Knuckles the Echidna

"Yeah! That’s one more job I won’t get paid for, but I've known you for a while. So I'll just put it on your tab, and you can pay me back later on!"

- Knuckles after helping Sonic and Tails.

Knuckles the Echidna (ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ Nakkurusu za Ekiduna)  is the main tritagonist of the Sonic The Hedgehog OVA. He is a fully colored red echidna with a peach-colored muzzle. He dawns a cowboy hat and is a treasure hunter, which is his favorite thing to do. Together with Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles helps defeat Metal Robotnik and Hyper Metal Sonic before The Land of The Sky and Planet Freedom collapses.