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This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Pre-Super Genesis Wave continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

Metal Knuckles is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. It is a robotic counterpart of Knuckles the Echidna and a member of the Dr. Eggman's Metal Series robots.

Appearance[]

Metal Knuckles was created in the image of Knuckles the Echidna and is mostly built of red metal. It possesses an round head with a metallic gray muzzle and a pointy black nose on the tip. It also has green eyes with black sclerae and pupils, and long strips of gray-tipped red metal extending downward around its head which are meant to resemble Knuckles' dreadlocks. Metal Knuckles possesses a red ellipsoid torso with a white crescent mark on its chest and a rocket exhaust on its rear. Meanwhile, its arms consist of gray upper arms and red forearms resembling paws with a pair of gray and sharp blades for fingers and yellow circles on the back of its paws. Metal Knuckles similarly has gray tights and red lower legs. Lastly, it has two feet resembling Knuckles' shoes, complete with a red color scheme, green cuffs, yellow stripes across the middle and black soles.

History[]

Construction[]

Constructed at some point around Snively's betrayal of his uncle, Dr. Eggman revealed Metal Knuckles, along with the rest of the Metal Series, to his Dark Egg Legion Grandmasters when Eggman called them to a meeting. Metal Knuckles' and the remainder of the Metal Series' purpose was to serve as Dr. Eggman's newest enforcers of his will and to provide assistance to the doctor's Grandmaster and Sub-Bosses when needed.[1]

Attack on Albion[]

Metal Knuckles and Lien-Da's Dark Legion forces attacked Albion and within no time, Team FightersSonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, Miles "Tails" Prower and T-Pup– showed up on the scene. Later on, Sonic came up to Lien-Da to attack her, but Metal Knuckles smacked Sonic. Sonic had knocked out because of this.[2]

Metal Knuckles Krudzu combined

Metal Knuckles and the Krudzu Hybrid Hydra combined, from Sonic the Hedgehog #245.

Days later, Knuckles came to Albion and found T-Pup. The two then found Team Fighters knocked out, as well as a shut-down- Metal Knuckles. With Knuckles the Echidna wondering about all of the echidna's disappearing, he asked Team Fighters what happened. Sonic explains that he was smacked by Metal Knuckles; Tails says that he accidentally activated a switch which cause everyone on the island to get hit, thus resulting to Team Fighters and Metal Knuckles fainting. Later, Knuckles and Team Fighters went away and found the culprit behind the echidna-tribe's disappearance: Thrash the Tasmanian Devil. Team Fighters and Knuckles engaged to the Thrash, but meanwhile, the Krudzu Hybrid Hydra came and merged with Metal Knuckles, thus the metal echidna was still alive and ready for revenge. After Thrash was defeated by Knuckles, Metal Knuckles attacked Team Fighters and Knuckles. Due to this, Thrash was able to escape, and Knuckles followed him. Seemingly unstoppable, Metal Knuckles merged with nearby machines until a Spin Dash went through the robot. This turned out to be Shard, and he quickly helped Team Fighters by taking Metal Knuckles out. With the help of the Devil Dogs, Metal Knuckles was torn apart, and eventually was destroyed.[3][4][5]

Powers and abilities[]

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Metal Knuckles defeats Sonic with one hit, from Sonic the Hedgehog #243.

True to most of Metal Series, Metal Knuckles is an incredibly powerful Badnik. As Knuckles' robot doppelgänger, he seemingly possesses many of Knuckles' powers and abilities. This includes immense super strength, enough so to effortlessly deflect Sonic's Sonic Spin and even defeat Sonic with a single blow to the head, overwhelm Team Fighters, as well as match a (physically and emotionally exhausted) Knuckles in punching power. In addition, Metal Knuckles also has two sharp blades on each of his hands. Metal Knuckles is also capable of high-speed flight.

Metal Knuckles is also very durable, being able to take hits from Sonic's Sonic Spin and Amy's Piko Piko hammer multiple times with no lasting damage. Similar to Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles can also shoot powerful green energy beams.

Trivia[]

  • In a scrapped story set to take place after Sonic's return from space, it was meant to be revealed that Nate Morgan had survived the destruction of Robotropolis and had been turned to normal by the Bem. He would have had amnesia and teamed up with Coconuts to create Metal Knuckles, along with Metal Amy, Tails Doll and a new Metal Sonic. They would have been mistaken by people for the real characters but roboticized.[6]
  • Metal Knuckles' design for the comic was based on his 3D model and screenshots taken from Sonic R, as they were the only resources available to the team at the time. This resulted in design choices that have since been revealed to be inaccurate to his intended design, as shown in later promotional material, the IDW comic series, and Sonic Superstars.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Sonic Universe #37, "Scrambled Part One: The Man in Charge"
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog #243, "Endangered Species Part One: On the Brink"
  3. Sonic the Hedgehog #244, "Endangered Species Part Two: Extinction Event"
  4. Sonic the Hedgehog #245, "Endangered Species Part Three: Restoration Efforts"
  5. Sonic the Hedgehog #246, "Endangered Species Finale: One of a Kind"
  6. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: One Year Later.... Sonic HQ. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011.
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