Sick and tired of his father's harsh criticisms and neglect, Edwin Alva's son decides to get back at him by wrecking his business empire. To do that, Alva Jr. retools the Big Bang gas into a specialized suit and uses it to become a powerful foe for Static — the multi-powered Omnifarious.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Be Careful What You Wish For: After his son accidentally blabs about some company secrets, Alva Sr. bitterly mumbles how a statue would've been a better legacy than having an actual son. By the end of the story, his son has become that statue.
- Body Horror: And how. When Omnifarious overdoses on too many gas capsules in the climax, his cells go into overdrive, horribly distorting him before his father and Static. First he becomes a hulking mass of muscle similar to Bane. Then his entire body mutates into a purple-skinned creature with tentacles for arms, a single eye-stalk, hands for feet, and a fanged maw in his torso. Then he collapses into a mass of tentacles and seemingly turns back to normal... only to solidify into a statue.
- Both Sides Have a Point: Of the Villain Has a Point variety. On one hand, Alva calls out his son on believing that destroying anyone's property (especially his father's) is a healthy way to get anybody's attention. On the other hand, Alva Jr. justifies that the only thing that's ever gotten his father's attention was power.
- Combo Platter Powers: As Omnifarious, this is what Alva Jr.'s suit allows him to do. His suit's belt contains multiple capsules of Big Bang gas that each grant him a different power when popped, from laser vision to growing wings.
- Death by Secret Identity: During one of his battles with Static, Omnifarious gets x-ray vision that let's him see Static's face. By the end of the episode, he's Taken for Granite.
- Downer Ending: Although there's the bittersweet part that Virgil was able to smooth things over with his father, Alva Sr. and Alva Jr. aren't so lucky. Not only has their already rocky relationship grown worse, but it leads up to Alva Jr. turning to stone, leaving Alva Sr. regretful for not being a better father.
- Foil: While Robert has an exceptionally good relationship with Virgil and ultimately learns to trust him to be his own person, Alva Sr. has an exceptionally bad relationship with Alva Jr. and neglects him. What's more, the former's son is a super hero while the latter's son became a super villain. (For a short while.)
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: Sharp-eyed viewers might notice that in the Hawkins family photo album, Virgil's dressed as a superhero in one picture.
- Freudian Slip: Alva Jr. accidentally talks about some of his father's company secrets. On national television.
- Godzilla Threshold: Things with Robert were getting so tense and awkward that Virgil was ready to reveal his secret identity.
- Kick the Dog: It doesn't get anymore emotionally abusive than to tell your own son to his face that a statue would've been a more preferable legacy.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The way Virgil sees it, Alva Jr.'s stony state might've never happened if only he hadn't gone to Alva Sr. with the information on Omnifarious's true identity.
- Oh, Crap!: Virgil's expression says it all when Omnifarious calls him to let him know he learned his secret identity and threatens to reveal it to everybody if he keeps getting in his way.
- Out-Gambitted: Omnifarious threatens to reveal Static's true identity, if he keeps interfering in his attacks. Static responds by revealing his identity to Alva Sr., though this definitely does not work out the way Static was hoping.
- Pet the Dog: Despite that she and Virgil might not always get along, Sharon is kind enough to help smooth things over between her brother and her father. She shares a small anecdote of a time when Virgil was kind to her, to help Robert realize his son is more trustworthy than he gives credit.
- Taken for Granite: Junior's fate by the end of the episode.
- What You Are in the Dark: According to Sharon, Virgil took the brunt of the blame for spilling the burgers during a family barbeque, even though it was mostly Sharon's fault. And for years, nobody but the two of them knew.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: After Omnifarious is turned to stone, Static admits that he thought going to Alva Sr. would fix everything. He was certain that fathers and sons can always work things out, but he realizes here that not everyone is lucky to have the kind of bond that he has with Robert.
