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Doom Squid Shadow / Doom Power "Morph" Shadow
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Doom Squid Shadow or Doom Power "Morph" Shadow refers to a series of memes, fan art and fan-made content depicting the character Shadow the Hedgehog after using Doom Morph, a Doom Power from the video game Sonic x Shadow Generations that allows him to morph into a squid-like creature. The power was revealed in late August 2024 and became the subject of fan content over the following days.
Origin
On August 20th, 2024, a trailer for Sonic x Shadow Generations was released on the Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube[1] channel and X[2] page, garnering over 448,000 views on the former and 31,000 likes on the latter in a day (shown below). The trailer showcases Shadow's "Doom Powers," including "Doom Morph," which allows him to fully transform into a black, squid-like creature.
Shadow's Doom Morph form was compared to a squid shortly after the release of the trailer. For example, on that day, X[3] user @FrackDeals posted a screenshot from the trailer, writing, "Shadow the Hedgehog can turn into a freaking DOOM SQUID this is the best day of my life 😭🖤❤️," garnering over 3,100 likes in a day (shown below).
!["Shadow the Hedgehog can turn into a freaking DOOM SQUID this is the best day of my life 😭🖤❤️" Frack's Sonic Deals @FrackDeals Shadow the Hedgehog can turn into a freaking DOOM SQUID this is the best day of my life fo ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/163/158.jpg)
Spread
The so-called "Doom Squid" transformation continued to inspire memes and fan content. On August 20th, 2024, X[4][5] artist @MoonToonsy posted two pieces of art based on the Doom Squid, garnering over 13,000 likes and 17,000 likes, respectively, in a day (first piece shown below).
Later that day, both pieces of art were posted to the subreddit /r/SonicTheHedgehog,[6][7] garnering over 3,600 and 2,000 upvotes, respectively, in a day.
![True beauty 🫶 BESIDES, TRUE BEAUTY IS ON THE INSIDE IN OTHER WORDS, I LOOK DISGUSTING YOU'RE NOT UGLY, YOU LOOK CUTE! LIKE A LITTLE SQUID](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/171/d9d.jpg)
Also on August 20th, X[8] user @Hallsth_Eien posted a piece of fan art in which Amy Rose encounters the Doom Squid Shadow, garnering over 3,300 likes in a day (shown below).
![“Is that you?” 🦔🌸 @HALLSTH_EIEN ...SHADOW? IS THAT YOU...?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/181/3d7.jpg)
On August 21st, 2024, X[9] user @_Karl0_ posted a comic about the Doom Squid, garnering over 8,300 likes in under a day (shown below).
![Rouge and Omega's first encounter with the Shadow Squid SHADOW, CAN I BORROW YOUR EYELI- WHAT THE F--- ARE YOU?! @_Karlo I'M CHILLING...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/186/99a.jpg)
Various Examples
![welcome back doom squid Died 2023 Born 2024 SQUID welcome back SQUID](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/165/311.jpg)
![i turned myself into a squid sonic HEY SONIC WHAT THE- SONIC ... WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? HEY, SONIC Look! 1 TURNED MYSELF INTO A SQUID SONIIC!! O BOOM! BIG REVEAL I'M A SQUID WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT??](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/167/d35.jpg)
![When your kid your squi- wait hold up… Hello Inkling from Splatoon Hello Shadow from SONIC SHADOW GENERATIONS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/175/f73.jpeg)
![shadow squid thinks he's ugly STOP THINKING THAT YOU ARE UGLY I MEAN, YOU ARE, BUT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/172/1e7.jpg)
![sonic would would SQUID be more afraid be not afraid @latapadraws](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/183/345.jpg)
![Squid shadow Purrrrrrrrrr * PURRX * PURRX @GGOOSE HE STILL PURR LIKE A CAT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/888/187/8de.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] YouTube – Sonic The Hedgehog
[2] X – sonic_hedgehog
[3] X – FrackDeals
[4] X – MoonToonsy
[5] X – MoonToonsy
[6] Reddit – SonicTheHedgehog
[7] Reddit – SonicTheHedgehog
[8] X – Hallsth_Eien
Top Comments
TerribleTrike
Aug 21, 2024 at 04:18PM EDT
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Aug 21, 2024 at 03:05PM EDT