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Shazaam

The Shazaam Mandela Effect is a famous collective memory where a large group of people vividly remember a 1990s movie called Shazaam (sometimes spelled Shazam) starring the comedian Sinbad as a genie. The accepted reality is that it was the movie Kazaam (1996) starring Shaq.

Case file #7 · film · first logged April 4, 2026

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The Shazaam Mandela Effect is a famous collective memory where a large group of people vividly remember a 1990s movie called Shazaam (sometimes spelled Shazam) starring the comedian Sinbad as a genie. The accepted reality is that it was the movie Kazaam (1996) starring Shaq.
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