Shadow the Hedgehog

* Normal
* Super

### Goals

Keep his promise to Maria Robotnik and fulfill her wish by protecting the earth, and bringing hope to humanity (ongoing).
Defeat and kill Sonic the Hedgehog.
Get his revenge on humanity for killing Maria Robotnik (both formerly).
Recover from amnesia and discover the truth about his past.
Kill Black Doom for all of mankind.
Destroy Solairs for Sonic's previous death and save mankind.
Save Sonic's Birthday Party from Dr. Eggman, his past self, and the Time Eater.
Support Sonic on Defeating Infinite. (all succeeded)

### Worst Actions

Attempting to blow up the Earth, which would result in billions of deaths.

### Crimes

Attempted municide
Treason
Assault
Mass murder
Destruction
Attempted omnicide
Theft
Terrorism
Kidnapping
Conspiracy
Sabotage
Arson
Weapon dealing

### Type of Villain

Honorable Rival

**Shadow the Hedgehog** is a major antagonist turned anti-hero in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise. He is an evil clone of Sonic and is his arch-rival and he first appeared in *Sonic Adventure 2*. He is a close friend of Maria Robotnik and Rouge the Bat and was created by Gerald Robotnik.

In Japanese, he is voiced by Kōji Yusa. In English, he has ben voiced by David Humphrey (from 2001-2004), Jason Griffith (from 2005-2010 as well as in *Sonic X*, and Kirk Thornton (from 2010-present as well as in *Sonic Boom*.

## His Evil Ranking

### What Makes Him Heinous?

* He is simply a reclusive and antisocial loner. He is rarely seen with others for an extended period of time, and distances himself from essentially everyone, showing his lack of empathy for others.
* If Shadow makes a threat, he has every intention of carrying it out. Shadow constantly refers to himself as the Ultimate Lifeform, and is extremely arrogant, egotistical, and self-absorbed, belittling his opponents and insulting their lack of strength. Shadow also has a ruthless and cruel edge in combat that all other characters in the series lack, and displays a natural "killer instinct". At times, Shadow is the most violent and merciless character in the series.
* His ruthlessness and aggression leads to fear and nervousness that inhibits characters from his unshakable intent or sheer power in combat.
* Numerous characters from the *Sonic* series have shown absolute dread from encountering Shadow and his enemies never treat him lightly.
* He is one of the very few people Sonic takes seriously and acts hostile towards.
* In most games Shadow is featured in, he pursues his foes with disturbing determination. For example, the canon ending of *Shadow the Hedgehog* showed Shadow willing to destroy anything in his way to get to Black Doom.
* He attempted to destroy the world in his own game, which would result in the death of everyone and he does not bother about what the results would be.

### What Makes Him Irregular?

* While neutral, Shadow is still an anti-hero at heart, often trying to commit heroic actions to contribute to making the world a better place.
* He is shown to care about others, such as Maria Robotnik, Rouge the Bat, and Gerald Robotnik, as he promised to avenge Maria after her death.
* He had a terrible past where he was awfully abused by his father Black Doom but was cared for by Gerald Robotnik.
* He redeemed himself and promises to be a better person to Sonic and maybe even help him whenever his friends can't.
* While having no comedic moments, Shadow still has a responsible, patient, and no-nonsense attitude.
* He has a genuine sense of honour and is sometimes a scapegoat for being treated like nothing due to his selfishness.

## Trivia

* Shadow is so far the only *Sonic* villain to be IH.

## External Links

* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Villains Wiki