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Space Jam: The Muggsy Bogues Career
During the first round of the 1995 NBA playoffs, the Charlotte Hornets were down by one point against the Chicago Bulls with seconds left on the clock. Once Muggsy Bogues received the ball, Michael Jordan backed off him on defence and stated, “Shoot it, you f’ing midget.” Bogues’s shot was nowhere near the basket and the Charlotte Hornets were eliminated from the NBA playoffs. The following year, Muggsy Bogues announced his retirement and his coach believed that one play ruined his whole career since his jumpshot never recovered. Not to mention, Muggsy Bogues stars in Michael Jordan’s movie. This appears to be unusual for Bogues to play a role in Michael Jordan’s movie, even though Jordan possibly ruined Bogues career. Michael Jordan, an …show more content…
There are three types of characters, including: the humans, the Looney Tunes, and the villains from Moron Mountain. First, the humans are regular everyday people who come in contact with fictional characters from a popular television show. The main human character is Michael Jordan. His primary goal is to prevent the MonStars from stealing the looney tune’s freedom. Second, the Looney Tunes are a fictional group of friendly cartoon characters who somehow manage to come into contact with the real world in search of help from the greatest basketball player known to man, Michael Jordan. Mastermind to this endeavor, Bugs Bunny, acts as a bridge between the cartoon and the real world. With Bugs Bunny’s constant relatable nature he is able to present the real problems they are facing in their cartoon dimension. Third, Mr. Swackhammer, the dictator of Moron Mountain, has the desire of taking over the Looney Tunes world. The Nerdlucks, small alien servants to Mr. Swackhammer, are forced to bring the Looney Tunes to their master. While the Nerdlucks are on their journey, they discover that stealing the NBA players skills would make them unstoppable. Eventually, the Nerdlucks attend a Phoenix Suns game with the intention to rob the NBA players from their basketball skills. Once they steal the athlete’s skills, the aliens ultimately increase about ten times …show more content…
After Michael discovered the horrifying news about his father, he announced his retirement to follow his father’s footsteps and become a baseball player. On the other hand, Mr. Swackhammer forces the Nerdlucks to threaten and challenge the Looney Tunes to win their freedom. Once the Looney Tunes accept their request, the Nerdlucks attend the NBA game to attempt to steal the athlete’s skills. Each Nerdluck transform into a ghostly slime and swipe through the players snatching their skills. As a matter of fact, the NBA players who were victimized from the Nerdlucks were Charles Barkley, Muggsy Bogues, Shawn Bradley, Larry Johnson, and Patrick Ewing. Each athlete’s skills were placed into a basketball, having said that, after the Nerdlucks touched the ball, they mutated into enormous monsters, eventually altering the Nerdlucks into the MonStars. Bugs Bunny knew it was not physically possible to defeat the MonStars so he decided to search for help. Meanwhile, Michael Jordan was minding his own business playing a game of golf with a few of his friends. As soon as it was Michael’s turn, he swung perfectly, as he thought. As the ball hit the ground, it slowing glided across the grass as Bugs Bunny, who is underground with a ball magnet, forced the golf ball to roll into the hole. Once Michael reaches in the hole to grab the ball, Bugs Bunny instantly grabs and pulls Michael down

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