♪ Fight the criminals, chase the bad guys ♪
♪ Save the world, fly to the sky ♪
♪ Half kid half amazing okay ♪
♪ Static shock who you facin' yeah ♪
♪ One zip then you zap ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from static shower ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ Woo-hoo ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ ♪ Woo-hoo ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ Bells ring and I'm back to school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ Woo-hoo ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ Woo-hoo ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ Woo-hoo ♪
♪ One zip then you zap ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from static shower ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ The bell rings and I'm back to school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
Ah, Africa. The motherland.
Cradle of humanity. We're almost there.
Can you feel the electricity?
I can't feel anything
after the 23 shots I had to get.
You took them all in your arm?
You know where they wanted me to take 'em?
Your mother and I always dreamed of bringing you here.
We've saved for this trip since you were little.
I just wanna see the tigers.
- There aren't any ti-- - Tigers in Africa, I know.
I just said it to get your goat.
Are there any goats?
Actually there are thousands of animal species.
Elephant, roan antelopes, lion hearted beasts
leopard, waterbucks, bonobo chimpanzees..
'...bushbuck, olive baboons..'
Aah!
Oh, children, Just look at it!
Yo, pops, it's an airport.
Yes, but it's an airport in Africa!
Hey! Taxi!
- Trotro! - Trotro?
That's what you call those vehicles.
Some of us were paying attention when daddy
was telling us all the boring stuff.
That's righ.. Hey!
Trotro!
Accra has been the capital of Ghana for over 200 years.
'I was with the first black African colony'
'to achieve independence.'
From the British, in 1957.
Check it out! What's that?
'Independence monument.'
'The black star represents African freedom'
'from colonialism, and right over here'
'is the W.E.B DuBois center'
'where the great American civil rights leader is buried.'
That's right, he was the proponent of Pan-Africanism
Didn't we get a shot for that?
Pan-Africanism is the belief
in the unity of all black people and their cultural
connection to Africa.
It says, that the blood in history we share
binds us together as strongly as any national border.
One people, many lands.
Can you feel it?
Yeah, I feel it.
Richie? Richie?
Oh, right. I guess I'm a little out of range.
'Richie, are you there?'
'Richie?'
'Richie!'
'Hey! Richie!'
V man! How's the trip?
It's amazing. There are black people everywhere.
Dude, you're in Africa.
No Richie, I mean ever since I got here
I felt different. Connected.
Hey you know when my dad went to Ireland, he got all goofy too.
It's not like that, it's, it's like
I've been carrying this weight around all my life
without knowing it. And now it's gone.
What're you talking about Virg?
In Africa, I'm not a black kid, I'm just a kid.
Is this what it feels like for you all the time?
Yeah, I guess.
Feels good!
Woohoo!
Yes!
Woohoo!
Honey, you look so beautiful. Like an Ashanti princess.
Your mother would be so proud.
Yeah, you look so African, maybe we should leave you here.
'Train 3 now boarding.'
Come on, that's our train to Kumasi.
- Is this seat taken? - No.
I am Dr. Anokye.
Professor of Archeology at the university of Ghana.
I'm Robert Hawkins, and these are my children.
Sharon, and Virgil. We're tourists.
From America, yes?
Perhaps we are distant cousins. One never knows.
'That's true kids.'
About 16% of all American slaves came from Ghana.
Really? We gotta ditch pop's books.
I wanna show them where the Ashanti kings used to live.
Then you must go to the Prempeh Jubilee Museum.
They have..
This was not in the brochures.
Osebo!
You can give me your briefcase
or I can tear it away, your choice, doctor.
Hey, cat man, leave him alone.
I quite agree.
I suggest we stand on tradition, Osebo.
You know well, the ancient story.
The spider always captures the leopard.
- Whoa - Hello!
What do you say, friend leopard? Shall we dance?
Who is that?
I am a Anansi the spider, ever at your service.
He is the most famous crime fighter in all of west Africa.
I was too modest to say.
Hit him with a web blast!
I am not that kind of spider.
And this is not that kind of web.
Always with your tricks.
- Behind you. - Huh?
Perhaps today I have a trick of my own.
This is Osebo, demolish the train.
Oh!
We've switched to a sidetrack.
We're gonna crash!
No! We will not!
After him!
Okay, that's kinda cool.
No! Please!
Leave him alone!
Aah!
My bad.
Whoa! Unf!
Stay away from my family!
I should punish you for that.
But I'm out of time. And so are you!
Go!
'Abandon the train. I repeat, Abandon the train.'
You heard him.
Aah! Unh!
We're not gonna stop in time!
bang
Aah.
Whew.
See? I told you Africa would be exciting.
There he is!
Forgive me for not staying.
But the leopard's trail goes cold.
- Anansi! Anansi! - No! No wait!
Anansi! Anansi! Anansi! Anansi!
zap
And before I could tell him anything, he disappeared.
Well you better do something, the trace is gonna
go dead in a few hours.
I know, but I'm stuck in this village with my family
until they can fix the train.
Uh-oh, gotta go. Miss "Shoppa Zulu" is coming.
Hey, daddy just got us a hotel room.
We're not getting out of here till tomorrow.
Shouldn't you be pacing yourself on the shopping thing?
This is not a shopping thing. It's a cultural epiphany.
Ooh! Kente cloth!
And in American money, it is only 15$
- Doctor? - Virgil, sit down and join me.
Would you like some fu-fu? My treat.
Uh, looks good. But I think I'll pass.
I was just wondering, what did Osebo take from you?
A map of ancient Kumasi.
Home of the great Ashanti nation.
I believe I'd found the location
of a long-lost palace.
A palace? In Ghana?
Oh, yes.
The Ashanti were talented goldsmiths.
The palace might have artifacts worth millions.
- If it were accessible. - What do you mean?
According to the map, it lies at the bottom
of the largest man-made lake in the world.
- Lake Volta? - A lake won't stop Osebo.
Anansi.
I regret to report that I've lost
Osebo's trail, doctor.
I fear I have no way to find him.
Uh, actually you do.
Can you keep a secret?
A tracer?
My friend Richie makes 'em.
But, I'm the only one who can track 'em.
And why is that?
- How did you-- - I'm a superhero, too.
Don't tell my dad.
Then you're going to have to help me.
Yeah, but what do I say to my pops?
Uh, excuse me, father
but I'm going to save the ancient treasure of the Ashanti.
Don't wait up. Yeah, right.
- 'Boy, wait till Virgil..' - Uh-oh, that's him!
- 'He's gonna love us.' - Do not move.
Hey, Virgil, hungry?
We actually found a Burger Fool!
He must be exhausted. Let him sleep.
People see what I want them to see.
When your family comes back..
...they'll see you are still here.
You have got to teach me how to do that.
We're definitely getting closer.
You hanging in there okay?
I still don't get how you can stand upside down.
Stick-to-itiveness
Dang! I lost it.
The tracer must be out of juice.
Not to worry, I see them.
Is he another of your illusions, spider?
His name is Static.
He's an American.
You know how flashy they can be.
As flashy as this?
Look out!
boom
At last, the spider has been stepped on.
That is a very useful ability.
I practice on weekends.
- 'They're gone.' - Well.
It's not like he can blow a hole in the bottom of the lake
and let all the water out, right? Right?
Lake Volta, is formed by a damn.
If Osebo were to destroy it
the lake would pour into the valley.
And he could find the hidden palace and the gold.
Yes, and destroy thousands of homes as well.
Number two, reporting in. No sign of anyone yet.
And you call yourself a lookout.
Where is Osebo?
Inside the damn with the others.
- Where in the damn? - The bottom tunnel.
He has been most helpful. What should be his reward?
How about we take him for a spin?
And they call me a trickster.
Tonight, we celebrate!
Be quick.
We bury the spider, we dig up the gold!
He's so happy. It's a shame to disappoint him.
Shield your eyes.
Great show, but where's whiskers?
See to them.
Going somewhere?
Osebo!
The game is finished.
No moves for you to make.
The spider weaves his web..
...and the cat is caught.
But a cat has many lives Anansi.
I can still detonate the explosives with this.
So unless you want your flying friend crushed
you will reveal yourself.
You press the button, and we all go.
Do not tempt me.
You guys play keep-away over here?
Aah!
At the very least, I will finally be rid of you.
And they say cats always land on their feet.
I'm gonna miss Africa so much.
I don't know why, you're bringing
'most of it home with you.'
Hey, I just read that the government
is gonna start an underwater expedition
to find the Ashanti palace.
Now that Dr. Anokye has his map back.
- Cool. - Ooh.
I better go down and check us out.
I'll go with you daddy, I saw the cutest
little earrings in the gift shop.
I will miss you my friend.
And your good humor.
I'll miss you too Anansi.
I never knew how important it would be
to meet a role model like you.
- Role model? - Yeah.
A black superhero.
I dunno, it validates me somehow.
Heroes come in every color, my friend.
I know, it's just that sometimes I wish
there was a black superhero back home for folks to look up to.
Oh, but there is.
And he is my hero too.