Virgil finds himself in an unwanted team-up with a retired superhero, Soul Power, when the latter's archenemy, Professor Menace, has returned. Differences in age, experience and point of views get in Static and Soul Power's way, but these two will have to work together to stop Menace's plan.
Tropes for this episode
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: When Mr. Hawkins imitates the Soul Power victory dance, a horrified Virgil begs him not to dance again.
- Arch-Enemy: Professor Menace was this to Soul Power. Defeating him is what finally lets him retire for good.
- Ascended Fanboy: Philip Rollins became Sparky because he idolized Soul Power in his youth.
- Beam-O-War: The climax has Soul Power's electric blast vs Professor Menace's Eye Beams. Soul Power was losing until Static and Sparky gave him an Energy Donation, allowing him to overpower Menace.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Static scoffs at the Professor Menace moniker, but Soul Power tells him the guy came this close to taking over the world. All these years later and he and his creations are not to be trifled with.
- Big "WHAT?!": Static when Morris Grant reveals he is Soul Power.
- Call-Back: It seems Virgil never did give his and Richie's hideout a proper name. When he calls the Power Pad a lame name, Soul Power asks what his hideout is called. Even Soul Power admits "The Abandoned Gas Station of Solitude" isn't much better.
- Chekhov's Gunman: The businessman Soul Power calls in a favour from turns out to be his old sidekick Sparky.
- Child Prodigy: In his younger days, Philip Rollins built the electrically-charged suit that enables him to be Sparky.
- Dance Party Ending: Soul Power ends the episode by teaching Virgil his old dance moves.
- Didn't Think This Through: Static learns the hard way that using his powers against robots created by the arch enemy of a superhero with identical powers is a bad idea.
- Expy: Since the rights to DC's Black Lightning were unavailable, Soul Power was created to take his place.
- Fanboy: Virgil's dad turns out to be a big fan of Soul Power. He explains everything about him to Virgil, even saying he collected all of his comics as a kid and deeply regrets the day his mom forced him to throw them all out, especially since they would have been worth a fortune now.
- Feeling Their Age: A majority of the episode has Soul Power expressing doubts over his ability to defeat Professor Menace due to his age, particularly when Menace has retained his youth through cryogenic freezing. As it turns out, it's all deception by Menace to demoralize his old adversary.
- Foreshadowing: Dennis was the only other person who acknowledges Soul Power when Virgil had to read the comic out loud. He expressed a desire for Soul Power to lose and getting into a fight with Morris Grant (Soul Power) over it. The only other character to express a dislike and get on Morris's nerves was Professor Menace.
- Genre Blindness: Static assumes that Professor Menace is harmless based on his silly name and that he was active in the 1960s. A defeat from one of Menace's giant robot underlings proved otherwise. Soul Power even points out that Static should've recognized that Professor Menace would know how to fight someone with electricity-based powers.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Virgil is clearly irritated when Robert says that Soul Power was not only the Static of his day but even better.
- Hypocritical Humor: When Static scoffs at his secret lair (the Power Pad), Soul Power asks about his. Static sheepishly admits it's an abandoned gas station.
- Mad Scientist: Professor Menace is a textbook example, building robots and other technology to accomplish world domination.
- Man of Kryptonite: Professor Menace's robots can absorb and reflect electricity. Fortunately, they are not immune to magnetism.
- Old Superhero: Morris Grant is an old superhero named Soul Power. Given his age, this means he was active long before even the events of Batman: The Animated Series.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Soul Power went to his former sidekick, Philip Rollins, who now works at a high-tech defense satellite firm. Rollins says he can't let Soul Power access the satellites because he lacks the proper clearance and won't break the rules even for him. When the heroes leave, Soul Power demonstrates he "accidentally" acquired the needed material via static electricity.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Turns out Morris knew Virgil was Static when they met due to sensing his electrical power. He only kept the secret until he saw Menace's robots on the news and needed Static's help.
- Shout-Out: Professor Menace’s real name is Dennis.
- Tempting Fate: Static questions if the Soulmobile can even start. Cut to them speeding up the street and Static being unprepared for how fast they're going.
