Black Shadow (F-Zero)

> "*I will never let my dream die!*"
> ― Black Shadow
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**Black Shadow** is the main antagonist of the F-Zero franchise, serving as the ruler of the evil organization Dark Million.

## Background

No one truly knows where Black Shadow came from, and those who tried to defy him have usually never survived to tell his story. All that is known is that he rules the Dark Million crime organization with an iron fist, and that he desires evil to rule the universe. To this end, he constructed the Dark Matter Reactor to recreate the universe into one ruled by evil, and recruited or created entities like Zoda, Blood Falcon, and a brainwashed Haruka to help him. His plans nearly succeeded, but they were overturned at the last minute by Ryu Suzaku and Captain Falcon, ending in Black Shadow’s demise.

## Stats

**Attack Potency: Unknown** physically (Demonstrates no notable feats of strength) | At least **Large Town Level+**, possibly **Planet Level** physically (Contained the energy of a Reactor Might that blew up his space station with his bare hands. Reactor Mights are stated to have enough power alone to destroy planets), **Multi-Galaxy** to **Universe Level** with the Black Bull (Contains two fully nurtured Reactor Mights as its power source, making it comparable to the Dragon Bird EX, which completely overpowered the Dark Matter Reactor that contained 3 Reactor Mights and was slowly shrinking the universe.). **Multi-Galaxy** to **Universe Level**, possibly **Universe Level+** with a full power Dark Matter Reactor (With all 6 Reactor Mights, the reactor would have caused a second Big Bang, creating a new universe ruled by evil).

**Speed: Supersonic+** reactions, **Supersonic+** with the Black Bull | **Subsonic** movement speed (Comparable to Captain Falcon), with **Hypersonic+** (Comparable to Ryu Suzaku, who can react to meteors. ), possibly **Massively Faster Than Light+** reactions (Capable of controlling his F-Zero machine when it uses Black Fire). **Supersonic+** with the Black Bull (F-Zero machines can move at least 4000 km/hr at maximum normal speed), at least **Hypersonic+**, possibly **Massively Faster than Light+** with Black Fire (Moves significantly faster than the Blue Falcon's normal speed. Should be comparable to ships like the Galaxy Runner and Falcon Flier that are capable of interstellar travel).

**Durability: Unknown** | At least **Large Town Level+**, possibly **Planet Level** physically (Tanked a Falcon Punch from Captain Falcon, his equal). **Multi-Galaxy** to **Universe Level** with the Black Bull (Clashed with the Blue Falcon, which was able to equal the power of the Dark Matter Reactor)

**Hax:**Dimensional Travel and BFR (Black Fire can produce enough energy to create portals, forcibly sending opponents to the Dark Space dimension), Gravity Manipulation (All F-Zero machines contain a gravity drive that enables them to hover above the ground), Explosion Manipulation (Black Shadow can create explosions by snapping his fingers), Teleportation, Fusionism (Can fuse Reactor Mights into the bodies of either F-Zero machines or other people), Power Nullification (Of Reactor Might abilities), Shielding, Life Manipulation/Cloning (Created Blood Falcon out of Captain Falcon's body), Paralysis Inducement, Technology Manipulation (Forcefully took control of Zoda's Death Anchor machine), Resistance to Gravity Manipulation (Only F-Zero machines can survive in the Warp Gate, which normally crushes anything that enters with gravitational force), Mind Manipulation (With his brainwashing machine, rewrote Haruka's mind to turn her into his servant), Resurrection (Resurrected Blood Falcon), Transmutation (Was able to alter Blood Falcon's form at will), Time Travel (Sent Zoda back in time 150 years), Black Hole Creation (via clashing with other Reactor Might vehicles), Illusion Creation and Shadow Manipulation (Transformed his shadows into illusions of Don Genie and Deathborn), Absorption (The Dark Matter reactor absorbed Zoda into it to gain power), and possibly much more (Reactor Mights have many abilities Black Shadow has not shown himself using).

**Intelligence**: **High** (Is knowledgeable about many mechanics of F-Zero racing, successfully led the Dark Million organization for years, knew that Haruka was deceiving him before she figured it out herself, nearly succeeded in carrying out his plan to destroy the universe.)

**Stamina: High**(Should be comparable to Captain Falcon)

## Powers, Techniques, and Equipment

### Powers

* **Enhanced Senses:** Black Shadow sensed the power of a Reactor Might from an interstellar distance away.
* **Fire Manipulation:** Set one of his henchmen on fire.
* **Fog Manipulation:** Can create a thick cloud of fog to obscure targets.
* **Shielding:** Black Shadow's aura is strong enough to repel most weaker targets.

### Techniques

* **Boost:** Machine boosts forward at high speed, although it costs some of the machine's vitality to do so.
* **Sandwich Burst:** With two other F-Zero machines, Black Shadow can boost so that one machine passes through the gap made by two others, achieving far higher speed than with a standard boost.
* **Black Fire:** By turning off the safety features of the Black Bull, Black Shadow can activate a hyper boost that causes his machine to spin around, instantly knocking aside any weaker machines it hits and going at far higher speeds than any normal F-Zero machine can achieve. Also has the side effect of creating a wormhole to Dark Space.
* **Binding Chains:** Used in F-Zero GX to restrain Falcon.

### Equipment

* **Black Bull:** Black Shadow's racing machine. It is equipped with two fully nurtured Reactor Mights, giving it incredible power. It can use its grappling hooks to latch onto other objects, presumably ride on any surface, and create portals to Black Shadow's base.
* **Memory Wiping Machine:** Used by Black Shadow to brainwash Haruka.
* **Carbonizing Chamber:** Used to freeze enemies in carbonite.
* **Robots:** Standard fodder henchman.
* **Armored Carriers**
* **Missiles**
* **Robot Decoy:** Used to stand in for Black Shadow to keep himself out of danger.
* **Holograms**
* **Space Pods:** Shoot electricity at foes.
* **Space Station:** The base of operations where Black Shadow watches his plans unfold.
* **Dark Matter Reactor:** A device Black Shadow used in an attempt to reset the universe.
* **Bomb:** An explosive Black Shadow strapped to Falcon's Blue Falcon to eliminate him. It explodes if the machine it's attached to goes under 700 kph.

## Minor Feats

### Attack Potency/Strength

* Black Bull can easily toss aside other F-Zero machines like the Dragon Bird.
* Superior to Ryu Suzaku, who kicked down a metal door and can easily defeat common street gangs.
* Superior to Samurai Goroh, who cut through a train.
* Superior to Hyper Zoda, who was amped by a Reactor Might and several Blood Falcons.
* Superior to Blood Falcon, who ripped a set of iron bars off the wall.

### Speed/Reactions

* Superior to Ryu Suzaku, who dodged a bullet from Pico at close range.

### Durability/Endurance

* Survived being engulfed by Zoda's flame dragon.

### Skill/Intelligence

* Successfully fooled everyone into thinking he was Don Genie and Deathborn.
* Orchestrated a plan to bring Ryu to the Dark Star, and succeeded.

## Powerscaling

Physically, Black Shadow is one of the strongest characters in the anime, being the only one who can fight on par with Captain Falcon, and is easily superior to non-nurtured Reactor Mights. However, due to the fact that Reactor Mights evolve in power as they are nurtured, Black Shadow cannot scale to the Reactor Mights' full power. However, his Black Bull, while being overall weaker than the Dragon Bird EX due to not having the power of "The Savior of the Galaxy", is still able to hold its own against it and has the same amount of Reactor Mights, with the Dark Matter Reactor being the most powerful entity in the franchise at its peak.

## Weaknesses

* Black Fire requires the safeties on the Black Bull to be turned off, which may cause accidents if Black Shadow is not careful.
* Power nullification works only on Reactor Mights.
* Extremely overconfident at points.