Pooh's Adventures of Space Jam is an all-new Winnie the Pooh/Looney Tunes crossover movie by David Graham (aka BowserMovies1989) and Yakko Warner (formerly known as YakkoWarnerMovies101). It appeared on YouTube on 11-7-2010, but it quickly got deleted due to copyright claims, so a new remastered remake version by switched directors (still set as a sequel to Pooh's Adventures of 101 Dalmatians: The Series and a prequel to Pooh's Adventures of Turtles Forever) will appear on Odysee in the near future.
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In 1973, a young Michael Jordan tells his father that he wants to go to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play in the championship team, then go to the NBA. A compilation of highlights from Jordan's basketball career is followed by an excerpt from the 1993 press conference in which Jordan announced his retirement from professional basketball to pursue a career in baseball, in which Jordan is popular, but less skilled. Meanwhile, in outer space, the amusement park Moron Mountain faces decline. Its owner Mr. Swackhammer sends his diminutive minions the Nerdlucks to Earth to abduct the Looney Tunes in order to develop new attractions. Upon the Nerdlucks' arrival, Bugs Bunny and the other Looney Tunes take advantage of the Nerdlucks' small stature and challenge them to a game of basketball. Through a documentary of basketball, the Nerdlucks learn that the sport's best players are employed by the NBA, and accept the proposal. They infiltrate various basketball games in the USA, stealing the talents of NBA players Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson and Muggsy Bogues. They use the stockpiled talent to transform themselves into the large, muscular, and talented Monstars, easily intimidating the Tunes, and prompting Bugs to seek professional aid.
While golfing with Bill Murray, Larry Bird, and his personal assistant Stan Podolak, Jordan is suddenly lassoed down a hole and into the Looney Tunes' world. Bugs explains the situation to Jordan, whom hope is placed on as one of the best basketball players in the world. Although reluctant, Jordan agrees to play after a confrontation with the Monstars insults his pride, and organizes the Tunes into a team called the "Tune Squad". A female bunny named Lola, whom Bugs falls in love with, is added to the team thanks to her talents. Jordan sends Bugs and Daffy Duck back to his house to obtain his basketball gear. When they arrive, Bugs and Daffy meet Jordan's dog and kids, and are later seen by Stan, who follows them back to the cartoon world and joins the team as well. Meanwhile, the sudden incapacity of the five NBA players leads to worldwide panic that results in the season being put on indefinite hold. The players try to restore their skills through practice, hospitalization, therapy, and prayer to no avail.
The game between the Tune Squad and the Monstars eventually begins, but the Monstars dominate the first half, sinking the Tune Squad's morale. Stan overhears how the Monstars obtained their talent and informs Jordan. Bugs and Jordan rally the Tune Squad and they dominate the third quarter and the start of the fourth using old-school gags and Acme weaponry. During a timeout, Jordan raises the stakes with Swackhammer: a win by the Tune Squad would require the Monstars returning their stolen talents, while a win by the Monstars would allow Swackhammer to make Jordan a new attraction for Moron Mountain for the rest of his life. Now more determined to win than ever, Swackhammer orders the Monstars to win by any means necessary; throughout the fourth quarter, they subsequently begin playing even rougher and dirtier than before against the Tune Squad, leaving most of their roster injured and unable to continue.
With ten seconds left in the game, the Tune Squad are down by one point and one player, with only Jordan, Bugs, Lola, and Daffy left. Murray unexpectedly arrives and is recruited to fill the spot. In the final seconds, Jordan gains the ball with Murray's help, but is pulled back by the Monstars. Remembering advice from Bugs, he uses cartoon physics to extend his arm and dunk the ball, winning the match with a buzzer beater. Seeing the Monstars being reprimanded by Swackhammer, Jordan helps them realize that they only listened to him because they were smaller. The Monstars encase Swackhammer in a missile and send him to the moon. Giving up their stolen talent, the Nerdlucks are recruited into the Looney Tunes ensemble and drop off Jordan at his next baseball game.
Later, Jordan visits the incapacitated basketball players and returns their talent, to which the players convince a reluctant Jordan into participating in a three-on-three match. Two years later in 1995, Jordan returns to the Chicago Bulls to resume his basketball career.
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- Mewtwo, Good Fairy, Slimer, Stay Puft, C-3PO, R2-D2, Zilla, Aisling, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Arthur Read, Buster Baxter, Francine Frensky, Muffy Crosswire, Alan Powers "The Brain", Binky Barnes, D.W. Read, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Mistress 9, Ranamon, Utrom Shredder, and Karai guest star in both versions of this film.
- Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley, Garfield, Odie, Poky Little Puppy, Shy Little Kitten, Tip, Dash, Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, Spot the Chicken, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Donkey Kong, Mr. Ratburn, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, and Master Splinter also guest star in the remastered remake version of the film.
- Bowser, Bowser Jr., Mistress Nine, Ranamon, Utrom Shredder and Karai work for Mr. Swackhammer in this film.
- The original version featured a flashback of Shredder's defeat in Pooh's Adventures of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of The Ooze.
- Due to brief language and content, the words "hell", "wussy man", "We suck!", and the profane use of "screwed" will be replaced with the words "heck", "wimpy man", "We stink!", and "doomed", the brief use of God's name in vain will be replaced with the word "gosh", and brief nudity will be censored (due to Pound's butt being shown once during the basketball showdown scene) to make this film more G-rated.
- For so far, this is the only Winnie the Pooh/Looney Tunes crossover not to guest star Ash Ketchum and his friends, due to them already having their own adventures in Ash's Adventures of Space Jam. It is also one of some Winnie the Pooh/Looney Tunes crossovers to use a different set of guest stars.
- The storyline continues in Pooh's Adventures of Space Jam: A New Legacy.