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3A 2006 American [[AllCGICartoon CGI animated]] film directed by Creator/ChristopherReeve (yep, the ''Film/{{Superman|The Movie}}'' guy), Daniel St. Pierre, and Colin Brady and starring the voices of Creator/JakeTAustin, Creator/RobReiner, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/WilliamHMacy, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/RavenSymone, Creator/MandyPatinkin, and Creator/ForestWhitaker among others.
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5In 1932 [[BigApplesauce New York City]], 10-year old Yankees fan [[MeaningfulName Yankee]] Irving is a big fan of Creator/BabeRuth and dreams about becoming a professional baseball player himself one day, despite being lousy at being a novice. One day, during a visit at the Yankee Stadium with the help of his father working as a janitor there, he gets to see Ruth's special baseball bat. However, he is shooed away by an unknown security officer – who is actually Lefty Maginnis, a pitcher for the rival Chicago Cubs who's working for their owner Napoleon Cross to help them beat the Yankees in the upcoming World Series by stealing Babe Ruth's precious lucky bat. Lefty manages to do this, indirectly causing Yankee's father to lose his job and putting their family in danger of living out on the streets during TheGreatDepression. Yankee, knowing full well who was responsible for the theft, embarks on a journey to recover the bat and return it to Ruth in time for the series while dealing with Lefty and Napoleon.
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7Did we mention the bat and the baseball [[AnimateInanimateObject are alive]] in the eyes of Yankee?
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11* AdultsAreUseless: The Chicago Cubs are depicted as complete buffoons [[spoiler:during Yankee's attempt to score a home-run]] being distracted by people at the stands, crashing into each other, not paying attention to anything going on until the last minute, and being served as footstools.
12* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Because of his bad baseball skills, the other kids ''dread'' having Yankee on their team. And make their displeasure ''very'' clear.
13* AmusingInjuries: Lefty gets a lot of these, progressively making him look more and more villainous as a result.
14* AnachronismStew:
15** The film is set in 1932, yet at one point Screwie mentions Franchise/{{Superman}} (director Creator/ChristopherReeve's most iconic role), a character that wouldn't be created until 1938.
16** Marti's father is a member of the Cincinnati Tigers, a team that wouldn't be founded until 1934.
17** Yankee Stadium is shown with lights for night games, something that ''no'' major league ballpark had in 1932.
18* AnimateInanimateObject: Darlin' and Screwie.
19* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
20** The movie has been sometimes cited by publications as one of the most historically inaccurate movies ever released. The only HistoricalDomainCharacter depicted is Babe Ruth and the Yankees never lost any of the games during the 1932 World Series.
21** Zig-zagged when Cross assumes that Ruth would be "nothing without his bat" and sends Lefty out to steal it. Ironically, the resal Babe Ruth was a fairly good pitcher before he became the power hitter history knows him by. In any case, Ruth disproves that he is bad without Darlin' when he tells Yankee that it's not about the bat, but the batter.
22* AscendedFanboy: Yankee is a big fan of the New York Yankees and an even bigger fan of Babe Ruth. [[spoiler:He not only bats for them, but Babe even decided to have him bat for them.]]
23* BullyHunter: Marti makes her entrance by assisting Yankee against a couple of bullies from her home.
24* CallingYourShots: Babe Ruth is shown famously doing this in game three of of the 1932 World Series in a newsreel clip near the beginning of the film.
25* CassandraTruth: Nobody wants to believe Yankee's story that an unchecked security guard – who was actually part of the rival team – stole Babe Ruth's bat. This kick-starts Yankee's adventure to retrieve and return the bat to Ruth to save his family from living in the streets.
26* ComicalNapDrool: A sleeping Yankee drools on Screwie, much to the latter's chagrin and disgust.
27--> '''Screwie:''' Hey, kid! Wake up! You’re turning me into a spitball!
28* DeadpanSnarker: Screwie is full of this.
29* DoubleEntendre: On the subject of Yankee meeting Marti, who's the daughter of Lonnie Brewster.
30-->'''Darlin''': Ooh, he can pitch me anytime.
31* TheGreatDepression: A surprisingly optimistic portrayal of this era. As Christopher Reeve himself put it, "Just because it's the depression doesn't mean it has to be depressing."
32* ICallHerVera: Ruth calls his bat Darlin'. Yankee names the ball he found Screwie.
33* IMissMom: Midway during his trip, Yankee starts to greatly miss his family and considers how awful things will get if he doesn't succeed.
34* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Screwie proves that he has a heart and manages to cheer up Yankee [[spoiler:right during Babe Ruth's big game as they're trapped in the room overlooking the field]].
35** Earlier, when Yankee breaks down crying from homesickness, he [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Darlin']] for putting a ten-year-old in this situation and not even saying "thank you."
36* KickTheDog: Did Cross have to taunt Yankee by saying his parents were probably looking for a new kid?
37* MamaBear: Marti's mother, who is quick to notice the man chasing Yankee is not his dad and tries to get him out of her house with a broom.
38* MeaningfulName: Yankee is a big fan of the New York Yankees.
39* TheNapoleon: Fittingly, Napoleon Cross.
40* OwMyBodyPart: Parodied when Screwie, an anthropomorphic baseball, starts falling down a metal staircase.
41--> "My head! My butt! My head! My butt!"
42* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Zig-zagged. Yankee and Marti socialize with no social stigma, but her father is clearly shown playing for a Negro League team.
43* ReactiveContinuousScream: Initiated by Darlin', thinking she's being stolen by Yankee, who in turn screams back at the sight that Darlin' is also alive. Screwie on the other hand, lets out a sarcastic "aaahhh!"
44* TheRunaway: Yankee travels all the way to Chicago to return Ruth's bat, until his parents realize he's not with them and have to find him. Also coupled with the fact that the kid is being assailed by a grown man during said trip on top of dealing with the hardship of traveling.
45* TitleCharacter: The "hero" part in the movie's title refers to Yankee.
46* ToiletHumor: The morning after his first night with Yankee, Screwie has the misfortune of rolling under the covers right when the kid farts.
47--> "How long have you been takin' trombone lessons? "
48* TookALevelInBadass: The intro shows Yankee as a ''terrible'' baseball player. Going through the adventures he went through and meeting people who helped him improve his form, allowed him to [[spoiler:get a home run against Lefty.]]
49* TookALevelInIdealism: Going on the adventure with Yankee and Darlin' helps Screwie become less of the cynic he was at the start.
50* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one else besides Yankee seems to notice the bat and the ball are sentient. Even a ball rolling up in a can isn't weird on itself. It just rolled up by itself!
51* WouldHurtAChild: Lefty is unnecessarily rough with both Yankee and Marti.

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