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  • At the end, the Nerdlucks want to join the Looney Tunes characters, but Bugs Bunny accuses them of not being "loony" enough. Then how in the hell does Lola Bunny qualify, who is even less loony than they are?
    • Lola Bunny became very loony in the how 2010's show, but that aside, her own loony antics are shown in her own comics. So it is presumed that she is and can be loony but chose not to be during the film.
    • Obviously Lola is the exception to Bugs' claim that you have to be loony to be one of the Looney Tunes because he has the hots for her.
    • I thought it was quite obvious that Bugs was being sarcastic, there. He would've let them stay regardless.
  • Why was Michael Jordan so surprised that humans could be affected by Toon Physics near the end of the game? Earlier in the film, the Mon-Stars scrunched him up into a sphere and played some basketball with him as the ball, so he should've already known that humans can use Toon Physics in Looney Tune Land.
    • I got confused over that as well, but I just assumed later that he probably only got aware that he could get manipulated by other cartoon characters who are able to use Toon Physics, not that he could manipulate himself with it since he's human.
  • Did Bugs leave a gigantic hole in the middle of the Jordans' house when he dug inside to look for Michael's sporting gear?
    • It can be safe to presume that the children covered and cleaned up the mess literally.
  • How did Bill Murray know Lola's name?
    • Did he ever say her name? I only remember him calling her "girl bunny". And even if he did address her as Lola, maybe he was in the audience when the announcer introduced her.
    • He was also friends with the casting director.
  • If the Nerdlucks can steal Talent, why didn't they steal the Looney Tunes talent and go back to Moron Mountain? I know they're dumb, but they do get the idea to steal the NBA stars' Talents.
    • I assume it's part of their reasoning in that they have to follow "the rule" that allows the Tunes to defend themselves. They can't personally do anything that would sabotage the Tunes' own abilities to play, but they can cheat indirectly by stealing the Talent of others.
    • Because the Looney Tunes aren't superstar basketball players
  • One question that literally no one asks: How is it possible that the Looney Toons exist in real life in their own real universe which coincides with ours, underground?
    • Also, how the hell did Bill Murray and Stan get to the toons universe? Did Stan just dig his way down at the golf course? Bill's brief explanation barely explains anything.
      • They both saw Michael squeeze through the hole and figured that they could do the same themselves, because "why not? It's worth a shot."
    • Same question could be asked for Bugs and Daffy traveling to the real world, but it could be seen as possible through toon logic.
      • Wild Mass Guessing: All humans can use cartoon physics. Most of them just don't realize it.
  • Bugs pushes Lola out of the way when she's about to get squashed. Except she's a Looney Toon, so like everyone else, she should recover immediately from such a thing. So, apart from false drama, what was the point of doing that?
    • Doylist explanation: A character must Always Save the Girl. Watsonian explanation: He was aiming for a Smooch of Victory or simply extra love-points. Or likely both.
    • It's notable that throughout this entire film, Lola is the Looney Tune who is the least cartoonish. The most Looney Tune thing she does is run up one of the Monstars' faces when he calls her 'doll'. The others shoot each other, get bodyslammed, blown up, etc. Even Granny takes a couple of hits and Michael gets in on the Toon World physics. Presumably, there was some form of protection of her character on the part of the writers.
    • Possibly due to Rule of Funny for Lola - her being a more serious character who would actually get injured if she was hit.
  • Why do we never see Road Runner being used in the game? Having super speed felt like an ace against the Monstars. This also leads to the question of how the heck Monstars got him injured.
    • Can't convince him to join if they can't even get close.
    • Fun fact: in the Junior Novelization of the movie, this is exactly what happens. Instead of Bill Murray pulling a Big Damn Heroes moment, Road Runner finally shows up and helps even the odds for the Tune Squad with his Super-Speed.
  • Why don't Michael's children get scared or surprised by the fact that, well, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are in their house? Regardless if they like the Looney Tunes, they look at them as if it were normal to see hand-drawn cartoons in your house every day.
  • When the Monstars strap Mr. Swackhammer to a rocket and send him back to Moron Mountain, how exactly does that happen? Mr. Swackhammer was launched from the stadium of the Looney Tunes world, but the Looney Tunes world is under the real world, so doesn't this mean that Mr. Swackhammer's rocket should have exited through a hole and, once in the real world, keep on its way to Moron Mountain?


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