Air Buddies (2007)

Our sole complaint about the beloved Air Bud franchise is its initial failure to give voice to Buddy, aka Air Bud, the hero Golden Retriever who becomes a basketball star, because, as it turns out, there’s no rule preventing a dog from playing basketball.

Air Buddies, released nearly a decade after 1997’s Air Bud, corrects the original film’s misstep by finally allowing Bud’s five pups, the Air Buddies, to talk. No explanation is given and none is needed. The poster celebrates the achievement with the tagline, “They Shoot. They Score. They TALK!”

Air Buddies is also the final film to feature Don Knotts, further securing its place in film history.