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'''''Shazam!''''' is a 2019 superhero comedy film in the [[DC Extended Universe]], directed by David F. Sandberg and starring
It's Christmastime in Philadelphia. Billy Batson -- a fourteen-year-old orphan stuck in the foster child system, dedicated to finding his birth mother, from whom he was separated ten years earlier -- is brought to the extradimensional Rock of Eternity by an ancient wizard, who has chosen him to be a champion and the inheritor of his power. To gain the use of this power, Billy must speak the wizard's name -- Shazam. Doing so empowers him but also ends the wizard's life. Billy returns to earth with no guidance for his new powers, and does little of worth with them until he comes face-to-face with a Thaddeus Sivana, a rejected former candidate as the wizard's champion, who has allied himself with the embodied forces of evil once imprisoned at the Rock.
Taking place during Christmas time at Philadelphia, Billy Batson encounters a wizard who gets to say his name that transforms him into an adult. The film was financially and critically successful, with praise to the plot, humor and cast. It is set to have a spin-off ''Black Adam'' in 2022 and a sequel ''Fury of the Gods'' in 2023.▼
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* [[Big Bad]]: Doctor Sivana.
* [[The Cameo]]:
** Averted with Superman, who was played by Zachary Levi's stunt double.
* [[Cluster Bleep Bomb]]: A mall Santa was so excited that he swore
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Billy asked his family to say his name, but instead of saying "Shazam
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Superman appears at the very end with Shazam and Freddy at school. Unfortunately, you don't see his face.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The film is more humorous than other DCEU films.▼
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: The [[John Williams]] ''Superman'' theme was heard during Superman's cameo.
* [[Say My Name]]: Billy has to say the wizard's name to change his form.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
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