History Film / Baseketball

* VerbalTic: Coop and Remer mutter "cock" randomly on occasion. Notably at the party in the beginning, after being insulted by everyone.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: "Warts on Your Dick" (performed by Trey Parker).
-->'''Singer''': And those [[TitleDrop warts on your dick]] won't go away/Unless you use that topical cream every day!

-->'''Ted Denslow:''' Now you kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops and VideoGame/PacMan video games...'''(note it's the early [[TheNineties 90s]] when he says this)'''.

'''Denslow:''' (''slaps Coop with the bun and chokes out'') STUPID! (''then dies'')

* '''San Antonio Defenders''': Rednecks; their home field includes a giant recreation of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas (which they, as Texans, would defend). Apparently, at least one of their rallying cries is "F--k the Mexicans!".

* NeverMyFault: After the BigBad blackmails them into forfeiting the Denslow Cup, Remer blames the entire mess on Coop because he wouldn't share control of the NBL and for saying no to Cain's first proposition (thus forcing Cain to take drastic measures in order to change Coop's mind). When Jenna comes down to tell them they've destroyed her foundation, Remer quickly pins the blame on Coop.

** Interestingly, it's considered a foul to attempt a psych-out using humor at the expense of homosexuality. During an away game in San Francisco, Coop gets booked with a "pink flag" for flouting the rule (even though he protests [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext he was making an ''Australian'' joke, not a gay joke.]])

* '''Dallas Felons''': Huge muscle types who are probably ex-convicts (a reference to numerous players on the Dallas Cowboys who had major legal problems in the mid-1990s). Of all the teams in the league, they're the Villain Team to contrast the Beers.

* '''Miami Dealers''': Predominantly Cuban, Puerto Rican (or other Hispanic) drug-dealer types. They wear old-school pagers [[Main/TechnologyMarchesOn which were less out of place in the late '90s.]] One of the players ran away when Coop performed a psyche-out wearing a DEA jacket with the logo facing him.

** Interestingly, it's considered a foul to attempt a psych-out using humor at the expense of homosexuality. During an away game in San Francisco, Coop gets booked with a "pink flag" for flouting the rule (even though he protests [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext he was making an Australian joke, not a gay joke.]])

** Their logo is an L.A. city skyline on fire.

''[=BASEketball=]'' is a 1998 comedy film telling the story of two unemployed losers (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone, just as South Park was starting to skyrocket in popularity) who invent a game combining baseball and basketball, but requiring no real athletic skills, and banning controversial sports practices like massive sponsorship and multiple player transfers. The game rapidly evolves in popularity becoming an actual professional sport, thanks to the backing of billionaire Ted Denslow (Ernest Borgnine).

* OpposingSportsTeam[=/=]TheRival: The Dallas Felons.

** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then turning his head to vomit immediately after. Among the home game promotions is "free-range chicken night".

* HumbleBeginnings[=/=]MemeticMutation: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban neighborhood driveways even going as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a rapidly growing fan base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to the game's roots, many baseketball arenas have backboard facades that resemble suburban garage doors each themed to the arena's home team.

* TrashTalk: "Psyche-outs"; an official part of the game.

* '''San Francisco Ferries''': Homosexuals; referencing San Francisco's status as one of America's most well-known LGBTQ meccas. The word Ferries, referring to ferry boats, is also a play on "[[CampGay fairy]]", a slur towards gay men. The players wear white and pastel pink and blue uniforms.

** Their mascot is a grey alien who is accompanied by the cheerleaders, all wearing shiny, full-body unitards and perform bizarre dance routines.
** The home arena is shaped to look like a flying saucer and has an {{Area 51}}-themed backboard.

* '''Miami Dealers''': Predominantly Cuban, Puerto Rican (or other hispanic) drug-dealer types. They wear old-school pagers [[Main/TechnologyMarchesOn which were less out of place in the late '90s.]] One of the players ran away when Coop performed a psyche-out wearing a DEA jacket with the logo facing him.

* '''San Francisco Ferries''': Homosexuals; referencing San Francisco's status as one of America's most popular LGBTQ meccas. The word Ferries, referring to ferry boats, is also a play on "[[CampGay fairy]]", a slur towards gay men. The players wear white and pastel pink uniforms.

* '''San Antonio Defenders''': Rednecks; their home field includes a giant recreation of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas (which they, as Texans, would defend).

* '''L.A. Riots''': Reference to the 1992 UsefulNotes/LosAngeles[=/=]Rodney King riots and, possibly, the 1965 Watts Riots. The players appear to be mostly Latinos and African-Americans.

* HumbleBeginnings[=/=]MemeticMutation: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban neighborhood driveways even going as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a rapidly growing fan base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to the game's roots, many baseketball arenas have backboard facades the resemble garage doors each themed to the arena's home team.

* '''Milwaukee Beers''': The team our protagonists play on referencing to the numerous local beer breweries and the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.

** Their mascot is a walking keg of beer (who can use his "tap" to urinate).

** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then turning his head to vomit immediately after. Among their home game promotions is "Free-range chicken night".

** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then turning his head to vomit immediately after.

* '''Miami Dealers''': Predominantly Cuban, Puerto Rican (or other Hispanic) drug-dealer types. They wear old-school pagers [[Main/TechnologyMarchesOn which were less out of place in the late '90s.]] One of the players ran away when Coop performed a psyche-out wearing a DEA jacket with the logo facing him.

* '''New Jersey Informants''': Italian-American[=/=]{{Joisey}} Mafia stereotypes. Their rallying calls include "fuggedaboutit" and "In the river, baby!" - the latter referencing Mafiosos disposing of bodies by dumping them into a large river. One of the team members is played by Creator/GregGrunberg, of subsequent ''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Heroes]]'' fame.

* '''L.A. Riots''': Reference to the 1992 UsefulNotes/LosAngeles[=/=]Rodney King riots and, possibly, the 1965 Watts Riots; the players appear to be mostly Latinos and African-Americans.

** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then turning head to vomit immediately after.

* '''San Francisco Ferries''': Homosexuals; referencing San Francisco's status as one of America's most popular LGBT meccas. The word "Ferries", referring to ferry boats, is also a play on "[[CampGay fairy]]", a slur towards gay men. The players wear white and pastel pink uniforms.

** Interestingly, it's considered a foul to attempt a psych-out using humor at the expense of homosexuality. During an away game in San Francisco, Coop gets booked with a "pink flag" for flouting the rule (even though he protests [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext he was making an Australia joke, not a gay joke.]])

** The logo is an L.A. city skyline on fire.

** The cheerleaders wear highly revealing attire, like all of the cheerleaders in the league, with the most range of attire (since we see them the most often) - from lacy white lingerie, to lacy black lingerie (when in mourning) to cutoffs and short-shorts, to [[Main/CatholicSchoolGirlsRule sexy schoolgirl outfits.]] They generally project a "sexy girl next door" vibe, suitable for the Hero Team.

* '''New Jersey Informants''': Italian-American[=/=]{{Joisey}} Mafia stereotypes. Their rallying calls include "Fuggedaboutit" and "In the river, baby!" - the latter referencing Mafiosos disposing of bodies by dumping them into a large river. One of the team members is played by Creator/GregGrunberg, of subsequent ''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Heroes]]'' fame.

* '''New Jersey Informants''': Italian-American {{Joisey}} Mafia stereotypes. Their rallying call is "In the River, baby!" - a reference to Mafiosos disposing of bodies by dumping them into a large river. One of the team members is played by Creator/GregGrunberg, of subsequent ''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Heroes]]'' fame.

Based on an actual game created by ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' co-creator David Zucker.

** The Ferries have the only all-male cheerleader squad in the league.

** Their mascot is a grey alien who is accompanied by the cheerleaders, all wearing shiny, silver full-body unitards and perform bizarre dance routines.
** The home arena is shaped to look like a flying saucer and has an Area 51-themed backboard.

** Their logo is a chainsaw-wielding man reminiscent of ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]'').
* '''New Jersey Informants''': Italian-American {{Joisey}} Mafia stereotypes. Their rallying call is "In the River, baby!" - a reference to Mafiosos disposing of bodies by dumping them into a large river.

** One of the Informants is played by Creator/GregGrunberg, of subsequent ''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Heroes]]'' fame.

** The mascot is a grey alien.
** The team's arena is shaped to look like a flying saucer and has an Area 51-themed backboard.

--> "The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes. The Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee, where there is no oil. The New Orleans Jazz moved to Salt Lake City, where they don't allow music."

* HumbleBeginnings[=/=]MemeticMutation: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban neighborhood driveways going as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a rapidly growing fan base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to the game's roots, many baseketball arenas have backboard facades the resemble garage doors each themed to the arena's home team.

** The cheerleaders wear highly revealing attire, like all of the cheerleaders in the league, with the most range of attire (since we see them the most often) - from lacey white lingerie, to lacey black lingerie (when in mourning) to cutoffs and short-shorts, to [[Main/CatholicSchoolGirlsRule sexy schoolgirl outfits.]] They generally project a "sexy girl next door" vibe, suitable for the Hero Team.
** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then vomiting immediately after.

* '''Miami Dealers''': Predominantly Cuban (or other Hispanic) drug-dealer types. They wear old-school pagers [[Main/TechnologyMarchesOn which were less out of place in the late '90s.]] One of the players ran away when Coop performed a psyche-out wearing a DEA jacket with the logo facing him.

** Cheerleaders: The Ferries have the only all-male cheerleader squad in the league.

* '''Detroit Lemons''': Reference to the home of American auto makers as well as the slang term often given to defective automobiles. (The team logo is a lemon with wheels.)
* '''Roswell Aliens''': Reference to the RoswellIncident where a UFO supposedly crashed in a location in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 and the surrounding conspiracy theories that developed thereafter. The team has an grey alien mascot, an arena shaped to look like a flying saucer, an Area 51-themed backboard, as well as an "Anal Probe Night" promotion.

* HumbleBeginnings[=/=]MemeticMutation: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban neighborhood driveways and even went as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a growing fan base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to this, many baseketball arenas have backboard facades the resemble garage doors each themed to the arena's home team.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Played with between Coop's control over the NBL and Remer wanting more from this.

--> '''Bob Costas:''' And so it all comes down to this; one shot. Coop makes it? the Beers win the cup and get to keep the team.\\
'''Al Michaels:''' Or…''he misses!''\\
(Bob looks at him weird)

'''Al Michaels:''' And it's hard to believe just five years ago, [[Main/DirtyOldMan those girls were only in grade school.]]\\

* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe example. Coop's philosophy while building the NBL; He wants to create an environment where passion for the sport, not franchising, is the main motivating factor for the players. After Coop was given ownership of the sport by Denslow's will, he makes sure it stays that way. Unfortunately, Coop is so determined to keep the sport from becoming commercialized that he soon becomes obsessed with control over it.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Cain doesn't understand why a fellow rich man like Denslow wouldn't want to commercialize baseketball and make even more money.

* InnocentlyInsensitive : A new reporter asks Coop how he's feeling in regards to losing the game and the death of Denslow.

* InstantSedation: For one of his psyche-outs Remer plays a droning, monotonous book-on-tape in a player's ear, lulling him to sleep in seconds. Doubles as a Main/TakeThat: if you listen carefully to the words, you can figure out the book is ''Film/TheHorseWhisperer'', even if you've not read it.

* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: After losing the championship game at the beginning, the Beers are met with hats and assorted merchandise labeled "LOSERS."

* VideoWills: How [[spoiler:Denslow]] leaves the team to Coop.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Ted Denslow]]

Five years later, Joe "Coop" Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) are the star players of the Milwaukee Beers team in the National [=BASEketball=] League, playing against their arch-rivals, the Detroit Felons, in the fourth Denslow Cup. Tragically, Denslow chokes on a hot-dog and dies just as Coop comes up to shoot for the team, causing the Beers to lose. A few days later, at the reading of Denslow's VideoWill, Coop learns that he's inherited ownership of the Beers, meaning he's now the only person standing in the way of Baxter Cain's (Robert Vaughn) plans to bring in all the things Coop and Denslow hated about other professional sports. That is, unless the Beers fail to win the next Denslow Cup, in which case ownership reverts to Denslow's widow Yvette (Jenny [=McCarthy=]). Cain promptly cozies up to Yvette, and makes plans to get Coop out of the way, while Coop struggles to keep baseketball the game it was meant to be, while wooing Jenna (Yasmin Bleeth), the attractive director of a local kids charity.

Five years later, Joe "Coop" Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) are the star players of the Milwaukee Beers team in the National [=BASEketball=] League, playing against their arch-rivals, the Detroit Felons, in the fourth Denslow Cup. Tragically, Denslow chokes on a hot-dog and dies just as Coop comes up to shoot for the team, causing the Beers to lose. A few days later, at the reading of Denslow's VideoWill, Coop learns that he's inherited ownership of the Beers, meaning he's now the only person standing in the way of Baxter Cain's (Robert Vaughn) plans to bring in all the things Coop and Denslow hated about other professional sports. That is, unless the Beers fail to win the next Denslow Cup, in which case ownership reverts to Denslow's widow Yvette (Jenny McCarthy). Cain promptly cozies up to Yvette, and makes plans to get Coop out of the way, while Coop struggles to keep baseketball the game it was meant to be, while wooing Jenna (Yasmin Bleeth), the attractive director of a local kids charity.