Season 1: 2000-2001
| # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | ||
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| 1 | "Shock to the System" | James Tucker | Christopher Simmons | September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23) | ||
| Virgil Hawkins is a smart, funny teen who gets beaten up by gang leader Francis, who calls himself "F-Stop." The leader of another gang, Wade, protects Virgil sometimes, but says he can't be there all the time for Virgil. Wade asks Virgil to join his gang, but Virgil doesn't want to be part of a gang because a gang's gunfire killed his mother, Jean. Wade tells Virgil to show up at the docks. Virgil is afraid to say "no", so he shows up. When Virgil arrives at the docks, Wade's gang gives him a gun as F-Stop's gang shows up. A gang fight ensues. Virgil throws the gun in the river and hides as the police arrive. As soon as the police get there, they start shooting - hitting some gas canisters and causing gas to spread all over the docks. Virgil runs home and, the next day, discovers he can control and manipulate electricity and anything metallic. He goes over to Richie's, his best friend's, house, and they pick out a costume and a superhero name for Virgil - resulting in the birth of Static Shock. | ||||||
| 2 | "Aftershock" | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | September 30, 2000 (2000-09-30) | ||
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As a result of last episode's explosion, metahumans are everywhere and most of them are committing crimes. Virgil begins to fight crime as Static, and when F-Stop returns, now possessing the metahuman ability to control fire and renaming himself "Hotstreak", Virgil is ready to beat him once and for all. Virgil also learns that Alva and the Mayor were responsible for the gas that caused the metahuman mutations, and tries to prove it by sneaking into Alva's office to find proof - but winds up fighting off an army of Alva's henchmen. Virgil ultimately defeats the henchmen and takes a disk that contains proof. Later, as Static fights Hotstreak again, the disk with all of Alva's information on it gets destroyed. However, Static powers up and finally defeats Hotstreak. |
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| 3 | "The Breed" | Denys Cowan | Christopher Simmons | October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07) | ||
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Derek Barnett, one of the most popular jocks at school, asks Virgil for help for tutoring. After one of their sessions, he begins to head home, when it is revealed that he is a Bang Baby, and turns into a mass of ionic energy. He is picked up off the streets after accidentally blowing up things and running, terrified and confused, from citizens and the police. Later, Static is also picked up by the same person who picked up Derek (D-Struct), a Bang Baby with control over shadows named Ebon, who "collects" metahumans and wants Static to join his crew. |
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| 4 | "Grounded" | James Tucker | Len Uhley | October 14, 2000 (2000-10-14) | ||
| While analyzing a part of an amoeba mutated by the Big Bang, Virgil and Richie become locked in school late at night with the protesting journalism class, led by Frieda. | ||||||
| 5 | "They're Playing My Song" | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11) | ||
| A metahuman named Adam Evans, Rubberband Man, attempts to get revenge on Ice Pack, a rapper who stole a song he wrote. Virgil gets a job at Burger Fool and loses it when he had to sneak out to take care of business as Static. | ||||||
| 6 | "The New Kid" | Denys Cowan | Rodney Vaccaro | November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) | ||
| Virgil gets accepted into the Vanmoor Institute only to find out he is being used as a tool to capture Static by geniuses Specs and Trapper, both of whom work for Edwin Alva. However, Virgil gets a new friend and ally in his fellow student Daisy Watkins. | ||||||
| 7 | "Child's Play" | James Tucker | Stan Berkowitz | December 2, 2000 (2000-12-02) | ||
| A young boy, Dwayne, discovers that he was affected by the Big Bang, and has the incredibly strong and powerful ability to alter and reshape reality. His older step-brother, Aaron, exploits Dwayne's reality-warping abilities for his own benefit. | ||||||
| 8 | "Sons of the Fathers" | Dan Riba | Christopher Simmons | December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09) | ||
| Richie invites Virgil to stay the night at his house. Unfortunately his father arrives home early, and it is revealed that Mr. Foley is a racist who dislikes African-Americans. After Virgil leaves, Richie yells at his father and runs away, later getting captured by Ebon. It takes the combined efforts of Static, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Hawkins to save Richie. Mr. Foley apologizes and resolves to change his ways. | ||||||
| 9 | "Winds of Change" | James Tucker | Len Uhley | December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16) | ||
| Richie's tendency to live vicariously through Static - such as by inventing ZapCaps, devices designed to be electric bombs and/or batteries - starts to get on Virgil's nerves. Virgil starts trying avoiding him by spending more time with Daisy. This causes Richie to get slightly jealous. Meanwhile, a heavyset Dakota bully begins exhibiting wind-based powers. He creates a costume and becomes a villain known as Slipstream. When Static and Slipstream are fighting at a waterpark, Richie tries to help bring down Slipstream, but ends up causing a waterslide to collapse onto Static. After this, Virgil and Richie get into a fight and part ways. However, after realizing the pointlessness of their friction, they get back together and take down Slipstream. | ||||||
| 10 | "Bent Out of Shape" | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | January 27, 2001 (2001-01-27) | ||
| Rubberband Man escapes from jail and becomes "Stringer," a rapper who is dating Virgil's older sister, Sharon. Once Static realizes Stringer is Rubberband Man, he runs away and blames Static for ruining his new life. He attacks Static and unmasks him, but before he can look, Puff and Onyx, meta-humans who decided to become bounty hunters for the cash, intervene. | ||||||
| 11 | "Junior" | Denys Cowan | Dwayne McDuffie | February 10, 2001 (2001-02-10) | ||
| Edwin Alva Jr., does whatever he can to earn his father's respect, even going so far as to discover a method to control the effects of the Big Bang fluid. However, Alva completely dismisses his son, causing him to become angry and become Omnifarius, destroying everything his father holds dear with extremely dangerous and catastrophic results. | ||||||
| 12 | "Replay" | Denys Cowan | Brooks Wachtel | March 3, 2001 (2001-03-03) | ||
| While battling a meta-human capable of duplicating himself, a freak accident permits Replay to make a copy of Static. The doppelgänger ruins Static's name. The entire city declares Static to be public enemy number one, while the real Static fights to restore his good name. | ||||||
| 13 | "Tantrum" | James Tucker | Christopher Simmons | May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12) | ||
| A purple monstrosity goes on several rampages through the city. Thomas Kim, a student upset that he is one point under a 100, is suspected by Virgil and Richie as being the creature. When they confront him, he goes berserk, transforming into the beast and begins to go on a rampage. Static lures Kim away from potentially damageable areas until he calms down and reverts to human form. | ||||||
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