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Static Shock :: Shock to the System (01x01)
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| Title: | Shock to the System |
| Episode #: | 01x01 |
| Production Number: | 01 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday September 23rd, 2000 |
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After he succeeds at stopping his very first crime Static a super hero thinks back to how he gained his super powers. He was a normal fourteen year old boy named Virgil Hawkins. He lives with his dad Robert Hawkins and his sister Sharon Hawkins. When he goes to school he thinks about how he should ask his friend Freida to the dance as his date. He meets up with her and they run into a bully named Francis. He calls himself F-Stop . Francis makes a pass at Freida, won't take no as an answer. Virgil tries to help her but F-Stop starts messing with him. A guy named Wade helps Virgil by keeping F-Stop away from him.
Virgil is beaten up by F-Stop. After school Wade tells Virgil to join his gang to get F-Stop of his back. Virgil agrees to but he changes his mind quickly when his best friend Richie tells him how much trouble he will get into for being in a gang.
Wade calls Virgil to come down to the docks to take care of F-Stop for good.Virgil shows up and Wade gives him a gun just as F-Stop and his gang shows up. Virgil throws the gun in the river and the police arrive. They shoot but their bullets hit some canisters which causes them to leak. Strange gas comes out and spreads out across the docks and gets into the city. Virgil leaves after he breaths in some gas.
The next day Virgil discovers he has electric magnetic powers. He calls Richie to meet him at the dump and shows him his powers. Richie says he should be a super hero. Virgil agrees and they find him a costume and he becomes the teenage super hero Static.
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First appearances of Virgil Hawkins as himself and his alter ego Static,Sharon Hawkins,Robert Hawkins,Richie Foley,Freida,and Francis Stone.
| Only appearnce of Wade.
| The show Static Shock is based on Dwayne Mcduffie's comic book Static.
| In the comic Freida knows who Static is, Richie (Rick inthe comic) find out later by accident.
| On his website, Dwayne McDuffie stated that he never wanted Virgil's mother dead. That was forced upon him by the WB.
| A character missing from the series and in the comic was Larry. He gave Virgil the gun and was Frieda's boyfriend before his violent death in the comics.
| In the comics, Static's origin was revealed in issue 2.
| The first issue of Static had two different covers. One had Virgil shooting a lighting bolt from one hand to the other, and smiling with an orange background. The second had a blue background with Virgil on a trash can lid shooting a bolt of lighting from his hand.
| In the comics, Static original costume was a full-body dark blue suit that had a lighting bolt going up it. The mask was attatched to the costume as well. Static usually wore a variety of hats with the costume, such as a Malcolm X cap, to a Chicago White Sox baseball cap.
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Virgil:No more asking dad to borrow his car,dude.
Richie:You don't even drive yet V.
Virgil::Whatever.
| Static:My name is Static and I put a shock to your system.
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When Richie says Hotstreak makes Norman Bates look like Mr. Rogers he is referencing the film Psycho and the television show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
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