There's Something About Knuckles (Part 4)

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Published 2023-04-27
Knuckles and co. have gathered round the fire to hear Tails tell them one of the most important Sonic the Hedgehog stories ever. Y’see, the tale of Sonic Prime Kaiju is a somewhat complicated one. This monster isn’t some simple Sonic exe creation post the murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. In fact, this narrative revolves around a familiar enemy of Sonic Hedgehog: Dr Eggman. But… you can call him Baron Robotnik.

Although, you shouldn’t jump to conclusions: Sonic and Eggman is a tale as old as time, yes – often devolving into Sonic VS Eggman – but there’s a lot of ground to cover before you’ll learn why the kaiju is trying to go Sonic Boom on the walled city.

Produced by Tom Jenkins and Ben Michael
Written by Jason Alan Dewey and Ben Michael

Animation Supervisor: Liam

Pre Production by Wonchop & Liam McKeown

Rough Animation by
Anna Valdez (twitter.com/AnnaValdezArt)
Liam McKeown
Esau "LDranzer" A. Munoz (twitter.com/LDranzer1)
Jenny Polden (twitter.com/ZannyHyper)
AnimatedZorox (www.twitter.com/ZoroxAnimated
Ryan "RGPAnims" Kelso (twitter.com/RGPAnims)
Harvey Rothman (twitter.com/RothmanHarv)
Mitzu (twitter.com/KukoMitzu)
Beclet (twitter.com/beclet_)

Clean Up by
Jenny Polden
DZ-Aladan (twitter.com/DZAladan)
Beclet
Anna Valdez
Lindsey Crawford (twitter.com/fantasygundam)
Esau "LDranzer" A. Munoz
BillyBCreations (twitter.com/billycrinion)
Mitzu
David Kalev-Roy (twitter.com/DavidToons_)
Liam McKeown,
Ryan "RGPAnims" Kelso
KaiPie (twitter.com/The_KaiPie)

Colour
Ryan "Rizatch" Hammond (twitter.com/rizatch)
Beclet
Ryan "RGPAnims" Kelso
Liam McKeown

Lighting and VFX:
Liam McKeown

Backgrounds
Baubalti (twitter.com/baubalti)

Voice of Tails by Eileen 'EileMonty' Montgomery
Voice of Sonic by Blake 'ShadyVox' Swift
Voice of Baron Robotnik by Alex Walker Smith
Original Music composed by Alex Walker Smith
Edit, Sound Design & Additional Music Composed by Jason Alan Dewey

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All Comments (21)
  • @mashed
    There's Something About Knuckles (Part 5) is coming May 11th!
  • @kingbash6466
    The writing for Baron Eggman is genuinely brilliant. He has a sense of professionalism and articulation that you normally don't see in the franchise, yet he still has those iconic traits of ego and pride of his intelligence behind his mutated, monstrous appearance.
  • @jamauln1
    Seeing Sonic go from the usual cocky bantering to actual concern; the whole episode was genuinely chilling.
  • @buckettrap
    I don't think Eggman has ever been this scary and intimidating in the entire Sonic franchise. Bro be looking like a lich. Also how you were able to use eggs to describe Eggman's plan is just top tier man.
  • Somehow Mashed makes Eggman talking about eggs sound chilling... impressive, yet chilling
  • @Salazar.945
    This went from “something about knuckles”, to “something about eggman”. The piss on your homes line really got me though. Can’t wait for part 5….whenever that is.
  • @chillatrix
    I loved Egghead’s cadence in this one; that speech about the ultimate discovery coupled with his insufferable ego is amazing <3 the writing has really gone above and beyond! So happy to see your guys’ work
  • @qwefg3
    Baron Robotnick... Once again showing us just how damn terrifying yet calm the old man can be. Made even worse by the fact we could see this happening as it is completely in character for him.
  • @NathanSifuGaming
    This feels like a genuine series rather than a piece of fan fiction, it doesn't have any business being this good!
  • This Robotnik gives me the same vibes of how people describe how intimidating Satam and Archie Robotnik are, yet the appearance doesn't stop how horrifying the personality of this version is, I'm getting excited on how this explanation of what happened to Sonic is going, great job to the entire team!!
  • Genuinely love the way Baron Robotnik speaks, his presence on screen is just demented but so good. Lovin’ the way this series is going!
  • @Yerrrzen
    Damn this is actually starting to feel like a genuine series to me... I love word-play you guys were going for when describing the emeralds. Feels like Sonic Underground all over again
  • @SdotWebb
    4:40 I really appreciate the Level of creativity and story telling in this video. That shadow created by baron robotnik engulfing sonic is a top tier method of showing what's about to happen
  • @EBThisThat
    Being overtaken and corrupted by the emerald is absolute genius. The Baron in this form is terrifying!
  • I've been waiting for part 4 but this is definitely not the turn I was expecting. I genuinely wish these were longer because I really want to see more.
  • @fedupN
    The voice work for Eggman is spot on.
  • @bicokun
    Love the old school Robotnik characterization. Gave me real strong Long John Baldry vibes with the menace Jim Cummings brought to SatAM Sonic.
  • @elitely6748
    Baron Eggman is an utterly terrifying yet incredibly interesting and well written Villain here. I always love villains like these. Incredible professionals yet devilishly smart and evil with an articulate array with words and tactics. The voice acting for him is amazing as well, can't wait to see what is next!