Counter
Counter verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Knuckles
Knuckles noun - A small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand.
Both words in one sentence
- Your enemy is your ring counter (much like it was in the Doomsday Zone of Sonic 3 & Knuckles), which will plunge you into the water when it expires.
Source: Anti-Climax Boss -
The icons replacing characters' portraits by the life counter in Sonic Advance 3 are a stylistic throwback to the Sonic and Knuckles logo.
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Heel Realization: Played for Laughs in "Counter-Productive", when Knuckles deduces that he is a horrible person based on subjective information.Knuckles: Don't look at me!
Source: Western Animation / Sonic Boom
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