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Sonic The Hedgehog(Hero) (True Main Character) (Mobian) Miles "Tails" Prower / Tails (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Knuckles the Echidna (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Amy Rose (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Shadow the Hedgehog (Anti Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Rouge the Bat (Anti Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) E-123 Omega (Anti Hero) (Main Character) (E-Series Robot) Vector the Crocodile (Hero) (Support Character) (Mobian) Espio the Chameleon (Hero) (Support Character) (Mobian) Charmy Bee (Hero) (Support Character) (Mobian) Cream the Rabbit (Hero) (Support Character) (Mobian) Big the Cat (Hero) (Support Character) (Mobian) Vanilla the Rabbit (Hero) (Side Character) (Mobian) Blaze the Cat (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Silver the Hedgehog (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Whisper the Wolf (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Tangle the Lemur (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Lanolin The Sheep (Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Surge the Tenrec (Villain to Anti hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Kitsunami the Fennec (Villain to Anti Hero) (Main Character) (Mobian) Dr. Starline (Villain) (Main Character) (Mobian) Emerl (Main Character) (No Alignment) (Gizoid) Fang the Hunter (Side Character) (Villain) (Mobian) Chaos (Main Character) (Morally Ambiguous) (Ancient) Sage (Main Character) (Villain) (Artificial Intelligence) Sally Acorn (Main Character) (Hero) (Mobian) Scourge the Hedgehog (Side Character) (Villain) (Mobian) Shade the Echidna (Side Character) (Villain to Hero) (Mobian) Sticks the Badger (Main Character) (Hero) (Mobian) Storm the Albatross (Main Character) (Anti Hero) (Mobian) Wave the Swallow (Main Character) (Anti Hero) (Mobian) Jet the Hawk (Main Character) (Anti Hero) (Mobian) Black Doom (Main Character) (Villain) (Black Arms) Orbot (Side Character) (Villain) (Robot) Cubot (Side Character) (Villain) (Robot) Metal Sonic (Main Character) (Villain) (Robot) Dr. Eggman / Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Main Character) (Villain) (Human)

Zor (Side Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Zeena (Side Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Zomom (Side Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Zazz (Side Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Master Zik (Side Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Zavok (Main Character) (Villain) (Zeti) Infinite The Jackal (Main Character) (Villain) (Mobian) Marine the Racoon (Main Character) (Hero) (Mobian) Mephiles The Dark (Main Character) (Villain) (Half God) Iblis (Side Character) (Villain) (Half God) Metal Knuckles (Side Character) (Villain) (Robot) Mighty the Armadillo (Side Character) (Hero) (Mobian) Ray the Flying Squirrel (Side Character) (Hero) (Mobian) Bean the Dynamite (Side Character) (Villain) (Mobian) Bark the Polar Bear (Side Character) (Villain) (Mobian) Trip the Sungazer (Side Character) (Hero) (Mobian?)

Team Sonic (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles) Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge, Omega) Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy, Mighty, Ray) Babylon Rogues (Jet, Wave, Storm) Team Rose (Amy, Sticks, Big, Cream) Bounty Hunters (Fang, Bean, Bark) Restoration/ Diamond Cutters (Lanolin, Whisper, Tangle) Eggman Empire (Dr. Eggman, Sage, Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Infinite, Orbot, Cubot) Sinister Six (Zavok, Master Zik, Zazz, Zomom, Zeena, Zor)

Resistance (Team Sonic, Team Dark, Team Chaotix, Team Rose, Babylon Rogues, Restoration/Diamond Cutters, plus Sally Acorn, Marine, Blaze, Silver, Trip, Vanilla)

Despite developing a begrudging admiration for Sonic and experiencing love for herself, Sage remains beholden to her logical ways and is a staunch supporter of the Eggman Empire's campaign for world domination. She emphasizes to Sonic that their alliance on the Starfall Islands is only to protect the world so that Dr. Eggman may rule it. She belittles those who defy Eggman and his plans, engaging in understated but brutal trash talk with other racers during Dodon Pa's CrossWorld Grand Prix. She is wholly subservient to her creator and just as devoted to taking over the world as he is.

Sage would be in a Eggman Base hidden, As Team Chaotix return to figuring out the door, Sage appears before them as a solid hard-light hologram, calmly informing them they are not permitted to be there. After introducing herself, she accurately identifies each of them, revealing she possesses extensive records on the Chaotix. Charmy attempts a friendly greeting but remains confused about what she actually was. Vector quickly scolds him for asking rudely. Sage assures them she took no offense and explains that she was Eggman’s creation, the embodiment and controller of the Eggnet. She once again reiterates that they are not allowed on the premises. Vector quietly pulls Charmy aside, once returning to Sage, Vector asks about something called "Red Spectre," wondering if the base held information on it. Sage appears momentarily surprised that they were seeking information rather than causing trouble. Vector assures her that it was the truth; all also all they had on this Red Spectre was a name. Sage searches her files and locates a matching filename, though it's restricted. She asks what the file concerned. Vector explains they were investigating a string of ancient artifact thefts. Their only lead was the "Red Spectre" listed in a G.U.N. file they uncovered, and they were simply trying to identify the thief and recover the artifacts. Sage notes that another related entry existed under a separate file labeled “Phantom,” but she was unable to access its contents as well. Vector suddenly pieces it together: “Phantom” is another word for “Spectre”, and his mind has locked on something that's red that also has to do with "Phantom". He declares that he now knows the thief’s identity.

Calling out to Vector and Charmy, Espio rushes back to them, warning of the approaching mech. He would recognize those thunderous steps anywhere.

In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Sage would be invited by Dodon Pa to compete in the CrossWorld Grand Prix, and she would ride the Giganto Liner machine which can transform to function on land, sea and air. This marks her first spin-off appearance in a console video game as well as in a racing game. She has an alternate skin, it being her black-and-red design from Sonic Frontiers. It is unlocked after winning the Secret Grand Prix.

During one of the races, after transporting to Dragon Road through a Travel Ring, Rouge finds herself caught between Dr. Eggman, armed with three Spiked Iron Balls, and Sage, who wields three Black Bombs. Just as they prepare to attack, a Warp Ring opens, and Shadow bursts through, braking just in time to knock Rouge out of harm's way. Despite his interference, Eggman and Sage unleash their power-ups, but Shadow dodges the ensuing explosions. He and Rouge exchange a quick glance before she activates a Cyan Laser, boosting ahead.

Shadow then slams into the final Black Bomb, sending it straight at Eggman. Sage swerves in to take the hit, eliminating herself from the race.

Utilizing abilities while uploaded in Cyber Space, Sage can act as an observer over the Starfall Islands.

Sage is incredibly intelligent. Her processing power can calculate all known factors under 1,700,050 simulations. What Sage does know; all of Dr. Eggman's historical knowledge since he started his campaign to Frontiers, which previously had her share sour opinions of Sonic the Hedgehog with her creator, and the Ancients' data, consisting of their very essence. This would include all knowledge the Ancients had on The End.

As a being made out of data and thus having no matter, Sage's form is incorporeal, similar to a ghost. This form of existence, along with Cyber Space, has benefited her movements to consist of levitating in midair, phasing through walls, and casually teleporting in the area. While she is mostly shown levitating and teleporting, she isn't incapable of basic flight as she flew away from the Egg Mobile to possess Supreme.

Sage can also manipulate the machines on the Starfall Islands. In addition, she has the ability to project a laser beam out of her hands after gathering energy, along with having a degree of control while in Cyber Space. She also can create shield-like constructs to shield herself and others from attacks, as seen in the final battle with Supreme.

Following her departure from Starfall Islands, Sage's abilities and potential appear to have become greatly limited, although she still retains her full intelligence, she is now required to use hologram and hard light constructs to show herself, her ability to control technology and being able to create shield-like constructs are more limited. However she still retains her flight and teleportation abilities.

As shown during Dodon Pa's CrossWorld Grand Prix, Sage is also an expert at driving cars like the Giganto Liner.

While she is an artificial intelligance and appears to be a hologram, she is in fact a hard light construct, which makes her vulnerable to being damaged.

When Dr. Eggman had first created Sage, Eggman had seen Sage as nothing more than another pawn for his plans. Even then, Eggman appeared to have a lot of faith in his creation, believing that it would reign supreme all of his other creations, all of which proved to be complete failures. Sage's various exchanges with Eggman, as well as protecting him from the threats found in Cyber Space would begin the creation of a father-daughter-like bond between the two of them. Sage seemed to regard Eggman with a daughter-like respect and concern early on, as she mentioned that keeping Eggman safe was her top priority after Eggman told her to make her top priority finding a way to get him out of Cyber Space. She also looked forward to going home with Eggman to meet Orbot and Cubot, whom she seemed to consider brothers.

The relationship between Sage and Metal Sonic seemingly shares a brother and sister bond though they are shown to not interact much. During the Mirage Express incident, Sage is seen sharing "Let's go, dad!" shirts with Metal Sonic to support Dr. Eggman, seemingly viewing him as a brother. However, her perspective of Metal appears to shift during the CrossWorld Grand Prix, where she is wary and cautious around him, believing he is confrontational and potentially rebellious, much like he was as Neo Metal Sonic in the past. Despite this caution, she will kindly apologize if she hits him during a race, suggesting a lingering sense of affection.

Giving that she's a creation of Eggman, despite Sonic the Hedgehog's heroic actions and personality, Sage views him as a threat not just to the Starfall Islands, but the world as a whole. As such, she repeatedly threatens him to leave the Islands through means of violence despite him simply wanting to rescue his friends. She eventually warms up to him, especially after witnessing the lengths he will go to save his friends. She also had some degree of respect for his abilities even before then, as she suggested to Eggman that forming an alliance with Sonic may be Eggman's best option for escaping Cyber Space due to them solving past crises together.

Very little is actually known about what Sage thinks of Knuckles the Echidna, but she does appear to act antagonistic towards him in the same way she was towards Sonic, as evidenced in the Divergence prologue. Knuckles in return sees Sage as an enemy, and decides to attack her when she tries to attack Sonic with a laser. When Sonic tries to prevent him from doing this, Knuckles sees this as an indication that he is too trusting.

Sage respects Miles "Tails" Prower and sometimes addresses him by his true name, Miles Prower. Although she questions him for his years of being best friends with Sonic, Sonic is a constant help and light source to any situation and always saves his friends using his determination and optimism. Tails acts as he doesn't need to have faith for Sonic, but know Sonic is smart enough to overcome evils to rescue him or his friends when captured. Sage doesn't hate Tails or see him as a threat, but she's very secretive and doesn't tell him anything he should know.

During the CrossWorld Grand Prix, Sage mentions how they are both creations of the Robotnik lineage, and ask if that they could be considered family relatives. Shadow the Hedgehog responds by stating he has left his past behind and lives only for himself, advising her to do the same. Another interaction between them is more confrontational; Shadow dismisses her as an unworthy challenge, while Sage, confident in her own design, retorts by labelling him a "relic of fifty years ago."

Sage comes across Team Chaotix during their investigation of the missing Astroscopic Lens when they came to Eggman's abandoned base. Believing that they came to stop Eggman, Sage immediately sends an Egg Hammer after them. However, after learning their true reason for coming, she helped them by finding the file they had come for. Still, she didn't tell them about Eggman's approach because she wanted to see their shocked faces.

Sage first meets Belle the Tinkerer when Eggman asks her to join Belle and Sonic in finding Metal Sonic. So far, their relationship is quite hostile: Sage only considers her important for finding Metal Sonic, even coldly asking her to leave Motobud during Metal Sonic's attack, while Belle is jealous that Sage is the daughter that Eggman truly cares about and speaks to her in a very sarcastic manner. However, when they tried to protect themselves from Corrupted Metal Sonic, their relationship began to improve: After seeing Sage's distress over the hopelessness of the situation, Belle calms her down and asks her to help her create a blaster out of the wreckage, to which Sage agrees, and they work together to accomplish this task.

Shadow's history dates back to over 50 years ago prior to the Space Colony ARK incident, when "Project Shadow", a secretive project sanctioned by the government, began under Professor Gerald Robotnik's supervision on the Space Colony ARK. The purpose of the project was to create immortality and apply it to the "The Ultimate Lifeform", which the current president of the United Federation had planned on harnessing as a weapon. Gerald, however, had his own goal in mind for the project: He planned on using the final results of the project to find a way to cure his dying granddaughter Maria Robotnik, who was suffering from the incurable illness: Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome (NIDS). As such, although Gerald had his own concerns that he was crossing a moral boundary by attempting to create immortality, he put these aside for the sake of his 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".

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 the Earth (something which only happened every 50 years) and contacted the Black Arms living on it. The leader of the Black Arms, Black Doom, offered his blood for usage in Project Shadow, in return for the seven 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 created Shadow the Hedgehog.

Upon awakening, Shadow began his life on the ARK, forming a strong bond with Maria, and assisting the researchers. 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. At some point, Shadow was lamenting at how he can't seem to cure Maria, despite the point behind his creation being to cure diseases, only for Maria to comfort Shadow. During this time, an explosion occurred, with a robot proceeding to head towards Gerald's Lab with ill intent. Shadow then promised to return for Maria once he's saved Gerald. He then confronts Emerl inside Gerald's lab. However, disaster struck when the results of Project Shadow and the research behind it were leaked to G.U.N.. This leak, combined with the already-strained ties between the United Federation, incited fear in the upper branches of the government, who, afraid of Gerald's true involvement with the Black Arms, ordered an invasion of the ARK to shut down the project. Raiding the ARK, the G.U.N. forces sealed the Biolizard away, and sent most of the colony's inhabitants back to Earth, while all the researchers involved with Project Shadow were killed, excluding Gerald, who attempted to flee, but was instead captured. Shadow and Maria also attempted to flee, having been instructed by Gerald to locate an escape pod. However, just before they could reach the pod, G.U.N. Soldiers arrived, and Maria was fatally shot. With her dying breath, Maria activated the pod with Shadow in it, and implored Shadow to give all the people on Earth a chance to be happy. Confined to the pod, Shadow was forced to watch in agony as his friend fell to the ground, and the pod was ejected towards Earth.

Shadow's pod was eventually recovered by G.U.N., and the hedgehog was sent in suspended animation to Prison Island, where Gerald was forced to continue his research under government supervision. Having gone insane with grief after learning of his granddaughter's death, Gerald began secretly brainwashing Shadow, modifying his memories so he believed he was meant to destroy humanity. Gerald also secretly kept a diary of his experience, in which he encouraged anyone who found it to release Shadow, should they desire mass destruction. Soon after, Gerald was incarcerated and executed, while Shadow was kept sealed away on the island. In Sonic Adventure 2, Doctor Eggman set Shadow free from a G.U.N. base on Prison Island, where he had spent approximately fifty years in suspended animation. In exchange, Shadow agreed to aid the doctor in his plans to take over the world, holding to himself his true intentions as wishing to get revenge for the death of his friend, Maria Robotnik, as he thought she wanted. To achieve this, the black hedgehog revealed the Eclipse Cannon to the scientist. Beforehand, he also stole the green Chaos Emerald from a bank, unknowingly also framing Sonic the Hedgehog for the deed. He later participated in the second heist alongside Dr. Eggman and Rouge the Bat against Prison Island, where he would plant explosives throughout the island as part of their getaway, although his resemblance to Sonic also resulted in Amy Rose mistaking him for the latter. However, because Miles "Tails" Prower came to Amy's rescue from Dr. Eggman, he was forced to act fast due to the unexpected delay. In addition, after Rouge ended up getting caught and stranded in the containment area while recovering the four Chaos Emeralds, Shadow, largely because he realized that his plans of avenging Maria Robotnik would be for naught if Rouge perished in the explosion, rushed to get to Rouge and by extension the Chaos Emeralds.

After meeting Sonic for a second time, Shadow also believed that Sonic was trying to copy him. They fought to a stalemate before Shadow was forced to leave to rescue Rouge (with Sonic also learning from Eggman via Shadow's radio that the island was about to blow up), and just barely arrived at Rouge's location and used Chaos Control to warp himself, Rouge, the four Chaos Emeralds and presumably Eggman out at the last possible second. After the demonstration, needing the final Chaos Emerald to fulfill their plans, Shadow pursued Tails' plane at a canyon. Although he was unable to stop them, he nonetheless reported to Eggman that they are headed his way. When Eggman discovered the presence of two apparent emerald readings, and thus deduced Tails' plan of placing a fake Chaos Emerald into the cannon, Shadow wordlessly departed, apparently to confront Sonic and Tails to stop them for interfering, although Eggman stopped him, wanting to deal with them personally. After Sonic was seemingly killed by Dr. Eggman via a rigged escape capsule, Shadow, witnessing the explosion, guessed that Sonic was only an ordinary hedgehog. Afterwards, Shadow stumbled upon Rouge's plan to steal the Chaos Emeralds, and deduced that she was in fact a spy for the President of the United Federations, although Rouge then unveiled a report from Gerald Robotnik regarding the Biolizard, claiming, it, not Shadow, was the actual Shadow. However, Shadow was forced to depart after Eggman mentioned an anonymous figure (Sonic) heading towards the Eclipse Cannon, although not before stating that he's still Shadow despite his memories possibly being fake, and that "the fake emerald is good enough for Rouge."

He then discovers Sonic the Hedgehog at the area. Shadow, impressed at Sonic's capability of using Chaos Control despite using a fake Chaos Emerald, nonetheless stated that he cannot allow him to live before fighting on a collapsing runway. In the last story, Eggman inserted the final Chaos Emerald, only to initiate a destabilization program on the ARK. Professor Gerald Robotnik then revealed that he had made this function to have revenge for Maria, and that the ARK would destroy the Earth. Sonic, Eggman, Rouge, Tails and Knuckles took a shortcut to the cannon's core so they could stop the Professor's mad plan. Amy Rose then helped Shadow realize Maria's true wish. In a twist of fate, Shadow ultimately aided Sonic when realizing, with Amy's help, Maria's true wish, which was to save humanity. Meanwhile, Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles had reached the central core, where they reactivated the Biolizard. Notably, a scene from Gerald Robotnik's diary appeared again. After Shadow defeated the Biolizard, Knuckles used the Master Emerald to stop the Chaos Emeralds. But the Biolizard, being the prototype of Project Shadow, used Chaos Control to fuse with the ARK, continuing its fall. Then, Sonic and Shadow, in their Super States, destroyed the Biolizard. The Ultimate Lifeform prototype became a monster, codenamed Finalhazard. Using their powers, Shadow and Sonic defeated him and executed an enhanced Chaos Control which stopped the fall and warped the ARK. Afterwards, Shadow's energy was drained out and after falling to the Earth, he was presumed dead. In Sonic Heroes, Rouge discovered Shadow unconscious in a stasis pod located in the deepest part of one of Dr. Eggman's bases, after he was believed to be dead. As she activated the capsule, E-123 Omega began to scan Rouge and the newly awakened Shadow, believing him to be a creation of Eggman. As Shadow awakened, Omega fired a round of guns at Shadow and Rouge.

Shadow ordered Rouge to step away while he took on Omega, but Rouge stepped in to break them up, quickly ending the skirmish. Shadow discovered that he has amnesia and could not remember anything before his release, aside from his name and brief images of Maria Robotnik's death. He unwillingly joined forces with Rouge and Omega, to form Team Dark and find Eggman. On their way to Eggman on Grand Metropolis, Shadow and his team met up with Team Chaotix, and began fighting against them as Rouge suspected them to be searching for "Eggman's treasure". Later, Shadow met Dr. Eggman in a casino, asking him for his identity; however, "Eggman" denied that Shadow had "a past to remember". On another battle against one of Eggman's machines, Shadow discovered that there are clones of him, much to his already established self-confusion. After giving it a brief break, Shadow, however, chose to proceed forward. Unbeknownst to him, Neo Metal Sonic had collected Shadow's data while the hedgehog was fighting during that moment. In Lost Jungle, Shadow confronted Sonic and his team of Knuckles and Tails. When they encountered each other, Shadow had no memory of Sonic, and asked Rouge about him. The two teams began taunting each other until Omega threatened Sonic and his team to destroy them. Shadow then started a fight against Sonic and his friends. When they made it to the Egg Fleet, Shadow made up his mind to defeat Eggman once and for all even if he was not truly the ultimate lifeform. After "Eggman" was seemingly defeated, Shadow remarked that Rouge's desire to steal the Master Emerald from Knuckles as she was explaining her next plan is nothing strange for him. Shortly after that, Neo Metal Sonic revealed himself to them, and began transforming as Shadow, his teammates and the other teams were witnessing that moment. Having no other option, Shadow worked with everyone else to help defeat the monster, and gladly gave his Chaos Emerald to Sonic.

After the final battle, Shadow and E-123 Omega were holding the defeated Metal Sonic wondering what to do with it. In Shadow the Hedgehog, while being haunted by the thoughts of his past memories, Shadow witnessed an alien race known as the Black Arms arriving on earth to invade, where the leader of the race, Black Doom appeared before him through Doom's Eye and told him to bring him the Chaos Emeralds "as promised" before disappearing. Fueled with the desire to seek out his past and find the truth behind Doom's words in hopes of uncovering his past, the black hedgehog went off to find the Emeralds. Beginning in the ruins of Westopolis, he seemingly collaborated with the Black Arms[note 1] before ending up at Dr. Eggman's Cryptic Castle. Believing that the doctor knew something about his past, Shadow infiltrated the castle and found Amy, whom he helped rescue Cream and Cheese, before being confronted by the scientist's Egg Breaker. With the pink hedgehog's help, however, he destroyed the mech and later found himself caught in the crossfire between the Black Arms' ancient aerial fortresses and the Eggman Empire's Eggman Fleet. In the aftermath, he had four Chaos Emeralds in his possession. After successfully gathering all of the Chaos Emeralds and ending up at the Black Arms's Black Comet, Shadow was confronted by Black Doom, who commanded him to give him the Emeralds so that they could begin the "prosperity ritual". However, Sonic the Hedgehog and the others, including Eggman himself, then arrived and told the black hedgehog not to listen to the alien leader. Nevertheless, after revealing the Black Arms' intention to harvest humans as an energy source, Doom took the Chaos Emeralds from Shadow and used Chaos Control to warp the Black Comet down to the surface of the earth.

The alien overlord then explained that he helped Professor Gerald create Shadow, but only in return for the Chaos Emeralds, which were needed to bring the comet down to the surface, before he paralyzed everyone with a special gas and left them to be devoured by his alien offspring, the Death Leeches. Due to having the same blood as Black Doom, Shadow was the only one not affected by the gas and continued forward as he finally put his past behind, swearing to never let anyone manipulate him again, and was determined to destroy Black Doom. Black Doom fled, leaving behind Shadow, the only hope for the planet. Shadow caught up with Black Doom and suddenly was attacked by mind control. Black Doom told him that he could control him as they had the same blood running through their veins. Just then, Team Chaotix activated a film showing a sane Professor Gerald Robotnik sometime before the raid on the ARK. In the video, he told him that he was the only hope for the planet. It was revealed that the only way to defeat the Black Arms was to destroy the Black Comet using the Eclipse Cannon. As the video ended, Maria stepped into the frame and gave Shadow the inspiration he needed to break through Black Doom's control. Black Doom escaped and prompted Shadow to use the Chaos Emeralds to become Super Shadow and fight the alien leader. Black Doom, now in his Devil Doom form, fought Shadow but was defeated. Shadow then used a super-powered Chaos Control to warp the Black Comet back into the planet's orbit and tear it apart with a blast from the Eclipse Cannon. Onboard the ARK and with the world now safe, Shadow looked at a picture of Maria and Gerald before tossing it away, resolving to put his past behind him and move forward with his life.

During Sonic's birthday party, Shadow had been investigating an abnormal bio-signature on Space Colony ARK, which proved to be from a resurrected Black Doom. After being pulled into a Time Hole by the Time Eater, he learns that Black Doom was rebuilding the Black Arms and had plans to force Shadow to become the warrior Black Doom wanted him to be.

As he explores White Space, he begins to manifest Doom Powers granted to him by Black Doom in order to warp his mind and body into a form the alien tyrant can control more effectively. He also reunites with Maria and Professor Gerald, who have been displaced from their own time by the anomalies unleashed by the Time Eater.

Shadow was created by the renowned scientist Gerald Robotnik, using Black Doom's DNA. Gerald had made many attempts to create the Ultimate Lifeform before Black Doom and his children, the Black Arms, came to earth. Unfortunately, the closest he came was the Biolizard. Black Doom, however, approached Gerald and offered his help, but only on one condition; if Black Doom helped Gerald, the professor must promise to deliver the seven Chaos Emeralds to him. Gerald agreed to these terms and Black Doom gave some of his DNA, which was added to the samples that Gerald had already obtained. The outcome of this experiment was Shadow the Hedgehog. Gerald seems to be one of few people whom Shadow felt happy around, and the professor might have acted as a surrogate father to him. This is further proven when Gerald refers to the hedgehog as his "son," having given Shadow genuine emotions to prevent him from becoming a weapon as the government intended. However, despite these predisposed emotions, after defeating the Finalhazard, Shadow stated that he promised to "destroy all evil that the professor had created," implying that, while he might still respect Gerald Robotnik, he nonetheless feels that any bad things that Gerald Robotnik had done after going insane must be stopped.

In the climax of the Black Arms incident, Shadow finally uncovered the true purpose of his creation from Gerald's recorded video. In order to put the past behind him, he decided to fulfill Gerald's true wish of protecting the planet by destroying the Black Arms and any future threats that may come Earth's way.

During the events of Shadow Generations, Shadow had the chance to avert Maria and Gerald's fate and determined to do so. However, when she and Gerald began to disappear after Black Doom's defeat, despite how desperate he was to keep them alive and willing to sacrifice much for it, Shadow decided to respect Maria's wish and let them return to the past and left.

Professor Gerald's granddaughter, Maria Robotnik, was Shadow's companion and best friend. The two met aboard the Space Colony ARK and formed a close bond, becoming inseparable. Shadow's feelings for Maria were the closest he ever came to love.[9]

According to Gerald's journal, Maria was Shadow's guide in the world and he was her trusted friend. He was completely devoted to her, helping her with her condition and being her protector. Shadow cared deeply about Maria's well-being and safety: once, when she nearly passed out from overexertion, he caught her before she hit the ground and then reminded her not to get too excited so as not to worsen her condition.[10] And even when Maria ran around the ARK or overexerted herself, Shadow never got angry with her, always being quite patient and kind to her, despite scolding her for her reckless behavior.

Maria was the reason for Shadow's existence and his sole purpose in life was to cure her. When he discovered that he could not cure her illness, Shadow became deeply saddened and distressed, as he did not want to lose her. As a result, began to question the purpose of his birth. However, Maria never blamed him for this and was always by his side to comfort and encourage him. Maria was a guiding force in Shadow's life, doing her best to erase any doubts he had about the purpose of his existence. Even after discovering that Shadow was created with Black Doom's DNA, Maria never stopped loving him, believing that his actions are what define him. Maria was the most important person in Shadow's life, mainly for her support when he had doubts. Shadow trusted Maria enough to share his doubts and inner conflicts with her, mainly about the purpose of his existence. Maria, in turn, always comforted and reassured Shadow when he doubted himself. She also always defended him from anyone who insulted him, such as Abraham or Black Doom. According to Commander Tower and Rouge, Maria was the only person who could calm Shadow down and convince him not to do something. This claim was later supported by the fact that Maria convinced Shadow to let her and Gerald return to their own time. Shadow was visibly distressed, but he complied with her wishes and chose not to stop them from disappearing. She is by far the person who made Shadow the happiest, and they shared the same dream: to visit Earth.

Unfortunately, Maria was shot and killed by G.U.N., who considered Project Shadow too great a threat to the world. They eliminated everything they could related to the project, including the people aboard the ARK. Ultimately, Maria's love for Shadow led her to sacrifice her life and her dream of visiting Earth to save him from the G.U.N. military. Even as she lay dying, Maria's only thoughts were for Shadow to fulfill his purpose, and she begged him to do it for her, knowing that he could make their dreams come true for her. Her final words of farewell were "Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog." Maria's death traumatized Shadow and he mourned her deeply. So far, Maria is the only person Shadow has shed tears for. This happened during both the Space Colony ARK and Time Eater incidents. Shadow's love for Maria and his sadness at losing her were so great that he swore revenge on all of humanity for what happened to her. But after remembering Maria's true desire to protect people and give them a chance to live happily, Shadow joined forces with Sonic and his friends to stop the destruction of the world and even sacrificed himself to fulfill her wish, though he survived in the end. Even after he lost his memory, Maria was the only thing Shadow could truly remember. By the end of Shadow the Hedgehog, he is leaving his tragic past behind, though he continues to save the world in her name.

According to an interview, Shadow stated that if he could change one thing about his past, it would be to give up his life for Maria's. During the events of Shadow Generations, Shadow had the chance to avert Maria and Gerald's fate and determined to do so. However, when she and Gerald began to disappear after Black Doom's defeat, despite how desperate he was to keep them alive and willing to sacrifice much for it, Shadow decided to respect Maria's wish and let them return to the past and left. This shows that Shadow still places Maria's feeling above his own no matter how painful it would be for him.

50 years ago, Emerl and Shadow first met and fought each other on the Space Colony ARK, when Shadow went to save Gerald from being hurt. After the struggle, Shadow saved his creator, and Emerl was locked away.

Shadow feels that he and Emerl are similar both in personality and what their hearts desire. They were both created and discovered by Gerald Robotnik, respectively, and Shadow felt a connection to Emerl. He initially told Sonic that Emerl was meant to be a weapon of war, yet Rouge stated that Emerl still has feelings for living beings, feelings that he can understand. Shadow's relationship with the Biolizard has changed drastically throughout his adventures. When they seemingly first met during the Space Colony ARK incident, Shadow showed no remorse to the Biolizard, even calling it an "ugly prototype" after beating the tortured creature into submission.

Later, during their second encounter, Shadow showed much more pity for the Biolizard, calling it a "tortured soul" and declaring that he would end its suffering, even encouraging it not to exert itself during their battle. Still, he did not hesitate to clash with the Biolizard once it showed aggression. It should be noted that this was only the case in the English version of Shadow Generations: The Japanese version had him retaining his overall contempt for the Biolizard during the second encounter.

Gerald Robotnik's grandson, Dr. Eggman is one of Shadow's worst enemies, and the two have opposed each other at several points. Their first meeting was during the Space Colony ARK incident, where the scientist liberated Shadow from his stasis capsule on Prison Island, thus making the latter grant him one wish in gratitude. In reality, Shadow used his creator's grandson's ambitions to carry his revenge against the world for Maria's death. The hedgehog would stick with Eggman for the remainder of that incident, until his supposed death after defeating the Finalhazard with Super Sonic. In the aftermath, the one who rescued Shadow turned out to be none other than Eggman himself, who later put him in a stasis capsule in one of his bases. Following Shadow's unexpected release, Eggman would take advantage of his amnesia to gaslight him into believing that he was just a copy of himself and that the real Shadow was dead to turn him back to his side. After the Black Arms incident, Shadow became another thorn in Eggman's side, despite not being an intermediate member of Sonic's group of friends. It is proven that the black hedgehog cares very little about the doctor's safety if it has nothing to do with him or his teammates, but will nevertheless team up with him if a greater threat arises. In truth though, he just does not like it when anyone, the scientist included, does something he sees as foolish or harmful, causing him to go against him if needed. Shadow sees Eggman as a menace to the world, despite working with him in the past. After the events of the Eggman War, Shadow spent a month searching for him to finish him off before he could be a threat. Once he found him as the amnesiac Mr. Tinker, Shadow was prepared to kill him until Sonic appealed to his merciful nature. Shadow would regret showing leniency towards the doctor once he returned to his old self, and after the Metal Virus was destroyed, Shadow would once again look to fighting off the Eggman Empire by himself.

Shadow and Sonic the Hedgehog are both rivals and allies, as well as the virtual equal of one another. At first, Shadow tried to disregard Sonic, believing him to be a "fake hedgehog", but Sonic's quips quickly sparked a mutual rivalry between the two throughout Sonic Adventure 2. Throughout the game, the feats that Sonic accomplished, such as surviving Eggman's death trap, and learning Chaos Control, impressed Shadow, and he began to respect Sonic, giving him his props and asking for his identity before the final battle between the two began. Since meeting each other, their rivalry has developed, and while it is now usually friendly, thanks to Shadow's reformation, the two can still occasionally be at odds.

Despite their differences, Shadow and Sonic have helped each other out on several occasions and clearly care about each other to some extent. Shadow helped Sonic defeat Metal Sonic in Sonic Heroes, and during the Solaris incident, Shadow voluntarily allied Team Dark with Team Sonic to return both teams to their proper time period as well as saved Sonic from Silver the Hedgehog's second attempt on his life. He later showed actual grief when Sonic died at the hands of Mephilis and stated to Silver that they could not defeat Solaris without his help. In Sonic Colors, he clearly shows some concern for Sonic's safety as well. Additionally, he helped motivate Sonic to defeat the Time Eater during that incident and attended Sonic's birthday party afterward despite his grief from his own White Space incident. He seemed concerned for Sonic when Infinite mentioned that he would use his newfound power against him and raced to save him at the beginning of Sonic Forces, but he was unfortunately too late. Shadow later succeeded, though, in saving Sonic from a Phantom Copy of himself in Sunset Heights, despite the blue hedgehog's initial suspicions about the situation, and they fought alongside each other for the rest of the war. When Sonic was found tranquilized with a dropping heart rate at Amy Rose's birthday party, Shadow helped Vector the Crocodile get him into a comfortable position and nurse him back to health, again showing a genuine concern for his rival's well-being. Overall, while the two still are at odds because of their conflicting views, there is also a mutual respect between them. They are both willing to put their differences aside for the greater good and help each other when needed. In recent games, Shadow is more confident about Sonic doing what is right, and Sonic has more faith in Shadow's choices as well.

If there is one thing that can be said about Shadow and Sonic, it is that they are some of the only people who can get up close and personal with each other. Because of the high performance of both Shadow and Sonic in terms of their physical abilities and their thoughts, there are not many who can keep up with them. Also, there are fewer still of the ones who, despite their rejection, are able to persist, to offer opinions, to meddle, or to stand in their way and try to stop each other like those two can. In fact, Sonic is perhaps the only person who can get so up close and personal with Shadow as he can say something to him that reaches his heart (though it often does not). In a sense, Sonic's kind of presence is troublesome to Shadow, but it is also one of the most important ones. They help each other grow and push them to be better. However, while Sonic is receptive to hearing things that strike a little close to home, from Shadow's point of view, Sonic is a real pain. Regardless of much of an impact they each have on each other, the two of them both share the philosophy of following their hearts' desires, which makes them collide with each other, cross paths with each other, and sometimes alternate between allies and enemies. Despite their uneasy relationship, Shadow is willing to put aside his annoyance towards Sonic in some situations and help him; he just does not want to dwell on his motivations for doing so later on. Shadow has also been known to listen to Sonic's advice and arguments, and he even ponders about them more deeply at times, knowing that as the Ultimate Life Form, he cannot allow himself to make mistakes.

Rouge the Bat is one of Shadow's closest friends and companions. The two are teammates in Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes, and they often work together during mission stages. Despite the fact that the pair have not casually spent much time together, they still greatly appreciate and respect one another. Rouge and Omega are shown to be the two who Shadow cares about and appreciates the most. Rouge is certainly one of, if not the closest person for Shadow to interact with. Shadow was implied to have at least heard of her before their formal meeting onboard the Space Colony ARK, as Shadow responds: "Now I know who you are! You're that government spy, Rouge the Bat, aren't you!" when stumbling upon her true intentions at the controls of the Eclipse Cannon. In Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow saved her life when Rouge was trapped in Security Hall, though when she questioned him about his actions later aboard the ARK, he told her he only returned for the Chaos Emeralds that she had acquired. However, it is still unknown if he didn't lie; Rouge teased that this wasn't "the whole story." Their conversation was then interrupted by Dr. Eggman. It's also implied via the repeated images of Maria during that time that he saved Rouge partly because he compared Rouge's situation to that of Maria's last moments. In Sonic Heroes, Shadow saves Rouge from Omega's fire even when not remembering her. Later, when they find a broken Shadow Android, Rouge looks over to Shadow with pity and asks, "Shadow...?" in a sympathetic mannerism, while he simply dismisses the situation. Later, when Rouge mentioned intending to steal Knuckles' Master Emerald, Shadow replied "Some things never change, do they?", implying that he regained enough of his memory to remember her rivalry with Knuckles' Master Emerald.

In Sonic Battle, Rouge lets Shadow stay with her at Club Rouge when he is injured during a fight at the Gimme Shelter. When Shadow is dreaming and an image of Rouge appears and he whispers, "Ally." After he regains consciousness Rouge seems somewhat offended when he does not thank her for helping him. Upon finding out she saved him, Shadow thanks her. In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Shadow shows he is protective of Rouge's well-being. He showed this once when catching her from a fall after she was momentarily knocked out by one of Dr. Eggman's robots, and again when he jumps in front of her after Iblis takes them all by surprise. When Omega reveals to Shadow that he is the one who traps him in the future; Rouge tells Shadow, "Even if you believe the entire world will be against you, know that I will always remain by your side... Remember that..." Shadow pauses, then strongly replies, "I will." However, this event was erased along with the rest of the events within the game after the "future was reversed." Nonetheless, it is implied in Sonic Forces that she ultimately stayed true to that claim and maintained contact with Shadow while he was still assumed to have gone rogue due to his Phantom Copy. This is evidenced by how when reconvening with Rouge, he asks her about whether she found what he had requested earlier. In Sonic Rivals, after Shadow saves Rouge from Eggman Nega, Rouge tries to convince him to going treasure hunting with her and suggests the two "take a peek" into their own future using Eggman Nega's device. Shadow declines and the story ends with Rouge still trying to convince Shadow to join her in hunting for the remaining cards.

In Sonic Rivals 2, their encounter was less than friendly from their previous ones to separate the fact their overall relationship seems to be more partner-focused when they ally for the occasion. Shadow is consistently trying to stop Rouge and Knuckles from reaching the Chaos Emeralds at all costs, seeking to manipulate the Chaos-tracking device from Rouge. Rouge tells Shadow that he can trust her and Shadow tells her about the Ifrit. When Rouge mentions her client, Shadow demands to know who her client is, but Rouge refuses against him, leading him to yell after for her to, "get back here." When Shadow catches up to her, Rouge still refuses to tell him about her client as Shadow mildly threatens her, and then she trips him over and replies that he was being "clumsy," and he growls, "Why you...!" The conversation then devolves into a fight between the two, proving that although they may be on good terms sometimes, that does not mean that they let each other get in the way of their goals. In Sonic Free Riders, both Shadow and Rouge appear as Team Dark along with E-10000B. Their main focus during the game is winning the treasure and prize money. Unlike in previous games, Shadow seems perfectly content with helping Rouge obtain the treasure she covets. Even though they would be considered closer than any of Shadow's other allies, he rarely spends time with her outside of their missions. Rouge has come to understand Shadow's dislike for wasting time but becomes annoyed by his often disregard for caution and lack of planning when handling situations on his own. Shadow also has a habit of not always listening to Rouge while on missions in spite of Rouge's good intentions for him. Sometimes, however, Rouge is the only one who can reason with him.

Shadow has been known to trust Omega as a partner in his missions, though with a mutual understanding of both of them being seen as weapons used for destruction. However, their relationship goes beyond their seemingly gruff, aloof, and mighty exteriors, revealing a trusting, mutual friendship between the two. As stated by Rouge, the two "go together like chili and hot dogs." This relationship is first shown when Shadow looks out for Omega in Sonic Heroes halfway into the game. This was also shown in Shadow the Hedgehog when Shadow willingly helped Omega in Iron Jungle and Lava Shelter. In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Shadow is the one who first spots the deactivated Omega, 200 years into the future. Shadow shows real sadness at the sight of this, as Rouge has to force him to continue moving. Both Shadow and Rouge were somewhat saddened by Omega being reprogrammed to hunt down Shadow in the future, due to Shadow being seen as too strong of a lifeform, causing humanity to fear him. Eventually, by the time of arriving in White Space, Omega would admit he likes Shadow due to his merciless and pragmatic way of dealing with things, and additionally confess that he's found his time with Rouge and Shadow to be "agreeable", despite trust not coming easy for the bot. Before Shadow's confrontation with Black Doom, Omega voices a complete belief in Shadow to win. He knows he can count on Omega to do his job to the best of his ability, leaving the two on good terms allowing them to get along quite well and coordinate in the fight. Shadow even later trusts Omega with the safety of Gerald and Maria despite knowing how much Omega loathes the idea of not being able to fight, yet Omega accomplishes this task to the letter despite some brief disapproval. Though Omega feels the same way about Shadow and voices trust in him, however, he will not hesitate to fight Shadow should he become hostile; when Shadow became a Zombot, Omega was ready to subdue him.

Black Doom is Shadow's greatest enemy by far. The relationship between the two may have been brief, but it has played a significant role in Shadow's life. Shadow was made from Black Doom's blood, in a deal between the alien and Professor Gerald; this technically makes Black Doom Shadow's biological father. Black Doom constantly follows Shadow throughout the game, trying to get him to see what he believed to be the truth about humanity and that they needed to be punished. Even after Shadow opposes him several times, Black Doom will still insist on trying to get Shadow to join him, turn on humanity and see things his way. Regardless of the path taken during gameplay, Shadow defeats Black Doom and destroys the Black Comet along with the Black Arms. Throughout the events of Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom cares nothing about him and is only interested in his power. He also shows strong disapproval and demands extreme loyalty and respect from him, especially when he shows opposition to him. He also doesn't tolerate any kind of mistake or failure, no matter how difficult the task on Shadow's part may be. In the end, Shadow refused to aid him and decided to put an end to his biological father and his "offspring" after learning of the nature of his plans. In Shadow Generations, still intent on having Shadow aid him in delivering the "Promised Time" to him, he forcibly imbues Shadow with Doom Powers, crafting Shadow into the "perfect warrior" so he claim his mind, body and soul and become perfect as well. His plan, however, marks his total demise when Shadow grows too strong for him to handle, and Black Doom was destroyed once and for all by his biological son.

Mephiles the Dark is one of Shadow's deadliest enemies. When they first met, Shadow, due to not having sealed Mephiles away yet at that time, expressed a sense of familiarity despite not knowing who he was, before Mephiles sent him to the future. In Shadow's second meeting with Mephiles, he tried to convince Shadow to turn against humanity, but Shadow refused. After the battle, Shadow tried to collect some information about Mephiles to stop him, which led him to investigate Mephiles' origin at the Solaris Project ten years ago. There, Shadow sealed Mephiles in the Scepter of Darkness shortly after his birth, where Mephiles swore that he would remember Shadow and that he would kill him. This made Shadow realize how Mephiles knew him and why he was obsessed with him. Shadow later faced Mephiles in Dusty Desert where Mephiles tried to convince him to join his cause, but Shadow saw through his deceit and proclaimed he knew that Mephiles only craved destruction. After Shadow failed to seal Mephiles, Mephiles tried to confuse him by asking why he wanted to save humanity when they would persecute him, but Shadow proclaimed he would always keep fighting. Solaris and Mephiles were both later erased from existence, resulting in the erasure of Shadow's relationship with Mephiles. During the Time Eater incident, Shadow found Mephiles but because he was erased from history, the black hedgehog didn't even know who he was, though nevertheless resolved to stop him due to sensing him to be a threat and when Mephiles was defeated, Shadow told him that there was no future for him.

Shadow and Silver the Hedgehog have a complex relationship, respecting one another's abilities while maintaining a stubborn rivalry. The two first met during the Solaris incident, when Shadow stopped Silver, who mistook him for Mephiles, from killing Sonic. After their fight, Shadow invited Silver to travel back in time via Dual Chaos Control to learn the truth about Iblis, Mephiles, and the Solaris Project. Shadow seemed impressed by Silver's powers and determination; more specifically how he was able to induce Chaos Control. Keeping in mind that Shadow rarely concerns himself with others and prefers to work alone, it is notable how quickly he took Silver under his wing to set him on the correct path. When they reunite in Last Episode, Shadow accepts Silver's plan to defeat Solaris at all points in time, only noting they would need Sonic's help to do so.

Since the events regarding Solaris were erased, Silver and Shadow would not meet again until their encaounter on Onyx Island in Sonic Rivals. At first, Shadow did not trust Silver's intentions for Dr. Eggman nor his speculation regarding his identity, repeatedly defending the doctor from him. After realizing that he was right, the two helped each other in the Meteor Base. During the the events of Sonic Rivals 2, however, they are not allies despite both knowing Eggman Nega is the true mastermind yet again; they fight each other at some points due to Silver's intolerance for interference and both choosing not to convey their goals. In Shadow Generations, Shadow is reminded of Silver when speaking to Gerald about the effects of time travel.

Initially, Shadow did not hate humanity and promised his best friend Maria to give them a chance to live happy lives. However, his opinion about them changed after G.U.N. killed Maria and he came to loathe humanity itself for what they did to her. After his reawakening, the hedgehog planned to destroy humanity, thinking he had promised his friend revenge against them for her death. However, when he remembered his true promise, he cast aside his vendetta and risked his life to save humanity.

After becoming amnesiac, Shadow did not care for humanity, even regarding them as pathetic and held no sympathy towards them. However, when he regained some of his memories, he once again chose to protect humanity to keep his promise to Maria, out of his own volition. He has as well gained his own desire to bring hope to humanity, though he has misgivings about them[30] and holds a personal dislike towards them.[7] In his encounters with Mephiles during the Solaris incident, the hedgehog proclaimed that if someday the world chooses to become his enemy, then he will fight like he always has, showing that it is up to humanity to decide whether he is their enemy or not.

Miles "Tails" Prower and Shadow were at first enemies in Sonic Adventure 2 because Shadow was impersonating Sonic and got him thrown in jail on Prison Island. Towards the end of the game, they became allies when they had to save the planet from the Space Colony ARK. For the most part Shadow and Tails' relationship seems to depend on their goals, especially due to the latter being the closest ally of Sonic, Shadow's antithesis. The two are on opposing sides in Sonic Heroes, Sonic Battle, and Sonic Rivals 2.

In Sonic Heroes they fought very briefly because Shadow and Rouge had provoked Team Sonic into fighting them; Tails, in possible concern for his amnesia, asked Shadow if he remembered them. In Sonic Battle, Shadow and Tails fought at the end of Tails' Story because Tails resisted giving up Emerl to Shadow. Shadow threatened Tails that he would have to give Emerl up or else they would fight for him, Tails admitted that he admires Shadow's spirit but would not give up in a fight. When Tails won the fight, Shadow warned him that he would be back again to get Emerl, but Rouge showed up and told Shadow to go back to Night Babylon. In Sonic Rivals 2. Shadow and Metal Sonic confronted Tails and Sonic because they were all going after Eggman. Shadow and Knuckles the Echidna have not interacted much, but at times they are either loose allies or bitter rivals. In Sonic Adventure 2, they didn't have much interaction, but they were indirectly enemies at first and then worked together to save the world from Space Colony ARK. The first real fight between them happened in Sonic Heroes, although Shadow didn't remember Knuckles at the time. After the fight, Knuckles jokingly mentioned that they might have fought Shadow's ghost. In Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles appears in Glyphic Canyon, Central City, and Black Comet stages asking for Shadow's help in Hero missions. In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), he and Shadow loosely worked together again for a time in order to return to the present. Shadow and Knuckles appear to have some bitter resentment towards each other as seen in Sonic Rivals, when Shadow bluntly pointed out that Knuckles was useless for his shortcomings while retaining an indifferent attitude towards his challenges, and Knuckles seemed to be irritated by Shadow's presence. Knuckles seems to have a bit of a disliking towards Shadow, mostly because he finds him complacent and smug.

Additionally, Knuckles is not fond of Shadow's egotistical tendencies, which is seen in Sonic Free Riders when he says, "I see your ego's as big as ever, Shadow," in a rather annoyed tone. Shadow and Amy Rose have not interacted much with each other throughout the series. In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy first meets Shadow when she mistakes him for Sonic and hugs him from behind, while Shadow remains still after having been briefly caught off-guard by her touch. He also does not shake her off or resort to violence. When Amy senses the lack of a reaction, she releases him, causing him to glance back at her. Amy demands his name when she realizes that he is not Sonic, but Shadow continues to glare at her quietly. After Amy notices Dr. Eggman, she also realizes the mistake she has made, and runs off screaming. During this, Shadow simply tilts his head when she is out of range as Dr. Eggman tells the team that he'll take care of Amy. Later in the game aboard the ARK, Amy meets Shadow again and this time begs Shadow to save the world. At first, Shadow simply replies that it is pointless, but then Amy points out that despite people sometimes being selfish, they were still inwardly good and that saving them was right. Because of this, Shadow suddenly has a flashback of Maria begging Shadow to make people happy. When Shadow comes to his senses he goes off to fight the Biolizard, determinedly and softly telling Amy that he has to keep his promise to "Maria... and [her]."

Amy was also the only one to see Shadow's tear after he remembered that Maria wanted him to save the people that live on earth. During Sonic Battle, Amy shows excitement and concern upon hearing Shadow's survival through Rouge, but quickly becomes angry when Rouge will not tell her why he's there.

During Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow can choose to assist Amy in helping find Cream the Rabbit and Cheese, and have her fight alongside the player during the stage and in the boss battle, but this time, there is no reward in return. Also, at the end of Shadow the Hedgehog, Amy shows an odd amount of faith and admiration for Shadow, regardless of him being Sonic's rival. When Rouge expresses concern for Shadow following the destruction of the Black Comet, Amy reassures her with her hands clasped and a cheerful smile on her face, "I'm sure he's fine, Rouge! After all, he is Shadow!" which further displays her positive outlook on the black hedgehog and her general optimism. In The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow seems mindful of Amy, as upon realizing he had arrived to Amy's birthday party without a gift to give her, he goes out of his way to buy himself as much time as possible so that he could buy her a gift discreetly. He's a bit annoyed his efforts are for nothing when Amy does find out his intentions, but Amy is beyond flattered he'd go this far to get her a gift.