Knuckles and Wade in “Don't Ever Say I Wasn't There for You”

Wade Whipple, you wish to be a warrior. Yet you hail from Green Hills, a place where there are no warring clans. So, why do you remain there?

I guess... Green Hills has always just been home. I mean, there must be some place in the universe that's like that for you, right?

Since the loss of my tribe, I have journeyed across every corner of the galaxy. Seen planets and stars you could only dream of. But nowhere I have called home.

That must be tough for you.

Yes. I made a promise to my fellow warriors to find the Master Emerald and protect it. That shall be my goal until the moment I join my people in the Great Battleground in the Sky. One thing I have learned in pledging my life to this quest is that I have been betrayed again, and again. And again. And again.

Wow. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[feels bad] You know how that feels, don't you? To be betrayed?

Yeah. Yeah, I know how that feels.

By your father, who abandoned you like common gutter trash!

No, I got what you were saying. Thank you very much, though. [makes a promise] Warrior or not, I'm strong enough to know that I would never betray a friend.

You are stronger than you think, Wade Whipple.

I don't know about that.

On a scale of one to warrior, you are a three.

Really? I'm gonna put that on my dating profile. "Wade Whipple. Solid three". Now, come on. Let's hit the road, huh?