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* LostInShadow : This is the point of the game, more or less.
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* EccoTheDolphin : Defender of the Future has a level where you run across dolphin shadows that have no dolphins.
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*** During early wolf-outside-twilight sections of the game, you can see her shadow riding Link's shadow...but there's no physical Midna on Link's back to match.
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*The ''FridayThe13thTheSeries'' episode "Shadow Boxer" revolves around a pair of cursed boxing gloves allow a washed up boxer to bring his shadow to life. While the boxer was in the ring, the shadow would murder someone while the gloves granted the boxer a surge of strength, allowing him to win any fight he entered.
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** ''Unfortunately?''
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* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosDaughter Prospero Lost]]'', the barghests combine this trope with HellHound.

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* SergioAragones' "The Shadow Knows" strips for ''MadMagazine'' depict people's shadows acting out their secret fantasies.

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* SergioAragones' [=~Sergio Aragonés~=]' "The Shadow Knows" strips for ''MadMagazine'' depict people's shadows acting out their secret fantasies.



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** And the title -- thing in "The Slithering Shadow"
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* In Nigeria, the Yoruba people believe that a person has at least three spiritual beings. One of them, the Ojiji, is a shadow that follows its owner and awaits his return in heaven when he dies.

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* In Nigeria, the Yoruba people believe that a person has at least three spiritual beings. One of them, the Ojiji, is a shadow that follows its owner and awaits his return in heaven when he dies.
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* In the Roman mythology ghosts were usually jet-black, and resembled living shadows.
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* A good variety of these in {{Neopets}}; Perhaps the oldest example is the mysterious Shadow Usul.

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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "Shadows in the Moonlight" this is ''one'' of the problems.
-->''Far below her something moved. It was as if a black shadow detached itself from the gulf of shadows below her. It moved slowly up the sheer face of the cliff--a vague bulk, shapeless in the semi-darkness. ''
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** More recent studies have suggested that this and similar/related phenomenon such as dopplegangers and out of body experiences are a result of, more or less, a part of the brain misfiring. Essentially, the part of the brain that's responsible for spacial self-awareness (ie how the brain knows where your hands are and how you're positioned so it can do basic things like walk and put your finger on your nose) can, if stimulated, result in the brain being fooled that you are, in effect, somewhere else such as three feet behind and to your left. Consequentially, the rest of the brain tries to reconcile the fact by freaking out even more.
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* The Illegals in ''DennouCoil'' resemble living shadows, especially the humanoid Nulls.

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* The Illegals in ''DennouCoil'' resemble living shadows, especially the humanoid Nulls.
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* The Nara Clan of {{Naruto}}, which includes [[TheShikamaru Shikamaru]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Nara]], can utilize shadows as weapons for binding, [[PeoplePuppets controlling]], impaling, strangling, or other manipulations. Jiraiya, who is unrelated to that clan but is the main character's mentor, has a similar skill that can cause him to merge with someone's shadow, controlling them.
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* Shadow-powered GoldenAge DC villain Ian Karkull; lately he has been [[MindScrew messing]] with AntiHero Obsidian, who can also become a LivingShadow. In SupermanTheAnimatedSeries, he was reimagined as a CosmicHorror simply known as Karkull.

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* Shadow-powered GoldenAge [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] DC villain Ian Karkull; lately he has been [[MindScrew messing]] with AntiHero Obsidian, who can also become a LivingShadow. In SupermanTheAnimatedSeries, he was reimagined as a CosmicHorror simply known as Karkull.
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* In ''JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'' it's revealed that [[spoiler: Childermass can transform himself into a shadow, having learned something during his years of service to the magician Norrell.]]
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** Additionally, one of the Epic Tier Arcane Familiars is the Shadow Incarnate. It is implied to actually be the caster's shadow separated from them, and once per encounter it can be used to determine line of sight, effect, etc. for your arcane spells.

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** Additionally, in 4th Edition, one of the Epic Tier Arcane Familiars is the Shadow Incarnate. It is implied to actually be the caster's shadow separated from them, and once per encounter it can be used to determine line of sight, effect, etc. for your arcane spells.
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* The plot of Wes Craven's ''They'' involved living shadows.

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* The plot of Wes Craven's ''They'' ''{{They}}'' involved living shadows.
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* Some {{Pokemon}} (mostly ghost types) can turn into moving shadows to evade attack. In one of the movies, Darkrai did this ''a lot'', much to Ash's frustration.

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* Some {{Pokemon}} (mostly ghost types) can turn into moving shadows to evade attack. In one of the movies, Darkrai did this ''a lot'', much to Ash's frustration.
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* The Illegals in ''DennouCoil'' resemble living shadows, especially the humanoid Nulls.

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Not to be confused with a ShadowArchetype, which isn't usually a LivingShadow, or with FightingAShadow.

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Not to be confused with a ShadowArchetype, which isn't usually a LivingShadow, or with FightingAShadow.FightingAShadow, or LovingAShadow (which may happen with a LivingShadow, but is not necessary.)
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** Mind you, this is supposed to be a reference to the Jungian Shadow, not the physical absence of light.
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* Shades from Karen Marie Moning's ''Fever'' series are low-caste Unseelie which hunt at night and drain their victims until there's nothing left except clothing and the dehydrated remains of whatever they couldn't eat.

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* Shades from Karen Marie Moning's ''Fever'' series ''FeverSeries'' are low-caste Unseelie which hunt at night and drain their victims until there's nothing left except clothing and the dehydrated remains of whatever they couldn't eat.
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* GeorgeMacDonald was apparently fond of this trope. A dark shadow attaches itself to the protagonist in ''Phantastes'', causing him to suffer a severe depression. They play a more benevolent role in a short story entitled "The Shadows," in which they cast themselves on walls to comfort the bereaved, amuse children, inspire musicians, and confront guilty parties with their misdeeds.

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* GeorgeMacDonald was apparently fond of this trope. A dark shadow attaches itself to the protagonist in In ''Phantastes'', a dark shadow attaches itself to the protagonist, causing him to suffer a severe depression. They play a more benevolent role in a short story entitled "The Shadows," in which they cast themselves on walls to comfort the bereaved, amuse children, inspire musicians, and confront guilty parties with their misdeeds.
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* GeorgeMacDonald was apparently fond of this trope. A dark shadow attaches itself to the protagonist in ''Phantastes'', causing him to suffer a severe depression. They play a more benevolent role in a short story entitled "The Shadows," in which they cast themselves on walls to comfort the bereaved, amuse children, inspire musicians, and confront guilty parties with their misdeeds.
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* Of [[TheTaleOfGavenMorren The Shadows of Miir]], only Despair really fits this trope. The other Shadows are more like TheFairFolk.

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* Of [[TheTaleOfGavenMorren [[Literature/TheTaleOfTheExile The Shadows of Miir]], only Despair really fits this trope. The other Shadows are more like TheFairFolk.

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* There is a game coming out on the Wii where a boy's shadow is torn from him and thrown to the bottom of the tower they're standing on. You play as the shadow trying to reach his person. One of the few cases where a shadow is good, I think.

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** In fact, [[spoiler: the quote at the top of the page is said by the man's shadow about the man to third parties.]]

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** In fact, [[spoiler: the quote at the top of the page is said Adapted into a play by the man's Russian playwriter Eugeny Shwartz (and later into two movies). The concept of living shadow about is decontructed - when the man Shadow becomes the king and orders its former master beheaded,[[spoiler: it loses its own head. Its henchmen are forced to third parties.]]ressurect the writer but the Shadow is nevertheless exposed and dethroned.]]



* There are shadows that hunt you on ''PlanescapeTorment''. They're actually [[spoiler:people who have died in order for you to live on]].
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Not to be confused with a ShadowArchetype, which isn't usually a LivingShadow.

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Not to be confused with a ShadowArchetype, which isn't usually a LivingShadow.LivingShadow, or with FightingAShadow.
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** Additionally, one of the Epic Tier Arcane Familiars is the Shadow Incarnate. It is implied to actually be the caster's shadow separated from them, and once per encounter it can be used to determine line of sight, effect, etc. for your arcane spells.

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