Bikini Atoll - Pop Culture

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  • The children's television program SpongeBob SquarePants takes place in Bikini Bottom, which is located in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll.
  • Naked Snake (later known as Big Boss), a character in the Metal Gear Solid series, was involved in Bravo Shot. This was one of the 1954 Bikini Atoll tests of the first airborne detonation of a hydrogen bomb. He became sterile and unable to reproduce naturally. However, he showed no other symptoms.

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