Knuckles the Echidna

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**Knuckles the Echidna**, is both a fictional character and protagonist of the *SKB's* *Sonic Pokémon* series created by Yuji Naka and Ken Sugimori. He is an anthropomorphic red echidna, and a surviving descendant on an ancient clan.

He is also the current guardian of a powerful ancient relic, which is his solemn duty to protect from anyone seeking to abuse it. A loner by nature, Knuckles is independent, headstrong and serious, yet gullible and short-tempered to a fault.

He is entirely devoted to his duty, spending most of his time on Angel Island protecting the Master Emerald, and rarely cares for anything that is of no importance.

When his friends and others are in need of his help, however, Knuckles can always be relied on being willing to leave his post and prove himself a faithful and good-hearted hero. He is also one of Sonic's oldest friends and rivals.

His traits are his super strength and the two spike-like knuckles on each of his gloves, from which his name is derived from, which he can use to dig with and climb walls. He can also trap the wind under his dreadlocks to glide through the air.

"*I'll probably be on this floating island forever, guarding the Master Emerald again. I may not know the whole story behind this, but perhaps it's better that way. I'm at peace once more.*"

—Knuckles, to himself.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Dave Mitchell (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (German), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Poland), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Mateja Vukašinović (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Physical Appearance

Knuckles is a mobian echidna with red hair that covers most of his body, a black nose on his peach-skinned muzzle, and a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his chest. He also has seven dreadlock-like spines around the sides and back of his head and a medium-sized, tri-crooked tail.

For attire, Knuckles wears red and yellow shoes, each with green cuffs, light gray soles, and a gray, sextuple-bolted plate on top. He also wears large, white, mitten-like gloves with sock-like cuffs and two spiked knuckles on each hand.

#### Past

In his younger years, Knuckles was shorter and stubbier, had a round head and an equally round torso, and black eyes (although this trait has been portrayed inconsistently).

#### Present

In the present day, he has since grown taller and thinner, and developed purple eyes.

* Hair Color: Red, white
* Skin Color: Peach
* Eye Color: Purple
* Age: 16
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 110 cm (3' 7")
* Weight: 36 kg (79.3 lb.)

## Personality

"*Look, I get you brainy-types like to think of all the angles. But me and that faker boy are simple creatures. I hit him fast, I hit him hard, and I keep **hitting** until he doesn't move anymore.*"

—Surge, to Dr. Starline.
Surge possesses Sonic's indomitable and free spirit, albeit in a twisted and sinister way. A roguish speedster, she is arrogant, cocky, and hot-tempered. Loving to brag, she takes great pride in her skills and abilities. She is also fearless and bold, never showing any form of worry or concern, even in stressful situations. When push comes to shove, however, she tends to give in to anger, causing her to become a more volatile force.

Believing force to be the easy solution to anything, Surge is convinced that she can defeat any opponent and overcome any obstacle getting in her way with pure strength and speed. She is likewise brutal, somewhat bloodthirsty, and majorly aggressive, expressing great eagerness to fight and cause chaos and destruction, persistently demanding to go on missions, and even grabbing Dr. Starline by the collar and threatening him when she does not get her way.

She prefers open conflict over covert plans, no matter how effective the latter might be. Notably, she would willingly abandon a plan focusing on stealth in favor of an open assault, assured that she would be able to defeat any attention she would attract, even when within enemy lines. She is likewise fiercely independent and irrelevant to authority, much like Sonic, meaning she prefers to do things her own way. As such, she is perfectly willing to abandon a well thought out plan in favor of following her own whims and doing her own thing.

Unlike Sonic, however, she is unconcerned with how her rogue actions affect others, regardless of the damage or the risks they end up posing to others. That said, she is willing to listen to others' ideas when she admits that she does not really have any plan to go about with, which makes her more open to Kit's suggestions. Like Sonic, Surge shows a great deal of attitude when facing off against foes, namely by taunting and mocking her opponents.

However, this is out of mean-spirited arrogance and maliciousness instead of carefree playfulness like Sonic. She is likewise brash, careless, and impatient, qualities that term from her explosive temperament and sense of superiority, unlike Sonic, whose same qualities stem from his positive attitude and confidence. As such, she is prone to facing everything head-on, making her extremely reckless and dependent on support from Kit (despite what she may believe).

Her temperament is most likely influenced by the psychological trauma caused by too much exposure to hypnosis. She also hates having lies told to her and will seek out terrible retribution against those who have wronged her, although this is more out of personal vengeance than a sense of justice. Despite her punkish attitude and simple view on things, Surge does have her moments of insight.

Despite her programming, she was able to deduce that her own thoughts did not add up to her own understandings and that Starline had something to do with them by realizing that he was in the center of them all. For all her roughness, she also has a slightly vulnerable side to her: upon discovering that her current persona is fabricated, she despaired and would even shed tears of sadness.

However, this sadness would soon pave way for anger and hatred at everyone and drive her to destroy everything, convinced that if she cannot have a past, then others will not get to have a future.

## Relationships

### Enemies

* Eggman Empire
	+ Cubot
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Metal Sonic
	+ Orbot
* Sonic

## Powers and abilities

Having been modified by Dr. Starline with scientific enhancements, Surge possesses an array of powers derived from Power Cores, the bio data of Sonic, Shadow, and Tails, and physical resistance derived from the Metal Virus.

Thanks to her enhancements, combined with electro-magnetic propulsion, Surge has the ability to move at super speeds, being fast enough to create a sonic boom. Thanks to the cellular upgrades provided by the Metal Virus, she is also extremely durable, having withstood an otherwise lethal impact from the Egg Breaker with nothing more than superficial bruises.

She is also able to perform the Spin Attack, a technique where she curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs herself at her targets. With it, Surge can shred or burrow through just about any substance given enough speed and perform moves like the Spin Dash.

As an offset of her electro-magnetic propulsion, Surge has the ability to generate electricity of varying intensity and project it as small lightning bolts or sparks. Notably, she can generate enough electricity to ignite flora and cause various electricity-powered devices to overload. Furthermore, by spinning like a top, she can increase the power of the electricity she generates.

### Weaknesses

As a part of Dr. Starline's precautions to keep Surge's bravado on a leash, Surge has been made highly susceptible to hypnosis in case she goes out of control. As such, she is quick to respond to Starline's commands and lose some of her most recent memories when exposed to Starline's hypnotic devices. However, her memories cannot be completely erased. In addition, over time, she has begun developing a resistance to this effect.

## History

### Past

#### Early years

Both Surge and Kit had been in development for a long time as part of Dr. Starline's Operation: Remaster. Originally a regular person, Starline somehow acquired Surge and modified her by implementing bio-genetic enhancements using Power Cores and Tails' DNA that Starline got from a piece of Tails' fur, as well as giving her physical toughness using a rare substance based on the Metal Virus.

In order to finish the creation of the duo, Starline also giving her a new personality and memories using the data codes he got from Belle's emotional intelligence. Surge in particular was designed for the purpose of destroying and to replace Sonic the Hedgehog as the hero of the world under Starline's control. Surge was then subjected to hypnotic sessions where Starline imprinted her with a fake, yet intense hatred for Sonic. Afterwards, Surge and Kit were subjected to hundreds of tests.

Afterwards, Surge and Kit were subjected to hundreds of tests, and when they got fed up, Starline would blot out their memories with hypnosis, which left both Surge and Kit with lasting psychological trauma. In the end, Surge, however, was left created without awareness of her origins, believing only that Starline gave her the powers she had so she could destroy Sonic, whom she was programmed to hate, and change the world.

## Etymology

* Surge and Kit's names together reference the word "circuit".

## External links

* Knuckles the Echidna *Wikipedia*
* Knuckles the Echidna *Heroes Wiki*
* Knuckles the Echidna *IDW Sonic Hub*
* Knuckles the Echidna *Mobius Encyclopaedia*
* Knuckles the Echidna *Nintendo Wiki*
* Knuckles the Echidna *‎‎‎The Sonic Wiki*