#Rubberband Man

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The Rubber Band Men

DEBUT 1980

They backed up Lynda Carter in Episode 419 of The Muppet Show on "Rubber Band Man."

The band consists of two types of Muppets as pictured. The first are made almost entirely of a rubber band with hands to strum itself and eyes and legs.

The second are a slinky-like stretchy character with eyes and large lips. They appeared years later on backup vocals for Garth Brooks in episode 102 of Muppets Tonight for a cover of Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual."

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Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Rubber Band Man

Adam Evans was a young man who grew up in Dakota City.  An aspiring musician, Adam had a true knack for writing rap songs and he made a demo tape for the acclaimed music producer, D.J. Rock.  Rock claimed not to be interested in Adam’s music, yet secretly stole his lyrics and used them to make his own protégé, ‘Ice Pack,’ and hugely successful hiphop star.   When Adam discovered he had been swindled he was furious; and yet there was nothing he could do about it.  

All this changed when Adam was exposed to the mutagenic effects of the Quantum Vapor were released during the so-called 'Big Bang' event.  Adam was bestowed shapeshifting powers wherein his body became highly elastic, enabling him to elongate his limbs and manipulate his form in various fashions.  Now calling himself ‘The Rubber Band Man’ Adam made himself a costume and set out to get revenge on Ice Pack and DJ Rock.  

The heroic Static witnessed Rubber Band Man going after Ice Pack and attempted to intervene.  This would prove to be the first in numerous altercations between the two.  Static prevailed and the Rubber Band Man was apprehended; while DJ Rock was exposed as a thief and fraud.    

The Rubber Band Man would later escape form prison and would have further dealings with Static.  Eventually, Rubber Band Man became something of an antihero and aided Static in dealing with the villainous schemes of his older brother, Ebon.  

Actor Kadeem Hardison provided the voice for The Rubber Band Man, with the villain turned hero first appearing in the fifth episode of the first seasons of Static Shock, ‘They’re Playing My Song.’  

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Right after Robert leaves Sharon's bedroom, Rubberband Man (quickly reverting to his Stringer appearance via his powers) shows up to say goodbye to Sharon as he wants to leave town. Sharon counters that he could do the remaining few months so that he doesn't have to continually evade law enforcement. While her view can be viewed as naïve, Sharon isn't wrong that by leaving, Stringer would only be making any eventual consequences worse for himself, even if it's 'just' the increasing stress of waiting to be found out.

Stringer admits that he broke out because he received mistreatment in the prison due to his metahuman status. His line of "everyone's against you" might be implying that he faced challenges from both fellow inmates and prison staff. Though I'm wondering if he's holding back another reason for him to be singled out, or if the show hadn't thought of an upcoming plot thread at this point.

Yay, the landline's back in place! Ahem. Sharon calls her dad to get his help in figuring out a safer way for Stringer to turn himself in.

Robert is frazzled, to put it mildly, but agrees to help. Unfortunately, none of them are aware that Puff and Onyx have been eavesdropping in a van. Onyx says that they borrowed it, but I am concerned that Puff lied to him.

When Virgil and Richie show up unexpectedly, Rubberband Man turns into a vacuum because he and Sharon don't want to risk them calling the cops before Robert can set up the deal. Virgil tries to apologize but Sharon hastily leaves with the 'vacuum'. The two guys are bemused by this.

In the living room, Rubberband Man turns into a chair that Virgil sits in, which quickly results in Rubberband Man revealing himself. It probably would have helped if Sharon acknowledged that her help involved getting a peaceful turning in, but given Virgil's upset reaction I can get why she didn't go into detail before she was interrupted by the doorbell. A disguised Puff is there, and things rapidly get out of control as seen below.

I really hope Robert has excellent house insurance.

Amidst the climatic battle of "Bent Out of Shape", Sharon and Rubberband Man do have a cute moment about how she's his reason to be careful. This could rapidly turn into a concerning 'morality pet' situation depending on how the show handles their relationship, but it also isn't necessarily wrong to want to be better for someone as a starting point when someone doesn't see the point of being better for their own sake, which is where I suspect Stringer was. I'm also cutting him some slack because of what I know will be established about what his previous 'support network' was like and how that likely skewed his perspective on a lot of things. I was slightly tempted to use his 'real name' on this episode's posts, but I decided that'd be a bit too confusing as that hasn't been revealed yet either.

I do like how Static tricks Puff into destroying the support beams of some bleachers in order to defeat her. There's a reminder that Static and Rubberband Man still hold a grudge against each other before Sharon shows up, making them both agree to put it on 'pause' for the time being. Rubberband Man brings up digging out Puff and Onyx, with Static noting that's "how good guys do things".

The episode ends with Robert letting his kids know that Stringer will be going to a different prison and will be out in months if things go well. Again: this is a kids' show made in the early 2000s, I'm not expecting it to align with current perspectives.

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A very popular power set, especially with Disney-Marvel.

11 out of the 18 are Marvel.

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Peter 😎🎶 (jamming)

Mantis ☺️ (just happy to be here)

Drax 😴💤 (snoozing)

Gamora 😄🎶🔕 (jamming but silently)

Rocket 🥱 (sleepy lil guy)

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I am a diehard Spinners fan (top 5 classic R&B artist and you will not change my mind) and I was looking up the Rubberband Man because I love that song and I remember when it showed up in an Avengers movie and I was like "holy shit here comes reed richards" but it was just the guardians of the galaxy and anyway when I was looking it up I found this performance by Lynda Carter on the Muppet Show and realized that they may not be talking about "The Rubberband Man" but rather "The Rubber Band" and the "man" is there for emphasis. Now I'm confused.

I know Lynda is here and she's awesome but this might be a question for Thom Bell, who's sadly no longer with us.

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You know... I like Adam in Static Shock. Nice guy, and good on him for managing to break out of the cycle of criminalization, taking his anger management and therapy seriously, and just generally doing better! Good on him and his musical career!

But you know something? It's really Sharon who's winning here. She has a superhero musician as her boyfriend and while she doesn't know it, her brother is a superhero too. She's WINNING and doesn't even fully know it! :D

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a little motivation. [Sharon/Adam]

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My favorite part of 'Rubberband Man' is when the lead singer goes 'So much rhythm, grace, and debonaire from one man?'

Like, this is unfathomable. It's unreal. FROM ONE MAN, YOU SAY??? The Rubberband Man is not constrained by his mortal husk, by the rules of reality held up by our feeble minds and our fear to look beyond them. The Rubberband Man is eternal, ineffable.

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If Rubberband Man had a silly formal name would it be Robert bandith?

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Song of the Day: October 11, 2024

The Spinners: Rubberband Man Rubberband Man on Amazon Prime Music It’s funky Friday! Continuing my focus on artists who died in 2024, today I present a song that I loved as a child. “Rubberband Man” was as close to a novelty song as The Spinners ever recorded, but it still holds up if you want to listen to some old school disco funk. Henry Fambrough was the baritone for the famed R&B vocal…

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Static: Up All Night (2023)

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"Bent Out of Shape" starts with Virgil, Richie, Daisy, and Sharon all wanting to attend a concert by the upcoming musician Stringer. Despite Virgil's snarky reaction here, it turns out that Sharon does have an 'in' to get them to the concert.

It turns out she and Stringer recently started dating.

Virgil is bewildered by this; unfortunately for him, this is only the beginning of the night's troubles.

Before the concert starts, a crew member expresses his concerns that this stage is too small for their usual fireworks, but Stringer insists on wanting to give the audience the standard experience. Nearby, Virgil and Richie were helping themselves to the craft table snacks, so they overheard this.

I do like how this episode balanced this: Stringer is wrong, but it's understandable why he acted the way he did. He wants to give his smaller audiences the same experience as his larger ones, which would be a better sentiment if it weren't for the fact that safety regulations exist for a reason.

The fireworks cause a fire to break out, leading Static to intervene by creating an exit so that the audience can exit in larger quantities at a time.

... Hopefully the auditorium people either can file this under 'fire damage' or they got superpowered incident insurance following the Big Bang.

When Static goes to confront Stringer about what happened, he ends up grabbing his arm in an effort to make him stay, only for his arm to stretch out. It turns out that Stringer is an alias for the escaped Rubberband Man, who then evades Static.

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Static!! ♡♡♡

I love this show with every fiber of my being :’D