History Film / Shazam2019

* AdaptationalLocationChange: In the comics, Shazam's traditional hometown is Fawcett City, located in the Midwestern United States. The DCEU film instead has UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} as the stomping grounds for the Red Cyclone.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Billy strolling around in broad daylight in his superhero form doesn't draw the same kind of attention that [[Film/ManOfSteel Clark]] and [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Diana]] did, which is understandable considering most of the Justice League would be household names by this point and Freddy was using social media to promote Philadelphia's hometown hero.

* HardTruthAesop: If someone is not making any effort to be part of your life, at a certain point you need to give up on them and move on, no matter how much you love and miss them. Billy's social worker points out that his mother obviously hasn't been looking for him even from the moment they were separated, [[spoiler:and when he does finally track her down, she isn't in any position to take care of him, nor does she wish to, and Billy realises that he wasted so many chances at a home and a new family for one he never really had at all]].

** Billy and Freddy are playing ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' on an UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Billy is naturally playing as [[ShockAndAwe Raiden]].

* AdultsAreUseless: None of the staff stop the Breyer Brothers' bullying nor even punish them -- beating a kid with a crutch should've got them expelled, let alone hitting him hard enough with their truck to leave a scratch on the paint, right in front of the school in front of dozens of witnesses.

** After zapping a vending machine, Shazam drank a whole bunch of Dr. Peppers and [[Film/ForrestGump had to pee]].

The film was released on April 5, 2019. A sequel, ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'', is set for release on March 17, 2023. The movie ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' is part {{prequel}} and part {{sequel}} (while not directly referencing this film or characters), with Creator/DwayneJohnson as the title character and having already executive produced ''SHAZAM!''.

* ExcitedShowTitle: The film's title is in CapsLock and ends with an exclamation mark. The title is not only the superhero's name, it's also evoking [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull the magic word]] Billy has to pronounce to turn into said superhero.

* LuckyTranslation: The "your phone is charged" scene is ''even funnier'' with the Cantonese captions, because in Cantonese to fully charge a phone can be expressed as, literally, charging till it explodes, making it look like Billy is carelessly TemptingFate until it blows up in his face.

* FerrisWheelOfDoom: In the climax, Dr. Sivana unleashes the sins in a crowded amusement park which inevitably had them target the Ferris Wheel, causing the supporting beams to collapse. [[spoiler:By that time Billy had granted his powers to his siblings, so that Darla, Pedro and Freddy were able to save the civilians stuck on the wheel]].

* GreenEyedMonster: Dr. Sivana's FatalFlaw, as he envies Billy for being chosen while he was rejected. [[spoiler:Out of all the sins, Envy is the one that constantly remains inside of him]].

** The first time is the most classic example; he abducts Freddy, brings him home and captures the rest of the siblings, and holds them there. Billy receives a phone call seemingly from Freddy, but it turns out to be Sivana using his phone, with Freddy yelling in the background. He then states that he'll only let them go if Billy comes with him to the Rock of Eternity and surrenders his powers, though the rest of the kids follow them JustInTime.
** The second time, the Sins manage to catch the kids at the carnival, and Sivana makes it clear that he'll have all of them killed in front of Billy--starting with Darla, the youngest--unless he surrenders. Billy is able to save them by remembering the Wizard's words and sharing his powers with them.

** At first Billy was just using his powers to show off and had no interest in genuine heroics. Sivana and the sins could have done pretty much anything and he probably wouldn't have interfered. But the Sins insisted that Sivana eliminate the only person who could challenge their power, forcing Billy to become a hero for real to defeat him, [[spoiler:and later share his powers with his foster siblings as well]].

** [[spoiler:Billy gives one to Envy, calling him a weak, worthless, ugly runt who the other sins won't let out to play, in order to goad him into leaving Sivana's body, rendering him powerless.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: Once Sivana captures his foster family, he gains leverage over Billy and offers him two choices. Give over the power of Shazam or watch his family die in front of him starting with Darla. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Billy remembers the Wizard's final words... ''"with your heart unlock your greatest power. The thrones of our brother and sisters await"'' and manifests a third option. He realizes he can share his power with his foster family turning them into the Shazam family, immediately granting them Invulnerability to keep them safe from the Seven Sins.]]

** When Sivana returns to the Rock of Eternity, he rightfully calls out the Wizard Shazam for putting him through his test of character while he was a child and then saying he would never be worthy when he failed. This drove him to spend years seeking a way to return to the Rock of Eternity where he immediately takes the Eye of Sin and releases the seven sins.