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* MakeMeWannaShout: One of the She-Beast's ranged attacks is a sonic scream.


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* SuperScream: One of the She-Beast's ranged attacks is a sonic scream.
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* [[NotZilla Reptomicus]]: A giant, fire-breathing [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]].

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* ILoveNuclearPower: Obviously, given the genre of film that the game is emulating.
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* NuclearNasty: Reptomicus, the Brain, and the She-Beast were all created by nuclear radiation. Averted with the Invader from Dimension X, as its trailer explains that the nuclear bomb ripped a hole between dimensions, allowing it in.

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* NuclearNasty: NuclearMutant: Reptomicus, the Brain, and the She-Beast were all created by nuclear radiation. Averted with the Invader from Dimension X, as its trailer explains that the nuclear bomb ripped a hole between dimensions, allowing it in.
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* StylisticSuck: The game in general, though the trailers take this [[UpToEleven up to eleven]], with [[StockFootage stock footage]] of old B-movies spliced together with black-and-white game footage, often with [[BadBadActing hilariously bad voiceovers]].

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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The trailer for the Brain implies that his psychic powers are so great that even he can't control them anymore.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The She-Beast has purple hair.

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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The trailer for the Brain implies that his psychic powers are so great that even he can't control them anymore.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The She-Beast has purple hair.
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* AliensAndMonsters: Three giant monsters created by nuclear testing and one alien mecha that stumbles through an interdimensional portal opened by another bomb.

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* FacelessEye: The Brain's eyes are the only part of its face that survived being mutated by radiation.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[GiantWoman giant woman]] on the box art is a fair-skinned blonde wearing a red dress (or what's left of it, anyway). In the game itself, the She-Beast has a tan complexion with purple hair, and wears pink clothes.



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* HellIsThatNoise: The She-Beast's high-pitched primal screams.



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* NuclearNasty: Reptomicus, the Brain, and the She-Beast were all created by nuclear radiation. Averted with the Invader from Dimension X, as it's trailer explains that the nuclear bomb ripped a hole between dimensions, allowing it in.

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* DependingOnTheWriter: The manual and trailers clash on occasion. She-beast's backstory is the most inconsistent, being an island native in the trailer and a housewife in the manual.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The trailers provide more background information on the different monsters than the game itself ever provides.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The manual trailers provide more background information on the different monsters than the game itself ever provides.provides, though [[DependingOnTheWriter some of it is contradictory]].



* EnfanteTerrible: According to the manual, The Invader from Dimension X is but a child and its mech is its species' version of the child activity center. From The Invader's perspective it is merely [[AndCallHimGeorge playing with a bunch of small toys]].



* FailedASpotCheck: In the She-Beast's origin story, her island was used for nuclear weapons testing because the scientists were unaware that the island was inhabited until after the fact.

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* FailedASpotCheck: In the trailer version of She-Beast's origin story, her island was used for nuclear weapons testing because the scientists were unaware that the island was inhabited until after the fact.



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''I Was An Atomic Mutant'' is a 2003 video game for PC, developed by Canopy Games and published by Valusoft.

The game is set in the 1950's American Southwest, as nuclear bomb tests have spawned giant monsters that rampage through nearby towns and cities. The game is presented in the style of a 1950's giant monster movie, making {{homage}}s to films in that genre.
The monsters you can play as are:
* [[NotZilla Reptomicus]]: A giant, fire-breathing [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]].
* [[BrainMonster The Brain From Beyond Infinity]]: A massive, floating brain with psychic powers.
* [[HumongousMecha The Invader from Dimension X]]: An alien invader operating a gigantic mecha.
* [[GiantWoman The She-Beast]]: A giant woman with laser vision and a sonic scream.

!!This game provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: Of [[TheFifties 1950's]]-style science fiction and monster movies.
* AliensAndMonsters
* AliensAreBastards: The Invader from Dimension X, as made explicitly clear in its trailer.
-->'''Narrator''': A being that knows not reason nor fear. It knows only to destroy! Destroy! DESTROY!
* AllThereInTheManual: The trailers provide more background information on the different monsters than the game itself ever provides.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The whole premise of the game, with the player taking the role of the giant monster.
* BadBadActing: Most of the voice acting in the game and trailers is hilariously poor.
* BadassBoast: The Brain from Beyond Infinity gets a couple after clearing a level, being the only selectable character capable of human speech.
* BeamSpam: The Invader's Death Ray and the She-Beast's Eye Beams.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Remptomicus' tail ends in a ball of spikes that he can wield like a flail.
* BlobMonster: The Invader from Dimension X is a one-eyed blob piloting a giant mecha.
* BodyHorror: In the trailer for the Brain from Beyond Infinity, the titular brain was once a brilliant scientist caught in a nuclear blast, leaving behind nothing except his brain, spinal cord, and eyes, all of which were mutated to gigantic proportions by the radiation.
* BoringButPractical: In Arcade mode, using ranged attacks will use up the monster's atomic energy faster than it can replenish, making physical attacks more practical, particularly in larger levels.
* BrainMonster: The Brain from Beyond Infinity, being in the "Just Brain" category.
* BreathWeapon: Reptomicus' fire breath attacks.
* BringItBackAlive: In the She-Beast's trailer, she is discovered by scientists (after her island had been used as a test site for nuclear bomb), captured and taken to the United States for research. It goes about as well as expected.
* DeathRay: The Invader from Dimension X has one mounted on the chest of its HumongousMecha.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All of the trailers for the monsters are in black-and-white.
** The game also has an optional black and white setting.
* DriveinTheater: One of the early levels prominently features a drive-in theater on the outskirts of town.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Cars and military vehicles spontaneously explode on contact when thrown.
* ExcusePlot: The trailers for the monsters do nothing other than explain why a giant monster suddenly appeared and started leveling towns in the American Southwest.
* {{Expy}}: The She-Beast is an obvious expy of the titular monster from Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman. There's also Reptomicus, the [[NotZilla obligatory Godzilla knockoff]].
* EyeBeams: The She-Beast's aptly named Eye Blast attack.
* FacelessEye: The Brain's eyes are the only part of its face that survived being mutated by radiation.
** The alien that pilots the Invader mecha has a single eye in its otherwise featureless blob body.
* FailedASpotCheck: In the She-Beast's origin story, her island was used for nuclear weapons testing because the scientists were unaware that the island was inhabited until after the fact.
* GiantWoman: The She-Beast.
* HelicopterFlyswatter: Fighter planes will occasionally fly low enough to be taken out by physical attacks.
* HeroAntagonist: Your rampage is opposed by a small army of police officers, soldiers, tanks, fighter planes, and bombers.
* HumongousMecha: The Invader from Dimension X is a building-sized mecha piloted by a green blob.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Obviously, given the genre of film that the game is emulating.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Billboards, vehicles, cacti, and people can all be picked up and thrown at buildings to do damage.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: The Invader from Dimension X, the only one of the monsters not directly created by the nuclear tests.
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* MagicPants: The only explanation for how the She-Beast's outfit survived her sudden growth spurt.
* MakeMeWannaShout: One of the She-Beast's ranged attacks is a sonic scream.
* MindOverMatter: Most of the Brain's attacks use telekinesis, since he is just a giant floating brain with no limbs.
* MightyGlacier: None of the monsters are capable of moving faster than a brisk walking pace, but they can all give and take ungodly amounts of punishment.
* MonsterModesty: The She-Beast dons a torn skirt and matching top.
* MultiarmedAndDangerous: The Invader's mecha has three robotic arms. The blob alien that pilots it also has three tentacles.
* NotZilla: Reptomicus.
* NuclearNasty: Reptomicus, the Brain, and the She-Beast were all created by nuclear radiation. Averted with the Invader from Dimension X, as it's trailer explains that the nuclear bomb ripped a hole between dimensions, allowing it in.
* PinkIsFeminine: She-Beast, the game's [[SmurfettePrinciple token female character]], wears a tattered pink skirt and top.
* PlayingWithFire: Reptomicus' Fireball and Inferno attacks.
* RedShirtArmy: The US Army and local law enforcement do their best to try and halt your rampage, even as you slaughter them left, right, and center.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Reptomicus.
* RetroRocket: Several levels feature these ready for takeoff, adding to the overall 1950's aesthetic of the game.
* RewardingVandalism: Taken to its logical extreme, as the only way to beat a level is to destroy every building in town.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Both the She-Beast and the Brain are on the warpath in retaliation for having been mutated by nuclear bomb testing, as stated in their trailers.
* SmurfettePrinciple: As her name implies, the She-Beast is the game's sole female character.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Reptomicus has spikes running down his back, with a spiked club on the end of his tail.
* SpinAttack: The Invader's Whiplash attack involves rotating its arms around its body to smash whatever is around it.
* StartOfDarkness: Each of the trailers reveals the origins of its respective monster.
* StuffBlowingUp: All over the place.
* StylisticSuck: The game in general, though the trailers take this [[UpToEleven up to eleven]], with [[StockFootage stock footage]] of old B-movies spliced together with black-and-white game footage, often with [[BadBadActing hilariously bad voiceovers]].
* TanksForNothing: True to the kaiju genre.
* TheEndOrIsIt: Played for laughs; whenever the monster is killed, the words "The End?" flash across the screen.
* TheresNoBInMovie: Deliberately invoked by the various loading screens, menus, trailers, box art, and the game itself.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The trailers for Reptomicus and the Invader from Dimension X both use this almost word for word with regards to the unforeseen consequences of nuclear bomb testing.
* ThrowAwayCountry: Numerous towns and small cities exist solely to get wiped off the map by the player.
** The She-Beast's island was used as test site for atomic weapons (though, in the scientists' defense, they didn't know anyone was actually living on the island before they nuked it).
* ToServeMan: Reptomicus will eat people that he picks up from the ground.
* TragicMonster: Arguably all of them, though the Brain and She-Beast are particularly notable for how tragic their origins are (it also helps that both of them are formerly human).
* VictoryPose: Whenever you clear a level.
* VillainProtagonist: Comes with being a giant monster rampaging through 1950's America.
* WasOnceAMan: The Brain was once a normal scientist that accidentally got caught in a nuclear explosion.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The trailer for the Brain implies that his psychic powers are so great that even he can't control them anymore.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The She-Beast has purple hair.

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