Meanwhile back at the Looney Tunes world...

Wile E. had a crash landing and was even stomped on by Daffy as he had been in the middle of a bath.

"Stop the music, Top Duck comin' through!" Daffy stormed over with a glare since his bath had been interrupted. "Jeez, it's getting so a guy can't get himself wet around here! So, what's the big emergency?"

"We have an announcement, you insolent duck!" Brutus glared down at him as he stood on the stage as he was son big his head broke through the ceiling.

Bugs winced at that as he was chained up against his will.

"Ya wanna tell 'em, buddy?" Brutus asked Pound since he loved being the center of attention.

"Don't mind if I do." Pound said.

"Go ahead, buddy." Brutus allowed.

Pound soon went up to the microphone only to see it was up too high. Brutus then made Bugs hand the microphone to Pound.

"All right, all right," Pound took the microphone then and tried to be as threatening as he possibly could. "You... All of you... Are now our prisoners!"

All of the rest of the Looney Tunes soon started to laugh as they didn't find the short aliens threatening. Pound frowned as he was unable to frighten them. The rest of the short aliens began to try to scare the Looney Tunes themselves.

"We are taking you to a theme park in outer space.' Nawt told the Looney Tunes.

"No foolin'." Blanko added stupidly.

"Where you'll be our slaves," Nawt continued. "And placed on display for the amusement of our paying costumers."

The Looney Tunes still didn't find the short aliens threatening. They were just mocking the tiny aliens and even Granny couldn't take them seriously.

"Oh, fear clutches my breast." Daffy laughed out loud.

"We ain't goin' nowheres!" Yosemite Sam mocked as he took out his guns to Pound.

Brutus soon stomped on Yosemite Sam for mocking his shorter companions. Pound also shot Yosemite Sam with his laser gun. The Looney Tunes then panicked and put their hands up in surrender.

"That's better." Brutus smirked as he still had Atticus in his right hand like a toy.

"You butt ugly Martians aren't gonna get away with this." Atticus huffed.

"Oh, I think we are." Brutus smirked as he tightened his grip on him.

Atticus gagged and then looked to Bugs. "Any bright ideas, Bunny Boy?" He asked with a suffocating wheeze.

"Uh, just a second there, doc, you have to let us have a moment to defend ourselves and that includes the teenager that you're squeezing like a stress ball." Bugs Bunny said to Brutus.

"But he's so squishy." Brutus smirked.

"At least let us have him until we surrender." Bugs replied.

"Fine." Brutus said before letting Atticus go, sending him falling down.

Atticus yelped and hit the floor before standing up and dusting himself clean and joined Bugs Bunny on stage.

"Anyway, who says we gotta let you go?" Nawt glared.

"There, read them and weep." Bugs showed a fake book called 'How To Capture Cartoon Characters'.

"Nice one." Atticus whispered to Bugs.

Bugs smirked as the aliens took the book to see a rule that said the cartoon characters needed a chance to defend themselves.

"Well, it is in the rule book." Nawt told his brothers.

"Yep, it's in the rule book." Atticus smirked.

"I hate to argue against rules even if a pipsqueak says so." Brutus scoffed.

"Now if you'll excuse me and some of the Looney Tunes; we have to talk in private." Atticus said.

"This way, doc." Bugs took Atticus backstage with some volunteers.

And where Bugs Bunny was soon shown with Atticus in Military uniforms.

"What the?" Atticus asked confused.

"All right, troops!" Bugs called as they stood behind an American flag. "It is time for us to choose a battlefield that affords us-"

"Oh, I got it!" Porky raised his hand.

"Yes, Private Porkster?" Bugs asked before his helmet slid down and covered his eyes.

"How about we challenge them to a s-s-s-s-spelling bee?" Porky suggested.

"I don't think a spelling bee will do it." Atticus said.

"Say, we could chawwenge them to a bowling touwnament." Elmer suggested with a chuckle.

"Uh-huh, and then we lose due to one of them being huge." Atticus said.

"Sufferin' succotash!" Sylvester spoke up. "What's wrong with you? I say we get a ladder, wait 'til the old lady's outta the room and bag that bird!"

"We're not talking about snatching Tweety." Atticus said.

"Easy there, Sly." Bugs told the predatory cat.

"There's gotta be something." Atticus tried to think very hard of how they could beat the Nerdlucks.

Bugs soon brought out diagrams of the short Nerdlucks.

"Okay, what do we know about the enemy?" Atticus asked rhetorically. "They're short, very, very short," He then knew just the game to challenge the aliens at while the Looney Tunes began to ponder. "That's it... That's it!" He then cheered once he had an idea. "You guys thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Basketball?" Bugs smirked.

"Bingo." Atticus smirked.

"Oohhh..." The Looney Tunes agreed once they saw where this was going.

The aliens looked back as their targets returned to them.

"We challenge you to a basketball game." Bugs smirked as he spun the ball on his finger.

"This maybe a problem for them." Brutus said as he had a book about basketball.

"What's basketball?" Bupkus asked.

"I dunno." Blanko shrugged.

"Beats me." Nawt added.

"Looks like they'll need to watch a basketball game to know what the game is." Brutus groaned.

"How do you know what it is?" Pound glared up at Brutus.

Brutus showed them the book that had told him everything he need to know. The Nerdlucks then took the book from their older brother and looked through it.

"Hope your brothers know how to play." Atticus smirked to Brutus.

Brutus snarled and reached out for him. Atticus soon grabbed Brutus and threw him across the room. The Nerdlucks gasped and ran toward Brutus.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Brutus snarled at Atticus.

"Save it for basketball." Atticus smirked.

Brutus growled.

"Lights!" Bugs then called out so they could watch an educational film about basketball.

"Oh, great, black and white." Atticus groaned.

Foghorn Leghorn had trouble getting to a seat which annoyed his dog enemy who then threw popcorn at him to get him out of the way.

"Was that necessary?" Atticus asked the dog.

'An exhilarating team sport currently growing rapidly in popularity is basketball,' the narrator on the film began. 'Unlike football and baseball, only five men can play on a team. It's a fast-paced razzle-dazzle game that requires quick wits and even faster reflexes. Here's how it's done in the professional ranks, the National Basketball Association, featuring the best players in the world.'

'I have a bad feeling this might have been a bad idea.' Atticus thought to himself.

The Nerdlucks looked excited and curious to try this basketball thing out.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Brutus whispered to Pound with a smirk.

"You got it, Bro!" Pound whispered loudly to his brother with a smirk back.

The others agreed with Brutus as they all had the same idea now, even Blanko did. Brutus soon shrank to human size while still looking big and strong.

"Where you goin'?" Pound asked.

"A place where the best basketball players are." Brutus told them.

"Ooh! Ooh! Can we go? Please, please, please!" Blanko begged like an immature child.

"Of course you guys are coming with me," Brutus said before he brought out a basketball. "And where each of us will take the basketball skills from the best players at a basketball game which will be playing tonight."

"Where to?" Pound asked.

"A place called New York City." Brutus commanded.

"Alright then, to New York City." Pound decided.

Brutus led the way with his brothers so they could go against the Looney Tunes in basketball.

And where they soon went to New York City to get to the basketball game, so they could steal the talents of the best players there. The people cheered as they came to the basketball game against the Phoenix Suns. Brutus snuck in with his brothers as they sat next to an unsuspecting couple, but the wife appeared to be suspicious while the husband seemed to be mostly focusing on Charles Barkley. And where this gave Brutus and his brothers the information that he was a killer on the basketball court just what they needed.

"He's big." Nawt commented.

"He's good." Blanko smiled stupidly.

"He's MINE!" Pound grinned darkly.

"Alright." Brutus said.

"Okay, go get him!" Nawt allowed.

Pound then slithered into a slimy substance and slithered across the court and then infused himself inside of Charles Barkley. And where after a short while, Pound slithered out of him. Charles was a little disoriented and he looked rather sloppy which overwhelmed the other players and even the coach and referee. What was going on?

"Wow, he did it." Bupkus smiled as he held the basketball.

Pound soon went into the basketball, placing the talent he stole inside it. "I got it!" The fat orange alien grinned in victory. "I got his talent!"

"Perfect." Brutus smirked.

"Who else do we get, Brute?" Bang asked.

"You'll see." Brutus said.

"You got it." Nawt saluted.

"So, who's talent will you take, big bro?" Pound asked.

"Hmm... I'd have to think about this," Brutus pondered. "One of you get Number 33 from the New York team."

"And that would be?" Nawt asked.

"Him." Brutus pointed.

The Nerdlucks then took the talents of the players of their choices. First was obviously Charles Barkley, next was Shawn Bradley. The next players for them were Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, and Muggsey Bogues.

Brutus pondered on who he could steal the talent from as his brothers found their players to steal the talent of and from. He soon found a basketball player that looked like he was really strong and could be what he was looking for. "Hmm..." he then smirked as he decided to take on this player.

Soon enough, all the aliens had what they needed to beat Atticus and the Looney Tunes. The player was the Man of Steel himself as one of the players that wasn't on the court had twisted his ankle and where he was that's player's fill in until the ankle would heal and where Brutus had stole more then just his talent in basketball, but also his powers.

"I still can't believe Barkley's team has Superman." The man complained to his wife beside the Nerdlucks.

"I know, but he now seems a bit out of it on the court." The wife said.

"What a game..." The man mumbled.

And where this game was being shown to everyone as this was shown on TV, including with how each best player that got their talents including Superman's talent and powers taken away without everyone noticing. The Nerdlucks laughed wickedly as they got what they had wanted.

"This'll show those Loser Tunes." Brutus smiled to his brothers as they were going to win easily so they could bring the Looney Tunes to enslave them back home on Moron Mountain.

It didn't take long for the mysterious basketball case to be broadcast on the news on TV as Cherry was visiting a hotel with Michael while he was talking with his family back home and they were both wondering what was going on with the players and even Superman which really caught Cherry's attention due to the hero's connection with her best friend.

But this time, it concerned her as it involved basketball. There were various clips of the basketball players having the talent sucked out of them which even seemed to disable them from doing simple things even such as walking normally or drinking from their water bottles. And where for Superman he had the same problem, but also couldn't seem to be able to use any of his powers.

When Superman went to a private spot with the girl he liked, they decided to talk.

"What's wrong with you?" Lois frowned to him. "There's no Kryptonite here, is there?"

"I don't think it is Kryptonite..." Superman frowned back.

"Then how did you lose your powers?" Lois wondered.

"I'm not sure..." Superman replied. "I just feel like the life was sucked out of me."

"Hmm..." Lois pondered. "I think we need to do a little research, Clark Kent style."

Superman nodded and then became Clark Kent again as they went off together to get to the bottom of this after the game was over. Of course, since he didn't have super-speed anymore, he had to get changed in the restroom without anyone in it at normal speed.

"Maybe going to the basketball game live and in person was a bad idea." Lois said.

Superman soon came out as Clark.

"I forgot how long it took to shower and get dressed without superpowers." Lois sighed to her boyfriend.

"I never knew it would take so long." Clark replied.

"Come on, let's get to the hotel." Lois walked with Clark.

Cherry soon ate take-out Chinese with Michael until there was a knock at the door.

"I bet it's Stan." Cherry whispered.

In fact it was.

"Oh, great." Cherry rolled her eyes, she was really sick and tired of this bozo.

And where he had come by because he was going to take them with him for Michael to play golf.

"Golf?!" Cherry complained. "Golf is so boring!"

The TV then announced that the Lakers were refusing to play because of the strange things going on with their fellow players.