Earthworm Jim (2012 film)

Earthworm Jim is a 2012 traditional animated film directed by David Perry and Douglas TenNapel, creators of the franchise, and published by Universal Studios. It closely follows the plot of the original Earthworm Jim video game, with creative liberties taken occasionally.

Inception/Acquisition
In 2010, Earthworm Jim was beginning to make a comeback, with a new remaster of the original game, Earthworm Jim HD, being released by Gameloft and Interplay. This sparked interest in Universal, whom had worked with the character and its creators to develop a television series in the 90s. Thus, the Universal team contacted creators Douglas TenNapel and David Perry to inquire about creating a new film to coincide with the hype surrounding the HD remaster. Also brought along was some of the cast of the series, such as Dan Castellaneta as Jim, Jeff Bennett as Peter Puppy, Jim Cummings as Psycrow, Kath Soucie as Princess What's Her Name and Andrea Martin as Queen Slug-For-A-Butt. Edward Hibbert also signed on to reprise as Evil the Cat.

Plot
In the deep, dark, depths of Deep Space, Psycrow was attacked by one Major Mucus, in an attempt to stop him from delivering a high tech Super Suit to "The Boss." Major Mucus succeeds, and the super suit comes hurdling towards the planet Earth. Meanwhile, Jim, an ordinary earthworm, is enjoying a meal of random stuff people drop on the ground when the robotic super suit falls out the sky and crashes. Just then, a crow attempts to eat the feeble worm, so he attempts to take shelter in the unidentified object. Upon entering the super suit, the naive worm becomes intelligent and gains the ability to walk upright and talk. Not long after, his soon to be arch-nemesis Psycrow, lands on Earth searching for the lost super suit. As it turns out, the super suit was built by Professor Monkey-for-a-Head to help The Boss, who is revealed to be the horrible insect queen, The Evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt (Queen Slug-for-a-Butt for short) conquer the galaxy.

Having overheard the notorious Psy-Crow contact the evil Queen Slug-For-A-Butt regarding the loss of the super suit, Jim also learns of the Queen's horrible plans for her twin sister, Princess Whats-Her-Name. Summoning up his new found courage and utilizing all the functions of his super suit and blaster, Jim sets out to free the Princess.