 <p>I may be missing something here, but you can call the render method on the prototype of Super in your <code>Sub.render</code> function :</p> <pre><code>Super = Backbone.View.extend({ render : function(){ console.log('super render'); return this; } }); Sub = Super.extend({ render : function(){ console.log('sub render'); Super.prototype.render.call(this); return this; } }); var view = new Sub(); view.render(); </code></pre> <p>And a Fiddle <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/WATqe/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/WATqe/</a></p>