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!colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | '''Rouge the Bat'''
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|'''Gender''' || Female (O+)
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|'''Age''' || OVER 900 F***ing thousand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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|'''Place of birth''' || Unknown
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|'''Fur color''' || White
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'''Rouge the Bat''' is a popular [[anthropomorphic]] [[fruit bat]] from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[video game]] series. She claims to be a treasure hunter, but is generally viewed as a jewelry thief.

Rouge is most known for being the only current and common [[female]] Sonic character to have an obvious sexual appeal, with the possible exception of [[Amy Rose]]; as such, her fanart tends to exaggerate her voluptuous shape even moreso than her official appearances.

== Personality ==
In official media, Rouge appears on the outside to be independent and cold, and slightly vain. She has been shown at times to have compassion or pity, or even vulnerability.

Her taste for fine jewelry leads to disagreements with museums, and with [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], who protects the Master Emerald.

== Fandom ==
In the general [[furry]] community, Rouge is often portrayed as a fleeting seductress, generally with extremely large [[breasts]], who uses her raw sexual appeal with great liberty.

Common jokes, punchlines, or fetishes attributed to Rouge include:
* Breasts filled with some light gas, enabling her to fly with their weight
* The usage of jewelry, particularly emeralds, as sexual euphemisms

== See Also ==
* [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], her general rival, and hinted love interest.

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Knuckles the Echidna

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|'''Gender''' || Male
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|'''Age''' || 16 (born 3221)
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|'''Place of birth''' || Angel Island Mobius
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'''Knuckles''' is a character in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog series]] of video games, television shows and [[comic]]s. Some of his nicknames include "Knuckie" (Rouge's pet name for him in the animated series ''Sonic X''), "Rad Red", "Knux", and "Knucklehead". His creator is Takashi Thomas Yuda.

He is a red [[echidna]], and while Sonic has quills, Knuckles has red dreadlocks. He is 16 years old, 110 cm (3 ft 7 in), and weighs 40 kg (88 lb).<ref name="jp profile">Sega.jp, [http://sonic.sega.jp/chara/chara_knuckles.html Knuckles' Official Character Profile], URL Accessed on April 8, 2006.</ref> His birthday is probably February 2nd, the date his first game came out.<ref name="cp profile">Concept-Mobius.com, [http://www.concept-mobius.com/info/realcharacterbios/knuckles.htm 'Real' Character Profile], URL Accessed on April 25, 2006</ref> Two of the knuckles on each of his hands are actually sharp spikes. His name also shows his ancestry, from the ancient Knuckles Warrior Clan. He is one of the strongest characters in the series (said to be as strong as Sonic is fast). He also has the ability to glide by trapping air under his dreadlocks, and is very skilled at a wide variety of martial art forms. 

==Personality==
Knuckles is honest, independent, headstrong, devoted to his duty and often gullible. He is very serious and usually likes to be by himself, but can be relied upon to help out whenever the planet needs saving. In all versions of the Sonic universe Knuckles has a rivalry in some form with Sonic. He appears to be jealous of his independent nature and freedom.<ref name="cpoc profile">Geocities.com, [http://www.geocities.com/thecpoc/SonicBoard/Profiles.html Sonic the Hedgehog Character Profiles], URL retrieved on April 25, 2006.</ref> Knuckles being easily tricked into believing Sonic is the bad guy has become a recurring theme in the Sonic universe.

Knuckles' personality varies, depending on the universe - the Knuckles of the Sega games is extremely stubborn and is loyal to his duty, although he does go with Sonic and company to save the world far more often than his counterparts in other continuities. He is easily fooled into walking into traps. Knuckles is said to be shy in his bio in ''Sonic Jam'', which is not consistent with the new games, but can be backed up by the way he acts awkwardly around girls like [[Amy Rose|Amy]], [[Blaze the Cat|Blaze]] and especially [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] In Sonic Adventure 2, he claims that he is not scared of ghosts before the level, Pumpkin Hill, but before fighting King Boom Boo he reveals his true fear.

The Knuckles of the Sonic Anime is a devoted treasure hunter (perhaps because there are no Chaos Emeralds involved in the story), almost carefree and quite goofy at times. He is said to be Sonic's best friend, but he's still more serious than Sonic and he knows his priorities.

The Knuckles of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]] is the devoted Guardian of the Master Emerald, and though he is more sulky, he is also perhaps more talkative and sarcastic as he isn't a social loner like his other depictions.

The Knuckles of Fleetway is even more devoted to his duty as a Guardian, to the point of an obsession. He finds Sonic's enhanced ego slightly obnoxious, and is an extreme loner. He is quicker to anger, slow to trust and slightly less gullible than usual. He guards not only the Master Emerald, but also the Chaos Emeralds.

The Knuckles of [[Sonic X]] gets mad very easily, but is slightly less stubborn than other incarnations and tends to give in to situations when others gang up on him. He is probably the most gullible of the versions of Knuckles, perhaps for the comedy factor involved in Sonic X. Perhaps he focuses less on his duty as a Guardian, but in the first season of the show Angel Island wasn't around to protect anyway. Knuckles spent the majority of the first season traveling on his own, resulting in a lack of screen time. Though during this season, there was at least one episode which focused on Knuckles, as the primary character, in a small side-story in which he ultimately gained possession of a Chaos Emerald (more specifically the red one, a possible pun of Knuckles' own body color). He also likes cheese and crackers.

== Games storyline ==
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Knuckles lives on Angel Island which hovers in the sky thanks to the power of the Master Emerald, which he is charged with guarding. Knuckles is the last surviving member of the Echidna people who once inhabited the island. Due to his rather remote location and the fact that he rarely strays far from his duty, Knuckles is often alone, and as thus can be quite antisocial and distrusting, but on the other side, he is often quite gullible. One example of this gullibility is the belief that he held throughout Sonic the Hedgehog 3: that Sonic and Tails were attempting to steal the Master Emerald and that the infamous mad scientist Dr. Robotnik was trying to protect it.

Dr. Robotnik, of course, had lied to Knuckles, and was planning on using the emerald to power his space station, the Death Egg. In the Hidden Palace Zone (from the perspective of Sonic & Tails), Robotnik's betrayal was revealed to him very bluntly, in the form of electrocution. Knuckles then joined Sonic and Tails in their quest to stop the villain.

Knuckles has been a (sometimes reluctant) friend to Sonic and Tails since then, sharing many of their adventures, getting tricked by Dr. Robotnik, and catching the thieving eye of a certain white bat named Rouge, who tries to steal the Master Emerald for herself (Sonic Adventure 2).

Aside from appearances in the main Sonic series, Knuckles featured prominently in Knuckles Chaotix, a relatively unknown spin-off title developed for Sega 32X. The game also introduced Team Chaotix, a group of comical misfits.

In Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Knuckles in Sonic 2, Knuckles is able to use the Chaos Emeralds to go Super, changing into Super Knuckles. In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, he is able to use the Super Emeralds to change into Hyper Knuckles.

In the game Shadow the Hedgehog, he helps out in the Glyphic Canyon, Central City and Black Comet levels, and in the Black Comet Egg Dealer boss battle.

==Fleetway storyline==
Knuckles is a character in Fleetway's ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''.

In ''Sonic the Comic'', Knuckles is depicted as (at first) being the last of his kind, and bears the burden of guarding the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds alone. When the Death Egg crashed on the island, Knuckles was briefly duped by Doctor Robotnik into believing Sonic was a dangerous villain who plotted to steal the Island's Chaos Emeralds. The echidna thus allowed Robotnik to place his Badnik armies on the island and also construct a Launch Base Zone to rebuild his Death Egg, and assisted him in fighting Sonic & stealing Sonic's own six Chaos Emeralds so they could be combined with Knuckles' into one set of Emeralds (the original state of the Chaos Emeralds). Knuckles, however, didn't trust Robotnik enough to tell him that the Master Emerald - which could control the others - was on the island, and when Robotnik tried to absorb the Emerald's power into himself, Knuckles used the Master Emerald to defeat him.

Knuckles spent the next few months destroying every trace of Robotnik's influence on the Floating Island, including the entire Carnival Night Zone, and assisted Sonic both when his secret base came under attack by a Badnik army and when Robotnik established a base in the Ice Cap Zone. Finally, the two heroes teamed up to destroy the Death Egg before it could launch - which they failed to do, and worse Knuckles had failed to stop Robotnik's [[Metal Sonic|Metallix]] from stealing the Master Emerald to power the Death Egg! While Sonic fought to retrieve the Emerald, Knuckles used ancient echidna technology to ''pilot'' the Floating Island and ''open fire'' on the Death Egg with Chaos Energy blasts, finally downing the craft.

With the Master Emerald returned, Knuckles owed a debt to Sonic and, despite preferring privacy, agreed to hide the entire population of Emerald Hill Zone in the Mushroom Hill Zone to keep them safe from Robotnik's wrath. Whilst the arrangement was generally stress-free, the villagers swiftly demanded to be returned home when Robotnik was overthrown.

In the story "The Homecoming", Knuckles discovered that a elderly, white-furred echidna named Dr. Zachary had appeared on the [[Angel Island (Sonic)|Floating Island]]. He claimed to be the first of the race to return to [[Mobius (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Mobius]] and was being pursued by a dangerous robot, but it turned out Zachary was evil & using the robot (in reality an ancient echidna Guardian Robot) as his minion. He had the robot destroy the Master Emerald and absorb its power, leaving the Island to crash while he destroyed Mobius, but Knuckles stopped him (using the robot's head as a brief substitute Emerald) Zachary apparently perished as he fell from the Island, but later returned, with a part-robot body, working for Robotnik. It was hinted that he knew where the echidnas had vanished to, but his story was left unfinished at the end of the comic.

Knuckles retrieved a new Emerald from the echidna's Sacred Emerald Mines, which existed in a haunted graveyard. In doing so, he had to face the spirit of the Koyunhi, a race of Styrakosaurus' who were unwittingly hunted to extinction by the echidnas, and take responsibility for their death. He then was roped into helping [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog#Captain Plunder|Captain Plunder and his Sky Pirates]] launch a heist on an alien galleon, in return for a chest of ancient echidna documents that could help him with the Island's ancient computer systems. Knuckles trekked across Mobius with the chest, fighting [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog#Mesmer|the occasional villain]] as he went, before finally returning to the Island. When Robotnik was overthrown, Knuckles spent his days with Porker Lewis trying to uncover the mysteries of his lost people.

Knuckles is also one of the few to know of Tails' legendary status in the Nameless Zone, a fact he became aware of when he followed Tails through a portal mistakenly believing the young fox was being kidnapped. The Nameless Zone residents came to the conclusion that Knuckles was actually Sonic, whom Tails had claimed was his sidekick. Far from blowing Tails' cover, Knuckles was delighted to meet people who didn't worship his rival and played along.

The last STC storyline revealed that the ancient echidnas had been at war with the alien Drakon Empire, who invented the Chaos Emeralds; Knuckles was alive back then and served as the leader of the echidna's army. It is presumed by Sonic that Knuckles was placed in suspended animation for unknown reasons and lost his memory. Nigel Kitching's original plan was to reveal that the outcome of the war was that the Drakons were driven back but the only surviving echidnas were Drakon slaves scattered across the Empire (and that Zachary was one of these echidnas).

==Archie storyline==
In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)|American comic published by Archie Comics]], Knuckles is the sixteenth guardian of the Floating island.

Knuckles initially lived alone, his objective in life being to protect it for many years until he learned of his noble heritage and the whereabouts of his people. His place in life was established centuries before his birth, as a descendant from Edmund who would be the first guardian.

Locke, Knuckles' father, would marry Lara-le from the House of Arian. After a couple of years married, Knuckles was born. However, without the knowledge or consent from his wife, Locke would subject Knuckles' egg to large doses of chaos radiation. The intent behind this was to create a guardian that surpassed the abilities achieved by his ancestors. Locke also experimented on himself prior to Knuckles' birth to achieve this result.

After Knuckles hatched from his egg, it wasn't long until he sported intellect and abilities that were very abnormal in children his age. It was at the age of three where Locke decided training would begin for Knuckles as the next guardian. The decision clashed with Lara-le's idea on raising her son, and the dispute would end their marriage. However, Locke would win custody of Knuckles and at the age of five, Locke would remove Knuckles and himself from echidna society and would return to the Floating Island.

Due to an occurrence that happened two centuries prior, inhabitants of the floating island, including echidnas, relocated to another zone on issues concerning safety. Hence as they returned to the island, their first thing done would include returning the refugees that included their people, back to floating island. During this time, he would prepare Knuckles to live alone as a guardian.

Throughout his secret, childhood friend would be in princess Sally, who would accompany her father to visit and converse with Locke who was the current guardian. Like Sally, Knuckles would be to an extent secluded as a child, learning history, mathematics, geography, sciences, and other issues a guardian would need to know in order to perform his job effectively.

When Knuckles was ten, Locke would journey to the forbidden Zone with the confidence that Knuckles could be the next guardian. Locke would join the brotherhood in Haven. The brotherhood involving several of the sixteen guardians.

Years would pass, and Knuckles would be the guardian his father hoped. Princess Sally no longer able to see Knuckles now that Robotnik took over her father's city, Knuckles' only friend occasionally accessible at this point would be the cockatoo catweazle. Later on he would eventually become friends with Vector, Espio, Mighty, and Charmy-- soon to be members of the Chaotix.

He would also be mentored by Archimedes the fire ant. Guardians had previously relied on fire ants for this purpose. Knuckles would not long after meeting his mentor find a confrontation in Enerjak, who would turn out to be Dimitri. Dimitri being the leader of Knuckles' long time threat to Knuckles and his friends, the Dark Legion.

Since then, Echidnaopolis had been restored to the Floating island, Knuckles learned of his ancestry, reunited with family, and still struggles with his personal life. Knuckles bears the weight of being a living chaos emerald, while trying to a normal guy. Attempts shown would include his relationship with Julie-su, and friends. As for his family, Lara-le has remarried with a child (Kneecapeon--Mace) and his father is a bachelor.

During what fans commonly refer to as the "green knuckles saga", Knuckles would undertake an evolution that would change his pigment, and would awaken greater powers. However, Knuckles at the end of this arc would die using these powers to fight against Mammoth Mogul to protect his former enemy Dimitri. Knuckles would return back to life, rejecting the ability to become one with the Chaos Force. The result was that Knuckles had lost his powers after he thwarted an earthquake on the battlegrounds with the Xodra.

Knuckles afterwards would be prohibited to return to the Angel Island, but eventually gathered the approval to go by Sally. It was then that he learned what Robotnik had done to the people while he had been gone. The echidnas had been enslaved, the Dingo population carrying out the orders of Robotnik in a fashion not unlike Nazi Germany. Knuckles would confront Robotnik turning himself into Super Knuckles and would regain his powers, and the people would praise him as the Avatar. It was this adventure that gave Knuckles an awakening, that the rest of the world suffered like his people. The realization and empathy towards this would give him the will to extend his services beyond the Angel Island, much to the disapproval of his father Locke.<ref name="Knuckles Datafile">nz17.com. [http://www.nz17.com/sonic-wiki/index.php?n=Main.KnucklesTheEchidna Knuckles' Sega Data File], URL Accessed on April 26, 2006.</ref>

== Love life ==

===With Rouge the Bat===
In the video games since ''Sonic Adventure 2'', Knuckles appears to have a slight crush on [[Rouge the Bat]] that he tries not to show, and Rouge is confirmed to have a crush on him. In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', he saved Rouge when she lost her footing and was (presumably) going to fall into lava. While this could be labeled as regular 'Hero' behaviour and that Knuckles was only trying to save the pieces of the Master Emerald, the Master Emerald is a very powerful gem and would have survived a trip through lava. Because of these reasons, and the fact that this is the most alluded-to relation in the entire franchise, Knuckles and Rouge is a very popular coupling in the fanbase.

In ''Sonic X'', Knuckles and Rouge's relationship is more advanced, both have regular encounters and conversations with one another along romantic lines. Episodes 52 and 73 to 78 drops several hints that they could take things further.

=== With non-game characters ===
Like Sonic, Knuckles has had a history of girlfriend relationships outside the game-related continuities. In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comic]], Knuckles fell for a female Echidna named Julie-Su because both were destined for one another, though for a time he also showed romantic inclination towards [[Sally Acorn]]. In the comic's alternative M25YL storyline, Knuckles and Julie Su are together (not married as both characters don't believe in ceremonies to prove their commitment to each other) and have a child, Lara Su (though this is stressed to be a possible or alternate future in the comic, see Alternate Selves below).

In the ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic Underground|Sonic Underground]]'' TV series, Knuckles showed interest in Sonic's sister, [[Wikipedia:Sonia (Sonic The Hedgehog)|Sonia the Hedgehog]]. Also, in the [[Sonic Anime]], Sara is rumoured to have a crush on Knuckles, as once he saves her from death, she says "Thank you Mr. Mole!" (a goof is that Knuckles is called a mole in the movie) and kisses him. Later, Tails asks Knuckles if he will stop a river of magma from destroying the arctic caps, but Knuckles hesitates. But Sara, than says "Would you try it for me, brave man?" and gives him a kiss. Knuckles blushes and yells "YES, MA'AM!", then he goes off to stop the magma.

==Abilities==
Knuckles is the physically strongest character in the series and extremely powerful. His practically monstrous strength enables him to perform amazing feats such as punching holes right through thick steel, shatter boulders to smithereens and lift objects many times his own size and weight. His super strength seems to lie in his upper body, particularly in his arms and hands (or fists). He also possess near-maximized endurance; capable of taking some major punishment.
Knuckles' punches are incredibly powerful and he can attack with Fire Punches, as shown in the games Sonic Advance 1, 2, and 3, ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Heroes'' and ''Sonic Battle'' (However, in Sonic Adventure 2, Knuckles needs the Hammer Gloves to attack with Fire Punches).

Knuckles is also shown to be very fast on his feet, but still not quite as fast as Sonic or Shadow. Though some fans insist that his strength makes up for it.

Knuckles can glide in the air by apparently trapping the air under his dreadlocks, and so far he is the only one who knows how to access and utilize the powers of the Master Emerald, other than [[Tikal the Echidna]]. He can also sense the Chaos Emeralds from a distance.

Like Sonic and Shadow, Knuckles can power up into Super Knuckles using the Chaos Emeralds or the Master Emerald (though it has not been seen once in any of the more recent or 3D games). Also in the comics, Knuckles has achieved the ability to access the chaos force, allowing him to perform chaos based abilities without the use of any emeralds.
Unlike Sonic, Knuckles can swim. He can also 'glide' on the top of water.

===Game-specific abilities===

*In Sonic Adventure, Knuckles can use the Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack to do a punching version of Sonic's Light Speed Attack.
*In Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Knuckles in Sonic 2, Knuckles does not have the ability to jump quite as high as Sonic or Tails. This is extremely apparent if the level select code is successfully used to play as Knuckles in the Sonic & Knuckles version of Death Egg Zone, which is normally only accessible to Sonic and Tails. Knuckles can only clear the level through use of the debug code.

*In ''Sonic Heroes'', Knuckles can use a move called Fire Dunk in which he uses Sonic and Tails as fire balls to destroy their enemies.
*In ''Sonic Heroes'', Knuckles can slam the ground and kick up tremors to attack enemies. The range and power increases as Knuckles collects energy cores. At Level 3, Knuckles can kick up a small volcanic eruption, spewing fireballs at all enemies.
*Knuckles can use the mystic melody which causes something to happen when played in front of a certain kind of object.
*In the game Sonic Riders Knuckles is a power-type character, and can bash his way through certain obstacles. When someone gets near him, or he catches up to them, he punches the opponent and the victim looses all of their rings (and gets slowed down).
*In Sonic the Fighters Knuckles can activate the Knuckles special where he spins around the opponent and punches them until they fall.
*In Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles has the ability to glide as his spines puff out and catches the air. This move reappears in ''Sonic Heroes'' under the name of 'Triangle Dive'. Knuckles holds onto Sonic and Tails, gliding with his dreadlocks. Using this move and huge fans, it is possible to go up instead of floating down.

*In Sonic Adventure 2,collecting 20 rings allows him to punch the ground and stun the opponent, collecting 40 rings allows him to do a move called Thunder Arrow which shocks the opponent and makes them dizzy, collecting 60 rings allows him to do a move called Red Flash and the opponent can't move for 30 seconds.(all of these moves can only be performed in 2 player mode)

===Transformations===

Like Sonic and Shadow, Knuckles has the ability to power up using the Chaos Emeralds and become '''Super Knuckles''', he can also use the Super Emeralds from ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' and become '''Hyper Knuckles'''. As both he is in a hot pink form, an indication of his power increasing. Like Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles has an after image effect. When he moves, there appears to be OVER 9000!!!! of him.

When Knuckles is in a Super form, he gains invincibility and all his powers and natural abilities are enhanced up to their full limit. Super Knuckles can run twice as fast, is twice as powerful, and can climb walls twice as fast and fly. In the final battle of Sonic Heroes, Super Knuckles could also shoot Fire Balls from his fists. As Hyper Knuckles, he can destroy all on-screen enemies by gliding into a wall, causing the ground to shake. He also had the ability to fly at a fast speed without staying in the air long enough to reach the speed when he is normal. Hyper Knuckles is also incapable of drowning.

In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]]'', Knuckles can use 7 Chaos Emeralds to turn into Hyper Knuckles, and use the Master Emerald to turn into Super Knuckles. (In Sonic the Hedgehog #141, the term "Hyper Knuckles" for his first transformation was scrapped in favor of "Super Knuckles", which correlates with the naming convention used by the games.) As both, Knuckles appears in a hot pink form, and Super Knuckles has the same powers he has in the games. In ''Archie'', Knuckles was also able to turn into a green-colored '''Chaos Knuckles'''. Chaos Knuckles was incredibly powerful, he had all kinds of Chaos powers and he overloaded two chaos syphons. His Chaos powers included Chaos Blasts, teleportation, time and space traveling, healing ability, mind control and several others. This was Knuckles' most powerful form, but he lost this power when he came back from death. Chaos Knuckles was the most powerful Chaos entity on Mobius when he appeared.
{{see also|Super Sonic}}

== Relations ==
===Family===
The references to family lie within the American comic storyline in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie comic]] and the cartoon, Sonic Underground. These are as follows:

*[[Wikipedia:Brotherhood of Guardians|Brotherhood of Guardians]] - Predecessors/Grandparents
*[[Wikipedia:Dark Legion|Dimitri]]/[[Wikipedia:Dark Legion|Enerjak]] - Great Uncle
*Athair - Great-grandfather (also featured in ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic Underground|Sonic Underground]]'', Voiced by [[Wikipedia:Sean Connery|Sean Connery]]).
*Lara-Le - Mother
*Locke - Father (Former Guardian who is currently guarding the Master Emerald in Knuckles' absence)
*Wynmacher - Stepfather
*Kneecapeon "Kneecaps" Mace - Half-brother
*[[Wikipedia:Julie-Su|Julie-Su]]- Third-generation cousin
*Kragok - Third-generation cousin
*[[Wikipedia:Lien-Da|Lien-Da]]/Kommisar - Third-generation cousin
*[[Wikipedia:Brotherhood of Guardians|Lara-Su]] - Daughter (alternate/possible future)

===Alternate selves===
Like several characters in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]] continuity, Knuckles has been depicted has having multiple counterparts in other realities. Among these counterparts are Anti-Knuckles, a version of Knuckles from the Anti-universe, which is the evil version of the main Sonic universe. Anti-Knuckles, like Knuckles, guards the Master Emerald, but in his dimension, he lives on the undersea Sunken Island. This version of Knuckles has an Irish accent, wears a beret, and as opposed to his classic counterpart, is pacifistic. Only matters of great importance are likely to get him into a fight, but when he does, Anti-Knuckles is no pushover. Anti-Knuckles at first maintained an isolationist position on his world, until [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Evil Sonic]] tricked him into going to his counterpart's world. After Anti-Knuckles saw his error, he became a fierce opponent to the miscreant Evil Sonic.

Knuckles also has a counterpart named Tuxedo Knux, from a ''Sailor Moon'' themed version of Mobius. This version of Knuckles wears the tuxedo, cape, and mask of character Tuxedo Mask, and his weapon is also a thrown rose. This version is also the boyfriend of Sally Moon, that dimension's [[Sally Acorn]].

Two other versions of Knuckles come from alternate futures. In the future from which Knuckles' daughter, Lara-Su, made her first appearance, Knuckles went insane after absorbing a massive amount of Chaos energy. Julie-Su lied to her daughter about her father's fate, saying that he had been killed. In reality, Knuckles had become the leader of the Dark Legion, leading them in place of Enerjak. Another future version of Knuckles, from the ''Mobius: 25 Years Later'' storyline, is also different. This Knuckles is Julie-Su's husband, but not civilly, because Knuckles "believes in commitment and not ceremony." He too is Lara-Su's father, but one she actually knows. The two constantly bicker, as Lara wants to become the next Guardian, but Knuckles doesn't want her to. This Knuckles also has a cybernetic right eye, as a result of Sonic attempting to stop him with a device he didn't know how to work due to Knuckles again becoming Chaos Knuckles. Knuckles also doesn't get along at all with Sonic, with untold amounts of bad blood between them. Knuckles also serves a more political function as Guardian of Angel Island.

It can be assumed that other versions of Knuckles exist, but they have not been encountered. In fact, of the members of Team Sonic (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles) Knuckles is the only one not to have teamed up with innumerable other selves to combat a massive threat. This is likely because the plot would be cliché, since it would be the third time it was used.

==The battle: Sonic versus Knuckles==
Ever since Knuckles' introduction, nearly every Sonic continuity featuring him has had the most cliché scene in Sonic history: the recurring and unfinished battle between Sonic and Knuckles. Because of their differences, the two are constantly getting into arguments, which then devolve into outright fisticuffs. However, they finish the battle tied or something serves to interrupt the battle before its end, thus putting the fans in suspense as to who is the more powerful of the two. Rather like the idea of one or more of the characters settling down and getting married, the end of the recurring battle, and the final victor, is one of those things that is never likely to happen.

The battle has appeared in the games, comics, and TV series. It occurs in practically every game featuring Knuckles up until Sonic Adventure 2. It has also appeared in both Fleetway and Archie's Sonic comics, the latter even featuring a battle between Sonic and Knuckles' powered-up selves, Super Sonic and "Hyper" Knuckles. It has also occurred during Knuckles' introductory episode of Sonic Underground and several times throughout [[Sonic X]].

In spite of Sonic & Knuckles' rivalry and the constant skirmishes they get themselves into, in the end they eventually join forces. When Sonic & Knuckles fight side by side they create one of the most imposing forces one could ever have the misfortune of being put up against.

This rivalry between two heroes is also like many other rivalries in anime, manga, and video games, for example Kai Hiwatari and Tyson Granger from Beyblade and Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke from Naruto.

==Trivia==
*Although Knuckles first appeared in Sonic 3, he is actually playable in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by simply using a Sonic and Knuckles game cartridge, inserting a Sonic 2 cartridge in the top of Sonic and Knuckles, and then turning on the system. Instead of Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower, it will say "Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic 2", and Knuckles will appear on the title screen. The ''Sonic and Knuckles'' Knuckles sprites are used in the game. The gameplay is exactly the same except Knuckles performs shorter jumps than Sonic (a handicap that really works against Knuckles when fighting the final boss). He is still capable of gliding and climbing walls. He also won't lose Rings after attempting a Chaos Emerald Challenge. The ability to climb walls leads to Knuckles reaching things that the others could never reach.
*Knuckles was originally supposed to be green, which likely led to his temporary color change in the Archie Comics.
*Knuckles' white birthmark was inspired by the swoosh symbol by ''Nike.
*Knuckles was originally going to be Jamaican, and speak with a Jamaican accent.
*Knuckles has been tricked by Eggman a total of 6 times in the gaming universe alone.
*Some believe Knuckles is a descendant of Tikal, though this is unlikely because Tikal had sealed herself in the Master Emerald, and no evidence has been used to support the idea that she had children. Unless of course if she had a brother or a sister, who was one of the few who survived the attack of Chaos on the tribe after Tikal sealed Chaos and herself inside the Master Emerald, meaning that Knuckles may just be Tikal's nephew.
*Knuckles has been tricked 6 times in all of the TV shows he stars in. Twice in Sonic Underground, and 4 times in Sonic X.
*In Sonic 3 and Knuckles, finishing the game with only the Chaos Emeralds leaves a picture of the character's Super form on the Game Select screen. If the game is completed with Knuckles, an image of Super Knuckles is shown. In this image, he appears to be the same color as Knuckles but with a bright purple aura. A similar effect was used in episode 3 of Sonic X
*Knuckles is a fan favorite for Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction writer [[Leostar Echidna]

==Theme songs==
*In Sonic Adventure, Knuckles' theme song is called 'Unknown from M.E.' It is a mix of rap, jazz, and other styles of music.
*In and Sonic Adventure 2, Knuckles' theme song is also 'Unknown from M.E.', but it has a slightly different tune and some extra lyrics.
*In Sonic Heroes, Knuckles' team, Team Sonic, theme tune is called 'We Can', and actively mentions him in the lines; 'And Knuckles by our side, makes this a safer ride.'
*In Sonic Riders, Knuckles' theme, shared with Sonic and Tails, is an instrumental called "High Flying Groove".

==Voice actors==
*In [[Sonic X]] and every new Sonic game beginning with [[Wikipedia:Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]], Knuckles is voiced by Dan Green.
*In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Sonic Battle'', and ''Sonic Advance 3'' he is voiced by Scott Drier. (Fans wish for him to return to his role as well.)
*In ''Sonic Shuffle'', he is voiced by Ryan Drummond
*In ''Sonic Adventure'', he is voiced by Michael McGaharn.
*In ''Sonic Underground'' he was voiced by Ian James Corlett.
*In ''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie'' ([[Sonic Anime]]) he is voiced by Bill Wise for the English dub and Yasunori Matsumoto for the original Japanese version.
*In Japan (''Sonic Adventure'' and onwards), he is voiced by Nobutoshi Kanna.

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sega.com/sonic/content.php/ Official Sonic site]
*[http://eg.sonicstrike.net/ Emerald Guardian] Knuckles Shrine

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!colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | '''Sonic the Hedgehog'''
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|'''Gender''' || Male
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|'''Age''' || 15 (born 3222)
|'''Place of birth''' || Mobotropolis, Mobius
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|'''Fur color''' || Blue
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|'''Eye color''' || Green
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'''Sonic the Hedgehog''' (<span lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ</span> ''Sonikku za Hejjihoggu''), trademarked ''Sonic The Hedgehog'',<ref name="sonic's middle name">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Steven||title=The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World|publisher=Prima Publishing|location=Roseville, California|isbn=0-7615-3643-4|pages=428|chapter=Chapter 23|quote=the "t" in ''Sonic the Hedgehog is capitalized. Sega marketing wizard Al Nilsen had the "the" registered as Sonic's middle name.}}</ref> is a video game character and the hero of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|video game series]] released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. The [[Sonic the Hedgehog|first game]] in the franchise was released on June 23, 1991 in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship character Mario.<ref name="essential 50">{{cite web|first=Sam|last=Kennedy|publisher=1up.com|title=The Essential 50: Sonic the Hedgehog| url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3134008|accessdate=2006-06-03}}</ref><ref>Davis, Cameron and Shoemaker, Brad [http://uk.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_sonic/index.html The History of SOnic the Hedgehog], ''GameSpot'', Accessed June 16, 2008</ref> Since then, Sonic has become one of the world's best-known video game characters, with his series having sold millions of copies.<ref name="sonic wii">{{cite web |title=Sega Announces Sonic's charge onto the Wii Console|publisher=Sega of America |url=http://www.sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=pr_20060509a |accessdate=2006-06-17}}</ref> In 2005, Sonic was one of the first game character inductees into the [[wikipedia:Walk of Game|Walk of Game]], alongside Mario and Link.<ref name="walk of game">{{cite web |author= |publisher = |url=http://www.walkofgame.com/inductees/inductees2005.html |title=Walk of Game 2005 inductees |accessdate=2008-04-02 }}</ref>

Artist Naoto Ōshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character,<ref name="Sega-16">{{cite web|first=Ken|last=Horowitz|url=http://www.sega-16.com/Sega%20Stars-%20Yuji%20Naka.php|title=Sega Stars: Yuji Naka|publisher=Sega-16|accessdate=2006-06-20}}</ref> a blue [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[hedgehog]], who has the ability to run faster than the speed of sound<ref name="age-speed">{{cite web |first=Jared |last=Matte |publisher=The GHZ |url=http://www.theghz.com/sonic/encyclopedia/s/sonic.html |title=Sonic Encyclopaedia: Sonic the Hedgehog |accessdate=2006-02-17}}</ref>. This is a major part of the gameplay of the series.

== References ==
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Amy Rose

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!colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | '''Amy Rose'''
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|'''Gender''' || Female
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|'''Age''' || 12 (Born 3225)
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|'''Place of birth''' || Mercia, Mobius
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|'''Fur color''' || Pink
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|'''Eye color''' || Green
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'''Amy Rose''', previously known as '''Rosy the Rascal''', is a pink [[hedgehog]] from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games]] released by Sega. She has chased [[Sonic]] for over a decade and has been trying to gain his heart in everything from animated TV shows to comics and games. Like Sonic and Tails, she has her own sidekick [[Cream the Rabbit]]

== Appearances ==
=== Original appearance ===
Amy first appeared in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog manga'' published in 1992, as the girlfriend of Sonic, in a design very similar to Nintendo's Princess Peach. After that appearance, Sega took the character, and Kazayuki Hoshino redesigned her for ''Sonic CD'' in 1993.

=== Game Appearances ===
In her first game appearance, ''Sonic CD'' (1993), Amy was introduced and kidnapped by Metal Sonic, but was rescued when Sonic challenged him to a race to save her.

Amy has also appeared in most of the other Sonic games, such as ''Sonic Drift'', ''Sonic Drift 2'', ''Sonic the Fighters'', ''Sonic R'', ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Shuffle'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Advance'', ''Sonic Advance 2'', ''Sonic Advance 3'', ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Shadow the Hedgehog''and ''Sonic Riders''.

=== Sonic X ===
Amy is one of the main characters in ''[[Sonic X]]'', an [[anime]] series which is the latest of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] cartoons. In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's self proclaimed girlfriend, although her long-term goal is to get him to notice her. Despite his annoyance at her antics, Sonic's feelings are still unclear about her. In some translations, he has given her flowers to tell her he loves her. Amy also has her Piko Piko Hammer which she uses multiple times during Sonic X. The "Piko Piko Hammer" was used in "Cruise Blues" after Sonic tried to use Amy in order to get off the ship. The Piko Piko Hammer is however mainly used to attack Eggman's machines.

=== Archie Comics ===
In the Archie Comics, Amy is the youngest member of the Freedom Fighters, and has a crush on Sonic that he tends to ignore. Amy is the cousin of [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Rob O' the Hedge|Rob O' the Hedge]] (a thinly veiled homage to Robin Hood), who sends her to live with Sonic, where she falls head over heels for Sonic, but remains distant out of respect for [[Sally Acorn]].

==Relationships==
===Sonic===
The love of Amy's life is Sonic the Hedgehog. Ever since Sonic rescued her in Sonic CD, she has fallen in love with him and been trying to win his heart. Only in the Sonic manga is it clear that she's succeeded in this, because it states she was his girlfriend. <ref name="offical_profile">Sega.com, [http://www.sega.com/sonic/globalsonic/post_allabout.php?article=soniccharacters Amy's Profile at Sonic Central]. URL Accessed March 23, 2006</ref>

==Friendships==
===Cream===
[[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]] has been Amy's sidekick practically every time they appear together. They first teamed up in ''Sonic Advance 3'' as ''Team Jubilee'' and played a largely equivalent role to Sonic and ails' ''Unbreakable Bond''. This has been backed up by their friendship in ''Sonic X''. They also seem be together in many other games, like ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Sonic Battle'', and ''Shadow the Hedgehog''.

===Tails===

Miles Tails Prower (Tails) is known to be a youger brother figure towards Amy. They work good together and make a strong team. Tails normally enjoys Amy, except for when she's chasing Sonic. He has a small crush on her, too.

===Knuckles===

Knucles and Amy Rose tend to have a brother/sister relationship. The two don't always get along in the anime (Sonic X) but both Knuckles and Amy know when to stop fighting and work together.

==Voice actors==
*In ''Sonic X'' and the games beginning with ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', she is voiced by Lisa Ortiz.
* Previously, she was voiced by Jennifer Douillard for the ''Sonic Adventure'' games and Sonic Heroes.
* Her Japanese voice actor is Taeko Kawata.

== References ==

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