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Detroit Pistons Trade for Point Guard Derek Harper

On September 21st, 1999, the Detroit Pistons traded the draft rights of Melvin Levett to the Los Angeles Lakers for guard Derek Harper.

Heading into the 1999 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons did not own any of their original picks. However, they did have a second round pick in the 54th spot of the draft thanks to a transaction that took some time to play out.

In 1988, the Indiana Pacers fired head coach Jack Ramsey after an 0-7 start. Assistant coach Mel Daniels was interim coach for two games before vice president of basketball operations George Irvine took over on an interim basis for 20 games.

The Pacers found a fourth and final coach for the 1988-89 season in Dick Versace. A Detroit Pistons assistant coach at the time, Versace joined the Pacers on a permanent basis. To hire Versace, Indiana sent compensation to the Pistons which turned out to be a second round pick 10 years later.

There was a very simple reason according to Pacers general manager Donnie Walsh (via Indy Star):

“When I did it, I didn’t think there would be a second round in 1999.”

The Pistons ended up using the selection in 1999 on Melvin Levett. A 6-foot-3 high-flying guard from the University of Cincinnati, Levett evolved from an afterthought with the Bearcats to a two-time All-Conference USA second team member in his junior and senior years.

After the Los Angeles Lakers traded All-Star point guard Nick Van Exel to the Denver Nuggets, the team was thin at point guard. With just third year guard Derek Fisher and rookie Tyronn Lue at the position, the team looked for a veteran after the 1998 NBA lockout that bled into 1999.

With a truncated season, the team had to act fast and signed veteran point guard Derek Harper to a two-year deal for $2.1 million.

The 1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers were good but had a shaky year. The franchise began the year 6-6 when head coach Del Harris was fired. Assistant coach Bill Bertka coached one game before assistant Kurt Rambis took over for the rest of the season.

Around this time, the team also signed former All-Star and five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman. Rodman was a colorful character and he lasted only 23 games and seven weeks before he was waived due to various infractions such as showing up late and asking for time off.

The Lakers also shook up their roster after 20 games, dealing starters Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell to the Charlotte Hornets for sharp shooter Glen Rice and forward J.R. Reid.

After the 6-6 start, the Lakers ran off 10 consecutive wins. Though the streak helped, the Lakers had an inconsistent year. With the team at 27-19 after 46 games, it won its final four contests to finish 31-19.

The record tied the Lakers for the fourth best record with the Houston Rockets. The Lakers had a 2-1 head-to-head tiebreaker during the regular season, allowing them to take the fourth seed and homecourt advantage in the first round.

A 15-year veteran, Harper initially came off the bench during the 1998-99 season but ended up starting 29 of 30 games. The younger Fisher was moved ahead of Harper late in the year as coach Rambis tried to give the veteran guard rest ahead of the playoffs.

Harper was a steady veteran presence, appearing in 45 games and amassing 6.9 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 4.2 APG and 1.0 SPG in 24.9 MPG.

In the postseason, the Lakers faced the Rockets in the opening round. The series opener was close as both teams traded leads. The game was tied at 92 with 3:48 after a Charles Barkley and-1 score.

Houston took a 97-94 lead with 1:40 left after three free-throws from Sam Mack and Barkley. Lakers guards Fisher and Kobe Bryant converted on four consecutive free-throws as the Lakers took a 98-97 lead with 1:17 left. Hakeem Olajuwon scored on a layup and made a free-throw to give the Rockets a 100-98 edge.

After Shaquille O’Neal split two free-throws with 28 seconds left, the Rockets had the ball with a 100-99 advantage. Houston had the ball but Rockets forward Scottie Pippen had the ball stolen by Fisher. After the Lakers called timeout, Bryant was fouled with five seconds left by a stumbling Mack. He nailed both foul shots, giving the Lakers a 101-100 lead.

On the final possession, Rockets rookie Cuttino Mobley was blocked on a layup as time expired and Los Angeles took the first game.

Los Angeles jumped out to a 31-12 lead after the first quarter in Game Two. The Rockets would never get closer than nine points in a 110-98 Lakers victory. Facing a sweep at home, Houston’s stars Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley teamed up for 67 points, 36 rebounds and nine assists to help Houston win 102-88 in Game Three.

The Lakers took a 17-point lead in the second quarter of Game Four. Houston closed the gap, but Los Angeles took a double digit lead early in the fourth quarter and held on for a 98-88 victory and a 3-1 series win. O’Neal led the way with 37 points and 11 rebounds.

During the first round, Harper averaged 7.0 PPG on 48% shooting, 1.8 RPG and 3.3 APG in 18.0 MPG.

Los Angeles advanced to a second round matchup with the San Antonio Spurs. In the first game, Tim Duncan had 25 points and six blocks, and San Antonio used a 34-17 first half run to take control in an 87-81 win.

San Antonio built a 14-point lead early in Game Two, but the Lakers managed to make a comeback. Bryant nailed a three-pointer with 36 seconds left in Game Two to give the Lakers a 76-75 advantage. Spurs forward Sean Elliott air-balled a three and Bryant was intentionally fouled with 18 seconds remaining.

Bryant missed both foul shots. Duncan hit a turnaround hook with eight seconds left to give the Spurs a one-point lead. Spurs guard Avery Johnson deflected a pass from Bryant to Derek Fisher and Mario Elie stole the ball.

Elliott made two free-throws giving the Spurs a three-point edge. The Lakers had a chance to tie at the buzzer but Bryant missed a desperation three.

The third game in Los Angeles was close throughout. The Lakers held a 91-90 advantage with 1:50 remaining, but the Spurs scored 13 unanswered to win 103-91 and take a 3-0 series lead.

In the fourth game, Duncan had 33 points and 14 rebounds. San Antonio never trailed and led by double figures for most of the game and held on for a 118-107 win and a 4-0 series win.

Harper had a rough second round performance. He appeared in three games and averaged 0.7 PPG on 1-for-6 shooting and 1.0 RPG in 13.4 MPG. Harper was benched in Game Four in favor of rookie point guard Tyronn Lue.

After another playoff setback, the Lakers made the decision to hire championship head coach Phil Jackson.

Jackson had always liked having tall guards in his rotation. The team was interested in signing 6-foot-6 guard Ron Harper who flourished with Jackson as part of the three-peat champion Bulls from 1996-1998 and was more familiar with Jackson’s triangle offense.

That left Derek Harper as the odd man out. With one year left on his contract, the Lakers traded Harper to the Detroit Pistons to free up a roster spot.

Levett requested his release from the Lakers during training camp and it was granted by the club. After not receiving any offers to join an NBA team, Levett joined the Cincinnati Stuff of the International Basketball Association.

The Pistons brought in Harper with the hope that the 37-year old would be a backup to starter Lindsey Hunter.

Harper was dismayed with the surprise of being traded from a contender in the Lakers to a middle of the pack team in Detroit.

He did not want to play with the Pistons and never joined the team for training camp. A few months after the trade, Harper decided to retire and take on a vice president of business relations role with the team that drafted him, the Dallas Mavericks.

Detroit Pistons general manager Rick Sund on his previous relationship with Derek Harper and wanting Harper to play for the Pistons (via Detroit Free Press):

“We had a very good relationship in Dallas. I asked him not to make a decision until he comes here and meets the players and coaches, and then decide. If he makes the decision after that to retire, then I can respect that.”

On what Harper brings:

“He has been in the league for 16 seasons and has played at a high level his entire career. He was brought to LA last season primarily as a backup, and he ended up starting more than half their games. Derek has been honored several times in his career for his defense and can contribute to this team.”

How the Harper trade was not risky (via LA Times):

“Derek said he had mixed emotions about the trade. But he never said he was going to retire. There are no guarantees, but the thing is, we’ve got a no-lose situation, anyway. If he comes, great, we’ve got the player we wanted. If he doesn’t come, all we gave up is a player who probably would not have made our team.”

Pistons head coach Alvin Gentry on adding Harper (via Detroit Free Press):

“Obviously after losing Joe (Dumars), he’s irreplaceable, but to have Derek come aboard will help us. He’s a winner and he has won in a lot of different places. He’s a great three-point shooter, he can defend and he gives us additional leadership in the locker room.

“Now when Lindsey (Hunter) is out of the game we have someone else other than Grant (Hill) to handle the ball. I think he’ll also be a big help to Jerry (Stackhouse) because he can run the team. He might have preferred to stay with the Lakers because they’re close to winning a championship, but he sees us as an up-and-coming team and he understands we can use his leadership.”

Thoughts about Harper showing up to Pistons training camp instead of retiring (via Detroit Free Press):

“I think he’ll end up coming in, I really do. I think (it was) the initial shock of getting traded from a team that you thought definitely had a chance of winning the NBA championship, and I’m sure he’s a little bitter, about getting traded.

“I think once he gets here and looks at our team and looks at the situation and sees that we can be very successful then I think he’ll be here. I’ll sit down with Derek and explain to him where I see him fitting in with our team, and I’m sure Grant [Hill] and those guys would like to sit down and talk to him.”

Image via Vincent Laforet/Allsport/Getty Images

#Derek Harper #Melvin Levett #1999 #1999*00 Season #Lakers #Pistons

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min-duckfan · 3 years

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I like indiana pipps is goofy too><

#indiana pipps #mickey mouse #minnie mouse #clarabelle cow #mouseverse

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esepoimipullula · 3 years

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Mickey & Goofy in: Raiders of the Lost Temple

Original title: Topolino & Pippo in: I Predatori del Tempio Perduto

Writer/artist: Bruno Sarda, Maria Luisa Uggetti

Notes: Indiana Pipps/Arizona Goof’s very first appearance! Yes, the title is a reference to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Unfortunately, my Italian scans were missing exactly one page in the middle, so I had to take that from some German scans... if you notice a sudden inconsistency in coloration, that’s why.

#scanlation #topolino #disney comics #mickey mouse comics #mouseverse #mickey mouse #goofy #indiana pipps #arizona goof #dr kranz #the angsty disaster archaeologist not boyfriends project

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ducktales-crackships · 4 years

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Arizona Goof X Della Duck

Requested by Anonymous who said “cause what if the ducklings' bio dad is another reckless adventurer”

#Arizona Goof #Indiana Pipps #della duck #Mouseverse #ducktales #Ducktales Crackships #Indiana Jones is Goofy's cousin #can Della date anybody without them immediately being deemed HDL's father?

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paolodelorenzi · 7 years

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Alcune tavole da “Indiana Pipps e la febbre del pallone” , soggetto e sceneggiatura di Bruno Sarda , ancora per oggi in edicola su Topolino 3203

#paolo de lorenzi #bruno sarda #topolino #indiana pipps #arizona goof #goofy #disney comics #panini comics #drawing #comic art

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asscult3dproduction · 4 years

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☆ 3DPRODUCTION'S MOVIE BATTLE ☆ ~ Cortometraggi sfida 4 ~ Per esprimere il vostro voto, utilizzate una delle seguenti reaction: ❤ = Sbatman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmd3NVOd3-Y 😆 = Indiana Jeans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soEGn_Bbr8 😮 = Night Pipp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xOUoigoBI ~ Passerà al turno successivo il film più votato, ma anche il secondo potrebbe rientrare in gioco successivamente. Vi ricordo che i commenti contenenti il titolo da voi scelto non verranno conteggiati, utilizzate solo le reaction. Avete 24 ore di tempo per votare a partire da ora!

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local-meme-lord · 6 months

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Ah yes their comics in a nutshell

Mf it isn't summer nsnsmssn

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#mouseverse #mickey mouse and friends #mickey and friends #memes #mickey mouse #dr kranz #indiana pipps #arizona goof #mortimer mouse #scuttle #shitpost #topolino comics #topolino

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fortunadrago · 7 years

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Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Padova, 5 novembre 1778 – Gwato, 3 dicembre 1823) è stato un esploratore pioniere dell’archeologia e un viaggiatore italiano. È considerato una delle figure di primo piano dell’egittologia mondiale.

Tratto dal link originale : http://www.blogdipadova.it/giovanni-belzoni-indiana-jones-di-padova/

(…) Per la sua incredibile vita avventurosa la sua figura meriterebbe una maggiore valorizzazione se è vero che le avventure vissute dal nostro Belzoni pare abbiano ispirato il personaggio cinematografico Indiana Jones, noto in tutto il mondo e creato da George Lucas. Scusate se è poco! Ma sappiamo bene che il detto “Nemo propheta in patria est” è particolarmente azzeccato a Padova…

Dopo aver letto la sua biografia è infatti facile associare il Belzoni (vedi nell’immagine a sinistra un ritratto con il look “alla araba” che prese dal momento in cui iniziò a fare l’esploratore) ad Indiana Jones (omaggiato poi da Walt Disney con il personaggio a fumetti Indiana Pipps, eheeh) o ad altri personaggi spesso esaltati dal cinema piuttosto che dalla letteratura proprio per la sua vita avventurosa a tal punto che appare molto verosimile il fatto che ad ispirare George Lucas nella creazione del suo personaggio cinematografico fu proprio l’esploratore padovano. D’altra parte il “vero” Indiana Jones seppur noto in determinati ambienti, non ha di certo la popolarità di quello interpretato da Harrison Ford e la prima responsabile è senz’altro la sua città natale, la nostra Padova se è vero che Belzoni è mediamente più noto come l’istituto professionale che da Giovanni Belzoni prende il nome.

Casa del Belzoni

Nacque a Padova nel 1778 da una famiglia modesta e fino all’età di 16 anni aiutò il padre nella bottega di barbiere al Portello. Quella sulla sinistra è la sua casa, al civico 42 di via Belzoni, la casa di Indiana Jones!! Avete visto che insegna, eh?

Fin da giovane si trasferì a Roma dove iniziò ad interessarsi soprattutto di idraulica, ma cominciandosi anche ad accostare all’archeologia, forse sotto il fascino delle rovine dell’antica Urbe. Si trasferì poi a Parigi, dove si mise vendere per strada immagini sacre e altri oggetti. Per evitare la coscrizione nell’esercito napoleonico riparò in Inghilterra nel 1803 dove tra i vari lavori arrivò a fare anche l’”uomo forzuto” in un circo. Era alto 2 metri e aveva un fisico imponente. Si presentava al pubblico come Patagonian Sanson (Sansone della Patagonia) ed il suo numero principale era quello di riuscire a sollevare una piramide umana di 12 persone!!

Viaggiò poi in Spagna, Portogallo, Sicilia e Malta, allestendo anche spettacoli di idraulica applicata, creando giochi di acqua e di fuoco, che ebbero molto successo nel mondo del teatro. Nel 1815, durante un soggiorno nell’isola di Malta venne a sapere che il viceré d’Egitto, Mohammed Ali, era alla ricerca di nuove soluzioni nel campo di idraulica per risolvere problemi legati all’irrigazione. Si decise così a partire per l’Egitto per mettere a disposizione le sue conoscenze nel campo. Fu l’inizio di una nuova vita. Belzoni presentò al sovrano una macchina di sua invenzione per il sollevamento dell’acqua, macchina che però non ebbe il successo sperato. Ma in Egitto Belzoni ebbe modo di conoscere il console generale britannico, Henry Salt, che era anche un amante dell’archeologia egizia, il quale gli commissionò il trasporto, dal tempio funerario di Qurneh (Tebe ovest) al British Museum di Londra, di una statua colossale di Ramesse II (vedi a destra la raffigurazione dello stesso Belzoni). Sfruttando le sue conoscenze di ingegneria idraulica, piuttosto che le sue scarse nozioni archeologiche, Belzoni riuscì a portare a compimento l’impresa, che segnò l’inizio di altre “imprese” archeologiche.

In un momento in cui l’egittologia era ancora agli inizi e in cui la scrittura geroglifica non era stata decifrata, Belzoni si mise a viaggiare per il Paese scoprendo monumenti di grande valore, dedicandosi a scavi e a prospezioni archeologiche in zone anche poco note. Arrivò ad Abu Simbel, iniziando lo scoprimento del tempio di Ramesse II (vedi foto a sinistra, lo stesso tempio di Gardaland per intenderci…;)). Asportò da File un obelisco, che si rivelò poi di grande importanza per la decifrazione della scrittura egizia; condusse scavi nel tempio di Mut a Karnak, da dove prelevò alcune bellissime statue; cominciò ad esplorare la necropoli della Valle dei Re, scoprendo le tombe di Ramesse I e di Sethi I (ottobre 1817). Nel marzo del 1818 trovò l’ingresso della piramide di Chefren, che si pensava massiccia, e l’evento suscitò in Inghilterra un tale entusiasmo, che venne coniata una medaglia commemorativa dell’evento. All’interno della camera sepolcrale mise la sua firma “Scoperta da G. Belzoni, 2 mar. 1818.”.

Esplorò anche la città di Berenice sul Mar Rosso e l’Oasi del Fayyum. Molti sono i meriti di Belzoni; tra questi “prudenza estrema nello stabilire la datazione di un monumento…sobrietà e precisione nelle descrizioni… assenza di interpretazioni avventate degli oggetti, e di ogni mitizzazione degli antichi Egiziani”. “Notevoli furono l’impegno nel ricopiare e ricalcare in cera buona parte dei bassorilievi della tomba di Seti I, come pure, rintracciata la città di Berenice, la cura nel rilevare la zona e abbozzare un tentativo di datazione in base ai dati del tempio ivi rinvenuto; precisione e metodo il B. dimostrò nell’apertura della piramide del re Chefren, riuscendo nell’impresa attraverso un attento esame della struttura interna della piramide di Cheope.

Nel 1819 Belzoni fece ritorno in Inghilterra, avendo procurato al British Museum importanti monumenti egizi, grazie ai quali la modesta collezione egizia era diventata molto importante. Altri cimeli vennero dati a Cambridge, a Bruxelles, a Padova. La relazione dei suoi viaggi fu scritta in inglese in quegli stessi anni, corredata da un bellissimo volume di tavole. Il racconto ebbe un notevole successo, così come la mostra, allestita nella Egyptian Hall di Piccadilly dei calchi grafici tratti dalla tomba di Sethi I. Ai primi del 1823 Belzoni partì nuovamente per l’Africa per conto dell’Associazione africana con sede a Londra. Nel dicembre dello stesso anno, mentre si trovava in Nigeria morì, colpito da malattia.

Belzoni quindi fu molto importante per l’archeologia e per un museo quale il British Museum. Leggendo quà e là su internet pare che Rappresentativi Britannici fecero credere a Belzoni che le sue scoperte Egizie gli sarebbero state accreditate. Lavorò instancabilmente,(usando miracolosamente quel suo innato fiuto di ricerca) portando alla luce incredibili reperti attualmente in mostra al British Museum di Londra. Fu impunemente ingannato e usato dall’allora governo Britannico che gli negò l’onore di essere nominato come autore dei ritrovamenti. Se vi recate al British Museum e vedete la statua di Ramesses (vedi foto a sinistra) sappiate che è lì per merito di Belzoni nonostante non troverete scritto il suo nome se non dietro all’orecchio del faraone si cui lo stesso Belzoni iscrisse il suo nome.

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La BBC qualche tempo fa racconto` la vita del Grande Belzoni in un serial televisivo, esponendo finalmente una verita` che per troppo tempo fu soppressa. Sarebbe bello un giorno poter vedere il suo nome inscritto al British Museum, vicino ai suoi amati reperti egizi.

La Sala Egizia al Caffè Pedrocchi

A Padova gli è stata dedicata una via nel cuore del borgo dove era nato, il Portello,il più popolare dei borghi padovani, via Belzoni appunto di cui parlerò magari in futuro nella rubrica “le strade di Padova”. Presso il Museo Archeologico all’interno del complesso dei Musici Civici degli Eremitani esiste una sezione egizia formata da due sale dedicate al pionere dell’egittologia Giovanni Belzoni.

Una curiosità è rappresentata anche dal fatto che il Belzoni conosceva Jappelli, il noto ingegnere ed architetto che progettò il Caffè Pedrocchi, al cui interno, la Sala Egizia e quella Moresca rappresentano proprio un omaggio di Jappelli all’esploratore padovano. Altra curiosità il libro che ho trovato su internet a lui dedicato. Un libro in lingua inglese scritto nel 2006 e intitolato “The Great Belzoni. The Circus Strongman Who Discovered Egypt’s Ancient Treasures” di Stanley Mayes.

Insomma l’omaggio a Belzoni è stato fatto su un piano “intellettuale” ma non popolare se è vero che la maggioranza dei padovani associa a Belzoni molto più probabilmente all’istituto professionale che ad Indiana Jones o comunque ad un esploratore ed uno dei più importanti egittologi al mondo.

Riuscirà mai a Padova, una volta tanto, di dimostarsi un po’ orgogliosa e di “rivendicare” la legittimità di una paternità di un personaggio così famoso in tutto il mondo? Non dico di acquistare la casa per farci il museo di Indiana Jones e dell’esplorazione (ma anche si) ma far qualcosa in più per valorizzare questa figura a scopo turistico/culturale!

Intanto ci ha pensato la “mitica” Sergio Bonelli edizioni qualche anno fa con la pubblicazzione del fumetto del disegnatore romano “Walter Venturi” dal titolo “Il grande Belzoni”, uscita che avevo segnalato con questo post, distribuito in tutta Italia, presentato in varie città, compresa Bruxelles ma non ancora a Padova….

articolo a firma di : Alberto Botton

Tratto dal link originale : http://www.blogdipadova.it/giovanni-belzoni-indiana-jones-di-padova/

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Giovanni Battista Belzoni Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Padova, 5 novembre 1778 – Gwato, 3 dicembre 1823) è stato un…

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gazzettadimodena · 7 years

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Il disegnatore Danilo Barozzi Ã¨ tra i fumettisti piÃ¹ giovani ma popolari in casa Disney. A Modena per premiare le scuole medie... http://ift.tt/2lEBaIi

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esepoimipullula · 3 years

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Alright, so... this is the utterly self-indulgent essay. XD

For any non-Italian readers: remember the introductory note on my translation of Goofy and The Perfect New Year’s Eve Handbook? About Italian Goofy (Pippo) having a huuuuuuuuuge family? Well, everyone in this family is, ofc, either just as quirky or nearly as quriky as Goofy himself... which makes for a lot of interesting personalities. Like Goofy's cousin, Indiana Pipps. Or Arizona Goof, in English. Presumably to make the joke at least a little bit subtler.

... yes, "the joke" is that he's literally an Indiana Jones parody. Who happens to be related to Goofy and look almost exactly (or exactly, depending on the story) like him. He's an "adventure archaeologist" who spends most of his time scouring South American jungles for lost pre-Colombian temples full of traps and treasure, travelling through scorching deserts to find legendary Egyptian ruins, and stumbling into fantarchaeology/Ancient Aliens/magical/mystical relics. He's brave, smart, passionate, confident to the point of being actually a bit arrogant, kind of reckless and hotheaded, a little rough, rather snarky, and has a strong sense of justice... and a bunch of strange habits and quirks. Like his penchant from entering buildings from the window rather than from the door (because that would be too easy), his preference for sleeping bags over beds and tents over houses (though he does have a house just out of Mouseton... in a dangerous swamp complete with crocodiles), his dislike and distrust for city life in general, and his love for a particular brand of strong-flavored liquorice candies called "Negritas" that almost everyone else finds adsolutely disgusting. Through the years, he's fallen in love with a bunch of female characters (starting with Clarabelle Cow, or so the internet tells me... Goof guys trying to steal her away from Horace must be a bizarre family tradition) and he's had a bunch of female characters fall in love with him, as you can expect considering he's the Dr. Jones of the Mouseverse and everything. But none of these crushes has ever really gone anywhere... whether because of a bout of obliviousness preventing him from realizing his temporary sidekick had been head over heels for him the whole time (sorry, Martina), a misguided attempt to present as a more traditional academic for a nerdy professor who unexpectedly turned out to be really into the adventurer type, or fairy law forbidding him to marry his French fairy sweetheart (yup, that happened).

Ironically, his most constant and long-lasting is with his nemesis, Dr. Kranz. (Nope, no name given.) (Yes, this is going to be an "enemies to lovers" kinda thing... except with, like, A Twist. So if you don't like that kind of dynamic or think people shouldn’t like messed-up ships or anything like that, you'd probably better stop reading.)

Kranz and Indiana appeared together in Indiana's first story, Mickey and Goofy in: Raiders of the Lost Temple by Bruno Sarda, and have been chasing each other for one reason or another ever since. Kranz is an adventure archaeologist, too, but despite being (almost) as skilled and succesful at his job as Indiana, he spends an awful lot of time following him around and trying to steal his discoveries... most often by putting on some disguise, stalking him from a distance, and popping out of nowhere with a gun and a mocking smirk as soon as Indiana finds the hidden lost idol/treasure/artifact/city.

Despite some weird occasional foray into the world of attempted world domination, Kranz is (mostly) into the whole villain business for the money and the fame. The money because he loves luxury (especially fast cars and five-star hotels) and sells a good chunk of what he finds or steals to unscrupulous clients or outright villainous organizations to afford to live the good life, and the fame because he has a big ego and (somehow, still) a reputation as a respectable archaeologist that feeds into it... and he's always trying to overshadow Indiana, because he hates being always second best to him. Which is just as well, because Indiana hates his attempts to steal his own discoveries, his criminal activities, his utter lack of ethics, and his greed. Whenever they see each other without either of them ending up on the wrong end of a gun or tied up for the local authorities to find, they usually still end up at each other's throat anyway. Or at least, insulting and teasing each other the whole time.

Except... it wasn't always like that. Back in the day, Indiana and Kranz were actually students in the same college. And roommates (YES, "and they were roommates!"). And "inseparable" best friends who got along very well despite their differences and genuinely cared for each other. And after graduating, even adventuring partners, at least occasionally. Kranz already loved money and luxury, and Indiana had already started to develop his simpler yet more bizarre tastes, but they were good together.

There's actually a recent mini-series about their college years written by Bruno Sarda himself, Young Indiana. It's pretty much a shipper's delight, as it contains high amounts of fluff, overdramatic (and suspiciously coupley imho) friendship drama with a happy ending, hugs, kisses, straight love drama taking a backseat as the focus stays firmly on the friendship drama, and a certain amount of foreshadowing of (angsty) things to come. But their old friendship was already an established fact before that...

Like in the story Indiana Pipps and the Return of Doctor Kranz, where Indiana ends up telling Mickey the story of how they parted ways and became enemies. Which was apparently inspired by something that happened in the Martin Mystère comics, but I've never read them so I wouldn't know. Long story short, Indiana and Kranz where on an expedition together when they unexpectedly found an absurdly powerful ray gun left behind by Ancient Aliens. As it turned out, by that point Kranz had already been in contact with a shady organization that would have paid good money for something like that, so he proposed they should sell the gun to them and share the profits of the sale. Indiana immediately opposed the idea, of course, being all like, "wtf dude idk about YOU apparently but I have morals and also a sense of professional ethics"... so Kranz knocked him out, took the gun, wrote him a note about how you shouldn't slap good luck away, and fled to the other side of the world, where a man from the organization would await him. But when Indiana woke up, he immediately started trying to track him, eventually ruining the sale right before it could go through and throwing the gun into the sea, where it would never be found again. At that point, Kranz swore he'd have his revenge on him by basically costantly tailing him and ruining his life and career, never leaving him a moment of peace.

Which he's sometimes been pretty succesful at, considering there's been a whole story about Indiana being so stressed due to Kranz appearing out of the blue to ruin his day, it turns into some sort of bizarre mania where he believes everyone and anyone is secretly Kranz in disguise. However, the same story also has Kranz being so stressed due to Indiana constantly foiling his schemes that he goes on a cruise to just forget about him and relax for a while... and ends up jumping off the ship when he mistakenly believes Indiana might be on it, too. So, that's a two-way street, I guess.

So, basically... friends to enemies, genuine affection being ruined by greed and ambition and turning into resentment and spite and straight-up hatred, a degree of mutual obsession and general unhealthiness. But that's not really all there is to their relationship.

There's also stories where they're forced to collaborate to reach the same goal and have to behave more or less civilly, or even where they choose to do so willingly and end up actually still being a good team. There's stories where getting good results while working together makes them behave almost amicably, as much as they're able or willing to. Stories where they acknowledge their past together, if not their old friendship, and even the similarities between them. Stories where they find themselves with someone they both look down down or hate even more than each other, and find some common ground insulting and snarking at them in-between doing the same to each other. Where they grudgingly help each other out.

And then, there's Indiana Pipps e il soccorso obbligato. The story I blame for getting me into this ship in the frist place, when I could be here reading and writing Scroldie or Dimeshipping or Donsy or Mickey/Minnie or literally any other of my Disney comics ships that people other than me actually ship.

In Il soccorso obbligato, Kranz gets kidnapped by some shady guys while he's working on a revolutionary archaeological discovery, except he's not been kidnapped and he's not actually close to finding anything that awesome, and it's all just a convoluted trap to get back at Indiana for laughing at him one time because he's terrible. But Indiana doesn't know that, and so he and Mickey rush to the rescue and fly to a whole other continent to find him...

That story really has everything. From Kranz coming up with a ridiculous and ridiculously cruel plan because he might be used to Indiana insulting him and mocking him but sometimes his former friend laughing at him and acting all superior and better than him still hurts, to Indiana actually falling for it and trying to justify to himself why he does, telling himself that after so many years spent (fighting) together there's a bond between them and he owes it to Kranz... and admitting he’s worried about him. From Indiana still remembering little details about Kranz and their past together and looking almost fond as he talks about them, to Kranz being both petty and obsessed enough to leave a journal full of insults to Indiana for him to find as a clue and setting his password to a mocking phrase about him (and Indiana, who should expect some stuff like that or at least be used to it, still getting riled up and planning on giving Kranz an earful when he finds him). From Kranz assuming Indiana would only come save him if he threw an imaginary fantarchaeological discovery into the mix because then Indiana wouldn't be able to resist his "archaeological curiosity", to Indiana considering said discovery more of a secondary concern and actually regretting and feeling almost guilty for mocking Kranz the last time they saw each other before the supposed kidnapping... and recklessly, unthinkingly running over a thin ice bridge over a gaping chasm just to get to him, throwing all caution to the wind even as he tells himself he doesn't even know why he's doing it. And the way they still KNOW each other despite everything that happened, maybe even because of everything that happened! The angst! The complicated, unspoken, repressed things! Being a softie and a sap, I'm always a sucker for "the hero and the villain actually have a bond and care for each other on some level even if it's not the healthiest or most normal thing"... but considering the history between these two? Though the story in itself is very fun and entertaining, it never fails to break my heart a little.

And in all honesty, I might end up writing fanfictions about them. Fanfictions full of angst and pining and conflicted feelings and "we were never lovers but oh god we could have been --- if you hadn't screwed up everything in the end, at least" college stuff with a mess of obliviousness and repressed feelings, most likely.

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