one of the millions of things i liked about spider-verse was that not only did all the female characters look different from each other, they gave mary jane her classic dimples and square chin, which might not seem like a big deal but you’d be surprised how much tiny details like those can make women in comic books look distinct
also seriously it feels like some animated films are pushing it to have two female characters who look even slightly different so i appreciate that spider-verse made sure every woman in it looked distinct from each other
knuckles isnt dumb he just doesnt have much experience with other people/the world in general! hes easily tricked because hes bad at telling when people are lying and also he just has genuine faith in people! hes been living alone on an isolated floating island his whole life hes not gonna know everything!