Air Bud: Spikes Back
Air Bud: Spikes Back is a 2003 sports comedy film directed by Mike Southon. It is the fifth film in the original Air Bud series. The film series itself was followed by a spin-off series: the Air Buddies franchise. It was the only Air Bud film not to include Kevin Zegers. It was released on June 24, 2003.
Plot
Buddy finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball. Throughout this experience, he and a talking parrot stop some crooks, Doug and Gordon. Andrea Framm attempts to earn money to fly out to California to visit Tammy after her family must move there. Also, Andrea reveals that her brother, Josh Framm, has decided to play football at college for the summer instead of returning home to Fernfield for summer vacation.Cast
- Katija Pevec as Andrea Framm, Buddy's owner
- Tyler Boissonnault as Connor, Andrea's love interest
- Edie McClurg as Gram Gram, Andrea's maternal grandmother
- Patrick Cranshaw as Sheriff Bob
- Cynthia Stevenson as Jackie Framm-Sullivan, Andrea's mother
- Jake D. Smith as Noah Sullivan, Andrea's younger maternal half-brother
- Gabrielle Reece as Herself
- Robert Tinkler as Doug, Gordon's partner
- Malcolm Scott as Gordon, Doug's partner
- Alf Humphreys as Dr. Patrick Sullivan, Andrea's stepfather
- Chantal Strand as Tammy, Andrea's best friend
- C. Ernst Harth as Phil
- Ellen Kennedy as Wilma
- Nancy Robertson as Principal Pickle
- Doug Funk as Mailman Phil
- Brian Dobson as the voice of Polly the Parrot
Release
Air Bud: Spikes Back was released directly to DVD on June 24, 2003, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. It was reissued by Disney on June 16, 2008 in a double-pack alongside Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch.Mill Creek Entertainment reissued the film on January 14, 2020, on a 2-disc box set, also containing other Air Bud films owned by Air Bud Entertainment.
All five Air Bud films, including Spikes Back, arrived on Disney+ on October 1, 2023.