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| “ | You know, we've got a lot in common. You wouldn't be able to tell by the look of this place, but not so long ago, I used to work for GUN as well. Thought it wasn't called GUN back then. It was a military shadow ops program, run by a difficult... and very brilliant roboticist. | „ |
| ~ The Buyer remembering the day he worked for Dr. Ivo Robotnik. |
The Buyer is one of the two main antagonists (along with Pistol Pete Whipple) of the 2024 Paramount+ live-action/animated action-adventure miniseries Knuckles, which is part of the Sonic Cinematic Universe.
He was originally a member of GUN formerly associated with Dr. Robotnik who became an infamous arms dealer and established a criminal operation that sells weapons modified from Robotnik's tech as well as quills from Knuckles the Echidna himself. Because of this, the Buyer becomes Knuckles' arch-nemesis upon crossing paths with him.
He was portrayed by Rory McCann, who also played Sandor Clegane in Game of Thrones, Jurgen the Brutal in Jumanji: The Next Level and Goran Vedmire in The Legend of Vox Machina.
Appearance[]
The Buyer is a middle-aged and muscular man who has a dark-grayish beard and hair connected to each other, as well as often being seen with a skull-themed welding helmet while working. He even wears a geared vest, white shirt, brown overalls, and boots.
Personality[]
The Buyer is best described as a sociopath who isn't forgiving with failure and has a power-hungry agenda, wishing to harness enough to exact revenge on those who targeted him. Proven to be a homicidal maniac with a history, he best demonstrates it when threatening Willoughby and Mason for failing to capture Knuckles and is quite sadistic, torturing Knuckles via absorbing his energy.
Despite this, the Buyer does tend to be reasoned with after hearing Willoughby's side of wanting vengeance on GUN and spared them for the meantime should they live up to their tasks. He is also capable of engaging with pragmatic tactics, such as handing out weapons for Willoughby and Mason, stating that they'll need more than "arrogance" and to not underestimate Knuckles' capabilities.
Biography[]
Past[]
Nothing is known about the Buyer's early life, though what is known about him is that he was originally a former mechanic working for the government (prior to the founding of GUN) and was under assisting Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik until the latter ended up being met with obsessing over capturing Sonic the Hedgehog and was defeated from the first time. Due to this and the government erasing all connections related to Robotnik, they sent a squad to kill the Buyer due to working for him, however, it is implied he took them out and possibly killed them. He was, however, scarred by the neck as a result.
Knuckles[]
In later years, the Buyer started building up an empire of his own, creating weapons from Robotnik's tech and began selling them to his clients worldwide. Discovering Knuckles' presence, he eventually took interest in the Echidna warrior and was later binding in a deal with Agent Willoughby and Agent Mason, two former GUN members, with the task of capturing Knuckles.
The Buyer is later contacted by Agent Willoughby that Knuckles had just left Green Hills, and the Buyer sends Willoughby and Mason some technology that was charged via the quills of Knuckles.
Soon, the Buyer gets furious at the two agents for their failure and stated his former involvement with G.U.N. before the rebranding of the latter, eliminating the agents sent for him, and going into hiding. Willoughby then explained her reasons as to why she betrayed G.U.N., the Buyer then listens to her and uses a blowtorch to melt both Willoughby and Mason's cuffs, and the Buyer then states that their only reward will this time be their lives if they succeed in capturing Knuckles.
Much sooner, outside of the bowling tournament, the Buyer causes chaos in one of his inventions being a mech powered by Knuckles' quills and he begins to dominate the fight easily, proudly claiming it was too easy. He then gets a lot more violent and throws the echidna into the bowling alley and drags him out with then starting to extract the energy from him. After his objective gets complete, the Buyer throws Knuckles aside, but was recently confronted by Wade Whipple alongside his mother and sister, and Wade used the gauntlets from Mason throwing bowling balls at the Buyer while making an attempt to motivate Knuckles. Wade runs out of bowling balls and the Buyer prepares to kill him but Knuckles then wakes up and extracts his energy back from the Buyer's mech and uses the power of the Flames of Disaster, the Buyer becomes enraged and tells Knuckles to fight, Knuckles easily dominates the fight and begins to destroy the mech which makes the Buyer scream in fury, Knuckles jumps into the air and Wade tells him that finish off the Buyer, Wade shoots the right glove and hits the support of the giant bowling ball of the building causing the ball to fall, Knuckles grabs it and throws it on the Buyer who screams in terror and is crushed, killing him and eliminating him from once and for all.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Dr. Robotnik (former associate)
- Agent Willoughby †?
- Agent Mason †?
Enemies[]
- Knuckles the Echidna (archenemy)
- Wade Whipple
- G.U.N. (arch-nemesis)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Buyer is never referred to by his name at any point in the show.
- The Buyer might be inspired by various Sonic comic book villains including, Dr. Zachary, as both are archenemies of Knuckles, are elderly men with grey hair, worked with Dr. Robotnik, and use mech suits to fight Knuckles, Dr. Finitevus, as both make ring-based weapons, Dr. Starline, as both were former accomplices of Robotnik that had an admiration for him, were killed by falling rubble and, create their own empires using Eggman tech, and Clutch the Opossum as both are elderly crime lords.
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 Cinematic Universe Villains
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