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A funny Shadow The Hedgehog realisation
5 months ago
*POOF*
I'm Mister Meeseeks! Look at me!
I'm Mister Meeseeks! Look at me!
Random thought formed from my weird OCD brain while browsing the internet vis-a-vis the resident Edge-hog.
To give some background; there's been a little crossover event between DC comics and Sega pairing up various Sonic characters and DC characters; Sonic with The Flash, Amy with Wonder Woman etc. Shadow of course got paired with Batman; definitely fits personality-type and backstory wise; brooding, defined by a tragic event in their past, dark colour palette etc. Wouldn't even be the first time we've gotten weirdly specific in-universe trivia about the Sonic cast like Tails' favourite candy being mint or indeed Shadow's favourite anime canonically being Kill-La-Kill.
Anyway; that being said, my OCD pinball machine of a brain went to work in the background and spat out a funny realisation:
- Data point 1 - Shadow likes Batman; makes sense for reasons above; could easily see that, he has to have some interests and afore-mentioned anime apparently included.
- Data point 2 - Shadow's backstory inherently involves a time skip: usually a nebulous "50 years"; which in the early 2000s/2010s would place his origins around the 50s/60s... but now would place the story more around the 70s as shown in the third Sonic movie.
Weird Conclusion: Assuming Shadow's enjoyment of Batman predates the time skip; it wouldn't actually be the post-1980s, Frank Miller-influenced "dark knight" Batman, or the 90s/00s divine era of Kevin Conroy DCAU Batman that Shadow grew up with. It would have to be something chronologically appropriate; so, the earlier Golden Age comics ones where Batman is much more influenced by The Shadow (Huh, look at that), or the Silver Age comics... or... Statistically... far more likely...
...
Adam West's 60s-era TV series...
My brain is now firmly affixed on the mental image of Smol Shadow and Maria watching the 60s Batman series on an old CRT TV... You're welcome, and I'm sorry.
To give some background; there's been a little crossover event between DC comics and Sega pairing up various Sonic characters and DC characters; Sonic with The Flash, Amy with Wonder Woman etc. Shadow of course got paired with Batman; definitely fits personality-type and backstory wise; brooding, defined by a tragic event in their past, dark colour palette etc. Wouldn't even be the first time we've gotten weirdly specific in-universe trivia about the Sonic cast like Tails' favourite candy being mint or indeed Shadow's favourite anime canonically being Kill-La-Kill.
Anyway; that being said, my OCD pinball machine of a brain went to work in the background and spat out a funny realisation:
- Data point 1 - Shadow likes Batman; makes sense for reasons above; could easily see that, he has to have some interests and afore-mentioned anime apparently included.
- Data point 2 - Shadow's backstory inherently involves a time skip: usually a nebulous "50 years"; which in the early 2000s/2010s would place his origins around the 50s/60s... but now would place the story more around the 70s as shown in the third Sonic movie.
Weird Conclusion: Assuming Shadow's enjoyment of Batman predates the time skip; it wouldn't actually be the post-1980s, Frank Miller-influenced "dark knight" Batman, or the 90s/00s divine era of Kevin Conroy DCAU Batman that Shadow grew up with. It would have to be something chronologically appropriate; so, the earlier Golden Age comics ones where Batman is much more influenced by The Shadow (Huh, look at that), or the Silver Age comics... or... Statistically... far more likely...
...
Adam West's 60s-era TV series...
My brain is now firmly affixed on the mental image of Smol Shadow and Maria watching the 60s Batman series on an old CRT TV... You're welcome, and I'm sorry.
SmolRoundTanuki
~stonemask
Hehe edge-hog cosplaying as the Adam West batman. <3 <3
Lig
~lig
That....sounds incredibly adorable and I can see little bitty Shadow all excited for the new episode Maria finding it so cute and eeee! That's an adorable mental image.
Latiasfan5
~latiasfan5
now I'm imagining if Shadow were to meet btas Batman and be introduced to the Grey Ghost, a show in-universe that Bruce was a fan of as a kid. The design of the main character's costume is based on The Shadow, and (most importantly) he's voiced by Adam West.
chinook_orca
~chinookorca
OP
Hehe yep: do recall that episode; was part of what made this idea click in my head.
Latiasfan5
~latiasfan5
imagine Shadow talking with btas Bruce about the Adam West show, and Bruce showing him episodes of Grey Ghost. Just the 2 of them geeking out about their favorite shows
