The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk



"The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk" is the seventeenth episode of Sonic X. It's title in the original Japanese version is "Nakkuruzu! Ikari no Tekken" (ナックルズ!怒りの鉄拳), or "Knuckles! Clenched Fists of Anger".

Plot
Knuckles goes to meet Hawk, a human he met who claims to have the Red Chaos Emerald. However, Knuckles must contend with several monsters first, then the threat of both Rouge the Bat and the robot E-91: a "kunoichi", or female ninja (Lady Ninja in the dub). She kidnaps Hawk, so Knuckles saves him. As Rouge attempts to steal the Chaos Emerald, E-91 tries to stop her, so Rouge drops the emerald and escapes. After that, Knuckles and Hawk grab the Emerald and defeat E-91. The next morning, Knuckles says goodbye to Hawk.

Characters

 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned)
 * Miles "Tails" Prower (mentioned)
 * Amy Rose (mentioned)
 * Big the Cat (mentioned)

Trivia

 * Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends don't appear in this episode, although Sonic was mentioned in this episode plus Tails & Amy were seen in a flashback.
 * In the Japanese version, when Hawk is held hostage, Knuckles gives the female ninja the emerald to free Hawk and he tosses the emerald to the female ninja, a "Thank You" card flies at the emerald to make it miss the ninja's hand. This scene is extended in the English version, which shows Rouge throwing the "Thank You" card at the emerald.
 * When the episode first aired in the English version, the ending where Knuckles stands in front of the Master Emerald shrine there is a female voice is heard, "Seven Chaos Emeralds, the mystery will be revealed". With Knuckles repeating the words and wondering what it meant. When it aired the second time, the voice is slightly different and it says, "The servers are the seven chaos." It it unknown why this change was made.
 * This might have been because 4Kids finally realised that the series is based on Sonic Adventure - "the servers are the seven chaos" is a quote from that game.