Space Jam: A New Legacy

Meeting Bugs And Malin

Two rabbits sat cozying in the burrow, drinking from a lovely tea cup. "Do you think they will come back, Mal?" Bugs glances at his girlfriend, who is sitting across from him. Malin Cadell gazes at the trickster, "I sure hope so, Bugs." Outside the burrow, Lebron James crashes into the desert.

"What is this? I'm shorter than Kevin Hart! No, no, no!" Lebron James blows, making his legs whirr, and he flies in the air and yells. He lands on the ground, looking at himself, "What the...? I'm a cartoon? Is this where the game is gonna happen?" He glances up to see a clock chiming in the distance.

"Where is everybody? Hello?" Lebron's voice echoes in the air, catching the attention of the two pairs of ears in the distance.

"Hello? Hello?" He yells again. Peeking out of the burrow, Malin and Bugs listen. The female rabbit glances at her boyfriend, "Bugs?" Bugs Bunny scratches his head, "Come on, Mal. Let's see who that is."

"Hello?" Lebron James passes the Tune Land sign that shows a population of two, now three. The wind whistles loudly, and he stops next to a tree with a poster: "'Rabbit season'?" He removes the poster to reveal it, saying, 'Duck Season.'

A deep rumbling occurs, followed by muffled explosions. Glancing around, Lebron gasps, "What the...?" He sees something pushing the ground up, causing him to shriek, "Ahh! Get away! Leave me alone! Somebody help!" He jumps into the tree, and Bugs Bunny and Malin Cadell pop out of the ground.

"What's up, Doc?" Bugs said, causing James to scream. Malin ripped the poster off the tree. "Duck season!" Lebron James peeked his head out of the branches. "Bugs Bunny?" The branch broke, and he fell. "Whoa! Bugs! I can't believe..."

Malin smirks, "Bring it in, man." Lebron stands up, "Listen, I need your help." Bugs points to the tree, "Eh, you missed your cue." Lebron glances at the poster, "Oh. Rabbit season." He rips it off and looks at them. Malin chuckles, throwing Elmer's hat and gun to Lebron James, "All right, here. Now say," She starts mimicking Elmer, "'I'm huntin' wabbits...' and try to chase us."

Bugs grabbed Malin's hand and the two sprinted off with Lebron shouting, "Bugs, wait! Come back! I should've seen that coming." He stops at the sound of an engine roaring. Glancing ahead, he spots an ACME Truck heading towards him.

"Coming through!" Bugs yells, and Malin sits next to him. LeBron screams, trying to get away. Malin scratches her head, "Say, have we seen you somewhere?" Bugs gasps as they chase him, "Hey, you're that famous basketball guy." Lebron lands on the hood of the truck. Malin blinks, "Come on, aren't you LeBron James?"

His screaming resumes, then looks at them, "Bugs Bunny and his girlfriend knows who I am?" The tires screech. Bugs chuckles as Lebron gets in the truck, "Of course. We may live in a hole in the ground, but we still get TNT."

Lebron flinches at the TNT in Bugs' hand, "Oh, my God, is that a...?" Malin laughs, "Yep. Cover your ears, Doc." Bugs throws it out the window towards the road between the two tunnels before them.

"Why would you do that?" Lebron panics. Bugs grabs Malin as the seat injects them, leaving Lebron in the truck, "I'm a Tune, Doc. I can survive anything." Bugs calls out, holding Malin as they watch the truck go down.

"I'm not a Tune!" His voice echoed down into the canyon, "No, no, no! Ahhh! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" The truck lands in a heap. Lebron rolls out of the car, the shape of a ball, "I do not understand this world."

"Eh, my bad, Doc." Bugs and Malin land on their feet and help reflate Lebron James. LeBron grunts and spits out the hose that reflated him, "How long have you two been alone here?"

"Alone? You're never alone when you got friends like mine, Doc." Bugs pulls the Basketball player into a barbershop, "Ain't that right, Porky?" Bugs sits at a table next to pumpkins. Malin shakes her head as she cleans Lebron's face.

LeBron frowns, "Uh... That's just a pile of pumpkins." Bugs gasps, "Porky, did you hear what he just called you?" The pumpkin's head falls. Bugs runs up to Lebron, "So, what brings you to Tune World, Doc? Torn meniscus? Midlife crisis? Ran out of teams to play for?"

"Uh... All I know is a computer dude kidnapped my son, and I have to play basketball to get him back. His name is Al G. Rhythm?"

Malin and Bugs glanced at each other, "Did you say Al G. Riddim?" Malin grunts. Suddenly, they were in a western bar with a horse whinnying in the distance. Lebron looks at his western outfit in confusion, "Yeah, that's the guy. Rhythm, Riddim... Whatever."

In a Southern accent, Bugs points to him, "That nefarious nimrod nixed my nearest and dearest from Tune World." Lebron sits down, "He kicked them out?" Malin shakes her head, "Well, not exactly. He buttered them up, saying they were wasting their time. That there was much more to see in the Serververse than old Tune World. Made 'em turn their backs on who they really were."

Bugs joins the two at the table, "They all left, all of them. And I wish them all the best in their new endeavors."

"Ah, man. Sorry, Bugs. That's terrible. Family's everything."

"Yep. Family. Right, Malin?" Bugs looks at Malin. The girl takes his hand and nods. Lebron hums, "Well, Bugs Bunny, Malin, I need to assemble an elite team of A-plus ballplayers to help crush this Al G. guy. And I need to do it before that game clock runs down." Lebron spoke, stepping outside, and the clock chimes.

"Hol... Hold up, Doc. So, you want us, a talking cartoon bunny, to play with you, an NBA superstar, in a high-stakes basketball game?" Bugs glances at Malin with a knowing look. "Sounds awfully familiar." Malin answers. The two remembered that game.

"Yeah, that actually sums it up well."

"Mmm. I think I know a way that can help the both of us." Malin spoke with a smirk. She leads the two towards a nice piece of green grass and stabs a flag with the earth symbol into the ground, "I declare this land for planet Earth." The sound of distant whirring catches their attention, and a space ship lands on the ground. The door beeps and Marvin steps out with his dog, "Not so fast, furry creature. Excuse me."

"Marvin the Martian? For real?" Lebron gasps in surprise. Marvin removes the Earth flag and stabs his Mars flag in place, "I claim this planet in the name of Mars." Bugs, fakingly gasps, "My goodness. My mistake, partner. I thought this land was in the clear. Well, we'll just get back in our ship and out of your way." Malin gestures for Lebron to move.

Marvin shakes his head as Bugs turns him around, "Oh, it's quite all right. Everyone makes mistakes." Malin pushes Lebron towards the ship with Bugs following, "Come on. Let's boogie." Lebron gasps, "What? You're stealing his ship. I didn't agree to this."

"My ship!" Marvin grunts angrily, "Blasted rabbit." His gun powers up and shoots at Lebron, "Whoa, whoa! Bugs! Help! Help! Whoa!" Malin grabs Lebron as he floats. Marvin growls, "Take this, rabbit." Bugs holds out a mirror, "Back at ya."

"Huh?" Marvin grunts as the laser hits him, causing him to float in the air. Bugs helps Malin grab Lebron, "You coming, Doc? Or would you rather hang back with a cranky Martian and his space mutt?" The two begin pulling Lebron James into the ship.

"Just watch out for the... Just watch out for the..." Lebron grunts with each bang against the roof of the ship, "I just said, watch out for..." Thud! "Bugs! Malin!" The two closed the ship and flew out of Tune Land.