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:''For other uses of the term, see [[Team Dark (disambiguation)]].''
 
:''For other uses of the term, see [[Team Dark (disambiguation)]].''
 
{{Infobox group
 
{{Infobox group
|title = Team Dark
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|title = Team Dark
|image = TEAM DARK.jpg
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|image = SonicHeroes TeamDark.png
|caption = The three main members of Team Dark.
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|caption = The three main members of Team Dark.
|first = ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
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|first = ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
|time = Beginning of ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
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|time = Beginning of ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
|members =
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|members =
 
*[[E-10000B]] {{C|temporarily}}
 
*[[E-123 Omega]]
 
*[[Rouge the Bat]] {{C|leader}}
 
*[[Rouge the Bat]] {{C|leader}}
 
*[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]
 
*[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]
 
|alignment = Neutral
*[[E-123 Omega]]
 
 
|status = Active
*[[E-10000B]] {{C|temporary}}
 
 
|headquarters =
*[[Metal Sonic]] {{C|temporary}}
 
|alignment = Neutral
 
|status = Active
 
|headquarters =
 
 
|equipment/weapons =
 
|equipment/weapons =
*[[Extreme Gear]] {{C|when participating in Extreme Gear races}}
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*[[Extreme Gear]]
*E-123 Omega and his arsenal
 
 
*Rouge's equipment
 
*Rouge's equipment
|allies =
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|allies =
*[[Team Sonic]]
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*[[Dodon Pa]]
 
*[[Guardian Units of Nations|G.U.N.]]
 
*[[Team Rose]]
 
*[[Team Rose]]
 
*[[Team Chaotix]]
 
*[[Team Chaotix]]
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*[[Team Sonic]]
*[[Guardian Units of Nations|G.U.N.]]
 
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*[[Team Vector]]
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|enemies =
 
*[[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]
 
*[[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]
*[[Badnik]]s
 
 
*[[Metal Sonic]]
 
*[[Metal Sonic]]
 
*The [[Babylon Rogues]]
 
*The [[Babylon Rogues]]
 
*[[Mephiles the Dark]]
 
*[[Mephiles the Dark]]
 
*[[Infinite]]
 
*[[Infinite]]
 
*[[Zavok]]
 
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{{Quote left|[[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]], [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] and [[E-123 Omega|Omega]] are no strangers to putting their own interests first, but can they bring it together as a team?|Description, ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' manual<ref name="EngManual">[[media:TSREng005.jpg|''Team Sonic Racing'' English instruction manual]].</ref>}}
{{Nihongo|'''Team Dark'''|チームダーク|Chīmu Dāku}} is a recurring group in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]] who first appeared in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''. The team was founded by [[Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[Rouge the Bat]] and [[E-123 Omega]], all of who joined forces to track down their common target: [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]. Eventually meeting up with [[Team Sonic]], [[Team Rose]] and [[Team Chaotix]], the trio assisted in the defeat of the rogue [[Metal Sonic]]. Consisting of highly powerful and fearsome individuals in their own right, Team Dark is a force to be reckoned with and has often appeared to content with some of the world's greatest threats and champions.
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{{Nihongo|'''Team Dark'''|チームダーク|Chīmu Dāku}} is a group that appears in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]]. It is a team that was founded by [[Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[Rouge the Bat]] and [[E-123 Omega]], all of who joined forces to track down their common target: [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]. Eventually meeting up with [[Team Sonic]], [[Team Rose]] and [[Team Chaotix]], the trio assisted in the defeat of the rogue [[Metal Sonic]]. Consisting of highly powerful and fearsome individuals in their own right, Team Dark is a force to be reckoned with and has often appeared to content with some of the world's greatest threats and champions.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===''Sonic Heroes''===
 
===''Sonic Heroes''===
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[[File:Chīmu.Dāku.png|thumb|200px|left|Team Dark is formed.]]
Team Dark made its official debut in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''. The treasure hunter and thief Rouge hears of a secret treasure in one of [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]'s bases. Upon entering, she is shocked to find Shadow suspended in a stasis pod. After freeing him, she unknowingly activates E-123 Omega, the last and greatest of the E-100 line of robots. Unfortunately, it isn't until he opens fire that he makes his presence known. Shadow leaps in to action, protecting Rouge from the spray of bullets and telling her "stay here". Before Shadow and Omega are able to make matters any worse, Rouge leaps into the crossfire and is able to stop the chaos. After sitting them both down for an exchange of information, she pieces together the whole story: Omega is mad at the Doctor for sealing him and Shadow has lost his memories. Rouge decides that they team up, seeing that their problems point to Eggman, and officially founding Team Dark. Aside from their run-ins with Eggman, Team Dark also fought against [[Team Chaotix]] (due to disgust at being mistaken for Eggman's henchmen, as well as their potentially being rivals for Rouge's hunt for Eggman's treasure) and Team Sonic (simply due to their being in the way of locating Eggman).
 
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In ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] broke into [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]'s headquarters in search of Eggman's secret treasure. There, she was shocked to find [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] suspended in a stasis capsule. Turning on the power in an attempt to free Shadow, [[E-123 Omega]] was activated and began attacking Shadow, believing him to be an Eggman robot. After saving Rouge from a spray of bullets, Shadow engaged Omega. Before things could escalate further though, Rouge stepped in to break up the fighting and have the two talk. Afterward, Rouge was able to piece together the whole story: Omega was mad at Eggman for decommissioning him and imprisoning him and now wanted to take revenge by destroying all Eggman's machinery, and Shadow had lost all his memories prior to his release from the stasis capsule. Reminding them that their common target was Eggman, who had what they each wanted, Rouge had the trio form Team Dark so they could look for Eggman together.
   
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Shortly after starting their search, Team Dark found Eggman and his [[Egg Hawk]]. Although they defeated the Egg Hawk, Eggman got away. Pursuing Eggman to [[Grand Metropolis]] with renewed resolve, Team Dark crushed the opposition in the city and escaped its [[Power Plant]]. Afterward, they met [[Team Chaotix]], who they engage in battle over an assumption Rouge made about them. After the fight, Team Dark arrived in the big city where met Eggman again. Shadow asked Eggman about his past, but Eggman remarked that he had "no past to remember". Overcoming Eggman's [[Robot Carnival|robot hordes]], Team Dark continued their pursuit of Eggman to Eggman's base at [[Bullet Station]]. After destroying Eggman's base, Team Dark faced the doctor and his [[Egg Albatross]]. Upon beating him however, Team Dark saw that the Eggman they had been chasing was a fake. Furthermore, they found the remains of a [[Shadow Android]], making them question whether Shadow was the genuine article or not. Continuing their hunt, Team Dark eventually came across [[Team Sonic]] and fought them to see which one of them got to go after Eggman. Afterward, Team Dark continued their hunt through a spooky [[Hang Castle|castle]] and [[Mystic Mansion|mansion]] before coming across Eggman again. After overcoming [[Robot Storm|Eggman's robot]], Team Dark ventured to Eggman's headquarters among the [[Eggman Fleet|Egg Fleet]] where they defeated Eggman and his [[Egg Emperor]]. With Eggman seemingly destroyed, Omega considered his mission complete. Soon after, Rouge went looking for Eggman's treasure, only to find a warehouse full of Shadow Androids. As Omega prepared to destroy the warehouse, he told Rouge, who did not know if Shadow was real or not, that Eggman needed the original Shadow to make the Shadow Androids.
This team's gameplay level is of hard difficulty, requiring patience and skill to endure battles. Their extra missions involve them destroying 100 enemies. During boss fights, Team Dark faces the hardest enemies with the least amount of available power-ups. Team Dark's [[Team Blast]] is [[Chaos Inferno]]. Shadow uses Chaos Control, Omega uses a purple laser weapon and Rouge flies with one hand on Omega's head. This moves deals damage and stops time for 5 to 10 seconds.
 
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Not long after, Team Dark, Sonic, Chaotix and [[Team Rose|Rose]] united to see [[Neo Metal Sonic]] reveal himself. As it turned out, Neo Metal Sonic, who had been impersonating Eggman, had been the mastermind staging the teams' adventures so he could copy their data for a plan to conquer the world himself. As Neo Metal Sonic transformed into [[Metal Madness]], the real Dr. Eggman saw the teams had collected all the [[Chaos Emerald]]s and got the idea of using the Emeralds against [[Metal Sonic]]. Team Dark then volunteered to stall Metal Madness with the others while Team Sonic prepared the Chaos Emeralds. Despite Team Dark's efforts, Metal Madness transformed into [[Metal Overlord]], but [[Team Super Sonic]] then arrived and defeated him. Afterward, Team Dark split up, with Rouge deciding to go after [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]]' [[Master Emerald]], and Shadow and Omega staying behind with an inert Metal Sonic.
   
 
===''Sonic Free Riders''===
 
===''Sonic Free Riders''===
 
[[File:TeamDarkSFreeRiders.png|thumb|Team Dark in ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]''.]]
Only two of Team Dark's main members, Shadow and Rouge, appeared in ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]'', participating in Dr. Eggman's second [[World Grand Prix]], apparently just to get the cash prize and treasure. After discovering that a third member is a requirement in order to participate, Rouge conveniently finds a robot called [[E-10000B]], who acts as the [[Power Type|power member]] of the group. On several occasions, E-10000B pleads to Shadow and Rouge for some rest, but the two decline the offer. Eventually, just when Team Dark is able to win against Team Rose, E-10000B is finally busted and is escorted away for repairs while Shadow and Rouge take on Team Rose themselves.
 
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In ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]'', Shadow and Rouge appeared to take part in the second [[World Grand Prix]] hosted by a disguised [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]] as Team Dark. However, both members cared little for the competition: Rouge was only interested in the Grand Prix's large cash prize and Shadow's only interest was testing his racing skills.
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Disregarding formalities, Shadow and Rouge arrived fifteen minutes late to the opening ceremony. As Team Dark got ready to compete however, [[Omochao]] told them that they needed a third member for their team to be eligible for participation. Despite feeling that another member was unnecessary, Team Dark picked a random [[E-10000B]] from the street. Having a full team now, Team Dark got ready to face [[Babylon Rogues|Team Babylon]] in the first round. Although their opponents mocked them, Team Dark held their own against them, prompting a lot of trash talk. After beating Team Babylon, Team Dark advanced to the next round, where [[team Sonic|Team Heroes]] awaited. During the races though, E-10000B began to overheat. Dismissing E-10000B's need for a rest, Rouge and Shadow kept competing, much to Team Heroes' disgust. Regardless, Team Dark beat Team Heroes. Just as Team Dark thought they could claim the prize, Omochao reminded them that they still had to face [[Team Rose]] in the finals. Between the races however, E-10000B started to overheat even more. Ignoring him, Rouge and Shadow pressed on. After the decisive race however, E-10000B broke down, which, according to the rules, cost Team Dark their victory. Fortunately, Team Dark were permitted a rematch with Team Rose as they were. As such, while 10000B was taken away to be repaired, Rouge and Shadow beat Team Rose. However, they were forced to wait for the awards ceremony before collecting their prize.
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During the extra rounds, Team Dark had their own fair share of defeats too. At the end of the tournament, Team Dark and the other teams came to the awards ceremony to collect their prizes, but Eggman made them have a final race against his "ultimate Gear-Jockey robot." After the race, Eggman revealed he had used the Grand Prix to collect everyone's racing data with his E-10000 robots to create the ultimate [[Extreme Gear]] for him to use. Eggman subsequently challenged Team Dark and the others to a race. After the teams beat Eggman, [[Metal Sonic]] revealed himself as the one controlling E-10000B, and it was discovered that Metal Sonic had given Eggman fake data so he could use the real data to beat [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] in Extreme Gear riding. After Sonic defeated Metal Sonic in a race though, it was revealed that Eggman never had a prize to give out. However, Rouge and Shadow were hardly surprised by this turn of events.
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===''Team Sonic Racing''===
 
[[File:TSR_Team_Dark.jpg|thumb|right|Team Dark in ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' with the [[Dark Reaper]].]]
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In ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'', Team Dark joined [[Dodon Pa]]'s Grand Prix alongside [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]] and [[Team Eggman|his team]]. However, the team's true intentions for joining the Grand Prix was to investigate Dr. Eggman.<ref name="name">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndw.jp/teamsonicracing-interview_dark/ |title=【特別企画】『チームソニックレーシング』レーサー直撃インタビュー! その3「チーム ダーク」 |publisher=Sega |work=Characters |accessdate=7 May 2019 |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605195552/https://www.ndw.jp/teamsonicracing-interview_dark/ |archivedate=5 June 2019 }}</ref> In that Grand Prix awaited opponents like [[Team Sonic]], [[Team Rose]] and [[Team Vector]]. For the races, Team Dark received the [[Dark Reaper]], the [[Lip Spyder]], and the [[Cross Dozer]] to race in.
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During a race between Team Dark and Team Sonic, the two teams worked on getting the upper hand on one another, with [[E-123 Omega|Omega]] and [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] being busy dealing with [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], while [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] went head-to-head with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]. During the race however, Dr. Eggman intruded on the teams' race in order to compete against them on his own as a "special guest" (which Dodon Pa permitted despite knowing it was a lie). After Eggman began gaining the lead, Rouge suggested that their teams put aside their feud in order to deal with Eggman, which Team Sonic accepted. Following Team Sonic's example, Team Dark executed the [[Slingshot (move)|Slingshot]] on Shadow, thus allowing him to pass Eggman alongside Sonic. Rouge and Omega then joined forces with Tails, Knuckles, Team Vector and Team Rose. Together, they surrounded Eggman on the racetrack before delivering a massive beatdown on the doctor with their combined [[Wisp]] power-ups. However, Dodon Pa was too busy watching Eggman's beating to see which one between Sonic and Shadow crossed the finish line first. As such, the two hedgehogs decided to have a rematch.<ref name="TeamSonicRacingOneShot">''[[Team Sonic Racing One-shot]]'', "Team Sonic Racing One-Shot"</ref>
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Eventually, Shadow met Sonic, who wanted to know if he was working with Dr. Eggman. Shadow replied grimly that he was only in the Grand Prix to stop Eggman's plans. However, as the two hedgehogs' egos clashed, Shadow and Sonic would challenge each other to a race. Afterward, they agreed to watch out for both Dodon Pa, whose motivations for hosting the Grand Prix was a mystery, and Eggman. In the meantime, Rouge had learned that Dodon Pa and Eggman were seemingly working together. As such, she told Sonic and Shadow after their race of what she had learned and that Dodon Pa was not to be trusted. Upon hearing this, Omega suggested eliminating both Eggman and Dodon Pa. A couple of races later, Eggman sent hundreds of [[Egg Pawn|Eggpawns]] after the racers. However, Team Dark quickly slagged the robots with the aid of the other teams. Afterward, Omega looked forward to eliminating more Eggpanws, as Eggman would confirm that those were just the beginning. When [[Omochao]] later discovered that Dodon Pa was sending information on the teams' teamwork to an unknown receiver, Rouge speculated that the receiver was Eggman. She subsequently calmed an angry Knuckles down when he thought about bailing on the Grand Prix.
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Later, it was revealed that Dodon Pa was a good guy and the President of [[Donpa Motors]]. Rouge would then ask Dodon Pa of why he was holding the Grand Prix and why he invited everyone so secretly. Dodon Pa explained that he was using the Grand Prix to gather information for his corporation's top secret [[Ultimate Energy Engine]], which Dodon Pa wanted to use for philanthropic purposes. Still, Rouge wondered why he wanted them to race for him, and not his employees. Dodon Pa explained in return that he wanted the best racers to produce the data he needed (hence Rouge and her friends). Along the way, Rouge also got Dodon Pa to tell about his hidden treasures, which she planned to steal. Still, there was the matter of finishing the Ultimate Energy Engine, which Rouge knew meant racing some more. Their conflict with Dodon Pa now resolved, Shadow came to Sonic to remind him that they still had Eggman to worry about.
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Soon after, the heroes learned from [[Big the Cat|Big]] that Eggman had kidnapped Dodon Pa and brought him to the [[Final Fortress]]. Wanting to rescue Dodon Pa, Team Dark and co. went to the Final Fortress. There, Eggman had them compete in a number of races with Team Eggman and his army of Eggpawns in exchange for Dodon Pa, not knowing Eggman was using them to gather the [[Ultimate Team Energy]] needed to finish the Ultimate Energy Engine. Once the engine was complete, Eggman stole it from Dodon Pa and incorporated it into his [[monster machine]]. Team Dark and their allies subsequently faced the monster machine, and beat it in a race. However, the monster machine soon after went crazy and drove into the Final Fortress's core. As the Final Fortress crashed, Team Dark were forced to abandon their cars and evacuate the airship while Team Sonic saved Dodon Pa. Down on the ground, Team Dark were reunited with Team Sonic when they arrived with Dodon Pa. Just as the Grand Prix seemed over since the cars had been destroyed when the Final Fortress crashed, Dodon Pa decided to give everyone new cars, thus allowing Team Dark and their comrades to race once more.
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==Unofficial appearances==
 
===''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)===
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In [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]], Team Dark's reassembly began with Shadow and Rouge's pursuit of the [[Scepter of Darkness]] and later [[Mephiles the Dark]]. When Shadow and Rouge ended up in the [[Silver's future|future]], the two found Omega in [[Crisis City]], who was stuck in standby mode. Later, Rouge, after returning to the present alone and venturing through [[Tropical Jungle]], found Omega and asked him to deliver a [[Chaos Emerald]] to Shadow in the distant future. Omega thus began waiting for 200 years until he was at the point in time where Shadow was in the future.
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Eventually, the time came for Omega to assist Shadow. In the meantime, Shadow was busy fighting Mephiles. When it seems that Mephiles had the upper hand, Omega came to Shadow's aid. Upon his defeat, Mephiles escaped to the present, but Shadow and Omega followed him there. Before the battle though, Mephiles had shown Shadow that in the future, he would be blamed for the destruction of the world and sealed away, and Omega learned that he would be the one to defeat and seal Shadow away.
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[[File:TeamDarkintro.jpg|thumb|right|Team Dark getting ready to fight Mephiles.]]
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In the present, Shadow and Omega reunited with Rouge. As they discussed [[Doctor Eggman|Eggman]]'s current motives based on his troops' movements and the identity of Mephiles, Shadow decided to go after Eggman alone to get some answers, leaving the tracking of Mephiles to Rouge and Omega. The team later regrouped again in [[Wave Ocean]], where Omega had tracked Mephiles to. After Omega forced Mephiles to retreat, Omega confessed about him being the one imprisoning Shadow in the future. While Rouge was outraged over how the world would treat Shadow in the future, Shadow remained silent, determined to make his own destiny. Regardless, Rouge promised Shadow that she would always stand by him. Afterward, Team Dark began tracking down Mephiles again in order to seal him in the Scepter of Darkness. Finding him in [[Dusty Desert]], Team Dark defeated him. However, the Scepter of Darkness could not contain Mephiles in his present state when Shadow tried to seal him in it, and was destroyed. Mephiles then used the Chaos Emerald he had and the one Team Dark had to create hundreds of copies of himself to destroy Team Dark with. In response, Shadow took off his [[limiter]]s, thus giving him Dark the power boost needed to destroy the copies with Rouge and Omega by his side.
   
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After Team Dark beat the Mephiles clones, the real Mephiles remerged with [[Iblis]] and recreated [[Solaris]], who created a massive [[End of the World|time-space rift]]. Finding themselves caught in this distortion with [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], [[Amy Rose|Amy]], Eggman, [[Silver the Hedgehog|Silver]] and [[Princess Elise the Third|Princess Else]], Team Dark found [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s dead body, the casualty of Mephiles' plan to recreate Solaris. With Solaris bend on consulting all of time, Team Dark joined forces with the other heroes in order to find the Chaos Emeralds and use them to bring Sonic back to life so he could help them defeat Solaris. After Sonic was revived as [[Super Sonic]], Sonic shared his power with Shadow and Silver, thus allowing them to attained their [[Super transformation|Super States]]. The trio then defeated Solaris, and Sonic and Elise ensured that Solaris never came to exist, thereby erasing Team Dark's adventure from history.
At the end of the story, it is revealed that E-10000B is, in fact, Metal Sonic in disguise, who joined the team in order to copy other character's abilities to make himself strong enough to challenge Sonic in a race.
 
   
 
===''Sonic Forces''===
 
===''Sonic Forces''===
 
[[File:TeamDarkForces.png|thumb|left|Team Dark in ''[[Sonic Forces]]''.]]
 
[[File:TeamDarkForces.png|thumb|left|Team Dark in ''[[Sonic Forces]]''.]]
In ''[[Sonic Forces]]'', Team Dark was on a reconnaissance mission regarding [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman's]] new base of operations. Omega had stormed the base, recklessly destroying Eggman's [[Egg Pawn|minions]] and ignoring Rouge's request to wait for back-up from Shadow. Soon, Omega came across [[Infinite]], who he deemed an interference in his mission. Rouge had picked up transmissions from Omega concerning his fight but soon lost all contact with him. Due to this, Shadow immediately rushed to the base to try and find Omega at his last recorded coordinates.<ref name="LoomingShadow">''[[Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow]]'', "Looming Shadow"</ref>
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In ''[[Sonic Forces]]'', Team Dark were on a reconnaissance mission regarding [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman's]] new base of operations. Omega, however, soon stormed the base, recklessly destroying Eggman's [[Egg Pawn|minions]] and ignoring Rouge's request to wait for back-up from Shadow. Soon after, Omega came across [[Infinite]], who he deemed an interference in his mission. Rouge had picked up transmissions from Omega concerning his fight but soon lost all contact with him. Due to this, Shadow immediately rushed to the base to try and find Omega at his last recorded coordinates.<ref name="LoomingShadow">''[[Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow]]'', "Looming Shadow"</ref> Shadow was unable to find Omega, however, and only barely escaped his subsequent encounter with Infinite.
   
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For the next seven months, Team Dark remained apart. Rouge in particular joined the [[Resistance]] in their [[War to Take Back the Planet|war]] against the [[Eggman Empire]], and an heavily damaged and inoperable Omega was eventually discovered by [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], who tried to repair him until he got interrupted by a [[Chaos]] [[replica]]. During the last days of the Resistance-Eggman Empire war, Shadow joined the Resistance as well after saving [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] from a replica of himself. Later, during the battle at the [[Eggman Empire Fortress]], Team Dark was reunited when a fully functional Omega joined the Resistance's side in the fight. Team Dark proceeded to fight the Eggman Empire's army of replicas alongside the Resistance until the source of the replicas, the [[Phantom Ruby]], was neutralized by Sonic, [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Classic Sonic]], and the [[Avatar]]. With the war over, Team Dark met up with the other members of the Resistance in [[Resistance HQ]], where [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] announced the disbandment of the Resistance.
Team Dark would not be fully reunited until the end of the story, however, Rouge and Shadow would work with the [[Resistance]] throughout their adventure to stop Doctor Eggman's plan to end the world in three days, and Omega, who sustained heavy damage from his encounter with Infinite, makes his reappearance for the final fight against Eggman's forces. Rouge later jokes about this sudden reappearance, but is glad that Team Dark has been reunited.
 
   
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==Equipment==
===''Team Sonic Racing''===
 
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*[[Black Shot]]: [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]]'s personal Extreme Gear from [[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]] onwards, designed by Accevive Corp., later redesigned by Accelovice
[[File:TSR_Team_Dark.jpg|thumb|right|Team Dark in ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' with Shadow's car.]]
 
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*[[Cross Dozer]]: [[E-123 Omega]]'s personal race car from [[Donpa Motors]]
In ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'', Team Dark was invited by [[Dodon Pa]] to participate in his team-racing Grand Prix tournament which he advertised to be "unlike any other." Ultimately, Team Dark decided to participate. However there true intentions for joining the Grand Prix is to investigate Doctor Eggman. <ref name="name">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndw.jp/teamsonicracing-interview_dark/ |title=Team Sonic Racing’s Character’s Interviews|publisher=Sega |work=Characters |accessdate=7 May 2019|language=Japanese }}</ref>
 
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*[[Darkness]]: Shadow's default Extreme Gear in [[Sonic Riders]]
 
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*[[Dark Reaper]]: [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]]'s personal race car from Donpa Motors
During a race between Team Dark and [[Team Sonic]], the two teams worked on getting the upper hand on one another, with [[E-123 Omega|Omega]] and [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] being busy dealing with [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], while [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] went head-to-head with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]. During the race however, [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]] intruded on the teams' race in order to compete against them on his own as a "special guest" (which Dodon Pa permitted despite knowing it was a lie). After Eggman began gaining the lead, Rouge suggested that their teams put aside their feud in order to deal with Eggman, which Team Sonic accepted. Following Team Sonic's example, Team Dark executed the [[Slingshot (move)|Slingshot]] on Shadow, thus allowing him to pass Eggman alongside Sonic. Rouge and Omega then joined forces with Tails, Knuckles, [[Team Vector]] and [[Team Rose]]. Together, they surrounded Eggman on the racetrack before delivering a massive beatdown on the doctor with their combined [[Wisp]] power-ups. However, Dodon Pa was too busy watching Eggman's beating to see which one between Sonic and Shadow crossed the finish line first. As such, the two hedgehogs decided to have a rematch.<ref name="TeamSonicRacingOneShot">''[[Team Sonic Racing One-shot]]'', "Team Sonic Racing One-Shot"</ref>
 
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*[[E-Gear]]: [[E-10000B]]'s personal Extreme Gear, designed by Dr. Eggman
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*[[Lip Spyder]]: [[Rouge the Bat]]'s personal race car from Donpa Motors
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*[[Temptation]]: [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]]'s personal Extreme Gear, originally designed by Robotnik Corp., later redesigned by Accevive Corp. and Accelovice
   
 
==In other media==
 
==In other media==
 
===Archie Comics===
 
===Archie Comics===
 
{{Main|Team Dark (Archie)|Team Dark (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)}}
 
{{Main|Team Dark (Archie)|Team Dark (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)}}
[[File:Team Dark formation.png|thumb|left|200px|Team Dark, from [[Archie Sonic Universe Issue 4|''Sonic Universe'' #4]].]]
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[[File:SU 67 Team Dark.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Team Dark in the [[Archie Comics]].]]
 
In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'']] comic series and its spin-offs published by [[Archie Comics]], Team Dark is a small, surgical strike force in the greater [[Guardian Units of the Nation|G.U.N.]] military. In the original continuity. It was formed to retrieve a [[Chaos Emerald (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Chaos Emerald]] from [[Feist]] in the [[Special Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Special Zone]]. The team was highly unorthodox in that it was comprised of traditional enemies of the humans and [[Overlanders]] - namely two [[Mobian]]s and an advanced [[Badnik Horde (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|badnik]]. Team Dark handled missions that were beyond the scope of traditional G.U.N. soldiers or weapons. Its three members could do the work of twenty heavily-supported skilled soldiers or more. The name of the team was two-fold, in part referring to the shady pasts and dealings of each member, and in part referring to the nature of many of their missions. Most of their actions were to go to unknown to the world at large, and were often under this directive: "Da whatever it takes."
 
In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'']] comic series and its spin-offs published by [[Archie Comics]], Team Dark is a small, surgical strike force in the greater [[Guardian Units of the Nation|G.U.N.]] military. In the original continuity. It was formed to retrieve a [[Chaos Emerald (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Chaos Emerald]] from [[Feist]] in the [[Special Zone (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|Special Zone]]. The team was highly unorthodox in that it was comprised of traditional enemies of the humans and [[Overlanders]] - namely two [[Mobian]]s and an advanced [[Badnik Horde (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)|badnik]]. Team Dark handled missions that were beyond the scope of traditional G.U.N. soldiers or weapons. Its three members could do the work of twenty heavily-supported skilled soldiers or more. The name of the team was two-fold, in part referring to the shady pasts and dealings of each member, and in part referring to the nature of many of their missions. Most of their actions were to go to unknown to the world at large, and were often under this directive: "Da whatever it takes."
   
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In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series and its spin-offs published by [[IDW Publishing]], Team Dark made their debut in [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 5|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #5]]. In this media, the team's past is virtually identical to their game counterpart's.
 
In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series and its spin-offs published by [[IDW Publishing]], Team Dark made their debut in [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 5|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #5]]. In this media, the team's past is virtually identical to their game counterpart's.
   
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==Theme songs==
==Unofficial Appearances==
 
 
*"[[This Machine]]" (''[[Sonic Heroes]]'')
Whilst Team Dark did not appear until ''Sonic Heroes'' there have been times where the three characters have worked together.
 
 
===''Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)''===
 
[[File:TeamDarkintro.jpg|thumb|right|Team Dark in [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' 2006]].]]
 
In [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]], Team Dark features primarily in Shadow's story. In it, Rouge and Shadow are in pursuit of the Scepter of Darkness and later [[Mephiles the Dark]]. Omega does not appear in Shadow's Story until [[Crisis City]], where he is found offline. Rouge, after returning to the present and venturing through [[Tropical Jungle]], finds Omega and commands him to deliver a Chaos Emerald to Shadow in the distant future. In Flame Core, after Shadow fights [[Iblis]], he faces off against Mephiles the Dark. When it seems that Mephiles has the upper hand, Omega then comes to Shadow's aid. As Mephiles escapes to the present, Shadow and Omega follow him. Before the battle, Mephiles had shown Shadow that in the future, he will be blamed for the destruction of the world, and Omega then learned that he would be the one to capture him. Shadow later appears at Radical Train and saves Sonic from being killed by Silver. Shadow proceeds to fight Silver as Sonic goes off to chase Dr. Eggman. After Shadow defeats Silver, the two hedgehogs initiate Chaos Control and Shadow shows Silver who the true Iblis Trigger is. In the Aquatic Base, Shadow chases off Mephiles while Silver chases Iblis after the [[Solaris Project]] failed. Shadow then used the Scepter of Darkness, given to him by the Duke of Soleanna, to seal Mephiles. Later in Wave Ocean, Omega confesses about him being the one imprisoning Shadow in the future. In the end of Shadow's Story, Team Dark meets up and defeat Mephiles, but he later forms thousands of copies. Shadow removes his inhibitor rings, and proceeds to destroy the copies with Rouge and Omega by his side.
 
 
=== ''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' ===
 
In ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' all three members of Team Dark appear throughout the story as recruitable members of Sonic's party. Shadow, compared to other members, can be fought once depending on the player's choices and once more as a requirement before he joins the party. E-123 Omega is one of the two optional party members in the story and only be recruited in [[Metropolis (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Metropolis]] before [[Angel Island (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Angel Island]] crashes into it. If all three members of Team Dark are in the player's party, they can perform a special POW move called [[Metal Storm]].
 
 
All three members have individual POW moves that pierce armor, Shadow having [[Chaos Spear]], Rouge having [[Jewel Storm]], and Omega having [[Beam Cannon]]. This is the only team where all members have all three different attack frequencies (in order from highest to lowest): Shadow attacks three times, Rouge attacks twice and Omega attacks only once.
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*The team is supposedly named after the Dark story mode in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'', which was the first playable appearances of both Shadow and Rouge.
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*This is the only team in ''Sonic Heroes'' with [[E-123 Omega|a member]] that debuts in the very same game.
*This is the only team in the game with [[E-123 Omega|a member]] that debuts in ''Sonic Heroes'' as well as the only team with an inorganic member.
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*This is the only team in ''Sonic Heroes'' to have an inorganic member.
*This is the only team from ''Sonic Heroes'' whose Power character is not the oldest. Knuckles is 16, Big is 18 and Vector is 20, all the eldest in their teams. However, Shadow is over 50 years old (chronologically) making him older than Omega, who not only would have been created sometime much later by Dr. Eggman, but is the last in the line of E-100 series robots. Even withholding Shadow's case, Omega still ranks in as the group's youngest as Rouge is 18.
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*This is the only team from ''Sonic Heroes'' whose Power character is not the oldest. Shadow is over 50 years old (chronologically) making him older than Omega, who not only would have been created sometime much later by Dr. Eggman, but is the last in the line of E-100 series robots. Even withholding Shadow's case, Omega still ranks in as the group's youngest as Rouge is 18.
*Team Dark is the only team that is not named in-game by one of its members.
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*Team Dark is the only team in ''Sonic Heroes'' that is not named in-game by one of its members.
*This is the only ''Sonic Heroes'' team whose leader is a [[Fly Type]].
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*This is the only ''Sonic Heroes'' team whose leader is a [[Fly Type]]. It is also one of the two teams where a female character is the team leader, the other being [[Team Rose]].
 
*This is the only ''Sonic Heroes'' team in which the Power Type is not specifically "male", as robots do not technically have genders unless said otherwise.
 
*This is the only ''Sonic Heroes'' team in which the Power Type is not specifically "male", as robots do not technically have genders unless said otherwise.
*The members of the team are usually seen working together when all three of them (or a similar combination) appear in the same game.
 
 
*Since their debut, neither Rouge nor Omega have been featured in a game where Shadow does not appear.
 
*Since their debut, neither Rouge nor Omega have been featured in a game where Shadow does not appear.
*All the members of Team Dark have been shown to have skating skills.
 
**Shadow frequently uses [[Air Shoes]] to hover skate.
 
**Rouge is a Rival Boss in the Figure Skating Event in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''.
 
**Omega is a Rival Boss in the Speed Skating Event in ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
===Artwork===
 
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Team Dark 2006.jpg|[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' 2006]].
 
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===Screenshots===
 
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For other uses of the term, see Team Dark (disambiguation).

Shadow, Rouge and Omega are no strangers to putting their own interests first, but can they bring it together as a team?


— Description, Team Sonic Racing manual[1]

Team Dark (チームダーク Chīmu Dāku?) is a group that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a team that was founded by Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega, all of who joined forces to track down their common target: Dr. Eggman. Eventually meeting up with Team Sonic, Team Rose and Team Chaotix, the trio assisted in the defeat of the rogue Metal Sonic. Consisting of highly powerful and fearsome individuals in their own right, Team Dark is a force to be reckoned with and has often appeared to content with some of the world's greatest threats and champions.

History

Sonic Heroes

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Team Dark is formed.

In Sonic Heroes, Rouge broke into Dr. Eggman's headquarters in search of Eggman's secret treasure. There, she was shocked to find Shadow suspended in a stasis capsule. Turning on the power in an attempt to free Shadow, E-123 Omega was activated and began attacking Shadow, believing him to be an Eggman robot. After saving Rouge from a spray of bullets, Shadow engaged Omega. Before things could escalate further though, Rouge stepped in to break up the fighting and have the two talk. Afterward, Rouge was able to piece together the whole story: Omega was mad at Eggman for decommissioning him and imprisoning him and now wanted to take revenge by destroying all Eggman's machinery, and Shadow had lost all his memories prior to his release from the stasis capsule. Reminding them that their common target was Eggman, who had what they each wanted, Rouge had the trio form Team Dark so they could look for Eggman together.

Shortly after starting their search, Team Dark found Eggman and his Egg Hawk. Although they defeated the Egg Hawk, Eggman got away. Pursuing Eggman to Grand Metropolis with renewed resolve, Team Dark crushed the opposition in the city and escaped its Power Plant. Afterward, they met Team Chaotix, who they engage in battle over an assumption Rouge made about them. After the fight, Team Dark arrived in the big city where met Eggman again. Shadow asked Eggman about his past, but Eggman remarked that he had "no past to remember". Overcoming Eggman's robot hordes, Team Dark continued their pursuit of Eggman to Eggman's base at Bullet Station. After destroying Eggman's base, Team Dark faced the doctor and his Egg Albatross. Upon beating him however, Team Dark saw that the Eggman they had been chasing was a fake. Furthermore, they found the remains of a Shadow Android, making them question whether Shadow was the genuine article or not. Continuing their hunt, Team Dark eventually came across Team Sonic and fought them to see which one of them got to go after Eggman. Afterward, Team Dark continued their hunt through a spooky castle and mansion before coming across Eggman again. After overcoming Eggman's robot, Team Dark ventured to Eggman's headquarters among the Egg Fleet where they defeated Eggman and his Egg Emperor. With Eggman seemingly destroyed, Omega considered his mission complete. Soon after, Rouge went looking for Eggman's treasure, only to find a warehouse full of Shadow Androids. As Omega prepared to destroy the warehouse, he told Rouge, who did not know if Shadow was real or not, that Eggman needed the original Shadow to make the Shadow Androids.

Not long after, Team Dark, Sonic, Chaotix and Rose united to see Neo Metal Sonic reveal himself. As it turned out, Neo Metal Sonic, who had been impersonating Eggman, had been the mastermind staging the teams' adventures so he could copy their data for a plan to conquer the world himself. As Neo Metal Sonic transformed into Metal Madness, the real Dr. Eggman saw the teams had collected all the Chaos Emeralds and got the idea of using the Emeralds against Metal Sonic. Team Dark then volunteered to stall Metal Madness with the others while Team Sonic prepared the Chaos Emeralds. Despite Team Dark's efforts, Metal Madness transformed into Metal Overlord, but Team Super Sonic then arrived and defeated him. Afterward, Team Dark split up, with Rouge deciding to go after Knuckles' Master Emerald, and Shadow and Omega staying behind with an inert Metal Sonic.

Sonic Free Riders

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Team Dark in Sonic Free Riders.

In Sonic Free Riders, Shadow and Rouge appeared to take part in the second World Grand Prix hosted by a disguised Dr. Eggman as Team Dark. However, both members cared little for the competition: Rouge was only interested in the Grand Prix's large cash prize and Shadow's only interest was testing his racing skills.

Disregarding formalities, Shadow and Rouge arrived fifteen minutes late to the opening ceremony. As Team Dark got ready to compete however, Omochao told them that they needed a third member for their team to be eligible for participation. Despite feeling that another member was unnecessary, Team Dark picked a random E-10000B from the street. Having a full team now, Team Dark got ready to face Team Babylon in the first round. Although their opponents mocked them, Team Dark held their own against them, prompting a lot of trash talk. After beating Team Babylon, Team Dark advanced to the next round, where Team Heroes awaited. During the races though, E-10000B began to overheat. Dismissing E-10000B's need for a rest, Rouge and Shadow kept competing, much to Team Heroes' disgust. Regardless, Team Dark beat Team Heroes. Just as Team Dark thought they could claim the prize, Omochao reminded them that they still had to face Team Rose in the finals. Between the races however, E-10000B started to overheat even more. Ignoring him, Rouge and Shadow pressed on. After the decisive race however, E-10000B broke down, which, according to the rules, cost Team Dark their victory. Fortunately, Team Dark were permitted a rematch with Team Rose as they were. As such, while 10000B was taken away to be repaired, Rouge and Shadow beat Team Rose. However, they were forced to wait for the awards ceremony before collecting their prize.

During the extra rounds, Team Dark had their own fair share of defeats too. At the end of the tournament, Team Dark and the other teams came to the awards ceremony to collect their prizes, but Eggman made them have a final race against his "ultimate Gear-Jockey robot." After the race, Eggman revealed he had used the Grand Prix to collect everyone's racing data with his E-10000 robots to create the ultimate Extreme Gear for him to use. Eggman subsequently challenged Team Dark and the others to a race. After the teams beat Eggman, Metal Sonic revealed himself as the one controlling E-10000B, and it was discovered that Metal Sonic had given Eggman fake data so he could use the real data to beat Sonic in Extreme Gear riding. After Sonic defeated Metal Sonic in a race though, it was revealed that Eggman never had a prize to give out. However, Rouge and Shadow were hardly surprised by this turn of events.

Team Sonic Racing

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Team Dark in Team Sonic Racing with the Dark Reaper.

In Team Sonic Racing, Team Dark joined Dodon Pa's Grand Prix alongside Dr. Eggman and his team. However, the team's true intentions for joining the Grand Prix was to investigate Dr. Eggman.[2] In that Grand Prix awaited opponents like Team Sonic, Team Rose and Team Vector. For the races, Team Dark received the Dark Reaper, the Lip Spyder, and the Cross Dozer to race in.

During a race between Team Dark and Team Sonic, the two teams worked on getting the upper hand on one another, with Omega and Rouge being busy dealing with Tails and Knuckles, while Shadow went head-to-head with Sonic. During the race however, Dr. Eggman intruded on the teams' race in order to compete against them on his own as a "special guest" (which Dodon Pa permitted despite knowing it was a lie). After Eggman began gaining the lead, Rouge suggested that their teams put aside their feud in order to deal with Eggman, which Team Sonic accepted. Following Team Sonic's example, Team Dark executed the Slingshot on Shadow, thus allowing him to pass Eggman alongside Sonic. Rouge and Omega then joined forces with Tails, Knuckles, Team Vector and Team Rose. Together, they surrounded Eggman on the racetrack before delivering a massive beatdown on the doctor with their combined Wisp power-ups. However, Dodon Pa was too busy watching Eggman's beating to see which one between Sonic and Shadow crossed the finish line first. As such, the two hedgehogs decided to have a rematch.[3]

Eventually, Shadow met Sonic, who wanted to know if he was working with Dr. Eggman. Shadow replied grimly that he was only in the Grand Prix to stop Eggman's plans. However, as the two hedgehogs' egos clashed, Shadow and Sonic would challenge each other to a race. Afterward, they agreed to watch out for both Dodon Pa, whose motivations for hosting the Grand Prix was a mystery, and Eggman. In the meantime, Rouge had learned that Dodon Pa and Eggman were seemingly working together. As such, she told Sonic and Shadow after their race of what she had learned and that Dodon Pa was not to be trusted. Upon hearing this, Omega suggested eliminating both Eggman and Dodon Pa. A couple of races later, Eggman sent hundreds of Eggpawns after the racers. However, Team Dark quickly slagged the robots with the aid of the other teams. Afterward, Omega looked forward to eliminating more Eggpanws, as Eggman would confirm that those were just the beginning. When Omochao later discovered that Dodon Pa was sending information on the teams' teamwork to an unknown receiver, Rouge speculated that the receiver was Eggman. She subsequently calmed an angry Knuckles down when he thought about bailing on the Grand Prix.

Later, it was revealed that Dodon Pa was a good guy and the President of Donpa Motors. Rouge would then ask Dodon Pa of why he was holding the Grand Prix and why he invited everyone so secretly. Dodon Pa explained that he was using the Grand Prix to gather information for his corporation's top secret Ultimate Energy Engine, which Dodon Pa wanted to use for philanthropic purposes. Still, Rouge wondered why he wanted them to race for him, and not his employees. Dodon Pa explained in return that he wanted the best racers to produce the data he needed (hence Rouge and her friends). Along the way, Rouge also got Dodon Pa to tell about his hidden treasures, which she planned to steal. Still, there was the matter of finishing the Ultimate Energy Engine, which Rouge knew meant racing some more. Their conflict with Dodon Pa now resolved, Shadow came to Sonic to remind him that they still had Eggman to worry about.

Soon after, the heroes learned from Big that Eggman had kidnapped Dodon Pa and brought him to the Final Fortress. Wanting to rescue Dodon Pa, Team Dark and co. went to the Final Fortress. There, Eggman had them compete in a number of races with Team Eggman and his army of Eggpawns in exchange for Dodon Pa, not knowing Eggman was using them to gather the Ultimate Team Energy needed to finish the Ultimate Energy Engine. Once the engine was complete, Eggman stole it from Dodon Pa and incorporated it into his monster machine. Team Dark and their allies subsequently faced the monster machine, and beat it in a race. However, the monster machine soon after went crazy and drove into the Final Fortress's core. As the Final Fortress crashed, Team Dark were forced to abandon their cars and evacuate the airship while Team Sonic saved Dodon Pa. Down on the ground, Team Dark were reunited with Team Sonic when they arrived with Dodon Pa. Just as the Grand Prix seemed over since the cars had been destroyed when the Final Fortress crashed, Dodon Pa decided to give everyone new cars, thus allowing Team Dark and their comrades to race once more.

Unofficial appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Team Dark's reassembly began with Shadow and Rouge's pursuit of the Scepter of Darkness and later Mephiles the Dark. When Shadow and Rouge ended up in the future, the two found Omega in Crisis City, who was stuck in standby mode. Later, Rouge, after returning to the present alone and venturing through Tropical Jungle, found Omega and asked him to deliver a Chaos Emerald to Shadow in the distant future. Omega thus began waiting for 200 years until he was at the point in time where Shadow was in the future.

Eventually, the time came for Omega to assist Shadow. In the meantime, Shadow was busy fighting Mephiles. When it seems that Mephiles had the upper hand, Omega came to Shadow's aid. Upon his defeat, Mephiles escaped to the present, but Shadow and Omega followed him there. Before the battle though, Mephiles had shown Shadow that in the future, he would be blamed for the destruction of the world and sealed away, and Omega learned that he would be the one to defeat and seal Shadow away.

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Team Dark getting ready to fight Mephiles.

In the present, Shadow and Omega reunited with Rouge. As they discussed Eggman's current motives based on his troops' movements and the identity of Mephiles, Shadow decided to go after Eggman alone to get some answers, leaving the tracking of Mephiles to Rouge and Omega. The team later regrouped again in Wave Ocean, where Omega had tracked Mephiles to. After Omega forced Mephiles to retreat, Omega confessed about him being the one imprisoning Shadow in the future. While Rouge was outraged over how the world would treat Shadow in the future, Shadow remained silent, determined to make his own destiny. Regardless, Rouge promised Shadow that she would always stand by him. Afterward, Team Dark began tracking down Mephiles again in order to seal him in the Scepter of Darkness. Finding him in Dusty Desert, Team Dark defeated him. However, the Scepter of Darkness could not contain Mephiles in his present state when Shadow tried to seal him in it, and was destroyed. Mephiles then used the Chaos Emerald he had and the one Team Dark had to create hundreds of copies of himself to destroy Team Dark with. In response, Shadow took off his limiters, thus giving him Dark the power boost needed to destroy the copies with Rouge and Omega by his side.

After Team Dark beat the Mephiles clones, the real Mephiles remerged with Iblis and recreated Solaris, who created a massive time-space rift. Finding themselves caught in this distortion with Knuckles, Tails, Amy, Eggman, Silver and Princess Else, Team Dark found Sonic's dead body, the casualty of Mephiles' plan to recreate Solaris. With Solaris bend on consulting all of time, Team Dark joined forces with the other heroes in order to find the Chaos Emeralds and use them to bring Sonic back to life so he could help them defeat Solaris. After Sonic was revived as Super Sonic, Sonic shared his power with Shadow and Silver, thus allowing them to attained their Super States. The trio then defeated Solaris, and Sonic and Elise ensured that Solaris never came to exist, thereby erasing Team Dark's adventure from history.

Sonic Forces

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Team Dark in Sonic Forces.

In Sonic Forces, Team Dark were on a reconnaissance mission regarding Dr. Eggman's new base of operations. Omega, however, soon stormed the base, recklessly destroying Eggman's minions and ignoring Rouge's request to wait for back-up from Shadow. Soon after, Omega came across Infinite, who he deemed an interference in his mission. Rouge had picked up transmissions from Omega concerning his fight but soon lost all contact with him. Due to this, Shadow immediately rushed to the base to try and find Omega at his last recorded coordinates.[4] Shadow was unable to find Omega, however, and only barely escaped his subsequent encounter with Infinite.

For the next seven months, Team Dark remained apart. Rouge in particular joined the Resistance in their war against the Eggman Empire, and an heavily damaged and inoperable Omega was eventually discovered by Tails, who tried to repair him until he got interrupted by a Chaos replica. During the last days of the Resistance-Eggman Empire war, Shadow joined the Resistance as well after saving Sonic from a replica of himself. Later, during the battle at the Eggman Empire Fortress, Team Dark was reunited when a fully functional Omega joined the Resistance's side in the fight. Team Dark proceeded to fight the Eggman Empire's army of replicas alongside the Resistance until the source of the replicas, the Phantom Ruby, was neutralized by Sonic, Classic Sonic, and the Avatar. With the war over, Team Dark met up with the other members of the Resistance in Resistance HQ, where Knuckles announced the disbandment of the Resistance.

Equipment

In other media

Archie Comics

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Team Dark in the Archie Comics.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Team Dark is a small, surgical strike force in the greater G.U.N. military. In the original continuity. It was formed to retrieve a Chaos Emerald from Feist in the Special Zone. The team was highly unorthodox in that it was comprised of traditional enemies of the humans and Overlanders - namely two Mobians and an advanced badnik. Team Dark handled missions that were beyond the scope of traditional G.U.N. soldiers or weapons. Its three members could do the work of twenty heavily-supported skilled soldiers or more. The name of the team was two-fold, in part referring to the shady pasts and dealings of each member, and in part referring to the nature of many of their missions. Most of their actions were to go to unknown to the world at large, and were often under this directive: "Da whatever it takes."

After the events of Sonic & Mega Man: Worlds Collide, Team Dark's past became virtually identical to its game counterpart, although the team itself remained a close affiliate of G.U.N.

IDW Publishing

Main article: Team Dark (IDW)

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing, Team Dark made their debut in Sonic the Hedgehog #5. In this media, the team's past is virtually identical to their game counterpart's.

Theme songs

Trivia

  • This is the only team in Sonic Heroes with a member that debuts in the very same game.
  • This is the only team in Sonic Heroes to have an inorganic member.
  • This is the only team from Sonic Heroes whose Power character is not the oldest. Shadow is over 50 years old (chronologically) making him older than Omega, who not only would have been created sometime much later by Dr. Eggman, but is the last in the line of E-100 series robots. Even withholding Shadow's case, Omega still ranks in as the group's youngest as Rouge is 18.
  • Team Dark is the only team in Sonic Heroes that is not named in-game by one of its members.
  • This is the only Sonic Heroes team whose leader is a Fly Type. It is also one of the two teams where a female character is the team leader, the other being Team Rose.
  • This is the only Sonic Heroes team in which the Power Type is not specifically "male", as robots do not technically have genders unless said otherwise.
  • Since their debut, neither Rouge nor Omega have been featured in a game where Shadow does not appear.

References



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