Editing Particle Man (section)

== Influence and usage ==
In addition to the ''Tiny Toons Adventures'' music video above, "Particle Man" has been performed by [[child|schoolchildren]] on multiple occasions. In two such instances, the band has obtained recordings of the performances and released them to their fans and the general public. A cover entitled "Schoolchildren Singing 'Particle Man{{'"}}, recorded by a music teacher at an elementary school, appeared on the band's Dial-A-Song phone line, as well as their 1997 compilation ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]''.<ref name="allmusic" /> [[John Linnell]] stated that this was his favourite version of the song.<ref>Flansburgh, John and John Linnell. "John and John Answer Your Questions". TMBG Info Club. 1994.</ref> Another rendition was done by the fifth graders of the Kingsley Montessori School in [[Boston]]. The recording was accompanied by an animated video made by the students, which the band uploaded to [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laughingsquid.com/tmbgs-particle-man-performed-by-the-kingsley-montessori-school/|title=TMBG's Particle Man Performed by the Kingsley Montessori School|last=Beale|first=Scott|date=June 21, 2012|publisher=Laughing Squid|access-date=2013-02-10}}</ref>

In the Marvel Comics series ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'', writer [[Peter David]] referenced "Particle Man" as the source song for a fictional parody by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] about the character [[Jamie Madrox|Multiple Man]]. A partial verse, which discussed Multiple Man's ability to create duplicates of himself, was presented as a radio broadcast in issue #73.<ref>David, Peter, Larry Stroman, and Al Milgrom. "Crowd Control" ''X-Factor'' #73. Ed. Bob Harras. 1991. Marvel Comics.</ref> The song was also a minor inspiration to author [[Terry Pratchett]]. One of his recurring ''[[Discworld]]'' characters, [[Discworld characters#Foul Ole Ron|Foul Ole Ron]], frequently mutters "millennium hand and shrimp". This was a result of Pratchett feeding various texts to a text-generation computer program, and this phrase was a result of merging this song's lyrics (which mention a "millennium hand") with a Chinese takeaway menu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/lords-and-ladies.html#p324233|title=The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 — Lords and Ladies<!-- Bot generated title -->|first=Terry|last=Pratchett|access-date=2013-02-10}}</ref>

A cover of the song was used, in part, for advertisements and previews for the video game ''[[Geometry Wars: Galaxies]]''. In reference to the nature of ''Geometry Wars'', the part of the song about "Triangle Man" is particularly stressed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRxihMvosE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5ZRxihMvosE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Geometry Wars Wii - Particle Man Trailer|publisher=YouTube|date=2007-08-06|access-date=2013-03-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The single "Particle Man" appears on "[[Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection|Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection]]," released in 1995 on Rhino Records.