Recap / Batman The Brave And The Bold S 2 E 10 The Power Of Shazam

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• Batman Gambit:
  • Sivana's opening attack was just a smokescreen in order to get a sample of the mystic lightning, which is the last item he needs in order to find Black Adam and bring him to Earth.
  • Batman can't beat the powered up Sivana, so he exploits him being a pompous know-it-all.
    Batman: You may have a mortal like me beat, but you'll never be as all-powerful as the wizard Shamaz.
    Sivana: Bat-brained idiot! It's Shazam! Oh, no, wait! [lightning returns him to normal]
• Bully Hunter: Batman sees the two bullies picking on Billy and scares them away.
• Butter Face: Dr. Sivana becomes a male example in his Captain Sivana form. He gains a Heroic Build, but his goblin-like face and ears remain the same.
• Chekhov's Gun: Sivana still has the mystic lightning sample after Black Adam arrives on Earth. He uses it during the climax to revert Black Adam to a human form and get him out of the way.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: When Dr. Sivana becomes Captain Sivana, he wipes the floor with Captain Marvel.
• Dirty Coward: The two bullies pick on Billy, but immediately panic and run away when confronted by Batman.
• Divide and Conquer: In the teaser, the Faceless Hunter attacks and subdues numerous heroes.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: Thanks to Batman, Billy is reunited with his sister and gets adopted.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Averted. Starro recognizes that "a planet of heroes" could put up substantial resistance, so the Faceless Hunter is tasked with subduing them.
• Evil Counterpart: The Wizard notes that Black Adam was a champion, but not at all like Billy. Dr. Sivana briefly becomes an evil counterpart to Captain Marvel as well, after he steals Black Adam’s powers and becomes Captain Sivana.
• Finger Poke of Doom: Captain Sivana sends Batman flying backwards by flicking him. After Batman tricks him into de-powering himself, Captain Marvel takes him down with the same move.
• Flat Scare: When the two bullies see Batman, he sends them running away just by saying “Boo”.
• Immune to Mind Control: Red Tornado is the only featured hero not susceptible to Starro's mind control, so the Faceless Hunter blows him up and leaves the pieces on the ground.
• Jerkass: The two bullies.
• Kids Are Cruel: Billy’s orphanage has two other boys who bully him, until Batman puts a stop to it.
• Mythology Gag: Miss Minerva, the head of the orphanage, resembles and is named for Aunt Minerva, one of Captain Marvel's Pre-Crisis villains.
  • Sivana's initial scheme is to block all broadcasts. That was his plan in the first Captain Marvel comic ever.
• Never My Fault: Black Adam is outraged over his banishment, which was brought about by his own actions.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Batman admits to Billy that he understands his need for family.
• Not So Similar: Billy/Captain Marvel feels a kinship with Black Adam, due to the symbols on their chests. He learns the hard way that feeling is misplaced.
• Oh, Crap!: Sivana upon realising that Batman has tricked him into saying Shazam.
• Orphan's Plot Trinket: Billy's broken heart locket. His sister, Mary, has one with the other half of the heart.
• Pet the Dog: Seeing Captain Marvel so depressed about not having a family, Batman looks into the deaths of the Batsons, finds Billy's missing twin sister, Mary, and takes her and her adopted parents to Billy so they can adopt him.
• Precocious Crush: Dr. Sivana’s daughter, Georgia, has a crush on Captain Marvel, even though she’s a kid and he’s (physically) an adult.
• Properly Paranoid: Thaddeus Jr. suspects that Black Adam won't share the world once he gets what he wants. Sivana, however, has already anticipated that.
• So Proud of You: Shazam congratulates Captain Marvel for defending the Rock of Eternity.
• To Be Continued: Like the other Starro-related teasers. This one ends with the Faceless Hunter having a sizable army of mind-controlled heroes and cutting to this.
• Unwitting Pawn: Black Adam was just Sivana's means of claiming Shazam's power for himself.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Right: In all the confusion of the final fight, Black Adam snuck off.
• Villain Protagonist: The teaser puts the Faceless Hunter in the lead and is even narrated by him.
• Villain Respect: The Faceless Hunter admits the different heroes he's faced fought bravely.
• Villain Team-Up: Sivana brokers a deal with Black Adam to destroy their common foes, but he also plans to betray him once he gets what he's really after.
• Villainesses Want Heroes/Villainous Crush: Georgia has a crush on Captain Marvel, begging her father to let her have him. She gets over it once she sees Marvel's true form.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Sivana has Black Adam fight the heroes and feign being forced to flee. It's all to secretly hit Captain Marvel with a tracking device so they can later follow the heroes to Shazam, but Black Adam finds the experience so infuriating.
• Yank the Dog's Chain:
  Shazam: Captain, what troubles you?
  Captain Marvel: Black Adam. When I saw that symbol on his chest, I thought I had the chance for a family again. Guess by now I should know better than to get my hopes up like that.