The Knuckles Show is DEEPER Than You Think! | Series Analysis + Review

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Someone online pointed out that when Knuckle's dad dying at the end was a jab at Ken Penders since they gave him glasses and a sh*ty mustache and now i cant unsee it.

Here's something I heard from someone on Twitter and it sums up everything in Knuckles. "It's just a side quest"

Wow! I loved this level-headed analysis of the show! It was refreshing to see someone who is a Sonic fan analyze the show for its narrative and content rather than what is presented at face value! I think we need more reviews like this, not only in the Sonic community, but in a much broader context too!

Your narrative analysis skills are cracked. There were so many parallels that just went over my head that you picked up on. I thought the parallel between Wade and Knuckles were supposed to be that they both were opposite and them going in the journey with each other both gave them what they wanted.

I'm shocked no one is talking about the scene in episode 2 where Knuckles has a heart-to-heart with Wade about keep pushing forward despite everything that has happened to him. He's basically applying what Sonic taught him in the second film after their fight on the hidden palace. He even uses the same "and again" phrase, which while might be just looked at as a reused joke, but it's given a somewhat deeper meaning now that Knuckles is the one giving advise to someone. This show isn't perfect or anywhere near amazing, but it's frustrating when people think the show is purely a cashgrab, because there is genuine passion in here from the previous films.

I didn't watch the Knuckles show, but after watching some reviews, getting a few impressions of Wade's story, and thinking about it a bit, I thought to myself.... Wade is just human Knuckles... Someone in the hierarchy of the government must've heard that, because 3 days later, this video got recommended to me lol Cool analysis though, it's weird but neat to find someone that thought the same thing :))

The Sonic Fandom needs more level headed people like you. Best and most in-depth analysis I've seen of this show.

I also thought it was clever how similar the knuckles show is to the first sonic movie because it was a somewhat similar but yet different adventure that sonic and knuckles went on separately like in sonic the hedgehog 3 and knuckles

Everyone likes to consider the Sonic cinematic universe a comedy, but I would argue it is much more than that—it is the full spectrum of being human, and those that reject this humanity are amongst the most dangerous characters since they see their fellow man as nothing more than fuel for the fire.

So what you’re saying is…. They actually made a Knuckles and Knuckles show

This was a great analysis! I thought the deeper connection between Wade and Knuckles was great and I love how you explained the through line between their journeys. I have a similar analysis still in the works. Overall the show isn't perfect but its a ton of fun that gives us some silly humor as well as more attention to the characters of Wade and Knuckles!

I feel like something you should have mentioned is the way they introduced Wade's dad. Since he left his family, we expect him to be a jerk, but he's actually really nice to Wade. He explains things were tough for him back then too, that he's sorry and he's willing to catch up and spend time with Wade, and it's really sweet. I feel like it was a cool twist, but then they revealed that he is indeed a jerk, and he was manipulating Wade before. Except that now that we think he's nice, it's a twist. They could have simply done what we expected and make him a jerk from the start, but instead they took the time to remove that expectation from us by making him act nice, only to bring back the twist that he's a jerk when we stopped expecting it. And it wasn't a poorly handled twist of "he's nice oh but actually he's evil". Wade's mom (love her character by the way), eventually explains to Wade that his father is good at telling people what they want to hear. At the time she said that, even I kinda dismissed it, just like Wade did. But the fact that Wade's dad isn't as nice as he appears did not come out of nowhere. Basically I love how they handled this double twist. When we think he's a jerk, they surprise us by revealing he's nice, and when we think he's nice, they reveal that he is indeed a jerk. They could have made him a jerk from the start like we expected, but instead they managed to turn the fact that he's a jerk into a twist despite it being what we expected in the first place. It was genius in my opinion. If that wasn't obvious I really liked this show. Wade somehow magically breaking out of the cage being the only point that broke my suspension of disbelief. All the characters are great in this show. It's great to see someone who analyzes them properly instead of just saying "They're bad because they're not Knuckles" like a lot of people do.

The thing no one is talking about that I was a bit frustrated with is the fact that they chose Pretty Woman as the movie Knuckles and Wade's mom would watch together. 😁 There is something she said about people being judgmental, so I thought it was supposed to be a remark that's connected to later events in the series, but nothing like that ever comes up again, which makes me think it was only a comment about that specific situation in the movie, which would make it just.... weird. (I don't think there's anything wrong with that type of work done voluntarily, and as strange as it is to have to think about it, I don't think any of the good Sonic characters would judge a "street walker", I just don't think this issue fits with the audience the previous Sonic movies were unfortunately marketed for, and the themes of the series or the franchise in general.) Dispite this, I really liked the show, this episode and even this scene. I just like to see Knuckles listening and understanding people's perspectives. I was a bit concerned about how they would handle the Shabbat dinner, but luckily, Knuckles acted the way I expected him to. He respects tradition in general. So he respects other people's traditions. And the fight at the end was fantastic!

I've seen people say that the movies aren't true to Sonic's character, and at first I kept trying to think of ways to explain how that isn't true. The more I thought about it though, the more I began to think maybe they were right. It made me realize that maybe I like the movie franchise so much because it's inherently un-Sonic like. It's a bit confusing since I like most Sonic games and media, but the live action movies really captured me. For most seeing Sonic want to live with a family goes against his nature and is inherently bad, but for me I love this concept. It's hard for me to explain my feelings on the subject, but I hope it makes some sense. A lot of people are asking for the movie universe to end after Sonic 3, but I hope it continues.

This is a pretty level-headed and respectful analysis. Very well done. I didn’t hate the show like everyone else on Twitter, but I didn’t find myself loving it either. I understood what it was trying to achieve and you put into words what I’d been thinking perfectly. The only difference is that the humour didn’t do it for me and I wasn’t much of a fan of Wade. One thing I wanna add though is that I think what this show was missing was seeing more time between Knuckles and Wade bonding. See, Knuckles arguably gets developed by episode 3 by spending time with Wade's mom and learning the value of family and in his place in this world. After that, he doesn't get much growth or has anything else to do till the finale. Wade then takes center stage getting developed further making the character arcs seem one-sided here. So when the finale comes around, it's mostly Wade using his newfound confidence to stand up to the buyer. They try to give Knuckles this big moment where he's fighting for his home, but since his last mayor growth happened back in episode 3, it doesn't feel as earned. They needed more scenes of him appreciating earth as a cause worth defending to sell it. So, going back to my first point, have Wade teach Knuckles how to bowl, and make him realize what made it so special to him. Yes, they talked about it, but seeing Knuckles take it down a notch and physically play the game might’ve driven the point further. And in turn, have Knuckles teach Wade how to be more confident. Instead of doing it through a musical, have Knuckles retell that story to him and explain how he was scared. his clan was in danger and his father was dead, yet he somehow found the strength to defeat Ibliss and push on. But ever since then, his spark disappeared since he doesn't feel like he has something to fight for anymore. You could even throw in an internal conflict that because he lacks a spark, he can't activate the flames of disaster anymore, until Wade's speech in the finale brings it back. A moment of sincerity like that would've make their arcs far more satisfying and perhaps given Knuckles a little bit more screen time. I'm just spitballing here though. Obviously these ideas need to be redrafted properly, but you get the point. All in all, it was OK. It’s not what I wanted from a Knuckles show, but I found it harmless. Maybe next time given the feedback online they’ll try to tell a story focused on the lore of this universe now that we know that Shadow will get his show next.

I honestly think that the comedic tone works great for Knuckles. For someone who isnt as comedic, the tone works as a clever contrast to Knuckle's personality. And Wade rubs off on Knuckles seamlessly.

I was honestly completely okay with what the show was doing up until about episode 5, and even then the problem I had wasn’t with Wade because he was enjoyable, but I expected it to be more like the first sonic movie in execution, because a lot of the plot focused on Tom in that, but Sonic played a notable role throughout the whole thing so it couldn’t really be argued that he was heavily sidelined and that the movie wasn’t also about him. ultimately my biggest critique with the show wasn’t the story they decided to go with but rather just how absent Knuckles was towards the end specifically, he was in a notable amount prior to then, and episode 4 although he was barely in it, we learned some significant things about his past, episodes 5 and 6 is where I personally think the big issues lie, because Knuckles stops really even being connected to the main plot after a certain point there, I personally would’ve loved to see them do something absurd like have Knuckles being a part of Wade’s bowling team because there’d be some good comedic opportunities and he’d feel a lot more involved, even if the show wasn’t solely about him, just giving him something to do more connected with the overall plot I think would’ve made people more forgiving to this for what it is very good analysis though, can’t believe you don’t have more subs

The fact that Adam Pally’s character is named Wade Whipple sounds very similar to Wade Ripple that is played by Mamadou Athie from Pixar’s romcom film, Elemental

You can call him Pacha. Same Mayan name as John Goodman's character in Emperor's New Groove ❤️