Editing Rocky (section)

===Rocky Steps===
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[[File:Rocky (1976) - Rocky Steps.ogv|thumb|Rocky running up the front steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The scene became a cultural icon of the 1970s, with the steps becoming eponymously known as the "Rocky steps."]]

The famous scene of Rocky running up the steps of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] has become a cultural icon, with the steps acquiring the vernacular title of "Rocky Steps".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Holzman|first1=Laura|title=Rocky|url=http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/rocky/|website=Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia|publisher=Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202174125/http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/rocky/|archive-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> In 1982, a statue of Rocky, commissioned by Stallone for ''[[Rocky&nbsp;III]]'', was placed at the top of the [[Rocky Steps]]. City Commerce Director [[Dick Doran]] claimed that Stallone and Rocky had done more for the city's image than "anyone since [[Benjamin Franklin|Ben Franklin]]".<ref name="RockyStatue">{{cite web|last1=Avery|first1=Ron|title=Rocky Statue|url=http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/rocky.htm|website=UShistory.org|publisher=[[Independence Hall Association]]|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110174827/http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/rocky.htm|archive-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref>

Differing opinions of the statue and its placement led to a relocation to the sidewalk outside the Spectrum Arena, although the statue was temporarily returned to the top of the steps in 1990 for ''[[Rocky&nbsp;V]]'', and again in 2006 for the 30th anniversary of the original ''Rocky'' (although this time it was placed at the bottom of the steps). Later that year, it was moved permanently to a spot next to the steps.<ref name="RockyStatue" />

The scene is frequently parodied in other media. In the 2008 movie ''[[You Don't Mess with the Zohan]]'', Zohan's nemesis, Phantom, goes through a parody training sequence finishing with him running up a desert dune and raising his hands in victory. In the fourth-season finale of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', as the credits roll at the end of the episode, Will is seen running up the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; however, as he celebrates after finishing his climb, he passes out in exhaustion, and while he lies unconscious on the ground, a pickpocket steals his wallet and his wool hat. In ''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]'', there is a scene where Sherman Klump ([[Eddie Murphy]]) struggles to, and eventually succeeds at, running up a lengthy flight of steps on his college campus, victoriously throwing punches at the top.

In 2006, [[E!]] named the "Rocky Steps" scene number 13 on its 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment list.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118091605/http://www.eonline.com/On/101/MostAwesome/List/index5.html|url=http://www.eonline.com/On/101/MostAwesome/List/index5.html|archive-date=2006-01-18|access-date=2015-12-12|url-status=dead|title = E! Channel's 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment}}</ref>

During the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] torch relay, Philadelphia native [[Dawn Staley]] was chosen to run up the museum steps. In [[2004 United States presidential election|2004, presidential candidate]] [[John Kerry]] ended his pre-convention campaign at the foot of the steps before going to Boston to accept his party's nomination for president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philly.com |url=http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9258078.htm |access-date=November 16, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217163800/http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9258078.htm |archive-date=December 17, 2004 }}</ref>