While just trying to score some food at a football game Buddy displays his talent at yet another sport. Buddy manages lead the team to the state championship but do to an injury must sit out. It will be up to the team to pull together if they have any hope at winning.

Children must really love dogs that can play sports, because the Buddy movies just keep being released, re-released, and given spin-offs like The Buddies. This movie was released back in 1998 so I can see how it was due for a special edition. The problem though is there is nothing special about it.

First it comes in a large cardboard box that you have to open the top of it. Inside you get a free whistle (just what every parent wants to give their child) and one of the super thin plastic DVD cases. You now have the option of keeping the case in the annoying cardboard box or risk losing the case on a shelf in the sea of normal sized DVDs. Next there is only one bonus feature. Back in 1998 the DVD contained a production featurette, this is not on the Special Edition. Instead all you are given is a recap by the Buddie’s of the movie in under 6 minutes. Granted this is probably the more interesting of the bonus features to kids; but I was expecting more with the Special Edition tag.