History WesternAnimation / SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam

* AdaptationalVillainy: Black Adam lacks any of his more redeeming qualities, and is far more psychotic and arrogant here, willing to kill innocents just so that he would kill Billy and take away his powers, at one point even threatening to kill a female hostage and use her as leverage to make Billy revert back to human form, and doesn't even try to deny that he wants this done so that he would kill him.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Black Adam commits suicide rather than be banished back to empty space.]]

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* AGodAmI: Black Adam is absolutely ''convinced'' that despite the recent circumstances, he has powers similar to Shazam, so by that logic, he [[InsaneTrollLogic automatically must be a god himself]].

* NoImmortalInertia: [[spoiler: Faced with the prospect of getting zapped back to outer space, twice as far away as the first time, Black Adam reverts to his mortal self and instantly ages into dust.]]

* TerminalTransformation: Black Adam has been in supermode for thousands of years as he returns to Earth from deep space where he was banished. This means that his original mortal form Teth-Adam is long, long dead. So, when Captain Marvel threatens to send him even farther into space, Adam commits suicide by transforming back into Teth-Adam: [[NoImmortalInertia the desiccated corpse quickly breaks down into dust and blows away]].

* MythologyGag: Superman trying to stop the flood from a broken dam like in ''{{Film/Superman: The Movie}}''.

* MythologyGag: Superman trying to stop the flood from a broken dam like in the 1978 ''{{Film/Superman}}'' movie.

* HowDoIShotWeb:
** Billy triggers his transformation the first time by accident. And ''de''activates them by accident. [[GravityIsAHarshMistress While flying]].
** This doubles as a MythologyGag as he did the same thing in the ''Power Of Shazam'' graphic novel that rebooted him in the 80s.

** Billy triggers his transformation the first time by accident. And ''de''activates them by accident.[[GravityIsAHarshMistress While flying]].

* AbusiveParents: Well, ''foster'' parents anyway.

* NeckLift: Black Adam to a random woman, and later Captain Marvel to Black Adam.

* [[PluckyGirl Plucky Boy]]: Even with all these hardships facing him, Billy does his best to do good things and help others.

Life is tough for young [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]. Orphaned and alone, he lives in a dingy neighborhood in a seedy part of town, with rats for pets and little food or commodities. Still, he tries to live by the words of his now-deceased father: "Be good and good things will happen to you", and keeps an upbeat attitude, even complimenting his prostitute neighbor on her appearance and standing up to a gang of punks mugging a homeless man, despite the [[CurbStompBattle predictable outcome]]. He hopes an article being written about him by intrepid Daily Planet reporter [[{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] will help him out of his predicament.

* AdaptationalBadass: To date, Superman and Black Adam have fought many times in the comics but none of those battles have ever ended conclusively with one standing triumphantly over the other and they usually get interrupted before they can proceed further. However, it is implied narrative-wise that if Superman decides to get serious, he can really put the beatdown on Black Adam despite his magical power since Superman's been able to decisively defeat characters such as The-Shazam-Who-Laughs or Ultraman that have destroyed Black Adam in fights. In this short, Black Adam's magic against Superman is the difference maker in bringing him down and Superman has to rely on Captain Marvel's help to be able to take on Black Adam, who's ''much'' more effective in bringing Superman down in this incarnation than in the comics.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Black Adam lacks any of his more redeeming qualities, and is far more psychotic and arrogant here, willing to kill innocents just so that he would kill Billy and take away his powers, at one point even threatening to kill a female hostage and use her as leverage to make Bily revert back to human form, and doesn't even try to deny that he wants this done so that he would kill him.

* BookEnds: The short
* TheChosenOne: Billy Batson

* SuperHeroOrigin: For Captain Marvel.

** Billy triggers his transformation the first time by accident. And ''de''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments activates them by accident.]] [[GravityIsAHarshMistress While flying]].

* HeroicBSOD: Billy suffers a brief one.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Billy is friends with a hooker.

* MagicalNegro: [[spoiler:Tawny in his human form.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The couple having a romantic "parking session" up on the cliff:
-->'''Man:''' "Look, a shooting star! Quick, Sally, make a wish." [leaning in] "Mine's for us to be together forever."\\
'''Sally:''' [about the "shooting star"] "Hey, it's getting bigger..."\\
'''Man:''' "Uh, what?"

This original short was released as the main "feature" of a compilation of the DC Showcase shorts released with recent WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies, along with WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre, WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseJonahHex and WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseGreenArrow.

* AGodAmI: Black Adam

* AdaptationalVillainy: Black Adam lacks any of his more redeeming qualities.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/GeorgeNewbern [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague returns as]] Franchise/{{Superman}} and Creator/JerryOConnell [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague returns as]] [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]. Fortunately Black Adam gives them some one to fight [[LetsYouAndHimFight besides each other]].

* TheWorfEffect: Supes spends much of the short as Adam's punching bag until Billy becomes Captain Marvel. Justified due to his weakness to magic.

-->Man: "Look, a shooting star! Quick, Sally, make a wish." [leaning in] "Mine's for us to be together forever."
-->Sally: [about the "shooting star"] "Hey, it's getting bigger..."
-->Man: "Uh, what?"

** Billy triggers his transformation the first time by accident. And ''de''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny activates them by accident.]] [[GravityIsAHarshMistress While flying]].