The fan-fiction archive AO3 currently has 4,580 works that ship Sonic and Shadow, while there are 24,395 Sonic stories overall. Shadow the Hedgehog first appeared in the video game Sonic Adventure ...

A new Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer debuted ... get over the fact that he has a gun," wrote one fan. "It is so crazy to me that they actually are acknowledging Shadow 05 even in the movie.