Earthworm Jim's Grand Island Adventure

Earthworm Jim's Grand Island Adventure is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated action/adventure science fiction mystery comedy film directed by Graham Morris, written by Doug Langdale, Thomas Hart, John Loy, Steve Roberts, Henry Gilroy, Jim Benkhe, Rob Humphrey and Jim Peterson and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with Flextech Television Limited and Interplay Entertainment.

Plot
Jim goes on an amazing yet colorful and tropical island journey to find his father.

Writing
The movie was written by the entire Earthworm Jim cartoon series writer staff, Doug Langdale, Thomas Hart, John Loy, Steve Roberts, Henry Gilroy, Jim Benkhe, Rob Humphrey and Jim Peterson.

Voices
All of the original cast members from the show, such as Dan Castellaneta, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, and Jim Cummings return to reprise their roles for the direct-to-video movie.

Animation
Unlike the original animated series (which was animated at AKOM Production Company), the animation is instead handled overseas at Koko Enterprises Co. Ltd.

Music
Unlike the original animated series (composed by Will Anderson), this movie had a full 35-piece classic orchestra and was composed by Mark Watters. The music was strongly influenced by classic Disney shorts.

Voice cast

 * Dan Castellaneta - Earthworm Jim, Evil Jim
 * Jeff Bennett - Peter Puppy, Narrator, Evil Peter, Hamsternator
 * Kath Soucie - Princess What's-Her-Name, Evil Princess, Malice the Dog
 * John Kassir - Snott, Henchrat
 * Andrea Martin - Queen Slug-for-A-Butt, Ms. Bleveredge
 * Jim Cummings - Psycrow, Bob the Killer Goldfish, Walter
 * Charlie Adler - Professor Monkey-For-A-Head
 * Edward Hibbert - Evil the Cat

Additional Voices

 * Paul Newman - Earthworm Jim, Sr.
 * John Ratzenberger - Chef
 * Rob Paulsen
 * Tress MacNeille
 * Jess Harnell
 * Kathleen Barr
 * Ian James Cortlett
 * Tabitha St. Germain
 * Frank Welker
 * Billy West
 * Danny Mann
 * Lisa Kaplan
 * Gregg Berger
 * April Winchell
 * Miriam Flynn
 * Brad Garrett
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Dee Dee Rescher
 * Edie McClurg
 * Ben Stein
 * S. Scott Bullock
 * Eddie Deezen

Trivia

 * The plot was based off the Popeye the Sailor comic strip storyline where Popeye finds his Pappy on an island (which it would be later also adapted as the 2004 CGI direct-to-video Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy), albeit a few differences.
 * Langdale originally conceived the scene where Earthworm Jim and Peter Puppy were being tortured violently by Evil the Cat.
 * Production began on the movie in late 1996.