: Created as a medical cure but utilized as a weapon of war, Shadow is frequently analyzed through the lens of being "born broken".
: Shadow is one of the few Sonic characters shown to experience deep grief, famously shedding a tear while recalling Maria Robotnik's death. Shadow the Hedgehog Lost Track "Broken"
: Much of his dialogue in the 2005 Shadow the Hedgehog game centers on his status as a "research experiment gone deadly wrong" and his struggle to find a reason for his existence. : Created as a medical cure but utilized