Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24165717-20141120174501/@comment-24658561-20150722195912

I wouldn't have laughed at this when I was 6. Even some Boom fans say that Unlucky Knuckles was way too cruel. The idiots behind the script don't even write the slapstick correctly:

1. Most of the time there's little to no reaction when Knuckles gets hurt, he just kind of does. The fun of slapstick comes from the reaction. That's why there are no Patrick Star slapstick episodes. He just doesn't react to pain, so it would be no fun beating him up.

2. They show him beaten up in some shots. It makes your audience feel bad if they laughed before. Don't make your audience feel bad for laughing at your slapstick.

3. Never EVER let the audience sympathize with the character you're beating up. Seriously, when he said he wanted to help and Sonic was being an *ss again, I just wanted to hit that blue bastard in the face with a spiked boxing glove.

4. Most of the time, he doesn't deserve it. Heeds Sticks' advice, gets abused. Helps Tails, gets abused. Tries to help some other guy, gets abused. Sonic gets a crack in his gigantic ego, he abuses Knuckles, even though Knuckles didn't do anything else than just sitting next to him.

5. The other characters, especially Sonic, don't give a sh#t about him. The only one hinted to care if he lives or dies is Amy, but this episode puts her in the wrong.