| “ | But the Giant Owls, they did come. They had one mission: to kill everyone. Knuckles and Dad didn't know what to do. Yes, they were doomed! |
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| ~ The "Flames of Disaster" song describing the owls' attack. |
The Giant Owls are minor antagonists in the live-action series Knuckles, set in the Sonic Cinematic Universe.
Rather than being actual in-universe characters, they are fictionalized portrayals of the Giant Owl race, shown in Pachacamac's low-budget rock opera retelling of Knuckles' life.
One of the owls, Longclaw, was portrayed by Julian Barratt.
History[]
In Wade Whipple's fantasy, presented as a rock opera by Pachacamac, the Giant Owls attacked Knuckles and his father's home town to "kill everyone". They burned the town down and presumably killed off every echidna except Knuckles, including his father. Despaired, Knuckles was motivated by this tragedy to find the Flames of Disaster and tame their power.
Trivia[]
- The Giant Owls' role in the opera is widely inaccurate to the actual in-universe events. Back when Knuckles was a child, Longclaw was the last Giant Owl to begin with, and the Echidna Tribe attacked her and Sonic. Longclaw went down fighting, but killed off all the Echidnas except Knuckles in the process. This is likely due to Pachacamac being an unreliable narrator (and the actual overarching antagonist of the film universe) deliberately whitewashing his clan's crimes.
External Links[]
- Real Life versions on the Heroes Wiki
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 Cinematic Universe Villains
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