Make backbone.js inhertance work for you! (or make view inheritance work in general)

gistfile1.js

/**
*  Give backbone an easier way to access super properties and methods.
*/
Backbone.View.prototype.parent = Backbone.Model.prototype.parent = Backbone.Collection.prototype.parent = function(attribute, options) {
  
  /**
  *  Call this inside of the child initialize method.  If it's a view, it will extend events also.
  *  this.parent('inherit', this.options);  <- A views params get set to this.options
  */
  if(attribute == "inherit") {
    this.parent('initialize', options); // passes this.options to the parent initialize method
    
    //extends child events with parent events
    if(this.events) { $.extend(this.events, this.parent('events')); this.delegateEvents(); }
    
    return;
  }
  
  /**
  *  Call other parent methods and attributes anywhere else.
  *  this.parent('parentMethodOrOverriddenMethod', params) <- called anywhere or inside overridden method
  *  this.parent'parentOrOverriddenAttribute') <- call anywhere
  */		
  return (_.isFunction(this.constructor.__super__[attribute])) ?
    this.constructor.__super__[attribute].apply(this, _.rest(arguments)) :
    this.constructor.__super__[attribute];
};

var ParentView = Backbone.View.extend({
  'anAttribute': "YO!",

  'events': {
    'click .parentSomething': "handleParentSomethingClick"
  },
  
  'handleParentSomethingClick': function() {
    console.log('parent something was clicked.');
  },

  'parentOnlyFunction': function(arg) {
    console.log('a function only in the parent view with arg:', arg);
  }
});

var ChildView = ParentView.extend({
  'initialize': function() {
    //inherits events and calls the parent initialize with options
    this.parent('inherit', this.options);
    
    //calls parentOnlyFunction and outputs "Hello Parent Only Function" at the end of the console log
    this.parent('parentOnlyFunction', "Hello Parent Only Function!");
    
    //logs "YO!"
    console.log(this.parent('anAttribute'));
  },

  'events': {
    'click .something': "handleSomethingClick"
  },
  
  'handleSomethingClick': function() {
    console.log('something was clicked.');
  }
});