History YMMV / StaticShock

* AdaptationDisplacement - Most people didn't know that Static was based on a Comic Book Series.

** [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Wade]] was featured prominently in the first episode, but then was never seen or mentioned again after the Big Bang. While no fatalities are mentioned in show, we see a kid melting from the effects of the gas; it's likely Wade was one of the unlucky ones.
*** This is most likely the case since in the comics it was explicitly stated that more people died from the effects of the gas than were mutated.

* WhatAnIdiot: In one episode, Virgil's sister suspects that he is Static. The problem? She ''blurts out his identity at every given opportunity '''in public''''' while cheering him on from the sidelines.
** To be fair, people were running and screaming, trying to get away from the destruction of the fight, they may not have noticed.

* EarWorm: The theme tune, plus Nails's theme.
* EnsembleDarkhorse - Rubberband Man
** Richie counts too. He was so popular with fans that he was promoted to a superhero in the third season; show creator Dwayne McDuffie once said that Richie's popularity alone was what got them a fourth season of the show.

** [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Wade]] was featured prominently in the first episode, but then was never seen or mentioned again after the Big Bang. While no fatalities are mentioned in show, we see a kid melting from the effects of the gas; it's likely Wade was one of the unlucky ones.

** Also, at the time of that episode's airing, NeilPatrickHarris was a perfect choice for that role - a washed up child star who was only known for one role. Then, a few years later, ''HowIMetYourMother'' came along and shot him back into the spotlight.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Many of the kids who gained powers from the Big Bang gas had serious emotional problems. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the majority of those exposed to the Big Bang were either gangbangers or any other people who you'd reasonably expect to be in such a crummy part of town.

** Also, in the episode where the kid threatens to go on a shooting spree after being subjected to brutal bullying...one of the most dangerous myths about school shooters is that they're typically bullying victims. In reality, many school shooters are bullies and similarly sociopathic individuals themselves, taking their disregard for others' physical and emitonal well-being to the next level, such as the {{Columbine}} shooters.

* HarsherInHindsight: In one episode, Adam insists on using fireworks for his concert despite the warnings of his crew on using them on a small stage, and when the fireworks go off, they end up setting the place on fire. That became a whole lot harsher when the Rhode Island nightclub "The Station" got set on fire during a Great White concert(and killed at least 100 people) due to a combination of polyurethane insulation and the band's use of pyrotechnics on a smaller then normal stage.

* HarsherInHindsight: In one episode, Adam insists on using fireworks for his concert despite the warnings of his crew on using them on a small stage, and when the fireworks go off, they end up setting the place on fire. That became a whole lot harsher when the Rhode Island nightclub "The Station" got set on fire during a Great White concert, due to combination of polyurethane insulation and the band's use of pyrotechnics on a smaller then normal stage.

* LoveItOrHateIt

*** Probably they're the most recognised villainesses in the DCAU.

** In all fairness, pretty much ''everyone'' in the show is a MasterOfDelusion, so it probably has less to do with race and more to do with [[ContrivedStupidityTropes complete idiocy]].
** In episode 25, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn's plan is revealed to be that of "luring a teenaged girl over the internet to take advantage of her" (as stated by Batman in the same episode). Sure, the use of "villains" and "serums" were obvious metaphors for internet predators, but out of all of the DCAU villains,[[{{YMMV}} why them?]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Many of the kids who gained powers from the Big Bang gas had serious emotional problems.

* WhatAnIdiot: In one episode, Virgil's sister suspects that he is Static. The problem? She ''blurts out his identity at every given opportunity '''in public''''' while cheering him on from the sidelines.

* AllTokenBand: The entire city of Dakota.

* {{Anvilicious}}: So much so that it crosses into SoBadItsHorrible and SoBadItsGood territory depending upon the episode.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXReS7tQjwY Behbehbehbehbehbehbeh...]] [[StupidStatementDanceMix THIS CAN'T WAIT A MONTH!]]* UnfortunateImplications - Believe, even here they exist. In "Bad Stretch", Ebon disguises himself as Rubberband Man to break his gang out of jail. Since his shadow powers grant him abilities similar to those of his brother (aside from giving him a pitch-black skin, even darker than Adam), all he needs to do is wear a similar uniform - and even the guard he disables doesn't notice any difference!