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[[Love It or Hate It|The movie divides opinions to date.]]
The film was met with mixed reaction by critics, but was successful at the box office, with $230 million worldwide. It's not to be confused with ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action|Looney Tunes Back in Action]]'', which is officially a [[Retcon]] (read, an attempt from [[Warner Bros]] to fix its [[Broken Base]], which didn't work out so well financially; this is a polite way of saying it bombed massively). It did receive a sequel in 2021 starring LeBron James called ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''.
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* [[All-Star Cast]]
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Done with both the Looney Tunes and - eerily - the live-action actors.
* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck have to deal with an angry dog as they get Michael Jordan ready for his game.
* [[Art Shift]]: Mr. Swackhammer fantasizing about Jordan in Moron Mountain (it's not what it sounds like).
* [[Asskicking Pose]]: Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam do this during the second half slapstick montage. It's a direct [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', in fact.
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* [[Bad Boss]]: While Swackhammer seems to care about his customers, the same cannot be said for his employees. Deconstructed when the Nerdlucks realize that they have a way to get their revenge on him.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Lola Bunny.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon
** This is [[Lampshaded]] when Michael Jordan gets his golf cleats stuck to the floorboards and asks if the toons have a pair of basketball shoes he could borrow--cut to a few shots of the toons' feet and baffled looks.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't call Lola "doll".
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* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: There's a moment after the Nerdlucks have transformed, where one of them boos right in Porky Pig's face. Porky's response is to shriek, piddle, and say to the audience:
{{quote|"I, I, I, I wet myself."}}
* [[Bull Seeing Red]]: Used at one point when Daffy paints
{{quote|'''Crowd:''' ''Ole!''}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Daffy, naturally.
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* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: For once, someone actually notices how strange this disguise is.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Bill Murray's last minute appearance (see [[No Fourth Wall]]). Within universe, the toons stop 40-year-old cartoons due to an important meeting.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: The Nerdlucks/Monstars' comeuppance on their boss. Ironically, it was hinted that they could have done that before they transformed into the Monstars...they have no issue threatening Bugs Bunny even when they're far smaller than him, and their laser weapons pulverize Yosemite Sam.
* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: The Nerdlucks don't start off this way, but once they become the Monstars, everything changes.
* [[Ears as Hair]]: Lola ties her ears back in a ponytail.
* [[Efficient Displacement]]
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** [[The Chick]]/[[Action Girl]]: Lola Bunny
* [[Gaiden Game]]: Considered canon for ''[[Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden]]''.
* [[G-Rated Drug]]/[[Magic Feather]]: Michael's Secret Stuff, which is really water, but the toons treat it as steroids. Daffy notes this is wrong. Using the basketball player's talent is made to look like this on the alien's side.
** [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Daffy notes that taking "drugs" goes against everything he learned in Health Class. Michael's response: "You want to win, right?" This convinces Daffy.
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* [[I Resemble That Remark]]: Said by Foghorn Leghorn (the [[Trope Namers]]) when the Monstars visit the Toons' gym to meet and taunt Michael.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Watch the ending to the basketball game while listening to {{spoiler|"I Believe I Can Fly"}}.
* [[Invincible Hero]]: Subverted when Bugs Bunny encounters the Monstars. At first glance, it seems that he can outsmart them like he does regularly with Elmer Fudd. But the Monstars awesomely prove him wrong.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: When Tweety stands up for Michael, the Monstars swat him down.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: It's a blatantly commercial movie that ropes WB's stable of beloved cartoon characters into shilling for basketball... but they ''know'' this and ''want'' you to know that they know. How can you tell? Observe:
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