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TV series

Static Shock

2000TV-Y74 seasons8.0 / 10

An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.

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Synopsis

An ordinary inner-city kid gains extraordinary powers and becomes an urban legend as the first teenage African-American superhero.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Shock to the System

21m7.1 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by James TuckerWritten by Christopher SimmonsGuest stars Omar Gooding, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Marcelo Tubert, Art Bonilla, Danny Cooksey, Melissa Disney, Danica McKellar

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Episode 2

Aftershock

21m7.0 / 10

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.

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Directed by Dan RibaWritten by Stan BerkowitzGuest stars Jeff Bennett, Melissa Disney, Meshach Taylor, Kerrigan Mahan, Adam Baldwin, CCH Pounder, Maria Canals-Barrera, Danica McKellar

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Episode 3

The Breed

21m8.0 / 10

A track athlete Virgil's tutoring mutates into a metahuman and joins Ebon's criminal gang known as the "Metabreed."

Episode credits

Directed by Denys CowanWritten by Christopher SimmonsGuest stars Telma Hopkins, Brian Tochi, Bumper Robinson, Tia Texada, Danica McKellar, Gary Anthony Sturgis

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Episode 4

Grounded

21m6.0 / 10

Virgil and Richie vs. a people-eating amoeba that's running amok in the high school late at night and threatening the school-newspaper staff.

Episode credits

Directed by James TuckerWritten by Len UhleyGuest stars Karen Maruyama, Jonathan Floyd, Steve Franken, Matt Ballard, Richard Tatum, Danica McKellar

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Episode 5

They're Playing My Song

21m

Rubberband Man goes after the rapper he says stole his music, and Static gets caught in the middle. Meanwhile, Virgil gets a job at a burger joint.

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Directed by Dan RibaWritten by Dwayne McDuffieGuest stars Sananda Maitreya, David Faustino, Chris Clarke, Maria Canals-Barrera, Kadeem Hardison, Danica McKellar

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Episode 6

The New Kid

21m

Virgil transfers to a school for advanced students, where he works on an electricity-absorbing prototype. Trouble is, the school turns out to be funded by Edwin Alva, and the prototype is used to make a robot that Alva wants for his nefarious ends.

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Directed by Denys CowanWritten by Rodney Patrick VaccaroGuest stars Miguel Sandoval, Kerrigan Mahan, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Marcus Toji, Patton Oswalt, Crystal Scales, Michael Rosenbaum

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Episode 7

Child's Play

21m

A bad boy learns that his younger stepbrother is metahuman, and wants him to use his powers to steal things.

Episode credits

Directed by James TuckerWritten by Stan BerkowitzGuest stars Rickey D'Shon Collins, Laraine Newman, Blayn Barbosa, R.J. Knoll, Garrett Morris, Cameron Finley, Crystal Scales

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Episode 8

Sons of the Fathers

21m8.0 / 10

Richie's captured by Ebon after running away from home because of his father's racist attitude toward Virgil.

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Directed by Dan RibaWritten by Christopher SimmonsGuest stars Brian Tochi, Jean Smart, Dan Lauria, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Matt Ballard, Tia Texada, Gary Anthony Sturgis

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Episode 9

Winds of Change

21m

A bang baby who can control the wind emerges, calls himself Slipsteam and begins to cause trouble in Dakota. Meanwhile, Richie and Virgil get into a fight over Richie's newest crime-fighting invention, the ZapCap.

Episode credits

Directed by James TuckerWritten by Len UhleyGuest stars Keone Young, Bumper Robinson, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Maria Canals-Barrera, Richard Tatum, Crystal Scales

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Episode 10

Bent Out of Shape

21m

Sharon dates a rapper who turns out to be Rubberband Man, who has escaped from prison. Static isn't pleased and that's not all Rubberband Man has to worry about: two metahuman bounty hunters are on his trail.

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Directed by Dan RibaWritten by Dwayne McDuffieGuest stars Carlos Ferro, Leonard Donato, Kadeem Hardison, Crystal Scales, Kimberly Brooks

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Episode 11

Junior

21m

Edwin Alva vs. his son, who's tired of being ignored and dismissed by his father. So Junior, who has figured out how to control the metahuman serum, uses it to become one himself--Omnifarious--and takes on his dad.

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Directed by Denys CowanWritten by Dwayne McDuffieGuest stars John Cho, Kerrigan Mahan, Adam Baldwin, CCH Pounder, Matt Ballard, Marcelo Tubert

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Episode 12

Replay

21m

A washed-up child actor with meta-human powers clones Static, and the clone goes on a crime spree.

Episode credits

Directed by Denys CowanWritten by Len Uhley, Brooks WachtelGuest stars Dennis Haysbert, Gregg Berger, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Ho, Joe Lala, Obba Babatundé, Maria Canals-Barrera, Crystal Scales

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Episode 13

Tantrum

21mfinale

A purple metahuman goes on a rampage at school, and Virgil and Richie think they know who it is: an honor student whose grades were less than perfect.

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Directed by James TuckerWritten by Christopher SimmonsGuest stars Miriam Flynn, Vernee Watson, Michael Paul Chan, Ambrosia Kelley, John Cho, Haunani Minn, Marcelo Tubert, Deetta West

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Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026

More about Static Shock

Cast

Phil LaMarrVirgil Hawkins / Static (voice)
Jason MarsdenRichie Foley (voice)
Kevin Michael RichardsonRobert Hawkins (voice)
Michele MorganSharon Hawkins (voice)
Miguel SandovalPrincipal Aguilar (voice)
Dennis HaysbertChief Barnsdale (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.Donald Todd (voice)
Phil MorrisJonathan Vale (voice)

Credits

Created by
Dwayne McDuffie, Michael Davis, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle
Written by
Len Uhley, Dwayne McDuffie, Christopher Simmons, Stan Berkowitz, John Semper Jr., John Ridley, Rodney Patrick Vaccaro, Adam Beechen, Bob Goodman, Paul Dini, David Garber, Matt Wayne, Ernie Altbacker, Ralph Soll, Len Uhley, Brooks Wachtel

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
52
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • The WBUnited States
  • Warner Bros. AnimationUnited States

Themes

dc animated universe (dcau)high schoolsuper powersuperheroteen superhero