I love how Clark was busting their chops. He knows the whole super hero deal and with super hearing most likely heard them talking as well. Just made sure they didn’t get too full of themselves.
Seriously dude has casually teamed up with every main dc superhero in this universe unfortunately he wasn’t shown in justice league or justice league unlimited as a kid joining just his own show or the future
@@hikennoace343 Oh for the love of... THE 90'S-2000 WERE NOT CAVEMAN TIMES! Seriously we weren't fighting with punch card reading room sized computers. The effort required to animate that detail is the same now as it was then. Kids these days I swear. . .
It's subtle, but when Virgil says,"why would Superman be in a place like Dakota?", it makes people like Virgil who live in Dakota think Superman doesn't care about them or their city. However, Superman cares, and that's why he is the greatest of superheros
Hell, he's from Kansas. Superman remains humble because he knows that apart from his powers, he's not better than anyone else. Which, ironically, does make him the best person.
More like "he works in an entirely different state. How'd he end up here" Same deal when Batman, Superman, and Flash cross over. First thing the criminals say is some variation of "you're not supposed to be here"
The teens are all drawn smaller relative to adults in the show. Superman is drawn bigger than most adults, so it really makes him look huge in comparison to Static
I find it so cute that Vergil's father reads Clark's articles. I honestly forgot that he actually does real reporting, let alone has people who read them.
A reminder that after the Braniac incident, Batman and Superman were so impressed with Gear and Static's teamwork and resourceful planning they automatically made them members of the League.
@@ruintheday13 If I saw all the crazy shit that Vergil and Richie deal with on a daily basis and knowing Aliens also exist? yeah I would believe it. I wouldn't see myself being like Lex Luthor who absolutely refuses that someone with godlike abilities can act like a human and not abuse their powers. Yet for some reason accepts that Magic, Aliens and alternative universes exist. Now if we are going like Man of Steel context where Wonder Woman never shows up in WW2 or the 80's, Batman doesn't exist, Flash never appears, etc and Zod appearing and attacking Earth and claims that their is someone who rivals him in power hiding among us? I would freak the fuck out and wonder what else is different? Have the government been hiding this? are their more Aliens out there that are this powerful? how will we have a chance of beating them?.
Superman's been open and honest about who he is since very early on in his hero career in the DCAU. His real name is "Kal-El", and he's an alien from a dead world called "Krypton". Why would anyone, even a smart guy like Richie, suspect that Superman would bother living like regular humans by posing as some Kansas farm boy-turned-Metropolitan journalist?
This Clark Kent guy is funny. He sounds a lot softer than Superman and asks questions that leave Static and Gear confounded which only Superman would expect.
@@wickedchild8501 it's not the same though. The kids would just binge-watch them and be done with it before they consume another show. They wouldn't have everything connected over a period of years to be sewed into their childhood. Like it or not, we will be the only generation that will have that growing up.
They more than likely did since it’s stated in the Justice League Unlimited Episode “The Once and Future Thing Part 2” that Static was part of the Justice League in the future and in “Future Shock” Terry says he’s one of the greatest heroes. Superman had to have met Static if they’re both in the league and both active.
@@puterboy2 they did meet but it’s hard to keep track with all the reboots DC does Like Superman at one stage had an ongoing friendship with Static’s fellow milestone hero Icon
When Justice League Unlimited came out they definitely should’ve had Static on the roster I get there were plans for him meet the titans but with how he kept running into the league and helping them in his series I think you could definitely say he earned his spot on the team
@@devinbrown6650 Superman changes the height of his spine, speaks in a higher register, is clumsier, stutters and less confident as Clark. The glasses are sometimes infused with stuff but most of the time not.
Sometimes they add in the sclera in his eyes when they do close ups in Superman TAS but in this he actually looks good. Even if he almost looks like Bruce Wayne.
Interest Superman when he's not fighting crime is being known as just Clark Kent on Static Shock. Just like with Batman as he's know to be Bruce Wayne.
I really wish they were shown as kids in justice league unlimited joining the team and being in episodes they could’ve become good friends with other sidekick type heroes like supergirl or stargirl or others like that
When I was watching this show, I noticed that half of the episodes were about Static meeting someone famous just to get people to watch the show. But I'm not gonna complain; I loved every episode where they did that. Each of those episodes was a treat. Last week it was Batman, this week it's Superman, next week it's Shaq... These honestly just made the show so much cooler.
Honestly.. with the superhero movies going downhill in attendence, I'm willing to bet that if they actually bring back Static Shock, it would bring back more audiences.
He is drawn very intimidating here. His body is huge and wide, and his face is cast in shadow, usually something done only for villains. But I guess it was just to illustrate his importance.
I kind of wished Superman was in that Justice League episode with brainiac. Batman, Flash, J’onn, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl would’ve loved his assistance! Heck Wonder Woman wasn’t even in the episode either!
Wait didn't they reference Clark Kent being Superman in episode before meeting Superman or was that a Mandela Effect? I could've swore that happened in a early season
They previously said that they were just comic book characters early on in the series, probably to help the show's much more grounded nature. They simply retconned that knowledge out when they actually shoved Static into the DCAU itself. It's technically a plot hole, yes, but it's not that drastic. If they kept that, they'd have probably had to try to say Static's world is the "real" world, which...well, the "real" world is already a concept in the grander DC Universe as being beyond the Source Wall, so it doesn't work. Hilariously enough, if that's the case, *Static himself* would be the way bigger plot hole in this crossover.
He looks way better with the eyes he has in this episode. I never got why he was the only one of the team with whites in his eyes. It works so much better!
You know they really should’ve had Wonder Woman in this series in fact I thought of a good episode for to appear. I call it the Amazon who came to town. In this episode, Static would team up with Wonder Woman to stop Aresia from the fury episode from justice league series who some how survived when the plane exploded and sank into the vast ocean at the end of the episode. Aresia plans to use the big bang gas so she can get powers of her own and become even stronger than the justice league.
If I recall there was sort of a copyright issue that stopped any show from having Wonder Woman or any associated characters show up unless they were apart of the main cast. It’s why she didn’t show up in The Batman series or why Wonder Girl was limited to cameos in Teen Titans
This episode is the only time in the DCAU where Superman has his eyes drawn like this. I don't know why they made him look like Bruce Wayne with glasses, but I hate it.
I love how Clark was busting their chops. He knows the whole super hero deal and with super hearing most likely heard them talking as well. Just made sure they didn’t get too full of themselves.
I mean he's been asked that plenty of times himself, so I'm not surprised he paid it forward
Plus a chance to put someone else in his shoes :)
Probably a good way to test them to have a good answer to that question for when they are at risk of getting busted
@@weirdTedE91it’s pretty much a superhero right of passage at this point
Static Shock had the most crossovers of the DCAU
Every series except for The Zeta Project
Seriously dude has casually teamed up with every main dc superhero in this universe unfortunately he wasn’t shown in justice league or justice league unlimited as a kid joining just his own show or the future
@@pavloszimbrakos4410 he’s like the Spider-Man of DCU, shame that’s there isn’t a reboot or sequel cause I’d love to see him in the new eras
He should've had a crossover with Wonder Woman too in this show.
@@gibbs615
He did eventually, but in Justice League only.
Love that both Bruce and Clark made it a point to meet Virgil outside of their hero personas
They probably wanted to see what he is like under the mask, gauging his personality and all that
@@lel0uchvibritannia981He gained Batman's trust quick.
And to let him know he's bad at hiding his secret identity
Vergil: "Hey I know you!"
Clark: *visibly tenses*
Vergil: "My pops reads your articles all the time!"
Clark: *visibly relaxes*
Damn that's a great detail especially for a cartoon from the early 2000's
"Something about that chin." - Harley Quinzel
@@SeriousDragonifyHarley's Holiday was a fun episode.
@@hikennoace343 Oh for the love of... THE 90'S-2000 WERE NOT CAVEMAN TIMES! Seriously we weren't fighting with punch card reading room sized computers. The effort required to animate that detail is the same now as it was then. Kids these days I swear. . .
@@XxDigitalDaftPunkxXwe became the new boomers with how we are telling kids off eh
It's subtle, but when Virgil says,"why would Superman be in a place like Dakota?", it makes people like Virgil who live in Dakota think Superman doesn't care about them or their city. However, Superman cares, and that's why he is the greatest of superheros
Hell, he's from Kansas. Superman remains humble because he knows that apart from his powers, he's not better than anyone else. Which, ironically, does make him the best person.
More like "he works in an entirely different state. How'd he end up here"
Same deal when Batman, Superman, and Flash cross over. First thing the criminals say is some variation of "you're not supposed to be here"
Clark having a lot of fun here lmao. "Superman's the reason I'm here." *Adjusts glasses, smiling*
I still remember this being the biggest version of clark. He’s just so massive and imposing
To be fair, he's surrounded by teens.
The teens are all drawn smaller relative to adults in the show. Superman is drawn bigger than most adults, so it really makes him look huge in comparison to Static
Well Superman is 6’3”
Also, he has sclera(and blue pupils).
I love the boxy look from the old cartoons.
I find it so cute that Vergil's father reads Clark's articles. I honestly forgot that he actually does real reporting, let alone has people who read them.
A reminder that after the Braniac incident, Batman and Superman were so impressed with Gear and Static's teamwork and resourceful planning they automatically made them members of the League.
It’s so weird seeing DCAU Superman with coloured eyes.
Animation was changing just in the justice league cartoon on Cartoon Network
I knew something felt off
Like, in STAS, he'd occasionally have full colored eyes, mostly in close-up scenes. But yeah, he normally just has the black dot eyes.
I like how even though Richie is smart af he still can't figure out that Superman is standing right in front of him just with glasses on.
Would you really believe there's a literal godlike being among us?
@@ruintheday13 If I saw all the crazy shit that Vergil and Richie deal with on a daily basis and knowing Aliens also exist? yeah I would believe it. I wouldn't see myself being like Lex Luthor who absolutely refuses that someone with godlike abilities can act like a human and not abuse their powers. Yet for some reason accepts that Magic, Aliens and alternative universes exist.
Now if we are going like Man of Steel context where Wonder Woman never shows up in WW2 or the 80's, Batman doesn't exist, Flash never appears, etc and Zod appearing and attacking Earth and claims that their is someone who rivals him in power hiding among us? I would freak the fuck out and wonder what else is different? Have the government been hiding this? are their more Aliens out there that are this powerful? how will we have a chance of beating them?.
those magic kryptonian telepathic enhancing lenses
aka
stfu and roll with it XD
Superman's been open and honest about who he is since very early on in his hero career in the DCAU. His real name is "Kal-El", and he's an alien from a dead world called "Krypton". Why would anyone, even a smart guy like Richie, suspect that Superman would bother living like regular humans by posing as some Kansas farm boy-turned-Metropolitan journalist?
@@ruintheday13 Sounds kinda sus tbh
Superman having the whites of his eyes is so strange looking😂 I actually kind of prefer it in a way
Dwayne McDuffy respected him enough to give him correctly drawn eyes.
I've always preferred without the white areas in his eyes. It's typically how I envision superman in general.
He looks even more like Bruce twin
What? You want Superman to look like dumpy old *KRILLIN?*
I think the flesh-colored eye designs died out in the 2000s, which Im glad for. It looks really outdated imo
Static Shock is criminally underrated!
This Clark Kent guy is funny. He sounds a lot softer than Superman and asks questions that leave Static and Gear confounded which only Superman would expect.
I love how much of a troll the DCAU version of Superman could be.
Yet some people consider it "out of character" for Sups
Man cartoon were so cool when I was kid it’s ashame the new generation can watch these amazing shows
And the fun part is that this show is connected to Justice League, Batman TAS etc
@@chrisanderson2204 Exactly
good thing that nowadays there are streaming services if I had kids I'd sure would make them watch these
static shock is actually on hbo max along with most of cartoon networks great originals
@@wickedchild8501 it's not the same though. The kids would just binge-watch them and be done with it before they consume another show. They wouldn't have everything connected over a period of years to be sewed into their childhood. Like it or not, we will be the only generation that will have that growing up.
Clark is like "You two gotta work on your cover stories better." LOL
He definitely heard them lmao
Clark got that Kingpin form from the Spiderverse
I don’t even know if they met in the mainstream universe.
They more than likely did since it’s stated in the Justice League Unlimited Episode “The Once and Future Thing Part 2” that Static was part of the Justice League in the future and in “Future Shock” Terry says he’s one of the greatest heroes. Superman had to have met Static if they’re both in the league and both active.
@@TitaniumXHero I mean like in the comics. Either New Earth or Earth 1.
@@puterboy2 he met superboy
@@puterboy2 they did meet but it’s hard to keep track with all the reboots DC does
Like Superman at one stage had an ongoing friendship with Static’s fellow milestone hero Icon
When Justice League Unlimited came out they definitely should’ve had Static on the roster I get there were plans for him meet the titans but with how he kept running into the league and helping them in his series I think you could definitely say he
earned his spot on the team
Only in the episode where they go to the future.
0:20 he looks just like Bruce Wayne, except he’s 👓.
Because now he has white full eye
Wasnt it canonical that Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent actually look alike?
@@halogalaxy5612 except, Batman doesn’t have a cleft chin.
@@halogalaxy5612 nowadays yeah
Well superman did impersonate Batman at one point.
"see now that's a good question"
Damn he is wide in this, the blue eyes while accurate look off after seeing him with the black ones for so many years.
Virgil & Richie really should've been able to figure out Clark was Superman here😂
Like what's the story with the glasses? Lol some sort of perception filter that makes you see a complete different person.
@@devinbrown6650 Heh that's a good point.
@@gibbs615 if you think about it. The very idea is used in Legends of Tomorrow.
@@devinbrown6650 Oh I see
@@devinbrown6650 Superman changes the height of his spine, speaks in a higher register, is clumsier, stutters and less confident as Clark. The glasses are sometimes infused with stuff but most of the time not.
Shaquille O’Neal was originally supposed to return on this episode but he couldn’t be reached during that time
As much as I love the idea of Shaq interacting with Superman, what role would shaq have had?
@@bqw2094 They were going to have him team up with Static again and fight alongside Superman. The three of them together vs. Toyman
I believe was because it was due to the playoff game with the Lakers
@@bqw2094Shaq is a massive Superman fan and wanted to portray him in a movie but DC settled on him playing Steel in the 90s instead.
@@ItsOver9000Productionswasn’t great movie but not terrible. Reeve was supposed to cameo
Sometimes they add in the sclera in his eyes when they do close ups in Superman TAS but in this he actually looks good. Even if he almost looks like Bruce Wayne.
I like to imagine that Crisis On Infinite Earths happened entirely off-screen in the DCAU.
Interest Superman when he's not fighting crime is being known as just Clark Kent on Static Shock. Just like with Batman as he's know to be Bruce Wayne.
I’m a year late but it’s called an alter ego bro
The eyes are super distracting.. it was like how in Subzero Batman and Robin had Superman-like eyes.. it just seems wrong
To you maybe but it felt like a true improvements compared to dot eyes
He knows, He KNOWS, He knows he knows~
I really wish they were shown as kids in justice league unlimited joining the team and being in episodes they could’ve become good friends with other sidekick type heroes like supergirl or stargirl or others like that
When I was watching this show, I noticed that half of the episodes were about Static meeting someone famous just to get people to watch the show.
But I'm not gonna complain; I loved every episode where they did that. Each of those episodes was a treat. Last week it was Batman, this week it's Superman, next week it's Shaq... These honestly just made the show so much cooler.
Honestly.. with the superhero movies going downhill in attendence, I'm willing to bet that if they actually bring back Static Shock, it would bring back more audiences.
He is drawn very intimidating here.
His body is huge and wide, and his face is cast in shadow, usually something done only for villains.
But I guess it was just to illustrate his importance.
Dcau is the best
it became Dcau in 2013 back than it didn't exist
I like to think Clark figured out that Virgil and Richie are Static and Gear.....
At least I hope so anyway....
Bare minimum, he should be able to tell by their scent and voices
@@ringo1836 he also has X-ray vision.
I kind of wished Superman was in that Justice League episode with brainiac. Batman, Flash, J’onn, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl would’ve loved his assistance! Heck Wonder Woman wasn’t even in the episode either!
Blame the lawyers for her not appearing in Static Shock.
It's weird that Superman didn't show up when Braniac, one of his arch enemies, literally caused trouble for the Justice League and Static.
I'm surprised no one could tell big back Clark Kent was Superman with shoulders that wide
Wait didn't they reference Clark Kent being Superman in episode before meeting Superman or was that a Mandela Effect? I could've swore that happened in a early season
They previously said that they were just comic book characters early on in the series, probably to help the show's much more grounded nature.
They simply retconned that knowledge out when they actually shoved Static into the DCAU itself.
It's technically a plot hole, yes, but it's not that drastic.
If they kept that, they'd have probably had to try to say Static's world is the "real" world, which...well, the "real" world is already a concept in the grander DC Universe as being beyond the Source Wall, so it doesn't work. Hilariously enough, if that's the case, *Static himself* would be the way bigger plot hole in this crossover.
“Where were you when it happened” why he trolling them lol
He looks way better with the eyes he has in this episode. I never got why he was the only one of the team with whites in his eyes. It works so much better!
I really wish they drew Clark/Superman's eyes like that on Justice League.
Looking at normal people next to the farm boy scary
He knew who they were😂
I know it’s plot but there’s NO way Virgil would recognize Clark Kent from his articles I’m in the paper 😭😭
Hmm Maybe Superman figured it out. And what was the other girl’s name that hangs out with Daisy?
Frieda Goren
@@TitaniumXHero Thank you!
He may have also used x-ray vision to see through their masks, like he did with batman.
@@Pyro7693 It’s possible.
Superman doesn't use X-Ray Vision unless he feels it's necessary.
Static wasn't a threat like Batman was to Superman when they met.
What I love about this episode is that Tim got to return as Supes after Newburn had already took over for him in Justice League.
This is still George Newbern. Newbern voiced Supes in all his post-STAS appearances except Batman Beyond
Man they made him Huge here
Remember when "meeting your heroes" was encouraged, not hated?
I remember this bit
0:09 All-star Superman, anyone? 😁
Very good Easter Egg about How Great Superman is.
Too shocked to give a good answer
Static Shock will be in Multiverses one day
DANG Jason's voice for Richie is hot
Where is our reboot or new series or movie or something ⚡️⚙️💚🔥
Damn Clark's tall.
You know they really should’ve had Wonder Woman in this series in fact I thought of a good episode for to appear. I call it the Amazon who came to town. In this episode, Static would team up with Wonder Woman to stop Aresia from the fury episode from justice league series who some how survived when the plane exploded and sank into the vast ocean at the end of the episode. Aresia plans to use the big bang gas so she can get powers of her own and become even stronger than the justice league.
If I recall there was sort of a copyright issue that stopped any show from having Wonder Woman or any associated characters show up unless they were apart of the main cast. It’s why she didn’t show up in The Batman series or why Wonder Girl was limited to cameos in Teen Titans
Superman already knows who static is used x ray or batman told him
Where did you get this high quality episode?
Could you please tell me where🙏
Static shock introduces Justice League before the tv series.
Wow he meets em all
Clark is like double their height and it's insane
Oh snap he has eyes. Huh now proper eyes on him look wrong
Damn!
God dammit supes, you can’t go to one part of the world as Superman and Clark at the same time people are going to start putting two and two together😂
Superman: fe fi fo fum
carver and tino from weekenders
Superman here on Dakota
Why do his eyes look so strange?
He did have scleras sometimes in Superman TAS,but the irises were black instead of blue
Because he a alien and that’s kinda racist sir
Since Richie is still in crutches I guess this happened right after the school shooter episode.
This wasn't from the shooting. This was from an earlier fight he and Static were in earlier. The good news is it's just a bad sprain.
Clark having colored eyes feels kind of abnormal.
This episode is the only time in the DCAU where Superman has his eyes drawn like this. I don't know why they made him look like Bruce Wayne with glasses, but I hate it.
0:00-0:19 Soul Power’s theme song
This Superman is likable. The one in Justice League Unlimited is a dick. Which is funny considering it's the same universe.
I wasn't a fan of how they made his eyes look in this crossover.
It’s funny how the SS artist had no problem giving Clark more distinctive eyes but Bruce Timm couldn’t. Or didn’t want to.
On weird instances of Superman TAS Clark did have normal eyes though
@@uncannydcmarvelous5732 so did Bruce Wayne/ Batman, compared the Batman the animated series.