Shadow the Hedgehog

Team SonicSonic the Hedgehog (arch-rival; heroic counterpart; sometimes; depending on Shadow’s goal)
Miles “Tails” Prower
Knuckles the Echidna (sometimes)
Dr. Eggman (sometimes; depending on Shadow’s goal)
Team RoseAmy Rose
Cream the Rabbit
Cheese
Big the Cat
United Federation

* Guardian Units of Nation
* Commander
* President

Team Chaotix

* Vector the Crocodile
* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee

Silver the Hedgehog
Blaze the Cat
Mario
Luigi
Princess Peach
Princess Daisy
Toad
Yoshi
Toadette
Rosalina
Birdo
Wario (sometimes)
Waluigi (sometimes)
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Bowser (sometimes)

### Enemies

Black Arms
Black Doom (arch-nemesis)
Mephiles the dark (second arch-nemesis; evil counterpart)
Eggman Empire

* Dr. Eggman (sometimes; depends on Shadow’s goal)
* Metal Sonic
* Jackal Squad
* Infinte
* Orbot
* Cubot
* Badniks

Shadow Androids
Sonic the Hedgehog (arch-rival; sometimes; depends on Shadow’s goal)
Biolizard
Eggman Nega
Iblis
Ifrit
Metal Sonic 3.0
Solaris
Zavok
Deadly Six
Dr. Starline
Babylon Rogues

* Jet the Hawk (sometimes)
* Storm the Albatross (sometimes)
* Wave the Swallow (sometimes)

Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Kamek
Koopalings

### Goals

Destroy the Earth (formerly).
Protect the world from destruction (currently)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Becomes too much of an edgelord in his game Shadow the Hedgehog and most of the later Sonic games.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

In SA2, Sonic Heroes & Sonic 06 he was a compelling character and his tragic backstory contibutes to his likability.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Dark and Edgy Anti-Hero

Shadow the Hedgehog is a major character in the Sonic franchise. He serves as the main antagonist of Sonic Adventure 2, a major character in Sonic Heroes, the main protagonist of his solo game Shadow the Hedgehog, the deuteragonist of Sonic 06. He is Sonic's rival who sees himself as superior to Sonic.

## What makes him a Base Breaking Character?

### Why Do People Like Him?

* He has a tragic backstory in which his best friend Maria was killed, and he was sealed away for 50 years.
* While he did start off as a villain, he eventually remembered Maria's promise to save the world redeeming himself in the process.
* Sacrificed himself to defeat the Biolizard, although he comes back in later installments.
* In Sonic Heroes he went through an arc where he didn't know if he was real or not and eventually, he realized that it doesn't matter if he's real or not.
* In his solo game he defeats Black Doom saving the world once again.
* In Sonic 06 when Mephiles the Dark convinces Shadow that humanity will hate him, he decides to not join him and fight like he always had. Fans considered this portrayal of Shadow to be the best version of all time and one of the brightest highlights in an otherwise infamous game.

### Why Do People Hate Him?

* By the time of his solo game, he was flanderized into being a more edgy character, such as using guns for weapons, riding motorcycles and being more anti heroic and jerkish than in the previous games.
* Even though he already went through a redemption arc in Sonic Adventure 2, he has to go through another one in Shadow the Hedgehog where he goes back to trying to destroy the world in some endings.
* In Sonic Forces he killed several members of the jackal squad and ended up making Infinite evil in the first place.

## Trivia

* If Shadow died in Sonic Adventure 2 like he was originally planned to, he would have most likely been an ensemble dark horse.

## External Links

* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Sonic Wiki.
* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Heroes Wiki.
* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Villains Wiki.
* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki.
* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki.
* Shadow the Hedgehog on the Guile Hero Wiki.

Versions of Sonic

Other Characters
**Video Games**
***Sonic X***
Amy Rose | Bokkun | Chris Thorndyke | Cosmo
***Sonic Prime***
Chaos Council
**Archieverse**
Sally Acorn | Scourge the Hedgehog
**Sonic the Comic**
Amy Rose (Sonic the Comic)