User blog comment:Smash The Echidna/Character Redesigns./@comment-1272757-20110405181726/@comment-1942179-20110405182315

Maybe so. But the way I see it, I don't really think every echidna has to have dreadlocks. It may make more sense if you think about it this way: All the echidnas we see in the Canon series are from Knuckles' tribe. So it could be like a trademark for all echidnas in that tribe to have dreadlocks. Smash is not apart of that tribe, so he doesn't have the features that they do. That would include spiked knuckles, dreadlocks, and the symbol on his chest.