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Moves and Animations

  • Arya Stark
    • When Arya kills a foe, they leave behind a pie that can heal foes, but slows them down in turn. This is in reference to the finale of Season 6 of Game of Thrones, where Arya, while disguised as a servant woman, serves Walder Frey a meat pie made from his two sons.
  • Batman
    • Batman's neutral dodge has him recreate the cover of Batman: The Animated Series.
    • For a single frame of his forward air attack, Batman becomes silhouetted and does a pose closely resembling the pose he does on the cover of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
      • For his losing animation, Batman breaks a gun in half, referencing a panel in the same story where he does the same.
  • Black Adam
    • A majority of Black Adam's attacks are based on moves he does in the movie Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.
    • For his victory animation, Black Adam sits on his original throne from the comics, striking a pose that his film counterpart does in a couple of posters.
    • The Man in Black's victory animation starts similarly except he lands on top of the throne, instantly destroying it under him. This is exactly what Black Adam does to the throne at the end of the movie.
  • Bugs Bunny
    • Bugs' intro animation, which has him pull himself out of a top hat, is lifted from Case of the Missing Hare.
    • When paired with its charging animation, Bugs' grounded up attack closely resembles the kick to the rear he gives Elmer towards the end of his debut short, A Wild Hare.
    • Bugs' neutral aerial is based on a move he does (albeit on the ground) in Rabbit Punch.
    • Bugs' dancing taunt is based on a dance that appears in multiple shorts, most notably Bugs Bunny Rides Again.
    • Bugs' losing animation is based on his tantrum from Rabbit Rampage.
  • Finn The Human
    • In Finn's grounded down special, Choose Goose and BMO both appear as cameo characters, the former selling the power-ups Finn can buy while the latter allows Finn to use it for a strong, single-use attack.
    • Expanding on BMO, the attack he uses is referred to as a "BMO Chop", which refers to a short gag in "Card Wars".
    • Finn's taunt has him do his "tough tootin' baby" dance, seen in Season 3's "Memory of a Memory".
    • Fern's animation when selected on the character select screen starts with him photosynthesizing like he does at the beginning of "Whispers".
  • Garnet
    • Garnet's win animation has her grin and use her hands to form a Heart Symbol, taken from a quick gag from Season 2's "When It Rains".
    • Garnet's original loss animation has her poof in nearly the same manner as she did when Jasper destabilized her in Season 1's "The Return". Her current loss animation instead has her sit down and meditate as two glowing white butterflies come to rest on her open palms, referencing "Here Comes a Thought" from Season 4's "Mindful Education".
    • One of Garnet's taunts has her recreating the dance she made during Ruby and Sapphire's wedding in "Reunited".
    • Another one of Garnet's taunts is her driving Tiny Car Amethyst from "Too Many Birthdays".
    • Garnet's side attack, "Crystal Combo", is based on what she did in a Pummel Duel against a water clone created by Lapis in "Ocean Gem".
    • Garnet's neutral special, "Stronger than You", is named after the same song she sings during "Jailbreak".
  • Gizmo
    • In both his intro animation and grounded down special, Gizmo hops outside/back inside the box he originally came in.
    • For Gizmo's grounded neutral attack, he is able to charge up and fire arrows that he is able to ignite, which is something he wields in Gremlins 2: The New Batch to take down his revived spawn.
    • For Gizmo's grounded side special, he summons a remote control car that he is able to drive around in, something he does in the original Gremlins as he bravely charges forward to take down Stripe.
    • For one of Gizmo's victory animations, he can be seen watching TV while on a desk, munching pop corn as he does so. Not only is this a reference to a similar scene in Gremlins, notably, a clock by his side is permanently stuck at 11:59, one minute before any food ingested results in him becoming a gremlin.
  • Iron Giant
    • Quite a few, but the most noticeable one comes when the Giant switches between attack and regular mode: a brief animation plays showing him looking at his hands in confusion and sadness, just like he did in the movie.
  • Jake The Dog
    • All of Jake's transformations are ones he has used at some point in the series. His horse form is from "Gut Grinder", while the house form appeared in the episode "May I Come In?" from the "Stakes" miniseries. He also sometimes calls out "JAMES BAXTER!" when using his horse form, as a reference to James Baxter the Horse.
    • Jake's dancing taunt is his dance from "Power Animal".
  • Marvin the Martian
    • Marvin's pistol appears to be a combination of all his various weapons he's had over the years. His neutral attack, where he fires a bubble, comes from Looney Tunes: Back in Action, he uses the Time-Space Gun from Mad as a Mars Hare for his side-special, and his disintegration ray comes from Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century.
    • Marvin does a high kick for both his grounded and aerial side attacks. This is the same kick he does to K-9 in his debut short.
    • Marvin's flag is used a lot, showing up as a part of his victory animation, one of his taunts, his down special, and even his wall cling animation. This is likely referencing the Running Gag in Marvin's shorts in Looney Tunes Cartoons, where he is constantly trying (and failing) to claim a planet for Mars by planting down his flag.
      • The Spaceship that he summons for his up-special is also based on his ship from the show.
  • Morty
  • Rick
    • Rick's neutral special has him summon up to two Mr. Meeseeks and give them attack orders. The down input has the Meeseeks pull out a golf club in reference to Jerry's disastrous attempt to use them to improve his golf game.
    • When Rick's portals are on cooldown, his side special has him using the Go-Go Sanchez Ski Shoes from "The Ricks Must Be Crazy".
    • Rick's neutral aerial is called "Personal Space" after the Unexpectedly Dark Episode "Personal Space Show" from "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate".
    • Rick's up aerial has him pull out the Mega Seed from the pilot episode, and the name of the move implies that whoever gets hit with the move has the seed shoved up their butthole like he forced Morty to do in the episode. If he hits an ally with the seed, they gain an "Educated" buff like how the seed temporarily increased Morty's brainpower when it dissolved in his rectum.
    • Rick's up attack uses the laser whip Morty asks for in "Promortyus" and is later shown using in "Mortyplicity".
    • One of his taunts is the "Get Schwifty" dance.
  • Stripe
    • Stripe's down special has him summon some dynamite and then bite into it, blowing himself up. While this generally references the self-destructive nature of the Gremlins, the way Stripe is blasted into the air brings to mind how the majority of the Gremlins were blown to kingdom come near the end of the original film.
    • Stripe wields many of the various weapons he used to try to kill Billy in the movie, including a sawblade, a chainsaw, and most notably, a gun.note 
    • On the character select screen, Stripe pops out of the cocoon that are made when mogwai turn into Gremlins.
  • Superman
    • Superman's grounded side special is called "Locomotive Charge", bringing to mind his iconic description from The Adventures of Superman.
    • His down special, a low sweeping blast of heat vision he can perform both on the ground and in midair, comes straight from the Injustice games, where it was his most infamous projectile attack.
  • Tom and Jerry
    • In their losing animation, while Tom is waving around a white flag in defeat, Jerry's depressed sitting pose and expression has a resemblance to the rather infamous ending of Blue Cat Blues.
  • Velma
    • Velma does her classic run animation for her grounded side special.
    • An unlockable taunt for Velma has her do the dance she did with Shaggy in an episode of the orginal series.
  • Wonder Woman
    • The second hit of Wonder Woman's side attack combo has her perform a leg sweep, similar to the leg sweeps she does in a couple of her appearances in the DCEU.
    • For her neutral dodge, Wonder Woman spins around, similar to the iconic twirl that her live action '70s incarnation did to switch into her costume.

Character Designs/Variants

  • Arya Stark
  • Batman
  • Black Adam
    • Black Adam's default costume uses his main design since New 52, while his "Comic Classic" variant is based on his original pre-New 52 appearances.
    • Black Adam sports pointy ears like in his pre-Flashpoint appearances, rather than the normal ones he has in every appearance since then.
    • Adam's third variant "The Man in Black" is based on his film counterpart portrayed by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He also does "The People's Eyebrow" during his idle animation.
  • Bugs Bunny
    • Bugs◊ is modeled after his Looney Tunes Cartoons design, though with his more familiar white gloves rather than the yellow gloves from that series.
    • One of Bugs' costumes seen in the trailer is his Brünnhilde outfit from What's Opera, Doc?.
    • Other variants for Bugs includes his original Tune Squad uniform from the first Space Jam and his newer uniform from the sequel.
    • His Maestro variant is heavily inspired by his conductor disguise in Long-Haired Hare.
  • Finn The Human
  • Garnet
    • One of Garnet's alternate costumes is her "cotton candy" appearance from when she first fused, seen in "The Answer" and Steven Universe: The Movie.
    • Another outfit are her clothes from before Steven was born, as seen in "Story for Steven".
    • Garnet's "True Kinda Love" variant, which she received for the ValentiNeon event, is named after the song she sings in the climax of the movie.
  • Gizmo
    • One of Gizmo's variants has him don his Rambo-inspired attire from Gremlins 2: The New Batch, when he takes down a group of gremlins all by himself.
    • Gizmo's Merry Mogwai variant has him wear a Santa hat like he did from a scene from the original Gremlins, while tangled up in Christmas lights, a possible reference to how the newly transformed Gremlins tied up Billy's dog Barney in the same movie.
  • Harley Quinn
  • Iron Giant
    • The Iron Giant's default appearance has him don his Superman-inspired necklace that he wears in a scene in the film.
    • His Classic costume removes said necklace, depicting him how he appears in the rest of the film. Notably this is currently one of the cheapest costumes in the game at only 250 Gold.
  • Jake The Dog
    • Jake's alternate costumes include his Shapeshifter form from the episode "Abstract".
    • One of Jake's variants swaps him out with Cake, complete with her own voicelines.
    • Like Finn's, Jake's Ugly Sweater variant also comes from "Holly Jolly Secrets: Part 1".
  • LeBron James
    • One of LeBron's alternate costumes features him wearing a cowboy-inspired outfit, lifted directly from Space Jam: A New Legacy.
    • First introduced in Season 1, another one of LeBron's alternate costumes has him wear Robin's outfit, which also comes from Space Jam: A New Legacy.
  • Marvin the Martian
    • Marvin's default design appears to draw inspiration from his design from modern Looney Tunes cartoons, as based on his eyes being extremely close to one another, the off-yellow coloring of his gloves, and the red dots on his shoes.
    • Marvin's first variant has him appear as "Martian Commander X-2", the role he dons in Duck Dodgers.
    • In the Valentine's Day event, he got two new variants pulling from his referee clothing from the original Space Jam and his own blue jersey from Space Jam: A New Legacy respectively.
  • Morty
    • One of Morty's Variants turns him into President/Evil Morty.
    • Evil Morty's "rogue" design (as seen in his debut episode Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind) also makes an appearance as one of Morty's Variants, being introduced alongside the debut of the game's second season.
  • Rick
  • Shaggy
  • Steven Universe
    • One of Steven's alternate costumes is his outfit from "Coach Steven".
    • Another alternate costume he has is for his "Tiger Millionaire" persona, from the episode of the same name.
  • Superman
    • One of Superman's alternate costumes is his Black Lantern appearance from Blackest Night, with this costume having more sinister voicelines to match.
    • Another skin is his golden, god-like form from DC One Million.
  • Taz
    • One of Taz's alternate costumes is his torn-up Tune Squad uniform from the first Space Jam. Another costume of his is the new uniform from Space Jam: A New Legacy.
  • Tom and Jerry
    • One of Tom and Jerry's alternate costumes comes from Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, showing the two in pirate attire.
    • Another alt for Tom and Jerry has them appear in the clothes they wear in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.
    • Tom and Jerry have an alt that dresses them up as their personas from the detective shorts in the 2014 cartoon series.
    • For the game's Halloween event, Tom and Jerry get a variant that turns them into vampires, which are modeled after their respective vampiric looks from two episodes of 2014 cartoon series, with Tom's look being taken from the Season 3 episode "Vampire State" and Jerry's is from Season 1's "Vampire Mouse".
  • Velma
  • Wonder Woman
    • Wonder Woman's first variant is based on her look in Wonder Woman: Bloodlines.
    • Just like Superman, Wonder Woman also has a Black Lantern variant from Blackest Night, with equally evil voicelines and an deadly-looking battle axe.
    • The only other confirmed variant for Wonder Woman is her Golden Armor, which first debuted in Kingdom Come, but it also recently appeared in Wonder Woman 1984.

Dialogue/Interactions

  • Multiple characters
  • Arya Stark
  • Batman
    • One of Batman's intros has him say "Tell me, do you bleed?".
    • When selected on the character select screen, Batman will sometimes say "It's not who we are underneath, it's what we do that defines us."note 
    • Another voiceline Batman says on the character selection screen is "Our foes are a superstitious and cowardly lot.", alluding to his famous declaration of criminals being like that all the way back in Detective Comics #33.
  • Bugs Bunny
  • Iron Giant
    • Naturally, the Iron Giant mutters "Superman..." when he faces the blue boy scout, with this being his last word before his Heroic Sacrifice to stop a nuclear warhead.
    • When you click on him while waiting for a game, the Giant will sometimes say his heartwrenching line "I am not a gun."
  • Jake
  • Marvin the Martian
    • If Marvin wins a match against Bugs Bunny, he might say "Maybe next time you'll invite me to be on your basketball team!" In both the original Space Jam and its sequel, Marvin was not a player of the Tune Squad, either acting as referee or being a Running Gag.
    • Another one of his victory lines has Marvin steal Porky Pig's catchphrase "That's All Folks", even mimicking his iconic stutter.
  • Shaggy
  • Steven Universe
  • Stripe
    • Stripe will sometimes blurt out "Merry Christmas!". This references the gremlins' rampage occurring during Christmas, in the original Gremlins.
  • Superman
    • For one of his victory lines, Superman will say "There is a right and wrong in the universe, and that distinction is not hard to make." An identical line was spoken by his Kingdom Come counterpart.
    • One of the Black Lantern Superman's victory quotes is "An even stranger visitor...", calling out Superman's classic description as a "Strange Visitor from Another Planet."note 
    • In one of his intro lines, Superman hopes this battle "won't be a never-ending one", referencing a phrase long associated with him.
  • Taz
  • Tom and Jerry
    • Tom's ringout voicelines are sampled directly from William Hanna's iconic screams in the classic cartoons.
  • Velma
    • Velma occasionally boasts that she hung out with pro wrestlers before.
    • When paired with Uncle Shagworthy, Velma will ask him if he's forgiven the gang for the "incident at his castle", recalling his debut appearance.
  • Wonder Woman

Maps

Ringouts

  • Adventure Time
    • Marceline pops up and sings for a bit.
    • Another is a geyser of jellybeans, referencing Princess Bubblegum's elemental powers, first revealed in Season 7's "Elemental".
    • Flame Princess erupts upward and sends out a heart-shaped flame.
    • A green mushroom cloud explosion bursts into the sky, exactly like when the Mushroom Bomb was activated in Season 2's "Mortal Folly".
    • Finn's cursed grass sword is thurst into the air. The ringout is called "Blade of Grass", referecing it's debut episode.
  • DC Comics
    • A couple to Batman, such as the Bat-Signal lighting up and the Batwing streaking across the Gotham skyline.
    • Darkseid's Omega Beams appear from off-screen before angling back around to target whomever just got ringed out.
      • A Boom Tube appears, apparently transporting the person who was ringed out far across the universe.
    • The Green Lantern symbol briefly appears, as three constructs of laser blasters are summoned to shoot at whomever just got ringed out.
    • A lightning bolt strikes down and the Shazam! symbol appears.
  • Game of Thrones
    • Three of the ring-outs involve erupting sigils from the royal houses: Targaryen, Lannister, and Stark.
  • The Iron Giant
  • Looney Tunes
    • The iconic "That's All Folks" ending card, complete with Porky Pig in the middle.
    • Gossamer pops up and dives back in to give a hug.
    • Yosemite Sam leaps out and goes guns-a-blazing.
    • Monster Tweety flies up carrying a pumpkin candy bucket, but suddenly turns back into regular Tweety before falling. Tweety also got another Ringout, celebrating his 80th birthday.
  • Rick and Morty
  • Scooby Doo
  • Steven Universe
    • Lion leaps out and uses his roar to teleport away.
    • Obsidian rises up and slams their sword down into the ringed out player.
  • Tom and Jerry
    • Spike pops up and chomps at the air before getting yanked back by his leash.

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