History WebVideo / ProjectShadow

** In a brief montage of Shadow and Maria living on the Space Colony, Shadow speedily sketches various pieces of art in his pad. One of the drawings is a comically angry looking sketch of Shadow, based on the similar memetic panel from ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' issue #1,where Shadow makes the same face at Marine while she [[BackingAwaySlowly backs away with a nervous look on her face]].

Both versions were released on December 16th, 2023 on [[https://www.youtube.com/@JoaoFilipeSantiago João Filipe's official YouTube Channel]]. You can view the original Portuguese version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnWEKIugkc here]] and the English Dub [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BIB865_Jio here]].

** When Shadow is shown drawing various images in a notebook, in the top left is the [[https://twitter.com/TheRealJTTium/status/1634660923246870528 memetic face]] he made in ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' Issue #1.

** In a brief montage of Shadow and Maria living on the Space Colony, Shadow speedily sketches various pieces of art in his pad. One of the things that can be seen is a comically angry looking sketch of Shadow from ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Universe]]'' issue #1, where Shadow makes the same face at Marine while she [[BackingAwaySlowly backs away with a nervous look on her face]].

* TheCameo: In the English Dub, Creator/MikePollock, the voice of Dr. Eggman[=/=]Robotnik himself (as well as Gerald Robotnik) in the games, plays the narrator of the Air-Shoes commercial.

* TheUltimateLifeform: Deconstructed. While he is exactly as powerful as Professor Gerald intended, it results in Shadow having a tough time controlling his power.

** In the fake commercial where Shadow is presented with the Air Shoes, Shadow can be seen animated running with them, while looking at the viewer with a speech bubble that says "Air Shoes", which is similar to a joke in ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'' where Shadow corrects Sonic about him calling his shoes rollerskates.

* BittersweetEnding: To be expected, given which character the film is about. [[spoiler:Shadow succesfully escapes the ARK via an escape pod, but watches his best friend Maria be shot by a G.U.N. Soldier right in front of him, and he is left distraught as the pod heads to Earth. We also see a video recording of Gerald in a prison cell commenting about the incident and how Shadow will eventually claim revenge on the world]]. By the time Shadow is on Earth, he is hardened, cynical, and ready to take his revenge.

* TheCameo: In the English Dub, Creator/MikePollock, the voice of Dr. Eggman[=/=]Robotnik himself (as well as Gerald Robotnik) in the games, plays the narrator of an Air-Shoes commercial.

* SayMyName: Shadow does this to Maria [[spoiler:when she is shot by the G.U.N. soldier]].
* TheStinger: As mentioned above, the film ends with Shadow looking below at a city... [[spoiler:but turns around as he hears a voice and [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog a familiar symbol is reflected on his eyes, with a deep demonic voice speaking to him]]]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Black Doom''': Looks like he didn't tell you everything.]]

* SuperSpeed: Even before getting his Air Shoes, Shadow is shown to be as fast as Sonic such as when he fixes Maria's hair for her in the morning in seconds.

** When Gerald reacts in shock to Shadow's Chaos powers being unleashed on the target he says "I wasn't expecting that... but I wasn't expecting not to expect something so... it doesn't count," [[CallForward much like his grandson]] would in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.

** Gerald Robotnik reversed engineered chaos energy from a shard of the Master Emerald to create artificial sources of chaos in the form of the Chaos Drives. The Chaos Drives are a consumable item dropped from G.U.N robots in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' to be used for Chao growth.

* SuperSoldier: The Ultimate Lifeform project was created to make an unstoppable defender of the United Nations. When Professor Gerald shifted focus to replicating Shadow's HealingFactor for Maria and started treating Shadow more like a family member then a weapon, [[spoiler:G.U.N. decided he was compromised and raided the Ark to take Shadow and Gerald by force to get their promised soldier.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: A piano version of "I Am... All of Me" from Shadow's titular game usually plays in quiet scenes when talking to Maria or Gerald.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Shadow goes through this as his capsule flees to earth, as he just saw Maria, his best friend, get mortally shot]].

''Project Shadow'' is a FanFilm written and directed by Brazilian Filmmaker João Filipe Santiago and made in collaboration with Fresh Filmes and Dubrasil, a brazilian dubbing studio.

The film retells the origin story of the Ultimate Lifeform himself, [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogShadowTheHedgehog Shadow The Hedgehog]] in live action. It explores his life within the ARK, his relationships with Gerald and Maria Robotnik and the tragic incident with G.U.N. We also get to see Shadow slowly gaining his powers and his rollerskates... um, we mean, airshoes. The film stars Adriano Lima as Dr. Gerald Robotnik, Ayala Mariane as Maria, and Bruno Sangregório as Shadow himself.

The film got a lot of attention not only because of the premise itself, but also because many were amazed at how good the quality of the film was for a Fan Film, managing to become famous within the Sonic Fan community, which only increased when João Filipe announced that there would also be an English Dub, witha possibility for a Spanish one depending on the film's reception. After auditions took place, the role of Shadow was given to Giovanni Salazar, who's known on Website/{{YouTube}} and Social Media as {{RandomGoonVO}}.

* BittersweetEnding: To be expected, given which character the film is about. [[spoiler: Shadow succesfully escapes the ARK via an escapepod, but watches his best friend Maria be shot by a G.U.N. Soldier right in front of him, and he is left disthraught as the pod heads to Earth. We also see a video recording of Gerald in a prison cell commenting about the incident and how Shadow will eventually claim revenge on the world]].

* TheCameo: In the English Dub, Creator/MikePollock, Dr. Robotnik himself, plays the narrator of an Air-Shoes commercial.
* TheStinger: As mentioned aboved, the film ends with Shadow looking below at a city... [[spoiler: but turns around as he hears a voice and [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog a familiar symbol is reflected on his eyes.]] ]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Black Doom''': Looks like he didn't tell you everything.]]

The film retells the origin story of the Ultimate Lifeform himself, [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogShadowTheHedgehog Shadow The Hedgehog] in live action. It explores his life within the ARK, his relationships with Gerald and Maria Robotnik and the tragic incident with G.U.N. We also get to see Shadow slowly gaining his powers and his rollerskates... um, we mean, airshoes. The film stars Adriano Lima as Dr. Gerald Robotnik, Ayala Mariane as Maria, and Bruno Sangregório as Shadow himself.

* {{Bookends}}: The film both starts and ends with an InMediaRes many years in the future with Shadow looking below at a city.

The film retells the origin story of the Ultimate Lifeform himself, [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogShadowTheHedgehog Shadow The Hedgehog]], within the universe of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 film]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 adaptations]]. It explores his life within the ARK, his relationships with Gerald and Maria Robotnik and the tragic incident with G.U.N. We also get to see Shadow slowly gaining his powers and his rollerskates... um, we mean, airshoes. The film stars Adriano Lima as Dr. Gerald Robotnik, Ayala Mariane as Maria, and Bruno Sangregório as Shadow himself.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Inverted. In the film's canon, G.U.N. was formed ''after'' the events of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 first movie]], while in the Fan Film, it existed when Shadow was first created, [[TruerToTheText which is how it actually was in the games]].

* Bookends: The film both starts and ends with a MediaRes many years in the future with Shadow looking below at a city.

* TheStinger: As mentioned aboved, the film ends with Shadow looking below at a city... [[spoiler: but turns around as he hears a voice and [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog a familiar symbol is reflected on his eyes]] ]].

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Inverted. In the film's canon, G.U.N. was formed ''after'' the events of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 first movie]], while in the Fan Film, it existed when Shadow was first created, [[TruerToTheText which is how it actually was in the games]]