Series synopsis
Static Shock is an American action & adventure animation sci-fi & fantasy kids television series that premiered on The WB on September 23, 2000. It ended on May 22, 2004. It was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Michael Davis, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle. It stars Phil LaMarr, Jason Marsden, Kevin Michael Richardson and Michele Morgan.
An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.
Premise
An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Phil LaMarr as Virgil Hawkins / Static (voice)
- Jason Marsden as Richie Foley / Gear (voice)
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Robert Hawkins (voice)
- Michele Morgan as Sharon Hawkins (voice)
Guest cast
- Nicollette Sheridan as Miss Moore / Darcy (voice)
- Miguel Sandoval as Principal Aguilar (voice)
- Cree Summer as Candide (voice)
- Wendie Malick as Karen Roberts / Omnara (voice)
- Telma Hopkins as Mrs. Barnett (voice)
- Ron Perlman as Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
- Karen Maruyama as Kim (voice)
- Lara Jill Miller as Teen Girl #2 (voice)
- David Arquette as Leech (voice)
- Freddy Rodríguez as Fade / Tech (voice)
- Robert David Hall as Pilot (voice)
- Alfre Woodard as Jean Hawkins (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 52 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 23, 2000 | May 12, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 11 | January 26, 2002 | May 4, 2002 |
| Season 3 | 15 | January 25, 2003 | June 21, 2003 |
| Season 4 | 13 | January 17, 2004 | May 22, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shock to the System Virgil gains powers after being exposed to a strange gas that leaks from its cannister when it's hit by a bullet during a gang gunfight. |
September 23, 2000 |
| 2 |
Aftershock F-Stop, Virgil's teen-gang nemesis, gains his own superpowers and calls himself "Hotstreak." Meanwhile, Virgil learns who's responsible for the gas that gave him and F-Stop their powers. |
September 30, 2000 |
| 3 |
The Breed A track athlete Virgil's tutoring mutates into a metahuman and joins Ebon's criminal gang known as the "Metabreed." |
October 7, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Big Leagues Virgil gets help from Batman and Robin to battle The Joker and thwart the Gotham City bigwig's efforts to recruit thugs from Dakota to carry on his mayhem. |
January 26, 2002 |
| 2 |
Power Play Richie gets temporary superpowers, and really likes using them. Perhaps too much. |
February 2, 2002 |
| 3 |
Brother-Sister Act Sharon suspects that her brother Virgil is Static, and she tries to prove it as Static battles brother-sister metahuman duo Mirage and Boom. |
February 9, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hard as Nails Static travels to Gotham City to rescue Nails, a school friend of his who is now associating with Harley and Ivy, who promise to cure Nails of her Bang Baby affliction. |
January 25, 2003 |
| 2 |
Gear Richie's newfound supersmartness leads to him becoming a superhero in his own right and Static's latest partner. |
February 1, 2003 |
| 3 |
Static in Africa While visiting Africa as his secret identity, Static teams up with an African superhero, Anansi, to defeat the villain Osebo, before he blows up a dam. |
February 8, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Future Shock Static must save his future self when he's accidentally transported 40 years into the future. |
January 17, 2004 |
| 2 |
She-Back! She-Bang returns, to Static and Gear's annoyance. More threatening to Static is Madelyn Spaulding, who breaks some meta-humans out of jail and sends them after him. |
January 24, 2004 |
| 3 |
Out of Africa Anasi must keep the golden spider that's the source of super powers away from Osebo. The spider has turned up in Dakota. |
January 31, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | The WB |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 23, 2000 |
| Last aired | May 22, 2004 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Saturday |