♪ Gotta get up gotta go get up ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Here we go here we go hip ♪
♪ Here we go here we go ♪
thud
crackle crackle.
♪ Hey hey hey hey hey ♪
I'll put a shock to your system.
Static Shock!
Great. My first big concert, and this has to happen.
Hey, uh, maybe we could find an exit door and, uh..
- Richie.. - Cool out! I got this covered.
Oh, yeah? What can you do?
Not me. Stringer.
Sure. You and him are old pals.
Yeah, Elvis gave me a ride in his spaceship once.
- I believe you, Sharon. - So beautiful, so intelligent.
And so gullible!
She doesn't need tickets. She got a little piece of paper.
Here you go, Miss Hawkins. One VIP pass, plus guests.
Enjoy the show.
Coming?
Do you feel as stupid as you look?
Not possible.
Right.
Yeah.
Forget the superhero stuff. I want to be a musician.
- Sharon! - Hey!
I'm glad you came.
I'm glad you asked me, Stringer.
Whoa!
Richie, check out the synth!
My dad made me bring them.
That's Daisy and Richie.
- Hi! - 'Sup?
Yo, Stringer!
And that's my brother Virgil.
Sharon's told me a lot about you, Virgil.
I'll bet. She hasn't said much about you, though.
Well, we haven't really been dating that long.
But I'm hoping to change that.
After the show, why don't I take you guys to dinner?
Sounds great! But how about we ditch my brother
and his friends?
I don't mind them.
And Virgil doesn't seem nearly as bad as you said he was.
He's worse. But that's not the point.
I want to spend some time alone with you.
You're such a mystery.
There's no mystery. I'm my music.
That's all that matters.
- But... - Mr. Stringer, two minutes.
On my way. Why don't you guys find your seats?
I'll see you after the show.
Yo, V, look! A table full of free food.
And it looks lonely! We'd better go keep it company.
Stringer, I'm worried about the fireworks.
Why? We've never had a problem before.
But we've never done them on a stage this small.
It could be dangerous.
Look, my fans deserve a full show.
- I'm not cutting anything. - What if we...
You worry too much, Mario. Nothing's gonna happen.
'Y'all ready? Stringer in the house!'
boom.
They're all trying to get through at once!
We'll never get out in time!
Come on, people. Let me through!
Pardon me! Hey! Sorry.
Zap.
Listen, you all have to calm down and.. Whoa!
Zap.
Alright, now. Everyone walk out quickly but calmly.
Or that.
This is the last of 'em.
Good work, Static. Thanks.
Hey, you guys put out the fire. I just..
'I'm just glad no one got hurt.'
Excuse me.
You sure you're okay, Sharon?
Static! Looks like you did it again!
Wouldn't have needed to if it hadn't been for him.
- What's he talking about? - I have no idea.
This fire was your fault and you know it.
What?
He was warned about the fireworks
and he went ahead with them anyway.
Now's not the time for this. Come on, Sharon.
You're not going anywhere.
Stringer?
Try Rubberband Man!
I was afraid to tell you, Sharon.
I-I'm sorry.
Nice apology, but it's not enough!
I'm taking you back to prison.
I'm not going anywhere! Especially not with you!
I had everything going for me this time and you ruined it!
Again!
I didn't ruin anything.
You did it to yourself.
Both times!
We'll finish this later, Shock Jock.
'And next time, I'm gonna show everyone who you are'
'just like you did to me.'
stomp stomp.
Looks like sourdough today.
Other metahumans, they're superheroes
or even supervillains. But look at us.
- Ugh! - Yeah.
'Maybe quittin' school wasn't such a good idea.'
There you go again! Next thing you'll be saying
is we should get regular jobs and we..
- Do you know about this? - Puff.
I don't think journalism pays very well.
The reward, Onyx. The reward.
If we can catch Rubberband Man, we'll be rich.
'And we'll also be the top bounty hunters in the city.'
Bounty hunters, huh? I could get into that.
So could I.
Reportedly, Rubberband Man has been dating
the daughter of community center director Robert Hawkins.
- Wait! Someone's at the window! - Look, there's someone now!
Like vultures!
No, Sharon Hawkins doesn't want to be
interviewed on your TV show!
And no, she doesn't know where Rubberband Man is!
We'll just leave it like that for a while.
What'd I do to deserve all this, daddy?
What'd you do? You were dating the star
of America's Most Wanted.
Virgil!
Stringer's not a criminal! He's not!
Then he does a pretty good imitation of one.
Like when he tried to shakedown that music producer
for the money he owed him.
Or when he fought Static or when..
I'll talk to you about this later.
How was I supposed to know she liked him so much?
Chicks, man.
Think the feeling's mutual?
You were there. You saw.
No accounting for taste.
Problem is, I got to stop him
before he causes any more trouble.
But I don't want to do anything else to hurt Sharon.
- So, what are you going to do? - I don't know.
But one thing I do know, he's nowhere around here.
So I'm gonna quit looking for now.
Got you, you low-watt loser.
Crash.
Hmm.
Boing boing boing.
'Hey! Get away! Get away!'
zap.
And once again, good triumphs over evil
because evil has rubber bands for brains.
I just want you to know there's no hard feelings!
I said I'd find out who you are.
'My mask!'
Now let's see what's under mask number one!
Huh? Aah!
Uh..
The pretty ones are never very bright.
Who are you? What do you want?
Name's Puff! Mr. Sleepy over there goes by the name of Onyx.
And what we want... is you.
Bounty hunters, huh? Good luck.
You don't want to make this easy? No problem.
There's got to be something in here I can use for a mask.
Boing boing boing.
'Leave him be!'
You're dealing with me now!
Well, howdy, partner.
Lookin' to rustle up some trouble?
Your call, lady.
I had to say that. Aah!
You're lucky you're such a cutie.
Otherwise, I'd leave you to Onyx.
Let's get out of here.
I think I know where Stretch is heading.
I hope you're feeling better, honey.
Daddy, I just know deep down
that Stringer's not a bad person.
That might be true, but he's still running from the law.
Well, I'm sure he has a good reason.
Maybe. But that doesn't excuse him from doing his time.
Mwah.
- Huh! - It's me, Sharon.
- Don't be scared. - Scared?
What I ought to be is mad.
I understand. I should have told you the truth.
But I didn't want to take the chance.
You see, these last few months of freedom
doing my music, meeting you
has been the best time of my life.
I didn't want it to end, but now I've got to leave town.
- Maybe forever. - That's crazy.
You should stay and finish your time.
It's only a few more months and it's the only way
you can ever have a real life again.
With or without me.
I can't. The reason I broke out was because I was scared.
It's rough in prison.
Especially if you're a metahuman.
Everyone's against you.
There's no easy way out of this.
And there's nobody I can trust, either.
Maybe there is someone.
'Who?'
'My father.'
Boss, good thing we borrowed this truck.
- 'You see him?' - Yeah, you were right.
Rubberband Man finally showed up here.
Rubberband Man is where?
'Now, daddy, you promised you wouldn't get mad.'
That was before you told me.
- You promised! - Sharon!
Daddy, he has no one else to turn to. You gotta help.
Alright. There's someone I know. A policeman, Captain Fitz.
I'll talk to him, see if he can do anything.
You'll do that? Thank you! Oh, thank you!
But, Sharon, remember, whatever happens your friend's gonna
have to give himself up peacefully, understand?
- Won't be a problem. - Good.
I'll go talk to Captain Fitz.
He's gonna turn himself in to the cops.
There goes our reward.
Not necessarily.
And it took me a whole hour to find my flying disk.
Then I had to buy the stuff to make another mask
which cost me my last 15 bucks.
- Sounds rough. - That's not the half of it.
I was afraid Rubberband Man might still be following me
so I went all the way uptown and changed into my street clothes
underneath a freeway overpass.
Harsh.
So I never thought the fireworks would cause a problem.
I can't believe I was so stupid.
Hmm, you've been stupid about something else, too.
- Static. - Static? That little..
- Uh-un. Forget that. - But..
You've got a lot of good points, Stringer
but your temper isn't one of them.
I just don't like to be dissed.
Let me put it to you this way.
You want to keep seeing me, you better put that behind you.
'And the worst part is, now I've got to face my sister.'
It's my brother and his friend, they'll call the cops
before my dad can set up the deal.
- Sharon.. - I can explain.
- Explain what? - Well..
Look, you don't have to explain anything.
I owe you an apology for being such a jerk.
No problem. Listen.
I've got to put away this... vacuum now.
- Let me do that. - No!
I mean, I'll do it.
Looks like she forgives you, bro.
Way too easy.
You couldn't turn into a vacuum with wheels?
- Wheels are hard. - 'I gotta talk to her.'
Sharon, I.. What happened to the vacuum cleaner?
I put it away... like I said.
Oh.
When'd we get that?
Oh, um, dad bought it. I-it just came today.
Dibs!
It's all lumpy.
- Oof! - What?
Aah!
- Rubberband Man? - I'm helping him.
I care about him, like it or not.
- Not! Definitely not! - Oh, just chill.
Hold everything.
Don't sit on me again.
I'm from Captain Fitz's office.
- Right, just a moment. - Puff?
We already got our tickets to the policemen's ball, officer.
Virgil? What are you doing?
Well, w-we're not supposed to let strangers in the house.
She's not a stranger. She's a police officer.
You sure about that?
Let go of me!
Okay, Rubberband Man, we know you're in here.
Come on out or your girlfriend's not gonna be too happy.
Don't do it, Stringer!
Let her go!
Smart boy. Hmm. I like that.
Zap What's going on?
Hey!
- Lock up after me. - Yo!
Lock up?
You should be safe here.
I'll try to lead them away from you.
- Stringer, be careful. - I will.
Now that I finally got a reason.
Almost lost track of you for a minute there.
It's not always acid. Sometimes, it's knockout gas.
Depends on my mood.
- Miss me? - Yeah, but my aim's improving.
Unn.
I see London. I see France.
You can't keep this up all night.
I don't have to. We're almost out of support beams.
Huh?
Pretty ones are never very bright.
Crash.
I still got an account to settle with you, Static.
Ready any time you are, Putty Man.
Stringer!
I suppose we could put that account on hold for a while.
Guess we should dig those two out, huh?
Well, that's how the good guys do things.
Captain Fitz came through.
They're gonna put Rubberband Man in a safer prison.
If his behavior's good, he'll be out and making music again
in a matter of months.
Isn't this exciting?
Oh, yeah. I'm bouncing off the walls.
♪ Gotta get up gotta go get up ♪
♪ Here we go here we go hip ♪
♪ Hey hey hey hey hey hey ♪
I'll put a shock to your system.
Static Shock!