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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
[[Image:Super Friends.jpg|framed|right|The title card for the first ''Super Friends'' series.]]


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
'''''Super Friends''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[animated television series]] about a team of [[superhero]]es which ran from [[1973 in television|1973]] to [[1986 in television|1986]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as part of its [[Saturday morning cartoon]] lineup. It was produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] and was based on the [[Justice League|Justice League of America]] and associated [[comic book]] characters published by [[DC Comics]].
==Series==
Over the years, the show was featured under several titles, they are the following;


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
* ''Super Friends'' (1973)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/sf</ref>
* ''[[The All-New Super Friends Hour]]'' (1977)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/ansfh</ref>
* ''[[Challenge of the Super Friends]]'' (1978)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/cotsf</ref>
* ''[[The World's Greatest Super Friends|The World’s Greatest Super Friends]]'' (1979)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/wgsf</ref>
* ''Super Friends'' (1980-1983; ''this show had 3 different short cartoons that starred at least two or three different superheroes dealing with different crises'')<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/sfs</ref>
* ''[[Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]]'' (1984)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/sftlsps</ref>
* ''[[The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians]]'' (1985)<ref>http://www.batmanytb.com/animated/tsptgg</ref>


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
==History==
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
When animation company [[Hanna-Barbera]] licensed the animation rights to the DC Comics characters and adapted the ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' comic book for [[television]], it made several changes in the transition, not the least of which was the change of name to ''Super Friends''. In part, it was feared that the name ''Justice League of America'' would have seemed too [[jingoistic]] during the [[Vietnam War]] and post-[[Vietnam War]] Era. Nevertheless, team members sometimes referred to themselves as the Justice League on the show. The violence common in [[superhero]] [[comic books|comics]] was toned down for a younger audience, as well as to fit with the restrictive broadcast standards regarding violence in [[1970s]] [[Saturday morning cartoons|children’s television]].
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


===1973-1974 series===
==Neapolitan Fisherboy==


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
''Super Friends'' first aired on ABC on September 8 1973 <ref>http://members.aol.com/SprFriends/chronology.htm#superfriends73-74</ref>, featuring the well known DC characters [[Superman]], [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]], [[Wonder Woman]], and [[Aquaman]]. Superman, Batman and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by [[Filmation]]. Shortly before the ''Super Friends'' series was developed, Superman and Wonder Woman also guest-starred in two episodes of ''[[The Brady Kids]]'', while Batman and Robin appeared in two episodes of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''.


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
In addition to the superheroes, a trio of sidekicks were introduced, who were new characters not drawn from the comic books. These were [[Wendy Harris (Super Friends)|Wendy Harris]] (voiced by [[Sherry Alberoni|Sherri Alberoni]]) and [[Marvin White (Super Friends)|Marvin White]] (voiced by [[Frank Welker]]) and their [[dog]] [[Wonderdog]], none of whom had any special abilities (save the dog’s unexplained ability to reason and “talk”).<ref>Marvin and Wonderdog did exhibit a levitation ability in one episode; however, it was only for comedic effect, and never shown or mentioned again.</ref> Inspired by the [[Scooby-Doo]] gang, the trio--or at least its human members--were depicted as detectives and/or superheroes in training.


Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
This first run of ''Super Friends'', consisting of sixteen one hour episodes that were rerun several times, concluded on August 24, 1974. These initial episodes were later rebroadcast in the middle of the following season from February 7, 1976 to September 3, 1977 <ref>http://members.aol.com/SprFriends/chronology.htm#superfriends73-74</ref>.

===[[The All-New Super Friends Hour]]===

On September 10, 1977, a second season of ''Super Friends'' began, featuring a new name (''The All-New Super Friends Hour'') and some generally well received cast changes. Wendy, Marvin and Wonderdog were replaced by pointy-eared [[shapeshifting]] [[extraterrestrials]] Zan and Jayna, the “[[Wonder Twins]],” and their “space [[monkey]]” [[Gleek (Super Friends)|Gleek]]. Perhaps self-consciously, the twins bore a marked visual resemblance to the then popular pair of [[Donny and Marie]] Osmond, as well as [[Star Trek]]'s alien character, [[Mr. Spock]]. Depictions of their home planet recall similar designs from the original [[Star Wars]] movies. Another possible source of inspiration would be the three sidekicks from [[Space Ghost]].

===One-hour and half-hour episodes===
Initially, during the Wendy and Marvin years, each episode was a single one-hour story, and the villains (mostly original creations not in the comics) were often misguided, rather than evil. Subsequent seasons were a mix of one-hour and half-hour episodes, the one-hour episodes sometimes featuring two or more short stories in each hour, and made use of established villains from the DC comics. The ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' season introduced the [[Legion of Doom (comics)|Legion of Doom]], a team of 13 recurring foes comprised of the Super Friends’ worst enemies. They used a swamp-based, mechanical, flying headquarters, the Hall of Doom (which suspiciously resembled the helmet of [[Darth Vader]]), as a suitable contrast with the Super Friends’ gleaming [[Hall of Justice]]. Often during this season, the Superfriends would triumph by inventing a new super power for that episode that would never again be manifested -- for instance the episode when Batman discovered that the Bat-radio had a 'certain frequency' that would cause the water monster they were fighting to cease to exist or the episode when Superman was able to merely 'fly' to the year 70million B.C. to rescue Aquaman and Apache Chief.

===Experimenting with team composition===
Hanna-Barbera’s writers experimented with team composition as well. Earlier seasons occasionally introduced other superheroes as guest stars, including [[Flash (comics)|The Flash]], [[Plastic Man]], and [[Green Arrow]]. ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' kept the teen sidekicks, but they were not directly involved with the super-villain stories. It also added [[Hawkman]], [[Green Lantern]], and [[Flash (comics)|The Flash]] as well as three characters without previous comic-book [[antecedent]]s: [[Black Vulcan]] (who appears to have been based on DC character, [[Black Lightning]]; see Trivia below), [[Apache Chief]] and [[Samurai (superhero)|Samurai]]. These last three were intended to be international heroes and were created in order to encourage racial and [[cultural diversity]]. Critics felt that these attempts were, at best, awkward and, at worst, very stereotypical and somewhat offensive. Subsequent versions of the show resulted in a fourth “diversity” hero, [[El Dorado (superhero)|El Dorado]], and guest stars who had also appeared in DC comics, including [[Rima|Rima the Jungle Girl]] (a Tarzan-like character similar to [[Sheena, Queen of the Jungle]] and Marvel Comics’ [[Shanna the She-Devil]]), [[Hawkgirl]] and the [[Ray Palmer (comics)|Atom]].

During ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' season, sixteen more episodes were made. These episodes were shown during the original run of the show (and possibly again during the 1980s in syndicated re-runs) but were not shown when [[Cartoon Network]] aired the show. These episodes (which is where the Wonder Twins were active this season) have been released on DVD as SuperFriends: Volume Two.

===''Super Powers''===
The final two seasons, ''[[Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]]'' and ''[[The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians]]'', (the “''Super Powers''” tag reflected a marketing tie-in with a [[Super Powers Collection|toyline of the same name]] produced by [[Kenner]]<ref>[http://toyotter.com/sp/ toyotter.com]</ref>) made further refinements to the roster, adding teen members [[Firestorm (comics)|Firestorm]] and [[Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg]], each with a comics history. For the ''Legendary Super Powers'' season, the Wonder Twins and Gleek returned to the cast.

The tone of these last two seasons, in particular the ''Galactic Guardians'' version, was notably more serious than ''Super Friends'' had been in the past (possibly due to the success [[NBC]] was having with their own Saturday morning cartoon series ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]''). This was reflected with the introduction of [[Darkseid]] and his minions on [[Apokolips]] as recurring villains in these episodes. The series in these last two seasons ceased trying to be so much a “kid-friendly” version of the DC characters and mythos, and began targeting a slightly older audience with more of an emphasis on action as opposed to morality lessons in the guise of superhero stories. In particular, the ''Galactic Guardians'' series featured a notable first: in the episode “The Fear,” Batman’s origin is told for the first time outside of the actual comics.

==Characters==
===The Super Friends===
While different smaller incarnations have appeared, eleven heroes made up the Super Friends during the ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' season. They were:
{|
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* [[Superman]]
* [[Batman]]
* [[Wonder Woman]]
* [[Aquaman]]
* [[Robin (comics)|Robin]]
* [[Flash (Barry Allen)|The Flash]]
|width="40"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]]
* [[Hawkman]]
* [[Black Vulcan]]
* [[Apache Chief]]
* [[Samurai (Super Friends)|Samurai]]
|}

Additional members included:
* [[Rima|Rima the Jungle Girl]] (1977 and 1980)
* [[El Dorado (superhero)|El Dorado]] (1982–1985)
* [[Hawkgirl]] (1977, 1980 and 1983)
* [[Ray Palmer (comics)|Atom]] (1977, 1980–1983)
* [[Firestorm (comics)|Firestorm]] (1984–1985)
* [[Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg]] (1985)

One-shot appearances were made by:
* [[Green Arrow]] (1973–1974)
* [[Plastic Man]] (1973–1974)
* [[Superboy]] (1979, 1982)

The teen sidekicks and their pets:
* [[Wendy and Marvin|Wendy Harris]] (1973–1975)
* [[Wendy and Marvin|Marvin White]] (1973–1975)
* [[Wendy and Marvin#Super Friends|Wonderdog]] (1973–1975)
* [[Wonder Twins|Zan]] (1977–1984)
* [[Wonder Twins|Jayna]] (1977–1984)
* [[Gleek (Super Friends)|Gleek]] (1977–1984)

===Legion of Doom===
Thirteen villains comprised the [[Legion of Doom (comics)|Legion of Doom]] during the ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' season. They were:
{|
|valign="top"|
* [[Lex Luthor]]
* [[Solomon Grundy (comics)|Solomon Grundy]]
* [[Sinestro]]
* [[Black Manta]]
* [[Cheetah (comics)|Cheetah]]
* [[Giganta]]
* [[Scarecrow (comics)|The Scarecrow]]
|width="40"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* [[Toyman]]
* [[The Riddler]]
* [[Bizarro]]
* [[Brainiac (comics)|Brainiac]]
* [[Captain Cold]]
* [[Gorilla Grodd]]
|}
* Doctor Natas — a one-time member briefly mentioned in “Superfriends, Rest in Peace” as the inventor of the Noxium crystal, which had the power to kill any Super Friend. He never actually appeared on screen, not even in a flashback or a photograph.

===Other DC Comics villains===
{|
|valign="top"|
* [[Batzarro]] and other clones.
* [[Darkseid]]
** [[Desaad]]
** [[Kalibak]]
** [[Parademon|The Parademons]]
* [[Gentleman Ghost]]
|width="40"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]]
* [[Royal Flush Gang|The Royal Flush Gang]]
* [[Mirror Master]]
* [[Mr. Mxyzptlk]]
* [[Penguin (comics)|The Penguin]]
* [[Felix Faust]]
* The [[Phantom Zone]] Villains
|}
Villains appearing independently from the Legion of Doom:
{|
|valign="top"|
* Lex Luthor
* The Scarecrow
* The Riddler
|width="40"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* Toyman
* Brainiac
* Bizarro
|}
Villains appearing in the show but not in DC comics:
* Rock and Roll Space Bandits

The fifth season of the animated series ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' has shown Gorilla Grodd forming a massive Legion of villains. While not called "The Legion of Doom" on the show, their [[headquarters]] is a craft similar to the Hall of Doom, located in a swamp.

==Comics==
===''Super Friends''===
[[DC Comics]] published a [[comic book]] version of the ''Super Friends'' in the [[1970s]]. The ''Super Friends'' comic was written to a higher standard than the television show, and Zan and Jayna were given backstories and secret identities as a pair of blond-haired high school kids; they were more competent heroes in general than their cartoon counterparts.
*While the cartoons were not canon with DC Comics, writer [[E. Nelson Bridwell]] would try to make it into canon by footnotes. Though, many fans would address the matter in letter columns by addressing the SF stories on Earth-1A.[http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=147426&page=2] An example of trying to fit ''Super Friends'' into the DC Universe:
**Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog are the only ones active at the Hall of Justice because the Justice League are in the 30th Century with the [[Justice Society]] as shown in ''[[Justice League of America]]'' #147-148. Robin is busy helping the Titans in ''[[Teen Titans]]'' #50-52.

While the show never explained the departure of Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog, the story is found in ''Super Friends'' #6-9.

===Extreme Justice===
The Wonder Twins were members of the short-lived ''[[Justice League International|JLI]]'' offshoot, ''[[Extreme Justice]]''.
===Super Buddies===
The lighthearted nature of the show was partially spoofed in the [[2000s]] with two DC [[miniseries]], ''Formerly Known as the Justice League'' and ''I Can’t Believe It’s Not the Justice League!'' (although these series were more direct take-offs on the 1980s Blue Beetle/Booster Gold-era [[Justice League]]). In these miniseries, the group is known as the “Super Buddies,” and consists of a team of various ex-[[Justice League]] members. Writer Keith Giffen has stated that his original proposal was titled ''1-800-SUPERFRIENDS''.

===Teen Titans===
In #34 ([[2006]]), Wendy and Marvin are now part of DC continuity. They are now [[Twin#fraternal twins|fraternal twins]] (a possible nod to their ''Super Friends'' successors, the Wonder Twins), engineering geniuses (apparently having graduated from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] at sixteen), and are employed at [[Titans Tower]] as maintenance crew and all-around mechanical troubleshooters. They were responsible for restoring Titans member [[Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg]] to full functions after he sustained damage to his artificial body parts during the events of the [[Infinite Crisis]] mini-series and publishing event.

===Wizard Magazine===
An issue parodied the Super Friends, in which the JLA is sent through a dimensional rift and meets some members of the Super Friends. After Martian Manhunter simply uses his Martian vision to melt the villain and his machine, much to Green Lantern’s dismay (''“You have to trick him into leaving, or shutting off his machine, NOT direct physical violence!”'') the Super Friends decided to send the JLAers back to their own dimension. The Wonder Twins turned into water and a bug and paddling, Green Lantern shone his ring on them, Flash ran around them a lot, and Aquaman stood around until water could be introduced in a convienent manner. Despite the fact that their plan made no sense scientifically, it worked and restored the JLAers to their proper world.

===Alex Ross===
Noted painter [[Alex Ross]] is an avowed fan of the show and has worked it into his various projects.
*''[[Kingdom Come (comic book)|Kingdom Come]]''&mdash;The United Nations building resembles the [[Hall of Justice]] while the [[Gulag]] is obviously designed on the [[Hall of Doom]]. Marvin can also be spotted in a brief cameo in that book.
*''Justice''&mdash;A current 12-issue miniseries series in which a new and improved [[Legion of Doom]] clashes with the JLA.

==Bumpers==
[[Cartoon Network]] produced three commercials lampooning the Super Friends.
*One dealt with the [[idiosyncratic]] nature of the Legion of Doom and [[Brainiac (comics)|Brainiac]]’s odd manner of dress (''Brainiac'': “Look, I just want some pants...a decent pair of pants!” ''[[Solomon Grundy (comics)|Solomon Grundy]]'': “Solomon Grundy want pants, too!”).
*The second dealt with the [[Wonder Twins]]’ uselessness in battle (''Zan'': “I could get beaten by a sponge! It doesn’t even have to be an evil sponge!”).
*The third, co-starring [[The Powerpuff Girls]], dealt with [[Aquaman]]’s useless powers (''Aquaman'': “My ability to talk to fish is of no use to us, [[Wonder Woman]]!”) as well as the level of violence compared to today’s cartoons, as Wonder Woman and Aquaman look away while the Powerpuff Girls beat up the Legion of Doom, going so far as to set the Scarecrow on fire.
*A 4th bumper was produced for [[Adult Swim]]. This bumper was a clip from the episode “The Time Trap,” and edited some beeping in to give the appearance of profanity. Many other Hanna Barbera toons had the same thing done.
There was a 5th bumper produced that lampooned the manner in which the Superfriends described every action before completing it (I need to reach my utility belt so that I may free myself). In this commercial, the heroes go to a movie and struggle to find money for popcorn.

==Parody==
===Justice Friends===
Various episodes of [[Dexter's Laboratory]] had a super hero team made up of Major Glory, Val Halen, and Krunk. This team was an obvious parody of the Super Friends as well as other parts of the super hero universe.

===Superfriends Wassup!===
An internet viral spoof of the [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] "[[Whassup]]" commercial featuring re-edited footage of [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s, Super Friends.

===Earthworm Jim Special Edition===
At the end of the game’s Easy Mode ending, [[Doug TenNapel]] proclaims, ''“Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice, Superman, Batman and Jan and Zayna, uh&mdash;the Wonder Twins. They’ve...pronounced that it’s the end. We’re not kidding. Uhh...really!”''

===That ’70s Show===
''Super Friends'' was spoofed in an episode with a dream sequence where the “Super Pals” made fun of [[Eric Forman|Eric’s]] Superman because [[Donna Pinciotti|Donna’s]] Wonder Woman had given him a ring as a gift. ''“I got it at the mall!”'' she exclaims. The episode features Eric Forman as Superman, Donna as Wonder Woman, Kelso as Batman, Fez as Aquaman and Hyde & Jackie as the Wonder Twins. Red is also featured as their nemesis, “Dr. Bald.", wearing the Lex Luthor suit.

===Maritess vs the Super Friends===
[[Philippines|Filipino]] comedian [[Rex Navarrete]] gave a satirized depiction of the Super Friends in his comedy routine about Maritess, a Filipina immigrant who worked as the Super Friends’ [[maid]] at the Hall of Justice. This was made into a short [[Macromedia Flash]] animation by [[Dino Ignacio]]. [http://www.fractalcow.com/rex/]

===''Justice League''===
In '''Secret Origins, Part 3''', when Superman proposes the idea of a team, Flash responds “What, you mean like a bunch of...super friends?”

====Justice League Unlimited====
A first season episode of the [[Cartoon Network]] television series featured the [[Ultimen]], a group of superheroes that are a [[pastiche]] of heroes unique to the Super Friends. The members were [[Long Shadow]] (based on Apache Chief), [[Wind Dragon]] (Samurai), [[Juice (Justice League Unlimited)|Juice]] (Black Vulcan), [[Downpour]] (Zan of the Wonder Twins), and [[Shifter (Justice League Unlimited)|Shifter]] (Jayna of the Wonder Twins). The headquarters of the Ultimen, although on top of a [[skyscraper]], resembled the Super Friends’ Hall of Justice. Of note also is that the JLU heroes featured in this episode was the line up of the original ''Super Friends'', save for Robin as the concurrent ''[[Teen Titans]]'' cartoon series meant that no Bat-heroes beyond Batman himself could be used in the JLU.

===The Fairly Oddparents===
In the episode “Power Pals,” Timmy wishes for bigger, better, super friends. As a result, he gets a team of superheroes&mdash;the Power Pals&mdash;as “friends.” The four characters parody Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and Aquaman, and come with their own narrator. Various aspects of ''Super Friends'' were parodied, such as randomly pressing beeping buttons (that flash in an equally random pattern) on any computer module, invisible vehicles (somehow, the Power Pals are able to recognize a dent in the invisible rocket, and can be seen from the outside as only the rocket is invisible), the uselessness of Aquaman’s (Wet Willy’s) ability to talk to fish and powerlessness outside of water, and near-instantaneous travel to distant galaxies.

===South Park===
The episode, "[[Super Best Friends]]", is a spoof on this series and depicts religious figures such as [[Jesus]], [[Krishna]] and so on as a team of superheroes. The only member of “The Super Best Friends” who is not a religious figure is “Seaman” (who people continuiously mispronounced as "[[semen]]"), a spoof on Aquaman whose power is to talk to fish (referring to the fact that fans have viewed Aquaman, as seen in ''Super Friends'', as a joke).

Additionally, the episode, "[[Krazy Kripples]]", features a Legion of Doom featuring [[Christopher Reeve]] as the leader.

===Superficial Friends===
An ongoing animated series featuring controversial celebrities [[Paris Hilton]], [[Nicole Richie]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], and [[Olsen Twins|The Olsen Twins]] in the roles of tasteless superheroes, created in [[2006]] by [[Heavy.com]]. Both the setting and the some of the girls’ superpowers are plays on elements from the ''Super Friends''.

==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=June 2007}}
* The commanding voice of the Narrator was provided by actor [[Ted Knight]] during the early hour-long episodes. His signature line was, “Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice!” [[William Woodson]] took over once they dropped the original format.
*Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog were inspired by the ''[[Scooby-Doo|Scooby Doo]]'' gang. The voice of both Marvin and Wonder Dog were both performed by [[Frank Welker]] who also did the voice of the ''Scooby Doo'' gang’s Fred.
*The [[Hall of Justice]] from the Super Friends can be seen in the ''[[Teen Titans (animated series)|Teen Titans]]'' animated series. It appears behind the [[Titans Tower]] in the opening sequence and uses of the same shot in the show.
*In ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', the term “Hall of Justice” was regularly used to refer to the city’s police headquarters. The building appeared, as the focus of a criminal plot, in the fourth season episode, “Lethal Weapon.” As the criminal, Mr. Gadget, attempted to level the building using a sonic weapon, the name “Hall of Justice” clearly appeared on its façade. It bore little resemblance to the ''Super Friends'' Hall of Justice, but rather was of the faux Greco-Roman design typical of many pre-World War II United States public buildings.
*The opening credits of ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' names the Super Friends as the [[Justice League of America]]. In addition to the appearance of a JLA emblem on a communicator and a reference to a mission to repair the Justice League satellite, the Super Friends are often linked with the JLA.
*In that mission, the Justice League satellite under repair is clearly the same design as the [[Justice League Satellite]] that appeared in the comics at the time, but was shown to be substantially smaller than its comic book counterpart, and thus uninhabitable.
*The ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' episode “MC Pee Pants” uses backgrounds taken from the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' episode “Monolith of Evil” for the location of Hell.
* “The Hall of Justice” as often seen in the cartoon, seems to have a striking resemblance to the [[Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal|Union Terminal building]] in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. Once a train station, it is now a museum. It seems likely that the animators copied the design from this or a similar building.
* In [[No Meals on Wheels]], an episode of the cult favorite TV series [[Family Guy]], Peter makes a reference to the Mexican Superfriends, and a non-sequitor shows many Mexican versions of superheroes, including "Mexican Superman" and "Mexican Batman".
* Adam West, best known for portraying the Caped Crusader in the ''Batman'' TV series, provided the voice for Batman in the ''Super-Powers'' shows.
*In "The Batman" the season finale of season 4 introduces a form of the Justice League. When their space station headquarters is shown fully it resembles the Super Friend's Hall of Justice vey closely.

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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0069641|title=Super Friends}}
*{{Tv.com show|id=13644|title=Super Friends}}
*[http://user1291318.sites.myregisteredsite.com/willsultimatesuperfriendsepisodeguide/index.html Will's Ultimate Super Friends Episode Guide!]
*[http://www.legionsofgotham.org/SUPERFRIENDSbtsindex.html Superfriends Model Sheets at Legions of Gotham!]


*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
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*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]


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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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