Super Grover 2.0's clucky equivalent of Justice
Muppets Tonight episode 206
Muppets Tonight episode 109
Lady Justice, also known as Justitia from the Roman, is the symbolic representation of the abstract concept of justice, typically holding scales (an element which went back to Egyptian mythology, as used for a different purpose in Don't Eat the Pictures). While Justitia is a Roman figure, predecessor deities associated with justice occurred in Greek mythology and elsewhere. She often wields a sword as well. Beginning late in the Renaissance period, she has often been depicted as blindfolded (initially to indicate indifference to injustice, later interpreted as impartiality).
With or without the blindfold, Lady Justice and the scales of justice have become common symbols of the judicial system and the practice of law, both in media and in real life. A statue of Justice, sans blindfold, sits atop the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) in London, and other courthouses, supreme court buildings, and government structures have frequently utilized such statuary.
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- While presiding over The People's Court in Muppets Tonight episode 109, Judge Joseph A. Wapner sits in front of a state seal depicting Liberty, on the left, and Justice on the right. Although The People's Court took place in California and the California state flag is shown, the seal is actually that of New York.
- The decor in Sherlock Holmes' apartment in Muppets Tonight episode 206 includes a statue of blind Justice with scales.
- A Super Grover 2.0 sketch, in which the hero tries to assist a cheerleading troupe in their balancing act, features a chicken version of a statue of Justice. Super Grover refers to it as "this thing from that lawyer show," but the scales turn out to be what they need to weigh the chickens.