Trivia / Knuckles

• Actor-Shared Background: Wade's Jewish like his actor Adam Pally.
• Defictionalization: Turns out "Wade's Awesome Rescue Playlist" from Episode 2 is actually on Spotify.
• The Original Darrin:
  • After being replaced by Fred Tatasciore in Sonic Drone Home, this series has Knuckles once again voiced by Idris Elba.
  • Similarly, Colleen O'Shaughnessey voices movie Tails for the first time since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), after Alicyn Packard replaced her in Sonic Drone Home. In a broader sense, O'Shaughnessey regains her role as Tails back from Ashleigh Ball, who previously voice the character in Sonic Prime which concluded in January 11th, three months before Knuckles’ premiere.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, and as a result of Sonic's voice actor from the films, Luis Arturo Villar, not reprising the role due to being a Celebrity Voice Actor, he is voiced by Jorge Roig Jr. instead, it also counts as a Role Reprisal as he originally voiced him in the dubs of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) 30 years ago.
• Real Song Theme Tune: "The Warrior" by Scandal serves as the series theme song.
• Recycled Script: To the first movie, only much Denser and Wackier. To boot, it involves a Funny Animal and the human lead going on a road trip while trying to escape from a villain who wants to capture said animal to be used as a power source for his machines. The climax also involves the animal being seemingly mortally wounded by the villain, only to get a Heroic Second Wind when the human lead delivers a Platonic Declaration of Love.
• Serendipity Writes the Plot: The idea for the fourth episode came about because the filmmakers wanted to showcase Knuckles' backstory but couldn't afford a giant CGI action setpiece since they had a smaller budget to work with than the movies do. Thus, the decision to tell his backstory through a low-budget Rock Opera musical that made heavy use of practical effects and featured Wade in a Knuckles costume was born.

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