♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Static Shock! ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Static Shock! ♪ ♪ Static Shock! ♪
Thud.
♪ Come on go ♪
♪ Go go go go go ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be hero gotta be ♪
♪ Static Shock! ♪
Step back, please. Make way!
Hang in there, Richie.
The doctors are gonna take care of you.
I never thought it could hurt this much.
Wait! Wait for me!
- Virgil. - He's my best friend!
I gotta go with him.
Go home, son. I'll call you from the hospital.
- But... - Home.
We gotta roll.
Virgil?
- 'Virgil!' - Hmm?
- You still with me? - Yeah.
I just can't stop thinkin' about..
You know, what happened.
Why don't you sit? We can talk about it.
I never talked to a psychologist before.
- It feels kinda weird. - I understand.
But let's give it a try. I promise I won't bite.
I'd like to help you sort through
some of your feelings, Virgil.
You've had a traumatic experience.
That's what my father said.
He's a social worker.
He also said there's no way
I could've stopped it from happening.
I'm not so sure about that.
How well do you know Jimmy?
Not too well. Nobody does.
Maybe that was the problem.
The first time I even talked to him was study hall.
I was late for school that day because I..
Bumped into someone I knew.
Heads up, hotshot.
♪ This is how we roll go go ♪
Hey, sparky, I been workin' out.
I can tell. The muscle between your ears is bigger than ever.
♪ Rollin' rollin' rollin' ♪
♪ This is how we roll it ♪
♪ This is how we roll ♪ ♪ Come on baby ♪
Okay, okay! Time out!
Whoa, I'm seein' spots.
When I'm done, you'll be seein' more than that.
Turn around and get your claws up in the air, Karmish.
Sheesh! All this yelling's putting me back inside my shell.
♪ This is how we roll ♪
♪ Everybody watch here we go ♪
♪ This is how we roll ♪ ♪ Come on ♪
Aah!
Okay. That's it.
No more Mr. Nice guy.
♪ Go go ♪
However you wanna play it.
Aah!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for school.
I hope you get detention!
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Mr. Hawkins. - Uh, present?
You're four minutes late.
You can take a seat here or in the principal's office.
Uh, here is good, Mrs. Coleman.
Very smooth, V-man.
Hi!
Just wondering what you were workin' on.
Stuff.
Okay.
Jimmy Osgood. Student of mystery.
That's when Nick Connor came in.
Last year he was voted best personality.
Should have demanded a recount.
Stop it!
"Stop it!"
- I mean it! - "I mean it!"
'Don't!'
Not cool, Nick.
Give me a break, Hawkins.
And that's the way it went all period.
He just kept tormenting Jimmy.
Anyway he could.
It was like a sick game.
Till the jerk finally won.
And all the time, I kept wondering
where's Eagle-eye Coleman when you need her?
'Course, I could've told her what was goin' on.
I wish I had.
It's-it's just hard to tell on people, you know?
Especially when the guy won't stand up for himself.
So, what up tonight?
Any Static action?
I got two chapters of Advanced Algebra.
That's enough thrills for one...
- 'Hey!' - Not again.
Give it back! Come on! Stop it!
- Hey! - Wedgie!
Oh! Oh!
A mouse! Eek!
'Dweeb.'
Jimmy, you okay?
I got it.
Oh, man. They cracked it. Sorry.
You gotta report this, Jimmy. Take it to the principal.
Mind your own business.
But I couldn't. I had to do something.
So, the next day we went over to his house.
What's this supposed to be?
It's a mouse, Mr. Computer expert.
My sister's, actually.
See that layer of dust?
Non-use.
I can't take this.
Sure you can. She doesn't want it.
So, bet you got some cool computer stuff, huh?
Yeah, I guess.
Jimmy, I'm going to..
Oh, visitors.
You should've told me you were inviting friends over.
Ah, I didn't know they were coming, mom.
Well, I'm glad you're here anyway.
Help yourselves to a snack. I'll be back.
Try not to chase them away, okay?
Come on.
'My bedroom is this way.'
Cool room!
Did you make all this?
Most of it. See this?
It's a prop from "Star Force."
I got it at an online auction.
Whoa! We've only seen that movie, like, a bazillion times.
Check it, V.
Uh-huh.
I got it on DVD.
We could watch it
or I could show you something even cooler.
- I could show you a real gun. - What?
My dad bought it for protection. Wanna see?
No! I hate guns!
My mom was killed by one.
It was an accident, but.. Listen, I gotta go.
See you tomorrow at school, okay?
Come on, Rich.
Bad idea, man.
What can I tell you? I freaked.
The last thing I wanted to see was his dad's stupid gun.
Of course, eventually I would see it.
And when I did, it wouldn't be protecting anybody.
I must sound like a major chicken.
No, Virgil, you did the right thing leaving Jimmy's house.
Every day more than ten young people die from guns
including those who were shot by a family's handgun.
- 'You were smart.' - I didn't feel so smart.
Anyway, Jimmy apologized. So, things were cool again.
After a while, he started hanging with us
at my pop's recreation center.
- Come on. Hua. - Ah. Ah.
Although he had a pretty odd definition of recreation.
Come on, Jim. Shoot some hoops.
- I'm not very good. - That never stopped Richie.
- Hey! - Here.
Okay.
♪ Bouncin' bouncin' bouncin' ♪
♪ Everybody bouncin' ♪
Unh!
Well, well, Osgood the athlete.
Nick, give it a rest.
I just want to show Osgood
how I can stuff a basketball.
Guys! Guys! I've got great news!
- Tell them, Mr. Hawkins. - Well...
Mr. Hawkins says we can use the community center
for this year's Dakota Fright Fest!
- Yeah. - That's great, Frieda.
Should be fun.
Of course we'll need lots of volunteers
to help set it all up.
Virgil, you and Richie are in.
Lucky us.
Mm, How about you uh, Jimmy, right?
Wanna help?
- Okay. - Thanks! You're the best!
Come on, guys, we're gonna need
every pair of hands we can get.
Nah, you already got Osgood.
That's a Fright Fest right there.
Aah!
Mr. Coordination.
Of course, not many people can resist
the power of hurricane Frieda.
By the time decorating started
it seemed like half the school was helping.
We turned the whole place into a great big maze.
The kind of place the Cryptkeeper would call home.
Of course, I added my own personal touch.
But Jimmy really got into it.
He had a knack for making spooky stuff.
He never asked for any help. He just did it.
It was great, but it was like he operated
in his own world, you know?
I don't think he talked to anybody that whole week
except for me and Richie and, of course, Frieda.
He liked Frieda.
I mean, major liked.
Anyway, after a week of neglecting our homework
we were finally finished.
Well, almost.
Look out! Blind box carrier coming at you.
- What's that? - The masks.
Frieda wants everyone to wear one at the opening tomorrow.
You know where she is?
- In the maze. - I'll get her.
I wanna show her what I did with the mannequins.
- Don't get lost! - Huh?
A maze, lost.
Never mind.
Ooh. This looks scary.
Mr. Hawkins! You're 4 minutes late!
And you there! Find your seat.
One week's detention, care to try for two?
And you, boys..
You're, you're.. Eww.
What're you guys doing here?
We're supposed to meet Nick.
Yeah. Frieda said we could be monsters.
'Can't believe you wanna hang with all those losers'
and Osgood's the king of them all.
He's okay. Maybe a little shy.
Well, I'm not shy.
How'd you like to go out after fright fest tomorrow?
Well, we're all sort of going out together at Burger Fool.
- You and Osgood, huh? - What?
Yeah, I hear you and he are, like, best friends.
No.
Hey, if you like the guy, what can I say?
I am not interested in Jimmy Osgood.
- Aah! - Hey!
How long you been listening, you little creep?
Nick!
Nick. Stop!
Huh?
♪ Gotta run get away ♪
♪ Gotta get away gotta get away go ♪
♪ Get pumped some game to slam dunk ♪
♪ Gotta get away oh yeah ♪
♪ Gotta get away ♪
♪ Far far run far take 'em down.. ♪
Gotcha now, you little weasel!
Ah!
Get him!
♪ And I'm watching you ♪
♪ You you're through ♪
- 'Nowhere to run now.' - No!
You want a place to hide? I'll give you a place to hide.
No! Let me out!
Let me out! Let me out!
'Please! Please, let me out!'
'Please!'
You guys are creeps, you know that?
It was a really bad scene.
I didn't think it could get any worse.
Boy, was I wrong.
Fright Fest came and went the next night.
Jimmy never showed up. He wasn't even at school.
Come on, Frieda. We were teaching him a lesson.
The guy was eavesdropping.
You didn't have to act like a bunch of bullies.
Hey, if I help take down the decorations tonight
will you forgive me?
If you really want to apologize, apologize to Jimmy.
That's what I'm gonna do.
Knew she couldn't stay mad at me.
Whoa!
A haunted house is one thing
but nothing is as scary as clean-up day.
Should we swing by and pick up Richie?
Nah, he's taking his scooter.
I'm kinda hoping Jimmy will want to help.
Can we go over there?
Good afternoon, Mr. Osgood. Jimmy home?
He was up in his room, last I looked.
Go on in.
Hey, Jimmy, it's me Virgil.
Jimmy?
Wow. Some screen saver.
'"The battle journal?'
"All I wanted was to be left alone.
"And they wouldn't even do that.
"They had to hurt me, humiliate me.
"Well, it ends tonight.
"I'm putting a stop to them..
Once and for all."
Oh, man.
Maybe it's the clutch.
You gotta come upstairs right now!
I'm afraid he's gonna hurt somebody.
He'd never do that. He doesn't mean it.
Your son's depressed, Mr. Osgood.
I work with kids, and I can tell you
you can't dismiss this. He needs help.
Pops, Jimmy told me he knew where he could get a gun.
My gun's locked up. I have the key.
Oh, my god!
It's gone! The gun's gone!
What were you thinking, having a handgun in the house
where a kid could get to it?
But I didn't know Jimmy would even think of it.
Pops, those kids who were hassling Jimmy
they might be down at the community center.
- I gotta get down there. - Call the police.
Have them send a car down there now.
- Pops, wait for me! - No. You go home.
Jimmy's dad and I'll handle this.
I could see he wasn't in the mood for debate.
Still, I had to do something.
Hey, look who's here.
Osgood, forget something in your locker?
- Nick, that's enough! - Sorry.
- What's that? - A gun.
Okay, put it down. That's not funny.
Lots of things aren't funny.
Breaking my computer wasn't funny.
Shoving me in the locker wasn't funny.
Jimmy, you're right. I-I'm sorry, man.
- No, you're not. - Jimmy, don't!
- He's not worth it. - She's right, man.
You're all upset about this now
but next week, it won't even matter.
Don't mess up your whole life over this.
'Get him!'
Ah, it hurts!
It's not like on TV.
- Aah! - Somebody call 911!
No. No!
They said Jimmy looked really confused and angry.
So you weren't there when it happened.
No, I got there after the ambulance.
It was terrible that anybody got shot, but Richie.
He was Jimmy's friend!
Bullets don't discriminate between friends
and enemies, Virgil. They hurt everyone.
'We're just lucky Richie's gonna be okay.'
I'm just so confused.
I'm mad at Jimmy for shooting my friend.
I'm mad at Nick for messing with Jimmy.
I'm mad at myself for not telling somebody
when I first heard about the gun.
I'm mad at everyone.
It's okay to feel angry, Virgil.
It's what we do with that anger that's important.
- Hi, Frieda. You next? - Uh-huh.
Everyone who was involved is getting counseling.
The doctor told me that Jimmy's getting it, too.
I don't think he belongs in juvie, though.
'We'll be in touch, Mr. Connor.'
- What about him? - Suspension.
He also has to do some community service.
Same as his buddies.
He's getting off easy
but at least he'll never win any more popularity contests.
I am repaired, rested, and ready for autographs.
Pretty big cast.
Yeah. The doc said I was lucky.
If the bullet hit just a little higher..
- Don't even talk about it. - Yeah.
Anyway, maybe everybody's learned a lesson from all this.
- Maybe. - Dropped 'em!
What a klutz!
- Alright! - Yeah.
Let me help you, man.
Hey, thanks.
After Richie was shot
I found out some things about guns you should know.
In one year alone 6,000 kids were expelled
for bringing a handgun to school.
As many as 4,000 kids are killed by guns each year.
You can do something to help stop this.
If someone tries to show you a gun
don't stick around. Get away from them.
Tell an adult or someone you trust.
Do your part to increase the peace out there, alright?
♪ Static Shock ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be ♪ ♪ Let 'em know ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Static Shock ♪ ♪ Static Shock ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be ♪ ♪ Let 'em know ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Static Shock ♪ ♪ Static Shock ♪
♪ Gotta be be gotta be a Superhero ♪
♪ Gotta be be hero gotta be ♪
♪ Static Shock! ♪