James Garner credited as playing...
Shazam
- Shazam: I was hoping this moment could wait until you were a bit older. Alas, the threat is upon us now, Billy Batson.
- Billy Batson: You know my name?
- Shazam: Oh, I know many things. For I am the Wizard, Shazam!
- [at the sound of his name, lightning and thunder happens]
- Billy Batson: Whoa!
- [Shazam's cavern starts to crumble]
- Billy Batson: We have to get out of here!
- Shazam: In times of need, simply call my name... But this is my destiny. Go now, live yours.
- Shazam: Worry not. Black Adam cannot harm you here.
- Billy Batson: Who's Black Adam?
- Shazam: My gravest mistake, one for which today I will pay in penance! Millennia ago, I chose him to be this world's protector. He was entrusted with great powers, but his heart was corrupted by them. He fell victim the same seven deadly enemies of man that all must battle. I was forced to banish him to the farthest star in the sky. I spent the next 500 years making sure I would not repeat that error. I chose a new hero.
- Billy Batson: Who?
- Shazam: Why, you, of course. I've been watching your for sometime, Billy. And now this. Bestowed with the wisdom, strength, stamina, power, courage and speed of the gods you will become our new protector. You will become Captain Marvel.
- Billy Batson: But I'm no protector.
- Shazam: No protector, you say? And yet despite enduring countless tragedies and hardships, you've somehow managed to protect your perfect heart. You, Billy Batson, are all that stands in the way of Black Adam again unleashing tyranny upon us.
- Billy Batson: I can't!
- Shazam: You must.