History Film / SpaceJamANewLegacy

* CatchPhrase:

* ThisMeansWar: Bugs, [[{{Catchphrase}} of course]], proclaims this after Al-G's arrival turns everything on Tune World (as well as the Tunes themselves) into CGI.

* ArtifactTitle: The title ''Space Jam'' is very much an artifact of the 90s, when "jam" was a term for a slam dunk. Unlike the original movie, where the antagonists were aliens, this film doesn't involve outer space at all. Although it does involve ''cyber''space.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/SpaceJam Come on and slam]]\\
[[SequelGap And welcome back to the Jam]].]]

Set 25 years after the first film, [=LeBron=] and his son Dom (Cedric Joe) are having trouble connecting; [=LeBron=] wants Dom to be a basketball player like him, but Dom is more interested in becoming a video game developer. While on a tour of Creator/WarnerBros Studios, [=LeBron=] and Dom find themselves getting sucked into a digital server called the Warner Bros. Server-verse, ruled by the rogue A.I. Al-G Rhythm (Creator/DonCheadle), that houses worlds from the entire nearly-100 year old library of the studio. Dom soon gets captured by Al-G and [=LeBron=] gets sent to the world where the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes roam... but with only WesternAnimation/BugsBunny there thanks to the other Tunes being convinced to leave and explore the other worlds. Teaming with Bugs, they must traverse the Server-verse, find the rest of the Tune Squad and take to the court to rescue Dom by -- how else? -- challenging Al-G and his team of superpowered digital versions of [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] and WNBA [[UsefulNotes/NotablePlayersOfTheNBA stars]] to a basketball game.

A novelization of the movie was released on June 1st, a month before the movie's release date of July 16th.

* Trainstopping: In DC World, Daffy Duck (as "Super Duck") and Porky Pig (as his cameraman) have intentionally set up a RunawayTrain by tying up the engineer. But just as Bugs Bunny (in the role of Franchise/{{Batman}}) and [=LeBron=] James (in the role of Robin) have arrived to ask them to re-join the Tune Squad, Daffy ends up breaking the emergency brake lever he was trying to pull, and the train accelerates. But right before they can crash into an orphanage, Franchise/{{Superman}} stops the train just in time (as per usual), not amused by Daffy's stunt.

* YouJustHadToSayIt: Bugs and Granny have this reaction after Daffy’s above TemptingFate moment.

* TakeThat: A subtle one towards CG animation (with some shades of SelfDeprecation). When Al-G Rhythm changes the Tunes from 2D-animated characters to CG models, they treat it like it's a ''bad'' thing (except for Daffy, [[OnlyOneFindsItFun who actually enjoys his smoother design]]). Being hand-drawn characters who've been around for decades, it does make sense that they wouldn't be too keen about being "updated" with CGI.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Al-G yells at Dom for abandoning him and the Goon Squad, adding that his father was right to not listen to his son's dreams.]]

** Bug impersonates Elmer Fudd by taking on a short and fat appearance, as he did in ''WesternAnimation/WabbitTwouble''.

* ImpactSilhouette: When [=Lebron=] James lands in Tune World, he leaves a hole in the ground, shaped not like himself, but like the Nike logo.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Pre-VillainousBreakdown, Al-G does this when the Tune Squad finally gets one point ahead of his team at the end of the third quarter.

* SoundEffectBleep: Al-G gets mad at the Goon Squad because the Tune Squad is catching up to them and unleashes a string of bleeped out obscenities.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Al-G becomes increasingly irritated at the Tune Squad catching up with the Goon Squad, cursing as he does so ([[SoundEffectBleep with the swears bleeped out]]), and he does ''not'' take ''at all'' kindly to Dom reconciling with his father and abandoning Al-G, who admonishes Dom for not doing as well in the second half, and tries to use the abilities of the Goon Squad to make them unbeatable, even trying to cheat by directly sabotaging the Tune Squad. He is that hellbent on imprisoning everyone and eliminating the Looney Tunes. As [=LeBron=] scores the winning point, Al-G, who had tried to physically stop [=LeBron=], helplessly screams, [[{{Hypocrite}} "THAT'S CHEATING!"]]]]

* BaitAndSwitch: At one point, Sylvester enters and announces he's gotten Michael Jordan to help the Tunes in their game. An unknown figure makes his entrance as Daffy makes an enthusiastic introduction. Then the figure fully reveals himself to be...[[Creator/MichaelBJordan the ''other'' Michael Jordan]].

* SequelEscalation: The first movie was ultimately just a basketball game between the Looney Tunes and some alien invaders. This time, it's a huge sporting event with virtually ''all'' of Warner Bros.' big-name characters.[[spoiler:..as well as everyone on Earth who tuned into the livestream.]] Just look at TheLongList in TheCameo above.

Set 25 years after the first film, [=LeBron=] and his son Dom (Cedric Joe) are having trouble connecting; [=LeBron=] wants Dom to be a basketball player like him, but Dom is more interested in becoming a video game developer. While on a tour of Creator/WarnerBros Studios, [=LeBron=] and Dom find themselves getting sucked into a digital server called the Warner Bros. Server-verse, ruled by the rogue A.I. Al-G Rhythm (Creator/DonCheadle), that houses worlds from the entire nearly-100 year old library of the studio. Dom soon gets captured by Al-G and [=LeBron=] gets sent to the world where the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes roam...but with only WesternAnimation/BugsBunny there thanks to the other Tunes being convinced to leave and explore the other worlds. Teaming with Bugs, they must traverse the Server-verse, find the rest of the Tune Squad and take to the court to rescue Dom by -- how else? -- challenging Al-G and his team of superpowered digital versions of [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] and WNBA [[UsefulNotes/NotablePlayersOfTheNBA stars]] to a basketball game.

*** Most of the planet that isn't desert is instead covered by a vast forest, an environment seen in both "hunter and the hunted"-type shorts, like ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'', and shorts set in TheMiddleAges, like ''WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy''. Both types of short are acknowledged- a wooden hunting cabin resides within the forest itself, and the silhouette of a Medieval-styled castle is visible behind the forest.

Set 25 years after the first film, [=LeBron=] and his son Dom (Cedric Joe) are having trouble connecting; [=LeBron=] wants Dom to be a basketball player like him, but Dom is more interested in becoming a video game developer. While on a tour of Creator/WarnerBros Studios, [=LeBron=] and Dom find themselves getting sucked into a digital server called the Warner Bros. Server-verse, ruled by the rogue A.I. Al-G Rhythm (Creator/DonCheadle), that houses worlds from the entire nearly-100 year old library of the studio. Dom soon gets captured by Al-G and [=LeBron=] gets sent to the world where the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes roam...but with only WesternAnimation/BugsBunny there thanks to the other Tunes being convinced to leave and explore the other worlds. Teaming with Bugs, they must traverse the Server-verse, find the rest of the Tune Squad and take to the court to rescue Dom by - how else? - challenging Al-G and his team of superpowered digital versions of [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] and WNBA [[UsefulNotes/NotablePlayersOfTheNBA stars]] to a basketball game.

* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: In the original, Michael was a NiceGuy who had retired from basketball when the Looney Tunes came to him for help. [=LeBron=] meanwhile is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold - friendly, but strict as a parent and on the court - is still actively playing, and this time it's him who goes to the Tunes for help.

* BaitAndSwitch: At one point, Sylvester enters and announces he's gotten Michael Jordan to help the Tunes in their game. An unknown figure makes his entrance as Daffy makes an enthusiastic introduction. Then the figure fully reveals himself to be UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan!...[[Creator/MichaelBJordan the other one]].

--> "That first half was interminable" (his ship gets wide open and hits him) "OH! are you kiddin' me"

** [[spoiler:WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty are not at the game, but appear earlier in the film to send the Tazmanian Devil back to the Tunes. Most notably, they’re the only Creator/CartoonNetwork representatives in the entire film.]]

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: During the prologue scene, 'Bron plays with Malik's UsefulNotes/GameBoy because his dad bought the [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor Color one]]. Though the Game Boy used still displays the Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Game Boy logos upon it unaltered, when ‘Bron turns it on, the iconic startup sound is replaced with a soundalike, indicating a line drawn by Nintendo on the soundbyte. Also, while he plays ''[[VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2]]'' there, the game music was changed to an 8-bit remix of the Looney Tunes theme, due to issues with the original composer of the ''Crazy Castle'' games.

* TwoDecadesBehind: Proky's rap under the name "[[Music/TheNotoriousBIG The Notorious P.I.G.]]" would have been a lot more relevant at the time of the first movie, considering the artist he's parodying died in 1997.

* AdultFear: [=LeBron=] having to witness his son and himself getting sucked into a digital world against his wishes and then having to play basketball to gamble their lives. [[spoiler:He gets a greater reaction right before Al-G does the same to the rest of his family (which includes his other children).]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Al-G:''' Oh, Bron, Bron. Got some [=VIPs=] coming in...\\
'''[=LeBron=]:''' [[BigNo NO!]]\\
'''Al-G:''' YES! What a ''twist''!]]

* DemographicDissonantCrossover: A crossover between multiple different [=WarnerMedia=] owned franchises, both child-friendly, and adult-oriented. Rape-gang [[Film/AClockworkOrange the Droogs]] are in the same crowd as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy.]] The dissonance is taken to its extreme with the appearance of Sister Jeanne from Film/TheDevils, an '''X'''-rated movie. That's higher than an '''R'''.

* DemographicDissonantCrossover: A crossover between multiple different [=WarnerMedia=] owned franchises, both child-friendly, and adult-oriented.