History WesternAnimation / StaticShock

* EatingTheEnemy: In the series finale, Ebon and Hot Streak, in all their quarreling, create a new Big Bang explosion which [[{{Repower}} gives them and Virgil and Ritchie's powers back.]] [[spoiler: However, in the case of Ebon and Hotstreak, it [[GoneHorriblyRight works too well]] as the two fighting so close to the explosion causes their powers to meld together, ultimately [[FusionDance fusing the two]] into a big fiery, shadowy EldritchAbomination. The monster catches and tries to eat Gear but, Static is able to free him. Then the monster's stomach turns into a suction vortex. Before they can get sucked in, Static is able to throw an oil tank into the portal and blow the beast up.]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: In the episode "[[Recap/StaticShockS3E5TheUsualSuspect The Usual Suspect]]", Marcus Reed spent time in juvenile hall and wants to turn his life around, but is constantly kept short by the prejudice of others. During a talk with his counselor Sharon Hawkins, Marcus talks about how people see him as nothing but a gangster and, in a fit of self-doubt, sadly decides that's all he'll ever be. Sharon goes along with it, saying that he should give up. Surprised by her answer, he points out she's supposed to be supportive. Sharon reasons that she is supportive of him, but says that buying into that gangster label only confirms other people's preconceptions. When Marcus brings up that he did not have it easy growing up, Sharon tells him she knows and she's sorry, but that is in the past and he has to be responsible for his own actions. She tells Marcus that he has a lot of potential and he can choose to use it or he can throw it all away. Later in the episode, it's revealed that the new Bang Baby attacking people is his ex-girlfriend Tamara Lawrence, who went to the docks looking for him, hoping to get him back, but he wasn't there. As it was the night of the Big Bang, she was hit by Quantum Vapor, and gained the ability to change into a powerful monster. Hungry for revenge, she decided to frame Marcus. As she tells Marcus this, she says she tried to control her powers, but he's got no idea what it's like to live with a monster inside of you. After Tamara is defeated and taken away by the police, Marcus admits to Sharon that Tamara was wrong, he does know what it's like. Sharon tells Marcus the difference is that he can learn to control his monster and can make it go away eventually. It's implied Marcus took her advice to heart and turned his life around.

** Hotstreak since he likes to bully Virgil.

* PetTheDog: Hotstreak in "No Man's An Island" [[spoiler:at first seems to abandon Static to the mercy of Alva's guards; he returns, however, takes Alva as a hostage to get the guards to stand down, and then offers his powers to restore Alva Jr. along with Static.]]

** AnIcePerson: Permafrost (only for the Christmas episode, and even then she was not evil).

** PowerParasite: Leech. In fact he's very similar to the {{WesternAnimation/Superman|TheAnimatedSeries}} villain Parasite.

* SecretKeeper: Richie, before becoming Gear. Also Creator/ShaquilleONeal in his episode, and [[spoiler:Virgil's dad]] at the end of the series, [[SecretSecretKeeper though deep down he always knew]].

* SuperSerum: The Big Bang gas is an unstable mutagen that grants superpowers but also tends to mess with people's mental state. A not insignificant portion of Static's rogues gallery have been driven insane by the gas.

** In "Brother Sister Act", siblings Boom (Byron) and Mirage (Miranda), begin to steal so they can be able to help their sick grandmother, even thought Mirage is against it. At the end of episode, [[spoiler:after Static defeats Boom and he is arrested, 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.]]

** In "Pops Girlfriend", when Virgil runs into police officers who looking for "Big Bang" mutagen that was stolen by two teenage boys, they request that he hows them what is his backpack, which has his Static suit in it, and runs away from the officers. He later finds out that on the officers he met is his father's girlfriend, who tells Robert about what Virgil, which leads to his furious father grounding him. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode after Virgil helps save his fellow students from being mutated by the gas and is awarded a medal for his courage, even thought Robert is proud of him, he tells Virgil he is still grounded.]]
** The episode "Jimmy" has a very realistic potrayal on school shootings and bullying. Even though no one dies and Jimmy shooting Richie was an accident, Jimmy still has to spend a few months in juvie and has to receive counseling for bringing a gun to school, and everyone who witnessed the shooting is also required to attend counseling, while Jimmy's bullies get suspended and have to do community service for everything that they did to Jimmy (as Jimmy probably wouldn't have stolen his father's gun in the first place if they hadn't pushed him around) and for tackling him with the gun which indirectly led to Richie getting shot, and despite what happened there is still bullying at Dakota Union High.
** In "Hard as Nails", when Virgil discovers has classmate Allie has been exchanging e-mails with two web hosts [[spoiler:(who turn out to be Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn)]] who claim that they have a cure for her powers and she plans to met them in person to get the cure, Virgil correctly believes something is wrong as he knows the dangers of anyone asking a child to meet them over the internet.

** When Virgil's father Robert is kidnapped by Puff and Onyx in the episode "Kidnapped", [[spoiler:Robert easily figures out that Vigil is Static, as why else would anyone use him to get to Static, unless Static is somebody he's close to.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Richie feels this way when he discovers his Big Bang power is super intelligence. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower He gets over it once he uses the gadgets he's able to create to save Virgil]].

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Implied to be the case with some Bang Babies, though only blatantly said in a few situations as many of the Bang Babies are either implied to have been the way they were even before the Big Bang, or are acting out of desperation.

* ZombieApocalypse: Madelyn Spaulding started one of these once she figured out she had mind control powers. She would've moved on to a global scale, if Static weren't there to stop her.

** Both Static and Gear have masks to cover their faces, though in Gear's case, his helmet's visor appears ''see through'' for the viewers since it covers his completely as opposed to Static's DominoMask.

* CoolLoser: Virtually every heroic character in the series.

* IdentityConcealmentDisposal: We finally get to see what Ebon, the main antagonist who up until now just looked like a shadow, looked like before the Big Bang in the last episode.

* AdaptedOut: There are a considerable number of Dakotaverse characters who don't show up r get any kind of acknowledgment in this animated series, the most noticeable omissions including ComicBook/{{Xombi}}, Holocaust, most of the Blood Syndicate, ComicBook/{{Icon}} and Rocket.

* AdaptedOut: There are a considerable number of Dakotaverse characters who don't show up in this animated series, the most noticeable omissions including ComicBook/{{Xombi}}, Holocaust, most of the Blood Syndicate, ComicBook/{{Icon}} and Rocket.

** MakeMeWannaShout: Talon, Boom.

** Edwin Alva, Sr. remains alive by his final appearance, when his comics counterpart was killed off in the 31st issue of ''ComicBook/Hardware1993''.

** "Gear" alludes to fellow Dakotaverse superhero ComicBook/{{Hardware|1993}} when Richie suggests Hardware as his codename and Virgil informs him that name is already taken. Other than that, Curtis Metcalf is a complete non-entity in this continuity in spite of being among the most prominent superheroes of the Dakotaverse.

* DeathByAdaptation: Virgil's mother was still alive in the comics.

** Nightbreed member Tech is loosely based on the ComicBook/BloodSyndicate's original leader Tech-9, who was killed off in the comic's fourth issue. Tech instead remains alive.

* InkSuitActor: The cameos of real life celebrities (Shaquille O'Neal, [[Music/BackstreetBoys AJ McLean]], Karl Malone,[[note]]The only member of the Hoop Squad who was voiced by himself; Steve Nash, Yao Ming and Tracy [=McGrady=] didn't provide voices of themselves.[[/note]], Li'l Romeo - who performed the show's theme from the third season onwards - and boy band [=B2K=]) plus Replikon, who was appropriately enough voiced by Coolio.

** Ebon since he's the closest the series has in a BigBad.

* RetCanon: The 2023 Milestone reboot altered things to be more in line with this animated series, which included retooling Hotstreak, Puff and D-Struct to be more like their DCAU incarnations.

** Ebon, Talon, and Shiv became [[BreakoutVillian popular villians on the show]], which allowed them to appear in Milestone's reboot of the comc, ''ComicBook/StaticSeasonOne'', in 2023.

* CanonImmigrant: While Static did exist prior to the animated show, its popularity led his looks and uniform to change matching his TV appearance (at least for the first two seasons).

* ExactWords: When Nightingale calls out Ebon for trying to kill Static and Gear, she reminds him he promised "nobody will get hurt". He states "they are nobody"."

** "Gear" alludes to fellow Dakotaverse superhero ComicBook/{{Hardware|1993}} when Richie suggests Hardware as his codename and Virgil informs him that name is already taken. Other than that, Curtis is a complete non-entity in this continuity in spite of being among the most prominent superheroes of the Dakotaverse.

* DemotedToExtra: Frieda, especially in comparison to her role in the comic series. She starts the show as Virgil's (implied) love interest, and is actually the first civilian to speak to Static. However, after Daisy is introduced, she quickly becomes superfluous to both the plot of the show and the relationships between the characters.[[note]]She only becoming best friends with Daisy herself.[[/note]]

* AdaptedOut: There are a considerable number of Dakotaverse characters who don't show up in this animated series, the most noticeable omissions including most of the Blood Syndicate, ComicBook/{{Icon}} and Rocket.

** The series in general is more kid-friendly than the original Milestone comics, as the Dakotaverse included graphic violence and had several of its comics aimed at a mature audience while this cartoon is aimed at a younger demogrpahic.

* LighterAndSofter: In the original comics, the "Big Bang" was not an accident, but an attempt by the authorities to spray gang members with a radioactive marker to track them down; it gave them superpowers instead. To give credit where credit is due, the show ''did'' keep the circumstances as a [[MobWar gang war]] between rivals, and Virgil was given an actual gun instead of [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms a laser gun]].

* OverprotectiveDad: Mr. Hawkins cares very much for Virgil and Sharon and the kids at the community center.

** Hotstreak's real name is Francis Stone and his nickname is F-Stop, when in the comics his real name is Martion Scaponi and his nickname is Biz Money B.

%%* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: "Jimmy" and "Where the Rubber Meets the Road".

* AdaptedOut: There are a considerable number of Dakotaverse characters who don't show up in this animated series, the most noticeable omissions including most of the Blood Syndicate, Icon and Rocket.