Shadow Androids (シャドウ・アンドロイド Shadō Andoroido?) are robots created by Dr. Eggman that are identical to Shadow the Hedgehog. They are first seen in tubes in Sonic Heroes, and later appear in Shadow the Hedgehog as enemies. Eggman has apparently discontinued the production of these robots for unknown reasons. Although they are referred to as androids (or robots, in one case), E-123 Omega implied they were actually created via cloning and thus were at the very least biomechanical.