Space Jam Inspired Dog Names

Introduction

Come on and slam, and welcome to the Jam. Combining inventively animated 2D characters with traditional live action actors, Space Jam hit theaters on November 15, 1996. Back in the day, Space Jam became an international success, raking in around 300 million dollars with an 80 million dollar budget. But more important than the film's financial success is the cult status the movie has achieved in more recent years; many people who consider themselves to be "90's Kids," often look at the film with an almost Biblical sense of awe and the internet has elevated the film's theme song, a self titled rap performed by the Quad City DJ's, to heights of online glory and memedom.

Space Jam Dog Names In Pop Culture

Featured Famous Space Jam Dog

Barnyard Dawg

Many may not know him by name, but anyone who's at least somewhat familiar with Looney Tunes has undoubtedly seen this hound's comical encounters with the cantankerous Foghorn Leghorn. Barnyard Dawg is a Basset Hound with the uncanny ability to walk on two legs, talk, and scheme elaborate and sophisticated plans in his attempts to keep Foghorn Leghorn in line. Another Looney Tune voiced by the monumentally prolific Mel Blanc, Barnyard Dawg first appeared in the animated short film Walky Talky Hawky alongside his rival, Foghorn Leghorn, and the notoriously pugnacious chickenhawk, Henry Hawk, which was released on August 31st, 1946.

Barnyard Dawg's role in Space Jam is rather small compared to his cohort, as the burly Basset Hound's contributions to the film can be seen as something of a cameo appearance in stark comparison to Bugs' and Daffy's leading Toon status, but fans of Barnyard Dawg should take solace in that fact that the few lines he spoke were voiced over the Transformers and Scooby-Doo alumni, Frank Welker. Barnyard Dawg appeared in the Space Jam as a member of the Tune Squad, alongside his fellow Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan. Barnyard Dawg appeared early on in the film, when Michael is first sucked into Tune Land, and then again near the end of the movie, when the Tunes face off against the Monstars.

Barnyard Dawg had a larger role in his subsequent appearance in Warner Bros' follow up film to Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In that film, he made a reference to the famous Cassius Marcellus Coolidge painting, Dogs Playing Poker, where he was depicted playing a match against a group of other dogs. Barnyard Dawg continued to make appearances in other Looney Tunes related media, having been voiced over by the likes of Billy West, Greg Burson and Joe Alaskey in the interim. Dawg would go on to make a comeback during the 2011 animated sitcom, the Looney Tunes Show. Barnyard Dawg made three appearances during the Looney Tunes Show's run, debuting in the Merrie Melody music video, Chicken Hawk, alongside his feathered frenemies Leghorn and Henry.

Dawg has yet to make an appearance on the most current iteration of Looney Tunes, aptly titled the New Looney Tunes, but hopefully the show will do this beloved Basset Hound justice whenever he makes his debut. And if the murmurs of a LeBron James led Space Jame sequel ever come into fruition, hopefully Dawg will have a bigger role alongside his fellow Looney Tunes.

Space Jam Inspired Dog Name Considerations

Space Jam combined two of the things people loved the most back in the 1990's; raunchy, over the top cartoons with world famous sports stars. Following in the footsteps of the notorious Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, the raunchy, over the top cartoons in question were pooled from the internationally popular Looney Tunes franchise. And the world famous sports stars? Some of the world's most popular basketball players at the time. As a result, you've got Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck shooting hoops with the likes of Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Larry Bird and, of course, Michael Jordan.

Why give your dog a Space Jam inspired name? Because you'd essentially be killing two birds with one stone if you're a huge fan of basketball and Looney Tunes (possibly 3 or more, if you're also particularly big on internet memes and how infectiously catchy the Quad City remixes can be.) You'll have a wealth of options to choose from as well; the amount of Looney Tunes characters in existence numbers somewhere in the high hundreds, possibly thousands, and many of those characters appeared in Space Jam, even if only for a short amount of screen time. Conversely, you could name your dog after one the movie's featured ball players, or any of their publicly known family or friends, or even after the Quad City DJ's themselves.

Male Space Jam Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Bugs One of the most popular Looney Tunes and cartoon characters of all time
0	Bunny Bugs' often used last name
0	Daffy This hyperactive duck often plays second fiddle to Bugs
0	Duck Daffy's surname
0	Barnyard Taken from Foghorn Leghorn's hapless rival
0	Dawg The Basset Hound's last name
0	Michael The first name of the Chicago Bulls' own legendary shooting guard
0	Jordan Number 23's last name
0	Jeffrey MJ's middle name, making his full name Michael Jeffrey Jordan
0	Charles The first name of the power forward of the Phoenix Suns
0	Wade Charles Barkley's middle name
0	Chuck One of Charles Barkley's more commonly used nicknames
0	Sir Charles Another priceless Charles Barkley nickname
0	Larry One of the Boston Celtics' most prominent forwards was Larry Bird
0	Joe Larry Bird's monosyllabic middle name
0	Shawn The first name of one of the Philadelphia 76ers' best centers, Shawn Bradley
0	Paul Shawn Bradley's middle name
0	Bradley The German-American center's last name
0	Mel The original voice actor for essentially every male Looney Tunes character was Mel Blanc
0	Melvin Mel Blanc's full first name
0	Jerome Mel Blanc's middle name
0	Foghorn This boisterous rooster is Barnyard Dawg's archenemy
0	Leghorn The second half of Foghorn Leghorn's now iconic name
0	Henry The pugnacious chickenhawk that often finds himself at odds with Leghorn
0	Tweety This sweet, yellow canary has a penchant for getting under Sylvester's skin
0	Sylvester A scheming, stout cat who's bound in an eternal struggle with Tweety Bird
0	Elmer This clueless hunter often gets ribbed by Bugs and Daffy
0	Fudd Elmer J. Fudd's last name
0	Bill The first name of the ever sardonic actor, Bill Murray
0	Jones The last name of Looney Tunes creator Chuck Jones

Female Space Jam Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Lola The second best player on the Tune Squad and Bug's girl by the end of the film
0	Kath Lola's voice actress in Space Jam was the world famous Kath Soucie
0	Kristen Taken from Lola's voice actress in the Looney Tunes Show, Kristen Wiig
0	Rachel Named after Rachel Ramras, Lola's voice actress in the animated film Looney Tunes: Rabbit Run
0	Granny This semi sweet old woman was the owner of Sylvester and Tweety
0	Emma Granny's first name
0	Bea Bea Benaderet was one of Granny's oldest actresses
0	Beatrice The full first name of Granny's voice actress from 1950 to 1953
0	June Based off of Granny's longest running voice actress, June Foray
0	Lucille June Lucille Foray voiced Granny over from 1953 all the way to 2017 in most of her appearances
0	Juanita The first name of Juanita Jordan, MJ's in movie wife
0	Theresa Juanita's actress was Theresa E. Randle
0	Jasmine The first name of MJ's on screen daughter, Jasmine Jordan
0	Penny The first name of Jasmine's actress, Penny Bridges
0	Bae Penny Bridges' middle name
0	Colleen Taken from Sniffles the Mouse's voice actress, Colleen Wainwright
0	Catherine Bupkus' voice actress as a Nerdluck was Catherine Reitman
0	Patricia One of the enthusiastic basketball fans in the film was Patricia Heaton
0	Bebe Taken after the Jordan's onscreen housekeeper, Bebe Drake
0	Linda Based off of Linda Lutz, who voiced the female seer in the film
0	Nicky Nicky McCrimmon played the Basketball Girl in Space Jam
0	Kelly The actress who played the little league girl was credited as Kelly Vint
0	Sharone Sharone Wright, professional basketball player
0	Connie Based off of Connie Ray, the owner's girlfriend
0	Jocelyn Pound's voice actress as a Nerdluck was Jocelyn Blue
0	Charity Blanko's Nerdluck voice actress was Charity James
0	Barbara The female police officer who appeared in the film was played by Barbara Anne Kelly
0	Anne Barbara Kelly's middle name
0	Allison The first name of the film's animation co-producer, Allison Abbate
0	Marlene Marlene Stewart was Space Jam's costume designer