Space Jam

Continuity mistake: As paramedics inflate Jordan's assistant Stan Podolak following his lone bucket, the scoreboard shows the Monstars ahead 77-67 with 10 seconds remaining. Yet following his treatment and the surprise entrance of Bill Murray, the score has changed to 77-76 with no time having elapsed.

THGhost

Continuity mistake: When Michael is wrestling with Charles the dog, he has his bag over his arm. But after finishing wrestling, the bag is gone.

Continuity mistake: When Stan's body has been "deflated", his body is laying over the 3-point line. Then when the doctors rush over to him, he is laying a good distance away from the 3-point line. When the air pump is stuck in his mouth in the very next shot, he is laying over the 3-point line again.

Continuity mistake: The aliens' drawbridge drops on Elmer Fudd's head then the aliens come down it. When you see the drawbridge again Elmer Fudd has magically disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Tweety is surrounded by the Monsters and he fights them off with karate, the timer is visible in the background, set at 12:00. Before this scene, the timer was at 5:01.

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny are playing one-on-one, there is a shot of Lola entering the free throw lane. Then in the next shot as she starts dribbling, she is suddenly standing outside the free throw lane, and then enters it again.

Continuity mistake: When young Michael tells his father that he wants to grow up to be a baseball player, in one shot it is his father that is holding onto the basketball, but in the very next shot he is.

Continuity mistake: When the alien boss is watching Looney Toon cartoons in the beginning, the cartoons change between shots of him saying "Looney. That's the word I was looking for" even though they are not changing in earlier shots.

Continuity mistake: After the Looney tunes challenge the aliens to a basketball game, the aliens change position when they all yell "All right, basketball.".

Continuity mistake: After Wile E. Coyote crashes into the auditorium, Daffy steps on his nose. On the very next shot, Daffy is walking in the aisle, but Wile E. is not visible behind him.

Continuity mistake: When the orange Monstar crushes Bugs Bunny after he pushes Lola out of the way, Bugs is lying face down, but after the Monstar gets off him, Bugs is now facing upwards.

Continuity mistake: When the second player's talent is being taken near the start, we see the paused game clock which reads 6:07. We then cut to a different angle and it's now 6:13, and stays that way until the scene changes.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: After Ewing's talent is taken, the ref throws him the ball for the free throws, and the ball hits him in the chest. In the news report, the ball hits him in the face.

Continuity mistake: At his first practice in Looney Land Michael has a sweat stain on his chest which disappears and reappears between shots.

oswal13

Continuity mistake: Bugs and the duck had the black/white tennis shoes for Michael, but in the last game Mike wears black ones.

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Continuity mistake: When Michael is warming up in the Looney Tunes gym and takes a jump shot, the ball enters the basket as if he was shooting from the left side of the basket. He actually shot from the center of the court, so the ball should have gone in differently.

RAharris

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Other mistake: Near the end of the closing credits, when the Warner Bros. Copyright appears, you'll see the very first word "All" spelled incorrectly as "Al" in "All material is protected by Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries throughout the world." (01:26:40)

Khiam Mincey

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Bill Murray: Larry, I'm gonna give us both twos back there. We weren't in any emotional state to putt.

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Trivia: When sending Bugs and Daffy to pick up his basketball gear, Michael tells them that he wore his UNC shorts under his Chicago Bulls uniform in every game. He really did do this, as a good luck charm.

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Question: What is meant by the film's MPAA rating which states, rated PG for "mild cartoon language"?

Answer: Some parents might not be comfortable with the language the cartoon characters use, as some of what they say is akin to swearing.

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