Shadow the Hedgehog is a major character in the Sonic X anime and comic book series.
He initially serves an antagonist in the series, then he became an ally of the hero, even if he still has some bitterness with Sonic. Shadow was created by Gerald Robotnik, and is the end result of Project Shadow. However, the project was closed, and Shadow was captured by G.U.N. and put into stasis on Prison Island after his friend Maria Robotnik was killed.
Like his game counterpart, he was voiced by Jason Griffith in the English version and by Kōji Yusa in the Japanese version.
Appearance[]
Shadow is an anthropomorphic mobian black hedgehog, with red stripes on his quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs. It has red eyes, a patch of white fur on its chest, a tan muzzle with a black nose, and small triangular ears with tan channels. Five spines on its head, four of which curve upwards and one which curves downwards, it has two spines on its back and a short, pointed tail. He wears white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues and Air Shoes. On each of his wrists and ankles he wears a single limiter.
History[]
Past[]
Fifty years ago, Shadow was Professor Gerald Robotnik's top secret experiment, "Project Shadow", on the space colony ARK. The professor had been given permission by the government to create "the ultimate creature" as a protector of the universe. Once alive, Shadow befriended Maria Robotnik, Professor Gerald's niece, and they became close during their short time together. Maria always wanted to visit the earth, but she was suffering from an illness, at the same Shadow also wanted to go there as she wanted to find out the truth about her existence. Then, however due to Gerald's progress with Shadow were ruined when it was revealed at the United Nations how he was able to create the successful prototype. Frightened by the implications, it was decided to launch an invasion of the ARK and finish the job done there.
After the GUN soldiers broke into the ARK and destroyed everything to arrest anyone involved in the Shadow project, Maria, Gerald, and Shadow ran from the soldiers at all times and she convinced a reluctant Shadow to enter an escape pod, the last thing she wanted was to give the people of the planet a chance to be happy. The two said goodbyes before being catapulted into a slumber and an instant before Maria was killed by the GUN soldiers who had just burst into the room.
Hearing of his granddaughter's death, Professor Gerald soon became furious, vowing vengeance on humanity for taking away the only thing that ever mattered to him. While what exactly happened is obscure, it is known that Gerald and the escape pod that contained Shadow were found by the United Nations, with Shadow asleep in a stasis pod within Prison Island and Gerald incarcerated. While imprisoned, Gerald would draw calculations on his jail cell wall that led to him creating a doomsday plan. He then would create a program that would cause the ARK to crash into the Earth one the seven Chaos Emeralds were placed into the eclipse cannon. Gerald then brainwashed Shadow by altering his memories of what Maris wanted on him as her final wish to ensure that the professor's doomsday program aboard the ARK, which would wipe out humanity in revenge, would be activated once Shadow had awakened.
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External Links[]
- Shadow the Hedgehog on the Sonic X Wiki
- Shadow the Hedgehog on the Sonic News Network
- Shadow the Hedgehog on the Heroes Wiki
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