Let's talk about Knuckles... 

Wippleman.

This series feels like The Wade Show forgot to lock-on the Knuckles cartridge.

Because this show is labeled as an "event" on Paramount+ my friend gave me a conspiracy theory when we sat down to watch it that they're going to remove it around the time Sonic 3 comes out then when Sonic 3 comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray, they package it in with the Knuckles show as "Sonic 3 & Knuckles"

I'm sorry Knuckles has a backstory where he fought IBLIS and took the power of the Flames of Disaster for himself, and the show is about bowling??

"Crowning fist nipple champion" is probably one of the funniest ways I've ever heard someone describe Knuckles.

Knuckles converting to Judaism was not something I was expecting to happen in this show.

Can't wait for "Shadow" starring the G.U.N. Commander coming to terms with what his Uncle did at Thanksgiving.

I understand that animating Knuckles was expensive but honestly if he was gonna spend this little time on camera then maybe it would have been better to reduce the length of the show by half. The show was called Knuckles so it was fair to expect that the main character is Knuckles

"Stunt people are the true heroes of filmmaking. Always remember that." Johnny, you would LOVE The Fall Guy.

This isn't really a Knuckles series. It's just your run of the mill sitcom that happens to have Knuckles in it.

Should've been Tails and Knuckles Knuckles learns to be more introspective Tails learns to be more confident 3 episodes, 40 min each Wade can be comedic relief "Where's sonic?" Bro has ADHD, probably got lost in a mall due to indecisiveness.

Sonic Movie Franchise is apparently going to have to learn the same lessons the Transformers did: we’re not here for the Human characters, we’re here for the goofy cartoon woodland creatures who run fast, punch stuff, and annoy a mad scientist with phenomenal facial hair.

Our favorite part was when Wade Whippled all over the bowling alley & Knuckles

i think the biggest red flag for me was the fact sonic and tails were considered “guest stars” and they wouldnt appear for the entire series. i get WHY they didnt but i wanted movie team sonic to hang out more cuz they all feel so distant now

I personally can't wait for the Tails series to be all about him getting a job at McDonalds.

Johnny: What if they end the year with a Shadow the Hedgehog remake? Sega: Sonic Rumble, final offer

The bit where Wades mom compares what happened to the Jews to Knucles tribe is funny on a somewhat ironic meta sense, when you remember that one story in the Archi comics where the Echidnas were a parable to a certain group during the 1930's... and it wasn't the jews.

My favorite part of this show was Ken Penders' shadow constantly looming ominously on the background of every shot.

Knuckles with him being a supporting character in his own show with Wade being the main character. What?

I mean if they *had* to go this route with Wade/Knuckles, I would have Wade's Father be renowned boxer instead of a bowler. The story can progress the same but with Knuckles teaching Wade about proper punching techniques as Wade trains and fights his way up the ranks. This explains why he's matched up with Knuckles and how Wade can actually prove himself capable in a fight with those GUN goons which can give opportunities to be genuinely useful in the group. And boxing lends itself WAY better to an underdog story than bowling of all things.

I love these instances of “Pause Johnny” from the future

"It's Sonic the Hedgehog, so everyone loses in the end" got a laugh out of me.

I don’t understand how I saw so much praise for it. When I hear Knuckles gets his own show I would expect something about the history of the echidna or setting up Chaos for the movies. Instead it’s about Wade’s bowling tournament

Oh fuckles, it's Johnny talking about Knuckles

"The Year of Shadow" is just Sega doing a more all encompassing marketing campaign for Shadow being in Sonic 3

I've never left a comment before, Johnny, even though I've followed you ever since "Countdown to Sonic Generations". I'm dealing with some stress right now and this video put a massive smile on my face. Thank you for always bringing joy to your fans.

I think I know why Paramount chose to not reveal that Wade was the main focus in a show called “Knuckles”; Shows like Kramer and Planet Sheen have proven that spin-offs starring the comic-relief don’t do so well, and that it was possible for this show to get a low attendance because of it. As for me, I thought it sounded neat. Maybe Rouge would’ve been a good inclusion, since she’s gone undercover before, but maybe they’re saving that for the 3rd movie. Fang the Hunter could’ve been a better inclusion, since he is a bounty hunter, and Wade had a bounty on him. I honestly thought The Buyer was gonna turn out to be Snively, from Sonic Satam/Archie, but have him be Robotnik’s brother rather than his son. If they do decide to do another spin-off, a Tails one would be nice. Maybe the box-office numbers from the 3rd movie might give them enough of a budget to make it possible.

It's really embarrassing that every official source misspelled Wade as Knuckles

‘Watch on your free trail, cancel your free trial’ why you gotta call me out dawg 😅

Man I was blindsided by his reaction on Twitter. I didn’t think it would be THAT bad for him. I had a feeling that the knuckles series wouldn’t be just knuckles, but damn are the reactions mixed

You and I know this show should have been Knuckles & Knuckles. where Knuckles meets his interdimensional counterpart who is a Rastafarian who teaches him to become a Beatnik. Ya feel me.

I thought this series was gonna be.. Knuckles having to learn to chill and relax with Wade as "HIS MENTOR" While Wade is a "joke" , he does stay down to earth and helps others. He is basically a sidekick to "Donut lord" This is the series I thought we would get. Wade teaching Knuckles to relax and work in a team even if Sonic seems to lead it. Knuckles showing Wade he is more then just a Deputy, he's a warrior too. And the two finding respect since they are both... "DUMB KNUCKLEHEADS!" Like Wade being abit of a joke would fit perfectly with Knuckles being simple minded too in the games. IT WAS RIGHT THERE! In my what if here... the bad guys would come for knuckles when Wade suggests to go on a vacation. Away from training and to relax, clear his mind. And you can have Christopher lloyd's charater tell Knuckles that he needed to learn to take a rest. Have some stupid shit going on where the the bad guys arent just after Knuckles his power but the master emerald itself (Cause he has it!) Have Wade be more a detective where the bad guys are, have knuckles cause problems. Have knuckles and wade be tricked by the bad guys once since they work for GUN and give the Master Emerald to the bad guys to store it away but OOPS these guys are as bad as robotnik. Have the final battle take place on a remote island base of "The Buyer" (Cause you know evil scientists love their island fortresses.) Make a spinball reference, have knuckles use the fists. Win the day. Blow up the base (cause every base needs a self destruct button) Then Knuckles thinks he should hide the emerald on some remote island no one can reach to hint at Angel island.. THE END! (After credits scene have Knuckles arrive on a jungle island, where he thinks he can store the emerald but insted finding a hidden cell complex. Aka prison island) Anyway.. this show wasn't terrible, but it just didn't know what to do.

Knuckles got the Flames of Disaster. Now he can use the Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack.

So basically we ran into the michael bay transformers problem. Well...one of the primary ones. Interesting.

Wait, Knuckles was in a show?! I just saw this "Wade guy" for 6 episodes 😅

I think what saved this show for me, despite its shortcomings, was the impact that Knuckles has on Wade. The guy starts off as a buffoon at the beginning but became confident on where his true strength comes from by the end. Knuckles has always been my favorite Sonic character due to a mix of his social awkwardness (without being an edge lord) while remaining fiercely loyal to his values and those he cares about. Knuckles himself may not be there a whole lot but his ideals are certainly emulated through Wade. In a sense, I find it relatable.

I haven’t seen this show, but the way Johnny describes it makes it sound like a rehash of the first movie Local cop breaks alien out of prison, getting a bounty put on him and has to evaded the government to get the alien home

I wouldn't be surprised if Jack's talking business card is a reference to Eggman's talking letter in the Sonic Heroes intro...

Holy fuckles here comes Whipples.

At first i thought Shabbat was one of the 'countries' from Sonic Unleashed. Turns out it was thinking about Adabat. Close enough

I can really agreed with people saying it focused too much on Wade but outside of that, I have such a fantastic time watching it throughout. Maybe I am too used to these type of shows since I normally watched them a lot with my parents and brother when I was young.

The Wade show. Now starring Knuckles.

"It's Sonic the Hedgehog, so everyone loses in the end." Brilliant, simply brilliant.

It honestly bugs me how rare the Super Mario Brothers movie is because it just doesn't happen very often. To get proper focus on the relevant characters while spending most of your time in the relevant location.

I do admit I wish there was more Knuckles, but the show is often so weird and crazy that I didn't mind it on it's own right. Also Carey Elwes is a treasure.

In regards to the end slate, I think this whole Year of Shadow thing is due in large part to the third Sonic movie. With how insanely successful the movieverse is and the very clear hype for Shadow, plus his waning relevance in the series as a whole since Colors, I think they just want to use the obvious hype around their arguably most popular charactet who isn't Sonic as an opportunity for some good ol' fashion marketing.

I will ask: where did the Buyer get all the Knuckles quills from? Does Knuckles just shed like crazy and not bother to clean up after himself?

this show is like if the Mandalorian's main focus was Jar Jar Binks trying to win golf against Darth Maul. When I watch a show called "Knuckles" I expect a focus on, y'know, KNUCKLES.

I love how the video title makes it sound like knuckles is a real person who's been cancelled

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a deleted scene where Knuckles shows interest for the hat but doesn't want to take it because it's Wade's spoils of war, but Wade lets him keep it as a token of appreciation for believing in him

"Tv show budget, so they can't have Knuckles on screen very much" Does make me ask an old question; why not just animation? Surely just a pure animated show would've been more cost effective, and able to be better focused

Some people have theorize that the sister will probably be the Topaz character from Sonic X and team up with Rouge.....I really hope they're wrong, but I wouldn't put it past Paramount to make such a dumb decision.

Shocked you didn't hear about Kid Cudi until this show, he did the Sonic 2 credits theme which is still a banger. Really gives off post-Wreck it Ralph era vibes.

It's hilarious how LS Mark is the only one that actually liked the Knuckles show.

Yeah, as Johnny says, on the last 2 episodes, I forgot it was in the Sonic universe at all.

"This show left me a bit flabbergasted and tilted (at the towers)"

15:20 This is the point where I started to realize that this show feels like it was adapted from someone’s A.I. Dungeon 2 self-insert fanfiction.

Let's talk about Knuckles. 1 - NEVER chuckles

"ESPN 8 THE OCHO FROM FUCKING DODGEBALL" I've been telling everyone I know Globo Gym exists in the Sonic Universe

16:15 "Guess what Sonic Heroes..."

Really appreciate the Door Into Summer usage here, Johnny. :)

Knuckles: “I’m a supporting character in my own miniseries, y’all biscuitheads!”

Comparing the Echidna tribe to the holocaust sure was a decision.

It's pretty interesting seeing Carry Elves on screen again. Always a great actor. The last time I saw him in a show, he got punched in the face and later kicked in the marbles by Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers. Lmao

This show screams "We wanted to capitalize on the sonic movies popularity but can't afford Idris Elba for more than 30 lines"

Thumbnail Johnny is a creature of content. He can take on many forms.

This show has the same problem as Sonic X has where they seem to focus more on the non-Sonic characters that weren't given much depth on Sonic or his friends. And even when they do focus on Sonic and co. it was either short or just not all that interesting and just mostly go back on the non-Sonic related stuff. I know this is just the first season. But man, I hope the next one focus alot more on Knuckles & maybe Sonic & Tails and less Wade if you know what I mean. Meanwhile I'm looking forward to Sonic Movie 3.

This feels like they drew "a series about bowling" from a hat full of show ideas rejected for being too niche, and attached Knuckles to it.

Comparing Knuckles tribe to the Jewish people suffering, having Iblis show up, and ESPN THE OCHO all in a Sonic spinoff series was not something I was expecting on my 2024 bingo card. 💀 This show is wild.

“Let’s talk about Wade…” There. Fixed it for you.

We need more Cosmo the Seedrian in the series. I GOT IT, A MINI SERIES OF TWO CHARACTERS . . . We can call it Cosmo & Wanda X3

14:30 Did... Did Pachacamac's ghost LITERALLY make Wade taste the rainbow?

The first episode is the peak??? I couldn't even get through that.

1:43 Johnny has started his villain arc 💀

I think Fang would’ve been a perfect choice, personally. I also still think Bill Burr should do his voice should he ever show up in one of these movies or miniseries.

And another month has passed. I can't wait for the next video to start once again with "sorry for taking so long, so many things happened, mental health, thank you all so much for your messaeges and support".

It should’ve been called Wade & Knuckles

For me, the show is the perfect representation of what ‘Mid’ is. Not good, but not bad, it’s a meh. There are things I enjoy, just about every fight scene with Knuckles has something about it that I can enjoy, especially the fight with Wades mother, that was a strange but glorious choice and having it be a continuous pan shot, love it. I’m not going to pretend like I enjoy Wade more than Donut Lord, he’s a supporting cast member forced into the spotlight and if we’re going to do another of these spin-offs, can we get someone else? I feel like I’ve had enough Wade. A Rouge and Wades Mom show, lol. Great review Johnny!

So...Wade is basically a dorkier Paul Blartt

Damn, John is so disappointed he used his old render in the thumbnail

This show was below average, but I gotta be honest, this is proof that more Sonic media should have musical numbers

5:05 so it seems to me as someone who has yet to watch the show that your enjoyment will PROBABLY come down to how much you appreciate Wade.

I thought it was just ok, I wished that it actually focused on Knuckles instead of Wade but for what I got I thought it was fine. I don’t think it’s as bad that many are building it up as. It was kinda nice to see Knuckles with the cowboy hat again though.

"It's the whole shebang really. Going into detail about how Knuckles lost his tribe, lost his father who then becomes a Ken Penders puppet? I'm not f*cking kidding- I'M WHEEZING WHY IS HE SO RIGHT XDXDXDXD

Yeah i agree with you on the villains they started out strong in the first three episodes than we never see them again till the final episode. Then the buyer shoot we only see him in two episodes altogether, honestly instead of the Buyer as the big bad i would have just the two agents as the big bads. Then at the end the buyer who was trying to get Knuckles would have been revealed to be Agent Stone. We dont have to see him or anything just a voiceline or an email hinting it was him who hired the GUN agents to better build up Sonic 3. But thats just me, i enjoyed this little mini series and i can't wait for Sonic 3.

This is like a bad big lowbaski sequel with knuckles just there.

Paramount: what if we took the script to Paul Blart 3, and put Knuckles in it?

The Flames of Disaster was a Sonic '06 reference? I didn't even think of that until you brought it up Johnny😅

Is this Jons first video not sponsored in like, years?

I was thinking they were going to set up things for the third movie like Rouge The Bat, Angel Island, GUN etc. Instead, this show expands on the lore of Wade…

I'm not gonna lie, my heart dropped a bit when I saw the list of episodes and noticed that episode 4 was titled "The Flames of Disaster". Even more so when the rock opera started going into how Knuckles acquired them. I guess that was enough of a scare to improve the rest of the show in comparison (my god, I would absolutely hate it if by episode 5 or 6, Knuckles started crying and the villain of the show became the huge fire monster). As for the actual villain of the show, I've spent most of my time thinking "wait, did they just shadow drop Snively into this universe? If so, why the fuck is he old and beefy!?"

They really should’ve called it “Wade & Knuckles” not only for meme points but to be more upfront on who the star was

I really enjoyed this show its so bizarre and its decently funny Wade's sister is awful but the mom comparing Knuckles people being game ended to the Jewish one Is so funny because it's insane

I loved that they Knuckles beat Iblis offscreen at some point in this continuity. I also love that the Chaos Drives from SA2 are all their strands of hair now instead of shards of the emeralds

Knuckles and Wade's mom would make a great show.

Hey Knuckles, Its your cousin Wade. Lets go bowling!

Shortly after this video. A new Sonic game dropped. Sonic Rumble. That Johnny Magic.

As soon as I found out Paramount was making the Sonic movies, all I wanted was a Sonic Nicktoon. And that is all I will continue to want until it happens.

Oh fuckles it's knuckles.

I had a few laughs with this mini series, but I agree with the name. It should be "Wade & Knuckles."