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This is the Character Sheet for Atomic Puppet. It is based on the character list used by the show's official website.

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     The Main Duo (tropes applying to both) 
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The duo as Atomic Puppet

The heroic protectors of Mega City and successors of the now "vanished" Captain Atomic. Joey and AP transform into the superhero Atomic Puppet when Joey places AP on his hand, forming a dynamic duo unlike any other. As their powers come from the transformed Captain Atomic, Atomic Puppet possesses all his powers, allowing them to effortlessly take on the same threats the Captain did - even despite the challenges that come with their unusual partnership.

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  • Action Duo: As the main superheroes of the show, all the fighting they do is a team effort.
  • Badass Cape: Joey's yellow one and AP's red one.
  • Bash Brothers: Always fighting bad guys, saving the city, and on the search for villains as a team.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: Joey and AP, respectively.
  • Brains and Brawn: Who is who depends on the situation, but Joey typically acts as the brains while AP is the brawn.
  • Calling Your Attacks: "ATOMIC PUNCH!!", "ATOMIC WINDMILL!!", "ATOMIC KICK!!", "ATOMIC...", well, you get the idea.
  • Catchphrase:
    • Whenever they transform:
    "It's Atomic Time!"
    • Whenever they defeat the threat of the episode:
    "Victory pose!"
  • Chest Insignia: AP has one all the time, but Joey gains one when he transforms.
  • Chronic Hero Syndrome: If there's a problem nearby, they will immediately head to help. Though AP might need some convincing first, particularly if it involves Mookie.
  • Foil: To each other. Joey is a scrawny everyday kid who was catapulted into the life of a superhero by gaining superpowers from Captain Atomic's Puppet Permutation, while AP was a muscular celebrity crimefighter who was suddenly thrown into a more mundane life when he was rendered powerless by the same transformation. Joey is humble, friendly, and can be quite sensible for his age at times, while AP is arrogant, rude, and surprisingly immature sometimes. Joey's civilian life plays a prominent role in the series while we know absolutely nothing about AP's secret identity (assuming he even had one) before he was transformed.
  • Fusion Dance: It involves placing AP on Joey's hand. This results in both of them gaining outfits resembling Captain Atomic's outfit, alongside superpowers and, in AP's case, a more humanoid form.
  • Henshin Hero: Neither of them have superpowers until they perform their Fusion Dance, also gaining their costume in the process.
  • Let's Get Dangerous! / Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: They may be some dorky kid and his egotistical talking sock puppet, but make no mistake — when the bad guys are out and about, it's atomic time.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: An ordinary 12-year-old kid and a superhero-turned-sock puppet who is implied to be at least in his late 30s.
  • Odd Friendship: A boy is friends with a hand puppet who used to be a superhero. Yep, they qualify.
  • Primary-Color Champion: Their blue costume, inherited from Captain Atomic.
  • Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: AP is the rude hero (or at least extremely smug) and Joey is his much nicer sidekick.
  • Victory Pose: The duo performs this whenever they win a battle.

     Joseph "Joey" Felt 
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Voiced by: Eric Bauza (English); Maxime Desjardins (Canadian French)
A 12-year-old fanboy of Captain Atomic and longtime avid consumer of superhero comic books, Joey is an excitable and good-natured kid who is utterly ecstatic to be the successor and partner of Captain Atomic (now a sock puppet known as AP). Able to reactivate AP's lost powers by placing him on his hand, Joey is determined to prove himself worthy of fighting alongside his favorite superhero and show him Atomic Puppet can be a worthy successor to the Captain.

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  • Anime Hair: Has a pretty large spiky hairdo.
  • Ascended Fanboy: Is Captain Atomic's biggest fan, and now he not only lives with him, but he gets to fight with him too.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: He's a pretty friendly kid and generally willing to help others when necessary, but when the bad guys threaten those he cares about, they can expect to have their asses handed in hard.
  • Big Brother Instinct: Towards his sister Abbie on multiple occasions.
  • Character Development: A little more subtle than AP’s, but Joey becomes more heroic and confident as the show goes on, and sheds his more fanboyish characteristics as he gets used to the superhero life and gets AP to accept his new existence.
  • Characterization Marches On: He was initially presented as something of a Cloud Cuckoolander, but this is largely dropped early on to have him better play as The Straight Man to AP.
  • Consulting Mister Puppet: Joey typically makes sure to bring AP along whenever he goes out. It's more justified than most examples, since otherwise he can't turn into a superhero to save the day.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes becomes this when it comes to AP and his ego.
  • Distressed Dude: In several episodes, like "Erlenmeyer's Revenge" and "Private Proton". AP is usually forced to team up with Pauline to save the day.
  • Embarrassing Nickname: His mother calls him "Jo-Jo".
  • Empowered Badass Normal: Whenever he puts AP on his hand.
  • Fanboy: Of Captain Atomic. Hi room is filled with Captain Atomic memorabilia.
  • Foil: His status as Captain Atomic’s sidekick makes him one to Mookie. Whereas Mookie was shown to be a useless and incompetent sidekick that Captain Atomic never needed to help save the day, Joey having to put AP on his hand to reactivate his powers is literally the only way Captain Atomic can save the day now. Also, Mookie is obsessed with being respected and adored as a hero, while Joey is pretty happy with just having the privilege of helping Captain Atomic fight crime. These differences reflect Captain Atomic’s attitude towards them, as he found Mookie to be mostly annoying and pathetic, but genuinely respects Joey and considers him a true partner rather than a mere sidekick (albeit after some Character Development).
  • Future Badass: In the Bad Future presented in the Christmas Episode, although he gets killed by Professor Tite-Gripp.
    AP: Woah! So much for those "spaghetti arms"!
  • Heroic Host: Acts as one to AP whenever he wears him in his hand.
  • Hypercompetent Sidekick: While AP is no slouch at fighting crime, his ability to do so rests almost entirely on the fact that he must rely on Joey for his powers.
  • Instant Costume Change: Joey's superhero costume is the result of him putting AP on his hand, so it may be a case of Clothes Make the Superman.
  • It Must Be Mine!: How he feels about his Captain Atomic action figure collection. Once he finds out there's a 133rd action figure, he immediately does everything he can to get it, up to and including fighting Mintenberg's giant boxer robot.
  • Keet: He can be extremely excitable sometimes, especially if it involves anything related to his fanboy obsession for Captain Atomic or the other superheroes.
  • Kid Hero: He's 12, and is basically the next Captain Atomic since AP isn't exactly capable without him.
  • Kid Sidekick: What he technically is to AP, although he (correctly) considers himself more of a partner.
  • Meaningful Name: Kid named "Felt" gets a superpowered puppet. What are the odds?
  • Nice Guy: He's a lot friendlier and more polite than AP and also really cares about his friends and family.
  • Noodle People: According to AP anyway, who is bothered by his "spaghetti arms".
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: His name is Joseph, but the only person who ever calls him that regularly is Princess War Tickle.
  • Secret Identity: Joey has to keep it secret from everyone (except Pauline, Mookie, and the other superheroes) that he and his sock puppet are Atomic Puppet.
  • Secret-Keeper: Joey keeps the unfortunate event of Captain Atomic's transformation a secret from citizens and villains, and hides the fact that AP can talk and that he and AP are Atomic Puppet.
  • The Straight Man: To AP, since Joey serves to deflate AP's ego by being the only way for him to reuse his old superpowers.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: His relationship with Phil has shades of this as Phil thinks that Joey is in danger of going soft from "playing with that stupid sock". This finally changes when he reveals that he is Atomic Puppet in "The Big Shift".
  • Youthful Freckles: A couple, although they're not visible in superhero form.

     AP (formerly Captain Atomic) 
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Voiced by: Eric Bauza (English); François Sasseville (Canadian French)

A feisty and tenacious talking sock puppet who was formerly Mega City's greatest superhero and defender of over 30 years, Captain Atomic. Although he has been stripped of his superpowers and celebrity status by this transformation, AP retains all his pride and hotheadedness. And after years of taking on every supervillain entirely on his own, he finds it difficult to accept that he now must rely on Joey in order to continue defending his beloved city.

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  • Action Hero: His typical method of dealing with almost any problem is with a good old beatdown.
  • Affectionate Nickname: AP is intended to be short for Atomic Puppet.
  • Ambiguously Bi: AP has shown interest in women several times, but his friendships with Travis and the Justice Alliance are loaded with Ho Yay.
  • Animate Inanimate Object: Despite now being a sock puppet, Captain Atomic can still talk, walk, blink, and even consume food.
  • Awesome Ego: In-Universe. Captain Atomic is awesome and he'll make sure everyone knows it. And being turned into a puppet had no effect on it.
  • Blood Knight: Always eager to fight bad guys, both to save the day and because he likes to.
  • Break the Haughty: His transformation into a sock puppet was a big one for him after years of celebrity status among the people of Mega City. He slowly learns to accept his new lot in life over the series.
  • Brought Down to Badass: Captain Atomic may no longer be able to use his superpowers as AP (except when Joey is involved), but that doesn't stop him from being able to stand up against most of his enemies.
    AP: Puppet or not, I still got it!
  • Buttmonkey: Most of the slapstick in the show happens to him since he's a sock puppet.
  • Captain Superhero: Was known as "Captain Atomic" back when he was a human.
  • Celebrity Superhero: Many flashbacks of his time as Captain Atomic depict him as this.
  • Character Development: As the series goes on, AP shows a lot more respect towards Joey and a more sensitive side as he slowly learns to accept his new powerless existence.
  • Companion Cube: Is sorta one to Joey, but also has one himself in the form of Travis, a Ken-like doll owned by Abbie. As he explains, it's because they're both epitomes of masculinity trapped in the bodies of kids' toys.
  • Equippable Ally: Putting him on Joey's hand transforms both of them into superpowered versions of each other.
  • Expy: He bore a strong resemblance to Captain America back when he was Captain Atomic.
  • Flying Brick: Which Captain Atomic passed on to Atomic Puppet.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Sure, AP will save you from any threat, but don't expect him to be particularly polite about it.
  • Good Is Not Soft: Except for that one time he got a big dose of fabric softener and became a gentle pacifist.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Annoy him? Have a fun trip to the sun!
  • Hand Puppet: Thanks to Mookie, although as far as everyone else knows, Captain Atomic just "mysteriously vanished".
  • Hurl It into the Sun: His preferred method of dealing with problems.
  • Improvised Parachute: AP is used as one sometimes since he's a sock puppet. Has saved Joey's life on more than one occasion.
  • It's All About Me: A lot. He still admires depictions of himself, even as a puppet.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he is most certainly short-tempered, egotistical, and eager to pick a fight, he also genuinely cares for the noble cause of justice, loves his city and its citizens, and sees Joey as a true partner in crime fighting, rather than just a kid sidekick (though it takes him a while to accept that). He's also a lot more sensitive than he lets on, which becomes more evident as the series progresses.
  • Lantern Jaw of Justice: As Captain Atomic. He still has shades of it as a puppet.
  • Large Ham: A holdover from his Captain Atomic days, as AP is a serious drama queen and just loves to chew the scenery.
    AP: Who needs super gadgets when you've got superpowers?! (strikes a pose)
  • The Leader: Was this to the Justice Alliance before he got turned into AP.
  • Life of the Party: Considers himself to be one.
  • Manchild: He may have been protecting Mega City for over 30 years, but he sure doesn't act that way. For example, he tends to get comically overemotional over various things, such as when Joey starts hanging out with Mookie in "Private Proton".
    AP: Don't worry AP, he'll be back. (pauses and starts wailing) Oh, who am I kidding? No, he won't! Just look at me! I was once the world's greatest superhero, and now I'm nothing but a lousy, handsome puppet! (starts crying to himself)
  • Mysterious Past: Despite his starring role in the series, almost nothing is revealed about how his backstory, such as how he became a superhero or ended up with Mookie as his sidekick, and his presence in Mega City is treated as a constant of the past (although given that he was the city's defender for over 30 years, that's understandable). The series never even touches upon whether he ever had a Secret Identity or not, treating him as if his entire pre-Puppet Permutation life revolved around his superhero career and celebrity status. This especially stands out given how "Bucket List" delved into Joey's past and revealed how he became a Captain Atomic fan.
  • The Napoleon: Not as Captain Atomic, but for a little sock puppet, AP sure is feisty, since he's still got the ego of Captain Atomic.
  • Narcissist: He is very, very, very fond of his image and reputation. To paraphrase something Joey once semi-jokingly said, "If you know the captain, you know how much he loves it when people are talking about him".
  • Never My Fault: Very prone to this, especially in earlier episodes, as he's too egotistical to ever admit to causing a problem.
  • Noodle Incident: How he got transformed from a superhero to a sock puppet is never fully explained.
  • Objectshifting: The entire premise of the show is that he's Mega City's greatest superhero reduced to the form of a powerless talking sock puppet.
  • One-Man Army: As Captain Atomic, he was able to singlehandedly deal with almost every threat to Mega City. "Bend It Like Joey" shows a good example of this, as he was able to take on alien invaders entirely by himself (albeit in soccer games). The fact that he now needs Joey to do anything and succeed is something he finds difficult to swallow.
  • Pride: Puppet or man, AP sure has an ego.
  • Pungeon Master: Frequently makes a pun after defeating a villain.
  • Puppet Permutation: Thanks to Mookie, although how it was done is unexplained.
  • Smug Super: Even as a puppet, Captain Atomic is very smug to people, and his typical solution to people who annoy him is to throw them into the sun.
  • Was Once a Man: He used to be a human before being transformed into a puppet.

     Pauline Bell 
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Voiced by: Lisa Norton (English); Évelyne Gélinas (Canadian French)
Joey's best friend and the only person in Mega City with more obsessed with superhero comic books than he is. She works at the local comic book shop Cosmic Comix, which happens to be owned by her uncle. Confident but impulsive, Pauline is the only civilian who knows that Joey is Atomic Puppet and that AP was formerly Captain Atomic, and thus often helps them fight the bad guys - even depite having nothing except her sassy attitude and quick wits.

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  • A Day in the Limelight: "Sword Sisters" is focused very heavily on her, particularly regarding her place as Joey's Muggle Best Friend and primary ally.
  • Badass Adorable: Pretty dang cute and just as capable of helping Atomic Puppet take out the bad guys. Even moreso as Sword Sister naturally.
  • Badass Normal: Although she has no superpowers (except when she became Sword Sister), she's usually clever and resourceful enough to stand toe on toe with most of the show's villains.
  • Berserk Button: As seen in "Sword Sisters", Pauline hates being called a sidekick and being told she can't be a hero. When AP drops the latter on her, she's quick to get up to his face and warn him not to push it. And she gave Professor Tite-Gripp a hell of a beating for dismissing her as Atomic Puppet's sidekick.
  • Birds of a Feather: She and Joey are basically the two biggest superhero nerds in their school and probably all of Mega City. No wonder they're such good friends.
  • Boyish Short Hair: It's coloured pink though.
  • Characterization Marches On: Her first appearance, "Atomic Detention", presented her as an example of Women Are Wiser to Joey and AP's wacky shenanigans, but starting from "Sword Sisters" (and especially in the second half of the show), she was characterized more as Joey's sassier and more impulsive female counterpart and the duo's most dependable ally.
  • Cool Uncle: Her uncle's the owner of Cosmic Comix (where she works at) and taught her everything she knows about superheroes (which is everything).
  • Deadpan Snarker: Her typical attitude.
    Joey: If my parents show up, cover for me.
    Pauline: Don't I always...
  • The Gadfly: She loves to mess with AP as well as any villains she helps Atomic Puppet against.
  • Improbable Age: Although she's only 12, she already has a job at the local comic book store, though it's somewhat justified since her uncle owns the place.
  • Invisible Parents: Her parents have never been seen or mentioned anywhere. Her aforementioned Cool Uncle is never seen or mentioned in the show either.
  • Last-Name Basis: Usually calls Joey "Felt".
  • Muggle Best Friend: To Joey.
    Joey: If only we had a non-superhero friend who could help us.
    Pauline: Very subtle, Felt.
  • Noodle People: Even moreso than Joey.
  • Otaku Surrogate: She's a huge comic book geek, only (barely) rivalled by Joey.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: She and Joey are the best of friends, and they've known each other since they were in preschool. The breakup of their friendship in the Christmas Episode's Bad Future is a major turning point for Joey in that timeline.
  • Secret-Keeper: She is the only one who knows about Joey's secret identity and what happened to Captain Atomic (aside from Mookie).
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With AP on multiple occasions, such as "Erlenmeyer's Revenge" and "Worm Boy". It probably has something to do with AP's ego not meshing well with her sassy attitude.
    AP: Just what I needed! Another kid telling me what to do!
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Despite having pink hair and wearing purple and pink, Pauline is pretty tomboyish as seen in her short hair, clothes, personality, and interests.

As Sword Sister

  • Action Girl: What she starts as.
    • Dark Action Girl: What she turns into as the Sword of Enlightenment's power corrupts her.
  • Alliterative Name: Sword Sister
  • Badass Cape: Part of her costume.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Her introduction is saving Joey and AP from Professor Tite-Gripp by slicing up a car he threw at them before defeating Tite-Gripp in about a minute.
  • Catchphrase: "Sword Sister is ready to rock!". Though she only says it once, AP calls it a catchphrase.
  • Cool Helmet: A winged one that looks sorta like Princess War Tickle's.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom: Her eyes glow pink when the sword's power drives her mad.
  • Rollerblade Good: A pair of golden roller skates is part of her costume.
  • Superpowers For A Day: Due to Princess War Tickle getting the Sword of Enlightenment back and putting it safely away in its power-controlling scabbard. Pauline is a bit disappointed, but War Tickle praises her for her great potential to become a real superhero and for giving up such incredible power.
    Princess War Tickle: Using powers is easy, but giving it up is the true test.
  • Temporarily a Villain: Due to the power of the Sword of Enlightenment corrupting her. It takes the strength of Princess War Tickle and Atomic Puppet together to wrest the sword and its power away from her.
    Pauline: I guess the power of the sword kinda got to me.
    Princess War Tickle: Verily. But powers alone do not make one strong, youngling.
  • With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: On the receiving end, thanks to the Sword of Enlightenment.
  • Wonder Woman Wannabe: Her costume is meant to resemble that of the series' resident Wonder Woman Wannabe, Princess War Tickle. And like Princess War Tickle, Pauline's Sword Sister outfit has the same Greco-Roman Amazon warrior princess theme as Wonder Woman or Xena.

     The Justice Alliance 
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Left to Right: Crimson Beacon, Commander Cavalier, and Robo-Ron
Voiced by: Robert Tinkler (Commander Cavalier), Martin Roach (Robo-Ron), N/A (Crimson Beacon)

A team of superheroes tasked with defending the greater galaxy from their flying skyscraper headquarters. Captain Atomic was formerly the leader of these heroes, but following his "disappearance", Atomic Puppet has joined the gang as their newest member (despite some initial reluctance from AP). They are composed of:

Commander Cavalier, a dashingly handsome (if exceptionally self-admiring) hero with heat vision powers whose perfectly tanned muscles are only matched in size by his heart. As the former second-in-command to Captain Atomic, he has taken the reins of leader of the Justice Alliance in his absence.

Robo-Ron, a cycborg superhero who communicates entirely through robotic beatbox. While he doesn't have much in the way of strength compared to the others, his super-genius intellect gives him a knack for developing a wide variety of gadgets and full knowledge of the Justice Alliance headquarters' inner workings.

Crimson Beacon, a red superhero with fiery hair who never says a word. While not much is known about him personality-wise, he has become the new second-in-command of the Justice Alliance and can conjure almost any tool imaginable using the red energy spheres equipped to his wrists.

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Commander Cavalier

  • Achilles' Heel: Reflective surfaces because he can't stop admiring himself. Show him a mirror and he'll instantly stop to take a look at his own physique.
  • Alliterative Name: Commander Cavalier.
  • Ambiguously Gay: He acts and looks somewhat camp and is often seen with his arm hoisted around Crimson Beacon's shoulder (and even holding hands with him) for unclear reasons.
  • Chest Insignia: The only thing on his chest.
  • Expy: Of Superman. AP briefly mentioned that he came from another planet and his primary ability is heat vision. His obsession with his appearance also brings to mind Booster Gold.
  • Eye Beams: His main superpower.
  • Flying Brick: Much like Captain Atomic.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: As if to match the colour of his body and hair, he's got the biggest heart of gold of all the superheroes in the show.
  • Human Aliens: If AP is to be believed.
  • The Lancer: Formerly of the Justice Alliance to Captain Atomic. Has become the leader with Captain Atomic's transformation into AP.
  • Narcissist: He is incredibly obsessed with his good looks and will always take the opportunity to admire himself in a mirror. Despite that however, he's a very nice person and a fairly competent superhero.
  • Nice Guy: Despite his infatuation with his own good looks, he's extremely friendly and kindhearted in contrast to the smug and short-tempered Captain Atomic.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Huge chest, small waist.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: To show off his chiseled body. Whenever he does wear a shirt, he still has his chest exposed.

Robo-Ron

  • Achilles' Heel: Nanobots short-circuit him.
  • Cyber Cyclops: Has a single purple robotic visor-shaped eye.
  • Cyborg: Never explicitly called one, but his appearance makes it obvious he is.
  • Do-Anything Robot: For a cyborg superhero, he has a lot of gadgets that seem rather unpractical, like a phonograph and windshield wipers.
  • Expy: Of Cyborg for obvious reasons, with some elements of Robocop.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: Most of the Justice Alliance's special weapons and tools are of his design.
  • My Brain Is Big: Contained in a large purple tank above his head.
  • The Smart Guy: Of the Justice Alliance.
  • The Unintelligible: Speaks entirely in robotic beatbox.
  • Weak, but Skilled: He is considered to be the least powerful member of the Justice Alliance, but compensates with his super-genius intellect and variety of gadgets.

Crimson Beacon

  • Achilles' Heel: His Green Lantern-esque powers mean prisms neutralize his abilities.
  • Expy: Of Green Lantern, as seen in his name and powers. His appearance does bring to mind Firestorm for some, however.
  • Flaming Hair: It's been extinguished on several occasions.
  • The Lancer: Has taken on the role after Commander Cavalier's promotion to leader of the Justice Alliance.
  • Red Is Heroic: Technically, it's crimson.
  • The Voiceless: Has never spoken a word.

     Princess War Tickle 
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Voiced by: Kristina Nicoll

A mighty Amazonian superheroine of incredible power and beauty. Despite her silly name, Princess War Tickle is the only superhero in the world who outstrips Captain Atomic in sheer power, much to the latter's chagrin. Wielding the Sword of Enlightenment, she is tasked with protecting the multiverse from her floating palace in the Everrealm.

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  • Action Girl: Considered one of the most powerful superheroes and has certainly proven it more than once.
  • Always Someone Better: The reason why AP can't stand her.
    Pauline: I just got props from the greatest superhero of all time!
    AP: You mean, second greatest.
    War Tickle: Nope, she means greatest! You've got some catching up to do, Captain Atomic.
  • Atrocious Alias: Her silly name doesn't stop her from being a total badass though.
  • Battle Cry: A very distinctive yodel that AP finds to be very annoying.
  • Big Good: Is often seen as one amongst the superheroes with the disappearance of Captain Atomic.
  • Cool Helmet: A winged one.
  • Cool Sword: The Sword of Enlightenment, which can steal power and is so strong that it can drive ordinary people who use it mad (as Pauline experienced).
  • Floating Continent: Her home. Think something like Themyscira in space.
  • Guardian of the Multiverse: Her duty, hence her ability to open portals.
  • The Rival: To AP, who doesn't like her very much since she's the only superhero considered by the people to be greater than he is. War Tickle, on the other hand, merely finds AP to be somewhat obnoxious.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: AP even refers her as "an old frenemy".
  • Wonder Woman Wannabe: She has a lot of Wonder Woman's characteristics, such as her strength, her weapons, her Amazon-like appearance, and her Greco-Roman aesthetics, although one can also draw parallels to Xena.
  • Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Her manner of speaking.

Evildoers

     Mookie (Sergeant Subatomic) 
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Voiced by: Peter Oldring (English); Pierre Chagnon (Canadian French)

The former sidekick of Captain Atomic. Mookie (or Sergeant Subatomic, the Nuclear Boy, as he prefers to be known) was the one who turned Captain Atomic into AP after years of jealousy and bitterness from living in his shadow and being dismissed by everyone for his uselessness to the Captain. Still disgruntled with his failed betrayal, he dreams of being lauded as a superhero in his own right, but lacks the skills and charisma to do anything a true hero can do.

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  • Basement-Dweller: His "secret lair" is his mother's basement (he used to have Captain Atomic's old lair, but he accidentally destroyed it).
  • Berserk Button: Hates being called Mookie. As he typically says whenever someone calls him by his name, "It's Sergeant Subatomic!"
  • Big Bad Wannabe: Is the reason Captain Atomic became a puppet and seeks to replace Atomic Puppet as Mega City's protector, but at the same time, he's not seen as a villain by most people and is usually pretty inept. This changes, however, once he has had enough of being belittled and humiliated by everyone, taking on several levels of badass and not only becoming a competent threat in the season 1 finale, but also gets to start working with Tite-Gripp directly after his defeat.
  • Bumbling Sidekick: Used to be one for Captain Atomic, taking the brunt of the abuse from Atomic's jerkassery. Deconstructed, as Captain Atomic's impatience with Mookie's incompetence and the constant humiliation Mookie experienced made him envious of Captain Atomic's celebrity status, which is why he turned Captain Atomic into AP.
    Captain Atomic (in a flashback): You wanna surprise me? How about you take one step without screwing up?!
    (Mookie walks off hurt and muttering to himself)
    Hero of Holidays Past, Present, and Future (watching the flashback with AP): Oooh, harsh. And you wonder why he turned you into a puppet.
  • Butt-Monkey: Although treated as Atomic Puppet's rival, he tends to suffer a lot of misfortune, such as having a toilet seat glued to his butt, being used as a human shield, swelling like a balloon from swallowing a power crystal, and being caught naked in front of everyone in Mega City.
  • Create Your Own Hero: Atomic Puppet's partnership owes its very existence to him, as he was the one who turned Captain Atomic into AP, and it's implied he was originally meant to be AP's wielder and not Joey.
  • Create Your Own Villain: Captain Atomic's poor attitude towards Mookie was part of what drove him to try and steal his power in the first place. Later on, the continued rejection and defeats from Mega City's people and Atomic Puppet respectively, turned him into a full-blown evildoer in "The Big Shift".
  • Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the Bumbling Sidekick. Mookie was incredibly useless to Captain Atomic and was dismissed by everyone for it (including Captain Atomic himself). As a result, he lived his whole career in Captain Atomic's shadow, becoming incredibly bitter and envious of Captain Atomic and leading him to try and overthrow Captain Atomic and replace him. His disgruntlement with his lack of respect is the prime motivation for his misdeeds, but his incompetence continues to be his downfall. Then being pushed past the brink in regards to being abused and belittled by everyone ends up making him snap, throw away the desire to be a hero and instead become a full-blown villain, which he proves surprisingly effective at.
  • Distressed Dude: Whenever his latest scheme to outdo Atomic Puppet turns against him. "Mookie's Got the Power" is a good example.
  • Driven by Envy: The primary reason why he tried to replace Captain Atomic and continues to try and overthrow Atomic Puppet is because he wants to prove to Mega City that he is actually the greatest hero the city has seen.
  • Engineered Heroics: Many of his schemes tend to revolve around this. Typically, he releases a monster or causes some damage that he pins on a villain before coming in to "rescue" Mega City, and thus become its hero. But due to his bumbling, he usually ends up having to be saved by Atomic Puppet instead.
  • Fallen Hero: A downplayed example, as he's not considered a real villain until "The Big Shift" but even beforehand he wasn't exactly a paragon of justice.
  • Fat Bastard: Quite pudgy and extremely egotistical and greedy.
  • Fat Slob: When he's at home. Joey and AP are pretty revolted when they accidentally stumble upon him like that.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: He's shown to be capable of building a wide variety of inventions that he uses for his schemes, such as his utility belt and whatever he had used to turn Captain Atomic into AP.
  • Gag Nose: A rotund orangey nose.
  • Glory Hound: He'll stop at nothing to prove to the citizens of Mega City that he's the hero they deserve instead, even if it means turning a superhero into a puppet or creating some villains of his own to defeat.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: His longtime bitterness towards the constant adulation that Captain Atomic received led him to try and take the glory for himself by turning Captain Atomic into a sock puppet.
  • Harmless Villain: Generally treated as one by AP. He usually lives up to it. Not so much by the season 1 finale.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Barely considered a threat by Joey and AP for most of the series and generally incredibly inept, despite having successfully turned Captain Atomic into a puppet. By the time of Season 1's finale, however, he successfully changes this and becomes a credible threat.
  • Jerkass: He's self-centered, envious, bitter, and only interested in being venerated by the people of Mega City.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Mookie always tries to replace Captain Atomic and Atomic Puppet as Mega City's hero, only to be laughed at and humiliated. "Hero Hall of Fame" is a good example, as Mookie tries to seize the opportunity for fame when Captain Atomic is inducted into the Hero Hall of Fame. Not only did Captain Atomic's fans hate him, but his plan to destroy the Captain Atomic statue ended up with him naked and being laughed at by them.
  • The Load: Befitting of his Bumbling Sidekick status, a montage in "Hero Hall of Fame" shows that Mookie never really helped Captain Atomic as his sidekick, implying he was only his sidekick to ride the coattails of Captain Atomic to glory.
  • Mama's Boy: When not in costume, he relies on his scooter bike-bound mother to help him out heavily.
  • Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Flashbacks show that Captain Atomic was overly-critical and dismissive of Mookie's efforts, which goes a long way towards explaining why Mookie became envious and turned against him. AP's been called out on this a few times.
    Joey (after AP talks about a superglue prank he pulled on Mookie all the time): And you wonder why he turned you into a puppet.
  • Never My Fault: In "The Big Shift", Mookie lashes out at the people of Mega City for never accepting him as a hero, despite the fact that he's usually the one causing problems by creating monsters and working together with villains so he can get credit for "defeating" them afterwards.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain / Took a Level in Badass: Elevated to the position of one in "The Big Shift" when he quits the wannabe superhero act and gets sent to jail, where he teams up with Tite-Gripp.
  • Older Than They Look: Although he appears to be around 18, his actual age is apparently about 35.
  • The Rival: To Atomic Puppet. Just barely.
  • Secondary Color Nemesis: His purple costume works in contrast to Atomic Puppet's blue one.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: In contrast to Captain Atomic, Mookie never quite lives up to his own self-perceived greatness, thanks to his incompetence and general uselessness around Captain Atomic.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Atomic Puppet in some episodes, such as "Atomic Goo" and "Parallel Puppet".
  • Utility Belt: It's what he uses to fly, although it doesn't always do what he wants.
  • The Villain Knows Where You Live: Unlike all the other villains, he is fully aware of Atomic Puppet's secret identity and that AP is in fact Captain Atomic. He's even visited Joey's house a few times for various schemes.
  • Villain Team-Up: With Professor Tite-Gripp in the Season 1 finale.
  • Villainous Breakdown: The entirety of "The Big Shift" is this for him, as he transforms from being an ineffectual wannabe hero to an actual evildoer. It starts with the simple act of lashing out at Mega City and telling them he got rid of Captain Atomic by throwing him into the Sun, and climaxes in him becoming a sadistic, megalomaniacal psycho intent on destroying Mega City with his new Powered Armour.
  • Villains With Good Publicity: Because nobody (except Joey and Pauline) is aware that Mookie was responsible for Captain Atomic's "disappearance", the townspeople see him mostly as just another superhero, albeit much, much less popular than Captain Atomic or the Justice Alliance. Finally lifted from him in "The Big Shift" when he tells Mega City he destroyed Captain Atomic.

     Professor Tite-Gripp 
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Voiced by: Rick Miller
An evil genius who combines a cruel and calculating intellect with enormous mechanical arms of his own design that grant him superhuman strength. Professor Tite-Gripp was Captain Atomic's greatest enemy and among Mega City's most ruthless villains. Having been sentenced to life in prison not long before Captain Atomic became AP, he seeks to take advantage of his archnemesis' "disappearance" and eliminate Atomic Puppet so that Mega City can be his to ravage.

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  • A Degree in Useless: He's a professor in "opening things". Though in a slight twist, his degree is actually quite useful in his criminal activities — opening bank vaults, prison cells, and his enemies' skulls.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Very dark skin, but no clear confirmation. His face is pure white though, presumably face paint to imitate a skull.
  • Archenemy: Was this to Captain Atomic. Even against Atomic Puppet, he's probably their biggest enemy who poses an actual threat to them.
  • Artificial Limbs: Both of his ginormous arms.
  • Artificial Limbs Are Stronger: The source of his incredible strength is his mechanical arms, capable of crushing cars and digging holes in the sides of buildings.
  • Card-Carrying Villain: Takes a lot of delight in doing evil things and openly refers himself as the wickedest villain in Mega City.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: In later episodes, Joey and AP have gotten so used to his tendency to break his promises and fake his redemption that they've even used it against him.
  • The Dreaded: The people of Mega City consider him the most fearsome villain of them all.
  • Enemy Mine: Joey and AP team up with him in "Atomic Weakness" to put an end to Chief Kevlar's power trip and destroy the power-draining meteorite (although they instead tell him it's the source of their powers since it would make no sense for him to want to destroy his enemy's weakness).
  • Evil Sounds Deep: His voice, while normally calm, still carries a menacing air to it.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Although he acts calm and honorable, Tite-Gripp will always betray his words if it benefits him. For example, in his first appearance, he "promises" to Joey and AP that he is a reformed man when they have to free him to get AP out of a pickle jar. Tite-Gripp does open the jar, but immediately breaks out of his prison to terrorize Mega City.
  • Future Badass: In a vision of a Bad Future shown in "Hero's Holiday", he actually succeeded in conquering Mega City, and even killed Joey.
  • Genius Bruiser: As his title of "professor" would indicate. He did build his inhumanly strong mechanical arms, after all.
  • I Lied: Tite-Gripp is endlessly fond of doing this to get the better of his enemies, though most of them wise up to it after their first deception. In "Atomic Weakness", it gets used against him when Joey and AP ask him to steal Chief Kevlar's power-draining meteorite and tell him it's the source of their powers, knowing that he would destroy it rather than give it to the duo as he promised.
  • Institutional Apparel: A large orange jumpsuit is his usual attire, due to being in prison most of the time.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Despite his enormous bionic arms and huge chest, Tite-Gripp is extremely fast, quite capable of dashing through the city and making huge leaps.
  • Mad Scientist: Which he combines with his incredible strength to make for a formidable foe.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Very fond of messing with heroes' emotions in order to deceive them. For example, in "Soft Spot", he tricks a gone-soft AP into believing he really just needs a hug and claims to have reformed after receiving one on live television. Almost immediately afterwards, he begins rampaging around the city, to the horror of the devastated AP, who Tite-Gripp is able to ruthlessly pummel with ease because of it.
  • Meaningful Name: His huge mechanical arms sure do give him a tight grip.
  • Primal Stance: His usual way of walking, which is reasonable when you consider the size of his arms.
  • Soft-Spoken Sadist: While he's perfectly capable of shouting when he wants to, Professor Tite-Gripp usually speaks in a very calm manner befitting of his Faux Affably Evil personality.
  • Tailor-Made Prison: His jail cell has him hung up on the ceiling by massive manacles, since he could simply break out of any other prison with his bionic limbs.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Tiny waist compared to his enormous arms and chest. He also has a comparatively small head to go with it.
  • Villain Team-Up: With Mookie in the Season 1 finale.

     Ms. Erlenmeyer (Queen Mindbender) 
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Left: Ms. Erlenmeyer. Right: Queen Mindbender
Voiced by: Kristina Nicoll

Formerly Joey's bitter-hearted science teacher, Ms. Erlenmeyer was accidentally driven to madness by AP when he attempted to rescue Joey from detention in a misguided effort to thwart her "villainy". However, she took this as a welcome change, for it gave her some time to rethink her life path and find a husband - specifically an alien entity from another dimension that gave her a new purpose in life: to destroy Atomic Puppet and take over the world.

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  • Another Dimension: It's where her king comes from and where she was transformed from a bitter teacher to a superpowered evildoer.
  • Apathetic Teacher: She hated her job and the students, so the descent into supervillainy was a welcome change for her.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: "Atomic Detention" was a one-off story until her return in "Erlenmeyer's Revenge".
  • Cool Crown: Her horned gem-encrusted headdress as Queen Mindbender, which amplifies her psychic abilities.
  • Create Your Own Villain: She never really was evil in the first place, just really nasty. Unfortunately, AP didn't understand that.
  • The Dreaded: Even AP is visibly terrified whenever Queen Mindbender shows up to cause trouble.
  • Eldritch Abomination: Her unseen master/husband.
  • Evil Old Folks: Well, originally just really ill-tempered.
  • Evil Teacher: And they don't come much more evil than the bride of an Eldritch Abomination!
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: From simply a very harsh teacher to the queen of an Eldritch Abomination and one of Atomic Puppet's most dangerous foes.
  • God Save Us from the Queen!: Describes her master as the king.
  • Green and Mean: One of the side effects of her transformation.
  • He Who Must Not Be Seen: Her husband. All that's really clear about his identity is that he's from another dimension and he seems to be some kind of Eldritch Abomination.
  • Humanoid Abomination: As a result of her transformation.
  • Jerkass: She's the kind of teacher who sends students to hours-long detention for petty things like talking during a test.
  • Knight of Cerebus: In "Erlenmeyer's Revenge". Her reappearance in "Lil' AP" was a lot more comedic though.
  • Mind Control: What she always does to Mega City's citizens to convince them to summon her master.
  • My Brain Is Big: As a result of her encounter with her master. It increases with her power.
  • Nothing Is Scarier: Her husband's identity. Exactly WHAT did Ms. Erlenmeyer encounter that transformed her into Queen Mindbender?
  • Power Floats: Always as Queen Mindbender.
  • Punny Name: An Erlenmeyer flask is a common science beaker, and Ms. Erlenmeyer was a science teacher.
  • Sadist Teacher: The display skeleton in her classroom is made from the last student who crossed her. Then she got worse.
  • Sanity Slippage: How she became evil before metamorphosing into Queen Mindbender.
  • Stupidity-Inducing Attack: In "Lil' AP", she reduces the intelligence of all the adults in Mega City to that of children in an effort to make their brains easier to manipulate. Unfortunately, it also came with all the difficulties of working with children.
  • Touched by Vorlons: Ms. Erlenmeyer became Queen Mindbender by coming in contact with an alien entity after becoming evil.
  • Unholy Matrimony: Her relationship with her king.

     Zorp 
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Voiced by: Robert Tinkler

A renowned extraterrestrial warlord who has come to Earth following the news of Captain Atomic's "disappearance" with the intention of capturing the citizens of Mega City to serve as food at the Intergalactic Potluck. What he hasn't counted on however is that Mega City has a new hero who's all too ready to throw a wrench into his meal plans.

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  • Aliens Are Bastards: Always.
  • Badass Cape: His jagged black-and-red cape.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: He was originally an unnamed one-shot villain, accompanied by identical minions in "Pizza Planet". His return in "Monster Truck Invasion" gave him more a distinct-looking henchman in the short, pudgy, long-suffering Flert and also gave him a name. The Sequel Hook at the end of his return episode also cemented his role as a recurring villain.
  • Ditto Aliens: All his minions (except Flert) look exactly like him. The difference is that his robes have a collar and a cape.
  • Expy: Clearly modeled after the aliens from Mars Attacks!
  • Flying Saucer: His primary vehicle. He also commands flying saucer drones.
  • Galactic Conqueror: His normal occupation when not trying To Serve Man.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom: Yellow eyes.
  • High Collar of Doom: Which has a similar design to his cape.
  • Jerkass: Particularly towards his lackey Flert.
  • Lean and Mean: Probably the most slender member of the Rogues Gallery, but also one of the most ruthless.
  • Little Green Men: Although he's as tall as a human, he is definitely based on the stereotype.
  • My Brain Is Big: Has a very large cranium.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Often feels this ways about his minions, especially Flert.
  • To Serve Man: His goal is to serve the people of Mega City at an intergalactic potluck.
  • Villainous Glutton: Most of his evil schemes revolve around fattening up, cooking, and eating large numbers of people, and he's often seen enthusiastically licking his lips at the sight of the humans he's captured.

     Mudman 
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Voiced by: Robert Tinkler

An old enemy of Captain Atomic that Mega City's hero managed to drive off some time ago. Mudman has returned with the intention of bringing his style of chaos and destruction to Mega City now that his enemy is gone, but what he finds instead is that a new hero has stepped in and is ready to clean him out of town like Captain Atomic did before.

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  • Berserk Button: Hates being called by names other than Mudman, such as Dirtbag ("Dirtbag's my cousin"), Scumbag ("Scumbag's my uncle"), or Muckman. Joey and AP find its a good way to get his attention when they have to fight him.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: Mud in this case.
  • From a Single Cell: One of his abilities. It's also what allows him to return again and again despite being destroyed by Atomic Puppet often.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom: Yellow ones.
  • Muck Monster: He can also absorb additional filth to increase his size.
  • The Pigpen: He's been shown to be very proud of how grimy and disgusting he is.
  • The Symbiote: Able to control others by smothering himself on them. Does this to Mrs. Felt to challenge Joey.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Has been totally destroyed on-screen in twice ("Don't Track the Mudman" and "Mookie's Got the Power"), only to return as if nothing happened later on. Considering his regenerative abilities, it's probable that a tiny fraction of him survived somewhere else in both scenarios.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: Being a Muck Monster, he can change form as he pleases a la Clayface.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: Soap is the only thing that can destroy him.

     Naughty Kitty 
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Voiced by: Heather Bambrick

An infamous, strangely-accented cat-burglar who takes on the term in both the literal and figurative sense, given that she only cat-naps the rarest and most expensive feline breeds to call her own. She's much stealthier and more calculating than most of Atomic Puppet's villain lineup, but no less dangerous when confronted face-to-face.

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     Dirtbag 
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Voiced by: Tony Daniels

A bag-like cowboy monster who terrorizes the citizens of faraway Bumpkinville, Dirtbag has come to Mega City in search of new turf. Riding on top a giant maggot and able to belch out blasts of dirt, he seeks to turn Mega City into a pigsty of gargantuan proportions fit only for himself. He also happens to be Mudman's cousin.

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     Absorbo Lad 
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Voiced by: Peter Oldring

A scrawny, nerdy-looking superhero wannabe who was shunned by everyone else for his unfortunate ability to steal others' powers. With his dreams of joining the Justice Alliance crushed by this misfortune, he seeks to rob them of their powers and use them for himself to show the world that they're "no more a hero than anyone else".

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  • All Your Powers Combined: Is able to steal multiple powers at once, such as Atomic Puppet alongside the entire Justice Alliance. He also gains their physical features like Captain Atomic's muscles, Commander Cavalier's mustache, and Crimson Beacon's flaming hair.
  • Assimilation Backfire: Absorbo Lad gained all the weaknesses of the Justice Alliance along with their powers, so Joey and AP were able to subdue him with the Justice Alliance's secret stash of weaknesses.
  • Bad Powers, Bad People: The dangerous nature of his superpowers caused people to shun him, turning him evil. It also influences why he hates superheroes, as he despises how people admire them while he was feared.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Despite appearing as a scrawny nerdy-looking guy dressed in a cheaply-made costume, Absorbo Lad is one of the most feared and dangerous villains in the show, defeating the Justice Alliance and Atomic Puppet singlehandedly in the first few minutes of his appearance.
  • The Dreaded: The Justice Alliance are terrified of him.
  • Fallen Hero: Like Mookie, he was originally a wannabe superhero, but now feels that superheroes don't deserve the admiration they get. As he puts it, he wants to prove they're "no more a hero than anyone else".
    Absorbo Lad (mockingly while terrorizing Mega City with stolen powers): What's the matter? All of a sudden, you people don't like superpowers?
  • Foil: To Mookie (who he shares a voice actor with). Both share similar backstories as being wannabe superheroes who turned bad when they were dismissed by everyone around them. But whereas Mookie wants to be a hero admired and worshiped by the people of Mega City despite his lack of superpowers, Absorbo Lad wants to be feared and hated by everyone so he can prove superpowers don't make one special or admirable. Furthermore, Mookie is big and fat but isn't taken seriously by anyone, while Absorbo Lad is small and scrawny but considered The Dreaded. This even extends to their costumes, with Mookie's looking professionally made and Absorbo Lad's being very amateurish.
  • Gag Nose: His big pointy honker.
  • Jerkass: His idea of using stolen superpowers isn't to take over the world, but to just be mean to civilians so that he can prove his beliefs on superheroes.
  • The Napoleon: He's even shorter than twelve-year-old Joey, but his hatred for superheroes is on par with a much larger villain.
  • Nerd Glasses: Wears these to emphasize his scrawny, non-threatening appearance.
  • One-Shot Character: Despite having only appeared in a single episode, he managed to get his own character profile on the official website.
  • Power Parasite: His sole ability is to steal the powers of his foes with only a touch.
    • Energy Absorption: However, he can also apply this power drain to other forms of "power", allowing him to actually eat electricity to gain electric abilities.
  • Tailor-Made Prison: A giant juicer-like device intended to squeeze out any powers he's stolen.
  • Then Let Me Be Evil: His backstory in a nutshell. After being shunned by everyone else for his powers, he decided to just go supervillain, so he could show to the world that having superpowers doesn't make one special.

Citizens of Mega City

     The Felt Family 
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Clockwise beginning top left: Phil, Vivian, Bubbles, and Abbie
Voiced by: Carlos Díaz (Phil), Kristina Nicoll (Vivian), Katie Griffin (Abbie), Peter Oldring (Bubbles)

Joey Felt's family, just your typical suburban middle-class North American family, each one unaware of his secret identity as Atomic Puppet (or the fact he's the reason why the roof always seems to need fixing) and their own special relationship with him. They are composed of:

Phil Felt, Joey's burly, cat-loving, manly-man kind of dad who thinks that his son should stop wasting time playing with that stupid Captain Atomic sock puppet he carries everywhere and focus on facing the real world. He often brings Joey on many father-son bonding experiences, from camping to carpentry.

Vivian Felt, Joey's adorable, sweet-natured mom, who still sees him as her little baby. Unlike her husband with his firm belief that Joey needs to man up soon, she constantly worries that her "Jo-Jo" is too eager to go out and take on danger, and dreads the day he will start showing signs of teenage rebellion.

Abbie Felt, Joey's cheerful and excitable 8-year-old sister who mostly just sees her older brother as a lovable dork and doesn't worry much about him like her parents do. Joey, in turn, is always looking after her and taking care of her needs when mom and dad aren't around, even if she sometimes gets on his nerves.

Bubbles, the family's overweight, slow-witted tabby cat and Phil's favorite thing in the whole wide world. While the rest of the family are just fine with Bubbles and get along with him well enough, AP is convinced that the cat is secretly a supervillain named Disastro who is plotting to destroy him.

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Phil Felt

  • A Day in the Limelight: Gets the most appearances out of all of Joey's family, such as "Survival of the Feltest", "Monster Truck Invasion", and "Pinched Nerves".
  • Big Eater: The man has demolished about a dozen large stacks of pancakes at a breakfast restaurant, and Zorp's analysis of his body indicates he can eat 40 slices of pizza in one sitting.
  • Big Fun: He's a pretty large man, but also a really nice guy who loves his family and his pet cat.
  • Boisterous Bruiser: A big rugged man who loves to spend time with his son.
  • Cuteness Proximity: When it comes to his Bubbles, who he considers to be "the most adorable kitty-kat in the world". AP strongly disagrees.
  • Good Parents: Phil definitely cares a lot about Joey and Abigail and really enjoys spending time with his son too.
  • Happily Married: To Vivian. The two are shown to still be pretty affectionate towards each other.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he is tough and stern with his son (especially since he dislikes AP), he has made it clear that he genuinely enjoys spending time with him so Joey can become somebody who will make him proud.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: Really loves his cat Bubbles. In fact, more than Joey at times.
    Phil (to Bubbles): You're like the son I never had!
    Joey: Ummm, dad?
    Phil: Oh, sorry.
  • Papa Wolf: He's shown to be pretty protective of his kids. When Joey tells him in "The Big Shift" that Mookie is "some jerk who hangs outside my school and beats up kids", Phil is furious.
  • Parental Obliviousness: To the fact that Joey is Atomic Puppet and that sock puppet he keeps is actually Captain Atomic. This changes at the end of Season 1 when Joey reveals his secret identity to him.

Vivian Felt

  • A Day in the Limelight: In "Don't Track the Mudman", where she plays a major role in the episode's conflict.
  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: She babies the kids a fair bit, so she often becomes one for Joey.
  • Good Parents: Although she is rather overprotective, Vivian does love her children very much.
  • Happily Married: To Phil. The two are shown to still be pretty affectionate towards each other.
  • Hartman Hips: Not as exaggerated as some examples, but can be seen when she's in her bathrobes.
  • Housewife: Usually seen doing laundry.
  • My Beloved Smother: Especially towards Joey.
  • Parental Obliviousness: To the fact that Joey is Atomic Puppet and that sock puppet he keeps is actually Captain Atomic. Phil decides to keep it a secret from her after he learns the truth because he doesn't need her "freaking out whenever [Joey] leaves the house".
  • Women Are Wiser: She's a lot more mellow than Phil and is usually the first to object to any of his zanier ideas (such as training Bubbles to use their toilet) or to quiet him down when he gets impatient (like when he begins complaining about slow service at a pancake house).

Abigail "Abbie" Felt

Bubbles

  • A Day in the Limelight: "AP vs. Disastro", its sequel, and "Atomic Hairball" all feature him very significantly.
  • Buffoonish Tomcat: Pretty oblivious to his surroundings most of the time and rather slow as well.
  • Cats Are Mean: Averted, with the exception of "AP vs. Disastro 2", in which he becomes an evil genius after eating Mintenberg's new cat food brand.
  • Extreme Omnivore: Case in point: he once ate a ball of supercharged hair that transformed him into a giant monster.
  • Unknown Rival: To AP, who claims Bubbles is a supervillain named Disastro secretly conspiring against him. Bubbles is much too clueless to care about AP's hostility to him, and even Joey can't help but roll his eyes at AP's claims.

     Rex Bordeaux 
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Voiced by: David Huband

Mega City's top newsman, Rex Bordeaux built his career on coverage of the amazing feats of heroism that Captain Atomic pulled off every day. But with Mega City's greatest hero gone, he now finds himself counting on newcomer Atomic Puppet to bring in the scoops that will keep his stellar reputation (and gigantic ego) afloat.

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  • A Day in the Limelight: He features quite prominently in "Media Darlings".
  • Companion Cube: His (secretly fake) mustache, which he refers to as "The General".
  • Expy: Bears a striking resemblance to Ron Burgundy (they even have the same initials).
  • It's All About Me / Small Name, Big Ego: Very, very egotistical. His channel's newsvan is painted with an idealized version of himself riding a tiger and carrying a warhammer in a lightning storm.
  • Kent Brockman News: A washed-up narcissist who has been unable to find any success stories since the disappearance of Captain Atomic. Also shown to have a rivalry with the weatherman.
  • Narcissist: He absolutely adores himself and is very easy to flatter.
  • Recurring Extra: His usual role in any episode, but appears frequently enough that he's considered a major character.

     Rudolph Mintenberg 
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Voiced by: Scott McCord

Known to the citizens of Mega City as the resident eccentric zillionaire, Rudolph Mintenberg has endless money and endless spare time on his hands. What he lacks however is contentedness with his lavish and idle lifestyle. To sate his constant desire for extraordinary entertainment, he pours trillions into inventions and experiments that, more often than not, end up causing havoc around Mega City that requires Atomic Puppet to come in and save the day.

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  • Anti-Villain: He's a regular antagonist to Atomic Puppet, due to them having to fight his various creations, but unlike Mookie, Tite-Gripp, and the rest, he has no sinister motivations.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Gets bored extremely quickly.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Originally appeared only very briefly in "Ultimate Collection", where his sole purpose in the story was the owner of the 133rd Captain Atomic action figure. His return in "Something Chicken" and "AP vs. Disastro II" cemented his recurring status and gave him a more defined role and characterization.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Bored easily and just as easily entertained.
  • Eccentric Millionaire: Billionaire, and "eccentric" is an understatement (to say the least).
  • Friendly Enemy: Sometimes. Atomic Puppet doesn't like him very much, but he has helped them out too.
  • Goofy Print Underwear: Wears purple dollar sign-patterned boxers underneath his bathrobes.
  • The Hedonist: As an extremely rich, bored, and childish man, everything he does is purely for his own entertainment.
  • Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Has expressed interest in hunting Atomic Puppet for sport a few times.
  • Mad Scientist: Most of the things he does to entertain himself could qualify him for one such as mutant chickens and superpowered robot suits.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: Highly eccentric, energetic, and easily bored all for an often problem-inducing combination.
  • Rich Boredom: The primary motive behind all his dangerous schemes.
  • Wild Card: Depending on the episode, he's either a kooky but non-malicious enemy, an oddball of an ally, or simply the guy who accidentally created the problem of the episode.

     Warren Beasley 
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Voiced by: Mark Edwards

Joey's next-door-neighbor, Warren is the kind of kid who constantly pries his nose into everyone's business so he can collect secrets and information he can use against them. He knows everything about everyone in the neighborhood - that is except Joey, who he is very certain is hiding something extremely important away from everyone else.

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  • Chekhov's Gunman: While his debut in "Bad Lair Day" did establish his snooping and nerdy characterization, his reappearance in "Atomic Android" was much more significant and it fleshed him out a little more by introducing his interest in Joey's Secret Identity and cementing his Chew Toy status.
  • The Chew Toy: Let's see. He's been attacked by a robot duplicate of Atomic Puppet, scared multiple times by animatronics, abducted by a malevolent A.I., gotten amnesia three times, and been arrested for "looking shifty".
  • Fanboy: He really idolizes Rex Bordeaux. Fitting, since Rex's media vulture behavior mirrors Warren's snooping.
  • Gag Nose: A large round pink nose holding up his glasses.
  • Insistent Terminology: He's prefers to call his snooping "eavesdropping", as he tells Pauline in "Bad Lair Day".
  • Insufferable Genius: Nerdy and complete with the snooty voice to go with it.
  • Jerkass: He's a snobby little voyeur whose interests include stealing people's personal belongings, invading their privacy, blackmailing them with their dirty secrets, and threatening to expose said secrets for little good reason. It's telling that Joey and Pauline both seem to strongly dislike him.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Most episodes he appears in see him pay for his snooping activities in humiliating manners.
  • Nosy Neighbour: He even steals Phil's morning newspaper on a regular basis.
  • Secret Chaser: Is determined to prove that Joey Felt is Atomic Puppet.
  • Stalker without a Crush: On everybody in his neighborhood, as well as his classmates. He likes to collect their secrets and personal information for future usage against them.
  • Stereotypical Nerd: Wears Nerd Glasses, has Youthful Freckles, is an unpopular fanboy and Insufferable Genius, on top of being The Chew Toy.
  • Youthful Freckles: Like Joey, he has freckles that signify him as being a 12-year-old.

     The Mayor of Mega City 
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Voiced by: Kevin Hanchard

The Mayor of Mega City is happy that Atomic Puppet keeps everyone safe, but not so much about the huge damage bills he has to pay for as a result of their constant fights against monsters and villains. Thus, he is determined to find a way to replace Atomic Puppet, be it bringing in a less destructive hero or getting the police to up their game.

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  • Early-Bird Cameo: He makes a non-speaking cameo in "Bad Lair Day" before his more proper introduction in "Brawl-For-All".
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his often antagonistic relationship with Atomic Puppet and going as far as too threaten to prevent them from ever protecting Mega City again, he really cares about Mega City and is very happy with how Atomic Puppet makes everyone feel safe, despite the costs.
  • No Name Given / Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's simply referred to as "the mayor".
  • Obstructive Bureaucrat: Although not a bad mayor, he is most certainly not a friendly one towards Atomic Puppet.

     Chief Kevlar 
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Voiced by: Joseph Motiki

Mega City's loud and volatile police chief, only recently appointed by the Mayor of Mega City as part of his efforts to get a less expensive defender for Mega City. An ex-spec ops commando, Chief Kevlar has no love for superheroes and ultimately seeks to show Mega City that the police can be a capable force against any supervillain.

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  • Drill Sergeant Nasty: Used to be one and still acts like one.
  • Driven by Envy: Part of the reason why he hates Atomic Puppet's vigilantism is because he wants to prove that the police are as capable of dealing with supervillains as superheroes are.
    Chief Kevlar: That costumed freak's always stealing my thunder!
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Seriously, Pauline's usage of "like" when using Obfuscating Stupidity to steal a power-draining meteorite from him made him explode.
    Chief Kevlar: You say "like" one more time and I'm going to lock you up for crimes against language!
    Pauline: *gulp*
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After the events of "Atomic Weakness", he becomes less antagonistic to Atomic Puppet, showing that despite being a Rabid Cop and Green-Eyed Monster, he's willing to forgive others. And since he's the only cop in Mega City who averts Police Are Useless, he really just wants his men to be the best they can be in the end.
  • Large Ham: Due to having No Indoor Voice.
  • No Indoor Voice: It's hard to name an instance in which he's not screaming at the top of his lungs or sounding like he's about to lose it.
  • Punny Name: Kevlar is a type of synthetic fiber used to make bulletproof vests — fitting for a big scary cop.
  • Rabid Cop: Especially with his zero-tolerance attitude towards any form of lawbreaking.
  • Scary Black Man: As the hot-tempered head of the police.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Similar to Commander Cavalier.

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