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{{Infobox character
| name        = Apache Chief
| image       = Apachechief.jpg
| caption     = Apache Chief as he appeared in [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[Super Friends]]'' animated series in the 1970s and '80s.
| series      = [[Super Friends]] {{no italic|and}} [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Harvey Birdman]]
| first       = [[The All-New Super Friends Hour#ep18d|"The Antidote"]] (''[[The All-New Super Friends Hour]]''; 1977)
| last        = [[List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes#ep39|"The Death of Harvey"]] (''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''; 2007)
| gender      = Male
| occupation  = [[Superhero]]
| affiliation = [[Super Friends]]<br>[[Justice League]]<br>Multi-Culture Pals
| species     = [[Metahuman]]
| significant_other = [[List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Birdgirl characters#Sybil Scussler|Sybil Scussler]] (girlfriend)
| title       = 
| voice       = {{ubl|[[Regis Cordic]]|[[Michael Rye]]|Al Fann|[[Maurice LaMarche]]}}
| creator     = [[Hanna-Barbera]]
| lbl21       = Partnerships
| data21      = {{ubl|[[El Dorado (Super Friends)|El Dorado]]|[[Samurai (Super Friends)|Samurai]]|[[Black Vulcan]]}}
| lbl22       = Abilities
| data22      = * Size alteration
* [[Clairvoyance]]
* Omnilingualism
* Master tracker and survivalist
}}
'''Apache Chief''' is a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[superhero]] from the various [[Hanna-Barbera]] ''[[Super Friends]]'' and ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' cartoons and the DC comic book series of the same name. He was one of the new heroes added (along with [[Black Vulcan]], [[El Dorado (Super Friends)|El Dorado]] and [[Samurai (Super Friends)|Samurai]]) to increase the number of non-[[White people|white]] characters in the Super Friends' ranks. The visual look of the character was created by cartoonist [[Alex Toth]], who designed many superheroes for Hanna-Barbera beginning in the 1960s. He was voiced by [[Michael Rye]] in most of his ''Super Friends'' appearances, [[Regis Cordic]] in his debut appearance, Al Fann in "History of Doom", and [[Maurice LaMarche]] in ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''.

In the ''[[Challenge of the Superfriends]]'' series, Apache Chief was seen in every episode except one, but had spoken lines in only ten out of the sixteen episodes of the series. His arch-enemy from the [[Legion of Doom]] was [[Giganta]], who was originally an enemy of [[Wonder Woman]].

==Fictional character biography==
===''Super Friends''===
Apache Chief first appears in ''[[The All-New Super Friends Hour]]'', voiced initially by [[Regis Cordic]] and later by [[Michael Rye]], who reprises the role in ''[[Challenge of the Superfriends]]''. Apache Chief's origin, shown as a recording in the episode "History of Doom", was thus: while still a young brave, he went for a walk with a Native American Elder, who was also his mentor. The two men are quickly attacked by a [[grizzly bear]], but the Elder, recognizing that the young brave might be ready for a test such as this, gives the younger man a pouch of a special magic powder which will amplify the user's thoughts and abilities a hundredfold. The young man resolves to be strong and brave (heeding the Elder's advice that whatever is in his mind at the time will be amplified by the powder), and upon sprinkling himself with the powder and invoking the magic phrase grows to fifty feet in size, becoming stronger and braver. He disposes of the bear without violence, proving that he has passed the test. However, a girl horseback riding witnesses the entire affair, hoping to use the powder to become big and famous, and uses her lasso to steal the pouch. Despite the Elder telling her that her thoughts were evil, she uses the magic powder on herself and becomes the evil [[Giganta]], proclaiming: "The Medicine Man was right, Apache Chief! Your fifty feet of good are now matched by my fifty feet of evil!".

===''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''===
Apache Chief returns in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. Having taken on various odd jobs in addition to his superheroics after being fired from the Super Friends, he develops a fear of coffee and other such hot liquids after being doused in the lap with one such cup in his debut episode "[[Very Personal Injury]]" had temporarily lead to him losing his ability to physically change in size, at the end of the episode forming the "Multi-Culture Pals" with [[Black Vulcan]] and [[Jesse Jackson]] after regaining his powers thanks to the physical appearance of [[List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Birdgirl characters#Sybil Scussler|Sybil Scussler]], whom he goes on to date. In the [[series finale]], [[List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes#ep39|"The Death of Harvey"]], Apache Chief is once again doused again with coffee and burned shortly after his case is retried.

==Powers and abilities==
By speaking the words "inuk chuk", which are the Western Apache words meaning "man big", Apache Chief could grow to unlimited sizes. In the episode "Colossus", Apache Chief grows 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, but in one episode, "Man in the Moon", he used the [[Atom (Ray Palmer)|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 [[stereotype|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", Apache Chief also has exceptional tracking ability.

==Other versions==
* A character inspired by Apache Chief{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} named '''Long Shadow''' appears in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', voiced by [[Gregg Rainwater]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Possessing enhanced hearing along with the ability to grow several stories high, Long Shadow is a genetically engineered superhero created by [[Project Cadmus]] to serve as a member of their [[Ultimen]] and work independently of the [[Justice League]], though the former group are led to believe that they are regular metahumans. In the episode "Ultimatum", the Ultimen have several encounters with the League, during which Long Shadow expresses interest in joining them and catches [[Wonder Woman]]'s attention while his teammates focus on reaping material rewards for their work. After discovering the truth behind their creation and that they are suffering from cellular breakdown, Long Shadow reluctantly joins the other Ultimen in attacking their manager, [[Maxwell Lord]], in an attempt to find Cadmus member [[Amanda Waller]], but later defects to the League and helps them defeat his former teammates. Cadmus retakes custody of most of the Ultimen, but Wonder Woman and [[Batman]] convince them to let Long Shadow remain with the League for the remainder of his life. In the episode "Panic in the Sky", Cadmus utilizes an army of Ultimen clones in their siege on the League's [[Justice League Watchtower|Watchtower]].
* A version of Long Shadow appears as '''Tye Longshadow''' in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'', with Gregg Rainwater reprising the voice. He is descended from a long line of Apache chiefs, including his grandfather, Holling Longshadow ([[Michael Horse]]), an elderly Native American who lives in an RV park called Happy Trails. Tye is a friend of [[Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)|Jaime Reyes]]. While running away from home, Tye is captured and experimented on by the [[Reach (comics)|Reach]], who activate his meta-gene, granting him the ability to [[Astral projection|project an "astral" version of himself]] that can grow several stories tall. The [[List of Young Justice characters#"The Team"|Team]] rescue Tye and his fellow captives and place some of them in [[S.T.A.R. Labs]]' custody, but he joins [[Static (DC Comics)|Virgil Hawkins]], [[Samurai (Super Friends)|Asami Koizumi]], and [[El Dorado (Super Friends)|Ed Dorado]] in escaping. In the process, they are unknowingly manipulated by [[Lex Luthor]] into helping the [[List of Young Justice characters#The Light|Light]] until [[Roy Harper (character)|Arsenal]] reveals the truth to the four. After helping the Team and the Justice League thwart the Reach's invasion of Earth, Tye returns to his regular life to live with his mother. As of the third season, he and Asami have begun dating.

==In other media==
===Comics===
In the comics, a somewhat similar character called [[Manitou Raven]] was created, as an homage to him,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-327/|title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #327|date=2011-08-12|work=CBR|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> and joined the [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] [[Justice League|JLA]]. Both Manitou Raven and his widow, [[Manitou Dawn]], have been shown to use "inuk chuk" when casting spells or invoking powers.

===Film===
* Apache Chief makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* Apache Chief makes a cameo appearance in ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/lego-batman-movie-easter-eggs/|title=The LEGO Batman Movie Easter Eggs & References|date=2017-02-11|work=Screen Rant|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* Apache Chief makes a cameo appearance in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]]".{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* A parody of Apache Chief, named in art books as '''Giant Indian''' and unnamed in the series itself, appears in ''[[The Venture Bros.]]'', voiced by [[Chris McCulloch]].

===Merchandise===
* Apache Chief received a "Collect & Connect" build-a-figure in series 18 of [[Mattel]]'s [[DC Universe Classics]].<ref>[http://www.oafe.net/yo/dcuc18_ac.php OAFE - DC Universe Classics 18: Apache Chief Build-A-Figure review]</ref>
* Apache Chief received a [[Lego]] minifigure in ''The Lego Batman Movie'' tie-in toy line.
* Apache Chief received an 8-inch figure by Figures Toy Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://figurestoycompany.com/|title=Figures Toy Company|website=Figures Toy Company|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2016-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002000947/http://figurestoycompany.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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