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==Biography==
===Appearance===
Shadow is a hedgehog with black spines and red stripes on his quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs. He has red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, and his muzzle is tan. He has six quills on his head, four of which curve upwards and two that curve downwards, two spines on his back, and a small tail. He wears white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues, and Air Shoes which, like his gloves, have black cuffs and red tongues. On each of his wrists and ankles, he wears a single gold ring.

===Personality===
Shadow is rather accurately depicted from the games in which he appears in, keeping his lone wolf attitude and superiority and narcissistic complex. However, he is much more aggressive than in the games and acts rather rashly, in contrast to the intelligent, rational being he is meant to be. He would rather get things done his way than work as a team with anyone. In the series, he shows a strong hatred feeling towards Mecha Sonic. He can get beyond furious as in a few episodes, his temper bursts out. And in Episode 8, his temper erupted that he even came close to killing Sonic. He also gets impatient when cooped up for too long, preferring to fight almost all the time. He tends to not listen to historical information, like when Stuffwell explains the history of the pipe maze, and Dr. Frankly discussing the Minus World. If there's too much information, he either loses his temper, or expresses his disinterest, like "Blah blah blah, what a bore!"

He has quarrels with the other heroes on a regular basis, and appears to be fighting for the sole goal of getting revenge upon Mecha Sonic and obtaining the Chaos Emeralds. However, it is revealed in Episode 8 that Shadow's teammates [[Rouge the Bat (2006 Series)|Rouge]] and [[E-123 Omega (2006 Series)|E-123 Omega]] were murdered by Mecha Sonic on the day the Death Egg crashed into Mobius and in episode 9 Shadow vows that Mecha Sonic will pay for what he did to him. And in Episode 8, his temper erupts and he comes close to killing Sonic for mentioning that he would ditch everything for the Emeralds, including one of his close friends, Maria. However, after Sonic finally got through to him by asking the reason for his change of heart, Shadow finally snapped out of his hot-tempered and uncaring ways, and back to the reliable ally that he's known to be, although he saves Peach on their own so he could go after Mecha Sonic. Overall, he will cooperate with the team as long as they do not get in his way.

Shadow is often depicted as being the most aggressive fighter in the series, using his natural Chaos Control abilities, speed and power to his advantage. He is often the one who lands the most hits upon enemies in battle (Probably striving for this title along with Mario) and has been the heroes' savior on many occasions (Such as saving Luigi and Yoshi from Axem Rangers Black and Green's special attack, saving the heroes and Yoshi tribe from Mecha Sonic's death ball, and saving the heroes from Mecha Sonic's huge power blast after escaping the Minus World). Although a lone wolf, it has been hinted that he cares for the other heroes, although he insults them regularly, and is particularly enraged when Sonic acts familiar with him. Although he's responsible for saving Sonic from being killed by Mecha Sonic, he mentions that he was sick of watching him getting beat by Mecha Sonic as in his mind, Shadow considers himself to be as strong as Mecha Sonic and wants to claim the Chaos Emeralds.

Overall, in the series, Shadow's character seems to be based off Vegeta from Dragonball Z (though this is explained to be a result of what happened during Mecha Sonic's destruction of Mobius).