10 Characters Who Must Be Introduced In The DC Extended Universe

Chances are you won't be overly familiar with Tawky Tawny, but there have been a number of iterations of this character over the years. At times, he's been portrayed as a literal tiger who accompanies Shazam into battle, and at others, he's been, well, a tiger wearing a suit basically.

One version you could end up seeing in Shazam! 2 is the one who was an "ifrit," a creature who changed between human and animal. A friend to the young Billy Batson, he later transforms and saves the younger when Dr. Sivana and Mr. Mind team up to take over the magical realm with their Monster Society of Evil (a group heavily teased in the first movie's mid-credits scene).

Shazam! proved that DC fans are happy to embrace a lighter, weirder tone, so there's really no reason for director David F. Sandberg to leave Tawny on the shelf any longer. He's a lot of fun to spend time with, an important character in Shazam's mythos, and someone who deserves to be more than just a throwaway Easter Egg as he was in the first movie.