@@adrianhill8203 I'm just so confused. I'm mad at Jimmy for shooting my friend. I'm mad at Nick for messing with Jimmy. I'm mad at myself for not telling someone when I first heard about the gun. I'm mad at everyone.
Wow este episodio nos muestra la fijación que tenía jimmy por las armas aunque muchos no se dieron cuenta de eso porque pensó que se refería a las de juguete no a las reales
@@sonofkarma5461 You would think that after Columbine, as well as this episode of Static Shock would make people wake up when it comes to school shootings, but like you said, it's becoming worse.
When you watch this as a kid, you never realize that Static Shock tackled a lot of serious issues. This episode being about bullying and gun violence, and other episodes talking about racism, homelessness, and dyslexia
@@astaciamckinnis3969I do feel bad about what happened to Jimmy but what he what he did was concealing a weapon without a permit and he also threatened to kill another student just because he was picking on him this is the kind of stuff that we need to be teaching kids not to use a gun and this is also for parent never keep a gun in the house where a kid could get to it cuz that's where the problem starts
Here’s how they should’ve punished everyone: Jimmy: unfortunately since he was in possession of a gun, he’d have to do some time. Maybe about 90 days since it’s his first offense. Nick and his friends: expelled and their parents send them to military school.
Jimmy's father is also partially responsible for keeping a gun where Jimmy could get access to it. Keeping the gun locked up is one thing, but make damn sure that your child doesn't know where the key is.
I remember a kid in my school who was obviously on the edge. I have no doubt in my mind this episode helped me save lives. I only saw it a few days before I went to my school’s guidance counselor and told him Anthony needed help.
You did good man! By helping out your friend who needs help. You should tried to convince other kids and adults the seriousness of bullying and how it can pushed a victim over the edge. Whether it is to harm themselves or others. The world needs more people like you.
@@Juanca-em1wteven though I feel bad about what happened to him but what his actions did has consequences do you know how many times this has happened I mean even here in the real world shootings happened almost every day and which is why we need to keep people away from this kind of trouble all guns do with bring nothing but chaos and destruction
@@a.jthomas6132if I was a parent I would try to keep a gun away where a kid can get to it lock it up hide the key because stuff like this causes problems bullying is the only main reason why some kids die but some are just too stupid to see the truth because they act like they want to prove something by picking on somebody who's much smaller than them which is never an okay thing to do
You know what part of this gets me the most? The fact that everyone thought for certain Jimmy would never do this. They all thought he didn't mean it. That he would never go that far or fight back. And then when they saw it happen, you could see their disbelief. How shocked they were that it happened. That someone actually got shot. And you could especially see it on the bullies' faces, how horrified they looked to Jimmy there, all angry and broken Virgil was right, they definitely got off easy, but at least there was some punishment towards them
@@VSaber365what are you talking about? To this day schools don't do shit to solve the problem of bullying and when the victim defends himself against the bully, the bully becomes the "victim"
@@Juanca-em1wt That's how it used to be until the 2010s decade. NOW, if a student sees or even experiences something bad, they should do something and they'll most definitely be heard and helped.
I somehow still think Virgil was right when he said that Jimmy does not belong in Juvie. The way it seemed like it, Nick and his friends were the cause of everything that happened in this episode.
Same I haven't seen this series at all but seeing the sence for the 1st time made me feel uncomfortable cuz ik gun shot innocents IRL I never been in 1 before but also I do agree cuz HELL if those 2 idiot bullys didn't tackled him down maybe JUST maybe Jimmy wouldn't shot anybody OR even kill them........
@@dylanthebiguy Because it was just one 20 minute episode they couldn't really show much about Jimmy, Nick or Nick's friends except that Jimmy probably was constantly sad and angry and Nick and his friends were one of the many bullies out there that just won't give their victims any time to be alone.
Did anyone tell virgil it wasn't jimmys fault he shot richie. He got tackled by the bullies just as he was realizing it's not worth killing someone over just bullying.
@@midnalazuli793 Can you really blame him though? If the school teachers or faculty members didn't intervene on his behalf, how else would he try to put a stop to his constant unmitigated assaults from the bullies? Yes there were alternatives but there are cases where children are left with no other choice but to resort to violence to put an end to their source of trauma, especially if the grown-ups don't do anything to quell that turmoil building within them.
@@Reasonablewater27 Can't expect much from a kid to know about self-defense if these bullying episodes happen way too often and the fact that he's outnumbered.
I saw the “Jimmy” episode of Static Shock years ago, and it was so deep. The show and the comics always tackle hard issues like racism and bullying. Jimmy was angry for being bullied and wanted to take matters into his own hands. But, he would be in the wrong because he would have taken a life. Ritchie is right. “You’re all upset about this now. But next week, it won’t even matter.” He meant if Jimmy went through it, he would have regretted it and would have been charged for murder. They don’t make shows like these anymore🤍
@@Kojain That’s right; the teachers are responsible too. Teachers and coaches are responsible if a student or athlete is being harassed in any matter. Another example would be the Larry Nassar case from the USA Gymnastics Association. Some of the girls told their parents what he did to them, but only a couple of coaches who worked with Nassar didn’t believe them.
This episode taught a good lesson. Bullying someone too much for no reason can sometimes make that person wanna do something like getting a gun on you. SO KNOCK IT OFF!!! Also I imagine Meg (Family Guy) could use a good friend like Virgil Hawkins cause I know he would definitely help her out too.
These are the kind of cartoons that can happen in real life. You bully a person and you and your friends lock that person in the locker? Sometimes that person can't take the bullying and he or she might want revenge on the people that bullied them.
This is why I don’t blame some people and characters for turning evil. Shigaraki, Dabi, Azula, James and Jessie, Terra etc all had rights to turn evil.
@@ash_lucario_ship183 People like you piss me off saying it is ok to be evil due to being bullied so if you are bullied you will become evil?Jeez you are evil and petty minded.
@@ash_lucario_ship183 What was Azula's reason to be evil? And when Terra chose to be evil, she wasn't bullied, she did that because she thought Beast Boy betrayed her.
@@omarcogle1965 Azula's villainy is the result of toxic environments/society, a terrible father and the absence of a mother Shigaraki and Dabi's villainy is the result of bad and abusive childhoods, neglect, abusive fathers, society, and grooming James and Jessie villainy is the result of bad and troubling childhoods. Terra's villainy is the result of the absence of parents, manipulation, grooming and coercion This right here is why those villains and other villains have every right to be the people they are. If you take all of this from the villains then they wouldn't become the people we know them as.
Or even the one of the bullies killed. Truth is that if Richie got assassinated, Jimmy should not be charged, the bullies should be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
@@simonkwan8140 Exactly it's their fault the gun went off, if they didn't tackle him, the gun would have never gone off, but no, they just had to do it anyways, making things worse. If Richie or someone died because of them the bully should be the ones charged with third degree murder and have to forever live felt that someone is dead because of them.
@@jeffwolcott7815 I would have liked Jimmy to have acted quickly and shot Nick in the heart, it would have been satisfying and splendid to see how that idiot feels the true pain, fear and despair of being on the verge of death, he never regretted the damage he did he did to Jimmy, he loved to torture and torment him.
We'll NEVER be able to stop bullying. Kids can just be inherently evil, and no amount of tragedies and speeches will change that. But I like how the episode ended on a hopeful note. You can't end bullying forever, but you can help the victims by being there for them.
I know I can’t stop bully for everyone but I can do my part to protect and support the ones that do get bullied. A kind heart is stronger than a bad one. I will never be a villain like them.
Slight correction that’s the high school principle(you can see it on his office door), not all high schools have them(at least none I know of) and I agree Nick probably should’ve been expelled but in a day and age where some bullies get away with everything at least he’s getting a punishment.
I can kind of relate to Jimmy. I was bullied a lot in school to. There were times that i wanted to teach my bullies a lesson, but I just had a lot of emotional support to help me get through it all. This episode hurt to watch knowing that I felt the same as Jimmy once.
Plus some of the things he described happened to me too. My bully broke my kindle, he called me names, he would intentionally take my backpack open it and throw it down a flight of stairs and then one time he shoved my head into my locker in gym class for a cheap laugh. Accept when he did it, my head got stuck. I was stuck in the locker for 3 hours before my gym teacher found me and called the principal. Then the principal had to call maintenance to bring a tool to help free my head from the locker. Then the next day, I found out my bully got in trouble and was going to be expelled. That made my day, but then my bully pulled a knife on me and threatened me for ruining his life. Luckily the principal was there. That day he was expelled and then taken to jail for bringing a weapon to school and threatening someone with a mental disability.
The coolest thing about this show is that I gives people a dead serious reminder that violence is not the answer and also explores other real life topics
@@espergarfield If this were real life, maybe. Many people are truly *_that_* protective over their children. But in the show, probably not. The censors would never allow a kid to die in an animated series made for kids, and even if they did, it's more likely the writers would've stopped Richie's dad from avenging him, either by arresting him or having Virgil convince him that Richie wouldn't want this.
If this were the case it would be likely that Sean would be devastated and angry. Imagine losing your child to senselessness and not just that this would be a big loss for Static.
I was around 13 when I first watched this episode. This made me understand why my teachers did drills when I was younger because before, I never thought anybody would bring a gun into a school. With the way things are now, I’m scared for my 15 year old sister going to school
Bullies got what they deserved. They deserved to be punished especially what they done with Jimmy. My mom and I watched together and that’s very important lessons about guns and bullies
Jimmy was okay, and cool until Nick, and his friends traumatized Jimmy by locking him in the locker. That one made Jimmy snap, and wanted to kill Nick for that.
@@zeokingsilverYoung Justice had inclusion in it Seasons 3 and 4, but they still touched on serious issues, M'ghann counseling Harper when she and her brother, Cullen getting abused at home by their dad. Also Beast Boy's story arc when he was going through Depression, PTSD and had an intervention, and a few others.
I’m 25 years old and I just want to say this episode is very important to remember violence is never the answer and shooting someone is not the answer to We just need to ignore people who make fun of us and bully us or perhaps tell the teacher so they can solve the problem
He was even mad at everyone for Jimmy's misfortune. Frieda, Virgil, Richie and Daisy are the only one who cared for him. And guess what? Jimmy was sent to Juvie and Nick got scolded silently by his parents for his behaviour.
I watched this when I was real young and it open conversation with my parents and they told me to tell them anything that’s goes on in school and they would handle it never take matters into ur own hands.
From my opinion, This is one of the most important episodes to watch. It teaches you about bullying and gun violence and what to do to prevent it. I wished someone could of helped Jimmy and prevent this incident from happening. That kid was the victim here and the ones that should be punished is the abusers. Also, is it possible to upload the whole episode in HD?
As a Canadian I don’t have this problem but stories come from the news about this more and more so it’s a good thing this show addresses how it starts, it’s bullying it drives people with a weak mentality to the edge and they can’t do anything but look for a violent solution, the other thing is definitely guns being aloud to even be owned by civilians, this all plays a role in it, this is the message of this episode and we need more shows like it .
After Richie Was Shot,He Was Found Out Some Things About Guns That Should Audience Know. In One Year Alone,6,000 Kids Were Expelled For Bringing A Handgun To School. As Many As 4,000 Kids Were Killed By Guns Each Year. Someone Can Do Something To Help Stop This,If Someone Tries To Show You A Gun,Don't Stick Around,Get Away From Them. Tell An Adult Or Someone You Trust! Do Your Part To Increase The Peace Out There. All Right?
@@ibrahimihsan2090That's 20 Plus Years Ago And Gun Violence Is Not Fun,It Could Get Hurt Or Get Killed,Walk Away From The Gun And Tell An Adult Or Someone You Can Trust!
0:22 Jimmy Osgood Was Actually Voiced By Richard Steven Horvitz Also The Voice Of Daggett Doofus Beaver From Nickelodeon’s The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim From Nickelodeon’s Invader Zim and Billy From Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
It's sad because people STILL haven't learned from this nor Columbine. And Nick wasn't sorry like Jimmy said. He was only sorry because Jimmy was a threat to him at the moment. A Bully's biggest fear is one of their victims finally deciding to take a stand against their BS and Jimmy had enough. Wasn't the right answer mind you, but he still wasn't going to put up with it anymore. These teachers need to start punishing the bullies more and NOT waiting until the victim decides to take matters into their own hands.
I had bullies all the time growing up, whenever they hurt me, I hurt them even more, despite how small I was back then, I ended up sending most of them to the hospital, to this day I still don’t get how I never got expelled or even suspended after all of that.
If its possible to reboot this series they should show jimmy being released from juvenile hall. Everyone feels bad for jimmy even virgil and richie because they know it wasn't his fault it was Nicks buddies not Nick just his buddies. They tackled him which made jimmy fall backward and pull the trigger.
Virgil was very confused. First, he was very angry at Jimmy for shooting his friend, Richie. Next, he was mad at Nick for picking on Jimmy for being unpopular, shy and timid. Then, he was mad at himself for not telling anyone (sans his dad and Jimmy's dad) when first heard about the gun, including his teacher. Virgil was confirming his own guilt.
Poor Jimmy, he could have proper care from Virgil, Richard, his own parents, Mr. Hawkins and Frieda when he can never take anymore of the bullying from Nick and his friends.
Psychiatrist: "🤨So you weren't there when it happened?" Virgil: "😔No, I got there after the ambulance. It was that anyone could've gotten shot, but Ritchie... *😤He was Jimmy's friend!* " Psychiatrist: "😟Bullets don't discriminate friends, Virgil. They hurt everyone. We're just lucky Ritchie is going to be ok." Virgil: "🥺I'm just so confused. 😠I'm mad at Jimmy for shooting my friend. I'm mad at Nick for messing with Jimmy. I'm mad at myself for not telling anyone when I first heard about the gun! *😡I'M MAD AT EVERYONE!* "
I don’t think there’s a more respectful way to show this subject than this, it shows the true horror of it and the pain and anger that causes and comes from it.
I did the same thing you did but I was lucky enough that the teacher was always around to prevent anyone from assaulting me. Otherwise he would have still continued on bullying me. Edit: I'm going to elaborate on the whole situation, the kid was obsessed with hating on me for being the shortest at my class so he thought that he would gain a lot of popularity if he keep picking on me. He was twice my size and one time he did something very unethical and he thought I would let it slide like always. when I saw the teacher around I took advantage of the situation and decided to punch him in the face multiple times. He wasn't able to process that I will go violent. Thankfully the students separated before the situation escalated and the teacher was on my side because I was his best student. The kid learned his lesson and he stopped messing with me.
This episode had a profound affect on me when I was young. I live in Ireland and civilians don't get guns unless they live in the country and even then they're only aloud shotguns and rifles. I started doing what Virgil did at the end when I seen people being bullied. I remember when I was coming to the end of school this guy kept talking about a classmate with his friends about him being gay, which the other guy was I didn't like it me and my girlfriend at the time hung out with the gay guy. I didn't like hearing them talk about him that way so I turned around one day when the other guy was making fun off him with his friends in front of the girls and I said "What's your problem with him being gay ?" "He's just fucking gay" he said. So this guy was really into his appearance wearing stylish clothes all the time so I said "You know I think your gay" everyone went really quiet "I mean you wear all your designer labels and have your hair perfect every time you come to school. Also it the way you go on about Liam being gay it seems your trying to hide something, or over compensate. You know what they say no one hates out gay people more than a closet gay person" he cursed and turned around to his computer his friends all backed off and the girls started giggling. I'm glad I did that more than once and it's all thanks to this cartoon".
Imagine that Kevin's abusive behavior towards the Eddy and his buddies too far could made him expelled from school and send him to juvenile prison and sent to a boarding school for troubled and bad villains like Angelica pickles, la quack and Katz, coco la Bushe, burdine Maxwell and many others if he keeps messing with the Ed,edd and Eddy too much.
This has got to be the darkest episodes of Static Shock. After seeing Jimmy getting bullied by Nick, Kevin and Ray, Nick had realized he and his pals pushed Jimmy too far until he cannot take it anymore, resulting him to pull out his daddy's gun out and attempted to shoot Nick for that. Tears of rage had poured down from his face before Richie gave him a speech that will stop him from shooting Nick, only for Kevin and Ray to tackle him. And the last result was Richie getting shot right in the knee in an accident by Jimmy, therefore he had to go to the hospital for his knee getting extra hurt from the father of Jimmy's gun. Utterly sad to watch Jimmy getting bullied and hear what Jimmy said to Nick after he had been pushed to far, especially when Rich got shot right in his knee by poor little Jimmy. 😢
If anything. It’s gotten worse for the victims since the bullies don’t get punished whatsoever. The victims are the ones to get blamed for everything, and the idea of anyone getting any level of therapy for free after that is absurd.
This is a lesson to explain why the educational system is a failure…victims get punished or ignored and that’s what pushes them to extremes because the bully gets a slap on the wrist Notice he was even going to put the gun down
What I like about Static Shock is how well it tackles with real world issues: Gun violence, bullying, loss of a loved one, racism, homelessness, runaways, acceptance, disabilities, etc.
Nick's parents and the other two bullies should be kick out of their homes and make them to be homeless. Making them to be on the newspapers on the front page of what happened to the school or be on the social media. It would be a lot cooler if the whole people in town should hate them, such as throwing trashes at them, not welcoming of every stores, banned on every dine-in restaurants, live in the dump, never invite them to the clubs, or never be in the programs to see how they feel when bullying Jimmy multiple times at him.
Virgil was pretty lucky that he shouldn't have stopped nick and his friends for messing with Jimmy as static himself and reporting Nick's behavior to the proper authorities like his dad a social worker and owns a community center along with the principal at school the situation couldn't have been more worse than before.
It's funny when I see Law and Order types say bullying is a good thing that helps toughen people up. They also say it helps prepare you for the real world. I then ask them what they would do if they were assaulted in the street and they say fight back and call the Police. They don't like being told that being assaulted is actually a good thing in that situation. They never learn. How can you be a Law and Order type and not support calling an authority figure such as a Teacher when a bullying crime like assault and harassment is taking place. Zero Consistency.
That was such a bad parent move for Jimmy’s dad. Kids and teens shouldn’t be aware or informed of any firearms in a household, and they definitely shouldn’t have easy access to a firearm is there is one in the house.
It was locked up and he didn’t know his son had stolen his key. He was a responsible gun owner, but he clearly wasn’t an attentive enough parent to have educated his son on gun safety and known that his son needed psychiatric care. Also the gun should have been stored unloaded and with the ammunition locked up separately.
"Bullets don't discriminate between friends and enemies, Virgil. They hurt everyone." - Therapist. 😢
3:17
therapist: we're just lucky richie's gonna be okay
@@adrianhill8203 I'm just so confused. I'm mad at Jimmy for shooting my friend. I'm mad at Nick for messing with Jimmy. I'm mad at myself for not telling someone when I first heard about the gun. I'm mad at everyone.
@@matthewthornley1120 It's okay to feel angry, Virgil. It's what we *do* with that anger that's important.
My bully was sorry. We actually grew really close after I got David to open up to me.
Wow este episodio nos muestra la fijación que tenía jimmy por las armas aunque muchos no se dieron cuenta de eso porque pensó que se refería a las de juguete no a las reales
Bullies are never sorry, they're just afraid of facing their consequences.
You're goddamn right about that. 🤝
Yes if they are sorry one time they would not bully so many kids.
You got that right.
They're the worst
They are because they are used to bully kids alot that they will get away with it and not get in trouble.
Two decades later, and this episode is more relevant than ever.
Most people don't shoot up a school with only 1 target in mind.
@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id except he had only 1 target and didn't plan to take the whole school
This is a sad reality of what our world has come too, Little did animators of the show know is that shootings would only get worse in the future 😞
@@sonofkarma5461 You would think that after Columbine, as well as this episode of Static Shock would make people wake up when it comes to school shootings, but like you said, it's becoming worse.
@@omarcogle1965 history repeats itself too much
When you watch this as a kid, you never realize that Static Shock tackled a lot of serious issues. This episode being about bullying and gun violence, and other episodes talking about racism, homelessness, and dyslexia
The "Push" episode was about addictions
@ATrain exactly because according to the right wing being woke is bad smh.
I always knew. But I was 14-17 when this was around.
By that time, you know when these shows were trying to aim.
Guns are very very very dangerous btw
This is a sad reality of what our world has come too, Little did animators of the show know is that shootings would only get worse in the future 😞
Static Shock was truly a great show who had guts to show the truth about real life matters and that's I miss that kind of cartoons on TV.
Yes!!!!!!
@@astaciamckinnis3969I do feel bad about what happened to Jimmy but what he what he did was concealing a weapon without a permit and he also threatened to kill another student just because he was picking on him this is the kind of stuff that we need to be teaching kids not to use a gun and this is also for parent never keep a gun in the house where a kid could get to it cuz that's where the problem starts
Here’s how they should’ve punished everyone:
Jimmy: unfortunately since he was in possession of a gun, he’d have to do some time. Maybe about 90 days since it’s his first offense.
Nick and his friends: expelled and their parents send them to military school.
Nick and his friends would halve escape military school, and get back at Jimmy for the position of a gun. And then kill him.
Jimmy's father is also partially responsible for keeping a gun where Jimmy could get access to it. Keeping the gun locked up is one thing, but make damn sure that your child doesn't know where the key is.
Nick Connor And His Friends Got Suspended From School And Also A Community Service As Their Punishment.
@@stephenstancil3780 That's what they get for bullying.
@@jessehorn6180 Yes And Gun Violence Is Pretty Bad Idea
Jimmy Osgood Was Sent To Psychological Treatment And Juvenile Detention Center.
I remember a kid in my school who was obviously on the edge. I have no doubt in my mind this episode helped me save lives. I only saw it a few days before I went to my school’s guidance counselor and told him Anthony needed help.
you are a hero, i hope anthony is better
You did good man! By helping out your friend who needs help.
You should tried to convince other kids and adults the seriousness of bullying and how it can pushed a victim over the edge. Whether it is to harm themselves or others.
The world needs more people like you.
Was Anthony a friend of yours?
@@Juanca-em1wteven though I feel bad about what happened to him but what his actions did has consequences do you know how many times this has happened I mean even here in the real world shootings happened almost every day and which is why we need to keep people away from this kind of trouble all guns do with bring nothing but chaos and destruction
@@a.jthomas6132if I was a parent I would try to keep a gun away where a kid can get to it lock it up hide the key because stuff like this causes problems bullying is the only main reason why some kids die but some are just too stupid to see the truth because they act like they want to prove something by picking on somebody who's much smaller than them which is never an okay thing to do
You know what part of this gets me the most? The fact that everyone thought for certain Jimmy would never do this. They all thought he didn't mean it. That he would never go that far or fight back. And then when they saw it happen, you could see their disbelief. How shocked they were that it happened. That someone actually got shot. And you could especially see it on the bullies' faces, how horrified they looked to Jimmy there, all angry and broken
Virgil was right, they definitely got off easy, but at least there was some punishment towards them
Nick & his friends should've been expelled instead of getting suspension & Community Service, since they escalated and pushed Jimmy.
If this had happened about a decade later than it did, they most definitely would’ve gotten expelled, maybe even sent to Juvie too.
@@VSaber365what are you talking about? To this day schools don't do shit to solve the problem of bullying and when the victim defends himself against the bully, the bully becomes the "victim"
@@Juanca-em1wt That's how it used to be until the 2010s decade. NOW, if a student sees or even experiences something bad, they should do something and they'll most definitely be heard and helped.
When push comes to shove and also shows just they can't/wouldn't doesn't exactly mean they would consider u b surprise or not what others r capable of
The craziest plot twist is the dad knew his son was static shock the whole time.
He didnt know until the second to last episode. He even said so hinself
I somehow still think Virgil was right when he said that Jimmy does not belong in Juvie. The way it seemed like it, Nick and his friends were the cause of everything that happened in this episode.
Same I haven't seen this series at all but seeing the sence for the 1st time made me feel uncomfortable cuz ik gun shot innocents IRL I never been in 1 before but also I do agree cuz HELL if those 2 idiot bullys didn't tackled him down maybe JUST maybe Jimmy wouldn't shot anybody OR even kill them........
@@dylanthebiguy Because it was just one 20 minute episode they couldn't really show much about Jimmy, Nick or Nick's friends except that Jimmy probably was constantly sad and angry and Nick and his friends were one of the many bullies out there that just won't give their victims any time to be alone.
@@ktm0629 yea
Yea
likewise he needed help like Static's dad said not being locked up
Did anyone tell virgil it wasn't jimmys fault he shot richie. He got tackled by the bullies just as he was realizing it's not worth killing someone over just bullying.
I think it’s to not absolve blame on Jimmy’s end. Nobody would’ve been hurt if he had just never brought the gun in the first place.
@@midnalazuli793 Can you really blame him though? If the school teachers or faculty members didn't intervene on his behalf, how else would he try to put a stop to his constant unmitigated assaults from the bullies? Yes there were alternatives but there are cases where children are left with no other choice but to resort to violence to put an end to their source of trauma, especially if the grown-ups don't do anything to quell that turmoil building within them.
@@AliAsif303 he doesn’t have to bring a gun he could fight back without a gun
@@Reasonablewater27 Can't expect much from a kid to know about self-defense if these bullying episodes happen way too often and the fact that he's outnumbered.
@@AliAsif303 I see where you coming from but if you killing isn’t going to do anything but built more regret
I saw the “Jimmy” episode of Static Shock years ago, and it was so deep. The show and the comics always tackle hard issues like racism and bullying. Jimmy was angry for being bullied and wanted to take matters into his own hands. But, he would be in the wrong because he would have taken a life. Ritchie is right. “You’re all upset about this now. But next week, it won’t even matter.” He meant if Jimmy went through it, he would have regretted it and would have been charged for murder. They don’t make shows like these anymore🤍
These teachers also need to take responsibility if the student reports that they're being harassed and don't step up.
@@Kojain That’s right; the teachers are responsible too. Teachers and coaches are responsible if a student or athlete is being harassed in any matter. Another example would be the Larry Nassar case from the USA Gymnastics Association. Some of the girls told their parents what he did to them, but only a couple of coaches who worked with Nassar didn’t believe them.
This episode taught a good lesson. Bullying someone too much for no reason can sometimes make that person wanna do something like getting a gun on you. SO KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Also I imagine Meg (Family Guy) could use a good friend like Virgil Hawkins cause I know he would definitely help her out too.
Bullying in general has never done anyone any good.
@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id Exactly!
@@gibbs615You saw the Family Guy episode where Meg finally told her family off?
@@omarcogle1965 Yes I did, but then she apologized to them and she really shouldn't have. Damn writers!
@@gibbs615 I think that it shows that the Griffin Family can't survive without Meg. She's the low-key strong one of the bunch.
And never tackle a person holding a loaded gun in their hands especially when the person has their finger on the trigger.
These are the kind of cartoons that can happen in real life. You bully a person and you and your friends lock that person in the locker? Sometimes that person can't take the bullying and he or she might want revenge on the people that bullied them.
This is why I don’t blame some people and characters for turning evil.
Shigaraki, Dabi, Azula, James and Jessie, Terra etc all had rights to turn evil.
@@ash_lucario_ship183 Being bullied is no excuse to be evil so stfu.
@@ash_lucario_ship183 People like you piss me off saying it is ok to be evil due to being bullied so if you are bullied you will become evil?Jeez you are evil and petty minded.
@@ash_lucario_ship183 What was Azula's reason to be evil? And when Terra chose to be evil, she wasn't bullied, she did that because she thought Beast Boy betrayed her.
@@omarcogle1965 Azula's villainy is the result of toxic environments/society, a terrible father and the absence of a mother
Shigaraki and Dabi's villainy is the result of bad and abusive childhoods, neglect, abusive fathers, society, and grooming
James and Jessie villainy is the result of bad and troubling childhoods.
Terra's villainy is the result of the absence of parents, manipulation, grooming and coercion
This right here is why those villains and other villains have every right to be the people they are. If you take all of this from the villains then they wouldn't become the people we know them as.
Kevin and Ray made it worse, their actions almost got Richie killed.
Or even the one of the bullies killed.
Truth is that if Richie got assassinated, Jimmy should not be charged, the bullies should be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
It was their fault for making Jimmy to pull the trigger from the gun.
@@simonkwan8140 Exactly it's their fault the gun went off, if they didn't tackle him, the gun would have never gone off, but no, they just had to do it anyways, making things worse.
If Richie or someone died because of them the bully should be the ones charged with third degree murder and have to forever live felt that someone is dead because of them.
Our mistakes can create our own monsters.
Thank you for telling us the truth because some people don’t realize that their mistake can turn them into their own monster
Its really sad to see the victims turning into what they have swore@AnimeChris90
Sometimes, a person's mistake creates their own Monsters
This is the first time I've seen an episode from Static Shock. It definitely tackled a very serious and realistic topic in a unique way.
I consider this some of Richard Horvitz' best acting.
Same. Mikey Kelley too.
Jason Marsden did a neat job as well
@@BronyFan27Ditto Phil Lamarr and KMR. And the animators.
@@CaptainCretaceous91 Don't forget Danica McKellar as well too.
@@omarcogle1965 Who'd she voice?
Nick is not sorry and he wasn't remorseful either, he's doing that because he was caught and got in trouble.
He sure looked sorry, and now he knows first had what bullying can push someone to so he'd probably think twice now about it.
@@jeffwolcott7815 He also looks bummed that his reputation is destroyed.
@@jeffwolcott7815 or could have been sorry cause he was in trouble
@@jeffwolcott7815 I would have liked Jimmy to have acted quickly and shot Nick in the heart, it would have been satisfying and splendid to see how that idiot feels the true pain, fear and despair of being on the verge of death, he never regretted the damage he did he did to Jimmy, he loved to torture and torment him.
@@GamePalace-jo5tuor maybe just shot Nick in the leg instead of accidentally Richie. Either way, Nick is going to hell.
so many years passed and it's still more relevant then most other stuff today
We'll NEVER be able to stop bullying. Kids can just be inherently evil, and no amount of tragedies and speeches will change that. But I like how the episode ended on a hopeful note. You can't end bullying forever, but you can help the victims by being there for them.
Until the bullied kid decides to be the villain, then we'll see what happens.
@@omarcogle1965 That's also an outcome, unfortunately.
@@KindredKeepsake Yeah, and the worst part is that it still keeps repeating, and people refuse to learn from it.
I know I can’t stop bully for everyone but I can do my part to protect and support the ones that do get bullied. A kind heart is stronger than a bad one. I will never be a villain like them.
Therapist: Bullets don't discriminate between bullies and friends. 😢
"Bullets don't discriminate between friends and enemies," Therapist said.
"Bullets don't discriminate between friends and enemies, Virgil", The therapist said. "They hurt everyone."
The Dean should've expelled Nick instead of suspension. He should be in the scared straight program with his friends as well.
Slight correction that’s the high school principle(you can see it on his office door), not all high schools have them(at least none I know of) and I agree Nick probably should’ve been expelled but in a day and age where some bullies get away with everything at least he’s getting a punishment.
I would threaten to expelled all three bullies unless they took the suspension along with the community service and scared straight program.
I wish he's expelled!!!!!! Instead 😡😡
I can kind of relate to Jimmy. I was bullied a lot in school to. There were times that i wanted to teach my bullies a lesson, but I just had a lot of emotional support to help me get through it all. This episode hurt to watch knowing that I felt the same as Jimmy once.
Plus some of the things he described happened to me too. My bully broke my kindle, he called me names, he would intentionally take my backpack open it and throw it down a flight of stairs and then one time he shoved my head into my locker in gym class for a cheap laugh. Accept when he did it, my head got stuck. I was stuck in the locker for 3 hours before my gym teacher found me and called the principal. Then the principal had to call maintenance to bring a tool to help free my head from the locker. Then the next day, I found out my bully got in trouble and was going to be expelled. That made my day, but then my bully pulled a knife on me and threatened me for ruining his life. Luckily the principal was there. That day he was expelled and then taken to jail for bringing a weapon to school and threatening someone with a mental disability.
I teared up a little bit watching this ngl. Good people turned bad because of bad people.
@@TT_0703it is hard to enjoy this knowing full well That it actually can happen in real life.
@@TT_0703amen
Cartoons today don't even teach lessons like this anymore
you said it someday i will bring that back when someday i will make a cartoon and it will be just like this the kind that teach lessons.
@@eliaspuppet9973 Amen brother.
@@eliaspuppet9973 Good for you😉
@@eliaspuppet9973 Nowadays most cartoons are too focused with inclusion than touching on realistic stories.
these days its all about diversity and PC instead of things like this which are just as important
The coolest thing about this show is that I gives people a dead serious reminder that violence is not the answer and also explores other real life topics
Or as the psychologist put it “it’s okay to feel angry, it’s what we do with that anger that’s important”
@@michaelnally2841 That is true
3:55 We're going to have a long talk with you, son.
The look on Nick's father face says it all.
this was a great show, and it's understandable why jimmy snapped.
That is the darkest episode ever. If Jimmy accidentally killed Richie, his Father Sean would halve killed him for the murder of his boy.
Would it really go that far though….?
@@espergarfield If this were real life, maybe. Many people are truly *_that_* protective over their children. But in the show, probably not. The censors would never allow a kid to die in an animated series made for kids, and even if they did, it's more likely the writers would've stopped Richie's dad from avenging him, either by arresting him or having Virgil convince him that Richie wouldn't want this.
@@espergarfield Maybe.
@@christianwelch4206 Yep.
If this were the case it would be likely that Sean would be devastated and angry. Imagine losing your child to senselessness and not just that this would be a big loss for Static.
I think I heard Jimmy's dad say "OH MY GOD!" when he notice's that the gun key is missing.
I was around 13 when I first watched this episode. This made me understand why my teachers did drills when I was younger because before, I never thought anybody would bring a gun into a school. With the way things are now, I’m scared for my 15 year old sister going to school
I hate it that this is still relevant to today 😔
Bullies got what they deserved. They deserved to be punished especially what they done with Jimmy. My mom and I watched together and that’s very important lessons about guns and bullies
Jimmy was okay, and cool until Nick, and his friends traumatized Jimmy by locking him in the locker. That one made Jimmy snap, and wanted to kill Nick for that.
It’s breaks my heart to see someone good corrupted like that.
Yup. Sadly this can happen in real life too.
Nick will repent in hell.
"What were you thinking having a handgun in the house where a kid can get to it!?"
Sad that this frequently occurs in the US.
Too bad you won't get those Serious Issues in modern Cartoons anymore.
Yh. If SJWs weren't common, then we would see these in a few modern cartoons.
its all about inclusion forgetting things like this which are as important
@@zeokingsilverYoung Justice had inclusion in it Seasons 3 and 4, but they still touched on serious issues, M'ghann counseling Harper when she and her brother, Cullen getting abused at home by their dad. Also Beast Boy's story arc when he was going through Depression, PTSD and had an intervention, and a few others.
@@omarcogle1965 But still,Modern Cartoons are still having Difficulty on Tackling Heavy Subjects in the Real World.
@@emeraldphoenix5868 They didn't have these problems then, so why now?
I feel bad for Jimmy.
I’m 25 years old and I just want to say this episode is very important to remember violence is never the answer and shooting someone is not the answer to
We just need to ignore people who make fun of us and bully us or perhaps tell the teacher so they can solve the problem
He was even mad at everyone for Jimmy's misfortune. Frieda, Virgil, Richie and Daisy are the only one who cared for him. And guess what? Jimmy was sent to Juvie and Nick got scolded silently by his parents for his behaviour.
This episode teaches a serious lesson about gun violence and bullying since the episode I'm still in shock of what i just saw
I watched this when I was real young and it open conversation with my parents and they told me to tell them anything that’s goes on in school and they would handle it never take matters into ur own hands.
From my opinion, This is one of the most important episodes to watch. It teaches you about bullying and gun violence and what to do to prevent it. I wished someone could of helped Jimmy and prevent this incident from happening. That kid was the victim here and the ones that should be punished is the abusers.
Also, is it possible to upload the whole episode in HD?
*Hugs Jimmy* Don’t cry Jimmy.. I’m here for you. Don’t beat yourself up! You were just anger and you didn’t mean for anything to happen to Richie..
As a Canadian I don’t have this problem but stories come from the news about this more and more so it’s a good thing this show addresses how it starts, it’s bullying it drives people with a weak mentality to the edge and they can’t do anything but look for a violent solution, the other thing is definitely guns being aloud to even be owned by civilians, this all plays a role in it, this is the message of this episode and we need more shows like it .
killing will not help make the pain go away
After Richie Was Shot,He Was Found Out Some Things About Guns That Should Audience Know.
In One Year Alone,6,000 Kids Were Expelled For Bringing A Handgun To School.
As Many As 4,000 Kids Were Killed By Guns Each Year.
Someone Can Do Something To Help Stop This,If Someone Tries To Show You A Gun,Don't Stick Around,Get Away From Them.
Tell An Adult Or Someone You Trust!
Do Your Part To Increase The Peace Out There.
All Right?
Do those 4,000 include Suicides?
And this was in 2000.
What do we get now?
@@ibrahimihsan2090That's 20 Plus Years Ago And Gun Violence Is Not Fun,It Could Get Hurt Or Get Killed,Walk Away From The Gun And Tell An Adult Or Someone You Can Trust!
i saw it when i was a kid and it always makes me cry poor jimmy
0:22 Jimmy Osgood Was Actually Voiced By Richard Steven Horvitz Also The Voice Of Daggett Doofus Beaver From Nickelodeon’s The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim From Nickelodeon’s Invader Zim and Billy From Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
A well done episode, and an interesting subversion for the characters Richard Steven Horvitz tends to normally voice.
It's sad because people STILL haven't learned from this nor Columbine.
And Nick wasn't sorry like Jimmy said. He was only sorry because Jimmy was a threat to him at the moment.
A Bully's biggest fear is one of their victims finally deciding to take a stand against their BS and Jimmy had enough. Wasn't the right answer mind you, but he still wasn't going to put up with it anymore. These teachers need to start punishing the bullies more and NOT waiting until the victim decides to take matters into their own hands.
0:50 The absolute last sentence you want to hear under those circumstances.
This episode is way better than that one OK KO episode.
Yeah that episode was just cringe and about gun control.
This episode was about bullying.
I had bullies all the time growing up, whenever they hurt me, I hurt them even more, despite how small I was back then, I ended up sending most of them to the hospital, to this day I still don’t get how I never got expelled or even suspended after all of that.
I hope Virgil, Richie, and Fredia visited Jimmy in Juvie.
The sad thing was that you could see jimmy trembling and shaking before he even pulled it out and he did even more after her got it out
one of those shows ahead of its time
I used to love this show so much as a kid growing up
One thing I love about Jimmy in this scene is that you can see he wants revenge but at the same time he doesn’t want to hurt anybody.
this should be a lesson, DO NOT RUSH SOMEONE WHO HAS A GUN AS IT CAN FIRE BY ACCIDENT
If its possible to reboot this series they should show jimmy being released from juvenile hall. Everyone feels bad for jimmy even virgil and richie because they know it wasn't his fault it was Nicks buddies not Nick just his buddies. They tackled him which made jimmy fall backward and pull the trigger.
Nick was the instigator though so he should get some accountability
As someone's relative who was shot by proxy I fucking feel for Virgil
Dang Moxie's human life was wild
"wHaT's tHAt?"
We got a goddamn Einstein here, folks.
Virgil was very confused. First, he was very angry at Jimmy for shooting his friend, Richie. Next, he was mad at Nick for picking on Jimmy for being unpopular, shy and timid. Then, he was mad at himself for not telling anyone (sans his dad and Jimmy's dad) when first heard about the gun, including his teacher. Virgil was confirming his own guilt.
This is why bullying needs to stop. It leads to what Jimmy does by bringing a gun into a school.
Poor Jimmy, he could have proper care from Virgil, Richard, his own parents, Mr. Hawkins and Frieda when he can never take anymore of the bullying from Nick and his friends.
3:00 Virgil: They said jimmy looked really confused and angry
Psychiatrist: "🤨So you weren't there when it happened?"
Virgil: "😔No, I got there after the ambulance. It was that anyone could've gotten shot, but Ritchie... *😤He was Jimmy's friend!* "
Psychiatrist: "😟Bullets don't discriminate friends, Virgil. They hurt everyone. We're just lucky Ritchie is going to be ok."
Virgil: "🥺I'm just so confused. 😠I'm mad at Jimmy for shooting my friend. I'm mad at Nick for messing with Jimmy. I'm mad at myself for not telling anyone when I first heard about the gun!
*😡I'M MAD AT EVERYONE!* "
@@sebastianemond5313Pyschiatrist: It's okay to feel angry Virgil it’s what do when that anger that’s most important
@@NewChrisBrezzy243:37
virgil: hi frieda you next
I don’t think there’s a more respectful way to show this subject than this, it shows the true horror of it and the pain and anger that causes and comes from it.
One guy messed with me in high school but I stood up to him and ignored everything he said and after that folks didn’t mess with me
I did the same thing you did but I was lucky enough that the teacher was always around to prevent anyone from assaulting me. Otherwise he would have still continued on bullying me.
Edit: I'm going to elaborate on the whole situation, the kid was obsessed with hating on me for being the shortest at my class so he thought that he would gain a lot of popularity if he keep picking on me. He was twice my size and one time he did something very unethical and he thought I would let it slide like always. when I saw the teacher around I took advantage of the situation and decided to punch him in the face multiple times. He wasn't able to process that I will go violent. Thankfully the students separated before the situation escalated and the teacher was on my side because I was his best student. The kid learned his lesson and he stopped messing with me.
@@b2od_ us guys who’ve been bullied gotta stick together
This episode had a profound affect on me when I was young. I live in Ireland and civilians don't get guns unless they live in the country and even then they're only aloud shotguns and rifles. I started doing what Virgil did at the end when I seen people being bullied. I remember when I was coming to the end of school this guy kept talking about a classmate with his friends about him being gay, which the other guy was I didn't like it me and my girlfriend at the time hung out with the gay guy. I didn't like hearing them talk about him that way so I turned around one day when the other guy was making fun off him with his friends in front of the girls and I said "What's your problem with him being gay ?"
"He's just fucking gay" he said.
So this guy was really into his appearance wearing stylish clothes all the time so I said "You know I think your gay" everyone went really quiet "I mean you wear all your designer labels and have your hair perfect every time you come to school. Also it the way you go on about Liam being gay it seems your trying to hide something, or over compensate. You know what they say no one hates out gay people more than a closet gay person" he cursed and turned around to his computer his friends all backed off and the girls started giggling. I'm glad I did that more than once and it's all thanks to this cartoon".
Nice.
Love it
That's the way to go, if he's going to use stereotypes use stereotypes against him
Static shock was ahead of its time
Imagine that Kevin's abusive behavior towards the Eddy and his buddies too far could made him expelled from school and send him to juvenile prison and sent to a boarding school for troubled and bad villains like Angelica pickles, la quack and Katz, coco la Bushe, burdine Maxwell and many others if he keeps messing with the Ed,edd and Eddy too much.
And don't forget Sarah and ed's abusive parents
With what's going on today, schools need to show this episode to their students.
All of this would've been avoided if Nick had just left Jimmy alone. It's clear that all that's happened here proves that actions have consequences.
For all childrens they are vitamins the bullies is your worst enemies.
This has got to be the darkest episodes of Static Shock. After seeing Jimmy getting bullied by Nick, Kevin and Ray, Nick had realized he and his pals pushed Jimmy too far until he cannot take it anymore, resulting him to pull out his daddy's gun out and attempted to shoot Nick for that. Tears of rage had poured down from his face before Richie gave him a speech that will stop him from shooting Nick, only for Kevin and Ray to tackle him. And the last result was Richie getting shot right in the knee in an accident by Jimmy, therefore he had to go to the hospital for his knee getting extra hurt from the father of Jimmy's gun. Utterly sad to watch Jimmy getting bullied and hear what Jimmy said to Nick after he had been pushed to far, especially when Rich got shot right in his knee by poor little Jimmy. 😢
And the sad thing about this episode is that bullying has even gotten worse over the years were teachers and staff don’t do jack shit about it
If anything. It’s gotten worse for the victims since the bullies don’t get punished whatsoever. The victims are the ones to get blamed for everything, and the idea of anyone getting any level of therapy for free after that is absurd.
You push anyone too far, they'll snap.
The fact that Jimmy was voiced by the same guy who voiced Daggett, Zim, Rodney, Billy, and Moxxie still blows my mind
This is a sad reality of what our world has come too, Little did animators of the show know is that shootings would only get worse in the future 😞
This is a lesson to explain why the educational system is a failure…victims get punished or ignored and that’s what pushes them to extremes because the bully gets a slap on the wrist
Notice he was even going to put the gun down
"what's that?"
"a gun"
Or Nick should have said is that even loaded and Jimmy reply yes it is
Those 3 bullies should get arrested for sure and they should be in the juvenile correction center.
Jimmy would have to commit suicide with the gun in order for them to get that.
I know what it is like to be depressed I've dealt with it in school
What I like about Static Shock is how well it tackles with real world issues: Gun violence, bullying, loss of a loved one, racism, homelessness, runaways, acceptance, disabilities, etc.
Nick's parents and the other two bullies should be kick out of their homes and make them to be homeless. Making them to be on the newspapers on the front page of what happened to the school or be on the social media. It would be a lot cooler if the whole people in town should hate them, such as throwing trashes at them, not welcoming of every stores, banned on every dine-in restaurants, live in the dump, never invite them to the clubs, or never be in the programs to see how they feel when bullying Jimmy multiple times at him.
The pistol (A Glock I guess) has the ejection port on both sides!
Other than that it was drawn pretty well.
Are you kidding me?! Nick and his friends should had got more than just suspension and community service
I'm sure he wouldn't have even gotten that in real life though. He probably would've just gotten away with it completely.
@@Alex-eb6je I doubt that unless his parents buy them off to let him get away with it
They would've gone to juvenile hall if Jimmy had committed suicide with that gun.
@@humangirl2122Yep
@@humangirl2122Yep
I feel bad for Jimmy
Virgil was pretty lucky that he shouldn't have stopped nick and his friends for messing with Jimmy as static himself and reporting Nick's behavior to the proper authorities like his dad a social worker and owns a community center along with the principal at school the situation couldn't have been more worse than before.
We'll be in touch, Mr. Connor.
3:56
virgil: what about him
@@adrianhill8203 Suspension. He also has to do some community service. Same with his buddies.
@@danielsuehs56824:02
virgil: he's getting off easy
@@adrianhill8203 But, at least he'll never win any more popularity contest's.
3:54 got that “ass beating is waiting for you at home” look
What were you thinking?!? Having a gun in the house where a kid could get into it!
Heck, I am pleasantly surprised that that’s Richard Horvitz as Jimmy!! I’m so used to him as comical characters like Zim and Billy!
Jimmy didn't mean to Shoot Richie!
If the bullies don't tackle him, Jimmy lowered his gun
@@bookpage3831 Besides, it was a Reflex!
Crimson: okay but it down that’s not funny boy
Young Moxxie: lots of things aren’t funny drowning that man wasn’t funny getting rid of ma wasn’t funny
If you want to stop bullying someone or kids be bullying just ignore them they will leave you alone or the bullies will disappear.
Or tell an adult.
It's funny when I see Law and Order types say bullying is a good thing that helps toughen people up. They also say it helps prepare you for the real world. I then ask them what they would do if they were assaulted in the street and they say fight back and call the Police. They don't like being told that being assaulted is actually a good thing in that situation. They never learn. How can you be a Law and Order type and not support calling an authority figure such as a Teacher when a bullying crime like assault and harassment is taking place. Zero Consistency.
That was such a bad parent move for Jimmy’s dad. Kids and teens shouldn’t be aware or informed of any firearms in a household, and they definitely shouldn’t have easy access to a firearm is there is one in the house.
It was locked up and he didn’t know his son had stolen his key. He was a responsible gun owner, but he clearly wasn’t an attentive enough parent to have educated his son on gun safety and known that his son needed psychiatric care. Also the gun should have been stored unloaded and with the ammunition locked up separately.