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  • Base-Breaking Character: Some fans see Lola's original Space Jam version as a prime example of how the Flawless Token trope can go wrong, seeing as she exists just to create more diversity among the mostly-male Looney Tunes but has no defining personality beyond eye candy anyway, nor does she participate in any of the slapstick (which sticks out even more in a scenario where everyone, even the franchise's usual Comically Invincible Heroes and the live-action characters, are suffering cartoon beatings but her). Others enjoy her tomboyish attitude and the fact that she leans into her sex appeal, as evidence that she has at least some personality worth merit (or they just like the fanservice). A third faction exists that says that she has the makings of a good character that just aren't explored because she's too bogged down with her more superficial traits. Her later appearances in the franchise downplayed her Immunity To Slapstick and turned her into a Cloudcuckoolander more at home among the other Looney Tunes, which won over the fans who had originally criticized her, although other fans prefer her original version and don't like how her character is changed into a Dumb Blonde and a boy-crazy stalker. And then there's a fourth faction that likes both iterations of Lola Bunny or at least certain traits from both, seeing her redesign as unnecessary, but also wanting to keep both her smartassery and her newer slapstick sides (which is sort of what happened in New Looney Tunes). This group often defend Lola's old visual design, reasoning that a shapely figure or sex appeal does not equate to being "unrealistic" or "unreasonable".
  • Best Known for the Fanservice: Lola's midriff-baring, large-breasted design in the first Space Jam is known for getting her a Ms. Fanservice status. When it was revealed that those aspects were removed for her design in Space Jam: A New Legacy, the redesign got enough complaints to make Lola trend on Twitter and get discussed on mainstream news.
  • Broken Base: Lola's character rework in Space Jam: A New Legacy. Some support it due to the film being a family movie, others think that it's progressive to do so, and others just didn't care. However, there were tons of online arguments had, mostly about how announcing it was completely unnecessary, those that thought making her less sexy was a bad attempt at seeming progressive, others who hate that her relationship with Bugs was seemingly nuked, and others who are just pissed that they didn't draw from her later characterization from The Looney Tunes Show. What didn't help is the "Zendaya trailer," where there was a large amount of outrage from voice actors and their fans about how Zendaya was the only performer to have a "voiced by" subtitle while the others weren't named, presumably because of her Celebrity Voice Actor status.

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