diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index ad4528747b73..9f9accf507f1 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -3301,17 +3301,26 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_dictionary(GDScriptParser::DictionaryNode *p_dicti
 
 void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_get_node(GDScriptParser::GetNodeNode *p_get_node) {
 	GDScriptParser::DataType result;
-	result.type_source = GDScriptParser::DataType::ANNOTATED_EXPLICIT;
-	result.kind = GDScriptParser::DataType::NATIVE;
-	result.native_type = SNAME("Node");
-	result.builtin_type = Variant::OBJECT;
+	result.kind = GDScriptParser::DataType::VARIANT;
 
-	if (!ClassDB::is_parent_class(parser->current_class->base_type.native_type, result.native_type)) {
-		push_error(R"*(Cannot use shorthand "get_node()" notation ("$") on a class that isn't a node.)*", p_get_node);
+	if (!ClassDB::is_parent_class(parser->current_class->base_type.native_type, SNAME("Node"))) {
+		push_error(vformat(R"*(Cannot use shorthand "get_node()" notation ("%c") on a class that isn't a node.)*", p_get_node->use_dollar ? '$' : '%'), p_get_node);
+		p_get_node->set_datatype(result);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (static_context) {
+		push_error(vformat(R"*(Cannot use shorthand "get_node()" notation ("%c") in a static function.)*", p_get_node->use_dollar ? '$' : '%'), p_get_node);
+		p_get_node->set_datatype(result);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	mark_lambda_use_self();
 
+	result.type_source = GDScriptParser::DataType::ANNOTATED_EXPLICIT;
+	result.kind = GDScriptParser::DataType::NATIVE;
+	result.builtin_type = Variant::OBJECT;
+	result.native_type = SNAME("Node");
 	p_get_node->set_datatype(result);
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index 9e1e8f0c7599..b76ceea11f7d 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -3035,10 +3035,8 @@ GDScriptParser::ExpressionNode *GDScriptParser::parse_get_node(ExpressionNode *p
 	if (previous.type == GDScriptTokenizer::Token::DOLLAR) {
 		// Detect initial slash, which will be handled in the loop if it matches.
 		match(GDScriptTokenizer::Token::SLASH);
-#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
 	} else {
 		get_node->use_dollar = false;
-#endif
 	}
 
 	int context_argument = 0;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.h
index 20f5dcf06d4d..71660d8f60d3 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.h
@@ -848,9 +848,7 @@ public:
 
 	struct GetNodeNode : public ExpressionNode {
 		String full_path;
-#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
 		bool use_dollar = true;
-#endif
 
 		GetNodeNode() {
 			type = GET_NODE;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caeea46977fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# GH-75645
+
+extends Node
+
+static func static_func():
+	var a = $Node
+
+func test():
+	pass
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1910b3e66b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/get_node_shorthand_in_static_function.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Cannot use shorthand "get_node()" notation ("$") in a static function.