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This is actually a fairly big Epileptic Tree ([link] ) in Sonic Fandom and I've seen it as a pretty prevalent thing in Fanfiction. Not only that but I've seen this misconception being passed-off as an extremely plausible thing regarding Sonic in the games.
First thing; Fanon does not equal Canon.
Second thing; Erm, the indisputable fact that Sonic is not the/an Ultimate Lifeform (ULF). Seriously, there's so much evidence in the games that proves this notion to be complete bunk. More on this in a bit.
The term "Ultimate lifeform" that this stamp pertains to is the term used to describe Shadow's immortality, inability to physically age and his other aspects such as ability to use Chaos Control and his resistance to disease. This term as put across by this stamp is not a subjective thing i.e what your own perceptions of the term "Ultimate Lifeform amounts to. It pertains only to the term as it is used and what it amounts to in game canon.
Anyways, the evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Sonic is not the Ultimate Lifeform.
1 - He has an officially confirmed age. Three official sources pertaining the the game continuity from SEGA has concretely set Sonic's age as 15. Namely his profile on Sonic Channel website, his profile in Sonic and the Black Knight's Gallery and his profile in the Sonic Heroes instruction manual. The mere fact that he has an age to start with contradicts the Ultimate Lifeform trait of being unable to age physically, which Sonic has been shown to do. This aging is also backed-up by Sonic Generations in which Sonic has a birthday and in which Classic Sonic is stated to be a younger Modern Sonic.
It also means that Sonic was born 35 years after the ARK incident.
2 - He has a confirmed place of birth. Again, official material from SEGA has outright stated that Sonic's place of birth is Christmas Island. That's not Space Colony Ark, the only place so far confirmed where research into achieving the Ultimate Lifeform was achieved.
3 - He is capable of catching disease/Illness and dying from physical injury (Shadow dying from physical injury as an ULF is debateable). See the opening to Sonic and the Secret Rings in which Sonic is afflicted with a Cold. I'm quite sure that disease/illness immunity is a trait of the Ultimate Lifeform i.e Shadow because he was created in the interests of providing a cure for a disease i.e NIDS. This is likely what Gerald wanted to apply to Maria to cure her NIDS. The dying from physical injury part pertains to '06 in which Mephiles kills Sonic by stabbing him through the chest. It is still debateable if Shadow could endure or would be mortally wounded from an injury of that severity.
4 - Chaos Control is not exclusive to the Ultimate Lifeform. If it was then by this logic, Silver and Eggman's machines are Ultimate Lifeforms because they can use Chaos Control too. It is completely plausible for Sonic to initiate Chaos Control wthout being the ULF due to his experience with Chaos Energy and resourcefulness, so him being able to utilise Chaos Control doesn't conclusively prove that Sonic in an ULF in any way.
5 - Gerald basing Shadow's entire form on the mural in Hidden Palace that depicts Super Sonic fighting Eggman has no canonical basis. There is not a single instance in game canon/Game canonical material that has ever stated that Gerald was influenced by that mural. His design of the emerald shrine in the deepest part of the colony and his familiarity with Chaos to the point that based the Artificial Chaos monsters off of it shows that he was familiar with Echidna mythology but this still doesn't prove that he was familiar with the Hidden Palace mural and/or was inspired by it to design Shadow. It's pretty likely but it's still not confirmed.
6 - Sonic does not have body markings consistent with Black Doom like Shadow does (Black fur, Red stripes) that would indicate genetic inheritance from Black Doom's blood and therefore inheritance of ULF traits.
7 - Super Shadow thinking that the ULF is Sonic in the Final Hazard boss of SA2 is not definitive proof that Sonic is the ULF. Super Shadow was merely putting across how impressed he was with Sonic's abilities and likened them to that of the ULF as a form of honest flattery.
So there you go. Conclusive evidence from game canon that proves without a shadow of a doubt that Sonic is not the ultimate lifeform.
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''I'm the Ultimate Lifeform!'' Said Shadow, Mewtwo, Kars...
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Still. Shadow joked about Sonic being it in SA2's final boss.
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On the SatAm Sonic has a biological Uncle, he had siblings in Sonic Underground, in the comics he has parents (who are alive by the way). He has actual biological family, which is something Shadow doesn't have.
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Really? People really believe this? Or are you just picking on people's fan cannons (Not trying to make you look mean/rude)?
I have to agree that that there is no evidence conceiving that Sonic is the Ultimate Lifeform. However I believe he has the potential to be. Allow me to explain myself:
The term "Ultimate" usually means "the best" to most people. Sonic may have had a cold but he can live without rings to stabilize his Chaos Energy, unlike Shadow who depends on them for consciousness. Shadow is known to teleport with a single Emerald, but Sonic has that same ability (See Sonic Adventure 2) with a fake Chaos Emerald. However all these factors in mind, Sonic cannot be deemed as Professer Gerald's Ultimate Lifeform, (but Does Gerald's expectations for an Ultimate Lifeform match your own?) as he is obviously not Shadow, and you can't exactly go against the cannon...Β
I think that people who think Sonic's the Ultimate Lifeform see him as better than Shadow... I guess keeping in a super form longer than Shadow has to count for something. (I still love "Abandoned Fragments" a fanfic's thoughts on it)
i still still think a stamp of it is unnessisary.Β
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Nope, he has NO potential. Shadows the ONLY one. Get it through your head.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the audio clip of Shadow saying that he feels Sonic's the TRUE ultimate life form is probably why so many people think this.
Though you've obviously heard comments of this time and again since posting this.
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Really? Where can I fine it? (I know this is an old comment...)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=egDlOgβ¦
Sadly, this is the only clip of it I could find.
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After researching it, I found that video too. Although, Shadow is actually quite limited in ways that make Sonic seem more superior but for Shadow's sake I'll go with the flow.
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Nope, Shadows not limited. Sonic's not superior, just plot armor.
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Digimons are the real ultimate lifeforms because their ability can bring the almost total victory.
Literally Digimon means the "invisible", "bringer of victory" and real kings who are highly superior than anything ! They are actually flawless creatures ever !
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I had actually saw someone trying to prove Sonic being the Ultimate Lifeform once when was listening to Team Dark's theme song on Youtube. Β That person was arguing with three Shadow fans. The Shadow fans end up winning the argument.Β Β
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Do you think this fan made theory ?
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If you mean that I believe it, then no, I do n't think Sonic is the Ultimate Lifeform at all.
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sorry i wasn't going to post that...
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It's funny that I never see much or any drawings here about this theory(so I forgot about it as soon as I heard it
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If funny. Β I hear this theory a lot, but I see little to no fan art about it. Β This coming from the same fandom that draw stuff about anything(I think).
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To be honest, I'm not sure that Shadow nowadays can be classified as a ULF anymore.Β Perhaps during the ARK incident sure, but after everything his body has been through, how do we know that his immortality, anti-aging, and disease immunity are still in effect?
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How do we know that they aren't?
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Put him in a situation that requires a ULF body-structure to survive; if he does survive he still has it, if not he won't make it.
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Actually, Fuhrer King Bradley is the Ultimate life form.Β
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Would it be safe to say that I think the ultimate life form is Pikachu?
Or no?
Don't worry, I'm just joking! Or maybe I'm not...
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With this, I think the fun of it all is that we're not SUPPOSED to know which of the two is the true ultimate lifeform. It's because of that why Sonic and Shadow are always competing, the want to try to out-beat each other. But because they're so greatly matched, we never get a straight answer. But be honest, would you actually WANT a straight answer?
Think of it like this: maybe being the 'ultimate lifeform' isn't being a creature with unlimited power (though Shadow's power actually IS limited from what I've seen), maybe it's being a creature who's able to GO as far as a creature with unlimited power; you seem to forget that Sonic has taken down giant killer robots, evil genies, a sorceress, and TWO gods all by himself; whilst Shadow has taken down only three bosses during his time in the series, two of which he had help on.
I love Shadow to death, but what I'm saying is that for all we truly know, he COULD have just been an ATTEMPT to create the ultimate lifeform. And with that logic, who's to say Prof. Gerald actually got the point to what a true ultimate lifeform would be like?
Again, I could be wrong; but that's why I think that the rivalry between the world's two greatest hedgehogs is one that never will, or should, be settled. Because when you think about it, they're BOTH ultimate in their own way.
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I think you're a genius. I'd still like them to continue to be rivals... It's more suspenseful... Too bad they made Sonic Boom Shadow a jerk without a defined purpose... I hope they give him one.
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Sonic may not be the actual Ultimate Lifeform...but he is definately close to it. The fact that Sonic and Shadow are so similar physically, in terms of looks, species, height and weight, speed and other physical abilities, and the same amount of power and ability of utilizing Chaos Energy, the only difference is the Black Arms DNA inside Shadow and their personalities. I personally believe that either Gerald based Shadow's design off the Hidden Palace prophecy, or the Chaos Energy used to make Shadow shaped into him into the form of the one being who will be the Embodiment of Chaos, and at the age where he reaches this amount of power and skill.
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sonic will always be the ultimate life form to me because of all his forms and powers
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I'm within the notion that shadow's the ultimate lifeform because he was created for perfection as a weapon of mass destruction.
I didn't know people actually referred to Sonic as one though.
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how come sonic hadn't died yet?Well there was only one game where he died but that was sonic 2006.
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A few people I know like to joke that Sonic is the ultimate lifeform because he beat two other ultimate lifeforms. (Chaos and Shadow) But that was a joke, and it's good you've cleared up what the term Ultimate Lifeform means.
Pretty sure that Shadow isn't fully immortal though. Just unaging and disease resistant.
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People seriously thought Sonic was the Ultimate Lifeform? That's....pretty shocking...
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It's a pretty prevalent misconception, as unbelievable as it sounds O_O
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I think the theory came from the fact that, in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Shadow actually calls Sonic this if you take long enough in the last battle.
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There's also a lot of misconstrued things too, like people believing that because Sonic can Chaos Control and has a Super Form, he must be the ULF. Thing is, Sonic has a lot more forms than just Super form and Chaos Control is not some kind of unique and exclusive ability to the ULF.
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That is true.
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I don't believe he's the Ultimate Life-Form in any way though. (lol Forgot to mention that....dA REALLY needs an edit button for comments. lol)
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Bwuh? Where the hell did this theory come from?
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From a lot of Sonic fans who make crackpot theories.
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Were they simply not paying to the fact that it's Shadow who's the "Ultimate Lifeform"? Or was it due to smoking something?
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No, I think it's because they take things out of context and/or like to tie Sonic's and Shadow's origins to make more of a connection between them whilst having no solid canon evidence that indicates this.
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Actually, there was a line in Sonic Adventure 2 --- take long enough while Sonic's in the lead in the final battle and Shadow says something to the effect of "I think I've finally figured out what the Ultimate Lifeform is. It's you."
I think the Japanese version was equating Sonic to be Shadow's equal, but I dunno.
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That could be attributed to Shadow equating how much Sonic impresses him with a title as lofty as ULF, not that Sonic is an ULF.
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As I said, it could just be a misinterpretation of the line.
While I doubt Sonic is artificial in any means, the fact that there are murals of him before he was born does seem to imply that he's a sort of natural counterpart to Shadow (especially with the possibly accurate fandom theory that Gerald based Shadow on those very same murals - going by the fact that he designed the center of the ARK to resemble the Master Emerald Shrine, he must have investigated Angel Island)
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