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The Numberblocks are a race of living counting blocks from the fictional planet Numberland. They seem to have no hands with fingers and feet with toes (except Five and Ten who have arms). They each have a symbol called a Numberling that floats on top of them, and that represents the type of number they're made up of. They can do maths with themselves or with other Numberblocks, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
Appearance
To put it simply, Numberblocks[1] are made of countable blocks. They have as many blocks as the number they represent (One has one block, Two has two blocks, etc.). Additionally they have floating decimal digits called Numberlings that show the amount of blocks they have. They each have two circular (sometimes oval or rounded rectangular-shaped) eyes (excluding One, One Hundred, and a few others, who only have one each), mouths, and digitless arms and legs (excluding Five and Ten who have gloves for hands).
As to their numberlings, the Numberblocks' block designs are based on the decimal (base ten) number system. The colours of each of the Numberblocks' blocks correlate to the digit of their place value: red for 1, orange for 2, yellow 3, green 4, cyan for 5, indigo for 6, Numberblocks with a digit 7 have one block (or group of blocks) being each of the previous colours plus violet for the seventh[2], magenta for 8 and grey for 9, with groups of three having a slightly different shade.
Additionally, the blocks will have a different design depending on their digits' place. Their blocks will group into borders that divide their places. representing their place value. One (n * 10^0) blocks are simply bright blocks. Ten (n * 10^1) blocks each have light colours with bright borders. The light colours are an exception to Numberblocks with only one ten block (10-19), as that ten block will be white with a red border. This is likely to remind that ten is the base for their number system. The reason is also likely that, the teens (from Eleven to Nineteen) frequently appear in the show, and if they are mainly red, it could be visually uncomfortable. Hundred (n * 10^2) blocks are checkered-patterned and have a dark border. This pattern resets for greater places, like thousands, which the thousands blocks will be group into simple bright blocks like ones, so this pattern can repeat.
History
Early Moments
It is a mystery where the Numberblocks came from, but one day, a single, small red block fell from the sky onto Numberland. It soon came to life and met a Numberling 1, which bounced on top of the block and made it figure out that she is One.
Some time later, with the help of a Magic Mirror, One was able to create new friends up to Five and organise various different activities and events.
Meeting the Alphablocks
One day, after travelling through space and stopping on another planet in the aftermath of 100 Ways to Leave the Planet, the Numberblocks came across and became friends with different, but similar blocks, called the Alphablocks, who, instead of count, spell.
Diet
Food is commonly seen, but it mostly appears to be vegetarian. We know the Numberblocks are not vegan because they are occasionally seen drinking milk. They also love pastries and candies, possibly suggesting a species-wide sweet tooth. Five eats fish, but we rarely see her eating vegetation, suggesting sheās a carnivore. Everyone receives a sandwich in 100 Ways to Leave the Planet, but we never get to see the filling.
Powers and Abilities
The Numberblocks in general have lots of powers and abilities. Here is a list of them.
Splitting and Combining Mass
Numberblocks are capable of splitting into smaller Numberblocks (subtraction and division), or combining into a bigger Numberblock (addition and multiplication). The only two Numberblocks who cannot split is One since she is a unit block, and Zero since she has no mass, while virtually any Numberblock can combine.
Sometimes, when Numberblocks split or combine, they will enact a math equation as they do it.
Invisible Anatomy
Numberblocks can hide their limbs, face, and even their Numberling(s). This is majorly shown with Fifteen.
Seventeen allegedly keeps his brush behind his ear, Six mentions that her step squad have their fingers on buzzers, and Twelve tells the compounds to touch their toes. The Numberblocks are not animated with any of these body parts.
Glowing
When a Numberblock counts their blocks, they will glow. When they finish counting, their entire body will glow. Additionally, when counting a number of things, both their blocks and said things will glow.
If a Numberblock counts incorrectly, as seen in How to Count and Painting by Numbers, they will glow red and flash. A buzzer sound is also played.
Shapeshifting
All of the Numberblocks are capable of shifting the formation of their blocks as they please. Super Rectangles and Nineteen revolve entirely around this power, as it involves them changing shapes. Even One has previously changed her form.
Super-Strength
Some Numberblocks appear to be very strong, such as the squares. (e.g. Four carried almost three times his own weight by himself, while Nine once held Four, Six and Eight sitting on a metal bar.) Eight is another Numberblock who possesses lots of strength.
Flight
If a Numberblock makes an arrangement of a rectangle, or array, they will be able to fly and float with the help of vertical and horizontal rays. The more rays they use, the more powerful the ray power would be and the faster they can go. This was first seen in Twelve's episode. It is the super rectangles' signature talents.
Ten has her own method of flight, acting like a rocket and blasting off after counting down from ten.
Strangely, there are times when Numberblocks fly without rays.
Eight briefly flies up to the screen of his AI in Crossover, and itās heavily implied that Eighty can naturally fly as well. Many Numberblocks are seen temporarily levitating above the ground as well, like in Grid Unlocked, where Twenty-Five can be seen flipping herself about to demonstrate her position as a square number.
Immortality
The Numberblocks are likely to be immortal. They appear to be incapable of aging, and they can also breathe (and hear) in space without use of space helmets.
Numberblocks are, however, shown to get scared whenever they encounter things that could potentially cause their demise, such as a pair of Fours getting chased by a rolling boulder in Double Trouble, and getting grabbed by Blockzilla. Numberblocks are also shown to feel hunger in Leap Blob.
Magic Mirror Use
According to Five and later Two, the Numberblocks are the only species that can actually get copied by the magic mirrors.
Telekinesis
An arguable and immensely brief power. In "Flights of Fancy", Ten lifted a launch platform from the ground.
Colour Changing
Another arguable and immensely brief power. This only happened in two episodes: "We're Going on a Square Hunt" with Twenty-Five, and The Rolling Sixes, with Sixty and Forty-Eight.
Trivia
- They are the most popular Learningblocks in all of the Learningblocks franchise, skyrocketing the Learningblocks' franchise popularity.
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