Shadow Guy

Shadow Guy (real name Sam) is one of the fifteen participants of the killing game from *Penguinronpa*. He is also the traitor that works with Monobert. His talent is the **Ultimate Actor**, but he also reveals himself as the **Ultimate Superhero**.

## Appearance

Shadow Guy is an orange penguin wearing a blue mask, a blue cape, a gray and blue superhero suit, and a dark gray belt labeled "SG." During the Argument Armament of Chapter 5, he briefly appears with the Shadow Guy Reboot design and hair.

## Personality

Shadow Guy is a noble and helpful character who often contributes to investigations and trials. However, his temporary status as the traitor gives him more knowledge about the killing game than the other participants, which shows through his dialogue whenever the cast finds a confusing clue. Due to his early status as the traitor, he is also very anxious and fearful of Monobert's potential return after he is shut down. He also fears the leaking of any information regarding the killing game due to the risk of Gamma Gal being killed, and he actively attempts to keep the cast from finding out the truth. He is willing to sacrifice his life for the cast, which shows through his rescue during their execution in Chapter 5. He is very passionate about theater, as he becomes excited when Rookie introduces his play.

## History

### Main Story

#### Prologue

From the very beginning of the killing game, Shadow Guy performs the role of the traitor for Monobert. He is first introduced alongside the other eleven penguins in the Coffee Shop. He reveals his real name as Sam and his talent as the Ultimate Actor, and he explains that he wears his costume due to his love for the play "Squidzoid vs. Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal" and its use as the only way to be recognized. After Gamma Gal's introduction, he allows the cast to call him Shadow Guy instead of Sam.

When the participants arrive at the Snow Forts and witness Monobert blow up the Clock Tower, he refers to him as "Herbert," but Monobert's threat forces him to refer to him as "Monobert" once again. Once the killing game is explained and Monobert leaves, Shadow Guy asks the cast if anyone is going to commit a murder, but Aunt Arctic debunks his suspicions and suggests that everyone works together. He leaves for the night along with everyone else.

#### Chapter 1

On the first day, Shadow Guy arrives at the Snow Forts with everyone else, and he questions Monobert's introduction of the first motive with the idea that getting to the New World was essentially the main motive. After Monobert informs them of the presence of a traitor, Sam counters Paige's hesitance to work with Klutzy with the mention of the traitor once again. He joins Gamma Gal and Sensei to investigate the Plaza where they find only the Pizza Parlor unlocked; they state that the Pet Shop, Stage, and hole leading to the Underground Pool were inaccessible.

The next day, an argument breaks out in the Coffee Shop about the supposed traitor of the group, and Shadow Guy responds by questioning the validity of Dot's statements and her identity as a whole. He leaves along with everyone else and does not appear until Aunt Arctic's body discovery announcement. He suggests for everyone to work together for Aunt Arctic's sake—as that was what she would have wanted them to do, and during the investigation he shows Agent a patch of snow stained with blood. In the trial, he connects the piece of black fabric found in Aunt Arctic's fireplace to her status as the Director due to her suit that gave her the shadowy appearance. He further brings up that the blood stain in the snow came from Sensei's stick that he buried there to hide the murder weapon.

At the end of the chapter, Klutzy overhears Shadow Guy (not revealed to be him until Chapter 5) conversing with Monobert and proposing a deal with him, though this deal is not revealed until a replaying of the clip in Chapter 5.

#### Chapter 2

At the beginning of Chapter 2, Shadow Guy accompanies Cadence, Gamma Gal, Rockhopper, Dot, Rory, and Klutzy to investigate the Town and Plaza. Once they return, they inform the others that the Pet Shop and Dojo were unlocked. At Rookie's suggestion of hosting a party, Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal offer to prepare drinks for the party. During the party, the attendants watch recordings of Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal's plays until the Sleepy Song unexpectedly plays. He goes with the others to discover Rockhopper's body.

During the trial, he provides a hypothesis that Rockhopper was stabbed with a knife from the Pizza Parlor to narrow down suspects, but the knife turns out to be a red herring, as the true cause of death was an explosion caused by a jet pack.

#### Chapter 3

On the first day of Chapter 3, Shadow Guy brings Gamma Gal, Jet Pack Guy, and Rookie to check the Stage once again. They meet the other group in the Underground Pool and report that while the Stage was still locked, they found that the Gift Shop and Night Club were open. Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal plan to put on a play due to the abundance of clothes in the Gift Shop. He also informs them that Cadence and Franky did not seem too happy and hardly talked to them when they entered.

The next day, he and the others go to the Gift Shop where Rookie introduces his play, "Super Rookie Saves the Day." He and Gamma Gal are thrilled to perform his play and immediately search for costumes. The day after, Shadow Guy, Gamma Gal, Rookie, and Jet Pack Guy perform the play despite Monobert's brief interruption to give a new motive. Shadow Guy takes the role as "Newsman Sam," a news reporter for the Club Penguin Times who finds "Jet Prince Guy" stuck in a tree and then writes an article on "Super Rookie" and his rescue of "Jet Prince Guy." The play's cast proceeds to meet Agent and Klutzy for a brief time, and Shadow Guy comments on Rookie's joy for the play despite its cheesy plotline before he joins the others to take down the set.

The fourth day of Chapter 3 presents the participants with Cadence and Franky as the victims, which Shadow Guy expresses shock and fury at the discovery of two victims. He joins Agent and Gamma Gal for the rest of the investigation before the trial, where he suggests Franky's death by drowning and contributes to the discovery of Dot's disguising as Klutzy. During the trial, he also mentions his search of the drawers, which he claims were empty.

#### Chapter 4

On the first day of Chapter 4, Shadow Guy accepts Dot's apology and claims that he can see through her emotional disguise before inviting Agent, Dot, and Klutzy to join them in acting. He and Gamma Gal also save Klutzy from a box falling on him. He reveals that he used to be a news reporter for the Club Penguin Times before an interview with Gamma Gal inspired him to become an actor. When he shows a puffle bed that belongs to the Keeper of the Stage, it prompts a discussion about the similarities between the agents and actors. Finally, they leave for the night.

#### Chapter 5

The chapter starts from the moment when the Elite Puffles rescue Agent, whereupon the agents introduce each Elite Puffle and the Robotomy Gadget to Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal. He comments about how the Elite Puffles—specifically Blast and Pop—could act as stunt doubles. When the cast leaves for the night, he expresses his extreme worry to Gamma Gal about Monobert's potential ability to return and continue the killing game. Once she leaves, he directs a monologue to Monobert and assures him of the killing game's end and his shining hope to take him down before he finally reveals himself as the traitor.

The next day, Shadow Guy pairs up with Blast, though he is still anxious with his insecurity regarding Monobert's status. When the cast finally enters the PSA HQ, Shadow Guy appears nervous and less amazed at the room, but Gary covers up Shadow Guy's familiarity with the room with the information of his days as a reporter. Upon the discovery of multiple missions completed far beyond the assumed date of 2010, Shadow Guy claims that the files could be fake due to the assumed contradictions. He then joins Gamma Gal and the agents to practice a standard mission. Using Blast's abilities, he breaks a crate containing the cream soda needed to mix Jet Pack Guy's fuel.

On the third day, he joins the cast to access the killing game's data on the computer. Agent takes him and Gamma Gal to practice through an old mission via the Command Coach (Case of the Missing Puffles), though their desperation to see Klutzy again prompts Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal to follow them through a new mission (Questions for a Crab) and console them about Klutzy's and everyone else's deaths.

The fourth day arrives with the use of the Command Coach to train Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal in deactivating the Test Bots, but the Command Coach glitches as the Test Bots eliminate the agents until only the actors remain. They successfully take down the Test Bots and unplug the Command Coach in the simulation, which saves the agents from a coma-like state. That night, they bring Gary along to the Pizza Parlor, but as everyone leaves, Shadow Guy stops Agent to share in the killing game's toll on both of them. However, Shadow Guy nearly leaks his secret of his status as the traitor and runs out before they can question him further.

He does not appear in Chapter 5 until the trial for Gary's and Herbert's deaths, where Agent finds him and Gamma Gal imprisoned in the Box Dimension. Monobert finally makes a return in his ultimate form as Protobot and begins the trial, but Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal confess to the murder and their secret as actual superheroes with the talents of the **Ultimate Superhero** accompanying him. Protobot's footage displays the accidental murder of Herbert and Gary due to Shadow Guy's reaction to Herbert's attempt to leak information about the killing game and the actors' powers accidentally killing Gary when they tried to power the Shutterdown 2999. However, Shadow Guy has more secrets to reveal once Agent finds out and reveals him as the traitor, and Shadow Guy explains that he used his Shadow Mode to prepare the killing game for Protobot. Although he was meant to begin the killing game by killing Klutzy, Sensei's murder of Aunt Arctic saved him from doing so. Protobot also shows footage that reveals Shadow Guy sacrificing his powers and promising not to confess his information to the rest of the cast in order to protect Gamma Gal. Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal each attempt to convince the participants to vote for them as the murderer for Gary's death, but the entire cast ultimate decides not to vote. Protobot, however, breaks the rules and votes for the wrong killer—Gamma Gal. Shadow Guy attempts to attack Protobot but becomes trapped once again as Protobot takes the remaining cast to be executed. Shadow Guy breaks out of the cage and uses his powers to save the cast from execution and fight Protobot, but he ultimately loses and dies when Protobot deletes his file.

### Bonus Content

#### Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special (2021)

Shadow Guy makes an appearance when he and Gamma Gal run the Valentine's Day Special with "Rate that Ship" where they display several ships in Penguinronpa. Shadow Guy is shocked when he sees the "Skeff" ship appear, and he chooses to keep the "Sam x Amy" ship a mystery.

#### Penguinronpa Halloween Special (2021)

Shadow Guy makes an appearance in his universe from the Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special (2021). He remains silently in shock the entire time during Skip, Jeff, and Gamma Gal's interaction.

#### Penguinronpa Holiday Special (2021)

Shadow Guy appears since the first day of the Twelve Days of Penguinronpa. He spends the entire special looking into the nearby drawer, and he becomes nervous every time someone calls his attention. Agent, Dot, and Klutzy become inspired by his peering into the drawer to create the first day's line, "A drawer that Sam closed suspiciously."

#### Gravity Falls 10th Anniversary Celebration Special

Shadow Guy appears as Dipper, one of the main characters in Gravity Falls. He pairs this costume with Amy, who appears as Mabel. He questions why Sensei appears as Stan Pines instead of Rockhopper being in the costume, but he agrees to dismiss the conflict when the characters realize that the mentor figures of Gary as Ford and Sensei as Stan respectively corresponds to their mentoring of Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal in their comic book (Gary mentors Sam; Sensei mentors Amy).

## Quotes

* "What's up, everybody? I'm Sam and I'm the Ultimate Actor. But you may know me for my most prominent role: Shadow Guy!"
* "OMG OF COURSE WE CAN PUT ON YOUR PLAY!"
* "I'd help him get down myself, but alas... My flipper is full with this notepad! And my other flipper is busy holding my face in utter shock at the horror of this scene!"
* "Look, I saw the drawers way before the murder. They were empty."
* "...You wanted a traitor...? Then you shouldn't have chosen a hero."
* "You messed with the wrong duo, rust buckets..."
* "Logically, I have no reason to keep going... A-And yet... For her, I- I..."
* "Because of my powers... Because of my Shadow Mode."
* "Monobert... No! Whatever you are... One day, I swear... I will strike you down!"
* "AND I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU, AMY!"
* Tumba la casa mami

## Trivia

* Shadow Guy is bisexual.
* Shadow Guy has used the term "sussy baka" in the Twelve Days of Penguinronpa Holiday Special.
* Shadow Guy's suspicious interaction with the drawer has prompted several inside jokes relating to content deemed as "sus."
* According to Tofudemaru's second Q+A on Youtube, Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal do not even have an implied ship; instead, they seem to be very good friends who "love each other very much."
* Tofu has revealed that Shadow Guy is their favorite out of the two actors due to the monologue he performs in Chapter 5.
* Shadow Guy and Gamma Gal were added into Penguinronpa to represent the roleplaying aspect of Club Penguin.
* According to Shadow Guy's Q+A, his memory is hazy from the failed execution, and he does not completely remember what happened.
* In his Q+A, he is in his own special void instead of the void where all of the other characters are.
* Shadow Guy likes pizza dough.
* In a response to the "Ya like jazz?" meme from The Bee Movie, he says that it is not his favorite genre of music.
* He interviewed Gamma Gal over her work on "The Twelfth Fish," which explains his liking for the play.
* His shadow powers allow him to pass through walls and grow in size by absorbing other shadows.
* His favorite color is blue.
* He thinks bananas are cool.
* He has no preference for ice cream.
* "Sam" is short for "Samford."