Shadow the Hedgehog

* Fulfilling his promise to Gerald to protect Mobius and Maria give the people chance to be happy

### Dislike(s)

* Humanity
* Fools
* Anyone who opposes him
* Something bad happening to Hope
* Being defeated
* Deception
* When others insult him
* When someone gets in his way
* Sonic's jovial and arrogant pompousness
* Time wasting
* Losing
* Being unable to save Maria

### Hobbies

Challenging Sonic the Hedgehog
Proving that he is the Ultimate Lifeform
Winning challenges
Keeping his promise to Maria
Spending time with Maria (formerly)

### Crime(s)

Attempted genocide
Mass murder
Assault
Destruction
Arson
Grand larceny
Torture
Terrorism
Vandalism
Child abuse
Kidnapping
Conspiracy
Hostage taking
Sabotage
Blackmail
Arms dealing

## Alignment and Character Traits

### Affiliation(s)

* United Federation
	+ G.U.N.
		- Team Dark
* Restoration Resistance (part-time)

### Previous Affiliation(s)

* Eggman Empire (ruse)
	+ Team Eggman

### Occupation

* Ultimate Life Form
* Agent of G.U.N.
* Leader of Team Dark

### Partner(s)

* Omega
* Rouge

## Personal Statistics

### Relative(s)

* Black Arms
	+ Black Doom (genetic template/"father"; status unknown)
	+ Eclipse ("brother")
	+ Black Death †

### Friend(s)

* Maria Robotnik †
* Gerald Robotnik †
* Hope Robotnik
* Team Sonic
	+ Sonic (to a degree)
	+ "Tails"
	+ Knuckles (to a degree)
* Team Rose
	+ Amy Rose
	+ Big
		- Froggy
	+ Cream
		- Cheese
* Chris Thorndyke (to a degree)
* Mr. Tanaka
* Sam Speed
* Frances
* Helen
* Team Chaotix
	+ Charmy
	+ Espio
	+ Vector
* Emerl/Gemerl
* Vanilla
* Chocola
* Molly
* Freedom Fighters
	+ Sally Acorn
	+ Nicole
	+ Omochao
* United Federation
	+ President
	+ Prof. Colin Robotnik
	+ G.U.N.
		- Abraham Tower
		- Julian Snively
		- Topaz
		- Team Dark
			* Omega (partner & close friend)
			* Rouge (partner & ally)
			* Hope Robotnik
		- Spider Troupe
			* Captain Andrews
			* Clayton
			* Cooper
			* Lodge
			* Mantle
* Team Sol
	+ Blaze
	+ Marine
	+ Silver
* Nigel Acorn
* Relic
	+ Fixit
* Team Might
	+ Sticks
* Unnamed quokka
* Tangle
* Whisper
* Avatar
* Conductor
* Conductor's wife

### On-and-Off

* Babylon Rogues
	+ Jet
	+ Storm
	+ Wave

### Enemies

* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
		- Bocoe
		- Decoe
		- Bokkun
	+ Dr. Spicer
		- Cubot
		- Orbot
	+ Badnik Horde
		- Metal Sonic
		- Shadow Androids
	+ Jackal Squad
		- Infinite
* Bio Lizard
* Dark Arms
	+ Blurk
	+ Cregal
	+ Cyzer
	+ Rhygenta
* Solaris
	+ Iblis
	+ Mephiles
* Walter Naugus
* Ifrit
* Metal Sonic 3.0
* Chaos Council
	+ Dr. Babble
	+ Dr. Deep
	+ Dr. Done-It
	+ Dr. Don't
	+ Mr. Dr. Eggman
* Tails Nine
* Clutch
* Dr. Starline
* Mirage Express
* Prismatic Titan

## Pokémon

### On Hand

* Houndoom
* Manectric
* Gengar
* Lucario
* Salamence
* Metagross

### In Rotation

* Crobat
* Marowak (Alolan)
* Flareon
* Umbreon
* Weavile
* Tyranitar
* Torkoal
* Absol
* Staraptor (♂)
* Krookodile (♂)
* Zoroark
* Haxorus
* Gourgeist
* Decidueye
* Incineroar (♂)
* Lycanroc (Midnight Form)
* Dhelmise
* Kommo-o
* Dragapult

### In Storage

* Suicune
* Darkrai
* Genesect

### At Home

* Alomomola
* Meowstic
* Goodra

## Items & Equipment

### Attire(s)

* White gloves with black cuffs
* Red-tongues
* Inhibitor Rings
* Rocket-Shoes

### Favorite Food

* Chocolate
* Coffee beans
* Tiramisu

## Powers and Abilities

### Power(s)

* Immortality
* Immense speed
* Telekinesis
* Teleportation
* Harnessing chaos energy
	+ Chaos Boost transformation
	+ Chaos powers
	+ Energy projection
	+ Hero Shadow and Dark Shadow transformations
	+ Super transformation
* Hyper-go-on usage

### Skill(s)

* Absolute 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

### Abilities

* Superhuman strength
* Superhuman durability
* Superhuman jumping

### Moves and Techniques

* ???
* Air Boost
* Air Boost v.2
* Air C. Burst
* Air C. Magic
* Air R. Chaos
* Air Ride
* Air Slide
* Atomic Strike (requires Sonic)
* Attack
* Attack Support 3
* Black Tornado
* Boost
* Bounce Attack
* C. Nightmare
* Cartwheel
* Chaos Attack
* Chaos Blast
* Chaos Boost
* Chaos Burst
* Chaos Control
* Chaos Inferno (requires Rouge and Omega)
* Chaos Lance
* Chaos Magic
* Chaos Punishment
* Chaos Rift
* Chaos Snap
* Chaos Spear
* Chaos Upper
* Color Power
* Crouch
* Dark Spin Dash
* Dash Boost
* Double Jump
* Edge Attack
* Fire Somersault
* Focus Field (requires Omega)
* Grab
* Gravity Control
* Gravity Dive
* Grind Crouching
* 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
* Ring Toss
* Rival Takedown
* Roaming Chaos
* Rocket Accel
* S. Teleport
* 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
* Shadow's All-Star Move
* Skim Boost
* Skydiving
* Slide
* Slide Turn
* 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

### Transform(s)

* Super Shadow
* Hero Shadow
* Dark Shadow
* Chaos Shadow
* Color Powers

## Behind the Scenes

### Real-World Creator(s)

* Kazuyuki Hoshino
* Shiro Maekawa
* Takashi Iizuka
* Yuji Uekawa

## Portrayals

### Voiced By (Foreign)

* Kosai Kodsiah (Arabic)
* Iker Díaz (Basque)
* Reginaldo Primo (Brazilian Portuguese)
* Kenneth Chan (Cantonese)
* Manuel Gimeno (Catalan)
* Mladen Vujčić (Croatian)
* Zbyšek Horák (Czech)
* Sebastian Jessen (Danish)
* Joey Schalker (Dutch)
* Panu Kangas (Finnish)
* Benoît DuPac (French)
* Norberto Vilanova (Galician)
* Felix Spieß (German)
* Giorgos Mataragas (Greek)
* Eran Mor (Hebrew)
* Kamal Chaturvedi (Hindi)
* Dániel Hamvas (Hungarian)
* Ihwan Zaid (Indonesian)
* Daniele Raffaeli (Italian)
* Jae-heon Jeong (Korean)
* Dave Ramos (Latin Spanish)
* Fadhli Mohd Rawi (Malay)
* Teng Chang (Mandarin Chinese)
* Anders Bye (Norwegian)
* Amir Hossein Safai (Persian)
* Maciej Kosmala (Polish)
* Pedro Leitão (Portuguese)
* Lucian Ionescu (Romanian)
* Anton Savenkov (Russian)
* Cesc Martínez (Spanish)
* Jamil Drissi (Swedish)
* Steven Bontogon (Tagalog)
* Sorawit Tongteng (Thai)
* Talha Sayar (Turkish)
* Anatoliy Zinovenko (Ukrainian)
* Minh Triet (Vietnamese)

**Shadow the Hedgehog**, is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *SKB's* *Sonic Pokémon* series created by Yuji Naka and Ken Sugimori. He is an anthropomorphic black and red hedgehog/Black Arms mixed-breed.

He was created as the "**Ultimate Life Form**" by Prof. Robotnik by using the alien DNA of and is the final project result. His purpose was in hope to provide ways to develop a cure for incurable deadly illnesses, more specifically for Maria.

However, the project was closed, and Shadow was eventually captured by G.U.N. following his creation when he was deemed as a threat to humanity and put into stasis on Prison Island after his friend who he bonded with was killed.

50 years later, Shadow was awakened and been released from his hibernation by Jack, under Dr. Eggman's orders in order to assist him in his world conquest plans. Initially, Shadow worked with them but secretly sought to avenging Maria.

However, Shadow was persuaded that Maria would never have wanted such a result, after realizing he had been led astray by false memories, he would join forces with Sonic and his allies to save the planet from Gerald's doomsday plans.

Saved by Jack with one of his robots, from an incident which would almost cost him his own life. However, Shadow had also lost his all memories in the process and as such, have sought out a way to uncover all the truth of his own past.

Along the way, during which he met both Black Doom and his Black Arms when they arrived; in the end, Shadow had regained back his memories, uncovered the whole truth, thwarted Black Doom's alien invasion agenda and saved the world.

From there, he joined the U.F.'s special forces and continued his mission to protect humanity for the sake of Maria. While preferring to work alone and not one of Sonic's friends, Shadow has helped him, and his allies whenever needed.

Essentially a dark version of Sonic, who he also resembles in many ways and serves as his arch-rival and occasional ally, Shadow can match him in both speed and skill, and can use teleportation with any emeralds to warp time and space.

Shadow is sharp-witted, always on edge, and has a strong sense of purpose, always willing to accomplish his goals by any means, and always serious.

"*I'm Shadow the Hedgehog. I am the one and only ultimate life form. I will crush anyone who stands in my way!*"

—Shadow, to Sonic.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Kirk Thornton (English), Kōji Yusa (Japanese), Kosai Kodsiah (Arabic), Iker Díaz (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Mladen Vujčić (Croatian), Zbyšek Horák (Czech), Sebastian Jessen (Danish), Joey Schalker (Dutch), Panu Kangas (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Benoît DuPac (French), Norberto Vilanova (Galician), Felix Spieß (German), Giorgos Mataragas (Greek), Eran Mor (Hebrew), Not Known (Hindi), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Ihwan Zaid (Indonesian), Daniele Raffaeli (Italian), Jae-heon Jeong (Korean), Fadhli Mohd Rawi (Malay), Not Known (Mandarin), Anders Bye (Norwegian), Amir Safai (Persian), Maciej Kosmala (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Lucian Ionescu (Romanian), Anton Savenkov (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Cesc Martínez (Spanish), Jamil Drissi (Swedish), Steven Bontogon (Tagalog), Sorawit Tongteng (Thai), Talha Sayar (Turkish), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Valencian), Minh Triet (Vietnamese), Reginaldo Primo (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (French Creole), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Teng Chang (Mandarin Chinese), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Biography

Shadow is a black hedgehog who looks almost the identical spitting image of Sonic except for his black body, and who also matches him to a T in terms of speed. Created as the ultimate life-form by the world's greatest scientific genius of our time, Professor Robotnik, created him for a purpose known only to Gerald. Ageless and immortal, Shadow has the special ability to harness the power of the Chaos Emerald, which allows him to warp time and space.

Sharp-witted and willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, he always seems to be on the edge. He grew up with a girl named Maria, who was like a dear sister to him, raised with Shadow and was Maria's only friend, died in front of his very eyes. His memory of her and her dying promise had traumatized him to the point where he became bent on annihilating the human race out of revenge.

Her final wish was that Shadow save the world. Saving the world from what is a secret only Shadow knows. Traumatized by the grief of her death, Shadow remains strong enough to keep the promise he made to her.

A black hedgehog who looks almost identical to Sonic, and who also matches him to a T in terms of speed. Created as the ultimate life-form by Professor Gerald, the greatest scientific genius of our time, he has an unageing, undying body, and can use the power of the Chaos Emeralds to utilize Chaos Control, a way of manipulating time and space.

He grew up with a girl named Maria, who was like a dear sister to him, but his memory of her and her dying promise had traumatized him to the point where he became bent on annihilating the human race out of revenge. After the destruction of the Space Colony ARK, he disappeared, but he proved to be alive later, where Rouge found him in Eggman's secret base. Since being released from his capsule, most of his memory is gone. It is unclear whether he still holds the same murderous traits he displayed in the past.

### Physical Appearance

Shadow is a black-furred mobian hedgehog. He has red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, a black nose, a tan muzzle, and small, triangular ears with tan canals. He also has six quills on his head, four of which curve upwards while the other two curve downwards, two spines on his back, and a short, pointy tail. He has red stripes on each of his head quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs.

For attire, Shadow wears white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues, and rocket-shoes which, like his gloves, have black cuffs and red tongues. Shadow also wears Inhibitor Rings, one on each of his wrists and ankles.

* Hair Color: Black, white, red
* Skin Color: Tan
* Eye Color: Red
* Age: Ageless (created 50 years ago)
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 100 cm (3' 3")
* Weight: 35 kg. (77 lb.)

## Personality

Shadow is sharp-witted, always on edge, and has a strong sense of purpose, always willing to accomplish his goals by any means, and always serious.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Gerald Robotnik (creator)
* Maria Robotnik (best friend)
* Team Sonic
	+ Knuckles
	+ Sonic
	+ "Tails"
* Team Rose
	+ Amy Rose
	+ Big
		- Froggy
	+ Cream
		- Cheese
* Team Chaotix
	+ Charmy
	+ Espio
	+ Vector
* Emerl/Gemerl
* Vanilla
* Chocola
* Freedom Fighters
	+ Sally Acorn
	+ Nicole
	+ Omochao
* United Federation
	+ President
	+ G.U.N.
		- Abraham Tower
		- Julian Snively
		- Team Dark
			* Omega (partner)
			* Rouge (partner)
		- Spider Troupe
			* Captain Andrews
			* Clayton
			* Cooper
			* Lodge
			* Mantle
* Team Sol
	+ Blaze
	+ Marine
	+ Silver
* Nigel Acorn
* Relic
	+ Fixit
* Team Might
	+ Sticks
* Unnamed quokka
* Tangle
* Whisper
* Avatar
* Conductor
* Conductor's wife

### Neutral

* Babylon Rogues
	+ Jet
	+ Storm
	+ Wave

### Rivals

* Sonic (arch-rival)
* Knuckles

### Enemies

* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
		- Bocoe
		- Decoe
		- Bokkun
	+ Dr. Spicer
		- Cubot
		- Orbot
	+ Badnik Horde
		- Metal Sonic
		- Shadow Androids
	+ Jackal Squad
		- Infinite
* Bio Lizard
* Black Arms
	+ Black Death
	+ Black Doom
	+ Dark Arms
		- Blurk
		- Cregal
		- Cyzer
		- Rhygenta
	+ Eclipse
* Solaris
	+ Iblis
	+ Mephiles
* Walter Naugus
* Ifrit
* Metal Sonic 3.0
* Chaos Council
	+ Dr. Babble
	+ Dr. Deep
	+ Dr. Done-It
	+ Dr. Don't
	+ Mr. Dr. Eggman
* Tails Nine
* Clutch
* Dr. Starline
* Mirage Express
* Prismatic Titan

## Pokémon

### On hand

Houndour → Houndoom ↔
Mega Houndoom (♂)Gastly → Haunter → Gengar ↔ Mega/Gigantamax Gengar (♂)Riolu → Lucario ↔ Mega
Lucario (♂)Bagon → Shelgon → Salamence ↔ Mega SalamenceBeldum → Metang → Metagross ↔ Mega MetagrossElectrike → Manectric ↔ Mega Manectric

### Currently in rotation

Zubat → Golbat → CrobatMachop → MachokeCubone → Marowak
(Alolan)Eevee → FlareonEevee → UmbreonSneasel → WeavileLarvitar → Pupitar → Tyranitar
↔ Mega TyranitarTorkoalAbsol ↔ Mega AbsolStarly → Staravia → Staraptor (♂)Shinx → Luxio → LuxraySandile → Krokorok → Krookodile (♂)Zorua → ZoroarkAxew → Fraxure → HaxorusPumpkaboo → GourgeistRowlet → Dartrix → DecidueyeLitten → Torracat → Incineroar (♂)Rockruff → Lycanroc (Midnight Form)DhelmiseJangmo-o → Hakamo-o → Kommo-oDreepy → Drakloak → Dragapult

### At home

AlomomolaEspurr → MeowsticGoomy → Sliggoo → GoodraShelmet → Accelgor

### Transformations

#### Super Shadow

*Main article:* *Super Shadow*
By harnessing all the power of the Chaos Emeralds, Shadow can transform into **Super Shadow**. In this form, Shadow is capable of flight, invulnerability, and nearly limitless Chaos power.

#### Hero Shadow

*Main article:* *Hero Shadow*
When his mind is fueled by thoughts of justice, Shadow is able to attain an enhanced state known as **Hero Shadow**. In this state, Shadow is temporarily invincible and can perform a large-scale use of Chaos Control. However, this state only lasts for a short period of time.

#### Dark Shadow

*Main article:* *Dark Shadow*
When his mind is fueled by thoughts of evil, Shadow is able to attain an enhanced state known as **Dark Shadow**. In this state, Shadow is temporarily invincible and can perform a large scale-use of Chaos Blast. However, this state only lasts for a short period of time.

#### Chaos Shadow

Main article: Chaos Shadow

If he removes his Inhibitor Rings, Shadow can transform into **Chaos Shadow**. In this form, Shadow becomes a dynamo of raw power with all of his abilities greatly enhanced and energy pouring out of him.

### Weaknesses

While not having any physical weaknesses, Shadow was initially a somewhat easy target for manipulation during the time he had amnesia due to his confusion about who he was and his eagerness to learn anything more about his past. Dr. Eggman could deceive him with lies about his past and Black Doom could subtly manipulate him using visions. However, after learning of his true purpose, Shadow is no longer as easily deceived.

Being part of the Black Arms, Shadow is partially an extension of Black Doom, making him vulnerable to mind control exerted by Black Doom himself. However, Shadow can fight this influence through sheer resolve and willpower.

While Shadow has no known physical weaknesses, his rash and headstrong nature has caused him to fall to dire situations before. Also, despite the fact that his immune system is indeed more powerful than many others and cannot leave him sick from any known diseases, it is not immune to everything as he still got infected by the Metal Virus, albeit in a more delayed response compared to other people.

### Equipment

Shadow wears a pair of specialized shoes called Hover Shoes. These footwears are the primary source of running along non-solid surfaces, producing small jet streams that lets him hover-skate at speeds nearing Sonic's on those said surfaces while running on solid surfaces without their needs. Alternatively, Shadow can use his hover shoes to produce fire to attack opponents with, assist his jumps or achieve hover to flight.

Shadow wears four Inhibitor Rings, one on each of his wrists and ankles, that limit the amount of power he uses during combat and other situations. By removing them, Shadow is able to utilize his full power, turning him into a nigh-unstoppable force.

### Weapons

During the Black Arms incident, Shadow made use of a vast selection of weaponry. This included anything from close combat weapons like Survival Knives and Black Swords; guns like Pistols and Sub-Machine Guns; cannons like Bazookas and Grenade Launchers; lock-ons like 8-Shot RPGs and Worm Shooters; to lasers like Laser Rifles and Refractors.

## History

### Past

*Main article:* *Project: Shadow*
Shadow's history dates back to 50 years ago prior to the Space Colony ARK incident, when a top-secretive project sanctioned by the government known as "Project: Shadow" began under Professor Robotnik's supervision on the Ark. The purpose of the government-sanctioned initiative was to create immortality and apply it to the "The Ultimate Lifeform", which the United Federation president planned to harness as a living weapon.

Gerald, however, had his own goal in mind: He hoped on an immortal being that could be used for the benefit of the world while planned to use the results of the project as a way of finding a cure for Maria, who was suffering from the incurable illness NIDS. As such, although Gerald had his own concerns that he was crossing a moral boundary by attempting to create immortality, he still chose to put these aside for the sake of his dying granddaughter.

There are two reasons why the name "Shadow" in particular was coined: one came from the irony that a shadow could not be created, referencing the belief that immortality was impossible and working as a metaphor of "unreal things"; while the other one came from Maria herself, who said that it sounded "cute" and that shadows could "teach people the way to the light". However, Gerald himself thought that the name sounded "villain-like".

After creating the prototype and despite receiving resources from the government to back the project, Gerald soon hit a barrier in his research, and, out of desperation, took advantage of the Black Comet passing by Mobius (something which only happened every 50 years) and contacted the Black Arms living on it. Black Doom, the Black Arms leader, offered his blood for usage in Project Shadow, in return for the 7 Chaos Emeralds being delivered to him when the comet returned in 50 years.

Gerald agreed, but secretly made preparations to defeat the aliens, as he had suspicions about their ulterior motives regarding the emeralds. Using the DNA from Black Doom, Gerald was able to successfully create the finalized creature: Shadow. Once brought to life, Shadow began his life on the ARK, immediately strong befriended bond with Maria, assisting the ARK's researchers, and they became close during their short time together.

Maria really wanted to visit Mobius, but because she suffered from an illness, she could never do it. Shadow also wanted to go to the planet to learn the meaning of his existence. Meanwhile, with his research successful, Gerald shifted his focus to preparing for the return of the Black Arms. This led to the creation of the Eclipse Cannon, a laser which could harness the powers of the Chaos Emeralds to potentially destroy the Black Comet.

However, Gerald's progress with Shadow was ruined when disaster struck when the results of Project Shadow and the research behind it were leaked to G.U.N. of how he was able to create the successful prototype.

This leak, combined with the already-strained ties between the United Federation, incited fear in the upper branches of the government, who, afraid of the implications of Gerald's true involvement with the Black Arms, ordered to launch an invasion of the ARK to shut down the project and put a stop to the work being done there.

After G.U.N. troops descended onto raiding the ARK, they caused chaos and confusion as they sealed the prototype away and went about sending most of the colony's inhabitants back to Mobius, while anyone else involved in Project Shadow were either apprehended or killed. Gerald attempted to flee from the G.U.N. forces, but was instead captured. Shadow and Maria also attempted to flee, having been instructed by Gerald to locate an escape pod.

However, knowing that the G.U.N. forces would be there at any moment, Maria activated the pod with Shadow in it, implored her final wish to him being that he gave all the people on the planet a chance to be happy. Wishing him goodbye, Shadow could do nothing as he watched in agony as a soldier storm into the lab, firing a fatal shot which would forever change his life as it ended the life of Maria, and the confined pod was ejected towards Mobius.

Shadow's pod was eventually recovered by G.U.N., been put to suspended animation sleep in a stasis capsule, and was sent to Prison Island, where Gerald being incarcerated was forced to continue his research under government supervision. Learning of his granddaughter's death, Gerald soon gone insane with grief, swearing vengeance on humanity for taking away the only thing that ever meant anything to him. Though just what happened before is cloudy.

While imprisoned, Gerald began secretly brainwashing Shadow, modifying his memories so he believed he was meant to destroy humanity. He also secretly kept a diary, in which he encouraged anyone who found it to release Shadow, should they desire destruction. All to ensure that his doomsday program onboard the ARK, which would wipe out humanity as his revenge, would be activated once Shadow awoke. Soon after, Gerald was executed, while Shadow was kept sealed away on the island.

## Theme songs

The video games have featured several theme songs for the character. Shadow's themes consisted primarily of the techno and industrial genres often with synched vocals that are barely audible in *Ruby and Sapphire Adventure 2* and *Black and White Heroes*, but have shown an increasing preference towards the hard rock genre in more recent games.

* *Sonic Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Adventure 2*: "Throw It All Away" - Everett Bradley.
* *Sonic Pokémon: Black and White Heroes*: "This Machine" - Julien-K. (This was a team theme shared with Rouge and Omega.)
* *Legends of Shadow* featured multiple themes:
	+ "I Am... All of Me" - Crush 40
	+ "Almost Dead" - Powerman 5000
	+ "Waking Up" - Julien-K
	+ "The Chosen One" - A2
	+ "All Hail Shadow" - Magna-Fi
	+ "Never Turn Back" - Crush 40
* Sonic Pokémon: X and Y Wildfire: "All Hail Shadow (Remix)" - Crush 40
* In addition, there are several vocal level themes associated with Shadow's character in *Sonic Adventure 2*:
	+ White Jungle: "Rhythm And Balance" - Everett Bradley
	+ Final Chase: "The Supernatural" - Everett Bradley
* A special remix of "Tripod Baby" performed by M-Flo was released as a promotional song for Shadow.

## External links

* Shadow the Hedgehog *Wikipedia*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *Heroes Wiki*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *IDW Sonic Hub*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *Mobius Encyclopaedia*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *Nintendo Wiki*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *‎‎‎The Sonic Wiki*
* Shadow the Hedgehog *‎‎‎Villains Wiki*