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How To Count is the tenth episode of the first series of Numberblocks.
Synopsis[]
It's the perfect day for a picnic, but one of the flapjacks has mysteriously disappeared; Three may have forgotten what Numberblocks do best.
Characters[]
Plot[]
Numberblocks 1-4 are planning to have a picnic with each other, with Four having brought four flapjacks with him for each of them to eat. Prepping up the plates to place the flapjacks on, Three leaves out a flapjack while counting them, scaring the Numberblocks and causing them to think they are suddenly missing one.
Three suspects that the flapjack went missing because of a creature known as the Flapjack Snaffler, with three blocks, arms, and mouths to snatch and eat flapjacks with. As she explains this, Four recounts the amount of flapjacks, realizing that none of them are missing. Soon after, however, Three miscounts again, which scares the Numberblocks into believing the Flapjack Snaffler is there. Three eventually notices something moving nearby.
With One, Two, and Four too scared, they ask Three to count Five's body parts to confirm it is the Flapjack Snaffler. However, she miscounts, counting her eyes, arms, and blocks as three each which matches her description of the Flapjack Snaffler. They are all scared until she confirms it's Five, who asks them what they're all doing. After being confused at who told them she had three blocks, three eyes, and three arms, the Numberblocks realise Three had been counting incorrectly.
Five questions Three's counting abilities, with Three quickly explaining; she "says some numbers" and always ends with three, saying it's the best number. Five decides to help Three in counting, starting off with explaining rule one: count everything once. On her second go, Three counts backwards, as Five explains the second rule: count in the right order, from least to greatest. Three manages to do that, but she still miscounts them as three. With that, the third rule is that the amount is equal to the last number counted. Finally, Three counts the number of flapjacks correctly, saying there's four of them and restating the rules of counting. In order to celebrate, all the Numberblocks soon try and get to their picnic.
Much to their befuddlement, all the flapjacks have suddenly vanished, as it's soon revealed the Flapjack Snaffler is indeed real.
Errors[]
- After Three says “I counted them!”, after a few seconds, her mouth automatically changes to an overconfident sloppy grin.
Trivia[]
- Three looks slightly different in this episode. This is because her crown is fully straight rather than curved like usually.
- The animation quality is noticeably low in this episode. The most notable examples can be found before Five helps Three count, particularly during the scene where Three miscounts Five's body parts. Because of this, one of the faces Three makes transformed into a meme.
- Production music from composer Dick de Benedictis is sampled in some parts of this episode.
- This episode aired 7 years after Alphalympics.
- This episode marks the debut of The Flapjack Snaffler.
- However, it only appeared in the end of the episode.
- It would later appear in Zero.
Video[]
How to Count - Full Episode - S1 E10 - Numberblocks (Level 1 - Red 🔴)