History Recap / StaticShockS2E3BrotherSisterAct

* MakeMeWannaShout: Boom's power--he has a loudspeaker in his chest that allows him to fire concussive blasts of soundwaves.

* BittersweetEnding: At least in Mirage's case. Her brother and best friend has been arrested (the bitter), but she's also not forced to use her powers (which she doesn't even like) to help him commit robberies anymore (the sweet). The last shot of the episode is Mirage in the backseat of a Child Services car with a small smile on her face and a hopeful look in her eyes, suggesting that she'll be OK.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Virgil keeping his same personality, hairstyle, and speech patterns while undercover turns out to be ''very'' dangerous, as Sharon hears him talking and begins making the connections. As she puts it, "Static ''looks'' like you, Static ''talks'' like you, and last night I saw him flying right into our neighborhood!"
** After Static stops Boom and with their grandmother too sickly to take care of her, Mirage is taken into Child Services. She's ultimately OK with it, though, preferring that to stealing to survive.

** Tying into the above example, it's quite clear that Sharon is more infatuated with the idea of having a superhero for a sibling than realizing the big picture--if she were to openly expose Virgil's secret (and had no problems doing so when it came to Richie), this would not only lead to Static's enemies going after him in public, but also [[TargetedToHurtTheHero place her and Robert in danger as well]] if anyone wanted to get to him another way.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Static notices Sharon and Richie standing in the basketball stadium during his fight with Boom, and Sharon specifically cheering for him, he shouts "GET OUT OF HERE, YOU TWO!...uh...whoever you are!"

* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When Sharon discovers Virgil's abandoned radio communicator and hears Richie calling "Static! Static, come in, Static!", she asks if it's him. He panics and declares that "the number you have dialed is not in use." On a ''walkie-talkie.'' Sharon doesn't buy it.

* RealityEnsues:
** Virgil keeping his same personality, hairstyle, and speech patterns while undercover turns out to be ''very'' dangerous, as Sharon hears him talking and begins making the connections. As she puts it, "Static ''looks'' like you, Static ''talks'' like you, and last night I saw him flying right into our neighborhood!"
** After Static stops Boom and with their grandmother too sickly to take care of her, Mirage is taken into Child Services. She's ultimately OK with it, though, preferring that to stealing to survive.

** After Static stops Boom and with their grandmother too sickly to take care of her, Mirage taken into Child Services, but she was OK with it, preferring that to stealing to survive.

** After Static stops Boom stopped and with their grandmother too sickly to take care of her, Mirage taken into Child Services, but she was OK with it, preferring that to stealing to survive.

* RealityEnsues: Virgil keeping his same personality, hairstyle, and speech patterns while undercover turns out to be ''very'' dangerous, as Sharon hears him talking and begins making the connections. As she puts it, "Static ''looks'' like you, Static ''talks'' like you, and last night I saw him flying right into our neighborhood!"

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: While Boom takes pleasure in becoming a criminal and robbing people, Mirage hates it and only goes along with his plans because he's forcing her. Lampshaded when she tells Static "I didn't ''want'' to do it, but Byron made me."

* ShutUpHannibal: Mirage pulls this on Byron/Boom when he starts ranting about his plans to destroy Static, and she reminds him of their suburban origins--"You're not some gangsta from the hood! We're from ''Southfield!''"

* ThatManIsDead: Byron refuses to be called by his birth name, insisting that from now on, he's "Boom." Mirage (who is also forced to go along with the idea) refuses to address him as such, hinting at her desire to keep him on the straight and narrow.

* TrappedByMountainLions: Mr. Hawkins is conveniently out of town at a conference during the episode, allowing Sharon to focus on Virgil's secret life as Static.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After robbing a radio station, Boom [[VillainousGloating does some gloating]] on air. This lets Virgil to track him down, which in turn allows the hero to meet Mirage (after he saves her from falling debris) and not only get information about him, but also convince the girl that her brother is sick and needs help, which later kicks off her HeelFaceTurn. Had Boom just kept his mouth shut, he and Mirage could have gotten away with the cash scot-free.

* SaveTheVillain: When Mirage sees Boom in danger, she unleashes a massive orb of light that blinds a news helicopter's pilot; the blades in turn knock off a portion of a building and send them hurtling right toward her. Static abandons his attempts to capture Boom to swoop down and prevent Mirage from being killed.

* TooDumbToLive: A radio DJ decides to announce that he has $103,000 dollars in cash sitting in the studio right next to him...in a city full of criminally insane metahumans. Guess how well that turns out.

** When Sharon figures out that Virgil is Static, she proceeds to cheer him on in his battle with Boom. In the middle of a crowded basketball stadium. And ''outright calls him her brother.''

* MoralEventHorizon: Mirage realizes that Boom has stopped caring about civilians when he attacks the manager of a basketball stadium during their robbery of it, despite ''specifically promising'' that "there wouldn't be any trouble" on this heist. When he starts trying to outright kill Static and begins blowing up the stadium's arena to do it, Mirage concludes that Boom has truly lost his mind and starts fighting back.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: A rare positive version. When Sharon's out with her friends, they see a news interview with Static about his latest Bang Baby battle. He remarks that his previous foes are "totally Y2K." The girls are confused about that, but Sharon immediately (and without thinking) starts defining the term for them...only to realize that she knows what it means because Virgil said the same thing earlier. This is the beginning of her campaign to out Virgil as the hero.