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Knuckles Sings refers to a series of animated videos in which a goofily animated drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog character Knuckles sings various songs.

Origin

On February 20th, 2017, YouTube animator Gregzilla uploaded a video in which he reviewed Sonic Lost World (shown below, left). Early in the video, a goofily drawn Knuckles appears for a second. The review gained over 266,000 views. Two weeks later, he uploaded a video in which he has the character "sing" a part of "I Don't Want to Set The World On Fire" by The Ink Spots, gaining over 1.7 million views (shown below, right).

Spread

On March 16th, YouTuber Fluff uploaded a remix of Gregzilla's video in which Knuckles sings "All Star", gaining over 18,000 views (shown below, left). On March 25th, YouTuber FrameRater uploaded a "full version" of Gregzilla's video, having Knuckles sing the entire Ink Spots song, gaining over 730,000 views (shown below, right).

On March 31st, YouTuber Sonic Plush uploaded a version where Knuckles sang "All Star" but with a remixed animation, marking the first variation with different animation (shown below, left). Three days later, Sonic Plush uploaded another variation which gained over 107,000 views (shown below, right).

Over the following months, several other Knuckles Sings variations appeared on YouTube, with most of the popular versions created by FrameRater and Sonic Plush. Popular edits created by other YouTubers find Knuckles singing "Suicide is Painless," created by Fanzy Kittenz and gaining over 390,000 views (shown below, left), and a version where Knuckles sings "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire, uploaded by Fainter Streak and gaining over 117,000 views (shown below, right).

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