Knuckles: Let’s start by showing y’all the trailer shall we?

Ohhhhhhhhh boy this show, where do I even begin with this show?

Well firstly if ur expecting to come to watch Knuckles, I’m sorry to disappoint y’all….y’all have been duped…..they did false advertising…..this isn’t the Knuckles show, no this is the Wade Whipple show….what’s that, who’s Wade Whipple? Exactly….and unfortunately y’all will know him by the end of this review unfortunately…..so buckle up as we dive into this series…

Anyway let’s get the rating out of the way so we can get into spoilers, but let’s be real Herr who cares If this show gets spoiled? Not like ur gonna go out of your way to get a Paramount Plus subscription for this show…

So overall I absolutely despise the show like a lot…..ok that’s slightly too harsh. I enjoyed the first 2 episodes because they started off pretty dang well…also I liked any scene that Knuckles appears in…but everything else no no just no…..btw to give u an idea of how bad this show is…

If any of y’all wanna watch this show I only recommend y’all watch the first 2 episodes and the last 5 to 10 min of the final episode, u will have felt fulfilled and got ur money’s worth….yeah out of 6 episodes I only recommend 2….that says a lot

Also, the advertisement in this show is so bad and so on the nose that I think whoever wrote the script needs to be fired and then be locked away…..because this show is a crime…

The jokes oh boy the jokes, they are unfunny…I’ll get into that in spoilers, also there are moments where it feels like Paramount thought they didn’t have enough money to do anything…so there’s that….so overall this show is getting a solid 2/10, I don’t recommend it.

Heck even if a friend of yours has Paramount Plus, plz don’t watch this show…u won’t ever get those 3 hours back…yeah this show is 3 hours total….anyways warning spoilers ahead y’all have been warned…

Oh deer this show, so for this show so I don’t mention every single detail, what I’m gonna do is quickly mention the plot of this show and then talk about everything I hated about this show.

So the plot essentially boils down to this, Knuckles (still played by Idris Elba) gets grounded by Maddie. He gets orders from a spirit Echidna named Pachacamac (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) he’s told to go help Wade Whipple because he’s struggling to become a champion at bowling.

Now why would an ancient ghost Deity that Knuckles warships would tell him to go help Wade Whipple become good at a game that’s not known to the Echidna tribe, is beyond me. But that’s the plot in a nutshell.

Oh and Wade Whipple has father problems and family problems, his father is a deadbeat father who abandoned them and who is also a master at bowling.

His mom is the only generous one he loves, his sister is God damn annoying. I’ll get to her soon when I talk about everything I hated in this show, every stinking thing. Also, there are 2 evil agents after Knuckles one of them played by Kid Cudi. The other one is a female who I forget who she’s played by.

That’s how forgettable those characters are, also they are G.U.N agents who just so happens to work for a bad guy, who’s their boss.

Their boss is only named the Buyer, he’s he’s an apprentice of Robotnik. And he’s played by Rory McCann. Seriously The Buyer?

Yes that’s right Sandor Clegane himself from Game Of Thrones, what the hell are u doing here? Were u that desperate for money?

He’s after Knuckles powers to power the mechs he’s making, also he doesn’t have a fancy lab like Robotnik. He’s working in a car repair garage.

So yeah that’s the plot, so where do I even begin with the garbage that’s in this show? Well let’s start with Wade Whipple, I hate him. He’s the type of character that I never want to see in a show or film ever again.

Essentially all he does in this show is act a fool, keep bringing up his deadbeat dad, and scream loudly and for long periods of time because ha ha funny screaming, and he’s just pathetic.

The guy is a cop yet he can’t even do an interpretation right, if y’all read my Sonic 2 review u will know what I mean. If some y’all didn’t let me tell u.

In that film, he goes to detain Agent Stone, and he quote on quote tries to get him to spill the beans by doing the good cop bad cop Routine. So how does he think that routine goes? Well this is what he says “I’ve asked u before and I’ll only ask one more time, which type of cream cheese do u want one ue bagel?” (SMH)

So now u see how incompetent he is, now if ur wondering wait for a minute Jarrod what’s wrong with a goofball character like that? Here’s my answer there’s no issue with him as a side character, but make him the lead role of your show and that’s a whole different tale.

Speaking of that’s another reason why I don’t like Wade Whipple, this is the Wade Whipple Show. It sure as hell ain’t the Knuckles show, he’s barely in this show. It’s funny because u would think with the amount of product placement that’s in this show they would have enough endorsement to fund them to allow Knuckles to be throughout the entire show.

Speaking of product placements, jeepers is this show filled with product placements, it’s up the wazoo. To give y’all even an idea of how much product placement is in this show, well let’s see there are multiple product placements.

Doritos chips

Spotify

Facebook Market Place

TJ Max

Lay’s Chips

Yeah if this list doesn’t make u think Paramount might be a sellout then idk what will, also the product placement is shameful like completely shameful. I wish that I was kidding but the first dialog in the first episode we get from Knuckles is while he’s eating a bag of Doritos under a tree and this is what he has to say.

“I got to say I must visit this Cool Ranch of Doritos” Wow just wow, that’s not any form of clever writing to make product placement seem connective to the story.

Also, as for the TJ Max? Well for u see Wade’s entire backstory hinders on his deadbeat dad abandoning him at TJ Max, oh how wonderful.

Also, as for the Lays Chip Product Placement?  There’s one scene of them at a restaurant with burgers and fries at the table and just a random bag of Lay’s Potatoe Chips near them.

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, like why’s there a Lay’s Chip Bag right next to burger and fries at a restaurant? Easy just cuz and don’t ask questions u aren’t gonna get any answers.

Oh, the product placement gets worse fellas, let me give u another example. So near the end of this series like a few episodes before it ends and keep in mind there are 7 episodes at least!

We get Wade Whipple being transported into this realm which is a bowling alley, where he meets the guy in charge who is Pachacamac.

Oh no no, this brings up another thing the comedy in this show hmmm. Look I know I am sounding all over the place but trust me if this show isn’t gonna try then why should I? Anyways so this so called comedy, oh boy.

So uh both of them scream at each other (u know know trope u have only seen 1000+ times in comedy films) also why’s Wade screaming? He’s seen Knuckles and Sonic. This shouldn’t phase him. But if the comedy couldn’t get any worse.

Trust me it does, Pachacamac says I’m Pachacamac, which then Wade Whipple says “Parmeson” Yes Wade Parmeson. Yep, u got it, fucking Parmesan. Ha……….ha………ha. (laugh!)

Who wrote this script? Was it 8 year Olds? Oh don’t worry things get worse, we get an entire backstory to Knuckles. Oh, that’s cool so now we will get to see Knuckles right? Right? Wrong.

Instead this backstory will be told via rock band stage place with Wade Whipple in a Knuckles outfit (groans). Why? Why must u torture us Paramount? Oh, it gets worse (btw ill put the entire song here so y’all can listen to it).

So all of a sudden this extremely cool giant puppet creature gets rolled out on the stage and is spitting smoke, this creature is named the Deep. For some reason. And he’s described as being made of ash and flames.

All of a sudden the creature sings about how he’s gonna burn Knuckles alive then feed on him, then proceeds to pull out a computer and says how he’s gonna go on Facebook Market Place and look some stuff up, maybe something cool is on there!

(Sighhhhh), I’m done I I I can’t take this anymore I think I’m done. Can we just leave now? Do I have to continue? Do I need to say more? He pulls out a computer and talks about Facebook Market Place! People who wrote this?

Ok, let’s move on to the next thing I hate. I hate Wade Whipple’s sister whose name is Wanda Whipple. We first see her in episode 2 when he goes back home with Knuckles for Shabbat dinner, he and his family are Jewish.

So they get to the house and we meet his sister and every sentence she is so grading, she talks like this “Hello! I am in the F.B.iiiiiiiiiiiii!” Acting like she’s a cool dude surfer dude even though she’s not. And Wade responds with “Then why don’t they rebrand their logo then?”

Sighhhhh, seriously why would they Wade? It was fanatic, just shut up shut up.

BTW if u think the comedy can get any better, there’s a dialog between Wade and his sister where Wade is talking about how he knows G.U.N and how he knows some people there.

Then his sister says oh I do know some G.U.N agents, which Wade says oh really who’s one of their names? Which his sister says and sighhhhh “Jim Gun Agent”.

Yes u heard that right fellas, Jim Gun Agent, that’s a joke that has been done many times before and done better before in other properties. Jim Gun Agent, get the hell out of here.

Oh and during the dinner she takes a fork and stabs Wade in the arm which causes him to scream uncontrollably. U know because stabbing someone in the arm even if ur a family member is just so funny.

Ha………ha? I ain’t laughing at this, oh while Wade goes upstairs and calms down they get attacked by some agents. The first guy that comes in tries attacking Wade’s sister with an electric chain and she just starts laughing and says funny things like

“What are u from a video game? Where do I put the quarter in?”

Ha…………ha so funny, shut up shut up just shut up!

Anyways they must fight their way out. As the knight clams down both Knuckles and the mother sit and watch TV. The mother talks about how their tribe got butchered.

Knuckle’s tribe did as well so she says so technically ur Jewish, which Knuckles just accepts and embraces, yes ur heard that right Knuckles is officially Jewish.

He’s embraced Judaism, when was he ever Jewish before? Uhhh, let’s see never. Do I mind this addition? No, but it’s still weird, also now he loves Halals, and he’s obsessed with them. Cool, I guess?

The mother is finally happy because her 2 kids are there and they watch the final flame go out on the Chabot candle go out and everyone was happy and I was miserable.

Also, future spoilers, Wade’s sister tells her mom that she should join the FBI, and she says sure I’ll join. And I’m just sitting there thinking why would the FBI want a 70-year-old woman on their team? I don’t think that is how this works.

Anyway, here’s more that I hate the entire ending, so come to the second to last episode Wade is reunited with his deadbeat father who wears an American flag cape and is full of himself.

Heck, the wife and his sister show up at the Casino hotel they are at, and his dad is planning to beat the bowling tournament. So it seems Wade has got everything he wanted? Oh wait his dad sells Knuckles and Wade out to the agents because he’s scummy and doesn’t care about Wade.

Don’t worry neither do I, neither do I. Anyway, he has those 2 agents tie up the wife and daughter, Wade was one step ahead though, and turned on his phone so Knuckles in the upstairs room could hear all this.

He goes up and gets Knuckles because he told them he would go get Knuckles, and they come back and attack both agents. The fight ends with the 2 agents getting sucked through a portal to somewhere where I hope we never see them again.

Anyways the tournament is on the way, and Wade enters it to go up against his father. Jeepers is this really the entire third act? Oh and get this Knuckles is at the bar drinking.

Guess they didn’t have the budget to keep using him, but then The Buyer shows up outside in a mech so Knuckles does face him off-screen while the tournament is going on!

BTW while the tournament is going on we cut to the 2 spokespeople talking and one of them brings up how Wade was abandoned by his father at TJ Max, and what better place to be abandoned than TJ Max. Sighhhhhhh.

Remember how I said these product placements are shameful? I take that back because compared to this one the other ones seem reasonable in comparison. This one is just downright insulting.

Oh no where better to be abandoned than TJ Max, why was this written? Who approved this script? And I would ask who funded for this show but the better question would be who didn’t fund this show.

Anyways shocker Wade has to go outside and save Knuckles. While Knuckles is knocked out Wade comes up and gives him motivation to wake up so he does. Then he defeats The Buyer.

Also, can we seriously talk about how lame of a name that is for a villain? The Buyer? Ohhhh I’m so scared, what u gonna do buy something from me?

Anyways the the building gets evacuated but the father is scummy so he grabs the trophy but the wife knocks him out and takes it for themselves because Wade won the tournament. Whoopee, I guess.

Anyways show ends with Knuckles and Wade riding out in the sunset on a motorcycle, while Knuckles is riding the motorcycle and wearing a cowboy hat.

I will mention 2 things I do like about this show,

Well, there’s a scene where Knuckles glides with Wade on his back, where Wade says u can fly? And Knuckles says “No I can glide” btw this is an ability Knuckles has in the games.

Lastly, at the end, he has a cowboy hat on which is also a thing he has in some of the games.