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* GadgeteerGenius: In the pages of Comicbook/TeenTitans in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot, Virgil has actually created the outfits/tech for Red Robin and Kid Flash.

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* GadgeteerGenius: In the pages of Comicbook/TeenTitans ComicBook/TeenTitans in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot, Virgil has actually created the outfits/tech for Red Robin and Kid Flash.
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* HeroesWantRedHeads: Virgil is initially very attracted to Frieda. However she mostly views him as a friend.
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->''"[[WesternAnimation/StaticShock I'll put a shock to your system!]]"''

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->''"[[WesternAnimation/StaticShock I'll I put a shock to your system!]]"''
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* YouFightLikeACow: Virgil loves to snark at his opponents.

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* YouFightLikeACow: Virgil loves to snark at his opponents.opponents.
* YourMindMakesItReal: One of the theories behind the Quantum Vapor that empowered the Bang Babies of Dakota is that is seems to respond to subconscious thought and turns it into reality. Because most of the people at the Big Bang were gang members, Static assumes that many of them died because deep down, that is what they expected to happen. Which isn't unreasonable, considering that the event was meant to be the final showdown of all of the gangs in the city.

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* BadassBookworm: He isn't the standard "Throw lightning at his enemy and hope for the best" sort. Static commonly uses his knowledge of physics to get the best and most versatile uses out of his powers.

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* BadassBookworm: He isn't the standard "Throw lightning at his enemy and hope for the best" sort. Static commonly uses his knowledge of physics to get the best and most versatile uses out of his powers. There have been quite a few times where an enemy tries to be clever, thinking that an insulator will protect them from his powers, and he always proves them wrong.



* TheChosenOne: It seems Static becomes one of the most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe when he becomes an adult.

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* TheChosenOne: It seems Static becomes one of the most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe when he becomes an adult. Dharma, the future seeing leader of the Shadow Cabinet has prophesized that Virgil very well may become the greatest success of all his machinations.


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** Ironically enough, once Virgil begins dating a girl called Madison, all of a sudden Frieda is significantly more interested in him, which Madison picks up on.


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* FutureBadass: In the Milestone 30th year anniversary special, an adult Static visits ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' in Neo Gotham to give Terry a bit of a pep talk, and displays quite a few powers he didn't have as a teen. Such as being able to fly independently of his disk, as well as being capable of [[{{Transmutation}} breaking down matter at the molecular level]], and even [[{{Teleportation}} zapping his targets through a wormhole,]] going all the way back to Dakota.
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Cloning Blues renamed to Clone Angst as per TRS, specifically about angst from a character discovering that they're a clone.


* CloningBlues: Virgil's sister Sharon is kidnapped and cloned. They have no idea which one is the real one, and it takes a while for them to stop hating each other.
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Not to be confused with either of the two Marvel Comics characters of the same name, both part of different Franchise/XMen continuities.

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Not to be confused with either of the two Marvel Comics characters of the same name, both part of different Franchise/XMen ComicBook/XMen continuities.



* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: According to Creator/DwayneMcDuffie, Static was Milestone's version of Franchise/SpiderMan. It shows in how both characters are superheroes who start their crime-fighting careers as teenagers, are gifted with considerable intelligence and enjoy taunting their enemies.

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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: According to Creator/DwayneMcDuffie, Static was Milestone's version of Franchise/SpiderMan.ComicBook/SpiderMan. It shows in how both characters are superheroes who start their crime-fighting careers as teenagers, are gifted with considerable intelligence and enjoy taunting their enemies.



* CerebroElectro: Being an {{Expy}} of Franchise/SpiderMan, Virgil is very smart and often uses his knowledge of physics in tandem with his electromagnetic powers to defeat enemies.

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* CerebroElectro: Being an {{Expy}} of Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, Virgil is very smart and often uses his knowledge of physics in tandem with his electromagnetic powers to defeat enemies.



* {{Expy}}: Confirmed by WordOfGod that Static is a modern take of Franchise/SpiderMan.

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* {{Expy}}: Confirmed by WordOfGod that Static is a modern take of Franchise/SpiderMan.ComicBook/SpiderMan.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The second issue has Static restrain Hotstreak and make him promise not to bother him, his friends, his cousins or his cousins' friends ever again.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Virgil's story in ''Milestone Forever'' ends with him married to Freida with two children as well as his sister Sharon being married and pregnant.

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