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Episode #33 (385-857) - Showtime
Original Airdate - March 22nd, 2003

Static becomes the star of "Cops"-like reality show called "Heroes".

Media by Bird Boy; Pans by Borg4of3
Review by Matt Zimmer
Credits:
Supervising Producer Alan Burnett
Producer Denys Cowan, Swinton O. Scott III
Associate Producer Bobbie Page
Story by Alan Burnett
Teleplay by Courtney Lilly
Directed by [Uncredited]
Music by Richard "Wolfie" Wolf
Animation by Dong Woo Animation Co., LTD.

Voices:
Phil LaMarr as Virgil Hawkins/Static
Jason Marsden as Richie Foley / Gear, Carmen Dillo
David Faustino as Starburst
Kimberly Brooks as Puff
Kevin Michael Richardson as Bernie Rast, Richard Hawkins
Bumper Robinson as Tech
Michele Morgan as Sharon Hawkins

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Review

Static plays for the cameras as a conniving TV producer sets Static up on his own reality show.

After a night on patrol Static and Gear are surprised to see a billboard advertising a new TV show starring Static; Static goes to meet the producer, Bernie Rast an ego-maniac who treats the people who work for him like dirt to ask how he had the nerve to have a Static TV show without Static's okay. Bernie smoothes thing over and says that he only wants to have cameras following Static and Gear on patrols and they won't even notice them. Static relents.

A new villain called Starburst robs a bank and Static tries to stop him. He has electro-static powers too but seems to be more powerful than Static and defeats our hero. After a second failed confrontation with Starbrust Rast threatens to pull the plug on the show. Richie then figures out that Starburst isn't a metahuman and is wearing a suit that steals Static's powers from the camera he wears. They take Starburst down who turns out to be Rast's embittered assistant and walk off of the show.

I love Bernie Rast. He is probably the funniest character on this show and QUITE a slimeball and I was glad that he returned twice more. His best moment in the episode is at the end when Starburst screams at Rast that he became a villain because Rast never listened to him and he takes a phone call. I also appreciated him calling Gear a "sidekick" and just being an all-around nuisance to the guys. Honestly, the story here isn't that great and even the fight Virgil and Richie get into doesn't turn out to amount to much but Rast is so funny I just don't care.

The animation was all right. I didn't notice any mistakes. I really liked the episode but I'll admit that if you took Rast out of it wouldn't be that great.

Story: ***1/2
Animation: ***1/2
Average: ***1/2
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