| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/space_jam_a_new_legacy.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[Film/SpaceJam Come on and slam,]]\ |
| 3 | [[SequelGap and welcome back to the Jam.]]'']] |
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| 5 | ->''"The only way you're getting your son back is if you and I play a little game called basketball."'' |
| 6 | -->-- '''Al-G Rhythm''' |
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| 8 | ''Space Jam: A New Legacy'' is a 2021 live-action/animated film that is the sequel to 1996's ''Film/SpaceJam''. Creator/RyanCoogler produces and Creator/MalcolmDLee directs, while UsefulNotes/LeBronJames takes the main protagonist mantle from UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan this time around. The film was released on July 16, 2021 both in theaters and for a one-month duration on Creator/HBOMax only on their ad-free plan. |
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| 10 | 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. |
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| 12 | 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. |
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| 14 | A novelization of the movie was released on June 1, a month before the movie's release date of July 16. |
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| 16 | '''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olXYZOsXw_o Trailer #1]], ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADo0ULPJbuo trailer drop]]), [[https://youtu.be/RCsEKvz2mxs Trailer #2]]. |
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| 20 | !!''Space Jam: A New Legacy'' contains examples of: |
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| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Tropes A to D]] |
| 25 | * AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Even more so than in the original film, where both Michael Jordan and the Tunes are fighting for their freedom. Here, [=LeBron=] James is fighting to win his son back, and the Tunes are [[DeadlyGame fighting for their]] ''[[DeadlyGame lives]]''. The stakes are increased more as [[spoiler:hundreds of thousands of civilians and [=LeBron=]'s followers are teleported into the Server-verse and should the Tunes lose, [[HostageSituation they become a full time audience for Al-G.]]]] |
| 26 | * AdaptationalExpansion: In the comic adaptation, it is revealed that the monster Gossamer had been sent to the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' world, something that wasn't shown in the movie. |
| 27 | * AdaptedOut: In the comic adaptation, the only people to show up outside of the Tunes are the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' version of Franchise/{{Superman}} and a variation of the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' Franchise/WonderWoman. Fred and Shaggy make off-screen voice cameos while the other worlds are just alluded to when Bugs and [=LeBron=] go to pick up the other Tunes. |
| 28 | * AdvertisedExtra: |
| 29 | ** Chronos, the speedy robot inspired and voiced by Damian Lillard, is the least prominent Goon Squad player. [[spoiler:He only participates twice before he is defeated by Granny.]] |
| 30 | ** The UsefulNotes/McDonalds commercials and Happy Meal Toys leading up to the movie's release feature Marvin The Martian among the new Tune Squad and even wearing the movie's new outfits. In the actual film, Marvin is never seen wearing the new Tune Squad outfits or getting involved with basketball. |
| 31 | * AnAesop: Don't force people to follow your same path and do everything like you did. Let them be themselves and follow their passions. [[spoiler:[=LeBron=] only realizes this when he and the Tune Squad are down at halftime, and Lola admits that because he's been trying to coach them into playing straight basketball instead of letting the Tunes be themselves, they've been trying to emulate him as best they could, but it doesn't work for them.]] |
| 32 | * AlternateContinuity: A FreezeFrameBonus during the Warner Bros. meeting shows that the original ''Film/SpaceJam'' was also a movie in this world. Though later dialogue indicates the Tunes did indeed meet Michael Jordan 25 years before — [[AmbiguousSituation perhaps it’s a documentary in this universe]]? |
| 33 | * AlternateTooniverse: {{Cyberspace}} has planets dedicated to several Warner Bros properties. A lot of which are inhabited by cartoon characters including a ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' world, ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'', [[Franchise/WonderWoman Themyscira]], ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''. |
| 34 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Al-G Rhythm. He looks like an African-American human, but he resides in the Server-verse and has the ability to teleport, create duplicates of himself, etc. |
| 35 | * AmusingInjuries: |
| 36 | ** In [=LeBron's=] backyard court, he has an automatic dispenser for basketballs simply by saying the word "ball". His older son, Darius, gets hit a couple times by this by others saying ball without looking for a basketball. |
| 37 | ** Yosemite Sam takes Daffy Duck's "Shoot the ball!" order {{literal|minded}}ly and unloads his revolvers on the ball... and on Daffy's head too, displacing his beak and leaving bullet holes in it, much like what happened between Daffy and Elmer Fudd in the "Hunting Trilogy" (''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'', ''WesternAnimation/RabbitSeasoning'' and ''WesternAnimation/DuckRabbitDuck''). |
| 38 | ** Tweety's attempt at defense results in him being stepped on, turning him into a Creator/PabloPicasso painting. |
| 39 | * AnimatedWorldHypotheses: Like the audience, [=LeBron=] notices that he's become a cartoon after entering the Looney Tunes world. The Looney Tunes characters stay animated throughout the movie, but their CGI forms are meant to give off the impression that they've shifted ''somewhat'' to live-action. |
| 40 | * ArcWords: |
| 41 | ** "Let me do me." |
| 42 | ** "I'm a Tune, doc. I can survive anything." |
| 43 | ** "Family is everything." |
| 44 | ** "Fundamentals" and "looney", on virtue of being contrasted with each other for most of the movie. |
| 45 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: [[spoiler:During halftime as the Tune Squad get into an argument, with Lola and Bugs giving the responses that make [=LeBron=] undergo his JerkassRealization.]] |
| 46 | -->[[spoiler:'''[=LeBron=]:''' I've been trying to save my son and coach y'all at the same time! What y'all doing?\ |
| 47 | '''Lola:''' We've been ''trying''.\ |
| 48 | '''[=LeBron=]:''' Trying to do what?\ |
| 49 | '''Lola:''' Trying to be like... ''you''.\ |
| 50 | '''Bugs:''' And it's not working.]] |
| 51 | * 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 and prominently features Marvin’s flying saucer (stolen by Bugs) as a means of transportation throughout the Serververse. |
| 52 | * ArtShift: |
| 53 | ** In the big game, thanks to Al-G, the Looney Tunes characters shift between a 2D animated style and a 3D CGI style. Tune World itself shifts to 3D the moment the basketball stage slams down onto the planet. James also shifts from live-action to animated when he ends up in the Looney Tunes world, but returns to being live-action for the game. |
| 54 | ** The sequence set in Themyscira is designed to look like a vintage comic book, with thicker outlines and Ben Day dot shading on the characters. |
| 55 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 56 | ** [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] only had a single scene in the first film while both Gossamer and WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales were just background characters. Here all three are present throughout as members of the Tune Squad (though Speedy's one appearance showed he was on the team in the first game). Granny also counts, though she was in the original more than the others, being the team's cheerleader. Still, she noticeably gets more focus in this as a player. |
| 57 | ** While WesternAnimation/LolaBunny participated in the original movie's climactic game, she only had one scene before it. Here, she appears alongside all the other Tunes many times both during the game and before they play. |
| 58 | * AscendedFanboy: The opening of the movie establishes that [=LeBron=] has been a ''Looney Tunes'' fan since childhood, and is visibly excited upon getting to meet Bugs Bunny for real. |
| 59 | * AscendedMeme: Bugs Bunny, momentarily impersonating Elmer Fudd, takes the appearance of [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/big-chungus "Big Chungus"]] when he does it. This is actually a reference to the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/WabbitTwouble'', but it probably would not have been in the movie if not for the meme. Animator Matt Williams, who did the sequence, [[https://twitter.com/MattWilliames/status/1417169575037214720?s=19 wasn't aware of the meme]] until his animation director Spike Brandt informed him after the fact. |
| 60 | * AsHimself: [=LeBron=] James stars as a fictionalized version of himself. He gets nicknamed "King James." |
| 61 | * AspectRatioSwitch: The entire film was shot in 1.85:1, but some portions of the film are shot in 2.39:1 (including ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/AustinPowers'', and ''Film/MadMax'' portions of the film) and 1.33:1 (or 4:3 in television) for the ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' portions. |
| 62 | * AttentionWhore: Al-G Rhythm's actions throughout the film are because he has become self-aware as an A.I. and tries to use [=LeBron=] and Dom as pawns in seeking recognition from the world. |
| 63 | * AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The line "What in ''Film/TheMatrix'' hell?" (along with more "damns" and "hells") was added into the film to avoid being rated G. |
| 64 | * AwardBaitSong: The end credits song, "We Win" by Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin, is more or less the equivalent to the first film's "I Believe I Can Fly". |
| 65 | * BadVibrations: As the game is about to start, Al G. calls out "Let's get some butts in these seats!", which summons a massive crowd of Warner-owned spectators, big and small, that creates a rumble as they rush to the sidelines. |
| 66 | -->'''Bugs''': How big are these butts? |
| 67 | * 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]] ''[[Creator/MichaelBJordan other]]'' [[Creator/MichaelBJordan Michael Jordan]]. |
| 68 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: The furry Tunes go barefoot while wearing their Tune Squad uniforms, as in the first film. And as always, this is WesternAnimation/LolaBunny's usual mode of dress. |
| 69 | * BeYourself: The main message of the movie. |
| 70 | * BetterAsFriends: Unlike the first film, Bugs and Lola are shown to be best friends rather than love interests. Regardless, Bugs still holds Lola in high esteem as he views her and the other Tunes as his family. |
| 71 | * BigBad: Al-G Rhythm, played by Creator/DonCheadle. |
| 72 | * BigNo: When [[spoiler:Bugs Bunny]] pulls off a game-breaking, player-dooming move, Lola races towards him, screaming her denial at the top of her lungs. |
| 73 | * BigOlEyebrows: Anthony Davis as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Brow]] emphasizes this feature of his. |
| 74 | -->'''[=LeBron=]:''' Dang, what'd they do to my boy A.D.? |
| 75 | * BinomiumRidiculus: In a reference to the Road Runner cartoons, as [=LeBron=] James is running from Bugs Bunny, who is driving an Acme truck, the scene freezes to show faux scientific names for them. |
| 76 | --> '''[=LeBRON=] JAMES (BASKETBALLOUS SUPERSTAROUS)''' |
| 77 | --> '''BUGS BUNNY (CLASSICUS TOONIOUS)''' |
| 78 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: [[spoiler:Having glitched out, Bugs says, "That's all, Folks..." before seemingly fading away forever. HeGetsBetter, however.]] |
| 79 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: We get this not-so-subtle moment from Bugs. |
| 80 | -->'''Bugs:''' So you want me, a talking cartoon bunny, to play with you, an NBA superstar, in a high-stakes basketball game? ''(smirks at the camera)'' [[Film/SpaceJam Sounds awfully familiar.]]\ |
| 81 | '''[=LeBron=]:''' [[AudienceWhatAudience Who are you talking to?]] |
| 82 | * BrokenLeverOfDoom: While [=LeBron=] and Bugs are retrieving the Looney Tunes from across the Serververse, they find Daffy acting as "Super Duck", having tied up a conductor so he can win the glory for stopping a speeding train. Unfortunately, he breaks the brake lever while trying to use it, requiring Superman to come to the rescue. |
| 83 | * CallBack: |
| 84 | ** Bugs and Lola recall some familiarity of the plot of both films. Bugs mentions it above. In Lola's case, she is recruited or joins as TheAce of the sport, second to the respective NBA players. |
| 85 | --->'''Bugs:''' How often do you get to play with an NBA superstar?\ |
| 86 | '''Lola:''' Been there, done that! |
| 87 | ** Bugs cries "We need your help!" to Lola in the same manner as when he screamed it to Michael Jordan in the first film. |
| 88 | * {{Calvinball}}: How the climatic game ends up playing out, thanks to being coded from Dom's homemade game. The teams get points for style and special moves, but thanks to Al-G, this also directly benefits the Goon Squad for the first half until the Tune Squad goes Looney. |
| 89 | * TheCameo: ''[[ContinuityPorn Tons]].'' Many Creator/WarnerBros[=/=]Creator/WarnerMedia-[=owned=] characters show up in the background of the climactic game, including: |
| 90 | ** [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred]], along with [[WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder Blue Falcon and Dynomutt]], [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]], and [[WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels Captain Caveman]], all in their incarnations from ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}''. |
| 91 | ** Franchise/KingKong (based on [[Film/KingKong1933 the original 1933 version]]). |
| 92 | ** WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant (which looks more like the ''Film/{{Ready Player One|2018}}'' iteration than the [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant 1999 original]]). |
| 93 | ** [[Franchise/TheFlintstones Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles Flintstone, Dino, and Barney, Betty and Bamm-Bamm Rubble.]] A later TV spot shows the GreatGazoo. |
| 94 | ** [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo.]] |
| 95 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}. |
| 96 | ** WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla. |
| 97 | ** [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko, Wakko and Dot Warner]]. |
| 98 | ** WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr |
| 99 | ** [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost Space]] [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Ghost]]. |
| 100 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy Jetson, Astro and Rosie]]. |
| 101 | ** Creator/JackNicholson's [[Film/Batman1989 Joker]], Creator/DannyDeVito's [[Film/BatmanReturns Penguin]], Creator/MichellePfeiffer's Catwoman, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Mr. Freeze]]. |
| 102 | ** [[Film/AClockworkOrange Alex DeLarge and his Droogs]]. |
| 103 | ** [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith and Morpheus]]. |
| 104 | ** [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad The War Boys]]. |
| 105 | ** [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale, The Wicked Witch of the West and a flying monkey]]. |
| 106 | ** [[Film/It2017 Pennywise]]. |
| 107 | ** [[Series/GameOfThrones The Night King, The White Walkers and a dragon]]. |
| 108 | ** [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats Lion-O and Cheetara]]. |
| 109 | ** The Yetis from ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}''. |
| 110 | ** [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Penelope Pitstop]]. |
| 111 | ** Film/TheMask. |
| 112 | ** [[Series/Batman1966 60s Batman, Robin, Penguin, Joker and Catwoman]]. |
| 113 | ** [[Film/TheGoonies Mama Fratelli]]. |
| 114 | ** [[Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane Baby Jane]]. |
| 115 | ** WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus. |
| 116 | ** [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. |
| 117 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids Gloop, Gleep and Igoo]]. |
| 118 | ** [[Franchise/HarryPotter Some Slytherin Quidditch players and Lord Voldemort]]. |
| 119 | ** [[Film/{{Gremlins}} Stripe and some Gremlins]]. Gizmo also appears as a statue in the Warner Bros. meeting room. |
| 120 | ** The Nerdlucks from the first film appear as spectators (using reused animation from the first film) as well making their first appearance in a major Looney Tunes production after 25 years. (not counting their appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoSeeSpaceJam'') |
| 121 | ** [[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.]] |
| 122 | ** In DC World, we see the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse versions of Commissioner Gordon and [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] at a train stop (along with Clark Kent, but [[BlatantLies there's no way he could be in any more of the movie]]). [[spoiler:Kent shows up later as Superman to stop the runaway train, accompanied by other members of the Justice League looking angry at 'Bron, Bugs, Porky and Super Duck]]. Alfred, Lois Lane and Harleen Quinzel are also seen on the runaway train. |
| 123 | ** In the ''Mad Max'' world, Nasty Canasta can be seen taking Max's place as the War Boys' chained up "bloodbag". |
| 124 | ** Sister Jeanne from ''Film/TheDevils'' of all films. |
| 125 | ** In a non-character sense, both Creator/SarahSilverman and Creator/StevenYeun appear as Warner Bros. executives. Fans of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' may also recognize Slink Johnson (Lamar himself) as the studio security guard. |
| 126 | * CameoCluster: Just like the first film, the audience during the big game scene features characters across multiple Warner Bros. properties, including Creator/HannaBarbera, the [[Creator/DCComics DC Universe]], and ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''. |
| 127 | * CameraAbuse: In the introduction of the Goon Squad, White Mamba throws a basketball at the camera, leaving a noticeable crack on the right side. |
| 128 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 129 | ** Bugs Bunny greets [=LeBron=] with his trademark "What's up, Doc?" upon his arrival in Tune World. He also says "ThisMeansWar" to Al-G for turning him and the Tunes to 3D characters. |
| 130 | ** After being shot by Sam, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck says "Let's try that again, shall we?". The phrase was made famous with its repeated use in the 1950s trilogy of cartoon shorts that included (The Hunting Trilogy) ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'', ''WesternAnimation/RabbitSeasoning'' and ''WesternAnimation/DuckRabbitDuck'', in which he always ended up being shot in the head by WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd the same comedic way Yosemite Sam does here. |
| 131 | ** Fred Flintstone makes his appearance known with a triumphant "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" |
| 132 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 133 | ** Dom creates a Basketball video game called [=DomBall=]. Al-G later uses its code to set up the Serververse's Basketball game. |
| 134 | ** [=LeBron=] teaches his son Dom a basic move in basketball which becomes a game-crashing glitch in [=DomBall=]. [[spoiler:In the Serververse, Bugs triggers the glitch during the climax in order to sap Al-G's control over the basketball game]]. |
| 135 | ** The "posterize" feature from the game, in which the player can score an in-game poster after pulling off a slam dunk. [[spoiler:During the actual game, [=LeBron=] himself dunks the ball over Al-G, trapping the latter inside his poster]]. |
| 136 | ** The fact that Granny was in the world of ''Film/TheMatrix'' ends up coming into play in the big game; it turns out that she is so accustomed to BulletTime that she ends up being the only one able to put up a fight against Chronos the second time he tries to slow down time. |
| 137 | * ChekhovsSkill: Early on, Bugs notes that Tunes can survive anything. [[spoiler:This includes getting deleted. Bugs TookTheBullet because he knew that [=LeBron=] might not survive the process, though it is unclear if Bugs knew that he would.]] |
| 138 | * ChildProdigy: Dom seems to be one, having already designed his own 3D console game and knowing a lot about computers, VR, and the like. He's 12, meaning he's verging on being a TeenGenius as well. |
| 139 | * CirclingBirdies: [=LeBron=] has Tweety birds circling around his head after being knocked by an InvisibleWall as he was attempting a slam dunk. The actual Tweety comes at him at this moment. |
| 140 | ** This happens twice. |
| 141 | -->'''Tweety:''' We've got to stop meeting like this. |
| 142 | * ClaimingViaFlag: Marvin the Martian arrives in the nearly deserted Toon Town, and plants the Martian standard, claiming it on behalf of Mars. Bugs Bunny bamboozles Marvin out of his spaceship, and takes [=LeBron=] James on a whirlwind trip through cyberspace to collect the other scattered Looney Tunes. |
| 143 | * ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: During the prologue scene, 'Bron plays with Malik's Platform/GameBoy because his dad bought the [[Platform/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 composers of the ''Crazy Castle'' games. |
| 144 | * ClusterBleepBomb: 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. |
| 145 | * ComicBookAdaptation: Creator/DCComics released one written by Ivan Cohen in late June 2021, three weeks before the movie came out. |
| 146 | * CompanyCameo: The crux of the film is that UsefulNotes/LeBronJames and his son are touring Creator/WarnerBros while being pitched on a collaboration, before getting sucked into the Warner Bros. [[TheMultiverse Server-verse]] and facing off against its evil algorithm. |
| 147 | * CompanyCrossReferences: Tons. Since the setting of the movie is in Warner Bros. digital space, characters from their many, many films and TV shows appear, including the very R-rated ones. |
| 148 | * ContinuityNod: Sylvester notes that it's been 25 years since the Tunes met Michael Jordan, though apparently the passage of time made him forget what Jordan looks like. Also, they initially wear the same Tune Squad jerseys from 1996, prior to Al-G upgrading them against their will. |
| 149 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Al-G Rhythm is this to Mr. Swackhammer from the original ''Space Jam'' film, even though this film isn't a true sequel to the first movie. Whereas Swackhammer was a greedy alien and CorruptCorporateExecutive who sought to enslave the Looney Tunes to draw in more customers for his theme park, Moron Mountain, Al-G is a computer algorithm who maintains a tyrannical hold over the WB cyberverse and seeks to outright delete the Tunes from existence. While Swackhammer was presented as a traditionally-animated, obese goblin-like alien, Al-G typically takes the form of an African-American human male. |
| 150 | * 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. |
| 151 | * CoolOldLady: Granny, as usual. She's seen pulling off a 30 point basket using Matrix-style kung fu, defeating and RapidAging one of the Goon Squad's heaviest hitters, [[TimeMaster Chronos]] in the process. |
| 152 | * CopeByPretending: Bugs keeps pretend versions of his fellow Tunes around (though the viewer only sees Porky's) to deal with being all alone on their world. |
| 153 | * CoversAlwaysLie: The poster shows Daffy in a player uniform when in the actual movie he's the team's manager and coach, never dressing like that in the final product, even during the brief moment he joins the team's practice. |
| 154 | * CrisisCatchAndCarry: When Al-G arrives on Toon World and begins transforming it to 3-D, Tweety freezes from shock, even as a mailbox falls towards him. Speedy Gonzales races towards him and grabs him out of the way just in time. |
| 155 | * DeadlyGame: |
| 156 | ** This game is this for the Tunes; if they lose, they get [[DeadlyEuphemism 'deleted']]. |
| 157 | ** [[spoiler:Al-G makes this into a HostageSituation, as he declares that the audience of civilians summoned to watch the game will remain in the Serververse forever should the Tunes lose.]] |
| 158 | * DemographicDissonantCrossover: |
| 159 | ** 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.]] |
| 160 | ** The dissonance is taken to its extreme with the appearance of Sister Jeanne from ''Film/TheDevils'', a blasphemous, sexually charged, horrifically violent film which was originally rated X. It's so controversial that Warner hasn't even released the {{Bowdlerise}}d, R-rated version on DVD, but somehow one of its major characters wound up in a film marketed as family-friendly. |
| 161 | * DemotedToExtra: |
| 162 | ** The characters on the Tune Squad are the only Looney Tunes characters to get any lines. A few other characters, such as Playboy Penguin, Rocky and Mugsy, Witch Hazel, and the Bear Family, are briefly seen boarding Al-G. Rhythm's rocket away from Tune World and are not seen or mentioned again. |
| 163 | ** Marvin the Martian is a downplayed example. He wasn't an especially large role in the original, but he still had a consistent presence in the climax due to his role as the referee. Here he has a whole scene devoted to him, but after that he only briefly pops up again later, at which point he has no plot relevance. |
| 164 | ** Daffy acts as "coach" in this movie, rather than part of the team in the original. Downplayed though given he's still one of the largest roles. |
| 165 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After pulling off a move that deletes the player, Bugs glitches and seemingly fades away for good while a tearful Lola cradles him. Luckily, he comes back.]] |
| 166 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Bugs seemingly dies after pulling a HeroicSacrifice via a glitched basketball move that permanently deletes the player using it. He even gets a dramatic death scene with some last words ("That's all, Folks..."). At the end, however, he shows up alive and well to greet [=LeBron=] in the real world, reiterating that he's a Tune and therefore ''cannot'' die]]. |
| 167 | * DoNotGoGentle: After before the Tunes get their HeroicSecondWind, Bugs tells the rest of the group this: |
| 168 | --> "If we’re going out, we’re going out Looney!" |
| 169 | ** [[spoiler:The actual movie treats this moment as the one where the Tunes start coming back from their near 1000-point deficit, at which point [=LeBron=] chooses to let them play according to how they want to instead of forcing them to play his way.]] |
| 170 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: The subtitle refers to both this film being a sequel to the original ''Space Jam'' with a new generation of NBA stars at the helm, and James trying to get a new basketball legacy going with his son. |
| 171 | * DrunkOnMilk: Bugs' intoxicating beverage of choice is carrot juice. |
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| 174 | [[folder:Tropes E to M]] |
| 175 | * EnemyMine: As with the original movie, several Looney Tunes with normally antagonistic relationships work together on the same team. Particularly noticeable with long time foes Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote working together given the former wasn't on the team of the original squad. |
| 176 | * EngineeredHeroics: Bugs and Bron finds Daffy and Porky in DC World, where they attempt to stop a runaway train. [[spoiler:They soon learn that Super Duck set the whole thing up to get the glory. Superman and other DC Heroes are not happy.]] |
| 177 | * ExactWords: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADo0ULPJbuo A trailer drop]] was released, with the promise of revealing when the first trailer will come. While it does that, it's preceded by Wile E. Coyote being crushed by... you guessed it, a trailer dropped from the sky with the Road Runner inside. |
| 178 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the climax of the basketball game [[spoiler:Dom realizes they can stop AL-G from controlling the game by using the glitched move [=LeBron=] accidentally used in his game earlier, remembering how it crashed the game. But he remembers afterwards that the character that uses this glitched move gets permanently deleted too, meaning whoever does it will be making a HeroicSacrifice.]] |
| 179 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: [=LeBron=] is trying to get his son into basketball, signing him up for basketball camp and Dom [[CallingTheOldManOut tells him he never listens to his dreams]]. [[spoiler:The beginning of the film treats this as the result of a much younger [=LeBron=] losing a crucial game because of being distracted by playing on his Game Boy prior, which his coach calls out as a roadblock to preventing him from reaching his true potential.]] |
| 180 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: Before the final ten seconds of the game, Bugs Bunny shows some nervous looks that turn to determination [[spoiler:right after [=LeBron=] volunteers to perform the GameBreakingBug that could cause him to get deleted]]. |
| 181 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: One part of Dom Ball that Dom briefly shows to [=LeBron=] is in-game figures being beamed down onto the outside of the court, representing the people watching the game. [[spoiler:This is later reflected for the big game thanks to Al-G stealing Dom's scanning code to beam people into the Server-verse as hostages.]] |
| 182 | * FourFingeredHands: Averted, as [=LeBron=] James keeps the five fingers on his hands even after his [[ToonTransformation transformation into a cartoon character]]. |
| 183 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: Lola is faced with one on Themyscira. Even with Bugs and [=LeBron=] about to be burned by lava, she remains set on completing her training... right up until [=LeBron=] mentions his son. THAT'S when she goes back to save them, sacrificing the final trial in the process. Even so, Wonder Woman still passes her, because something else that Amazons are judged on are their values. |
| 184 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: A lot of individual reactions from the Warner Bros. crowd are ''incredibly'' amusing to watch. Some notable standouts include Creator/AdamWest's Series/{{Batman|1966}} taunting [=LeBron=], [[Film/It2017 Pennywise]] playfully clapping to himself, and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger's]] [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Mr. Freeze]]... well, yelling like Schwarzenegger. |
| 185 | * GlassSmackAndSlide: When Lebron picks up a jump powerup for the first time during the game, he fails to control his movement in the air, causing him to slam into and slide down the court force field. |
| 186 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Dom moves to the Tune Squad after seeing his father enjoying himself and Al G. starting to lose his cool when losing.]] |
| 187 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:To defeat the Goons, Dom remembers his dad's Basketball move deleting his game. He decides the same move can be used to freeze the game and prevent Al G. from cheating, with the catch that whoever uses it risks getting deleted. While Bron intended to do so, with hope that him not being part of the Serververse would help him survive, it's Bugs that does it and eventually gets deleted. HeGetsBetter, though.]] |
| 188 | * HeroicSecondWind: After [=LeBron=] has his JerkassRealization, he finally allows Bugs and the other Tunes to be looney on the court in the second half of the game. |
| 189 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: Daffy is first seen in the DC Universe as a Superman-type superhero who deliberately causes a runaway train incident so he can stop it himself and make himself look good. Superman and the rest of the Justice League are not impressed with his antics. |
| 190 | * HistoryRepeats: A famous basketball player is sent to the Looney Tunes world to play a basketball match against a powerful villain. To quote Bugs, [[LampshadeHanging "Sounds awfully familiar!"]] |
| 191 | * HourglassPlot: At the beginning, [=LeBron=] comes across as obsessed about playing seriously and unsupportive as a result. Al-G Rhythm uses his experience being disrespected to sympathize with Dom and the two have fun together, to the point where Dom considers Al-G his friend and agrees to play against his own father. As the film progresses, [=LeBron=] realizes he's been crushing both the Tunes and his son with his expectations. He becomes more laid-back and accepting of unusual tactics. He confesses this to Dom and they hug. As the game turns against him, Al-G becomes angrier and more of a ControlFreak, thus losing Dom's friendship, [[spoiler:which only enrages Al-G even more]]. |
| 192 | * ImpactSilhouette: When [=LeBron=] lands in Tune World, he leaves a hole in the ground, shaped not like himself, but like the Nike logo. |
| 193 | ** Bugs also makes one when crashing through a wall in The Matrix World. |
| 194 | * InflatingBodyGag: |
| 195 | ** [=LeBron=] squashes his legs flat upon landing in Tune World after having been [[ToonTransformation turned into a toon]]. He then reinflates them back to normal by blowing into his thumb. |
| 196 | ** After falling from a great height in Tune World, [=LeBron=] [[BeTheBall is made into a ball]], which then deflates; Bugs inflates him back to normal with a bicycle pump. |
| 197 | * IronicEcho: Al-G is shown to be rather fond of doing this two times in the film. |
| 198 | ** Al-G, still sore from [=LeBron=]'s rejection of his idea due to wanting to "focus on [his] game", throws this line back at him at why he's challenging him to a basketball game. |
| 199 | ** [=LeBron=] admonishes Dom for "letting [him] do [him]." [[spoiler:Al-G also tosses that very same phrase in Dom's face (preceded by an admonishment that his father was right about him) when he makes it clear just how unhappy he is at Dom for abandoning the Goon Squad.]] |
| 200 | * JawDrop: Daffy does this in the trailers and when he realizes that [[spoiler:Sylvester got Michael '''B.''' Jordan by mistake.]] |
| 201 | * JerkassRealization: [=LeBron=] gets one at halftime. [[spoiler:Mainly after learning that the Tunes are only losing because, as Lola and Bugs say, they're only doing how ''he'' would do in basketball since he explicitly refuses to let them do them. This leads to him finally realizing how restricting he was acting towards the Tunes and, by extension, his son, letting the Tunes play their way and properly apologizing to Dom during the game.]] |
| 202 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Al-G yells at Dom for losing at his own game, adding the fact that his father was right that "letting him be him is a mistake".]] |
| 203 | * LavaPit: One of the deadly trials that Lola Bunny must overcome to become an Amazon warrior is to cross to the other side of a lava pit, using only a long wooden pole. Lola plants one end of her pole on a rock outcrop that somehow hasn't melted, and vaults across the pit in one bound. Bugs Bunny and Lebron James try the same maneuver, but are less successful. Lola has to interrupt her test of worthiness to rescue these two from a horrible fate. |
| 204 | * LiteralMinded: WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck tells WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam to "shoot the ball". Sam proceeds to unload his revolvers into it... and in Daffy's face along the way. |
| 205 | * MaliciousMisnaming: Lola trash-talks the snake-like White Mamba by calling her "worm." |
| 206 | * MarketBasedTitle: This movie is given a different title in Japan, called ''Space Players'', unlike the original, which was still called ''Space Jam'' even in Japan. |
| 207 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The film unites every major film and TV franchise from Warner Bros. and puts them into one big "Serververse", where every IP has its own planet. |
| 208 | * MeaningfulEcho: |
| 209 | ** "You never let me just... do me." First said by Don to [=LeBron=] while calling him out, then [=LeBron=] to himself when while fully realizing WHY. Finally, it comes back at the end [[spoiler:when [=LeBron=] encourages Dom to join the video game development camp rather than the basketball camp]]. |
| 210 | ** While trying to teach the Tune Squad how to play basketball normally, [=LeBron=] keeps stressing the "fundamentals." Near the end, Bugs tells him that taking care of those you love is fundamental. |
| 211 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Al-G's abuse and discrediting of Dom, as well as Dom's seeing the Tune Squad enjoying themselves, causes him to abandon the Goon Squad and join his father.]] |
| 212 | * MythologyGag: |
| 213 | ** "Tune World", the planetoid the Looney Tunes characters reside on, is a mishmash of various environments shorts from the series have been set in: |
| 214 | *** A vast desert dominates most of the planet; visible within this region are [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner a freeway and various rock structures]], [[TheWildWest a generic western town]], probably home to the likes of WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and [[WesternAnimation/DripAlongDaffy Nasty Canasta]]; and [[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales a small Mexican village]]. |
| 215 | *** 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. |
| 216 | *** There's an area in the desert with a giant waterfall and bits of Greco-Roman architecture, ripped straight from ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'' |
| 217 | *** The desert also has patches of [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury Planet X's]] terrain, complete with trees with X-shaped branches and a giant, monolithic X overshadowing part of the region. |
| 218 | *** A generic metropolitan cityscape, akin to the [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Granny/Sylvester/Tweety shorts]], is on the border of the two regions. Curiously, a certain [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} red-and-yellow water tower]] can be seen amidst the buildings. |
| 219 | *** The barbershop Bugs puts [=LeBron=] in has framed photos from ''WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville'' and Yosemite Sam's design from ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''. |
| 220 | ** What happens when [=Lebron=] is about to arrive at Tune World? He first goes through none other than the iconic rings that open up many a ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon. He even makes a "twang" sound that normally accompanies the WB shield zooming in as he passes by. |
| 221 | ** Bugs impersonates Elmer Fudd by taking on a short and fat appearance, as he did in ''WesternAnimation/WabbitTwouble''. |
| 222 | ** This isn't the first time Daffy assumed the role of a Superman-type superhero. He had also done so as the title role in ''WesternAnimation/StuporDuck''. He has also met Superman before in ''WesternAnimation/SuperiorDuck'', who doesn't appreciate Daffy muscling in on his turf; though Superman's design was more akin to the comics. |
| 223 | ** During the practice game, Foghorn Leghorn is seen wearing a football outfit, the very same one he had worn in ''Lovelorn Leghorn''. |
| 224 | ** [[spoiler:During the end credits, when Lola Bunny is seen playing tennis, she is wearing her outfit from ''The Looney Tunes Show''.]] |
| 225 | ** This isn't the first time Scooby and Shaggy had cameo'd in a [[Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction Looney Tunes movie]]. |
| 226 | ** Lola joining the Amazons may be one to the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' episode where the team encounters the all-female Apocazons who offered Lexi Bunny to join them. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Tropes N to R]] |
| 230 | * NegatedMomentOfAwesome: [=LeBron=] jumps impossibly high and attempts a slam dunk in slow-motion... only to crash into an InvisibleWall in mid-air. |
| 231 | * NegateYourOwnSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bugs pulls a HeroicSacrifice in the climax of the game, using a glitched move to stop AL-G from controlling the game, at the cost of getting deleted himself. At the end of the film, though, he appears in the real world to greet [=LeBron=], recalling how he told [=LeBron=] previously that he is a Tune and therefore can survive anything, [[DisneyDeath even getting deleted]].]] |
| 232 | * NeverTrustATrailer: |
| 233 | ** Al-G Rhythm can be heard saying “Welcome to the Space Jam!” in the initial trailer and in several promos, serving as both a [[TitleDrop title drop]] and an implication that the big game was going to be called The Space Jam. At no point in the film does Al utter such words, nor is the game referred to as The Space Jam. |
| 234 | ** Early promotional material showed that Marvin would be an AscendedExtra and have a larger role than the first film by being a part of the Toon Squad when in truth he has an even smaller role than in the first film. Similarly, Penelope was promoted as a player, which delighted many people who were upset about Pepe being cut from the film, only for this to end up being a lie as well, as she doesn't even appear. |
| 235 | * NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: The normally [[ComicallyInvincibleHero untouchable]] Road Runner gets subjected to as much slapstick humor as the other Tunes, at one point even getting the old PaintedTunnelRealTrain trick used against him by Wile E. Coyote. The crowning moment, however, is when he gets [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] by [[TimeMaster Chronos]] during the big game, and Chronos humiliates the bird by putting him on a silver platter right in front of Wile E. (much to the coyote's delight) while time is slowed down. Though to his credit, the bird easily escapes this and gets right back in the game like nothing happened. |
| 236 | * {{Novelization}}: David Lewman wrote a junior novelization. |
| 237 | * OneSteveLimit: During halftime, Sylvester reveals that he had found Michael Jordan to help the Tune Squad win... [[spoiler:only to reveal that he had kidnapped ''Creator/MichaelBJordan'' instead, who had simply left his seat to buy popcorn.]] |
| 238 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Outraged at Dom for abandoning the Goon Squad, Al-G joins the Goon Squad himself and turns himself into a giant, muscular, nigh-on-impossible-to-beat basketball player, who cheats like crazy to win.]] |
| 239 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[PerpetualSmiler Road Runner]] in general is far more expressive compared to most of his and Wile E.'s cartoons, which make certain moments from the movie really stand out. |
| 240 | ** When the basketball court begins forming in Tune World, he's shown to be downright ''[[OhCrap terrified]]'' for once in his life. |
| 241 | ** He's just as heartbroken as the other Tunes over [[spoiler:seeing Bugs Bunny dying (DisneyDeath nonwithstanding)]]. It's particularly noteworthy as we never see him actually sad before. |
| 242 | * PaintedTunnelRealTrain: |
| 243 | ** While enticing [=LeBron=] James into chasing him, Bugs paints a huge tunnel onto a rocky wall and runs into it. [=LeBron=] then tries to follow him and predictably smacks into it, then Bugs emerges from the same tunnel driving an Acme truck. |
| 244 | ** During the big game, Wile E. sets up a painting of a tunnel, where a train emerges from it and hits The Brow after Tweety tells him that the "11:50 express is running on time". |
| 245 | * PinballScoring: Given it's a basketball gaming app instead of regular one, there are all sorts of things to improve the score, to the point Tune Squad ends the first quarter losing by hundreds of points! |
| 246 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Midway through the game, [=LeBron=] stops playing for a moment to talk to Dom, in the process telling his son that he loves him and apologizing for trying to push him into basketball. Dom returns the sentiments and hugs his father, much to Al-G Rhythm's fury. |
| 247 | * PleasureIsland: This how Al-G manages to split up the entire Tune World population by convincing them to explore the other worlds in the Server-verse. The only exception is Bugs [[IChooseToStay who decides to remain in Tune World]] by himself. |
| 248 | * PopulationXAndCounting: The welcome sign for Tune World lists the population as one (later revealed to be Bugs); it moves to two as [=LeBron=] passes by the sign. |
| 249 | * PreMortemCatchphrase: When a Looney Tune needs to risks their life to get the last point needed to win the big game, they utter "That's all folks" just before they can suffer the consequences of their sacrifice, calling to mind how all the old ''Looney Tunes'' toon ended. [[spoiler:Bugs seems to die, but he appears in the real world perfectly fine after a few scenes.]] |
| 250 | * PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Bugs and [=LeBron=] set out to retrieve the other Tunes from across the Server-verse: |
| 251 | ** Daffy attempts to make a name for himself as a hero in [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DC World]]... [[HeroWithAnFInGood by deliberately causing a runaway train incident]]. Superman and some of the DC Heroes are not impressed. |
| 252 | ** Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner have taken their endless chase to [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad the Fury Road]]. |
| 253 | ** Elmer Fudd and Sylvester are in the ''Film/AustinPowers'' universe, taking the places of Mini-Me and Mr. Bigglesworth, respectively. |
| 254 | ** Foghorn Leghorn comes out of [[Series/GameOfThrones Westeros]] dressed as Daenerys. |
| 255 | ** Taz was apparently being experimented on by WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty. They toss him back after giving up. |
| 256 | ** Yosemite Sam is playing piano at Rick's bar in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. |
| 257 | ** Granny and Speedy Gonzales are fighting for the human resistance inside Film/TheMatrix. |
| 258 | ** Lola is on [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Themyscira, in training to join the Amazons.]] |
| 259 | ** The comic book version of the film says that Gossamer was being chased by [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Inc.]] before being recruited. |
| 260 | * RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: [=LeBron=] noticeably tries to find the right words to use when properly apologizing to Dom, eventually saying that "[he] don't even know if [he's] saying this right". |
| 261 | * RecursiveCanon: A FreezeFrameBonus during the Warner Bros. meeting shows that the original ''Film/SpaceJam'' was also a movie in this world. |
| 262 | * RecycledAnimation: The Nerdlucks' two cameos during the big game are reused animations from the first film. |
| 263 | * RegionalBonus: The TNT's seen in Tune World are actually branded from the ''Creator/{{TNT}}'' network itself, In Latin America (except versions that have the text in English) and some countries that the TNT brand is never seen the logo symbol for TNT Sports (a brand used by the Latin American/Brazilian version of TNT) is used instead. |
| 264 | * RelationshipSabotage: Al-G Rhythm pulls off a platonic version to get Dom on his side. After putting Dom somewhere else in the Serververse, he tells [=LeBron=] that he's not getting his son back unless he plays basketball against Al-G. However, when he drops in on Dom later, he tells him that [=LeBron=] challenged ''him'' to a basketball game and then ran off to find a team. He also emphasizes [=LeBron=]'s problems with trying to force Dom to be like him. This helps keep Dom invested as a Goon Squad member until halftime. |
| 265 | * RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: |
| 266 | ** [=LeBron=] and Dom are at odds thanks to [=LeBron=]'s unsupportiveness before Al-G kidnaps them and forces [=LeBron=] into a game for his son's freedom. Interacting with the Tunes during the game forces [=LeBron=] to see that he's been forcing his style on his son as well, and they reunite. |
| 267 | ** Invoked by Bugs. Prior to the film, Al-G had scattered the Looney Tunes to the far reaches of the Server-verse by offering them transportation to visit other worlds, leaving Bugs alone on Tune World. He takes advantage of [=LeBron=]'s need for a team to gather his fellow Looney Tunes back together. By the end, they've been reminded of their bond and [[spoiler:they take a group vacation in the "real world."]] |
| 268 | * RemakeCameo: |
| 269 | ** As stated before, the Nerdlucks make cameos in the crowd at the game with reused animation from the first film. |
| 270 | ** [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion. Sylvester at one point claims he found Michael Jordan, and a figure walks in accompanied by smoke and flashing lights... which dissipates to reveal a very confused Creator/MichaelBJordan, who quickly returns to his seat.]] |
| 271 | ** [[spoiler:During the credits, Bugs is seen posing for a photo with Creator/BillMurray.]] |
| 272 | * RevelingInTheNewForm: Once [=LeBron=] James gets a team together with the help of Bugs Bunny to face Al-G Rhythm which consists of Bugs' fellow Looney Tunes, Al-G uses his powers to "upgrade" them and make them look more realistic. While most of the Tune Squad is horrified by this transformation, Daffy can't help but admire how expensive he looks. |
| 273 | * RogerRabbitEffect: The film shows the ''Looney Tunes'' characters become CGI during the game, alongside the live-action characters from the real world. The inverse also applies too, as [=LeBron=] became animated in the various 2D worlds. [[spoiler:The traditional form of the trope also gets applied thanks to Bugs surviving his DisneyDeath and bringing his fellow Tunes for a visit to the "real world".]] |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Tropes S to Y]] |
| 277 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Al-G becomes increasingly annoyed as the Tune Squad starts catching up with the Goon Squad. What little patience he has [[VillainousBreakdown is completely spent when Dom abandons the Goon Squad]].]] |
| 278 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: [[spoiler:Pre-VillainousBreakdown, Al-G does this when the Tune Squad finally gets one point ahead of the Goon Squad at the end of the third quarter.]] |
| 279 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: [[spoiler:Al-G keeps adding to the rules of the game as it goes along to try to bend the odds in the Goon Squad's favor. When the Goon Squad starts to falter and Dom abandons him, Al-G decides to directly sabotage the Tune Squad by taking away their points and breaking past [=LeBron=].]] |
| 280 | * ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst: Related to the above: [[spoiler:Al-G becomes so hellbent on winning the basketball game at all costs that he cheats like crazy. Dom learns that the only way to beat Al-G is for [=LeBron=] to glitch out, as he had done in Dom's video game earlier, but at the cost of being erased. [=LeBron=] agrees to take the risk, [[HeroicSacrifice but Bugs steps in to do the move himself]]. As [=LeBron=] is about to score the winning point, Al-G tries to physically stop [=LeBron=], only for Dom to toss his father a jump pad so he can score. Al-G helplessly screams, [[{{Hypocrite}} "THAT'S CHEATING!"]], conveniently ignoring the fact that ''he'' cheated first.]] |
| 281 | * ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal: Al-G Rhythm closes the point gap between his Goon Squad and the Tune Squad by appending extra points onto the Goons' last goal. "Hey, that's cheating!" Lebron James protests. But in the server-verse, Al-G has AGodAmI status, which means he can tweak any quantity in the game on a whim. |
| 282 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Lola is put through a dangerous obstacle course on Themyscira. If she finishes within a time limit, she will have earned the right to become an Amazon. When Bugs and James intervene to try and recruit her, she initially refuses. But when they are in danger and she learns they are trying to save James's son, she saves them at the cost of missing the deadline. Lola thinks she has failed, but Wonder Woman herself passes her anyway, saying that being an Amazon is about values as much as skill. Lola helps the others as her first Amazon mission. |
| 283 | * SecurityCling: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote do this to each other when Al-G's timer runs out and the Space Jam basketball court begins to form. |
| 284 | * SelfDeprecation: [=LeBron=]'s stated reason for rejecting Al-G's idea of placing him in movies is "athletes acting never goes well". |
| 285 | * 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. |
| 286 | ** Some references to [=LeBron=] James's career are thrown in; one shown in the first trailer has WesternAnimation/LolaBunny lobbing the ball to James to make a slam dunk in an exaggerated version of the iconic move of [[MyNaymeIs Dwyane]] Wade doing the same for him when both of them were on the UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} Heat. |
| 287 | ** As this is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, there are also tons of references to other Warner-owned [=IPs=]: |
| 288 | *** The display for the lever "Pete" uses to send [=LeBron=] to "Tune World" also has labels for [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Orbit City]], [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]], [[Franchise/TheFlintstones Bedrock]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Westeros]], [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gotham]], [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Emerald City]], [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985 Thundera]], [[WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque Albuquerque]], [[ComicBook/{{WonderWoman}} Themyscira]], and various planets from our solar system. In addition, a city resembling a '30s/'40s-era [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metropolis]] also occupies half of the planetoid Gotham is on, a [[DeliberatelyMonochrome sepia-tone Kansas]], complete with twister, is on the same planetoid as Oz, and there are also planetoids themed after ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' and FilmNoir, with the logos from the openings of both ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941'' visible in the skyline of the latter. |
| 289 | *** The rings of the ''Series/GameOfThrones''-themed planetoid are modeled after the series' title sequence. |
| 290 | *** A blimp is visible in the skyline of the red-skied Gotham City, likely referencing ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 291 | ** When [=LeBron=] crash-lands in Tune World, he hits the ground so hard that there's a crack on the ground, resembling a tick, almost like the logo of Nike. |
| 292 | ** At one point, Al-G Rhythm tells one of his group that "[[Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn There's no crying in the Serververse!]]" |
| 293 | ** "[[Film/TrainingDay King Kong ain’t got nothin' on me!]]" (Cue the actual Film/{{King Kong|1933}} pouting.) |
| 294 | ** While piloting Marvin’s ship, Bugs performs a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk-esque]] CaptainsLog, complete with an imitation of Creator/WilliamShatner’s speaking style. |
| 295 | %%* ShipSinking: The ship between Lola and Bugs sank between movies. |
| 296 | %%* SmugSnake: Al-G. |
| 297 | * SquashedFlat: Tweety gets stepped on by Arachnneka, leaving him flattened and looking like a [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]] painting. |
| 298 | * TheStinger: What else but Porky Pig going "ThatsAllFolks" |
| 299 | * 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, [[RevelingInTheNewForm 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. |
| 300 | * TalkingWithSigns: Wile E. Coyote's method of communication, as always. |
| 301 | * TemptingFate: Right after Daffy says that the Tunes should be okay as they don't appear to have any major risks, Al-G then adds that the Tunes will be deleted if they lose. [[YouJustHadToSayIt Bugs and Granny lampshade this]]. |
| 302 | * TentacleRope: White Mamba winds Lola up in her serpentine lower half during part of the game. |
| 303 | * ThisMeansWar: Bugs, [[CharacterCatchphrase of course]], proclaims this after Al-G's arrival turns everything on Tune World (as well as the Tunes themselves) into CGI. |
| 304 | * TinManTypist: When Bugs activates the autopilot on Marvin's spaceship, robot arms come out of the console and take the wheel. |
| 305 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 306 | ** Granny was only a cheerleader for the [=TuneSquad=] in the first film, but here, she's a full-fledged player, with her age being no problem. |
| 307 | ** Gossamer similarly goes from an audience member to a full-fledged player. Speedy Gonzales also counts, as he was on the team in the first game, but his only appearance was the aftermath of him already being taken out of commission. |
| 308 | ** Road Runner is arguably a subversion. He wasn't on the first film's team, but his one appearance there still showed him as his usual InvincibleHero self. |
| 309 | ** Wile E. Coyote actually manages to get the best of Road Runner for once during practice. |
| 310 | ** The Looney Tunes as a whole do way better in this game compared to their performance in the first film. They play a lousy first half, but that's chalked up to [=LeBron=]'s poor influence rather than a lack of skill. And when they come back to dominate the second half, they stay dominant, unlike in the first film where the Monstars are able to take almost all of them out of commission afterwards. In fact, while several of them run into AmusingInjuries here, they never come close to being horribly beaten as they were in the original. |
| 311 | * TookALevelInKindness: The normally villainous Gossamer is shown to be much friendlier here. |
| 312 | * ToonTransformation: [=LeBron=] becomes a [=2D=] animated character in upon being sent to Tune World. He remains in this form until Al-G finally reverts him back for the big game. |
| 313 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Whatever Taz's biology is like, it managed to scare [[spoiler:Rick and Morty, who've gone through so many absolutely hellish scenarios on their own show with a SeenItAll attitude.]] |
| 314 | * {{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. |
| 315 | * TwoDecadesBehind: Porky'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. |
| 316 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: [[spoiler:Al-G, an attention-hungry computer algorithm, is arguably one of the darkest villains in the series of live-action/animation hybrid films featuring the Looney Tunes, even rivaling [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Judge Doom.]]]] |
| 317 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Al-G becomes increasingly irritated at the Tune Squad catching up with the Goon Squad, cursing as he does so ([[ClusterBleepBomb 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!"]]]] |
| 318 | * TheWorfEffect: Not even the Road Runner is any match for Chronos' [[TimeMaster time manipulation powers]]; when the Tunes send him out to get past Chronos, Chronos slows down time and not only steals the ball, but serves him up to Coyote. |
| 319 | * WorldHealingWave: [[spoiler:After the game is won and everyone is sent back to the real world, all the damage done to Tune World is reversed.]] |
| 320 | * YouJustHadToSayIt: Bugs and Granny have this reaction after Daffy's above TemptingFate moment. |
| 321 | -->'''Bugs:''' (''[[DeathGlare glaring]]'') You just couldn’t keep your big beak shut.\ |
| 322 | '''Granny:''' (''{{dope slap}}s Daffy'') Blabbermouth!\ |
| 323 | '''Daffy:''' [[{{Touche}} I deserved that.]] |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | ->''"If we’re going out, we’re going out Looney!"'' |
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