"Wet and Wild"

"Wet and Wild" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of Static Shock. It first aired on May 8, 2004.

Plot

After capture at the hands of Static and Gear, Aquamaria agrees to be given the experimental cure for the mutagenic gas that transformed her into a Bang Baby. However, Hotstreak sabotages the process, causing her to become unstable and unable to solidify her form. In an angry rage, she threatens all of Dakota City.

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Continuity

• Donald Todd returns in the series finale, and his cure is completed by then.
• Aquamaria underwent several changes since her previous appearance in "Bad Stretch".
  • Her design changed from a bubbly girl into a slick femme fatale.
  • Yeni Alvarez takes over from Erika Velez as voice actress.
  • She dropped the habit of repeating every sentence in Spanish.
  • Her name appears in the credits as "Aqua Maria" rather than Aquamaria.

Background information

Home video releases

• Static Shock: The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)

Production inconsistencies

• Aquamaria says that she can't move, but her lips, in fact, do move.
• When Hotstreak runs away from the lab, the grate he pulls back over the vent is sitting by the vent at the same time.

Trivia

• "Wet and Wild", the episode's title, was used in "Bad Stretch" by Static, as a nickname for Aquamaria. Both times it is a reference to the chain of water parks Wet'n'Wild.
• This episode marks the last appearance of Aquamaria.

Cast

Quotes