Space Jam

Space Jam is a 1996 crossover film that stars former NBA player Michael Jordan and the characters of the Looney Tunes franchise. The film features a titular song by Quad City DJs, which became a mashup meme source in the late 2000s. It has since also become a common meme on SiIvaGunner. 
== History ==
Space Jam was inspired by a series of successful crossover commercials promoting Nike's shoe line Air Jordans, based on Michael Jordan. The ads themselves featured Jordan interacting with Bugs Bunny. 
Space Jam was released on November 15, 1996. It wasn't received well by critics, but did end up becoming the highest grossing sports film of all time, and has left a permanent mark on pop culture.
The film later received a stand alone sequel in 2021 titled Space Jam: A New Legacy, which started more recent basketball superstar LeBron James instead. 
The film features an original opening song by Quad City DJs simply titled "Space Jam", which plays alongside a montage of Michael Jordan. The song would be featured in the film's original soundtrack album, released in December of 1996. 
Quad City DJs were similingly going to release a song for the second film, but it was ultimately cut. However, part of it was found on their Twitter account and quickly archived by Triple-Q. The song was going to have the name "Brand New Jam". 
== Use as a mashup source ==
"Space Jam" would become a meme source in mashups, starting in 2004 with a mashup between it and the chiptune "Funky Stars" by Quazar, in YTMND page made as a tribute to the late professional wrestler Randy Savage, deriving from a fan site about Savage that also used "Space Jam". 
In 2008, a fan game titled Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden was released, which featured the aforementioned mashup as its main theme. The popularity of the game would result in "Space Jam" being used in a larger amount of mashups with other songs, and Charles Barkley becoming typically being associated with the song rather then Michael Jordan or the Looney Tunes. 
"Space Jam" mashups often feature visuals of an image associated with whatever song is used being modified to have Charles Barkley's face superimposed over whichever characters are present. The phrases "SLAM!" and "JAM!" would also be frequent within the titles and pictures for these mashups, which originate from the song's lyrics. 
== On SiIvaGunner ==
Due to already being a massive mashup meme source, "Space Jam" was initially used sparingly, or within sarcastic rips poking fun at low effort "Space Jam" mashups, with these rips often being intentionally out of sync. The first rip to use "Space Jam" was actually a medley rip, being "Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters 2001 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney". "Space Jam" has since been one of the most used songs in rips, having over 500 appearances.
In 2021, a charity event was held by SiIvaGunner called The Space Jam Charity SLAM!, which occurred around the release of A New Legacy (although it was planned to happen the year prior, but didn't due to issues). This has resulted in many more solo rips of "Space Jam" being made, and eventually a Fusion Collab of it. 
== As a character ==
As Charles Barkley was already associated with "Space Jam", he has made various appearances on the channel. Most notably, as a villain in The SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis. He was originally shown to be a member of The Rapper's Union (alongside Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy and Chip tha Ripper) despite not being a rapper, and instead referencing "Space Jam" a common mashup source just like the songs associated with its other members. This also alluded to him not being a true member of the group. 
Later on, in "Timbre of a Kazoo", he is revealed to be working for The Voice Inside Your Head, and later betrays The Rapper's Union, killing Chip and PaRappa the Rapper in the process. After this, he ends up getting sucked into the portal The Kazoo Master comes out of by accident. It is currently unknown if he is still alive or not. 
Barkley also appeared within the visual elements of every "Space Jam" rip created for The Space Jam Charity SLAM!, as well as various other rips and videos on the channel. 
== External links ==
Category:SiIvaGunner memes