Editing Shadow Bug

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|name=Shadow Bug
|image=[[File:SSBU spirit Shadow Bug.png|250px]]
Official Render of Shadow Bugs.
|caption={{symbol|subspace}}
|game1 = Brawl
|universe={{uv|Super Smash Bros.}}
'''Shadow Bugs''' are the small, glowing, violet spheres of which the members of the [[Subspace Army]] are made in [[The Subspace Emissary]]. They are apparently embodiments of a primordial substance. Shadow Bugs were created by extracting a mysterious substance from [[Mr. Game & Watch]], leading [[Tabuu]] to have him captured to become the source of the Subspace Army's soldiers.

They first appeared in a [[Smash Bros. DOJO!!]] update called "[[World of Trophies|This World]]", which introduced the main plot of The Subspace Emissary, shown being dropped down from the [[Halberd]], as well as surrounding a single [[Primid]].

Additionally, Shadow Bugs are mentioned in {{h1|Palutena's Guidance|Mr. Game & Watch}} for {{SSB4|Mr. Game & Watch}}, in which Pit says, "Hey, it's a Shadow Bug!". This is a reference to how Shadow Bugs were extracted from Mr. Game & Watch.

==Shadow Bug Clones==
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[[File:Lakeshore Subspace Emissary.png|thumb|285px|The false Bowser pictured on the right is created from Shadow Bugs.]]
Shadow Bugs are capable of copying a character's trophy and assuming their appearance, but are also capable of altering certain qualities such as size, as seen in the fight with the giant [[Diddy Kong]]. A copy of a character created by Shadow Bugs will have a purple tinge, be surrounded by a smoky shadow aura, and possess glowing yellow eyes. [[Bowser]] himself had a platoon of Shadow Bugs which he ordered to serve as a clone of himself, both to act as a decoy and a second-in-command.
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==Trophy==
{{Trophy
|name=Shadow Bugs
|image=Shadow Bugs - Brawl Trophy.png
|desc=Embodiments of a primordial substance that can take the form of any number of lesser Subspace foes. They can also copy the forms of trophies to create evil doppelganger versions of them. The mysterious substance inside Mr. Game & Watch can be extracted endlessly. Once Tabuu discovered this, he used Mr. Game & Watch to create the Subspace Army.
|gamelist={{Trophy games|console1=Wii|game1=Super Smash Bros. Brawl}}
|game=Brawl
}}
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==Spirit==
The Shadow Bug appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as an Advanced-class [[support spirit]]. It can be [[Shopping|purchased]] at [[Master Spirit|Beedle's Tent]].

The Spirit Battle for Shadow Bug uses an army of {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}} puppet fighters and is fought on the [[Pokémon Stadium]] stage. During the battle, the stage will be covered in a poisonous cloud, referencing the Shadow Bugs' purple color and their ability to swarm.

{|class="wikitable"
! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series
|-
| 1,112 || {{SpiritTableName|Shadow Bug}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★ || 1 || Trade-Off Attacks ↑ || ''Super Smash Bros.'' Series
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|影虫|Kage Mushi}}
|en=Shadow Bug
|fr=Matière d'ombre
|es=Peste violeta
|de=Dämmer-Partikel
|it=Cellule ombra
|nl=Shadow Bug
|ru={{rollover|Мракожук|Mrakozhuk|?}}
|ko={{rollover|영충|Yeongchung|?}}
|zh_cn={{rollover|影虫|Yǐng Chóng|?}}
|zh_tw={{rollover|影蟲|Yǐng Chóng|?}}
}}

==Trivia==
*Bowser is the only character not seen as a trophy prior to having a Shadow Bug clone appear.

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