Honest to god I adore Knuckles and Wades friendship in the Knuckles series. They’re both complete opposites, yet ironically get along so well and have so much in common.
Knuckles’ straight forward no nonsense attitude bounces off Wades insecure idiot character really well. Both of them don’t really know how to fit into society either.
They both help each other grow as well, Wade teaching Knuckles how to have fun and relax, while Knuckles teaches Wade to stand up for himself.
I hope their friendship is still present in the third movie, cause they are too cute together.