The Space Jam series consists mainly of a duology of live action/animated-hybrid science fiction sports comedy films in which the Looney Tunes play basketball against hostile otherworldly forces alongside famous NBA superstars Michael Jordan and LeBron James. While its first movie started out as a spin-off of the Looney Tunes franchise, its second movie, while still keeping the spotlight on the Tunes, included references and cameos to various other WB-owned franchises such as DC, The Iron Giant, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Rick and Morty, Gremlins, Austin Powers, Animaniacs, A Clockwork Orange, The Matrix, and many others, cementing the series into its own thing.
While the franchise has been heavily criticized for various reasons by people both from and outside Warner Bros., it has nonetheless gained a cult status for its humor and absurd premise. It has also gained a crossover with DC's very own Teen Titans Go! TV show in the form of a TV movie called Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam!.
