Static Shock – 12replay

Static’s latest villain is Replay, who is able to create energy clones of himself. During battle, Sharon gets suspicious that Virgil and Static are one and the same and is determined to prove her theory correct. If things aren’t bad enough for our hero, he comes into freak contact with Replay, which results into an "evil" clone of Static!

Media by Bird Boy
Review by Matt Zimmer

Sketch: Replay

Voices:
Phil LaMarr as Virgil Hawkins/Static
Jason Marsden as Richie Foley
Neil Patrick Harris as Replay / Johnny Morrow
Kevin Michael Richardson as Robert Hawkins
Crystal Scales as Daisy
Michele Morgan as Sharon Hawkins
Dennis Haysbert as Chief Barnsdale
Maria Canals as Shelley Sandoval
Gregg Berger as Game Show Host
Joe Ho as Police Chief's Aid
Joe Lala as Security Guard
Obba Babatunde as Watch Store Salesman

Static is framed for robbery by a has-been TV actor.

Johnny Morrow, a former child star robs a jewelry store. Static catches up to him and realizes he is a Bang Baby–with the ability to duplicate himself. "Replay" tells Static that he is loved now but that people will turn on him. After a battle in a fun house Static loses track of Morrow.

Morrow then decides to duplicate Static and use him to commit further robberies. People are stunned than Static has turned criminal and even
Richie doesn't belive Static is innocent. Static appeals to Richie to make a remote Shock Box that can pick up conversations held by the fake
Static and Morrow.. He drives Morrow into a TV studio and cameras capture images of the two Statics and Morrow's confession which Richie braodcasts on national television. Static defeats Morrow and his name is cleared.

I really don't like this episode too much. It has the same plot as every other Spider-Man cartoon and offers nothing to the "hero is framed" cliche. It doesn't help that Replay is an annoying villian. I'm sure the producers thought it would be cute to have him voiced by Doogie Howser
M.D's Neil Patrick Harris but I've always found his voice grating. The episode IS notable as the first and only DCAU episode to use the word
"sucks". But I'm not sure that's an accomplishment that makes the episode worthwhile.

I didn't notice anything wrong with the animation in the episode but it didn't "wow" me either. Static Shock has produced much better episodes and this is probably the weakest one of the first season.

Story: **
Animation: **
Average: **