"That was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me."
Spoilers Off applies to all Heartwarming pages, so all spoilers are unmarked. You Have Been Warned!
- Michael's children end up helping Bugs and Daffy when they go to retrieve his training gear. Their dad is helping the Looney Tunes? All they needed to know.
- Bill Murray spends a great deal of his screen time talking about how he'd like to play in the NBA. Later, he shows up at the Tunes' basketball game in a Big Damn Heroes moment.
- Turns into a bit of a Tear Jerker later when he's talking to Larry Bird about it (who still doesn't think he'd have a chance).
- Heartwarming in Hindsight: Warner Bros. built a court so Michael Jordan could practice for the movie and give the basketball-playing scenes verisimilitude to the degree that Jordan (infamously perfectionist) could be happy with. He credits this with helping him make his comeback when he un-retired... by leading the Bulls to a title, after winning a then-record 72 times in the regular season.
- After the genius coyote successfully manages to booby trap a hoop, Bugs gives him the Pet the Dog he deserves.Bugs: Nice kaboom, Wile E.
- Even moreso when you realize this is one of the only times someone calls him by his name.
- This is then immediately followed up by Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam, in full Pulp Fictionnote regalia, saving Wile E. when the Mon-Star who fell victim to the trap grabs Wile E. with the intention of beating him to a pulp for some payback.
- In fact, Sam, Elmer, and Wile E. seem to be quite liked and get along well with all the other Tunes despite being the "bad guys" in their shorts. Sam is one of the first to jump to Bugs' defense when the aliens walk in with him captured (though he gets blasted for it) and Bugs invites Elmer along to their strategy meeting. Though based on the scene on the TV where Wile E. and the Road Runner stop going at each other and head on to the town meeting when summoned, they're all friends and only antagonize each other when playing out their roles in the cartoons.
- The very first minutes of the movie: Michael Jordan as a kid playing with his father at his home's small court, dreaming of becoming a professional basketball player, all while "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly plays in the background. It's just beautiful.
- "I Believe I Can Fly" is later reprised in the scene where Michael arrives back on Earth (through the Nerdlucks' spaceship) for his baseball game with Stan announcing "Ladies and Gentlemen. Michael Jordan!". It's equally as beautiful.
- When Bugs saves Lola from getting squashed by one of the Monstars, she's horrified and very worried about Bugs when he gets injured in her place — but she sincerely appreciates it: "Oh, Bugs. Thank you. That was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me." Cue the above pictured Big Damn Kiss.
- Even though Michael Jordan and the five basketball playersnote who got their talent stolen are all technically from rival teams, MJ still risks everything to get the stolen players' talent back in the final game. In fact, when the Tune Squad manages to win the game overall and MJ gets a basketball for the Monstars to return the talent they stole, MJ refers to the other five players as "[his] friends."
- Hell, it's clear that all of them are friends off the court, no matter which teams they play for.
- It's minor and gets him a Death Glare from two of his teammates, but it's definitely worth noting that Blanko (the blue Monstar) seemed genuinely concerned for Tweety after he got injured by Bang (the green Monstar), even going so far as to actually ask the canary if he was okay. While he's definitely the dumbest of the Monstars, this simple act also shows that he's the most considerate.
- The Toons letting the Nerdlucks stay in Looney Tunes Land (after a demonstration to prove they’re looney enough to be Toons).
- What ultimately convinces MJ to help the Looney Tunes out against the Monstars? He sees said Monstars bullying Tweety.
- Prior to that, Tweety's quick to stand up for MJ when the Monstars start making fun of him.
- After losing the basketball game to the Looney Tunes and facing yet another harsh criticism and some physical abuse from Mr. Swackhammer, Michael immediately comes to the Monstars defense and asks why do they still put up with Mr. Swackhammer. This causes the Monstars to stumble over their words ("because he's bigger than we used to be...") and quickly realize what they're doing and give Mr. Swackhammer a taste of his own medicine by sending him flying back to Moron Mountain on a rocket.
- In the sequel, which takes place 25 years after the events of this film, the Tunes still hold MJ in high regard even though Lebron James is now their team captain. So they're delighted by the prospect of reuniting with him, when Sylvester claims to have found him. Bugs is especially thrilled. It turns out that the "Michael Jordan" they found was the actor Michael B. Jordan.
