Static Shock

Static in Africa

Season 3, Episode 3, Aired 2/8/03

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Virgil and his family go on a trip to Ghana. While there Virgil calls Richie and tells him that he's closer to his heritage and doesn't feel like a minority but a person. On a train trip, a criminal called Osebo tries to steal a professors map to an ancient city of gold that is buried under a lake. A superhero named Anansi the spider stops Osebo from crashing the train, but not from taking the map. Virgil puts a tracer on Osebo and later reveals his secret identity to Anansi because they need each others help to stop Osebo. They track him at the dam that holds the man made lake and together they stop him from blowing it up. Static tells Anansi he's his hero and he has very few black heros in America.moreless

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Phil LaMarr

Virgil Hawkins / Static
Jason Marsden

Richie Foley / Gear
Michele Morgan

Sharon Hawkins

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By rapgirl2go, Sep 05, 2011 Report Abuse

I believe the person who wrote this episode, has probably a lot of intel on the Ashanti culter or mythology (aka fairy tales). He has the intelligance of a very fine author, and I can't wait to see more of him. The African people, it shows in Virgal's opinion, have been down trodden and persecuted for various reasons, just for being African (black). I personally do not think that this is right, by no means. I might have issues with African-American, but it is no different than the issues I have with whites. They have only been persecuted because of a issues (I have) called Racism. I think it is absurd to call somebody wierd, stupid, unintelligent, bad, mean, just because they are black. Thank You and God Bless!moreless

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Trivia
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- No one turns around to see Virgil shocking the train? You'd think someone heard the crackle and turned around to see it. Edit
- When Static is first tring to reach Richie then shocks his Shock Vox it has no black stripes on it Edit
- Static complains that there are no black superheroes in America. Has he forgotten about John Stewart, the Green Lantern? (Reply: John Stewart is also the only black superhero he knows about (aside from himself and Anansi) at this point. It's just a figure of speech.) Edit
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- Richie mentions that he is of Irish descent, on his father's side.
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- This is the first part of this episode, it will later be resolved in "Out of Africa." Edit
- Anansi's costume is one of three references to Stevedore J. Perkins, a former hero from the comics named the Scarlet Scarab. Anansi wears the exact costume that the Scarlet Scarab wore in the comics, and acts quite the same. The only difference is that Anansi has illusion powers, while Scarlet Scarab had a dog companion. Edit
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- Virgil: I just wanna see the tigers.
  Robert: There aren't any...
  Virgil: ...Tigers in Africa. I know. I just said it to get your goat. Are there any goats?
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- Sharon: I'm gonna miss Africa. Virgil: Why? You're bringing most of it home with you. Edit
- Virgil: Who are you? Anansi: I am the spider. Virgil: Hit him with a web blast! Anansi: I am not that kind of spider. Edit
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- Anansi: I am the spider.
  Anansi is the trickster in Ashanti lore. He has tricked both humans and animals in many stories. Anansi in the Ashanti language translates simply to "the spider". Edit
- Virgil: Hit him with a web blast!
  When Anansi first appears, Virgil poses his hand in Spider-Man's traditional web shooter pose. Anansi quickly remarks that he "is not that kind of spider." Edit