due to friction and gravity, Bouncing Boy maintains his velocity as he bounces about. Bouncing Boy lost his powers for a short period of time after he accidentally bounced into the matter-shrinking facility. This caused Chuck to lose them, which resulted in him being stepped down from the Legion of Super-Heroes. He later regained these abilities after the original formula was recreated for him. He then rejoined the team. Eight years later, he lost his powers again for no apparent reason. He resigned once more and married Duo Damsel. He again regained these abilities. Chuck Taine of Earth-247 has no powers, but is a gifted engineer and architect. He built and pilots his own spaceship known as the Bouncing Boy. Equipment As a Legion of Super-Heroes member, Bouncing Boy possesses his own Legion Flight Ring. It gives him the ability to fly, its speed and range of which is determined by his willpower. It also acts as a long-range communicator (enabling constant vocal contact with other Legionnaires, even across vast distances of space), signal device, and navigational compass, all powered by its micro-computer built inside the ring. In other media Bouncing Boy made a cameo appearance in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "New Kids in Town" as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Bouncing Boy appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Far From Home", voiced by Googy Gress. He and Brainiac 5 were the only Legionnaires to avoid possession by Emerald Empress, and brought John Stewart, Green Arrow, and Supergirl to the future to assist in defeating her. Bouncing Boy appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Michael Cornacchia. This version is an avid fan of horror films and contributed to the formation of the Legion of Substitute Heroes by encouraging some discouraged Legion applicants to keep trying. Additionally, he was elected leader of the Legion in the episode "Chain of Command", but lost the position offscreen during the time skip between seasons 1 and 2. Parodies An episode of The Fairly OddParents in which kids were turned into superheroes featured Elmer as "The Bouncing Boil". His many failed attempts at stopping Vicky, who became a Wolverine-based supervillain known as the Baby Shredder (since she would just hold out her claws and deflate him) would commonly cause his teammates to state: "Man, that's a dumb power". The story arc "The Innocents" from Garth Ennis' comic book