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Knuckles the Echidna (ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ , Nakkuruzu za Ekiduna ^? ) is one of the principal characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is an anthropomorphic echidna and the current guardian of the Master Emerald, a powerful ancient relic which is his solemn duty to protect from anyone seeking to abuse it. He is likewise the sole surviving descendant of the echidna race from the Knuckles Association.^{[9] [10]} His ascendant traits are his super strength and the two spike-like knuckles on each of his easily, from which his name is derived from, which he tin can apply to dig with and climb walls. He can also trap the air current nether his dreadlocks to glide through the air.

A loner by nature, Knuckles is independent, headstrong and serious, yet gullible and short-tempered to a mistake. He is entirely devoted to his duty, spending nearly of his time on Angel Isle 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 e'er be relied on being willing to go out his post and show himself a true-blue and good-hearted hero. He is likewise 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog'due south oldest friends and rivals.

Though usually depicted as the guardian of the Master Emerald, he was originally described equally the guardian of Angel Island'southward vii Chaos Emeralds.^[11]

Concept and creation

Knuckles' original design.

Knuckles was created and designed by Takashi Yuda. During the conception of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the evolution team wanted to create a new rival for Sonic.^[12] The last design of Knuckles was the effect of dozens of possible designs inspired by numerous different animals and usage of the market inquiry nearly American kids' gustatory modality.^{[thirteen] [12] [14]} In that location were eight different candidates with the most popular one beingness Duke with his dreadlocks. One design even planned Knuckles to be more "reptilian", similar a dinosaur due to the popularity of Jurassic Park at the time.^{[xv] [16]} Duke' long tail in the terminal design is stated being a remnant from his early, more than dinosaur-looking pattern.^{[fifteen] [xiii]} When it came to Knuckles' main color, carmine and green were proposed candidates among the staff, while Yuji Naka was pushing towards purple. All the same, after conducting research on American children, it was revealed that red was overwhelmingly popular, thus being chosen for the character's color.^[17] The accent of the character was to interruption walls.^[xviii] He was initially meant to speak with a Jamaican accent.^[xix]

Character designer Takashi Yuda never intended him to exist any more than a "supporting character."^[twenty] Knuckles was introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as an "intimidator" considering of his powerful abilities.^[21] He was given a headlining role in the side by side game, Sonic & Duke.^[22]

Appearance

Knuckles is an anthropomorphic echidna with cerise fur that covers most of his body, a black nose on his peach-skinned muzzle, a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his breast, and violet eyes. He besides has 7 dreadlock-like spines around the sides and back of his head and a medium-sized, tri-kleptomaniacal tail.

In his younger years, Knuckles had black optics, a more than protruding chest, more divers cheekbones, and was shorter in summit, but he has since grown out of these traits.

For attire, Knuckles wears red and xanthous shoes, each with greenish cuffs, calorie-free gray soles, and a grey, hextuple-bolted plate on summit. He also wears large, white, mitten-like gloves with sock-like cuffs and two spiked knuckles on each hand.

In the Sonic Riders series, Duke wears majestic and light gray goggles with dark grayness straps around his neck, and loftier-acme tennis shoes similar to his standard shoes. He also wears his standard gloves with a dark gray ring around each wrist.

Personality

Knuckles' profile, from Sonic Jam.

Knuckles is contained, wild, hot-blooded,^[23] tough, and a loner by nature. Like how Sonic embodies the wind, Knuckles embodies the mount;^[1] stern, unmovable and anchored to his duty. Due to having lived in seclusion for most of his life, Knuckles is a rather antisocial and reclusive private. As such, he cares very little about what others call up, which makes him bluntly honest, straight-forrard, and somewhat egotistical.^[24]

Duke is fiercely loyal to his homeland and does any is in his power to protect it. He prefers to stay close to the island's current emerald shrine to keep a watchful middle over everything at his domicile. Despite this devotion, Knuckles is willing to leave his duty whenever his assistance is needed, or when he feels the Master Emerald and Angel Isle volition be safety. Though Knuckles has plant other lifestyles highly-seasoned, he volition never trade abroad his duties as he is far too devoted to his role every bit guardian. When not performing his duties, Knuckles prefers spending his time practicing his fighting skills, going treasure hunting, or hanging out with his friends.

Knuckles is usually solemn, stoic, and collected, and unremarkably likes to be by himself. He is besides stubborn, headstrong, and inflexible, preferring to do things his manner, which causes him to disharmonism with others. Regardless, he is very potent-willed, seldom wavering in his determination and will non surrender on his goals in one case he has set them. While he is absurd and adamant in battle, Duke has an extremely short and wild temper and is hard to reason with when he is angry. Though his temper has often been known to get him into trouble, Duke has also learned to use it to his advantage by channeling it into his fighting skills.

Duke' profile, from the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Generations.

Despite being a silent loner, Knuckles is a heroic, brave, kind-hearted, and selfless soul. Unwilling to forgive people for their evil ways,^[23] he will risk his own life to save anyone or get them out of problem, and shows empathy for people, fifty-fifty if they are a villain or enemy. He is likewise a loyal and caring friend, who is ever willing to assist his friends out in tight situations and will exercise annihilation to protect them. When not angered, Knuckles is pretty laid-back and never cracks nether pressure level. He can also be very understanding on the sly and does not have kindly to people who disrespect or hurt his friends, or innocents, in whatsoever mode.

Having been living much of his life in isolation, Duke grew up believing in honesty and holds a firm and steadfast belief that in that location is adept in everyone, which e'er lets him give people second chances. Considering of his lack of social ingenuity, all the same, information technology makes him very naive, incredibly gullible, fast well-nigh forgiving people and hands misled, which has given him a history of being tricked by Eggman. This has fabricated Duke aggressive and suspicious towards anyone he deems questionable. Over time, however, Duke has gotten better about this and is more suspicious concerning Eggman's trickery. In one case he finds out he has been tricked, Knuckles can become quite angered, only quickly regains enough of his composure to kickoff working towards a resolution immediately.

Though not irksome-witted, Knuckles is ofttimes prone to rash and ill-advised actions. While non above picking circuitous strategies, Duke often chooses force to exist the solution, pushing himself through obstacles while focusing on his goal and ignoring other factors forth the way. Similarly, he tin can also be quite reckless when panicking about the Master Emerald, such being especially evident during the Space Colony ARK incident, where he ended upwardly fighting Sonic for the controls of the Space Shuttle and causing information technology to crash state as well equally abandoning his allies out of a panic due to the Master Emerald shards being lost to space from a standoff with a meteor forcing the cargo bay to open up. When in his right element however, Knuckles can be quite clever, abrupt-witted and sneaky, such as setting several successful traps for Sonic and Tails on Angel Isle when they showtime arrived. He is also capable of learning from his mistakes. Duke has also proven himself to accept a loftier degree of leadership skills, well-nigh noticeably during his time as the commander of the Resistance. He is noted to be very charismatic with inspirational speeches, and he has a flair of daring plans that provided the Resistance with a much-needed offensive during the War to Take Back the Planet. However, for all his skills as a leader, Knuckles is even so easily distracted and prefers to exist out on the battlefield rather than in the command heart.

Knuckles is said to be shy around women,^[25] which makes him human action awkwardly around girls similar Amy, Bonfire, and Rouge. Because of his secluded lifestyle on Affections Island, Duke feels very uncomfortable in industrialized or crowded cities and places and being around high-tech objects or gadgets (more often than not because he'southward not inclined).

Knuckles seems to have lightened upwards on later adventures, such as the Time Eater incident and the Phantom Red incident. While he notwithstanding sometimes displays a brooding, headstrong, and stubborn mental attitude, he is shown to be better at acknowledging his shortcomings and displays more personal restraint and improve social interaction.

Powers and abilities

Being the guardian of the Master Emerald, Duke is a very powerful fighter. Said to be an unstoppable power in fights,^[23] he is capable of taking on even the most powerful of opponents without balance. He has even been able to fight figures like Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and Rouge to a standstill.

Duke punching the footing with enough strength to trigger an eruption, from Sonic Heroes.

Knuckles' trademark power is his superhuman strength. Said to possess lots of power,^[26] he is stiff enough to pulverize massive boulders,^{[ix] [ane] [27]} dial through solid steel,^[9] and lift objects several times his size and weight with ease.^[9] By comparison, Knuckles' strength is stated to equal Sonic'southward speed;^[9] considering Sonic'south measured footspeed, which is known to range between Mach 1-v, it would hateful that Knuckles is capable of lifting 100-500 metric tons.^{[note i]} This makes Knuckles 1 of the physically strongest characters in the series.^[ix] Duke' strength seems to lie in his upper body, particularly in his artillery and fists, the latter of which are noted to be as hard as rocks.^[28] Some other attestation to Knuckles' forcefulness is that past only punching the ground, he can create fissures, widespread tremors, and even powerful volcanic eruptions.^[29] Additionally, he can punch with his fists or throw objects through the air with such strength that they ignite from friction. He tin can even launch punches with such force that they create explosions of enormous ability.^[30] Despite his main strength lying in his upper body still, Knuckles'south legs are quite powerful also, as he can jump several stories into the air from a standstill position.^[31]

Knuckles running at speeds comparable to Sonic and Tails, from Sonic Heroes.

Duke is able to run at breakneck speeds that almost lucifer Sonic's,^{[32] [33]} who can reach hypersonic running speeds. He is fifty-fifty able to run fast plenty to create afterimages of himself and calibration vertical surfaces and ceilings. However, he is not quite every bit fast every bit Sonic at his maximum speed, as Knuckles is noted to run fairly slow by comparison. Knuckles is also fast plenty to execute rapid punches in quick succession within a split-2d,^[34] although he has been noted to take slow movements in combat.^[26]

Knuckles possesses about-maximized physical durability. Testaments to his immovability include surviving a flop exploding right in front of him through sheer toughness,^{[35] [36]} and going through atmospheric re-entry and so land on the ground unharmed.^[37] In improver, despite the force of the impacts his fists receive when punching at loftier forces, Knuckles is never phased past the recoil, regardless of what he hits or how hard he is hitting. Said to be quite able-bodied,^[32] Knuckles is also shown to accept sharp reflexes and acrobatic skills, enough to let him do special tricks and movements while in mid-air, pull off various Spin Attack maneuvers at loftier speed, and grind along rails just every bit fast as Sonic while doing tricks and evading obstacles.^[27]

Knuckles gliding, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Unlike Sonic, Duke is a expert swimmer, being able to swim into incredible depths and with both great speed and skill. Thanks to the spikes on his fists, Duke is likewise a skilled burrower,^{[ten] [32]} being able to dig similar a gopher^[9] into any wall or flooring and tunnel through subterranean regions at smashing speed.^[38] The spikes on his fists too make him a skilled climber,^[ten] as they allow him to institute his fists into whatever surface and calibration them. Also, by stretching his artillery and legs outwards while airborne, Knuckles tin catch the air nether his dreadlock-like spines to let him ride on air currents for a short distance.^{[ix] [ten]}

Knuckles possesses the uncanny ability to sense energy, specifically the chaos energy produced by the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald or energies similar to those, such as those contained in the Sol Emeralds.^{[39] [xl] [41] [42]} and tin can track downward their "signals" like an Emerald Detector. Like Sonic and Shadow, Knuckles can also harness the power of the Chaos Emeralds to empower himself. Knuckles is also the just person alive who knows how to control the Master Emerald,^[1] which allows him to utilize the jewel's different powers or tap into its vast energies to empower himself. Other more than mystical abilities Knuckles has exhibited includes summoning lightning bolts, harnessing world elementals to heal himself,^[43] and using the supernatural power of the earth to brand rocks autumn from the sky.^[44]

Knuckles is likewise able to perform the Spin Attack, a technique where he curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs himself at his targets. With information technology, Knuckles can shred or burrow through just about whatsoever substance given enough speed. Expert in its usage, Duke tin utilize several variants of the Spin Attack for both ground- and aerial maneuvers, including the Spin Dash, Spin Bound, and Homing Set on.

Knuckles fighting Sonic, from Sonic Rivals 2.

Fifty-fifty without his Spin Attack, Knuckles is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. A master in a number of martial arts^{[24] [45]} focusing on hand-to-hand combat, Knuckles makes use of his powerful fists to have on his foes, with his specialty lying in punching moves where he uses his spiked fists for devastating blows. In terms of fighting style, Duke focuses on power, using direct, repetitive and forceful punches, such as power-packed jabs or piercing uppercuts to deal critical blows to his opponents. For stronger strikes, Knuckles tends to build upwards momentum with his fists by swinging them effectually, earlier striking his opponent in full force. By taking advantage of his burrowing abilities, Knuckles tin can even hide underground before hitting opponents with an uppercut from beneath when his opponent least expects information technology. Despite being a powerhouse however, most of Knuckles' fighting moves are slow and piece of cake to read.^[26]

Being the guardian of Angel Isle, Duke has vast knowledge of the island's diverse locations, which allowed him to identify traps and obstacles to stop Sonic and Tails during the Angel Island incident.^[32] Similarly, he in an expert treasure hunter with infallible instincts (which are referred to equally his "treasure sense"^{[46] [47]}), and can be considered 1 of the best treasure hunters in the world, if not the best.^[48] He tin can even sense the presence of treasures nearby and can also pick upward its scent and sniff his way to it.^{[47] [49]} Also, while not highly intelligent, Knuckles is well-versed in aboriginal cultures, ruins, and legends, such as when he was able to interpret the ancient Babylonian texts at Gigan Rocks during the MeteorTech incident.

Duke is also a skilled Extreme Gear passenger, having proven himself a worthy competitor against many of the world'southward best Extreme Gear riders. To all-time put his skills in perspective, Knuckles was able to beat Storm the Boundness in a race, who is regarded as a "wind chief". When riding his Extreme Gear, Duke can bash his way through obstacles effortlessly and engage in shut combat with his fellow racers without losing control. With his Farthermost Gear, Knuckles tin even enhance his physical abilities.^[l]

When it comes down to it, Duke is too shown to have very competent leadership skills. During the War to Take Back the Planet, he was able to atomic number 82 the Resistance for several months confronting the Eggman Empire and even come up with war strategies of his ain.

As seen during Dodon Pa'south Grand Prix, Knuckles has excellent skills when it comes to driving and racing in racecars like the State Billow. Along those lines, Knuckles has besides demonstrated some rudimentary piloting knowledge of more advanced crafts, having once piloted the Egg Saucer,^[51] and a Space Shuttle from Eggman'southward base of operations to the Space Colony ARK (albeit in a more dangerous mode for half the journey due to panic over losing his Emerald Shards).^[52]

Equipment

Although he prefers to let his fists do the talking, Duke has wielded a number of tools during his adventures, albeit never permanently. During the Emerl incident for example, he made use of deployable landmines, and amidst the Gemerl incident, he would wield his ain version of the Piko Piko Hammer.

Transformations

Super Duke

Super Knuckles, from Sonic Heroes.

With the seven Anarchy Emeralds, Knuckles is able to attain a Super State known every bit Super Knuckles. In this state, all of Duke' abilities far surpass his normal ones. In addition, he is able to fly and is virtually invulnerable. However, this transformation consumes a lot of energy and requires Rings to exist maintained.

Hyper Knuckles

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, Duke can transform into an extended version of Super Knuckles, called Hyper Knuckles, with the seven Super Emeralds. This form basically shares the same abilities and powers as Super Knuckles but on an even higher level.

Color Powers

By harnessing different variants of Hyper-go-on from Wisps, Knuckles can utilize specific Colour Powers to transform into a certain form, such as a drill, a laser or even a planet, each i possessing its own unique abilities. So far, Duke has been able to transform into the Cyan Laser, Yellow Drill, and Indigo Asteroid. All the same, these transformations require a steady supply of Hyper-go-on to exist maintained.

Relationships

Sonic the Hedgehog

Duke and Sonic, from Sonic Adventure.

Sonic the Hedgehog is Knuckles' rival and best friend.^{[45] [53]} While they have known each other for a long fourth dimension, their relationship is somewhat complicated, the two of them having been summed upwardly equally "best frenemies."^[54] When Knuckles showtime met Sonic, they two of them had the worst kind of meet,^[55] with Knuckles trying to proceed Sonic from stopping the Decease Egg's re-launch subsequently Dr. Robotnik had deceived him into thinking that Sonic was a thief seeking the Chief Emerald. As such, they started off equally adversaries. However, when the echidna discovered that Robotnik had tricked him, he joined forces with Sonic to proceed Robotnik and his robots from stealing the Main Emerald. Later, they parted ways on good terms.

Considering of their first impressions of each other and their personalities and competing feelings, Knuckles and Sonic were non initially "good friends" to brainstorm with.^[55] In fact, Knuckles and Sonic are much like oil and water. While Knuckles exemplifies the mountain and is stern, serious and unmovable, Sonic exemplifies the wind and is laid-back, cool and free.^{[55] [3]} As such, Knuckles and Sonic tend to argue a lot. They likewise share a competitive rivalry with each other and it usually comes to blows when they clash, although their confrontations have become less serious in recent times, and are now more than of a course of slapstick between the 2.^[55] With Knuckles' strength matching Sonic'southward speed perfectly, their fights are anything between climactic to just plain funny.

Knuckles sees himself as Sonic's rival, though it has been implied it is because he envies Sonic'due south complimentary lifestyle and self-reliant nature.^{[24] [3]} Being as egotistical as he is as well, Knuckles sees himself equally Sonic's improve, equally seen during the Lost Hex incident where he claimed more than than one time that he could do improve than Sonic on his adventure. As well, because of his short atmosphere, Knuckles commonly falls for Sonic's teasing and provocations directed at him, which causes him to lose his cool and go angry at the hedgehog. This tends to make Knuckles seek outright brawls with Sonic to put him in his identify.^[55]

Due to his lack of social abilities in the past, Knuckles used to autumn for Dr. Eggman's cant very often, which, in turn, would be the cause of most of his confrontations with Sonic, although as time passed, Duke has generally become more than aware of Eggman's plans and has stopped believing his claims regarding Sonic. When Knuckles discovers he has been deceived by Dr. Eggman, he usually tries to hide him embarrassment to Sonic, who in turn tends to chide him by calling him "Knuckle-head", a nickname that does not sit well with Knuckles.^[56]

In contrast to their differences, after having been on several adventures together, Knuckles and Sonic's relationship have improved, with Knuckles seeing Sonic more and more every bit his friend. Likewise, they take ever rushed to each other'southward aid when they are in a compression.^[55] The 2 of them are connected by a hot-blooded friendship^[57] and while they still debate and mutter well-nigh each other from time to time, they are perfectly synchronized in the heat of action.^[55] Details aside, they also take a connectedness that lets them understand what is actually of import without maxim anything to each other. In fact, when it all comes downwards to it, Duke can be considered Sonic's best friend next to Tails. Information technology tin even exist argued that the 2 of them are as shut to each other as Sonic and Tails are, as the nature of their rivalry/quarreling friendship lets them take a human relationship that does not require any hesitation.^[55] Likewise, co-ordinate to Tails, Sonic and Knuckles are "funny" together.

While Knuckles is impressed by Sonic's skills on some level and holds a steadfast conventionalities in him, he prefers non to admit when he needs his assistance; as seen during the Time Eater incident, after Sonic restored Duke from a lifeless land, Knuckles thanked Sonic for his help before quickly stating that he did not demand it. At the stop of the same incident, Knuckles also begrudgingly admitted that Sonic was non "half-bad" after defeating the Time Eater, showcasing a reluctance to admit how well Sonic does. Despite it all though, Knuckles and Sonic deeply admit each other.^[57] The two of them are too great and loyal teammates. In addition to Knuckles beingness a vital part of Sonic's team, the two of them take been chosen "Fighting Buddies" in Sonic Advance 3. Noticeably, when they practise manage to work together, Knuckles and Sonic course an unstoppable team. Additionally, Knuckles is ever happy to help out Sonic if information technology ways scrambling Dr. Eggman'due south evil plans for world domination.^[58]

Miles "Tails" Prower

Knuckles and Tails in the Tornado 2, from Sonic Heroes.

Miles "Tails" Prower is a close friend of Knuckles. Although they exercise not seem to have much of a relationship in the before games, when they first met, Duke and Tails were enemies, as Medico Robotnik had tricked the echidna into believing Tails and Sonic were intruders seeking the Master Emerald for evil purposes, though they become friends when Knuckles discovers that Robotnik had lied to him.

Dissimilar with Sonic, Knuckles does not see Tails as his rival, and generally shows a more than amicable attitude towards the fox as well, especially compared to his interactions with Sonic and other characters, although Tails occasionally irritates Knuckles with his technobabble. Also, Knuckles seems to relish teasing Tails from time to time as well, such as when he scares Tails with the idea that they fought with Shadow's ghost simply before inbound Hang Castle. Despite this, Tails is probably Knuckles' all-time friend afterwards Sonic, and the two have teamed up several times through the series.

Knuckles has as well shown that he cares almost Tails, having assured Tails he had goose egg to worry about when the pull a fast one on cub once grew worried near Eggman's plots in Sonic Heroes; in that same game, the ii were too hanging out in the Tornado 2 at the very start, earlier reuniting with Sonic later on on, and Knuckles even points out after the trio defeated the Egg Emperor at Dr. Eggman'southward Concluding Fortress that the hedgehog "wouldn't have had a gamble" if "it wasn't for [them]".

Duke similarly dedicated Tails after Moving ridge the Eat taunted him in Sonic Riders.

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Tails and Knuckles appear every bit Sonic's master allies during his story; the two are too seen cheering Sonic in his boxing against Solaris, and jubilant together after Solaris' defeat.

In Sonic Rivals, subsequently Sonic had rescued Tails at Death K Zone, Knuckles (who was on a quest of his own to recover the Master Emerald), was seemingly surprised and happy to run across Tails free from the carte du jour containing him at the same time; Tails afterwards aids Knuckles and Sonic reach Eggman Nega'due south stronghold, the Meteor Base Zone.

In Sonic Forces, both Tails and Duke (forth with the balance of the Resistance) agree to be "friends forever", at the stop of the game.

In Team Sonic Racing, Tails and Knuckles (alongside Sonic) are invited to participate on Dodon Pa's Grand Prix equally a squad. In this game, the two seem to get along as usual, although the echidna became somewhat distrustful of the trick when he discovers him speaking to Vector the Crocodile in private. This caused him warn Sonic later that Tails was "being sneaky".

Although they are adept friends, Tails and Duke take fought each other on a few occasions (about e'er when Knuckles has been tricked by Dr. Eggman), but in the end, there are never any hard feelings betwixt them.

Amy Rose

Amy and Knuckles cheering Sonic, from the console/PC version of Sonic Generations.

Amy Rose has just been seen interacting with Knuckles on rare occasions, although they seem to have an bad-mannered, notwithstanding at the aforementioned fourth dimension, friendly human relationship. Although the two do not interact much (if at all) in the before games, they do so more oftentimes in the afterward installments of the serial. In Sonic Heroes, the ii are on opposing sides; when playing as Team Sonic, at the start of the battle against Team Rose, Knuckles will taunt Sonic about Amy saying, "Accept you been messing with that girl's heart over again Sonic?" In Sonic Rush, Amy stops Knuckles from starting a fight with Blaze. In Sonic Forces, they work together as part of the Resistance. Although they become along well in this game, Amy has to keep Knuckles in cheque at times, especially when Knuckles was more than willing to practice the distraction at Green Hill himself, with Amy then saying that every bit the commander of the Resistance, he needs to stay at the Resistance HQ.

Dr. Eggman

Knuckles beingness deceived past Eggman, from Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.

Knuckles is Dr. Eggman'southward tertiary most formidable foe after Sonic and Tails, thwarting his plans nigh of the fourth dimension, although, as stated earlier, due to his gullible nature, the echidna has also been the target of constant charade past the mad scientist, especially in the past. Every bit the games pass by, however, Knuckles has mostly become more aware of Dr. Eggman'southward plans, as mentioned in the manual for Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Knuckles has also shown a rough attitude towards the medico in more contempo titles, such every bit the Sonic Rivals series, even once stating that he will not believe anything he says, a twist to his one-time attitude confronting him and something even Eggman is taken ashamed from.

Shadow the Hedgehog

Knuckles and Shadow practice not have much interaction with each other, but when they do, they are either allies or rivals. He and Knuckles started off every bit enemies in Sonic Adventure two because Shadow impersonated Sonic and had him thrown in jail at Prison Island. Towards the end of the game, they became allies when they had to save the planet from the Space Colony ARK.

The first real fight between them happened in Sonic Heroes when Team Dark provoked Team Sonic into battling them, although Shadow did non recollect Knuckles or Sonic or Tails. Afterwards the fight, Duke jokingly mentioned that they might have fought Shadow'south ghost.

In Shadow the Hedgehog Knuckles appears in Glyphic Canyon, Primal Urban center, and Black Comet stages asking for Shadow's help in Hero missions.

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) he and Shadow were loosely allies in the game, and they worked together once more for a time in society to return to the nowadays.

Shadow and Knuckles appear to take some biting resentment towards each other equally seen in Sonic Rivals when Shadow bluntly pointed out that Knuckles was useless for his shortcomings while retaining an indifferent attitude towards his challenges, and Knuckles seemed to be irritated by Shadow's presence. Knuckles seems to discover Shadow and his indecisive attitude and smug demeanor annoying, and it is likely that Shadow's inflated ego tends to rub Knuckles the incorrect way, and an example of this is seen in Sonic Complimentary Riders when Duke pointed out that Shadow had a large ego in a rather annoyed tone. In Sonic Forces, Knuckles was shocked to hear near Shadow causing trouble in Sunset Heights, wondering why he would "work for the enemy". As it turned out that the real Shadow was not working with Eggman, Duke fought alongside him in the penultimate boxing against the Eggman Empire equally an ally. Overall, Duke and Shadow's relationship revolves around their goals.

In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Knuckles and Shadow teamed up to compete with Princess Peach and Yoshi at the Badminton court. They seemed to have ignored each other after they lost, with Knuckles beingness ashamed at his loss while Shadow claiming he would take won if it was only him.

Vector the Crocodile

Knuckles and Vector are on proficient terms with each other, having been friends since the Chaos Ring incident. However, they do not interact often with one another in the present day. Regardless, Vector gave communication to Knuckles when Team Sonic was fighting Metal Overlord, apparently acknowledging his peachy power.^[59]

Duke and Vector jubilant a victory, from Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Wintertime Games.

In Sonic Free Riders, the two did not have a friendly relationship, every bit Duke felt underwhelmed having to race against Vector and the rest of Team Rose, treating them like a joke equally he was irritated by their loud behavior. Although Vector managed to defeat Duke 1 time, the echidna still said he would not get far with brute force, enraging the crocodile.

In Sonic Forces, the ii were comrades in the game, and they appeared to work very well together, every bit Vector was a high-ranking member of the Resistance. The two also appeared to have considerable respect for each other, and Vector unsurprisingly appreciated Knuckles for his aggressive (notwithstanding sometimes curt-sighted) generalship^[60] considering Vector's own liking of non-peaceful methods.

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, they trained together prior to the Olympics and subsequently teamed up to runway downward Bowser. They besides have a special winning blitheness in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Rouge the Bat

Knuckles saving Rouge, from Sonic Adventure 2.

Rouge the Bat is Knuckles' master rival. Duke and Rouge take been fighting over the Master Emerald since the two showtime met. Rouge was designed to be Knuckles' compatibility only like how Shadow was designed to exist Sonic's compatibility when it comes to basic rivalry and skills.

In Sonic Adventure two, they became enemies when they met considering Rouge had stolen the Master Emerald from him, and she was working with Shadow and Eggman. Besides, Knuckles purposely shatters the Primary Emerald to save it from Dr. Eggman. Knuckles and Rouge both go looking for its pieces. Somewhen, Knuckles has to chase Rouge downward for the remaining pieces, and the two accept their final confrontation at the level, Meteor Herd. But during their fight, he saves her life instead afterward she slips on a narrow axle and was near to fall into a burning pit of lava. Afterwards the rescue, Rouge and Knuckles share a long moment gazing at each other, before Rouge snatches her hand abroad and retorts with ungratefulness and teasing. In the finish, Rouge gives him the remaining pieces of the Master Emerald and stubbornly complains that "they stink like echidnas practice!". Knuckles gathers the shards to consummate the Emerald and glances over to her, muttering "I'm sad if I hurt you lot..." and runs off. Before the scene fades out, Rouge gives a thoughtful grin over her shoulder before exiting.

In Sonic Heroes, at the end of Team Dark's story, Rouge commented that she would go look for the Master Emerald, "since that irritating echidna is hither." Still, in the last scene, she went to Duke and coquettishly hinted near going to look for someone else'due south treasure. Knuckles smiles and says "She never gives up, does she?"

In Sonic Chronicles: The Night Brotherhood, codex states that "there'south a sort of unstated connection betwixt Rouge and Knuckles that neither are overly willing to explore." Rouge even admits that Knuckles is cute but just not her blazon during the game.

In Sonic Rivals 2, the ii teamed up. Rouge'due south reason for this is considering she had a mysterious customer who told her that if she found all the Emeralds, she would be rewarded. She teamed up with Knuckles in search of the identity of her client. They fight the Ifrit to become back to normal depending on which side you play. Knuckles also asked Rouge if she was alright when they won against the Ifrit, showing his concern for her, and the only reason why he fights her in the terminal level is because she's struggling to pause gratis from listen command.

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Rouge and Knuckles were bitter allies during their mission to travel back to the present 24-hour interval but joined upward with him to collect the seven Chaos Emeralds to bring Sonic back to life.

In Sonic Colors, Duke explains to Rouge that he is at Starlight Carnival considering he received an invitation from Dr. Eggman, just proving that he did not get tricked. Rouge tells him that the invitation was written by her, causing Duke to burst in anger.

In Sonic Generations, Duke and Rouge oddly seem to exist friendly to each other at the party, as they are seen setting the table, eating, smiling and talking to each other. They are also friendly with each other in Sonic Forces, and Rouge holds no qualms with beingness a spy under Knuckles' command, fifty-fifty acknowledging him as "dominate".

Blaze the Cat

Knuckles beginning met Blaze when Cream wanted Blaze to exist friends with him. Knuckles was initially very friendly and cordial towards Blaze before he noticed Blaze holding a few Sol Emeralds, which he mistook for Chaos Emeralds. He therefore gave Blaze communication to give them to Sonic. Blaze got angry at Duke and told him that she did not have whatever Chaos Emeralds. Knuckles so got angry at her and accused her of lying, and then made an attempt to attack her. Bonfire dodged Duke' assail and knocked him out, leaving him to lie in a cleft. When Knuckles regained consciousness, he adult a loathing towards Bonfire and wanted revenge. When they met again, Knuckles well-nigh started a fight with Blaze, but he was stopped past Amy. Cream too convinced Blaze that Knuckles was really a "prissy guy", which fabricated Bonfire feel relieved. Before long, Knuckles let go of his grudge and befriended Blaze.

Storm the Boundness

Knuckles and Storm, from Sonic Gratuitous Riders.

When Knuckles and Storm the Albatross met, Knuckles punched Storm actually hard while the latter was trying to commit a theft, which caused Tempest to autumn from his Extreme Gear. Ever since then, the two accept been rivals over who is the stronger man. When Storm lost against Knuckles in the World Yard Prix, he falsely accused him of having cheated. In Sonic Riders: Zip Gravity, the two also showed a spark of anger when they saw each other again. In this see, Knuckles idea of Storm as a "meathead" while Storm wanted to settle the score betwixt them, causing great tension between the two.

Silver the Hedgehog

Knuckles and Silver the Hedgehog appear to take a friendly relationship with a pocket-sized rivalry between the two. Although they practise non accept much interaction with each other, they take had heated battles with one another occasionally. Duke initially showed his dislike of Silver when he starting time met him, mainly because he idea that he was pompous and stuck-upwards. Silver's haughty and prickly attitude likewise tended to annoy Duke. However, they later put aside their differences, and willingly teamed upwards together. In Sonic Forces, Duke was the start person Silver warned about Eggman'due south attack, which led to the State of war to Take Back the Planet. In the game, Knuckles and Silver appear to be on very expert terms with each other, and work very well together. In fact, Silver appeared to exist one of Knuckles' nearly trusted lieutenants, indication that Duke has considerable respect for Argent.

Friends/allies

• Sonic the Hedgehog (best friend, teammate, and rival)
• Miles "Tails" Prower (best friend and teammate)
• Amy Rose
• Foam the Rabbit
• Cheese
• Omochao
• Big the True cat
• Tikal
• Team Chaotix
  • Vector the Crocodile
  • Espio the Chameleon
  • Charmy Bee
• Shadow the Hedgehog (rival)
• Rouge the Bat (friendly rival)
• E-123 Omega
• Lumina Flowlight
• Blaze the True cat
• Silvery the Hedgehog (rival)
• Emerl
• Vanilla the Rabbit
• G.U.Due north.
• Shade the Echidna
• Archetype Sonic
• Classic Tails
• Avatar
• Dodon Pa

Neutral

• Babylon Rogues
  • Jet the Hawk
  • Wave the Consume

Rivals

• Sonic the Hedgehog (friendly rival)
• Rouge the Bat
• Emerl (friendly rival)
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Silver the Hedgehog
• Tempest the Boundness (arch-rival)

Enemies

• Eggman Empire
  • Dr. Eggman
  • Orbot
  • Cubot
  • Metal Sonic
• Eggman Nega
• Fang the Sniper
• Biolizard
• Blackness Artillery
  • Black Doom
• Iblis
• Ifrit
• Babylon Guardian
• SCR-HD
• Classic Eggman
• The Time Eater
• Space
• Zavok

Notes

1. ↑ Adding: Duke' strength predicated on Sonic'southward running:
   A 100-ton object requires a force that is at least equal to i,000,000 newtons

   Strength x distance = Work = Energy

   To effigy out the number of joules Sonic produces when moving Mach 1, we use the Kinetic Free energy formula, which is 1/2 x M Ten V^2; thus 0.5 x 35

   (Sonic's mass in kilograms) x 340^ii (Mach 1), which would exist equal 2,026,452 joules

   Work needed to lift a 100-ton object for a distance of 2 meters is also two million joules, therefore, if Knuckles' forcefulness is equal to Sonic's speed, then he should have enough energy to lift a 100-ton object 2 meters. Moreover, as Sonic is canonically classified within a speed range reaching upwards to and across hypersonic (Mach 5), this equates to Knuckles being capable of pressing more than than 500 metric tons.

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