"Out of Africa" is the third episode of the fourth season of Static Shock. It first aired on January 31, 2004.
Plot[]
Sharon and Virgil help Dr. Anokye set up a West African Exhibit at the museum. Anokye receives a call, then hides a golden spider in Sharon's coat pocket and tells her and Virgil to leave. On the way home, Virgil realizes he left his backpack at the museum, so he returns to get it. He sees Anokye is being attacked by a giant bug and changes into Static to stop it. Later, Anansi appears to tell Static that his old enemy, Osebo, is after the golden spider, the source of Anansi's powers.
Meanwhile, Sharon discovers the Spider in her pocket and begins testing it. Not realizing at first that its powers involve powerful illusions, she uses it to clean up the dirty dishes in the kitchen before going to Richie for help in figuring it out, but Onini attacks Richie's house and kidnaps Sharon. Static, Gear, and Anansi track them to their hideout to regain the golden spider and free Sharon.
Then after Osebo, Mmoboro and Onini are taken away by the police, Anansi kisses Sharon's hand and charmingly tells her that he's forever in her debt. Sharon then expresses that she had a good time and the whole thing was an adventure for her, but she couldn't help but think that she's "forgetting something". Then her father calls her and says that he's in the kitchen looking at the dirty dishes — the dirty dishes that Sharon is going to be washing every night for the next month. Static turns away and snickers to himself.
Continuity[]
- The episode follows the events of "Static in Africa".
Background information[]
Home video releases[]
Production notes[]
- The episode's third act was storyboarded by Larry Houston, who wanted to "depict the origin of Anansi as spectacularly as [he] could" following his previous work on Static in Africa.[1]
Trivia[]
- The title of the episode is possibly taken from the book and film Out of Africa.
- Onini the Serpent and Mmoboro the Hornet were part of the story of Anansi and Osebo in West African folklore. In order to receive all the world's stories from his father, Nyame the sky god, Anansi the Spider had to bring him Onini, Osebo, Mmoboro, among others.
Cast[]
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Quotes[]
Osebo: Have you ever been stung? |
Anansi: (to Static and Gear) Take care of the others. Osebo is mine! |
- ↑ Larry Houston tweet (Mar. 15, 2021)