The Nerdlucks are creatures of an alien race and the central antagonists of the movie Space Jam.
Appearance[]
The Nerdlucks are colored alien creatures, each one has different colored skin: one is orange, one is light blue, purple, red and green, they also have brown feet and bug eyes.
Biography[]
The Nerdlucks are the minions of Mr. Swackhammer, working at the amusement park Moron Mountain. One day, Swackhammer told them that he was going bankrupt and that he decided to find something crazy and wacky, but in the process he accidentally sat on his remote control which activated several screens where they show the Looney Tunes in their cartoons, so he orders the Nerdlucks to go after them.
After passing through the baseball field where Michael Jordan is playing, they hide in the center of the earth directly towards the world of the Looney Tunes. Upon reaching the cartoon world, they land on top of Elmer Fudd and appear before Bugs Bunny, but he tricks them by telling them that it wasn't himself, but when he leaves, they shoot laser beams at him foreshadowing his true nature. Pound (the group leader) tells them to gather all the Looney Tunes.
With the meeting set up, Pound tells everyone to be his prisoner, only to have the crowd roar with laughter since his voice wasn't scary enough to scare them off. Nawt, the red Nerdluck, tells them they'll be sent to his telling them to become slaves to earn money for the customers, the Looney Tunes don't believe what he says, but when Yosemite Sam tries to attack them, Pound shoots him causing the Looney Tunes to raise their hands. Bugs Bunny tells them that they cannot make them slaves and that they must allow them to defend themselves and shows them the book "How to capture a cartoon", after a meeting with his friends, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to overcome them, however When the Nerdlucks hear word that the NBA is announcing the best players in the world, they hatch an evil plan.
After stealing the talent of Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues and Shawn Bradley, the Nerdlucks return to the Looney Tunes where they use a ball that contains the talent of the basketball players and become huge monsters known as the Monstars, causing chaos on the court and scaring the Looney Tunes, so they seek out Michael Jordan for help.
The Monstars invade the gym where Michael is training with the Looney Tunes. They begin to abuse him and use him as a ball to demonstrate their skills. Tweety defends Michael but Bang hits him against the wall and leaves him in pain. Finally Michael agrees to play with the Looney Tunes to defeat the Monstars.
When the day arrives where the match was going to take place, the Monstars are winning because they are more agile than the Looney Tunes and Michael, but thanks to Bugs' energy refreshment, they surpass half of them near the score. However, after the game, Stan Podolak secretly sneaks into the Monstars' locker room and listens to everything that happened but is discovered by them and decides to tell Michael and his friends what he heard.
After the Monstars crush Stan, Marvin the Martian tells them that they need a fifth player and Bill Murray appears in front of them. With Bill's help, Michael and the Looney Tunes win the game. Mr. Swackhammer chides them for losing the game and tells them to go back to Moron Mountain, but the Monstars, tired of being abused, tie him to a rocket and launch him straight to the moon where he is trapped forever. Michael Jordan tells the Monstars to return their talents to the ball and they become Nerdlucks again. Pound remorsefully asks Bugs Bunny if they can stay to which he finally accepts and they stay in the Looney Tunes' world.
After that, they return Michael Jordan to his world ready to play baseball.
Space Jam: A New Legacy[]
The Nerdlucks appear as a cameo among the guests of the LeBron James basketball game created by AL-G-Rhytm, only the same animation style as in the film is reused.