Knuckles and Pachacamac in “The Warrior”

[starts praying] O wise Echidna elders, I seek your guidance in my hour of need. Please, send me a sign.

Are you kidding me? The Mets lost again?

AH! ASSASSIN!! [brandishes a rubber chicken, which deflates]

Relax, Knuckles. [lowers the newspaper] It's me.

[gasps] Chief Pachacamac?

It's good to see you, my boy. Now, put down the rubber chicken and give your old chief a-- [goes in for a hug, but phases through Knuckles because he is a ghost, and falls through the attic, screaming, crashing into several objects offscreen and disturbing Ozzy in the process, but phases back into the attic] Oh, right. [spookily] I'm a ghost...

Thank goodness you're here. I have completed my quest and found the Master Emerald. But with my work complete, what becomes of me?

Knuckles, your quest is not complete. It's only begun! You are the last of the echidnas, and so the legacy of our people is in your hands.

Guide me, O great chief.

I want you to train an apprentice in the ways of the echidna. Teach him our customs, show him our traditions, and soon our tribe will grow once again.

But where will I found such a student?

Right here. [shows Knuckles a newspaper article about Wade winning the Hot Pocket-eating contest]

Wade Whipple? I know this man. He's no great warrior.

Neither were you when we first met. He may not look like much, but he's special... in here. [touches his chest] He seeks to compete in a Tournament of Champions, in a mystical place called... Reno, Nevada.

A Tournament of Champions? There is much glory to be found in such a contest!

[starts rising up] Train him as a warrior! The fate of the echidna is in your-- [accidentally hits the window; Knuckles winces] Stupid window. [keeps hitting the window] How does this ghost stuff even work? [The window finally slides open.] Oh, there we go. [leaves for the heavens] Our fate is in your hands!

I won't let you down.