Black Doom
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Template:CharacterSheet Black Doom is a character from Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by Sean Schemmel in English and Ryūzaburō Ōtomo in Japanese. He is the leader of the Black Arms aliens and the overlord of the Black Comet. Depending on which path the player chooses (Hero or Dark), Black Doom will either be ally or foe of Shadow the Hedgehog; he is still the villain in general, however.
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History
Like all self-respecting villains, Black Doom's objective is to conquer the world with the aid of the Chaos Emeralds. However, as with many characters from the Sonic games, information about Black Doom's past is spotty at best. By his own testimony, Black Doom has lived for at least 2,000 years, since he claims responsibility for having planting the Glyphic Canyon temple-ships on Sonic's world (Shadow the Hedgehog (game), Sky Troops cutscene).
50 years prior to Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom formed a sort of alliance with Gerald Robotnik during the work on Project Shadow. He and Gerald created the Ultimate Lifeform - Shadow - ostensibly in order to expand Gerald's research, although Black Doom's ulterior motive was to create an agent who would one day retrieve the Chaos Emeralds. To this end, Black Doom donated some of his own blood to Gerald's project, making Doom Shadow's biological "father".
When the Black Comet returns to the inner solar system 50 years later, Black Doom appears before Shadow at the beginning of the game as a hologram projected by Doom's Eye, to inform Shadow that "the day of reckoning" has arrived. Black Doom instructs Shadow throughout the game to retrieve the seven Chaos Emeralds for him, although whether Shadow pays any attention or not is for the player to decide.
At the end of the game, Black Doom reveals more about himself and his plans: his motive for collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds throughout the game was to teleport their home, the Black Comet, down to Earth using Chaos Control. (The Black Comet's velocity wasn't fast enough to pass through the Earth's atmosphere by itself). According to Black Doom, he isn't trying to the kill humans; he is trying to bring salvation to them. His true intention for humans is to enslave them and have them serve as an energy source for the Black Arms, something they could not obtain while the Black Comet was in space.
As Sonic the Hedgehog and friends tries to stop Black Doom from taking over the world and Shadow from giving him the Chaos Emeralds, they are paralyzed by a special gas inside the Black Comet. Black Doom then reveals his true intentions about using humans as an "energy source"; they would become food for the Black Arms' larvae. Shadow and the others are shocked by Black Doom's goals. As everyone stands paralyzed about to be devoured by Black Doom's offspring, Shadow starts remembering about his past and about things that have been going on throughout the game. He then stands up in order to confront Black Doom once and for all.
Meanwhile, the members of the Chaotix Detective Agency are in the Space Colony ARK, trying to reactivate an old program left behind by Gerald. Eventually, they are successful in beaming it down to Shadow (after Charmy Bee headbutts the machine). The video reveals that Gerald created Shadow to defeat the Black Arms by destroying the Black Comet with the Eclipse Cannon. This gives Shadow the motivation to stand up and defeat Black Doom. Before Shadow can do anything however, Black Doom uses Chaos Control and transforms into his ultimate form, Devil Doom. Shadow uses the Chaos Emeralds that Black Doom left behind and transforms into Super Shadow.
Devil Doom is defeated by Super Shadow, who uses Chaos Control to send the Black Comet and all the Black Arms inside to space, where the Black Comet is finally destroyed by the Eclipse Cannon. As for Black Doom, he is last seen falling down towards Earth below, and is presumed dead.
Boss Fight
| Black Doom |
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| Game: [[Shadow the Hedgehog]][[Category:Shadow the Hedgehog bosses]] |
| Level: [[GUN Fortress (Hero) / Cosmic Fall (Hero) / Final Haunt (Hero)]] |
| Fought by: Shadow (with Sonic, Knuckles, or Vector) |
One of three potential last bosses of Shadow the Hedgehog's normal story, Black Doom is fought in routes where Shadow has taken a more GUN-friendly route through the game; as such, he appears after Final Haunt (Hero), Cosmic Fall (Hero), and GUN Fortress (Hero).
Black Doom has numerous abilities which make him a fearsome foe for those who would dare challenge him. On top of his numerous cutscene-demonstrated strategic abilities (Chaos Control, levitation, telepathy, Tikal-style time projection), Doom also possesses an array of brutal tactical attacks, including:
- He can fire miniature meteors and blades of fire at enemies.
- Swift Strike, an energy boomerang which spins around at floor level
- An energy shield to protect himself from harm, but the shield is ineffective while standing still.
- Creation of ghost-like copies of himself that appear like after-images, as well as remote simulacra.
- Chaos Control to warp time and space, allowing himself to teleport.
- Temporary invisibility.
Final Haunt fight
Reaching the center of the Black Comet on the Pure Hero route, Sonic and Shadow bust into Doom's inner sanctum, where the alien is bunkered down with the pink and red Chaos Emeralds. Shadow announces that he will hoour his promise to Maria and save the planet; Doom counters that his efforts are futile, as the Black Arms are not merely superior, but perfect life-forms. One hard-fought battle later, Doom's hyperbole is shown as just that, and the black hedgehog resolves to use the Emeralds' power to defeat all the Black Arms' forces.
Cosmic Fall fight
Mind still in turmoil after the GUN Commander's accusations, Shadow disregards Doom's Eye and instead helps Vector to find the ARK's computer room. Inside the core, Black Doom appears in person and explains to Shadow that yes, the Commander was telling the truth: the Ultimate Lifeform was created with Doom's genetic material, and it was Project Shadow that prompted GUN's attack on the ARK five decades ago. Shadow announces that he is going to atone for his crimes and accept the human's punishment, but Doom accuses Shadow of allowing himself to be braiwashed, and attacks, determined that no creation of his shall surrender to the justice of the weak. After beating his father, Shadow mutters that he should never have been created, and trudges sadly away.
GUN Fortress fight
In the shielded bunker where GUN is making its last stand, Shadow can opt to help Rouge snatch the pink Chaos Emerald out of the Black Arms' grasp. Travelling with his army on the final push against the humans, Doom confronts Shadow for his mutiny; the black hedgehog explains that he will be the one to possess all the Emeralds, not anyone else. After taking down the Arms' prophet-leader, Shadow announces that he's going to use the power of the Emeralds to conquer the universe!
Devil Doom
Devil Doom is the ultimate form of Black Doom, using the energy he drained out of the very planet itself. Mutated beyond belief, the only trace of Black Doom in this creature is Doom's Eye, which also happens to be the weak point. He has two heads in the image of a gargoyle, with a mouth resembling Black Bull's, and roots at the bottom of him. This gives him the slight resemblance of an uprooted plant. Devil Doom is blind, and needs Doom's Eye to see. Which means the two headed gargoyle has no eyes, but Doom's Eye will exchange between heads to give them sight. Devil Doom's skin is red. He is attached to the Black Comet, can breathe fire, and manipulate objects or portions of the comet to use as weapons against Super Shadow. The background of this fight is the same as the background for Metal Overlord, the differences being a red sky instead of blue, and a city to replace the fog.
Theme Song
In Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom had one character-specific theme song: an instrumental piece that played during boss battles with him in the standard story (not including the Devil Doom fight). This song was simply called "Black Doom".
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