Box Office
Flop · 0.9xBudget$11M
Worldwide Gross$10.2M
Air Bud: Golden Receiver stays laser-focused on grief, friendship, and football with zero identity politics or DEI messaging, delivering safe, neutral family entertainment at a 0/10 woke score.
This 1998 family comedy sequel features a straightforward, traditional narrative centered on a boy coping with his father's death, his mother's new relationship, joining the school football team, and his golden retriever's athletic talents in the sport.
The story emphasizes grief, resilience, friendship, and light adventure with villainous circus kidnappers, all resolved through conventional family and sports tropes without any social commentary, identity politics, or critiques of norms. Casting follows standard 1990s Hollywood patterns with no race- or gender-swapping of established characters, no prominent LGBTQ+ representation, and no DEI-driven elements.
No creator statements, audience backlash, or reviews indicate any activist intent or messaging. As pure entertainment for children with zero progressive ideological embedding, the film exemplifies neutral, apolitical storytelling.
We've run a full content analysis on Air Bud: Golden Receiver and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Air Bud: Golden Receiver's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Air Bud: Golden Receiver is rated G. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content.
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