Shadow (disambiguation)

A shadow is a region of darkness where light is blocked.

Shadow or Shadows may also refer to:

Places

• Shadow, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the US

People

• M. Shadows (born 1981), lead singer for Avenged Sevenfold
• Mary Shadow (1925–1992), American politician from Tennessee

Nickname or stage name

• Norvell Austin (born 1958) or Shadow, professional wrestler
• Lance Hoyt (born 1977) or Shadow, professional wrestler
• Jefferson King (born 1961) or Shadow, athlete from Gladiators
• DJ Shadow (born 1972), turntablist musician, producer, and songwriter
• Mighty Shadow (1941–2018), Trinidad calypsonian
• The Shadow (rapper) (born 1977), Israeli hip hop artist
• The Shadow, a professional wrestler from United States Wrestling Association
• Dorian Yates (born 1962) "The Shadow", former professional bodybuilder
• Black Shadow, Mexican professional Lucha Libre wrestler
• Shadoe Stevens (born 1947), American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• The Shadow, character from pulp fiction, radio and movies
• Shadow (Babylon 5), a race of extraterrestrials in the Babylon 5 universe
• Shadow (Dungeons & Dragons), an undead creature in Dungeons & Dragons
• Shadow (Final Fantasy), a player character in the 1994 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VI by Square
• Shadow, the main character in American Gods
• Shadow, a character in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
• Shadow, a character in Bear in the Big Blue House
• Shadow, a cybernetic and darkened version of Charlie Nash from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
• Shadow, a villain from the 1995s show Juukou B-Fighter
• Shadow, the most common form of the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts
• Shadow, the main character in Cyber Shadow
• Shadow and Gasher, a villain from the 1986 TV series Jikuu Senshi Spielban
• Shadow, also known as 'Blinky', one of the four antagonists in the video game Pac-Man.
• Shadow Geist, a character from the game Street Fighter EX2
• Shadow Man, a ninja boss from the game Mega Man 3
• Shadow Master, a boss in Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
• Shadow the Hedgehog, an anti-hero from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
• Shadow Prove, a villain from anime series Bakugan: New Vestroia
• Shadow Weaver, a character from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
• The Master of Shadows, a ghost in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters
• The Shadow, the personification of Death in The Demonata
• The Shadow, a being dark controls the Empty, existed before God or the Darkness from the 2005 TV series Supernatural
• The Shadow, a nightmare entity breaking down reality from Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Shadows, suppressed human thoughts given physical form, according to the Persona series

Films

• Shadows (1916 film), a film by B. Reeves Eason
• Shadows (1919 film), a film by Reginald Barker
• The Shadow (1920 film), an Italian silent film
• Shadows (1922 film), a film starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
• Shadows (1931 film), a British film
• The Shadow (1933 film), a film starring Felix Aylmer
• The Shadow (1937 film), a film starring Rita Hayworth
• The Shadow (serial), the ninth serial released by Columbia Pictures, in 1940
• The Shadow (1948 film), a French film directed by André Berthomieu
• The Shadow (1953 film), a Swedish film starring Eva Dahlbeck
• The Shadow (1954 film), a film starring Märta Torén
• Shadow (1956 film), a 1956 film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
• Shadows (1959 film), a film by John Cassavetes
• Shadow (1971 film), a Soviet film by Nadezhda Kosheverova
• The Shadow (1994 film), a film by Russell Mulcahy, starring Alec Baldwin, based on the pulp magazine/radio character
• Webmaster (film), a 1998 film also known as The Shadow
• Shadows (2007 film), a film by Milčo Mančevski
• Shadow (2009 Hindi film), a film starring Nasser Khan
• Shadow (2009 Italian film), a horror film directed by Federico Zampaglione
• Shadow (2013 film), a Telugu film by Meher Ramesh
• Shadow (2018 film), a Chinese film by Zhang Yimou
• Shadows (2020 film), an Italian thriller film by Carlo Lavagna
• Shadow (2022 film), an Australian film directed by Bruce Gladwin adapting a production by Back to Back Theatre
• The Shadow (unreleased film), a Russian film by Dmitriy Svetozarov, originally scheduled for release in 2017

Games

• The Shadow (pinball), a 1994 pinball game based on the 1994 film
• The Shadow (video game), a cancelled game based on the 1994 film
• Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), a video game based on the 2005 from the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Assassin's Creed Shadows, a 2024 game of the Assassin's Creed series

Literature

• Book of Shadows, a book containing instructions for magical rituals
• The Shadow; A Play in Three Acts, a 1913 play by Eden Phillpotts

The Shadow franchise

• The Shadow, the pulp fiction series from 1930s on (also a radio show and movie serials)
• The Shadow (magazine), the magazine in which the pulp fiction character appeared

Novels

• The Shadow (Spanish: La Sombra), an 1871 novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
• The Shadow: A Story of the Evolution of a Soul, a 1911 novel by Harold Begbie
• The Shadow, a 1913 novel by Arthur Stringer
• The Shadow, a 1920 novel by Mary White Ovington
• Shadow: A Christmas Story, a 1920 book by Harry Stillwell Edwards
• The Shadow and Other Stories, a 1929 book by Jeffery Farnol
• The Shadow, a 1934 novel by Gerald Verner under the pseudonym Donald Stuart
• The Shadow, a 1948 novel by Neil M. Gunn
• Shadows, a 1951 novel by Winifred Duke
• Shadows, a 1970 novel by Victor J. Banis under the pseudonym Jan Alexander
• Shadows, a 1975 novel by Edwin Corley
• Shadow (Brown book), a 1982 book that won a Caldecott Medal for illustrator Marcia Brown
• Shadows, a 1985 novel by Shaun Hutson
• Shadows, a 1986 novel by Vanessa Grant
• Shadows, a 1987 novel by Douglas Scott
• Shadow, a 1987 novel by Dave Duncan
• Shadow, a 1991 novel by Anne Logston, the inaugural installment in the Shadow series
• Shadows, a 1992 novel by John Saul
• The Shadow, a novelization of the 1994 film by James Luceno
• The Shadow, a junior novelization of the 1994 film by Les Martin
• Shadows, a 1996 novel by Kenneth Royce
• Shadow (Woodward book), a 1999 book by Bob Woodward
• Shadows (novel), a 1999 novel by Tim Bowler
• Shadow (Star Trek), a 2001 Star Trek novel by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rush, the fourth installment in the Sector 31 series
• Shadow, a 2001 novel by K. J. Parker, the first installment in the Scavenger trilogy

Short stories

• "The Shadow" (fairy tale), an 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
• "The Shadows", a 1927 short story by Henry S. Whitehead
• "The Shadows", a 1952 short story by Leigh Brackett
• Shadows (anthology), a 1978–1981 series of horror anthologies edited by Charles L. Grant and published by Doubleday

Music

Groups

• Shadow (group), a late '70s funk and soul group, a spin-off from The Ohio Players
• The Shadows (Nepalese band), a rock band from Nepal
• The Shadows, a British guitar-based instrumental group who were also accompanists for Cliff Richard

Albums

• Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album), 1982
• Shadows (David Benoit album), 1991
• Shadows (Gary Bartz album), 1992
• Shadows (Creepmime album), 1993
• Shadows (Spy Glass Blue album), 1996
• Shadows (Wagon Christ album), 2004
• Shadows (Lynch album), 2009
• Shadows (Teenage Fanclub album), 2010
• Shadows (In the Midst of Lions album), 2011
• Shadows (Lenka album), 2013
• Shadows (Rachael Leahcar album), 2017
• The Shadow (album), a 1990 album by Ketil Bjørnstad
• The Shadow, the second album of rock band Naked Giants
• The Shadows (album), a 1961 album by The Shadows

Songs

• "Shadow" (Ashlee Simpson song), 2004
• "Shadow" (f(x) song), 2013
• "Shadow" (Alexandra Burke song), 2018
• "Shadows" (Sunny Day Real Estate song)
• "Shadows" (The Getaway Plan song)
• "Shadows" (Breed 77 song), 2005
• "Shadows" (Warpaint song), 2011
• "Shadows", by A. J. McLean from Have It All
• "Shadows", by The Afters from Live On Forever
• "Shadow", by Austin Mahone from The Secret
• "Shadow", by Bleachers from Strange Desire
• "Shadows", by Breathe Carolina from Savages
• "Shadow", by Britney Spears from In the Zone
• "Shadow", by Carly Rae Jepsen from The Loveliest Time
• "Shadow", by Chromatics from Twin Peaks: Music from the Limited Event Series
• "Shadows", by Deep Purple from Shades of Deep Purple
• "Shadows", by Dev from The Night the Sun Came Up
• "The Shadow", by Devo from Total Devo
• "Shadows", by Eric Prydz
• "Shadows", by From Ashes to New from Day One
• "Shadows", by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album
• "Shadow", by Haste the Day from Coward
• "Shadow", by Immanuel Wilkins from The 7th Hand
• "Shadows", by Joe Walsh from You Bought It – You Name It
• "Shadow", by Kesha from High Road
• "Shadows", by Lindsey Stirling
• "Shadow", by Neurosis from Given to the Rising
• "Shadows", by New Trolls
• "Shadows", by Nidji from Top Up
• "Shadow", by Nonpoint from Miracle
• "The Shadow", by The Prodigy
• "Shadows", by Red from Innocence & Instinct
• "Shadows", by Red Fang from Only Ghosts
• "Shadows", by Red House Painters from Ocean Beach
• "Shadows", by Renegade Five
• "Shadows", by Rufus Wainwright from Poses
• "Shadow", by Ryan Adams from the self-titled album
• "Shadows", by Sabrina Carpenter from Evolution
• "Shadows", by Sampa the Great from As Above, So Below
• "The Shadow", by Timothy B. Schmit from Feed the Fire
• "Shadow", by Twice from More & More
• "Shadows", by Westlife from Where We Are
• "Shadows", by Wire from Mind Hive
• "Shadows", by Wolves at the Gate from Eulogies
• "Shadows", by X Ambassadors from Orion

Venues

• The Shadows in Washington DC, a renowned music club also known as The Cellar Door from 1964 to 1981

Other

• Shadows (Sallinen), an orchestral prelude by Aulis Sallinen
• The Shadow (underground newspaper), New York City, NY

Radio and television

• Shadow, a television ident for BBC Two, from the 1991–2001 series
• Shadows (TV series), a 1970s British supernatural television drama series aimed at older children
• Shadow (TV series), a 2019 South African television drama

Episodes

• "Shadow" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), an episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• "Shadow" (Supernatural), an episode of the television series Supernatural
• "Shadows" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), an episode of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• "Shadows" (The X-Files), an episode of the television series The X-Files
• "Shadows" (Voltron: Legendary Defender), an episode of the television series Voltron: Legendary Defender
• "Shadow," an episode of the television series Blake's 7
• "Shadows", an episode of Highlander
• "Shadows", an episode of the television series Teletubbies

Science and technology

• Shadow (mathematics), a concept in the theory of hyperreal numbers
• Shadow (OS/2), an OS/2 file linking strategy
• Shadows (software), a software package for designing sundials and astrolabes
• Acoustic shadow, acoustical phenomenon caused by an object placed in front of a source of sound
• Shadow memory, a technique used to track and store information on computer memory used by a program during its execution
• Shadow paging, a technique for providing atomicity and durability in database systems
• Shadow password (Unix' /etc/shadow)
• Shadow tables, objects in computer science used to improve the way machines, networks and programs handle information
• The Shadow, a Spirit DataCine without a Kodak front-end optics and CCD

Sports

• Shadow Racing Cars, former Formula One and CanAm racing team of Don Nichols and Jackie Oliver
• The Shadows, a former professional wrestling tag-team

Transport

• Shadow (motorbike), a Honda motorcycle
• AAI RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the United States Army
• Back Bone Shadow, a French paramotor design
• Dodge Shadow, a Chrysler Corporation automobile
• Vortech Shadow, an American autogyro rotorcraft design

Other uses

• Shadow (psychology), a part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed personality traits
• Job shadow, an educational temporary work experience following someone else in their workplace
• Shadow Cabinet, members of the parliamentary opposition party
• USS Shadow III (SP-102), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Shadow Inc., a technology company that gained attention after their IowaReporterApp software failed during the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses
• Shadow.tech, a cloud computing service
• The Shadows (podcast), 2018 podcast created by Kaitlin Prest and produced by the CBC
• Shadow House, a plantation house in Louisiana

See also

• Shadda, an Arabic diacritic mark
• Shado (disambiguation)
• Shadow Lake (disambiguation)
• Shadowing (disambiguation)
• Shadowman (disambiguation)
• Shatto (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Shadow
• All pages with titles containing Shadow