History Characters / ShazamMarvelFamily

* {{Diary}}: Originally set up as his only valuable posession, he kept a diary as a FramingDevice that allowed writers to put a complex set up or wrap up in a single panel. ''Freddy's Guide to Superhero-ing'', framed as a notebook's worth of his diary entries, was released as a tie in to the 2019 movie.

** DeadpanSnarker: Has developed something between this and a permanent (and dapper!) calm; "Well, you do know what those who underestimate tigers always say, right? They scream 'Oh god, help me, I'm being mauled to death by a tiger.'"

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: He has never appeared in any live-action adaptation; ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' was made before his character was created and at a time when an actor in a tiger suit just might've been acceptable to audiences, ''Series/{{Shazam}}'' wrote him out entirely since by then it wouldn't be, ''Film/Shazam2019'' went with tiger motifs as a subtle reference since a $90M budget still isn't enough for him to appear in full CGI.

* MythologyGag: Her identity is CeCeBeck from the planet of Binderaan (named for "Capt Marvel" co-creators C.C. Beck and Otto Binder)

* BadassBeard: His Shazam form gains an impressive beard.

[[folder:Mary Marvel]]

A member of the Legion of Superheroes who wields the power of Shazam and has an elderly Billy Batson as his mentor.

* {{Intergenerational Friendship}}: He meets Superman while dealing with a cult that wants to bring Ibac to existence so that he can fight Captain Marvel but however with the help of each other they managed to defeat him and also defeat Eclispo as well and after Captain Marvel’s friend [[spoiler:gets shot during an attack on him and though taken to a hospital died so in a state of fury he marches to one of the people from the attack and after he finds out that it was Sivana who ordered it went over to kill him but stops himself at the last second and when Superman confronts him about what he did Captain Marvel shows him the truth by saying Shazam and that of a 10 year old boy named Billy Batson which leaves Superman quite understandably furious at the wizard who gave those powers to him telling him that Billy should have a normal life with friends and going to school not of a life that puts him and his friends in danger and the wizard agrees with him but he manages to convince Superman that Billy is the only one that he’s trust to have those powers given to him and Superman knowing that Magic is one of the few weaknesses to him has no choice but to agree as well but the Wizard does convince him to be there for Billy so Superman shows Billy his secret identity as Clark Kent and he and Billy become the closet of friends.]]

* TheCape: Seriously. Even more than {{Superman}}.

* {{Archenemy}}: Has considered Black Adam, Dr. Sivana, and Mister Mind to be his archfoes at various points. The feeling is definitely mutual.

* BigGood: He is often treated like this, even in comparison to {{Superman}}, possibly due to ChildrenAreInnocent. It's explicitly stated in the comics that Billy Batson would be Marvel full-time to help people, if not for the wizard Shazam insisting that Batson himself deserves some happiness in his life, too.

* EyesAlwaysShut: As Captain Marvel.

* GoodIsNotNice: It takes a lot to get on his bad side but he's had to be restrained from trying to kill Captain Nazi; a more typical display of his temper was [[spoiler: rescuing the bullying Bryer brothers from the top of a collapsing Ferris wheel via suitcase wedgie.]]

[[folder:As Whole]]

* LimitedWardrobe: In the Fawcett era his street clothes were normally a purplish-blue suit, but sometimes it was drawn quite floridly ragged and other times looking respectably newish if still many sizes too big (albeit in keeping with the style for teenage boys in TheForties). From the DC revival until the New 52 he mostly wore a blue sweater, white shirt and brown pants.

* DecompositeCharacter: There are two Tawnys in the post-Flashpoint universe; the first one to be introduced is a [[AdaptationalNonsapience regular tiger]] who Billy gives some of his power to; the second is the Beastlands version.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A talking tiger]]. Originally a big cat in a remote Indian village who received a formula from an inventor hermit that allowed him to walk, speak, and think like a man; other continuities have since revised his origin, making him Mary's doll animated by magic, or a mystical guardian spirit that can take the form of both man and beast. In 2018 incarnation he is a resident of "Wild Realms", which are populated by anthropomorphic animals.

* BreakoutCharacter: He actually had his own series in the GoldenAge.

* RealMenWearPink: He ''is'' pink.
* RetGone: Does not exist post-Crisis.
** He has appeared in ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' and ''Comicbook/TinyTitans'' and been introduced in New 52 as a regular non-superpowered pet rabbit [[spoiler: regaining his powers in ''Shazam #1'']].

* DependingontheWriter: He has had to call on different gods for SHAZAM over the years.

* DependingontheWriter: She called on different gods for SHAZAM over the years. She's done it more times than her brother.

* OlderAlterEgo: Sometimes (in the '90s series), sometimes not (originally, currently, and in Jeff Smith's version).

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted, while the original Mary was Billy's blood related sister, given the [[LongLostRelative strangeness of her introduction,]] there have been several adaptations simplify their relationship by making her an adoptive sibling, emphasizing his difficulty socializing with a new family in contrast to his brief stint at being homeless/living as an orphan.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Eugene, Pedro and Darla all appeared in Flashpoint prior to the New 52 reboot.

* DecompositeCharacter: Possibly. In the New 52, another member of the Council of Eternity has a closer resemblance to a younger Jebediah of Canaan
* ElderlyImmortal: One of the oldest beings on earth, and immortal to an extant.

* SuperEmpowering: His main role is to give Billy Batson his lowers.

* [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]]

* AdaptationalVillainy : [[spoiler:The ''Rebirth'' incarnation is more unpleasant than any previous version in the comics, his ''Pre-Flashpoint'' incarnation being a good man who was a candidate for Shazam's power and his Pre-Crisis'' and ''New 52'' incarnations being DeceasedParentsAreTheBest. This characterization seems to be a CanonImmigrant from Film/{{Shazam}}]]

** Achilles give Billy courage and spiritual reinforcement along with nigh-invulnerability. Billy's invulnerability while transformed is magical and thus can shrug of mystical as well as physical forces. Achilles also reinforces Billy's spirit and courage allowing him to fight monstrous magical entities and traverse eldritch realms without going insane.

* HeroicSuccessor: To Nick and Nora Bromfield.