03x02 - Gear

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Static Shock". Aired: September 23, 2000 – May 22, 2004.*
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Accidental exposure to an experimental mutagen leaves geeky high school student Virgil with super powers.
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03x02 - Gear

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♪ Gotta be, be,
go

[Beep beep beep]

Yo, richie, what's up?
Besides me.

Richie: I need you
at h.q.

Trouble?

Just get here.

Richie?

Richie?

Richie?

Hey, I can't believe
he ditched me.

Richie: wearing
the new uniform, huh?

Looks good.

Where are you?

Wouldn't you
like to know?

Aha!

All right,
I give.

Peekaboo.

Aah!

He's a scouting
robot.

I can control him
with this.

I can see
whatever he sees

And I can
broadcast my voice
through him.

Uh, yeah. I figured
that part out by myself.

I call him backpack.

Backpack?

Backpack, heel!

Cool.

I wonder if I can get
my pops to spring for one.

I didn't buy it.
I made it.

Get out!

On the other hand,

You have been on
kind of

An inventing
tear lately.

Look at
this place.

I know.
I got so many ideas,

It's like
my brain's on fire.

[Sniffs] I thought
it smelled smoky.

I improved the range
of the tracers

And I figured out
how to make

Your flying disk
fold up smaller.

What do these do?

Aah!

Zap caps,
the next generation.
Ha ha!

It's a bang baby
restraint device.

Well, they work.

[Beeping]

What's with
the police scanner?

I programmed it
to do that

If it picked up
the word "metahuman."

Dispatch: breakout
at county lockup.
Metahuman wing.

Request backup.
I repeat, request backup.

Gotta fly.

Can't miss this.

I just got word
they're heading
for the top floor.

[Jamaican accent]
no worries, mon.
This way out.

I've got ebon.

See you
at the bottom.

Well, it took you
guys long enough.

I was about to
cut out for
a cappuccino.

Just do it.

Finally.

[Grunts]

[Siren]

Hey, let's
get out of here.

The cops are
everywhere.

Virgil: you're worried
about the police
when I'm here?

Static?

Static--you don't start none,
there won't be none.

Whoa!

Run!

Sorry about
the parking job.

I only have
my learner's permit.

Unh!

♪ This is how we roll ♪

Static, you ok, man?

♪ This is how we roll ♪

♪ Watch it, here we go ♪

♪ This is how we roll ♪

[Sirens]

Everybody split up.

Meet me
back at the place.

Aah!

Completely, utterly,
and totally my bad.

I know you.

Yeah.
I get that a lot.

One of those faces.
Heh.

Aah! Aah!

You're that kid I saw
talking with static
that time.

Uh, yeah. He was
asking directions
to the power plant.

Don't play me.

Come here.
Hey! No, don't!

Let me--

You're coming with me.

Aah!

Let him go, ebon.

[Gasping for air]

Another time, fly boy.

Guaranteed.

Ok.

I guess
when you become
a living shadow,

The nose is
the first thing
to go.

Virgil: you sure
you're ok?

'Cause you looked
a little green
around the glasses

When I left you.

Yeah? Well,
how would you feel

If you almost
got ebonized?

Why was he
messing with you,
anyway?

He must've
wanted to use me
to get to you again.

You want me to
sneak over and hang out?

No, I'm cool.

I got backpack
on lookout mode.

And I also brought
a bunch of new
zap caps home with me

Just in case ebon--

Hey!
What?

I just got an idea
how to use
one of these

To play mp s.
Gotta go.

[Hangs up]

He is getting too weird.

♪ Rollin' on my block ♪

♪ Feel like these streets
is boxed in ♪

♪ I'm on a race
against the clock ♪

♪ Don't go against
the haters or the cops ♪

♪ I feel somethin's
out to get me ♪

Never thought
we'd all end up
back here again.

Isn't it great?

No way anybody
would look for us

At the old juvie hall.

Spent a lot of time here
back in the day.

We were inmates
then.

Now we run
the place.

I
always
ran the place.

Anything wrong?

Yeah. That kid.

His name was foley.

Every time I see him,
static's right there.

I shouldn't have let him
slip away the first time.

So let's find him.

Just what
I was thinkin'.

Start with
the high school
closest to the jail.

Dakota union high?

Whatever.
Just find him.

I want us on that kid
like a shadow.

And today we're going
to learn about

The magic of monomials.

But first I have
a little problem for you.

Richie...
Uh-huh?

What you working on?

Well, I was fixing
my rollerblades last night

While watching
the m*llitary channel
special on harrier jets--

You know, the ones
that can make vertical
takeoffs and landings--

And I was thinking,
wouldn't it be super cool

To integrate
that technology
into my skates?

Ok.

All right.
Now the first step
in solving this...

Uh, mr. Foley?

Mr. Foley.

[Sternly]
mr. Foley.

Huh?

The problem?

Over pi.

Perhaps, mr. Foley,
if you paid atten--

What?

The answer,
over pi.

Yes, but,
how did you know?

Lucky guess?

Come on, richie,
how did you know?

Beats me.

Sometimes your head
figures out stuff

When you don't even know
it's doing it.

Paper clip.

Circuit board.

Opticon scolometer.

Opticon wha-wha?

I'm just clowning ya.
We're all done.

Done, with what?

Jet blades.

Whoo hoo!

Let's see what
they can really do!

Uh, richie?

Aaah!
Aaah!

Whoa!
Whoa!

Aaah aaah!

Richie,
this is too much.

You're right.
The rear boosters
must be overpowered.

No, man,
not the skates. You!

What do you mean?

The robot,
the zap caps--

All this stuff.

I mean,
all of a sudden,

You're braniac
the maniac.

So I'm a little smarter
than most people.

What's the big deal?

"A little?"

The department of defense
couldn't think up
most of this stuff.

Well,
they don't have to.

I already
thought it up for 'em.

Focus, richie.

Remember when you said
your head felt
like it was on fire?

Well, maybe
you were right,

'Cause something's
really cooking up there.

I do feel
different lately.

I think faster,
a lot faster.

Sometimes I can't
stop thinking.

Sometimes it's like
my thoughts are
thinking thoughts.

See? I just thought that.

It's like ideas are
exploding in my head.

Does it look bigger?
It does, doesn't it?

Cranial perimeter
is definitely expanding.

Oh, no!

You look fine.

Fine? I'm having
some kind of strain
on the brain breakdown.

I could be going crazy.
I--

Rich!
Know what I think?

I think maybe
you're becoming
a bang baby.

That doesn't make
any sense.

Why am I changing now?

I don't know.

Late bloomer maybe?

I mean, other bangers
had delayed reactions.

But I wasn't even
at the big bang.

Yeah, but
you were with me

Right after
I got gassed,

And my clothes
reeked of the stuff.

Maybe that's how
you got infected

And it's been dormant
in you all this time.

What do you think?

It's as good a theory
as we got right now.

When he's not at school

He mostly hangs around
comic shops

And an old gas station.

That's his running buddy
virgil hawkins.

Hair style
look familiar?

Lot of dawgs wear
their hair that way.

Not a lot of dawgs
who hang out with foley.

He's about
the right size.

You think this guy
could be static?

Let's find out
for sure.

Hey, virge.
Hey, daise.

Listen, do you think
richie would tutor me
in chemistry?

What about me?
I'm the chemistry
kid.

Yeah, but you didn't
ace the final like richie.

He did? Sweet!

You'd think,

But he didn't seem
very happy about it.

Yo, bro.
What's that?

Plans for a particle
accelerator?

[Sighs] yeah.

I was kidding.

Hey, man,
why so down?

Isn't it fun
being a superbrain?

I guess.
It's just--

How come I couldn't get
a cool power

Like super strength
or laser vision?

Laser vision?

How am I supposed
to fight super villains?

Think them
into submission?

All I can be is
your mega-mechanic.

[Beeping]
you're not just--

What's up? Does he
need a recharge
or something?

No. He's detected
a metahuman.

Huh?

[Shrieks]

Virgil!

Virgil.

What are you doing?

Stay away from him!

I'm taking
your friend static.

Y-you're wrong!
He's not static!

He's not static!

[Gasps]

Come on, virgil,

If you got
your shock box on you

I can track you down.

[Beeping]

Yes! And now what?

Desperate times call
for desperate measures.

Here goes everything.

Whoa!

Aaah-aaah! Aaah!

Whoo hoo!

Aaah aaah! Whaaah!

Aah aah--aaah!

[Gasps]

Whoops! My bad.

Hoo hoo hoo hoo!

[Sighs]

Huh?

Sharon always said
I was gonna end up
in one of these.

Hey! Let me
out of here!

Fine, be that way.

I'll let myself out.

Wait. Maybe that's what
they want me to do.

Thought for sure
he was going to
blow the door down.

He still might.
Wait and see.

Richie: aah!

[Groans]

[Spits]

Sorry, I'm still
working on the brakes.

V-man?

V-man!

Where are you?

I'm in some kind
of cell.

I think
I'm being watched,

So I can't use
my powers.

Don't worry.
I'm here to save you.

Say what?!

I'm already inside.
It's the old juvie hall.

Aah!

Lucky move.

Think you can
do it again?

Whoa--aaah!

What was that?

Probably bigfoot tripping
over his own feet again.

Hmm. Check it out.

Hey, sasquatch,
what's all
the racket?

Kangor?

[Rustling]

You're not kangor,
are you?

Gotcha!

Huh?

Richie: nope.

Got you.

[Gags]

[Muffled grunts]

We'll talk later.

[Stretching groans]

Virgil, you're right.

Ebon's got a camera
on you.

Act naturally.

I think I can
take it out.

[Robot clicking]

[Signal buzz]

Richie, what's going on?

Where are you?

[Gasps]

Right here, v-man.

Quiet.
They might be watching.

They are watching...
Reruns.

I had backpack
manipulate
a loop of you,

Which he's feeding
into ebon's monitor
right now.

Nice!

One funky fresh
superhero costume.

♪ Static shock ♪

[Muffled grunts]

Problem, mon?

We've been ambushed!

What? By who?

We're still
working that out.

I want to tag in
robin the boy wonder.

Uh, no.

See, it's
a work in progress.

So we had the wrong guy.

Doesn't matter.
We got you now.

May i?
You've already done
so much.

Aah!

Unh, uhh...

Aah--unh!

Richie: nice job.

Couldn't have done it
without you.

♪ Ohh ohh ♪
♪ yeah ♪

What do you think?

I think you're
spending more time

In front of the mirror
than my sister does,

And it's starting
to worry me.

We still gotta come up
with a superhero handle.

How about hardware?

I think somebody's
using it.

Steel?

Well, it's gotta
say something

About all this gear
I got.

Gear.
What about that?

Gear.

Perfectamundo.

[Beeping]

Dispatch: metahuman
known as hotstreak

On rampage
at nd and main.

Request backup.
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