Weatherman is Ralphie's superhero alter-ego who made his debut in Kicks Up a Storm. He is a character created by Ralphie and Tim, and is featured in Tim's in-universe franchise, The Adventures of Weatherman. He is played by Stuart Stone in Kicks Up a Storm and by Matthew Mintz in the episode's sequel, The Battle for Rock Mountain. He has a team of superheroes in which he is the leader. He is the rival of Captain Rock Man (Arnold).
Appearance[]
Kicks Up a Storm[]
Weatherman wears a green shirt with his emblem (a W shaped like a lightning bolt and a black cumulonimbus) replacing Ralphie's R logo. He wears a purple cape, black and white sneakers, and green pants with a Frizzle-like pattern of clouds (complementing his Storm Force) His baseball cap is worn backwards.
The Battle for Rock Mountain[]
Weatherman is now muscular than his appearance as Ralphie. He now wears a blue superhero mask for eyewear, and his cape is red instead of purple. He wears a white super suit with blue gloves, blue superhero pants, and blue boots. The Weatherman logo is changed: the lightning bolt now faces vertically and the cloud is gray. His baseball cap is worn forwards.
Powers and abilities[]
Weatherman, eponymously, has the power to control the weather, which he calls his Storm Force. on his own or by the help of the Weathermobile, the Bus's super identity.
- Aerokinesis - Weatherman can create heavy gusts of wind, updrafts, and tornadoes/cyclones.
- Hydrokinesis - Weatherman can create rain, change the molecular structure of himself and his allies into water, and make clouds.
- Electrokinesis - Weatherman can create thunderstorms and shoot lightning.
Weatherman is only limited to a select few abilities, but with the help of his sidekicks, Boy H₂O, Scarlet Scorch, the Tectonic Duo, Scarlet Scorch, Mighty Inferno, and the Weathermobile, he has access to a wider range of atmospheric and geologic control.
Relationships[]
- Keesha Franklin/Weatherwoman (possible crush)
- Tim Wright (author of his series, as most Weatherman episodes focus on Tim)
- Carlos Ramón/Boy H₂O (most notable sidekick)
- Liz Ard/Weatherlizard (pet lizard)
- The Magic School Bus/The Weathermobile (vehicle)
Variants[]
There are three other Weather-People in "Kicks Up a Storm". The Bus is the Weathermobile, Keesha and the "Kicks Up a Storm" caller are Weatherwoman, and Liz is Weatherlizard. Weatherlizard was also the protagonist of a Flash game on the MSB website.
International Names[]
| Language | Name | Romanization | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latin American Spanish | Hombre Clima | hombre (man) clima (weather, climate). Also most superhero names with the suffix -man are Hispanicized to the prefix Hombre-. | |
| Japanese | テンキマン | Tenkiman | 天気 (tenki, weather) and man. |
| Polish | Burzoman | burzo (singular vocative case of burza, storm) or burzom (plural dative case of burze, storms) and -man. | |
Trivia[]
- He appears in a cameo as an action figure and book in The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane as a TV series callback. Based on this reference, in the book series, it appears he has a rival or sidekick named Snow Man.