thanks to @Dox778 (̶f̶a̶c̶t̶:̶ ̶d̶r̶e̶d̶s̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶u̶c̶k̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ ̶3̶.̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶l̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶s̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ ̶m̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶e̶g̶g̶m̶a̶n̶.̶)̶ UPDATE: I recently found out that Dreds was just a placeholder for Knuckles, and he wasn't even called Dreds. and that created by Eggman thing was probably fake.