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* In ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' it is eventually revealed that the apparently mystical Stands were somehow created by an ancient artifact created from a radioactive meteorite.

* In ''[[Patalliro]]'', Patalliro tries to hatch a "super duck" by irradiating a duck egg, but what hatches is just a rather large duck.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Alpha One of [[The Mighty]] was once a normal sailor who had ended up floating in irritated waters for hours after testing an atom bomb. It took place in 1952.

* [[Quantum and Woody]] got their powers after they were accidentally bombarded with quantum energy.

 

== Fan Works ==

* [[Bleach|Hinamori]] attempts to invoke this trope in ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5982232/17/Please_Stop_Eating_The_Hell_Butterflies Please Stop Eating The Hell Butterflies]''. Why? Well, [[Ax Crazy|she's crazy]], so there's that.

{{quote|Stop playing in the runoff from the twelfth division. That is not the way to go about gaining superpowers. You are a [[Shinigami]]. You already ''have'' superpowers.}}

 

== Film ==

* As seen in the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode, ''[[Beginning of the End]]'' has radiation not only increasing the size of crops, but the size of the grasshoppers who eat the crops! The army then suggests [[Nuke'Em|dropping a nuclear bomb]] on the insects, to which Crow quips, "[[Sarcasm Mode|Oh great]], maybe they'll get ''larger''!"

* In [[X-Men (film)|X-Men: First Class]], [[Big Bad]] Sebastian Shaw believes that mutants are the "Children of the Atom" and believes all mutants are immune to radiation because of this. This is why he plans to {{spoiler|turn the [[Cold War]] nuclear, beliving that the radiation will wipe humanity out but spare mutants}}.

 

== Literature ==

* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Foundation]], everything good is atomic. The kingdom of Anacreon is seen as horrifyingly barbaric for their burning of fossil fuels.

 

* Subverted in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' season three, where a couple characters die from a machine that exposes them to radioactivity that causes exploding tumors. Yeah, we thought it was rather improbable too.

* Spoofed on ''[[The Daily Show]]'', with a [[Public Service Announcement]] stating that exposure to radioactive mist and substances will, in fact, not give you superpowers. [[Spider-Man|Radioactive animal bites, on the other hand, assure them]].

* Brutally averted in ''[[Farscape]]'' where Crichton builds a wormhole-controlling device with a nuclear power source. {{spoiler|His ally turned enemy steals it and in the ensuing chase, the radiation shield protecting the power source is knocked open, meaning Crichton has to make a split-second jump towards the device to render it safe. He fails, absorbs a lethal dose of radiation and succumbs to his illness by the end of the episode.}}

 

== Music ==

* "Nuclear Babies" by [[Oingo Boingo]].

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* This may or may not be the cause of the mutation of every last citizen of Alpha Complex in ''[[Paranoia]]''.

* One possible Origin in ''Super [[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' involves stubbing one's toe on a "super ultra radioactive block of stuff".

 

== Video Games ==

* The "Frei" line of spells in the ''[[Persona]]'' series.

 

* Parodied in ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'', where Wonderella uses radiation to accelerate ''fermentation'' of some beer that she's brewing...radiation ''from her cell phone''. This naturally creates a beer monster, and then things get weird.

** As if they weren't already weird.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', "crazy space radiation" seems to do a lot of, well, [[Captain Obvious|crazy]] things, like grant superintelligence to dinosaurs and create "NASAGHASTS", malevolent astronaut ghosts. It's not surprising, considering how the comic is influenced by ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' and other '80s nostalgia full of this trope.

* Parodied in ''[[Shortpacked!]]'' - [http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=404 Mr. Terrific] was bitten by a radioactive "T".

 

== Web Original ==

* Antimatter particles and radioactive rays are legitimate powers in [[Chaos Fighters]]. They are considered [[Non-Elemental]] in its magic system, though.

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has The Atomic Flounder, a retired villain originally for a one-off gag. He later appeared in a [[Show Within a Show]] episode during his prime. His first appearance followed the more common use of the trope, with atomic breath, however the second also brought some [[Body Horror]] into the mix.

* On ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold]],'' [[Mix-and-Match Critters|B'wana Beast]] gets his powers from drinking water contaminated with nuclear waste. (In this comics it comes from a special elixir and helmet.)

 

== Real Life ==

 

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