History YMMV / StaticShock

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Ritchie's father, Sean, appears in "Frozen Out" is shown driving his son to a Kwanzaa party and is sitting next to Virgil's family at the church. Did he fully move on from his racist views or are they still there but he tones it down for his son's sake?

* OneSceneWonder: Ritchie's father appears in one episode and cameos in another, but everyone remembers him for being racist.

** Ritchie snapping at his racist father in "Sons of the Fathers".

** Robert Hawkins learning that his son is Static (and Richie being Gear) happens in "Kidnapped", but since it happens at such a late stage in the series (just before the series finale, "Power Outage"), it sadly isn't explored that much aside from Robert letting Virgil continue to be Static, and comforting his son about the fact he might never be a superhero again. It also means that Sharon also misses out on her brother being Static again. And on the subject of fathers, how would Ritchie's father feel about his son being a hero?
** While many fans love Ritchie being a GadgeteerGenius, some fans wished that he also had his powers as Push and combined them as one.

** Despite being TheDragon to Ebon and the show's third most prominent villain behind Ebon and Hotstreak, Talon doesn't get an episode where she's the primary villain. She doesn't get any real development until the final episode, where it's revealed that [[IJustWantToBeNormal she always wanted to be cured of her metahuman powers]]. This would have made for an interesting subplot if it weren't revealed so late in the series. Other members of the Meta-Breed also don't get backstories, Kangoor and Shiv, for example.

** Ritchie snapping at his racist father in "Sons of the Fathers" for how it tackles the subject of racism.

** Robert Hawkins learning that his son is Static (and Richie being Gear) happens in "Kidnapped", but since it happens at such a late stage in the series (just before the series finale, "Power Outage"), it sadly isn't explored that much aside from Robert letting Virgil continue to be Static, and comforting his son about the fact he might never be a superhero again. It also means that Sharon also misses out on her brother being Static again.
** Speaking of fathers, how would Ritchie's father feel about his son being a hero?
** While many fans love Ritchie being a GadgeteerGenius as a superpower, some fans wished that he also had his powers as Push and combined them as one.

** She-Bang, being the only recurring female superhero, that acted as the muscle to Static's electricity powers and Gear's tech and intellect, was embraced by the fandom as being the third member of Team Static.

** Despite being TheDragon to Ebon and the show's third most prominent villain behind Ebon and Hotstreak, Talon doesn't get an episode where she's the primary villain. She doesn't get any real development until the final episode, where it's revealed that [[IJustWantToBeNormal she always wanted to be cured of her metahuman powers]]. This would have made for an interesting subplot if it weren't revealed so late in the series.

** Robert Hawkins learning that his son is Static (and Richie being Gear) happens in "Kidnapped", but since it happens at such a late stage in the series (just before the series finale, "Power Outage"), it sadly isn't explored that much aside from Robert letting Virgil continue to be Static, and comforting his son about the fact he might never be a superhero again.

** In the crossover with "WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond", Terry [=McGinnis=] seems unaware of Music/{{Beyonce}}. While a plausible reality when the episode aired in 2004, the thought of someone in 2019 (when "Batman Beyond" took place) with even a tangential awareness of pop culture not knowing who Beyoncé is would be laughable.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people are probably more familiar with this series than [[ComicBook/{{Static}} the comic book series]] it was was based on. The creators themselves admitted that there were more people who watched the first episode than who read all 45 issues of the original run.

** The climax of "Jimmy", in which the titular character is about to shoot his bully but ends up accidentally shooting Ritchi in the leg is one of the most remembered scenes of the show.

*** Also from that episode, Replay, the washed up FormerChildStar, was played by Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, who was himself a [[Series/DoogieHowserMD former child star]]. Unlike Replay, Harris managed to succeed in establishing an acting career as an adult, getting back into the limelight through projects like ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. And all without framing superheroes or committing robberies! (Doubles as HeartwarmingInHindsight.)

** Soul Power, being the CaptainErsatz of Black Lightning, was a very unique take on an older superhero figure with a unique set of moves that contrasted Static's own.
** She-Bang, being the only recurring female superhero that acted as the muscle to Static's magic and Gear's tech and intellect, was embraced by the fandom as being the third member of Team Static.

* FanficFuel: What are the backstories for most of the members of the Metabreed? At most, we only get Ebon, Hotstreak and Talon's pasts. Everything else is up to fanfic writers to decide.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Many of the heroes became very popular in recent years.