"Radioactive Man" is the second episode of The Simpsons' seventh season which originally aired September 24, 1995.^[1] It was written by John Swartzwelder,^[1] and directed by Susie Dietter.^[1] Mickey Rooney guest starred as himself.^[1] The episode sees the film version of the comic book Radioactive Man set up production in Springfield. This episode features one of Matt Groening's favorite lines from the entire series. The line, "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" is said by Rainier Wolfcastle when he is swept away by a torrent of sulphuric acid.^[3] Simpsons redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a fictional 10 year old character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Pamela Hayden. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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It was also the first episode to be digitally colored. The duties of that task went to U.S. Animation, Inc., who also worked on "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". Digital coloring wouldn't be attempted again until season 12's "Tennis the Menace", and again when the show permanently switched to digital coloring in season 14 with "The Great Louse Detective". Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... U.S. Animation, Inc. ... The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular is the tenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, and is, as the title suggests, the 138th episode. ... Tennis the Menace is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons and was the third episode to be digitally colored. ... The Great Louse Detective is the sixth episode of The Simpsons fourteenth season. ...

Plot

Bart and Milhouse are thrilled to hear that a film version of their favorite comic book, Radioactive Man, is in production. Rainier Wolfcastle, the star of the McBain films, is chosen to play Radioactive Man, and even more excitingly for the Springfield Elementary School children, the production moves to their town, after seeing a small poorly spelled ad in Variety magazine ("FLIM SPRINGFIELD"). A search is launched for a young actor to play Radioactive Man's sidekick Fallout Boy, and Bart auditions. Bart does well, but is rejected because he is an inch too short. Bart leaves and acquires high shoes and a vertical stripe suit (among other attempts to look taller), but by this point Milhouse has already taken the part, albeit reluctantly. Bart and his sister Lisa Simpson as news anchors. ... Milhouse Van Houten In the animated series The Simpsons, the Van Houten family consists of the father Kirk, the mother Luann, and their son Milhouse. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Radioactive Man, within the world of the animated series The Simpsons, is a comic book superhero who acquired his powers after surviving an atomic bomb explosion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Although The Simpsons is itself a show populated by fictional characters (see: List of characters from The Simpsons), save celebrities who make cameos as themselves, there are a number of characters within the shows universe who are fictional to the Simpsons characters themselves (see also: Show-within-a-show). ... In the television series The Simpsons, Springfield Elementary School is the name of the school that Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and their fellow peers attend. ... This article is about the Simpsons character. ...

A despondent Bart is told by Lisa that he is still needed as a star's friend and confidant, and Bart eagerly accepts this new role. However, Milhouse finds his own job intolerable and disappears, right during the filming of the most expensive scene in the movie. The film is suspended while the townspeople search for Milhouse. Eventually Bart finds him in the treehouse, but despite encouragement from former child star Mickey Rooney, Milhouse gives up on his acting career. All production on the film is aborted, with the project bankrupt, thanks to price gouging and other unscrupulous conduct by the people of Springfield. The directors return to Hollywood, "where people treat each other right." Lisa Marie Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Yeardley Smith. ... Price gouging is a term of variable, but nearly always pejorative, meaning, referring to a sellers asking a price that is much higher than what is seen as fair under the circumstances. ... ...

Cultural references

Radioactive Man, the "campy 70's version" in particular, is largely a parody of the Batman series,^[2] with "The Scoutmaster" being based on Paul Lynde.^[2] The film executives wanting to pick seventy two year old (and dead) Dirk Richter to play Radioactive Man is a reference to the then-60-year-old Adam West's well-publicized insistence that he reprise his role as Batman for the 1989 film adaptation. The end song is "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers.^[2] Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926-January 10, 1982) was an American comedian and actor. ... Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... Lean on Me is a well known hit song written and performed by Bill Withers on the 1972 album Still Bill. ... Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s. ...

The Comic Book Guy sends a message to other Internet nerds about who will star in the new Radioactive Man movie, three of which are the nerds Homer met in "Homer Goes to College", while the one in the center square is Prince dressed in a purple suit. This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions. ... Homer Goes to College is the third episode of The Simpsons fifth season. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ...

References

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External links

• "Radioactive Man" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive

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