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[[File:shadow.jpg|frame|[[The Name Is Bond, James Bond|He's Shadow - Shadow the Hedgehog.]]]]
'''''Shadow the Hedgehog''''' is a 2005 game in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series that focuses on the [[Anti-Hero]] black hedgehog, Shadow. The game begins with Shadow on the outskirts of Westopolis, just as the sky turns blood red and aliens begin swooping in to invade. Shadow is [[Somebody Else's Problem|about to turn away, uncaring,]] but a strange creature with a terrible voice speaks his name, calling on him to bring the alien leader - by the name of [[Obviously Evil|Black]] [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom]] - the [[MacGuffin|Chaos Emeralds]]. Thus begins Shadow's personal quest of self-discovery, which can take any one of 326 (!!!) paths through 6 of the game's 22 levels.
While the typical controls of the 3D entries in the Sonic series apply to some extent, it is playable as a third-person shooter, a different direction for the franchise. Its [[Darker and Edgier]] tone, Shadow's constant [[Wangst|Wangsting]], and frequent [[Contemplate Our Navels|navel-gazing]] turned many fans of the franchise away, and the game was thoroughly thrashed by critics. On another note, this game marks the debut of the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] cast from ''[[Sonic X]]'' into the video games. Ironically, they started off doing the Sonic game that's the ''least'' kid-friendly.
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** "Not here!" when he dies. As if there's a good place to die...
** "Find the computer room!" from Vector
* [[Character Development]]: It's in this game that the loose ends in Shadow's past are dealt with and he declares that he's put his past behind him. Indeed, he would lose pretty much all of his [[Wangst]] in the next games he would appear in, even having his share of [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moments]] in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: Two from [[Sonic Adventure 2]] in this game's Last Story. {{spoiler|The Chaos Spear, which Shadow only used when you fought him as Sonic, is Super Shadow's method of attacking Devil Doom. The second is the Eclipse Cannon, which was made for the purpose of destroying the Black Comet.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Those five top secret discs and the data terminals from the Chaotix missions? {{spoiler|It's never outright stated, but there's a good possibility that they're actually bits and pieces of the entry in Prof. Gerald's diary that appears in the last story. It's especially likely since it's possible to help out all three Chaotix members in two of the stories.}}
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