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* In [[X-Men]], the exact cause of mutant powers are rarely discussed. In the 60's however, Professor X explained his powers as the result of his parents working on the first atom bomb. The Beast's powers have been explained as the result of his father being exposed to radiation, while Sunfire was born in Hiroshima on the day when they dropped the atom bomb. All of these explanations have either been either [[Ret Conned]] or completely ignored.
* Averted [[Post-Crisis]] in ''[[Superman]]'' (albeit played straight elsewhere in the [[DCU]].) The chronic health problems that plague [[Lex Luthor]] in both his comic book and cartoon series appearances are a result of exposure to the [[Kryptonite Ring]] he wore for quite some time. While it certainly hurts [[Superman]] very quickly, having it around you for ''years'' will have the same effect any kind of radiation will.
* Deconstructed in the origin of the Cyborg Superman. In a pastiche of the [[Fantastic Four]], a space shuttle crew is exposed to cosmic radiation but suffer vastly detrimental effects. Two are killed immediately and resurrected in painful or dangerous forms, eventually leading them to suicide, and one is nearly drawn into an alternate dimension. The fourth member of the crew, Hank Henshaw, suffers an accelerated radiation poisoning which rots away his body. However, Henshaw's mind quickly returns to life with [[
** And rampaging sociopathy.
* Also lampshaded in the [[Marvel Universe]], when Rick Jones exposed himself to gamma rays to try to develop Hulk-like powers and got cancer instead. He got better, though.
* The [[Marvel Comics]] [[Elseworld]] [[Miniseries]] ''Ruins'' subverts this repeatedly. In its vision of a [[Darker and Edgier|darker, bleaker Marvel universe]], it imagines the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|"realistic"]] effects that the numerous radiation-fueled [[Freak Lab Accident
* In [[Daredevil]] toxic waste is spilled on him; he gains superpowers but also gets blinded.
** Lampshaded in one of the comics; when the empowering accident is discussed, a character points out, "You know what would happen to me if I got hit in the face with a radioactive isotope? I would get leukemia and die."
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* Knuckles the Echidna in the [[Archie Comics]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic books, had his egg irradiated with Chaos Energy from the Master Emerald by his father Locke (himself self-subjected to radiation and [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|genetic testing]]), granting him powers and abilities far beyond even his own lineage had as the crystal's guardian. Likewise, his ancestor Dimitri, aka Enerjak, became a near-god from excess radiation siphoned off of the Master Emerald. In fact, if a character doesn't have a natural affinity for powering up with the Chaos Emeralds (like Sonic or Shadow), any Chaos-imbued powers they gain are usually a result of this trope.
* [[The Flash]] has a minor recurring adversary named [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/fallout.html Fallout], a former blue-collar worker who was hired to do work on a nuclear power plant, fell into the reactor, and emerged with translucent green skin and radioactive powers that caused him to inadvertently kill his wife and son. After Flash apprehended him he agreed to act as a living power source for the prison in which he was incarcerated as penance.
** In fact, Jay Garrick, the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Flash, gained his powers when he accidentally inhaled fumes of ''heavy water'', a rare non-radiation based version of
* The [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Atom from the [[Justice Society of America]] was originally just a short guy who worked out a lot, but when he came out of retirement in [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] he had super-strength because the writer who brought him back [[Did Not Do the Research]]. It was later [[Retcon
* Turns out that irradiating the beehive you were studying will mutate the insects and cause them to [[Family-Unfriendly Death|eat you alive]]! Don't worry, though, you'll live on in their new-formed [[Hive Mind]], your new body [[Body Horror|composed of bones and bees]]! Now you pretty much have to go into supervillainy with [[Bee-Bee Gun|this new power]]! At least, if you happen to be a Nazi scientist in the [[Marvel Universe]].
** One would assume he [[Eddie Izzard|likes his women like he likes his coffee. Covered in bees!]]
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== Literature ==
* Parodied in [[The Onion]] book ''Our Dumb Century'', where a headline from 1963 declares "[[Spider-Man|Boy Bitten by Radioactive Spider Dies of Leukemia]]". The body of the article mentions that this is the sixth atomic accident fatality in the last month, referring to [[The Incredible Hulk|Dr. Bruce Banner]] and [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards and friends]].
* In ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'', the first Mutant Corps consisted almost solely of individuals endowed with various [[Psychic Powers]] due to their parents' exposure to
* In ''[[Gone (novel)]]'', people can die from radioactivity (and some of them nearly do), but it's also a potential cause for the superpowers that some of the kids have. It's also what the local monster feeds on. Justified, because ''[[Gone (novel)]]'' takes place in an [[Alternate Universe]] where the laws of science have been rewritten.
* In the ''[[Wing Commander (novel)|Confederation Handbook]]'', mutations from cosmic radiation are said to be the cause of Pilgrim powers, though not in the short term as often depicted by this trope, taking multiple generations.
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*** Though this does make the non-feral Glowing One, Jason Bright, even stranger.
** FYI, the Deathclaw was a creature created by the US Government, who intended to tame them and use them on Special Operations against the Chinese. After the War, Deathclaw escaped into the wasteland and started breeding.
** Also, the games have Radaway, which can harmlessly<ref>
** It should be nated that the ''Fallout'' universe runs on the "Science!" of fifties science-fiction rather than hard science as even the laws of physics are subject to [[Rule of Cool]]. There are examples of realistic radiation exposure from a nuclear war in the occasional [[Apocalyptic Log]] that are as nightmarish as the radiation spawned monstrosities ''because'' they're done realistically.
** While radiation sickness will still eventually kill you in [[Fallout: New Vegas]] there are two perks that make you stronger the more radiation you absorb, [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rad_Child Rad child] and [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Atomic! Atomic!]. You still get radiation sickness effect but gain a healing factor, speed boast and fast action point recovery.
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* The UEF in ''[[Supreme Commander]]''. They have two types of nuclear reactor, and one of their experimental weapons fires mini-nukes. Their [[Hero Unit]] can be armed with a backpack missile silo which can build one each nuke and counter-missile.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has Utsuho Reiuji, a [[Crows and Ravens|hell raven]] with the power of manipulation of nuclear fusion, a control rod that doubles as an [[Arm Cannon]] that would make [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] jealous, a concrete boot on one foot and "electrons" orbiting the other.
** She also plays this trope
** Also, the kappa and a couple of mountain goddesses seem to have a strange love for this new power.
*** It was those goddesses who allowed Utsuho to gain that power in the first place as part of their plan to gather faith by advancing the technology of Gensokyo.
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*** [http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/toothpaste.htm Doramad Radioactive Toothpaste], which contained thorium, though its actual radiation level was rather low.
*** [[wikipedia:Radium Ore Revigator|The Revigator]], a ceramic crock for irradiating water. Though it too had rather low radiation levels, the water would often be contaminated by lead.
* [[Shoe-
* This is the theme of one 1959 DC PSA, [http://www.politedissent.com/archives/4611 "The Atomic: Servant of Man"].
* [[wikipedia:Deinococcus radiodurans|These]] [[wikipedia:Thermococcus gammatolerans|bacteria]] are [[Made of Iron|immune to radiation]]. And [[wikipedia:Radiotrophic fungus|certain species of fungi]] actually ''eat'' radiation via the same chemical that gives you a tan! [[Reality Is Unrealistic|Nature is]] ''[[Reality Is Unrealistic|weird]]''.
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