Shadow the Hedgehog

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## Address

### Aliases

* Shad
* The Ultimate Life Form
* Project Shadow
* Faker (by Sonic, briefly)

## Biographical Overview

### Homeworld

* Mobius
* Earth

## Associations

### Family

* Gerald Robotnik (Creator)
* Black Doom (Genetic Progenitor)
* Maria Robotnik (Adoptive Sister/Friend)
* Eclipse the Darkling (Black Arms/Half Brother)
* Sally Alicia Acorn (Ex-wife in an alternative future)

### Friends

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Rouge the Bat
* E-123 Omega
* Blaze the Cat
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Hope Kintobor
* Commander Abraham Tower (Allie)
* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee
* Vector the Crocodile

### Affiliations

* Eggman Empire (formerly)
* G.U.N.
* Team Dark
* Resistance (formerly)

### Occupation

* Anti-Hero (formerly)
* Hero
* Living Weapon
* Agent
* Guardian
* King in Alternative Future

## Personality

### Likes

* Maria Robotnik
* Fighting for justice
* Testing Sonic's skills
* Firearms & Swords
* Pizza
* Hot Pockets
* Action movies

### Dislikes

* Anyone who can rival
* When someone claims to be strongest than him
* Anyone who opposes him
* Dr. Eggman
* When others insult him
* Wasting time

## Skills and Abilities

### Weapons / Equipment

Hi-speed Air Skates
 Inhibitor Rings
 Weapons

### Powers / Skills

* Immortality
* Super speed
* Super strength
* Enhanced durability
* Enhanced jump
* Enhanced stamina
* Extreme acrobatic skills and reflexes
* Indomitable will
* Hand-to-hand combat skills
* Weapon and firearm combat skills
* Vehicle intuition
* Extreme Gear riding skills
* Grinding
* Telekinesis
* Harnessing chaos energy
* Chaos Boost transformation
* Chaos powers
* Hero Shadow and Dark Shadow transformations
* Super transformation
* Hyper-go-on usage
* Color Powers

### Moves / Techniques

* Atomic Strike (requires Sonic)
* Attack Support 3
* Air C. Burst
* Air C. Magic
* Air R. Chaos
* Black Tornado
* Boost
* Chaos Attack
* Chaos Blast
* Chaos Boost
* Chaos Burst
* Chaos Control
* Chaos Inferno (requires Rouge and Omega)
* Chaos Lance
* Chaos Magic
* C. Nightmare
* Chaos Upper
* Chaos Punishment
* Chaos Rift
* Chaos Snap
* Chaos Spear
* Crouch
* Crouch (grinding)
* Dark Spin Dash
* Dash Boost
* Double Jump
* Edge Attack
* Fire Somersault
* Focus Field (requires Omega)
* Gravity Control
* Gravity Dive
* Grind Step
* Guard
* Homing Attack
* Homing Dash
* Item Box Transfer
* Jump Dash
* Kick
* Kick Dash
* Light Speed Attack
* Light Speed Dash
* Mid-Air Attack
* Overturn
* Punch
* Quick Step
* Radial Burst
* Rival Takedown
* Roaming Chaos
* Rocket Accel
* Shadow B. Kick
* Shadow Chop
* Shadow Dash
* Shadow Eagle
* Shadow Guard
* Shadow Heal
* Shadow Jump
* Shadow Kick
* Shadow Rocket
* Shadow Run
* Shadow Slider
* Shadow Style
* S. Teleport
* Skim Boost
* Slide
* Slingshot
* Somersault
* Speed Up
* Speed Up Lv 2
* Spin Attack
* Spin Dash
* Spin Jump
* Spin Kick
* Tornado
* Stomp
* Strafe
* Strength Support 9
* Team Ultimate
* Triangle Jump
* Trick Action
* Wall Jump

## Out-of-Universe Information

### Creator

Yuji Uekawa (originally tasked with final design of character)
 Takashi Iizuka (idea)
 Shiro Maekawa (came up with the final design)

### Voice Actor

*David Humphrey (2001-2004)
 Jason Griffith (2005-2010)
 Kirk Thornton (2010-present)*

**Shadow the Hedgehog** is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. He is the Ultimate Life Form and Sonic's greatest rival.

His design served as inspiration for Spade, specifically his beta version.

## Appearance

Shadow is a tall, slim, black colored mobian hedgehog with distinct red markings. He wears gold Inhibitor Rings on his wrists, white gloves with red-tongued cuffs on them, and white and red colored Air-Skates. Shadow's black fur becomes a light golden color when in Super-State.

## History

Shadow the Hedgehog is an experimental creature created by Professor Gerald Robotnik aboard the Space Colony Ark approximately 50 years ago prior to the events of *Sonic Adventure 2*. Shadow was sealed away in a capsule, launched into Earth, then found and reawaken by Doctor Eggman into the present time. After Eggman's plot to conquer the world using the now abandoned Ark backfired, Shadow teams up with Sonic, both go Super-state, and prevent The Ark from crashing into the Earth below. However in the aftermath, Super Shadow falls into the Earth's atmosphere and is presumed dead.

Shadow is later encountered sleeping in a capsule onboard a secret, unknown Eggman installation by Rouge. She awakens him, which also awakens the nearby Eggman robot Omega, and together all three form the iconic Team Dark. During this time Shadow has no recollection of his past.

In the game titled after his own name, much of Shadow's past is revealed, though due to the game's nature, Shadow can come to 10 different conclusions concerning himself.

Regardless of which actions and endings have been undertaken, there is a final 11'th conclusion stated to be the real truth. In the Last Story, Black Doom reveals to Shadow that he is not only Professor Gerald's creation, but also born from Black Doom's blood (making Shadow part Black Arms). Ultimately, Shadow uses the Chaos Emeralds to once again transform into Super Shadow and single-handedly defeat the Black Arms ruler (during the battle, Dr. Eggman confesses to Shadow that Shadow is the true Shadow. The Doctor discovered him, and sent one of his robots to collect and heal the Hedgehog after his fall from space). Shadow then disappears, continuing to wander the earth, already finding the closure in his past life.

## Personality

Shadow is a very serious creature at almost everything he does.

## Skills and Abilities

In the game of his name, Shadow is shown to wield a multitude of various fire arms, ranging from military weaponry, Advanced alien technology, and even Dr. Eggman's rather cartoonish looking weaponry.

## Relationships

### Sonic the Hedgehog

Shadow used to find Sonic to be a disappointment in combat and he believes Sonic is trying to impressionat him. That being side, acknowledges Sonic as the true Ultimate Life Form, showcaing Shadow's full respect to the Blue Blur. Now, their arguments amount to nothing more than playful banter.

### Maria Robotnik

Maria Robotnik was very close to Shadow and always loved him. Shadow cares a lot for her even to this day, and almost always fights in her name.

## Trivia

* According to Dr. Eggman on Sonic Boom (TV series), Shadow the Hedgehog is the 2nd most popular character out of the entire *Sonic* franchise.
* Shadow the Hedgehog may have been partially inspired by Vegeta from the Dragon Ball Z universe.
* Shadow shares some similarities with Spade: they are both anti-heroes, they both have lost ones that they cared about, they are rivals of the main character, and they are both edgelords of their respectful series.

## Gallery

### Official Art

Render of Shadow on a motorcycle.Sonic Boom variant of Shadow.

## References

1. ↑ Dr. Eggman's Quote: *He's only the second most popular character in the whole canon!*