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"Up and Atom!"

―Radioactive Man's catchphrase^[src]

Radioactive Man (Claude Kane III) Artwork of Radioactive Man from The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Superhero Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Fictional Powers: Flight Eye lasers First appearance: "Bart the Genius" Voiced by: Harry Shearer v • d • e • h

Radioactive Man is a comic book superhero who acquired his powers after surviving an atomic bomb explosion. His sidekick is Fallout Boy.

Publication and media history

Radioactive Man with Fallout Boy in the 1970's television series.

Radioactive Man made his debut in Radioactive Man #1 in 1952 and alongside comic books, he starred in a black-and-white serial sponsored by Laramie Cigarettes. The serials featured Dirk Richter as Radioactive Man and Buddy Hodges as Fallout Boy. Richter was later killed in a bordello.^[1]

In the sixties and seventies, a TV series based on Radioactive Man was shown, notable for being more camp than previous portrayals. It also starred Dirk Richter. One of the villains in this series was The Scoutmaster. A film based on it was released in 1967.

In the 1980s, Troy McClure starred as Radioactive Man in a film trilogy, consisting of:

• Radioactive Man
• Radioactive Man II: Bring On The Sequel
• Radioactive Man III: Oh God, Not Again

Radioactive Man III starred Krusty the Clown as the main villain Krusto the Evil Clown and original Fallout Boy, Buddy Hodges as Fallout Boy's great grandfather.^[2]

A Hollywood studio attempted to film a Radioactive Man movie in Springfield. The movie starred Rainier Wolfcastle as Radioactive Man. The role of Fallout Boy was cast from local children. It went to Milhouse Van Houten. Krusty the Clown was cast as villains Dr. Clownius and Silly Sailor. Wolfcastle was incapable of saying the "Up and Atom!" catchphrase correctly, pronouncing it "Up and at zem," on account of his German accent. The movie was never completed due to budget overruns caused by constant price-gouging by Springfield vendors, and Milhouse snapping from the pressure of the role, and refusing to continue to portray Fallout Boy - former child actor Mickey Rooney attempted to take over the role, but the film was shelved.^[3]

Comic history

The contents of this article or section are related to the Radioactive Man universe. They are considered fictional in The Simpsons.

Radioactive Man

When he was on his way to Blather Labs to get his allowance for the week from his father, Claude took a wrong turn and got lost. His car then got stuck so he walked into the nuclear test site, not realizing it was that, to try and find help. He got caught in an explosion from a mega-bomb which Blather Labs had been working on and got superpowers. He continued to Blather Labs where he beat some thugs who had taken Claude's father and Gloria Grand hostage. From this day, he became Radioactive Man.^[4]

After Radioactive Man took out several thugs, Claude decided that he needed to set up a secret lair of his own. He found a model lying on the ground and decided to use it as a design for The Containment Dome, which he built on Mount Zenith. Claude also met Rod Runtledge at a radioactivity convention. A tall piece of machinery fell towards them. Claude grabbed Rod and jumped over the rail, Claude holding onto the machine. The machine came to life, and as the ray passed through Claude, it hit Rod. Rod received a pint-sized version of RM's powers, and became Fallout Boy.^[5]

After this, Fallout Boy started helping Radioactive Man as his sidekick. Together they took down down enemies such as Magmo^[6], Hypno-Head^[7] and Shootin' Irons.^[8]

At some point, superheroes were banned and outlawed by the government, with only Radioactive Man being allowed to continue operating under the government. Heart of Darkness went to Radioactive Man as he was convinced it was a government plan to form a shadow government that the public didn't know about. This led to them uncovering a plan to get the superheroes out of the way and make them look bad. However, they stopped the plan and the superhero ban got repealed.^[9]

The Death of Radioactive Man

Radioactive Man went to the Zenith City Power Plant where he found The Fossil Fuel Four destroying it. Radioactive Man called his friends Citizen Solar and Wind Lad, but they were unable to help him. The Fossil Fuel Four worked together to kill Radioactive Man.^[10]

Future

In the future, Rod Runtledge takes up the mantle of Radioactive Man. When Fallout Boy of the past calls him to ask if Radioactive Man from his time is there, the future Radioactive Man panics about speaking to his younger self.^[8]

In other media

Radioactive Man: The Movie

In Radioactive Man: The Movie, Claude Kane III/Radioactive Man was played by Rainier Wolfcastle. Claude Kane III was a layabout playboy who got stuck at a nuclear testing site. The atomic blast turned him into Radioactive Man. After this, Radioactive Man was considered a myth in Zenith City, with even people who saw him not believing he was real. Radioactive Man fought crime alone. At one point, he went to the U.S.S. Serendipity to save people who were being held hostage. He saved them, but Silly Sailor was knocked into the ocean during the rescue.

Radioactive Man then flew back to WZEN Tower where Gloria Grand was falling off a balcony. Radioactive Man saved her life and the two of them flew about for a bit before Radioactive Man took her back to the tower, where she fell asleep, with people thinking she just dreamed her encounter with Radioactive Man.

After Rod Runtledge got trapped under an X-Ray truck, Radioactive Man saved him and found that he had gained superpowers. Radioactive Man took him back to The Containment Dome to run some tests on him and revealed his identity to Rod. The two of them then started fighting crime together, with Rod becoming Fallout Boy. Eventually, Gloria Grand got kidnapped by Silly Sailor. Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy went to rescue her but got their powers taken away. They were then left hanging upside down in a cage. Fallout Boy managed to escape but got taken home by his mother. As Radioactive Man was about to get hit by a wave of sulfuric acid, Fallout Boy came to his rescue and told him that he had his powers back after a few hours. Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy then stop Silly Sailor together.

Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy then go back to WZEN Tower to stop Dr. Swartzwelder broadcasting information harming Radioactive Man's reputation. They reveal that Dr. Swartzwelder is actually Dr. Clownius in disguise. After Dr. Clownius is arrested, Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy go back to fighting crime together.^[11]

Radioactive Man Re-Rises

Radioactive Man Re-Rises is a reboot of the Radioactive Man series. In the film, Radioactive man has to erase his own memory so he doesn't get tortured by his past when he gets born in the future. Radioactive Man's suit is also the only thing keeping him alive, but is also slowly killing him.^[12]

Radioactive Woman

A female reboot of Radioactive Man, called Radioactive Woman was in production, with Patty and Selma Bouvier playing the role of Radioactive Woman, a female version of Radioactive Man. The movie never got finished.^[13]

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

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Radioactive Man Image Cost Unlock method Unlock message Yearbook 5 Superheroes Issue 4 Prize 30 60 Superheroes 2 and Superheroes Return Premium 60 Red Alert Premium (with Radioactive Man Statue) Technical Information ID Groups Quest(s) Internal Name 52500 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Adult, Sequel Squad, Good People Some Much Needed R & R Dawn of Justness RadioactiveMan Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 26, 7 Simpsons' Skating Rink Pump Iron 60m 105, 26 All Night Gym or Brown House Promote Nuclear Power 4h 260, 70 Control Building Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 260, 70 $ Casino Drink and Babysit 4h 260, 70 The Boiled Potato Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Obtain Anxiety Medication 6h 350, 90 Springfield Medical Center Relax 8h 420, 105 Kane Manor or Radioactive Man Statue Epilogue Pt. 2 Some Much Needed R & R Pt. 2 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Attend a Teleconference 12h 600, 150 Superior Squad HQ Read Online Reviews of His Work 12h 600, 150 The Java Server or Springfield Library or Shop Shirk His Responsibilities 16h 750, 200 Beach House Beach House Seek Out Crime 24h 1,000, 225 Epilogue Pt. 1 Some Much Needed R & R Pt. 1 Animated Tasks Relax Seek Out Crime

Personality

The contents of this article or section are related to the Radioactive Man universe. They are considered fictional in The Simpsons.

Radioactive Man can be fairly naive and patriotic, which leads to him believing and trusting everything the government says, whether it's bad or good. He once attacked a peaceful hippie protest outside the White House because they were protesting against the government, which led to Bleeding Heart stopping him.^[7] After superheroes got banned by the government, Radioactive Man was the only one allowed to continue operating as he was too gullible and naive to question the government.^[9]

Behind the Laughter

• There is a Marvel Comics villain who temporarily became a hero named Radioactive Man; he is unrelated to The Simpsons character.
• Radioactive Man's origin story is similar to the Hulk's.
• Radioactive Man's billionaire secret identity mirrors Batman and Iron Man.

Appearances

References

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