Envy is an antagonist in the 2019 film, Shazam!.
The ancient wizard Shazam has spent centuries searching for someone pure of heart on whom to bestow his power and name as champion, after the previous champion released the Seven Deadly Sins, which killed the rest of the Council of Wizards. Thaddeus is tempted by the Eye of Sin, hearing the voices of the Sins trapped in stone statues, they promise him power if he will free them.
The Seven Deadly Sins' design fits aspects of each sin:
- Wrath is bulky and brawny and is the most aggressive and combative of the Sins.
- Pride is the only Sin to have wings and horns.
- Greed has four arms, more arms than is necessary and also useful for grabbing as much as it desires.
- Gluttony is revoltingly obese and has a mouth from his belly to his face.
- Sloth has the features of the sloth animal and has tentacles which enable it to reach out and grab things rather than properly moving around.
- Lust has a long tongue and prefers to target females.
- Envy is the smallest and puniest of the bunch.
Appearance
Envy is portrayed as a short, hunched-over bald figure with a large head, large eyes and nasty teeth.
Powers and Abilities
Envy possesses the following powers and abilities:
- Causes Jealousy
- Promotes Covetry
- Exacerbates Envy
- Is a Coward
Fate
Envy, like all the Deadly Sins cannot be destroyed. Billy lures Envy from Sivana making Savana vulnerable which allows Billy to rip the Eye of Sin from Savana's head, recapturing the Deadly Sins and imprisoning them back into their respective statues.
Trivia
- In October 2020, the release date for the sequal: Shazam! Fury of the Gods was delayed to June 2, 2023.
- Steve Blum, who voices the demon Envy, had previously voiced Shazam in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013). In that feature the character went under the name of Captain Thunder.
- Billy says that the final Deadly Sin, Envy, wouldn't show up because it was weak and a coward.
- Dr. Sivana has the demon Envy deeply embedded in his body, being the sin he is most associated with.
- There were seven wizards, of whom Shazam is the last one, consequently there are seven deadly sins.
- Part of the DCEU franchise.
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