Knuckles the Echidna

*"I am an Echidna! Trained since birth in all forms of lethal combat, destined to restore honor to my tribe, and willing to destroy anything that gets in my way."*
―Knuckles the Echidna to Agent Stone
**Knuckles the Echidna** is an Echidna Warrior from Mobius. Since his childhood, Knuckles trained to be a warrior and when his tribe disappeared due to the war between Echidnas and Owls, he was the last of his kind to survive, and began a quest for revenge to kill Sonic the Hedgehog, Longclaw's apprentice. Knuckles faced various challenges to fulfill his destiny as he competed in a fight against a monster, managing to recruit allies to search for Sonic.

After arriving on the Mushroom Planet, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik formed an alliance to take revenge on Sonic, and recover the most powerful relic in the universe, the Master Emerald, and restore the honor of their tribe. While trying to kill Sonic and Tails, Knuckles realized Robotnik's evil and Sonic's kindness. Knuckles had his final showdown with Sonic, but after Robotnik took the Master Emerald, he and Sonic made amends and were joined by Tails to defeat Robotnik and his Giant Eggman Robot. Following the fight, Knuckles joined the Wachowski family with his newfound friends.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails would visit a junkyard, where they would have a confrontation against Unit, one of Robotnik's Badniks. Knuckles would come to pummel Unit out of most of his physical form, leaving only his robotic body. Tails adopted him as a pet; however, Knuckles was angry at Unit for destroying Maddie Wachowski's books.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

*"Look, Robotnik, I don't care who you bring to help you. You're never gonna get my power."
"Do I look like I need your power?"*
―Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna
* **Superhuman Strength:** Knuckles is super strong and with one blow can create a shockwave with his fists. He also could punch Sonic through several walls plus a TV with one punch, and effortlessly stops Sonic's spin dash with one hand, and lift a large boulder without showing any strain. Even without using his full strength, whenever he shakes hands with someone, he causes excruciating pain and often dislocates their hand joints without meaning to.
	+ **Power Fists:** With his strength, Knuckles is able to rapid punch repeatedly until he's finally able to catch a reflexive Sonic off guard. He's also able to punch a baseball through a scoreboard and a good distance away.
	+ **Enhanced Leaping:** With his strength combined with his gliding ability, he's able to jump at great distances.
	+ **Enhanced Speed:** Knuckles can sprint at a high pace as he was able to catch up with a police car, with aid from his gliding ability, but noticeably relies on the brute strength of his legs and is clearly not as fast as Sonic.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Knuckles is able to exert himself for long periods of time without showing signs of tiring out.
* **Chaos Energy Manipulation:** Knuckles was born with control of the Chaos Energy. During his training, he learned how to control it and use it against his enemies. The Chaos Energy allows him to increase his power and generate Bio-Electricity from his body.
	+ **Bio-Electricity Generation:** Knuckles can charge himself with red lightning when preparing to use and augment his abilities, similar to Sonic's. With one blow, he can cause an electro-magnetic pulse enough to cause Sonic to bounce from the ground. It's likely he, too, is capable of channeling chaos energy as he appeared to have some knowledge of chaos control.
	+ **Shockwave Generation:** While slamming Sonic's dash form to the ground, he released a red shockwave that knocked everything around him down, even knocking Dr. Robotnik's bowl of popcorn and cause Sonic to bounce before pinning him to a tree while in midair.
	+ **Chaos Control:** Knuckles appears to have limited knowledge of chaos energy as he was able to use his abilities to restore the Master Emerald after it was shattered, something Sonic expressed awe about.
* **Invulnerability:** Knuckles has shown immense durability, even greater than Sonic's, as he was able to leap through solid rock without any discomfort and even withstands several of Sonic's spin dash attacks and gets back up without showing any signs of being harmed. When previously hit by a police car driven by Tails, he claims he didn't feel a thing.
* **Enhanced Reflexes:** He was able to quickly catch Sonic whilst he used his spin dash attack moments before he could hit him. However, it's clear that Sonic's reflexes far surpasses Knuckles'.

### Abilities

*"You're no match for me! I've been training for this my entire life!"*
―Knuckles the Echidna to Sonic the Hedgehog
* **Master Combatant:** Knuckles is an expert fighter, especially with his pointy boxing gloves helping him battle harder. He can brawl at rapid speeds, but that ability can't match with Sonic the Hedgehog's reflexes.
* **Wall Climbing:** Knuckles can, with aid from his sharp knuckles, scale walls by hand.
* **Gliding:** Knuckles can soar through the air for a limited period of time.

## Facilities

* **Knuckles' Village:** Knuckles, his father and the rest of the Echidna Tribe were based somewhere in the forests of Sonic's Island on Mobius. He left after his dad and the tribe died during their chase with Longclaw.
* **Casino Night:** Knuckles was brought to the Casino Night when searching for the key to everything Sonic the Hedgehog. There, he fought an evil beast and recruited his kidnappers to find him.
* **Mean Bean Coffee Café:** After Knuckles became an ally of Dr. Robotnik, he was introduced to his agent Stone's café, which is secretly a villainous base of operations.

## Relationships

Allies* Echidna Tribe - Tribe Members
	+ Pachacamac † - Leader
* Team Sonic - Teammates and Friends
	+ Sonic the Hedgehog - Former Attempted Victim, Rival and Close Friend
	+ Miles "Tails" Prower - Former Enemy and Friend
* Tom Wachowski
* Maddie Wachowski
* Unit - Former Enemy
* Agent Stone

## Appearances

* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* (flashback)
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*
* *Sonic Drone Home*
* *Knuckles* (unreleased)
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 3* (unreleased)

## Trivia

* In the video game series, **Knuckles the Echidna** is the sole survivor of the ancient Knuckles Clan. His job is to guard the mystic Master Emerald, which is, due to his unfortunate gullibility, often stolen by Doctor Eggman. This then enforces his affiliation with Sonic the Hedgehog.

## Behind the Scenes

* Jason Momoa was to be in talks of voicing Knuckles prior to Idris Elba's casting.
* Idris Elba announced he was voicing the role by posting an image of Knuckles' fist with the caption "Knock, knock..." on Twitter.
* Former Archie Comics *Sonic the Hedgehog* series writer and artist Ken Penders took issue with Knuckles having a father, like his character Locke. He was also told by fans that the echidna wielding the power of the Master Emerald in a flashback scene in *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* relates to his character Enerjak.

## External Links

* Knuckles the Echidna on Wikipedia
* Knuckles the Echidna on Sonic News Network