Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Boom)

'''NOTE: This only applies to his Sonic Boom incarnation. Not his video game counterpart.'''

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Boom) is a major antagonist in the Sonic Boom spin-off franchise, serving as a supporting antagonist in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, an anti-hero in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and a recurring antagonist in the television series. He is the rival of Sonic the Hedgehog, who seeks to prove his superiority over him in every way. He is also notably darker and edgier than his mainstream counterpart, and has shown to be more of a villain than an anti-hero.

Why He Sucks Here

 * 1) He is not at all an interesting character. Instead of being the same likable Tragic hero that has a sympathizing backstory and a huge goal of protecting the Earth in the main Sonic series, in Sonic Boom, he was flanderized and portrayed as a bland, evil, generic, and shallow bully with little to no backstory or reason behind his cruel behavior, and he is also needlessly portrayed as a one-dimensional comedically serious villain.
 * 2) He hardly has a single bit of motivation to anything he does or will do. Which makes him completely depthless, and has goals that are forced.
 * 3) He became even edgier. Which is unnecessary because while the Shadow from the main series was edgy, it wasn't ever exaggerated. Thus, he's even more generic.
 * 4) He practically has no character development.
 * 5) He antagonizes Sonic and his friends for really no good given reason. Which just makes him look like nothing but a nuisance.
 * 6) His voice is also bland and generic which wasted the talents of Kirk Thornton. Shadow sounds more like Vegeta, except Vegeta is actually a lot better.
 * 7) The stuff he usually does has often little to no importance to the main plot. Which makes him look like an unnecessary character.
 * 8) He has tried to destroy the planet all because Dr. Eggman tricked him multiple times. Which is just more evidence that all the stuff he plans to do and his reasons for his plans are forced and completely poorly written.
 * 9) He is incredibly shallow, and has a huge lack of common sense. Like in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric where he states Sonic is weak because of his reliance on his friends. This is strange, seeing as the Shadow from the main series has people that he would consider his friends.
 * 10) He has little to no identity outside of a generic villainous bully.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) His redesign is pretty cool for the most part.