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The Knuckles Paramount+ show is real bad at giving Sonic the Hedgehog characters the spotlight. Despite having his name at the top, Knuckles is only in the show for half its runtime and barely speaks when he’s there. But despite the lack of anthropomorphic characters throughout, the show does have quite a few references to the Sonic games that are pretty fun. If only the live-action universe spent more time making jokes about those things than pop culture references from 20 years ago.
Let’s run down a few standouts, but be sure to check out @wg_alen’s extensive Twitter thread for some finer details, and check out Knuckles on Paramount+.