Pepe while Wet Willy stays at Gabi's house.

Back in Ziptown, Ceela and Jenny find out that Zippy and Wet Willy are missing and gets Zoomie, Jolly and Pinky to help them find the two. After hours of searching, What's-It's-Face and other villains show up and attack Ziptown. They storm the mall and Burger Shack and trap Mr. Baxworth and Zack in a toilet, but Slugger, Daniel, and the Burger Shack employees stall them long enough for Ceela, Jenny, Zoomie, Jolly, Pinky, Billy, and Frankie to escape. Slugger accidentally reveals that Zippy and Wet Willy have gone to retrieve the Star Crystals. What's-It's-Face sends Von, Freddy, Baby Butch, Floppy, Pastrilum, and Vandit to track them down with Dr. Whiskers releasing his giant robotic mecha cats. Billy, Frankie, their friends, and the Burger Shack employees are thrown out of the mall along with Ceela, Jenny, Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky. As the Burger Shack employees lost their jobs, they witness their beloved city becoming worst and What's-It's-Face declares himself Emperor of Ziptown. Finding out that Zippy and Wet Willy are in Manhattan, Ceela, Jenny, Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky decide to go there.

The next day, Vanessa, and Gabi head to class, while Flambo, Ember, Pepe, and Buddy turn on the TV and Pepe's boss Agent 60 appears on screen. Agent 60 informs that someone is on the verge of searching for all the five Star Crystals and might use them for something terrible. Ember gets the idea to team up with Zippy and his friends to stop this. Before leaving, Wet Willy defends a student named Damian from bullies and Zippy helps Vanessa with her relationship with her boyfriend, Brian Paul, an exchange student from. Brian tells Vanessa that he's hosting a party and asks her if she and Gabi would like to go and thanks to Zippy's encouragement, she accepts. After escaping some harmless stray dogs, Flambo, Ember, Pepe, Buddy, and Beatrice discovered a device that could find the Star Crystals. Baby Butch and Floppy find them and try to capture them, but Flambo, Ember, and Pepe defeated them, not before revealing that Dr. Whiskers has joined the villains. Flambo heads to Zippy and gives him the tracking device.

Meanwhile, the gang arrive at Manhattan and they split up to find Zippy and Wet Willy. Ceela and Jenny go to a direction and Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky go in another direction. Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky meet Brian and he let's them stay in his room for a while. Brian tells them that he has seen Zippy and Willy with Vanessa. But a series of mishaps have Zoomie and Jolly labelled quarter thieves/statue smashers, landing them in jail where they got along with the prisoners.

Back in Ziptown, Billy and Frankie sneak into the kitchen at the Burger Shack and go to confront What's-It's-Face. Before Billy can leave and alert Zippy, they are caught by What's-It's-Face and he unleashes the two Star Crystals' powers on a mind-control device that Dr. Whiskers built to mind control all the citizens of Ziptown and sends them after Billy and Frankie and throwing them in his dungeon along with Zack and Mr. Baxworth. Meanwhile, Zippy and Wet Willy go to the Sugar Rush Candy Company that now sells all new Sugar Burgers and Kurt gives them a machine to find a Star Crystal in an Amusement Park called "Fun City". Flambo and Ember find Ceela and Jenny and leads them to Zippy and Wet Willy.

Vanessa and Gabi dress up and go to Brian's party as Vanessa leaves Pepe in charge of the house. Zippy and Willy use the device to track down the Star Crystals and one of them is at Fun City, run by Mr. Jeffrey. At the same time, Von, Hazel, Freddy, and the other villains pursuit them. As night falls, they stop at a local diner called the Milkshake Manor. They meet a Native American zip person named Jim and he warns the two to keep their eyes peeled for anything that might deceive them at Fun City. Arriving at Fun City, they approach Jack and Mack, who both gotten lost on the way to What's-It's-Face's funhouse and they tell them that they should try the city's attractions. While on the attractions, the villains try to dispose of the pair, but all failed.

After a fun-filled night, Zippy and Willy discover a Star Crystal that Mr. Jeffrey has. Willy decides to "take him out" but Zippy gets another idea to sneak in and take the crystal. As they sneak in, they are reunited with Ceela and Jenny (as well as Flambo and Ember) who tell them that What's-It's-Face and their enemies have taken over and mind controlled everyone in Ziptown and that Zoomie and Jolly are in prison. Meanwhile, Pepe discovers that Mr. Jeffrey turns the kids into pigs for their misdeeds and sells them to slave labor in circuses or be killed for food in slaughterhouses. Zippy, Wet Willy, Ceela, Jenny, Flambo, and Ember witness a boy transforming into a pig, and with Pepe's help, the team along with Jack and Mack escape with the Star Crystal, though they have to abandon the kids in the clutches of Mr. Jeffrey (even if Zippy tries to call the police about the incident). Zippy asks Jack and Mack if they'd like to join them, but they decline saying that they recall the free food promised at What's-It's-Face's Funhouse, and eagerly head off.

Later, at Brian's party, Vanessa discovers that Brian habitually cheats on her rival and bully Elizabeth due to his love for Vanessa and how she is a good person to Zippy and how she loves Pepe. Vanessa leaves the party and Gabi follows just as Zippy and friends show up. Ceela warns her and Gabi about What's-It's-Face and that Manhattan will be next to be taken over if all Star Crystals are at the hands of What's-It's-Face. Zippy also tells Vanessa everything about what happened yesterday at Fun City that Kurt sent them and that they have the Star Crystal, which makes Vanessa grow suspicious about Kurt.

During Zoomie and Jolly's stay in jail as it supposedly comes to an end, the warden then approaches them and tells them that their stay has been extended an additional thirty days. Learning from another prisoner that they might be locked up forever, the two brothers decide to break out of the prison when the prison guard's eyes are diverted. With the help of Pinky and Brian, as well as some of the other prisoners Zoomie and Jolly were hanging, they were successful in their attempt. They soon come across a house where they discover a set of handcuff and shackle keys. The entire police force then comes after them, until they are able to jump on a train, only to be met by the sheriff and his deputies. however, Pepe shows up and breaks a part of the sheriff's car causing him and the police to flee.

Vanessa and Gabi go to the library to research the Star Crystals and Flambo and Pepe sneak in; there they showed the girls what they learn about Kurt is actually half-zip person. When Kurt was a 8-year-old boy, he was living with his father, Sir Vernon Mintzwell, who is the original owner of Sugar Rush Candy Company. His father was always distrustful of zip people and would later turn Kurt human. When Kurt turned 18, he was sent to college by where he met a young Mr. Baxworth and Larry Zippington (What's-It's-Face) and became the perfect team. Kurt's father says not to trust them saying they can ruin him, which did happen when Larry and Baxworth nearly destroyed the Sugar Rush Candy Company and his father scolds him for it. 12 years later, his father was killed in an accident and Kurt became bitter and paranoid, vowing to get revenge on all zip people thinking that humans should be the superior beings, and eventually becomes the 15th richest man in Manhattan. Kurt later creates a plan to destroy all zip people in order to take over the world. Pepe makes the connection if he gets all five Star Crystals, he'll use it to wish to destroy all zip people.

Meanwhile, Von, Freddy, and the other villains and mecha cats catch up to Zippy and his friends. With the help of Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky who reunited with the four, they avoid capture, and Vandit reveals What's-It's-Face's takeover of Ziptown and that Manhattan is next. Zippy arrives back at the Sugar Rush Candy Company to find Kurt and give him the Star Crystal, only to find out he has the Zip Burger secret formula as well as his plan to destroy all zip people, revealing Kurt's true nature. When Zippy finds the letter for the formula deal, Kurt chases Zippy around Manhattan to retrieve it, but Zippy escapes.

When a dog refuses to eat a discarded Sugar Burger in favor of a discarded Zip Burger, Zippy and Wet Willy become suspicious and decide to investigate. They infiltrate the Sugar Rush Candy kitchen and discover that the Zip Burgers are artificially enhanced with Triampathol, an illegal food chemical. Kurt finds them and corners them. Just as he's about to take the secret formula back from Zippy, Vanessa and Gabi arrived. Kurt tries to persuade Vanessa into giving him the two Star Crystals (the one Zippy has and the other around Vanessa's neck) in exchange for the secret formula. Vanessa refuses and he sends the security guards after them to take the crystals by force. Jenny sees them and with her help, Zippy, Wet Willy, Vanessa, and Gabi, taking both the crystals and secret formula with them. As Kurt gets even more frustrated with Zippy and Vanessa, Edmonton comes in to bring him his coffee and informs him that someone at the door who wants to see him. It was What's-It's-Face. Kurt still angry at what he did, tries to throw him out with his Sugar-Bots. But What's-It's-Face persuades him to destroy multiverses with zip people in it, which interests Kurt greatly. On What's-It's-Face's ship dungeon, Mr. Baxworth's wallet begins going crazy over all of the loose change he isn't earning, so Mr. Baxworth lets the wallet go so it can get to the money, only to be picked up by Damian.

What's-It's-Face unleashes some of the mind-controlled citizens of Ziptown to ransack Reitherman High School and lynch Zippy and friends. Kurt uses his robots and Dr. Whiskers mind-control machine to mind control the people in Manhattan (including Vanessa's parents who have returned from the convention) after the gang. Zippy, their friends, Vanessa, Gabi, and Pepe escape through a sinkhole that Ember hid using a sandbox, which destroys the school soon after. The team escape with Brian and flee to London using a truck. That night while riding in Brian's truck to London, Zippy and his friends lament that they will never see any of their friends or do any of the fun things they used to do again, causing them to be sad and miss their old lives.

When they arrived in London, they head to Brian's old apartment where they have to find a way to stop What's-It's-Face and the villains. Vanessa explains to Brian about the situation and how she and Gabi met Zippy and Wet Willy. In, Zippy, Wet Willy, Ceela, and Jenny suddenly see Agent 60 outside of a movie theatre. Inside, they tell Agent 60 that Kurt and What's-It's-Face are working together to find the Star Crystals to destroy all zip people. Agent 60 tells them that this is there biggest mission yet to save the world since Flambo, Ember, and Pepe have the same mission. Suddenly, Vanessa discovers that she lost the Star Crystal necklace during the scuffle, and Kurt finds it and sends it to What's-It's-Face, but let's him have it. Agent 60 gives them a bottle of bubbles that’s big enough to hold everyone. Zippy gathers up his friends and he blows a bubble so big that it carrys them back to Ziptown. The gang look around the enslaved Ziptown and see Mr. Baxworth and Zack and Kurt discovers them. He sends Zippy and his friends to What's-It's-Face's fun dungeon where Billy, Frankie, and Zack are.

What's-It's-Face hosts a mock game show in the funhouse. Zippy and his friends are promptly sucked in a pinball machine by What's-It's-Face and Dr. Whiskers, the latter using it to mess with them. During this, What's-It's-Face warning against escaping at the risk of agitating the flint; everyone in the Z-Team save for Zippy. When What's-It's-Face threatens to ignite the gasoline, Zippy escapes and triggers a blaze, but uses an explosive to blow its roof open, allowing water to rush in from above and douse the flames. Vanessa, Gabi, and Pepe find the gang and help Zippy free the others.

Brian finds Zack and Mr. Baxworth stuck in the toliet and frees them. As they go to free the others, they are confronted by What's-It's-Face and Kurt and demands him to hand over the three Star Crystals. However, What's-It's-Face manages to use the scepter to mind control Brian and tells them to attack Zippy and his friends. When he has them cornered, Pepe sees Ceela's jelly that she made earlier in the film and throws it at Brian, causing him to come to his senses. Later, Wet Willy uses a hose to blasts jelly on some of their brainwashed friends, as well as the Burger Shack employees.

Seeing that Ceela's jelly is the antidote, Zippy, his friends, and the Burger Shack employees arm themselves with jelly guns and Zippy declares war. Zippy, his friends, Vanessa, Gabi, Brian, Pepe, the employees, and the customers (along with Agent 60 and Bubbles) get their weapons and confront What's-It's-Face, Kurt, the villains, and the mind controlled townspeople of Ziptown, Manhattan, and London. They start the war, and Zippy and his team use jelly guns to free the citizens and defeat Zippy's enemies. Zippy and What's-It's-Face fight through time and space while Pepe, with Vanessa's aid fights Kurt on a rooftop where Pepe could destroy the mind control device. Kurt creates a machine to delete zip people and pushes the lever on the machine further that starts causing the portals and the inhabitants to be erased from existence. Kurt reveals that he has destroyed 20% of the multiverse and blackmails Pepe, Zippy, Vanessa, and the rest of the world into making him their new leader and buy his sugar rush candy company products or he will destroy them all if they don't. But Vanessa stubbornly refuses and Kurt loses what's left of his sanity and pulls the lever all the way to delete the universes as he decides to kill both Vanessa and Pepe by using a claw to put them on his conveyor stamper.

However, his plan is thwarted, when Flambo knocks Dr. Whiskers into a release button that causes Vanessa and Pepe to be released and Pepe pushed the emergency button and gets the Star Crystal and destroys both the deletion machine and the mind control device, both freeing the entire townspeople and restoring the multiverse. Zippy launches a basket over Kurt's shoulders, incapacitating him. Wet Willy accidentally knocks Triampathol into the meat grinder during the fight. What's-It's-Face combines the scepter and a bottle of Triampathol to grow into giant-size. During the battle between Zippy and What's-It's-Face, Zippy's friends come to his aid. Just when Zippy's diamond sword is knocked off, the gang eventually get the scepter and Zippy, using his magic skills and with help from Flambo and Wet Willy, destroys the scepter which frees the three Star Crystals and shrinks What's-It's-Face into his original size. The tower then begins to collapse, as the burgers begin to explode due to the overuse of Triampathol (because when too much of the chemical is added, the food that is used for under a cooker might explode). This causes most of the villains to flee before What's-It's-Face is knocked off dangling helplessly on a helicopter as he laughed maniacally until he was was approached by Kevin and his police team at gunpoint. Distraught, Kurt shrieks out in fury and despair over his failure. Afterwards, Vanessa punches Kurt in the face, knocking him off into the vat of Triampathol formula near his destroyed machine, which falls on top of him, where he turns back into a zip person and is arrested for his crimes. With What's-It's Face now powerless, he and the rest of the villains are also arrested. With their enemies defeated, Mr. Baxworth gets the Zip Burger secret formula back. Zippy and the gang are hailed as heroes and celebrated by the people from Ziptown, including the people from Manhattan and London. Zippy and Vanessa form all five Star Crystals together and unlocked Triangle Twister. Zippy wishes for the deleted zip people to be brought back and everything in the world to be restored to normal.

With the secret formula back, the Burger Shack then returns to business and the celebration is ready to begin. Meanwhile, What's-It's-Face escaped from the police, only to be stopped by Kevin, who blasts him with a bubblegum balloon blaster and What's-It's-Face is escorted to the prison asylum. Mr. Baxworth then holds the door open for Damian who turns out to be the same person who took his wallet and Mr. Baxworth goes after him. Vanessa, Gabi, Brian, and Pepe join the celebration with Zippy and his friends.

Throughout the movie, the Narrator serves as the storyteller, and some of the characters interrupt the film at certain points. In a mid-credits scene, Jack and Mack eat the entire feast by themselves, being quite satisfied.

Voice cast
See also: List of Zippy characters


 * Michaela Dietz as Zippy
 * Dante Basco as Wet Willy
 * Laura Marano as Ceela
 * Dove Cameron as Jenny
 * Ross Lynch as Zoomie
 * Calum Worthy as Jolly
 * Kari Wahlgren as Pinky
 * Mark Hamill as What's-It's-Face
 * Will Ferrell as Kurt C. Mintzwell, a billionaire and corrupt CEO of Sugar Rush Candy Company who is later revealed to be half-zip person and wants to rid the multiverse of all zip people. He is the secondary antagonist of the film.
 * Alec Baldwin as Pepe, Vanessa's pet Chihuahua and Manhattan's greatest detective.
 * Demi Lovato as Vanessa Duncan, a teenage high school who is Gabi's best friend and Pepe's owner.
 * Everly Carganilla as Young Vanessa
 * Kristen Bell as Gabi Buyer, a teenage high school student and Vanessa's best friend.
 * Miriam Spumpkin as Young Gabi
 * Ed Sheeran as Brian Paul, a popular exchange student from London and Vanessa's boyfriend.
 * Jane Lynch as Agent 60, a secret agent leader and Pepe's boss.
 * Jeremy Shada as Billy Peterson
 * Ashly Burch as Frankie McKean
 * Patton Oswalt as Flambo
 * Sarah-Nicole Robles as Ember
 * Sean Astin as Zack Hathaway
 * Clancy Brown as Mr. Baxworth
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Whiskers
 * Alan Tudyk as:
 * Edmonton, Kurt's butler and right-hand man.
 * Mr. Jeffrey, the owner and operator of Fun City, where unruly boys are turned into pigs and sold.
 * Tudyk also voices Von Papperoth, Stanley McKean, Vandit, Prisoner #2, Alien #1, Stray Dog #2, Soldier and Clown
 * Bob Odenkirk as Principal Wiggles, the principal of Reitherman High School.
 * Josh Gad as Damian, a nerdy college student who gets bullied for being "just off the boat".
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Elizabeth, Vanessa's bully and rival for Brian's affection.
 * ”Weird Al” Yankovic as the Narrator
 * Kerri Kenney-Silver as Flo
 * Brian Hull as Greg, Otis, Frank (The Wilhelm Scream Guy), Three-Eyed What, General Keegan, Congress, Prisoner #1, Alien leader, Stray dog #1, Colonel Zipbanger
 * Brenda Song as Zalow
 * Justin Felbinger as Zane
 * Kelly Osbourne as Hazel
 * Brad Garrett as Freddy Bear
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Floppy, Big Chuck, General Zero, Zip Private
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Baby Butch, Bubbles The Fish, Alligator
 * Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse as Jack and Mack
 * Jason Marsden as Slugger
 * Matt L. Jones as Kevin
 * Ron Funches as Angel
 * China Anne McClain as Tiff Gucci
 * Anna Akana as Mandy Kwan
 * Issac Ryan Brown as Dexter Woodman
 * Lara Jill Miller as Ellie Rigby
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Mrs. Kwiatek, Tour Guide
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Principal Wade, Dark Bucketman
 * Grey DeLisle as Maya, Leah, Butch Weathers, Lily (Mandy's cat)
 * Pamela Adlon as Daniel Zippington
 * Eric Bauza as Tito Pérez, Sleepy Prisoner
 * Linda Cardellini as Carmen Walton
 * Tara Strong as Mrs. Truffle, Stacy, Kid
 * S. Scott Bullock as C-Mini, Usher
 * Jill Talley as Linda Peterson
 * Tom Kenny as Paul Peterson, Another Kid
 * Sumalee Montano as Ellen McKean
 * Ana Ortiz as Lucy Tucell
 * Dieter Jansen as Mr. Thompson
 * Jake T. Austin as Cody Carpenter
 * Madison Pettis and Tati Gabrielle as Nia and Stacey Gelada
 * Nolan North as Danny, Traffic Cone Zip Person, Cop #2
 * Alex Hirsch as Kris
 * John DiMaggio as Spat
 * Brandon Greene as Buddy The Squirrel, Jerry, General Checker, Squiggly, Alien #2, Third Kid, Fly Followers, old prisoner, log #1
 * Kyla Greene as Beatrice, Leader of the Flies, British Mother, Announcer, Female Police Officer, Mother Bird, Female prisoner, log #2
 * Jaime Pressly as Mrs. Kosmatka, Vanessa, Gabi, and Brian's high school teacher.
 * Toni Braxton as Sadira, a talented pop singer in New York City.
 * Bill Hader as Jim, a Native American zip person from the Milkshake Manor.
 * Patrick Warburton as Tank, a Diner Cook from the Milkshake Manor.
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Connie, a waitress from the Milkshake Manor.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Zipps, an African-American zip person from the Milkshake Manor who has a grudge against crackers (a pun on the ) due to an allergy.
 * Chazz Palminteri as Milky Melvin, a waiter from the Milkshake Manor.
 * Bob Gunton as The Warden from the Manhattan Prison.
 * Ralph Garman as The Sheriff from the Manhattan Prison who tries to recapture Zoomie and Jolly when they escaped jail.
 * Danny Trejo as Cutter, one of the prisoners who help Zoomie and Jolly escape from jail.
 * as Snitch, one of the prisoners who help Zoomie and Jolly escape from jail.
 * Sylvester Stallone as Stone, one of the prisoners who help Zoomie and Jolly escape from jail.
 * Eric Allan Kramer as Mr. Duncan, Vanessa's Dad.
 * Leigh-Allyn Baker as Mrs. Duncan, Vanessa's Mom.
 * Richard E. Grant as Sir Vernon Mintzwell, the father of Kurt and the original founder of the Sugar Rush Candy Company who hates zip people. He died in an accident.
 * as Himself
 * Tress MacNeille as Pastrilum
 * Jonas Brothers as The Drolax Trio:
 * Kevin Jonas as Aldrin Drolax
 * Joe Jonas as Buzz Drolax
 * Nick Jonas as Cosmo Drolax
 * Chandler Kinney as Beth Myers
 * Atticus Shaffer as Wolf
 * Will Arnett as Ratman
 * Josh Keaton as Blue Jay
 * Daran Norris as Mr. Waterman, Manhattan Cop
 * Wendie Malick as Mrs. Waterman
 * Catherine Taber as Wendy Sails
 * Laraine Newman as Amber
 * Cary Elwes as British News Reporter
 * Lamorne Morris as Police guard #1
 * Martin Roach as Police guard #2
 * Eden Riegel as Kitty
 * Aparna Nancherla as Sheena
 * Jim Cummings as Chomper, British Cop
 * Mark Whitten as Spit, Cop #1
 * Marcus Scribner as Snap
 * Charlie Schlatter as Beetle, Kid in bed, Security Guard #2
 * Jim Ward as Security Guard #1
 * Charlie Schlatter as Beetle, Kid in bed, Security Guard #2
 * Jim Ward as Security Guard #1

Development
Zippy: The Movie was long-planned; Series co-creator Brandon Greene has approached Walt Disney Animation Studios for a film based on the show, but they refused for more than a year. his sister and co-creator Kyla Greene was concerned about the challenge of Zippy doing something more cinematically-consequential and inspiring without losing what he called the Zippy "cadence". While on a break from season five post-production, "To do a 75-minute movie about Zippy playing a baseball game would be a mistake, I think this had to be Zippy in a great adventure. That's where the comedy's coming from, having these two naïve characters, Zippy and Wet Willy, a doofus and an idiot, on this incredibly dangerous heroic quest with all the odds against them."

Writing
In 2024, the Greene siblings and the show's staff stopped making episodes to work on the film after the show's fourth season. The film's plot originally had Zippy and friends traveling to another dimension and find out about Flambo and Jane's secret; an obvious reference to the 2011 film,  (2011), this was later said by Michaela Dietz (the voice of Zippy) to be a "joke" plot to keep fans busy. Brandon and Kyla directed the film and wrote it with five and is produced by animators from the show (Cameron Perez, Jake Zubrod, Daniel Whyte, Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Alex Hirsch, and Matt Braly) teaming up with animators from Disney Animation Studios (Jennifer Lee, Clark Spencer, Ron Clements, and John Musker). Perez said, "It was hugely fun although it did get kind of gamy in there." At the beginning of the series, Brandon screened a number of Disney shorts and work by two cartoon characters: Bendy and SpongeBob SquarePants, both obvious inspirations for Zippy. For the film, the writers created a hero's quest in Manhattan and : the search for the Star Crystals, which Brandon got part of the idea from the Nintendo DS game . Ross Lynch (the voice of Zoomie) said about the plot, "It's just nuts. I'm continually dazzled and delighted with what these guys came up with."

When the film was completed, Kyla wanted to end the series "so it wouldn't jump the shark". However, Disney Channel desired more episodes and Brandon said he's has more thoughts about what to do with Zippy; Kyla stated: "Well, there was concern when we did the movie [in 2026] that the show had peaked. There were concerns among executives at Disney." As a result, Kyla resigned as the series' co-showrunner and Perez resigned as the series' producer to continue on his own series on Nickelodeon "The Mel Twins", appointing Brandon to remain as showrunner (even when leaves to make animated films for a little while). Perez was one of Brandon's favorite crew members: "[I] totally trusted him." Kyla no longer wrote or ran the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviewed each episode and submitted suggestions: "I figure when I'm pretty old I can still paint I don't know about running shows." Dietz, Dante Basco (the voice of Wet Willy), and the crew confirmed that they had completed four episodes for broadcast on Disney Channel in early 2027, and planned to finish a total of about 20 for the fourth season. In 2037, Kyla returned to the show following the completion of the second film as an executive producer, having greater creative input and attending crew meetings.

Casting
See also: List of Zippy characters

The film stars the series' main cast members: Michaela Dietz as Zippy, Dante Basco as Wet Willy, Laura Marano as Ceela, Dove Cameron as Jenny, Ross Lynch as Zoomie, Calum Worthy as Jolly, Kari Wahlgren as Pinky, Jeremy Shada as Billy Peterson, Ashly Burch as Frankie McKean, Patton Oswalt as Flambo, Sarah-Nicole Robles as Ember, Sean Astin as Zack Hathaway, Clancy Brown as Mr. Baxworth, Mark Hamill as What's-It's-Face, and Dan Povenmire as Dr. Whiskers. It also features Brian Hull as Greg and various other characters, Kerri Kenney-Silver as Flo, Kelly Osbourne as Hazel, Alan Tudyk as Von Papperoth and various other characters, and Brad Garrett as Freddy Bear. In addition to the series' cast, it was reported on November 23, 2025, that Will Ferrell, Alec Baldwin, Demi Lovato, Kristen Bell, Ed Sheeran, and Jane Lynch would play new characters Kurt C. Mintzwell, Pepe the Chihuahua, Vanessa Duncan, Gabi Buyer, Brian Paul, and Agent 60, respectively. Sheeran was in the cast because it was Greene's cousins' idea.

Toni Braxton, Bob Odenkirk, Josh Gad, Patrick Warburton, Bill Hader, Jaime Pressly, Stephanie Beatriz, Danny Trejo, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sylvester Stallone were added to the cast.

Animation
The crew brought in random animation teams from movies such as: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, , The Loud House Movie, and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. For comedic affects and slapstick, they watched The Emperor's New Groove and classic Disney cartoon shorts for inspiration.

Music
Main article: Zippy: The Movie/Soundtrack

Soundtrack
Music from and Inspired by Zippy: The Movie, the soundtrack of the film was released on May 22, 2026. Hans Zimmer composed the score for Zippy: The Movie, his second score for an animated film by Walt Disney Animation Studios after The Lion King. Ed Sheeran contributed an original song titled "Change The World" and a remix of the Zippy theme song with Ross Lynch, which are both playing at the film's credits. Toni Braxton contributed an original song to the film, "To Love an Iris", which was released as a single on May 15, 2026. The Zippers contributed the song "Get Up and Go" a parody of the Beatles song "".

No. Title.......................................................................Music


 * 1) "Zippy Theme Song (Zip Bop World) (Dance Remix)"..............................................Ross Lynch featuring Ed Sheeran
 * 2) "Change The World"....................................Ed Sheeran
 * 3) "Unbelievable"...................................................Owl City featuring
 * 4) "The A Team"...................................................Ed Sheeran
 * 5) "To Love an Iris"...................................................Toni Braxton
 * 6) "Can I Kick It?"...................................................
 * 7) "Joker & the Thief"...................................................
 * 8) "Blitzkrieg Bop"...................................................
 * 9) "Where's The Fun In That"...................................................Mark Hamill
 * 10) "Chariots Of Fire"...................................................
 * 11) "Prison Work Blues".......................................................Ross Lynch, Calum Worthy, Danny Trejo,, Sylvester Stallone, The Manhattan Prisoners
 * 12) "Shivers".......................................................Ed Sheeran
 * 13) "Tik Tok".......................................................
 * 14) "Thinking Out Loud".......................................................Ed Sheeran
 * 15) "Uptown Funk"........................................................................Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars
 * 16) "What A Wonderful World"...............................Louis Armstrong
 * 17) "La La Land".......................................................Demi Lovato
 * 18) "Mr. Blue Sky".......................................................
 * 19) "What A Wonderful World".......................................................
 * 20) "Get Up and Go".......................................................The Zippers

Release
Zippy: The Movie was released theatrically in the United States on June 19, 2026, and it was accompanied by the animated short film, Painting Fish. The film's premiere was at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 16, 2026, and had a five-day limited release there, starting from June 19, before going into wide release. It was released later in Japan on June 26th.

Marketing
Disney released the teaser trailer for Zippy: The Movie on December 13, 2025. Several companies released promotional products related to the film. estimated the media value was $593 million, which Comcast and its partners spent on that. Television advertisements of the film were spent at $26.1 million. Disney described the film's promotional campaign as the "largest and most comprehensive" in its history. In April 2026, announced the creation of a new official Pantone color, 'Zippy Red', in partnership with Illumination. A series of comics and graphic novels based on the film were published by Titan Comics and launched in June. released a promotion for a toy set offered in their Happy Meals for the film between June and July. Zippy's face was put on theater cups and popcorn bags to tie-in with Zippy: The Movie before and after it's release. Another thing they did to promote the movie is to use bumpers of Zippy and friends at the movies on Disney Channel.

Home media
Zippy: The Movie was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on December 8, 2026, with a digital release on November 24, 2026. The releases include the short film Painting Fish. The Blu-ray release also introduces three short films: Jack & Mack's Crazy Adventure, The Burger Shack Training Video, and Hounds in Pounds. Zippy: The Movie was also released on the streaming service Disney+ on May 7, 2027.

Box office
Zippy: The Movie grossed $97.2 million in North America and $52.1 million in other territories; a total worldwide gross of $149.3 million against a budget of $10 million. It is the third-highest-grossing film based on an animated television show, behind .

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Zippy: The Movie holds an approval rating of 73% based on 105 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. Its critical consensus reads, "Zippy: The Movie won't win over many viewers who aren't fans of the show, but for the converted, it's another colorful burst of manic fun." Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned Zippy: The Movie a score of 64 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Andrew Barker of Variety praised the film for "never even feigning a lick of seriousness"; he felt the film is too long. Barker said the film would prove "popular among the franchise's key grade-schooler and head-shop-owner demographics". Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter said the film's animation styles failed "to create a cohesive whole in spite of all the inspired non sequiturs ... the Disney hand drawn stuff never satisfyingly jibes with the traditional nonsense down below", and would likely be a box office success. Barbara VanDenburgh of The Arizona Republic gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "The plot is straightforward, predictable and slight, no more intricate a plot than a 15-minute TV episode would have. It's the freewheeling madness of its execution that makes the movie such a trip – as in acid trip."

Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave Zippy: The Movie four stars out of five, saying; "The spirit of the series remains true: cheerfully random jokes, blink-and-you'll-miss-them references and, above all, a silly, stubbornly sentimental streak that only the crabbiest cynic could dismiss". Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film three stars out of five, saying it "weaves a silly – and often funny – spell. It's a scrappy little B-movie that zips along rather entertainingly." Jen Chaney of The Washington Post gave the film two stars out of four, saying; it's "fun for the whole family", praising it for its moments of suspense as well as its references to popular culture.

Video game
Main article: Zippy: The Movie Game

A video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, and Xbox on May 27, 2026. The home-console version was developed by Studio MDHR.

Zippy: The Road Zip Movie
Main article: Zippy: The Road Zip Movie

A second film, which was announced in February 2034, was directed by Brandon Greene, written by Aja Smith, and executive-produced by Kyla Greene, who co-wrote the story with Smith. Disney stated in early June 2036 that the film would be released on May 8, 2037 on Disney+. The film involves Zippy and friends going on a road trip with their families and they have to team up with What's-It's-Face and his henchmen to stop an evil King of a fun-filled utopia.

Zippy: The Cyberspace Movie
Main article: Zippy: The Cyberspace Movie

The third film, Zippy: The Cyberspace Movie, was announced in late 2042 and was released on July 10, 2043 on Disney+. Aja Smith served as the director and the screenplay was written by Brandon and Kyla Greene. The film is a hybrid of 2D animation and 3D computer animation and it follows Zippy and Wet Willy traveling through the internet while facing an evil virus who wants to takeover both the internet world and the real world.

Gallery
Main article: Zippy: The Movie/Gallery

Trivia

 * It was originally going to be the series finale, but Brandon Greene said Zippy has grown obsessed with her sisters creation and that he believes it starting to get profitable.
 * It is the 63rd film in the animated Disney canon.
 * The film takes place in between the last episode of season 4 "The Trash of Super Zip/It's a Zippiful Life and the first episode of season 5 "Captured Soap/Old Friend, New Girl".
 * It is the twelfth film to be based on a Disney Channel show.
 * It is the third theatrical film adaptation of a Disney Channel Original Series, after The Lizzie McGuire Movie and .
 * It is the first Disney animated feature film to be based on a TV show.
 * As of today, it is the only theatrical Zippy film.
 * It is the first hand-drawn animated Disney animation studios film since the 2011 film, Winnie the Pooh.
 * The scene where kids are turned into pigs at "Fun" City is a reference to Pleasure Island from the 1940 Disney film, Pinocchio.
 * Adam Sandler was originally going to voice Kurt C. Mintzwell before the role was given to Will Ferrell.
 * Kurt's middle name C. stands for Charles and his last name "Mintzwell" is named after, the Universal Pictures executive who in 1928 stole Walt Disney's production rights to his highly-successful “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit” cartoon series. This led Walt Disney to create Mickey Mouse, who soon eclipsed Oswald in popularity.
 * This is the third time Demi Lovato (Vanessa Duncan) and the Jonas Brothers (The Drolax Trio) were in the same film. They were previously in the Disney Channel Original Movie ' (2008) and it's sequel ' (2010).
 * Pepe is based on Lovato's dog and.
 * It is the last Zippy project to be produced by Cameron Perez before, he left Disney to work on his Nickelodeon cartoon show, The Mel Twins.
 * Some of the villains that were not a part of What's-It's-Face's villains team-up were: Beth Myers, Wolf and the Zip Out Boys, and Edith Distel.
 * Reitherman High School, the high school that Vanessa, Gabi, and Brian attend is named after Disney animator Wolfgang Reitherman.
 * Samuel L. Jackson who voices Mr. Zipps in the film also voiced in the crossover special Zippy's Adventures of Star Wars.
 * Mr. Zipps says "They call Mr. Zipps!" which is a reference to Virgil Tibbs' quote "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" from the 1967 film .
 * In a where the Zippers perform on Zoomie, Jolly, and Pinky's house rooftop is a reference to . They even sing a parody of the Beatles song "" and ending with Zippy saying, "I'd like to thank you on behalf of the group and I hope we passed the audition," paraphrasing a quote by John Lennon at the end of the Beatles rooftop performance.