[instrumental music]
♪ Fight the criminals chase the bad guys ♪
♪ Save the world fly through the sky ♪
♪ Half kid half amazin' ♪
♪ Okay Static Shock who you facin' ♪
♪ Yeah one zip then you zapped ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from the static shower ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ ♪ Woo woo ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ Bell rings and I'm back in school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ ♪ Woo woo ♪
♪ One zip then you zapped ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I've got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from the static shower ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ The bell rings and I'm back in school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪♪
[rap music]
[knocking on door]
Richie, wake up!
Richie?
It's time to get up, sleepyhead.
- I'm awake. - Look at the time!
Virgil's already downstairs waiting for you.
Now, hurry and get dressed!
[dramatic music]
(Virgil) 'Richie! Richie?'
Come on, Rich. We're way late!
From now on, if you wanna catch up on your sleep
do it during first period history like the rest of us.
Hey, you okay?
Never better. Why do you ask?
Well, you haven't been on patrol with me for a while.
You sleep in all the time.
[sniffing]
And you seem to have forgotten how your shower works.
I've been preoccupied.
Are you coming? We're late.
Uh, sure.
Sorry to hold you up.
[dramatic music]
(Flash) 'Batman?'
Am I reading this wrong?
It looks like there's been a big download
from our computer's hard drive.
You're right, and it happened
just before we defeated Brainiac.
(Flash) 'Do you think maybe Brainiac escaped?'
How could he? He'd need another computer to survive.
We've swept all of our hard drives clean
and nobody's taken any technology out of here.
What about that kid who had a computer on his back?
- Gear? - We'd better check him out.
- Flash? - Way ahead of you.
I'll run him down.
Um, how do I find him?
I don't know what he looks like under his mask.
This might help.
While they were here, our security cameras
caught them having lunch.
He's the one on the left.
I was wondering where all the pizza went.
Okay, I'm off.
Swoosh.
Whoa!
♪ Step by step ♪
♪ I'm gonna shake you down ♪
♪ Step by step ♪
Huh?
♪ Step by step ♪
What?
♪ I'm gonna take you down ♪
♪ Take you down ♪
♪ Step by step I'm gonna take you down ♪
♪ Step by step I'm gonna shake you shake you shake you ♪
♪ Shake shake you down ♪
Hello, ladies.
[instrumental music]
There you are. I've been looking all over for you, Gear.
What do you want?
Nice to see you again, too, kid.
Slow down. I need to see that backpack computer of yours.
Why?
I just wanna check it out.
We think Brainiac may have used it to escape.
But I don't have it here with me.
Then let's go get it. It won't take long.
I'm the fastest man alive, remember?
Alright, follow me.
This is your headquarters?
What happened, couldn't find a vacant tree house?
Backpack's here somewhere.
You should get a utility belt.
Batman can always find everything.
[intense music]
Do you hear something? Aah!
[Flash grunts]
Get this thing off me!
[grunts]
[glass shatters]
[swooshing]
[Flash grunts]
[grunting]
Aah!
Get me out of this!
(as Brainiac) There's no way out, Flash.
No one escapes from Brainiac.
[intense music]
♪ The illest M.C. I am pound for pound ♪
Richie? You in here?
Whoa. Looks like somebody threw a house party
'and forgot to invite me.'
♪ Yeah no yeah no yeah no ♪
Richie? Aah!
Easy, Static. We're on your side.
- 'Batman!' - I brought some company.
(Static) I didn't expect to see you guys again so soon.
If you came for the party it looks like it's over.
Your friend is missing and so is ours.
Flash came here hours ago to investigate
whether Brainiac had escaped into Gear's computer.
We haven't heard from him all day.
That's suspicious
even factoring in his usual irresponsibility.
Well, I don't know where Flash is
but Richie should be just a shock vox call away.
It's our personal communicator.
Pretty cool, huh?
- Make the call. - Right. Sorry.
Yo, Gear, can you hear me?
Come in, Gear. Come in.
'Please come in.'
What is it, Static?
I'm here with the Justice League.
They need to see Backpack.
- Where are you anyway? - I'm at the old steel mill.
- I'm working on a new project. - 'What new project?'
It's very... special.
Why don't you come over to see it?
Focus, Gear.
Justice League, here.
They wanna look at Backpack.
(Richie) 'Well, I've got Backpack with me.'
'Come meet me here, all of you.'
- Okay. - Good.
I think you'll be impressed.
Creak creak [fire whooshing]
[droning]
[dramatic music]
[chiming]
Notice anything?
You don't look too good in green?
This abandoned steel mill's been active recently.
Well, Gear did say he's been working here.
Odd. My telepathic powers detect no trace of him.
This place could use some light.
[whizz]
Whoa!
(Batman) 'There's no way a high school kid'
'made all of this.'
Stay alert.
[whoosh]
Hey, guys. Miss me?
Where have you been?
With Richie and his computer.
- Learn anything? - Plenty.
- Agh. - Aah!
[all gasp]
There. Is everybody connected?
(all) We await your commands, Brainiac.
[whizz]
[clangs]
Yo, what just happened?
Uh, guys?
Richie?
(as Brainiac) Your natural electrical field
short-circuited my thought control discs.
What are you talking about?
I am not Richie.
I am Brainiac.
Brainiac? What have you done to Richie?
Your friend is totally in my control.
I thought we wiped you out.
You merely delayed the inevitable, Static.
I still intend to digitize
all information on this planet
and then destroy it.
You wanna rip and burn the Earth?
I don't think so!
Go ahead.
The only one who will feel any pain
is your friend.
Richie, if you can hear me
you gotta fight him!
I broke free from his mind control.
You can, too!
(as Richie) Virgil.
Control. Control.
Control.
That's it, Richie. Fight him!
I'll help you!
[grunts]
(as Brainiac) You should be more concerned
with helping yourself.
Justice League, destroy him.
Who, me?
Wait a minute, guys.
I don't want to have to hurt you.
Heh, I guess that sounded
as lame to you as it did to me.
[whoosh]
[glass shatters]
[dramatic music]
Do you have a license for that, Mace?
Clang.
Aah!
What happened? How?
I figure if I can burn out my control disc
I can burn out yours.
We'll catch up later.
[batarangs zooming]
Aah!
[zooming]
Pew.
Aah!
[dramatic music]
On the other hand..
Aah!
[groans]
Hope he's not mad when he wakes up.
Hope he's not mad now!
[zooming]
♪ Step by step ♪
♪ Gonna shake you down ♪
♪ Step by step ♪
♪ Gonna take you down take you down ♪
Can't follow me here!
[zooming]
Oh, come on!
♪ Take take take take take you take you ♪
[splashing]
[music continues]
♪ Step by step ♪
Hah!
♪ Take you take you take take you down ♪
♪ Gonna take you take you take you take you down ♪
♪ Down down down ♪♪
I can't move my feet.
I know. I magnetized the bridge.
I call it my Static cling.
And I call this..
Aah!
Actually, I don't have a name for it.
If you think of something, let me know.
Whoosh.
Whoa!
You can't escape me, Static.
[zooming]
You can't even touch me.
Don't need to.
Huh? Aah!
Hawkgirl, Batman, Flash, J'onn
who am I forgettin'?
[zapping]
Aah!
Oh, yeah, the lord of the ring.
♪ We're gonna take it to the limit ♪
[zapping]
[Static groaning]
Is that all you've got, kid?
[grunts] Unfortunately, yes.
[zapping intensifies]
Aah!
[groans]
- Tag! You're it! - Aah!
Was that supposed to hurt?
♪ Gonna take it to the level ♪♪
- Aah! - Ugh!
You can remove the circuitry now, kid.
[zapping]
Is he okay?
[groans]
Yeah, that was just a tap.
[wind blowing]
While I was under Brainiac's mind control
I tried to make telepathic contact with your friend.
And?
All I could hear was a
single word, "control"
being repeated over and over again.
That's what Richie said to me.
Maybe he knows a way we can stop Brainiac.
One word is not enough.
So, what do we do?
We have to stop Brainiac at all costs.
What about Richie? We gotta protect him too!
We'll do everything we can
but the stakes are bigger than the fate of one teenager.
Now, wait just a sec..
Boom
boom
kaboom [shattering]
[ominous music]
[zapping]
(Green Lantern) 'See what I mean, kid?'
'Time to get down to business.'
[ominous music]
[zapping]
Whoa!
Zap
[zooming]
It's starting. He's even digitizing the trash.
We've got to get inside his ship.
- What? - You're not coming.
But.. Batman?
He's right. You're too close to this.
[melancholic music]
[hatch closing]
Hey, what am I supposed to do?
Just stand here while my best friend
is brain-jacked by a psycho computer?
[engine roaring]
[dramatic music]
I guess Brainiac isn't the only control freak
I fought today!
Control? That's what Richie meant!
[zooming]
- Huh? - What's that?
- Aah! - Whoa!
[zapping]
My guess is that the eyes are the most
vulnerable spots on the hull.
Uh, yeah, if they blink maybe.
Right now they don't look too inviting.
Hold on.
'We're going in!'
[zapping]
[straining]
Better brace yourselves.
Kaboom
[buzzing]
Hey, next time you have a plan
you wanna let us in on it?
We need to find the control room.
[zooming]
[buzzing]
Oops. Sorry, I thought this was the little boys room.
But as long as I'm here..
Aah!
[groans]
[hatch shut]
Uhh-h-h!
Where is he?
[buzzing]
Apparently, everywhere.
[upbeat music]
Dang!
[zapping]
Where did you put it, Richie?
[clanging]
[zapping]
No wonder he can never find his CDs.
[zooming]
[zapping]
Looks like scarhead could use an eye-patch.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[zapping]
Aah!
[clattering]
[groans] Where is everybody?
[upbeat music]
[zooming]
[groaning]
♪ Break it break it ♪
♪ Don't do what you're gonna do break it ♪
Shake!
[grunting]
♪ Break the barrier ♪
♪ Break the barrier ain't no way ♪
♪ Bring the hurt ♪
♪ Whatever it takes whatever you got bring it on ♪
♪ Break it ♪
Must be Brainiac season.
♪ Whatever it takes bring it on ♪♪
[zapping]
You were supposed to stay behind.
I figured out how to stop Brainiac and save Richie.
This is what Richie meant when he said control.
It's the remote control of Backpack.
It can shut him down and Brainiac
if I can get close enough.
I think the real guy is right behind that door.
(Batman) Keep us covered.
[zapping]
Uhh! Uh!
Smash thud boom.
Stand back!
Beep beep beep boom
[dramatic music]
[slithering]
♪ Break it break it ♪
♪ Break it break it ♪♪
Foolish humans, you are in my house now.
[grunts] Where's Richie?
With me, of course. He sees everything.
Knows everything.
Richie, shut him down. Hit the remote!
(Brainiac) Unfortunately for you, he can do nothing.
No one can. Especially, after I destroy this.
Zap Bull's eye!
[glitching]
- It's over already? - Hurry! Richie's inside him!
[zooming]
He seems to be okay.
[babbling incoherently]
Brainiac's rebooting.
We will take care of him. Just get the boy out of here.
Aah!
[zapping]
Crash boom We better get out of here too.
[exploding]
[dramatic music]
Splash - Aah! - W-what is that?
- Look out! - Whoa! Aah!
(male #1) 'Oh, oh, no! Over there!'
- Look out! - Oh, oh, no!
Whoa!
[indistinct chatter]
I sense nothing of Brainiac within him.
Richie should be fine.
Hey, while you're in his head
can you tell me where he left my Lil Romeo CD?
It seems he gave it back to you last month.
Ha! Told you.
Backpack!
Don't worry, we're making one final check
to ensure that Brainiac has been completely deleted.
You'll have to reprogram your robot
but he should be okay.
Listen, I, um, wanna thank everyone for saving me.
I'm not sure what to say.
You can thank your buddy the most.
Turns out there's a lot of power in plain, old friendship.
Sometimes we forget that.
For a rookie you did well, Static.
But I can tell you're gonna be a handful
when you finally join the League.
I'm sorry, did you say when I join the League?
Anything's possible, when you're a little older.
Yeah, but remember, I get first dibs on the pizza.
Swoosh [upbeat music]
♪ Oh yeah ♪♪
[theme music]