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Knuckles the Echidna

This article is about theSonic the Hedgehogcharacter. For the comic series based on this character, seeKnuckles the Echidna (comics).For the television miniseries, seeKnuckles (TV series).

Knuckles the Echidna[a]is a character fromSega'sSonic the Hedgehogseries. He is a redanthropomorphicshort-beaked echidnawho isSonic's secondary best friend and formerrival.Determined and serious, but sometimes gullible, he fights his enemies using brute force and strength. His role is established as the guardian of the Master Emerald, a large gemstone which controls the series' integralChaos Emeralds,and is the last living member of his tribe, the KnucklesClan.

Knuckles the Echidna
Sonic the Hedgehogcharacter
Classic (left) and Modern (right) Knuckles designs
First appearanceSonic the Hedgehog 3(1994)
Created by
  • Takashi Yuda
  • Pamela Kelly
Designed by
  • Takashi Yuda
  • Yuji Uekawa
Voiced by
In-universe information
SpeciesShort-beaked echidna
GenderMale
OriginAngel Island

Knuckles debuted as one of the main antagonists inSonic the Hedgehog 3(1994); inSonic & Knuckles,he first became a playable character. In the games' story,Doctor Eggmantricks him into opposing Sonic andTails.After antagonizing the duo, he forms a temporary alliance with them after learning of Eggman's trickery. Since then, he has appeared in numerous playable and non-playable roles, as well as in several series ofcomic books,Western animated television, and Japaneseanime,in addition to the feature filmsSonic the Hedgehog 2andSonic the Hedgehog 3,he stars in the live actionKnucklestelevision miniseries.

One of the series' most popular characters, Knuckles has appeared in most games in the franchise, including those for the main series and spin-offs. His likeness has been frequently utilized inSonic the Hedgehogmerchandise, with the character also being subject to variousInternet memes.

Concept and creation

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Multiple prototype designs of Knuckles the Echidna

During conception ofSonic the Hedgehog 3,the development team wanted to create a new rival for Sonic.[9]The final design of Knuckles was the result of dozens of possible designs inspired by numerous different animals. In collaboration between the Sonic Team and Sega of America's product marketing manager, Pamela Kelly, the final character of "Knuckles" was chosen.[9][10]The emphasis of the character was to break walls,[11]with the original idea being a 'whirlwind' ability, rather than punching.[12]

Knuckles was created by developer Takashi Yuda and Pamela Kelly who never intended him to be any more than a "supporting character".[13]Knuckles was introduced inSonic the Hedgehog 3as an "intimidator" because of his powerful abilities and physical strength.[14]He was given a headlining role in the next game,Sonic & Knuckles,where he made his first appearance as a playable character.[15]

Voice portrayal

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ActorIdris Elba(pictured in 2018) voices Knuckles in the live-action film series.

Knuckles has been voiced by several different actors over the years. In the Japanese dubs, he was voiced byYasunori MatsumotoinSonic the Hedgehog: The Movie and byNobutoshi Cannasince 1998, beginning withSonic Adventure.[1]

In animation, he was voiced byBrian DrummondinSonic Undergroundand byBill Wisein the English dub ofSonic the Hedgehog: The Movie.[1]

In the video games, Knuckles was originally voiced by Michael McGaharn inSonic Adventure,and then byRyan DrummondinSonic Shuffle.[3][1]Scott Dreier began voicing the character in 2001, starting withSonic Adventure 2.[4]He continued to voice the character for three more years until 2004, his final role as Knuckles was inSonic Advance 3.[4]Dan Greenbegan voicing the character in the anime seriesSonic X,he would later take over the role in the video games in 2005, starting withShadow the Hedgehog.[1]In 2010, he was replaced byTravis Willingham,beginning withSonic Free Riders.[1]Willingham continued voicing the character until 2018, and his final role as Knuckles was inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.[1]Since 2019, Knuckles has been voiced byDave B. Mitchell,beginning withTeam Sonic Racing.[1]In thelive-action franchise,Knuckles is voiced byIdris Elba.[5][16][17]In the 2022 Sonic short film,Sonic Drone Home,Knuckles is voiced byFred Tatasciore.[6]In theNetflixseriesSonic Prime,Knuckles is voiced by Adam Nurada,[18]while his Shatterverse counterparts (respectively named Renegade Knucks, Gnarly Knuckles, and Knuckles the Dread) are voiced byVincent Tong.[19]

Characteristics

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Knuckles is a redanthropomorphicshort-beaked echidna,the only living descendant of a well-established clan of echidnas.[20]For many years, his clan guarded a giant gemstone called the Master Emerald, which controls theChaos Emeralds,objects central to theSonic the Hedgehoggame series.[21]As such, Knuckles has spent most of his life atop afloating islandcalled Angel Island, guarding the Master Emerald from harm.[22]He has grown up fairlyintrovertedas a result.[20]

Knuckles has a personality described as cool.[23]However, he sometimes loses his composure and gets in fights withother characters,and he can be shy around girls.[24]His favorite food isgrapes,and his relationship withSonicis ambivalent. However, in later games, their relationship became more unequivocal: Knuckles entered the series as an antagonist of Sonic but later becomes one of the protagonists and sees him as a partner,[25][26][27]while envying Sonic's adventurous lifestyle.[23]He is depicted as somewhat gullible and very rash, especially when angered.[21][28]Since he never left Angel Island, he has often been tricked byDoctor Robotnikbut is stated in one game manual to have become more skeptical of him, possibly due to the multiple times of getting fooled by Robotnik.[29]

While slower than Sonic, Knuckles is depicted as one of the series's strongest characters and a skilledmartial artist:his brawny physique allows him to lift objects many times his size and weight, while his powerful fists enable him to smash boulders and break through solid ground.[20][21]He can also glide long distances and climb up walls using the spikes of his gloves.[21]Unlike Sonic, Knuckles is able to swim.[26]As is typical amongSoniccharacters, Knuckles can roll into a ball to attack enemies.[30]He also has an empowered "super"form: using the Chaos Emeralds allows him to transform into Super Knuckles. Using the Super Emeralds allows him to transform into Hyper Knuckles.[31]

Appearances

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In video games

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Knuckles debuted in the 1994Sega GenesisgameSonic the Hedgehog 3.Knuckles joins the series's primary antagonist Dr. Robotnik after being tricked into thinking that Sonic is attempting to steal the Master Emerald; Knuckles fights Sonic at several points throughout the game. Robotnik's betrayal is revealed late inSonic & Knuckleswhen he steals the Master Emerald and attacks Knuckles,Sonic & Knucklesis also the first game where he became a player character, his story takes place afterSonic's Story.[32]A similar plot follows inSonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble.While Knuckles's canonical playable debut comes inSonic & Knuckles,he is playable inSonic 2and3via the Genesis'lock-on technology.[32]Knuckles starred inKnuckles' Chaotixfor theSega 32X,in which he serves as the guardian of an islandamusement parkand rescues his friends—collectively known as theChaotix—from Robotnik in 1995. He teams up with them individually, creating an unusual gameplay style involving two characters being tethered together.[33]

Eggman shatters the Master Emerald, thus freeingChaoswho appears before Knuckles, the pieces are scattered around, and Chaos flees inSonic Adventure.[34]To restore the Emerald, thereby protecting Angel Island,[35]he searches through various expansive levels for pieces.[36]At one point, he defeats Chaos,[37]and Eggman tricks Knuckles into thinking that Sonic is trying to collect Emerald shards for his own purposes.[38]Knuckles finds Sonic holding two Chaos Emeralds he thinks are Master Emerald shards, and attacks him.[39]This knocks them out of Sonic's hands,[40]so Eggman shows up to steal them and leaves.[41]He initially stays on Earth to look for pieces while Sonic andTailsfollow Eggman,[42]but later joins them aboard Eggman's airship, the Egg Carrier, after seeing a vision of there being more pieces on it.[43]He finds the final pieces and is confronted by Chaos' final form,[44]then returns to the Emerald's island to restore it.[45]

Early inSonic Adventure 2,Knuckles andRougeargue over the Emerald;[46]she wants the pieces for her personal collection. Eggman tries to steal it,[47]so Knuckles shatters it aboard Eggman's hovercraft, sending the pieces every which way, while also mentioning that if the shards are found they can be made whole. He spends the game recollecting the pieces like inAdventure.[48]He later helps Sonic, Tails, and Amy find Eggman's base inside agiant pyramid[49]and a key to an inner chamber housing a giantSpace Shuttle.[50]He follows them to a giant space station called the ARK with it, where he again scuffles with Rouge over the Emerald.[51]He saves her from falling into a constructed pit oflava;[52]she decides the shards are worthless and dismissively lets him keep them,[53]so he reassembles the Emerald and runs off.[54][55]The antagonistGerald Robotnik,Eggman's grandfather, initiates a program to send the ARK on a collision course with Earth as revenge for an attack on the ARK decades earlier,[56]so Knuckles teams up with the other playable characters to reroute it.[57]

Knuckles serves as a power-based character inSonic Heroesalongside Sonic and Tails, who respectively represent speed and flight.[58]They team up to defeat Eggman after receiving a letter saying that he will destroy the world in three days.[59]However, it turns out that Eggman is being impersonated byMetal Sonic,whom all of the other characters defeat together.[60]Knuckles helps Sonic, Tails,Amy Rose,andCream the Rabbitstop Eggman from building an empire in theSonic Advancetrilogy.[61][62][63]With the same team, Knuckles recurs inSonic Ridersand its two sequels; in each game, they participate in board-racing competitions together.[64][65][66]In another team-based installment, therole-playing gameSonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood,Knuckles is a playable character with a major role in the story. The game begins with Tails informing Sonic that Knuckles has been kidnapped, so a team beginning as Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Rouge must rescue him. He is eventually saved, and it is revealed that the echidna race is still alive in the form of the helpful Shade the Echidna and her villainous tribe, the Nocturnus.[67]

He is a minor character inSonic Rush,[28]where he accostsBlaze the Catunder the impression that she has stolen Chaos Emeralds.[68]In theNintendo DSversion ofSonic Colors,Knuckles arrives at an amusement park Eggman has created after receiving a letter.[69]Frustrated at having been tricked,[70]he challenges Sonic to a race as a mission,[71]but shortly learns that Rouge wrote the letter inviting him to the park. He has a short argument with Rouge.[72]Modern Knuckles gives Classic and Modern Sonic missions and helpful advice inSonic Generations.[73][74]InSonic Lost World,Knuckles andAmylook after forest animals while Sonic and Tails rescue the animals' friends.[75]Later, the Deadly Six take control of one of Eggman's machines to drain life from the world,[76]and Amy and Knuckles die, but they are brought back to life when Sonic and Tails replenish it.[77]He is a playable character inSonic Mania Plus,regaining his role from the first games alongside Sonic, Tails, Mighty and Ray. He appears in the gameSonic Forces,where he becomes the leader of a resistance created to fight back against Eggman's advancing forces. InSonic Frontiers,Knuckles inadvertently arrives on the Starfall Islands while investigating some ruins on the Angel Island, once there he is captured by Sage. After Sonic releases his digital form who helps him search for the Chaos Emeralds, Knuckles notices that the ruins of Starfall Islands are similar to those on Angel Island, making him and Sonic wonder if the inhabitants of the islands resettled there after their arrival on the planet. After comparing the extinction of the Ancients and his own people reminds him that he is the last of his kind, Sonic encourages him to live his life to the fullest and not make the protection of the Master Emerald his sole purpose in life, with Knuckles deciding to heed his advice after he is free from Cyber space.[citation needed]

Knuckles has been a playable character in numerous spinoff games with little effect on the series's plot, such as thefighting gameSonic the Fighters,[78]theracingtitleSonic R,[79]and thepartytitleSonic Shuffle,[80]as well as crossover games likeMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games[81]andSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.[82]He makes a cameo appearance inSega Superstars Tennis,as a member of the audience in theGreen Hillcourt[83]and inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl'sGreen Hill stage, where he, Tails, andSilverrun through thevertical loopin the background.[84]Knuckles appears as one of four playable characters in theaction-adventurespin-off propertySonic Boom(Rise of LyricandShattered Crystal).[85]InLego Dimensions,Knuckles appears as a non-playable character in the Sonic the Hedgehog world, in which he requests the player to assist him in a sidequest to take down some of Eggman's robots, during which he makes a number of references to the rap songs about him in theSonic Adventuregames. Knuckles also makes a cameo as an easter egg inDeus Ex: Mankind Dividedon the box of a video game entitledKnuckles the Echidna in Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckleswhich stems off of a running joke regarding the "& Knuckles" part of the title card when Sonic 3 is locked on to the Sonic and Knuckles cartridge.[86]InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate,Knuckles appears as an assist trophy that attacks players when summoned; he also appears as a spirit.[87]

Knuckles appears as an unlockable playable character inSuper Monkey Ball Banana Rumble.

In comics

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InSonic the Comic,Knuckles plays a similar role to that of the games. When the Death Egg crashes on Angel Island, Knuckles is briefly tricked by Dr. Robotnik[88]and thus allows Robotnik to place his robot armies on the island and construct a base to repair his Death Egg.[89]Knuckles also assists him in fighting Sonic and stealing Sonic's own six Emeralds so they can be combined with Knuckles's into one set of Emeralds.[90]However, Knuckles does not trust Robotnik enough to tell him that he possesses a seventh Emerald that can control the others, and when Robotnik tries to absorb the Emeralds' power into himself, Knuckles uses this Emerald to defeat him.[91]From that point on, he works as an ally against Robotnik, starting by removing all traces of the doctor's influences from Angel Island.[92]

In thecomic series ofSonic the Hedgehogpublished byArchie Comics,Knuckles is the eighteenth guardian of the Floating Island, which is also called Angel Island. He is also a member of theBrotherhood of Guardians,asecret societythat defends the island and is made up of Knuckles's predecessors/ancestors. In keeping with the incorporation of elements of theSonic the Hedgehogcartoon into the series, Knuckles lives on the planet Mobius. Knuckles is supported in his efforts by theChaotix,and often works together with Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters.[citation needed]

In animation

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Knuckles's animation debut came with the 1996 JapaneseSonic the HedgehogOVA.Sonic and Tails meet him during their trip into the Land of Darkness, and over the course of the film he helps them defeat Black Eggman/Metal Robotnik andHyper Metal Sonic,two robots created by Eggman/Robotnik. As Metal is about to descend into a lava pit, Sonic attempts to save him after all, but Knuckles holds him back and Sonic is disappointed. Knuckles play-fights with Sonic a few times in the film as well.[93]

Knuckles is a minor character inSonic Underground.Sonic, Sonia, and Manic meet Knuckles atop his home, the Floating Island while searching for their mother. Knuckles is initially skeptical of them but soon accepts their help in protecting the Island and its guardian Chaos Emerald from villains Sleet and Dingo.[94]Later on, the siblings recruit Knuckles to help them deactivate Doctor Robotnik's giant fortress, as it is powered by Emeralds and he can control them.[95]They succeed, but Sleet and Dingo accidentally break the Emerald, unleashing gradually effective but massive energy upon the planet Mobius, and Knuckles enlists one of his relatives to help them control it, with mediocre results.[96]Reluctantly, Knuckles cuts a deal with Robotnik to turn over the hedgehogs in exchange for setting Mobius right; Robotnik succeeds and starts turning the hedgehogs into robots, but Knuckles betrays Robotnik to rescue his friends.[97]

Knuckles appears in all three seasons ofSonic X,where he is depicted as the guardian of the Master Emerald, and is said to have a "chip on his shoulder". The Sonic X version of Knuckles has been described as an "incredibly serious warrior with a deep, fleshed-out backstory" in comparison to the more comedic depictions of the character in recent years.[98]After being stranded in the new world with Sonic, his only desire is to get back home quickly.[99]He spends most of the first season traveling alone, but as the series continues he begins to travel with Sonic and the others more often, as well as befriending other characters. After returning home for the third season, he joins Sonic on the spaceship, "Blue Typhoon", which is captained by Tails after their planet was invaded by the Metarex.[citation needed]

Knuckles is among the main cast in theSonic Boomanimated series, and had been redesigned for it: now being taller and more muscular than before.[85]As a somewhat exaggerated reference to his mainstream counterpart's easily deceived personality (as well as being based on the stereotypical team muscles), Knuckles is also portrayed as being somewhat slow-witted and goofy in this series.[citation needed]

Knuckles appears as a supporting character inSonic Prime.After Sonic shatters the Paradox Prism, which results in the creation of multiple parallel dimensions at the expense of his own, multiple versions of Knuckles are made as well; such as Renegade Knucks who is a rebel against the Chaos Council of New Yoke City, the feral and paranoid Gnarly, and the pirate captain Knuckles the Dread. Knuckles is voiced by Adam Nurada and his variants are voiced byVincent Tong.[citation needed]

In other media

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While Knuckles does not appear in the Sonic series's first theatrical film,Sonic the Hedgehog,his existence is alluded to within the film's opening sequence in which a young Sonic and his caretaker Longclaw are attacked by a native clan of Echidnas. Co-writerPat Caseyhas since stated that they are Echidnas within Sonic's world, thus confirming Knuckles's species does exist within that film's universe.[100]Casey also hinted that a connection between the first film's Echidna tribe and Knuckles could be explored in the film's sequel.[100]

Knuckles appears alongside Sonic and Tails in thesecond film,voiced byIdris Elba.In the film, it is revealed he is the last of the Echidna Tribe, as the rest of his kind went extinct due to a war between them and the owls, and has a grudge against Sonic since he was Longclaw's apprentice. After being informed of Sonic's location by Dr. Robotnik, he teams up with the scientist and travels to Earth to defeat Sonic and seek out the Master Emerald to honor his ancestors. At the temple where the Emerald is located, Robotnik betrays Knuckles and leaves him to die, but he is rescued by Sonic. He teams up with Sonic and Tails to defeat Robotnik in Green Hills and reclaims the Master Emerald. The three agree to safeguard the Emerald as they live with Sonic's adoptive Earth family, the Wachowskis.[101][5]

Knuckles is the primary protagonist of aspinoff miniseries of the same namereleased onParamount+,with Elba reprising the role. In the miniseries, Knuckles (who is struggling to adjust to his new life and home on Earth) takes deputy sheriff Wade Whipple in as his "apprentice", training him in the ways of the Echidna warrior to help him prepare for a bowling tournament inReno, Nevadawhere his estranged father will be competing. During their journey, Wade is reunited with his mother and sister, while Knuckles is pursued by "the Buyer", Dr. Robotnik's former operative who seeks to take Knuckles's power for himself.[102]

Reception and impact

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The character has received positive attention. According toIGN's Levi Buchanan, fans "seemed legitimately happy" with the addition of the character of Knuckles, who was popular enough to get marquee billing inSonic & Knuckles,but Buchanan felt that characters who came after him were going "overboard".[103]IGN's Colin Moriarty singled out the introduction of both Knuckles and Tails as when the series became "iffy" and listed them and all other characters in the series, sans Sonic and Robotnik, as being 2nd most in need to "die" on his top 10 list.[104]In contrast, he was listed as the bestSoniccharacter byOfficial Nintendo Magazinebased on the impact he brought to theSonicgames in which he first appeared.[105]Similarly,Complexwriter Elijah Watson considers him a better character than Sonic. Watson praises his debut inSonic the Hedgehog 3,and adds "Knuckles could have never been Sega's mascot; the echidna lacks the sociability of Sonic and his Nintendo counterpart, Mario. And yet this defining characteristic is what makes him so appealing. He is Sega's anti-hero: the dreadlocked brawler who is surprisingly selfless and has a soft spot for grapes and adorable animals."[106]

According to official Sonic Team polls, Knuckles is the fourth most popular character in the series, following behindTails,Shadow,and Sonic.[107]Elton Jones fromComplexlisted Knuckles as his eleventh most wanted character in the nextSuper Smash Bros.game.[108]Ravi Sinha ofGamingBoltnamed Knuckles's appearance inSonic Boomas one of their "Worst Video Game Character Design", stating that "For as annoying as Sonic’s rework was in Sonic Boom, Knuckles was way more baffling. Even worse is that his character is little more than a “dumb jock,” with oddly intellectual viewpoints in the animated series because it's randomly funny or something. "[109]

Mega Zone's review ofKnuckles' Chaotixpraised the introduction of a new protagonist, whom it deemed "rougher and tougher" in comparison to the "spineless" Sonic.[110]Mean Machines Segacalled Knuckles's powers "impressive" and the character overall more useful and promising than Tails.[111]Sega Magazinestated that Knuckles "looks cooler" than Sonic, comparing him toSpider-Man,and suggested he be given his own game.[112]Sega Magazinelater called him "groovy" and "ace", concluding that they "love him."[113]Knuckles's characterization inSonic Boomearned praise fromPolygondue to how "progressive" he is when mentioningfeminismmuch to the shock of the characters.[114]

Kenneth Shepard fromKotakufelt Knuckles did not have enough screentime in his Paramount+ show, and observed "Elba is providing voice work for roughly 76 minutes and 47 seconds of a 172-minute-long season. Those are just scenes Knuckles is in, not accounting for whether or not he’s actually contributing to the scene in a meaningful way."[115]Rendy Jones atRogerEbertpraised his characterization in the show, noting the character "diverting his muscle-head dim-witted traits into a confident and jovial guy with a heart of gold—an echidna himbo, if you will."[116]

Ugandan Knuckles

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This deformed version of Knuckles by YouTube user Gregzilla became the basis for "Ugandan Knuckles", which had a brief surge of popularity in early 2018

In late December 2017, players began to flood the virtual reality video gameVRChatwith avatars depicting a deformed version of the character called "Ugandan Knuckles". The character stemmed from a 2017 review ofSonic Lost WorldbyYouTubeuser Gregzilla as well as from fans ofPlayerUnknown's BattlegroundsstreamerForsenwho often make references toUgandain the chat section of his streams. The character is often associated with quotes such as "Do you know da wae?" and "Save the queen!" among many other quotes, which originate from the 2010 Ugandan action comedy filmWho Killed Captain Alex?as well as for "spitting" on other users whom they feel do not know "da wae".[117][118]

The meme was criticized by some journalists as being racially insensitive;[117][119]Polygondescribed it as "problematic".[119]The creator of the avatar,DeviantArtuser "tidiestflyer", has expressed regret over how it has been used, in particular saying that he hopes it is not used to annoy players ofVRChat,and that he enjoys the game and he does not want to see anyone's rights get taken away because of the avatar.[120]In response, in January 2018 the developers ofVRChatpublished an open letter onMedium,stating that they were developing "new systems to allow the community to better self-moderate" and asking users to use the built-in muting features.[121]

In April 2019, Canadian toy companyYoutoozlaunched their line ofvinylcollectiblefigurineswith a depiction of Ugandan Knuckles.[122][123]

...& Knuckles

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Another Knuckles-centric meme is derived from the video gameSonic 3 & Knuckles,a game which combinedSonic the Hedgehog 3andSonic & Knuckles,accessed by attaching the cartridge of the former to the latter. The awkward-sounding combination of names resulted in a meme where a fictitious and absurdly long video game name is created (usually one for a long-running franchise) with "& Knuckles" appended to the end of it. This meme was also used to poke fun at theNintendo DSandNintendo 3DSseries of systems due to the large number of variants, with & Knuckles often appended to the end of an invented system, e.g. "New Nintendo 3DSi XL & Knuckles".[124]This was later referenced inSonic Mania,which featured an unlockable "& Knuckles" mode, allowing a computer-controlled Knuckles to follow the player's character, even if Knuckles is also chosen as the playable character.[125]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Japanese:ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ,Hepburn:Nakkuruzu za Ekiduna

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  50. ^Sega Studio USA (June 19, 2001).Sonic Adventure 2.Sega.Knuckles: What? Why do I have to find the key?
  51. ^Sega Studio USA (June 19, 2001).Sonic Adventure 2.Sega.Knuckles and Rouge in unison: Stop fooling around, and give me back MY Emeralds!
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  53. ^Sega Studio USA (June 19, 2001).Sonic Adventure 2.Sega.Rouge: Fine, just take them. They stink like echidnas do.
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