Apache Chief
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| Created by |
Hanna-Barbera Jerry Robinson Bill Finger Bob Kane |
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| Team affiliations | Super Friends |
| Partnerships |
El Dorado Samurai Black Vulcan |
| Abilities | Ability to grow in size and speak and understand the language of animals Tracking ability Sixth sense |
Apache Chief is a Native American superhero from the various Super Friends cartoons, which were created by Hanna-Barbera and based on the comic book series of same name. He was one of the new heroes added (along with Black Vulcan, Rima the Jungle Girl, El Dorado and Samurai) to increase the number of non-white characters in the Super Friends ranks. He was voiced by Michael Rye in most of his appearances, Regis Cordic in his debut appearance and Al Fann in "History of Doom".
In the Challenge of the Super Friends series, Apache Chief was seen in every episode except one, but had spoken lines in only nine out of the sixteen episodes of the series. His arch enemy from the Legion of Doom was Giganta, who also happens to be an original arch enemy of Wonder Woman.
By speaking the word Inyukchuk (pronounced "E-nuk-chuck" which means "Big Man"), Apache Chief could grow to unlimited sizes. In an episode titled "Colossus", Apache Chief shouts "Eh-neeek-chock" to grow to many times the size of the Earth, making himself able to battle the Colossus, a titanic space creature that plucked Earth from its orbit and placed it in a small (relative to him) glass bottle. Originally his tribal powers limited his growth to only 50 feet tall. However, in one episode, "Man in the Moon", he used the Atom's knowledge of atomic size and was able to increase his growing to unlimited size. He was then able to grow to 1/5 the size of the earth, with one foot the size of the entire eastern United States and defeated the creature, sending it back inside the moon. He also spoke in stereotypical "Native American English" and recited vaguely Native American philosophy. In the 1978 episodes, "Revenge on Gorilla City" and "The Time Trap", and the 1984 short episode entitled "The Village of Lost Souls", it was shown that Apache Chief also had exceptional tracking ability.
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