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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:35:56 AM

Even when he was just a hitman for the Valestra mob, we saw signs of the casual cruelty that becomes his trademark. Just look at the way he nonchalantly steals and eats one of the apples Andrea bought right after murdering her father in cold blood.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#277: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:38:19 AM

[up][up]Yeah it’s pretty interesting how mobster Joker who wants to make a profit and sees Batman as just a nuisance in his way rather than the goal is a departure from a typical portrayal of the Joker when that was his classic persona.

Hell, comics Joker actually manages to defeat his version of Charlie and reduce him to a broken wreck.[lol]

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#278: Oct 17th 2023 at 2:30:21 AM

Joker's The Only One Allowed To Kill You vibes come off to me as just a narcissist not wanting someone else to take the credit, at least in the DCAU.

As for Joker defeats, the one where Static turns the old joy buzzer gag back on Joker is high up there.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Sunchet Since: Oct, 2010
#279: Oct 17th 2023 at 2:34:01 AM

Now that I think about it, Luthor get humiliated a lot too before Justice League. In almost every episode, he created a new villain or worked with one and it would always backfire on him.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#280: Oct 17th 2023 at 2:36:32 AM

Yeah, despite helping to popularize the evil business man version of Lex he was usually a Big Bad Wannabe. Brainiac played him like a cheap fiddle twice.

He only became cool as his classic mad scientist criminal mastermind self in League.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#281: Oct 17th 2023 at 3:46:55 AM

Why don't Lex and Joker just unmask Batman when they have him hostage? Are they stupid?

If memory serves, when someone tried to remove the mask they got hit with knockout gas.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#282: Oct 17th 2023 at 3:49:44 AM

Yeah that was Solomon Grundy.

But it's funny they don't keep trying because of the tactical advantage knowing who Batman is can give them.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#283: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:54:42 AM

Luthor also cares a lot less about who Batman is than Joker does (since he captured the former to lure in the league and thinks he's less of a threat).

He still hasn't taken Joker's words from World's Finest to heart.

One Strip! One Strip!
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#284: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:59:45 AM

I love how Brainiac thinks Batman is Kal-El and this plot point is never brought up ever again.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#285: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:02:40 AM

Luthor did try to figure out Flash's identity that one time him and Wally switched bodies, before immediately realizing he doesn't know who's body he was in.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#286: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:24:18 AM

[up][up][up]in before Batman secretly being Superman's long lost brother..

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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#287: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:36:27 AM

He still hasn't taken Joker's words from World's Finest to heart.

What did he say? ^_^;;

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#288: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:37:12 AM

THERE"S NOTHING MERE ABOUT THAT MORTAL!

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#290: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:58:01 AM

[up][up] You'd think Luthor of all people would understand that lesson

Static reversing the Joy Buzzer trick on him.

An underrated moment.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#291: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:59:17 AM

static shock movie when

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#292: Oct 17th 2023 at 5:28:48 PM

[up][up]

It really was.

Though to be fair, if Joker had known Static was there (he was just out of view in the mirror Joker was looking at) he'd have definitely used the acid flower I think.

Like, I think even if he didn't take Static seriously as a threat, he'd never be dumb enough to try and shock a kid who whole thing is literally I put a shock to your system.

But hey, hindisight. It's was one of Virgil's bigger victories.

One Strip! One Strip!
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#293: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:52:57 PM

Virgil teaming up with Batman always shocked me as a kid.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#294: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:18:13 PM

It shocked a lot of people.

Hell, I think this is before I became aware of the fact that Static was actually a comic book that was made by a DC subsidiary (Milestone), so him suddenly teaming up with Batman had me going da fuq!

Like, it's one of the reasons he's so well known now. Or at least the reason he was well known back then. It even got him and the rest of the Milestone Universe into the Main DC, with Virgil actually joining the Titans.

One Strip! One Strip!
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#295: Oct 17th 2023 at 11:45:07 PM

To be fair, at the beginning of Static Shock, they weren't certain it'd be a part of the DCAU, and DC heroes were referred to as fictional within it.

Does anyone have any original characters from Static Shock (or Batman Beyond or The Zeta Project) they wish were more folded into the mainstream DCAU or DC Comics? For me, it's Gear, Ebon, Rubberband Man, Talon, and the Night-Breed. She-Bang could work as your standard super-soldier. I think Inque, Shriek, and Spellbinder have all appeared other Batman Beyond comics, right? But I like them, Blight, Mad Stan, Curare, the whole concept of the Splicers...

Virgil and Terry had some really good supporting casts.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#296: Oct 18th 2023 at 1:38:43 AM

Blight did show up in the comics in a rather unexpected way.

He's a villain in Gotham Academy, having traveled back in time so he can kill a young Warren McGuinnis to prevent Terry's birth.

Disgusted, but not surprised
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#297: Oct 18th 2023 at 1:50:40 AM

I can said virgil was mile before miles in a way, the whole "young black kid who is newbie to the whole thing".

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#298: Oct 18th 2023 at 2:02:32 AM

And Miles Morales also had electrical powers.

Electric Black Guy is a trope for a reason.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#299: Oct 18th 2023 at 2:03:51 AM

[up][up] Miles is a legacy character with the Spider-Man brand, while Static is fully his own man.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#300: Oct 18th 2023 at 2:10:02 AM

[up]Sure but both have this "energetic and kinda snarky black youth hero". thing around it.

[up][up]I swear im surprise nobody have make fun of how many black chararter have electrical power, is ripe for a "that is a steriotype, you know?"

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"

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