Numberblocks Series 3

Numberblocks Series 3
No. of episodes	30
Premiere	Once Upon a Time
Finale	Step Squads
Transmission dates	24th September, 2018 - 1st February, 2019
Series chronology
Previous	Numberblocks Series 2
Next	Numberblocks Series 4

The third series of Numberblocks began airing on the 24th of September, 2018. It is the seventh Blocks Universe series overall.

Synopsis

This series teaches new mathematics skills:

• Less than or greater than with Blockzilla
• Number 0 with Numberblock Zero
• Other 2D shapes with the Flatlanders
• Patterns with Six's Pattern Palace
• Basic Algebra with Big Tum
• Multiplication with the Magic Mirror
• Numbers 11-15 with Numberblocks Eleven to Fifteen
• Columns and Rows with Twelve

Episodes

no. overall	no. in series	Episode	Release Date	Level
31	1	Once Upon a Time	24th September, 2018	1
32	2	Blockzilla	25th September, 2018
33	3	The Numberblocks Express	26th September, 2018
34	4	Fruit Salad	27th September, 2018
35	5	Zero	28th September, 2018
36	6	Now We Are Six to Ten	1st October, 2018	2
37	7	Numberblobs	2nd October, 2018
38	8	Building Blocks	3rd October, 2018
39	9	Peekaboo!	4rd October, 2018
40	10	Hiccups	5th October, 2018
41	11	What's the Difference?	8th October, 2018
42	12	Numberblock Rally	9th October, 2018
43	13	Five and Friends	10th October, 2018
44	14	Octoblock to the Rescue!	11th October, 2018
45	15	Ten Again	12th October, 2018
46	16	Flatland	15th October, 2018
47	17	Pattern Palace	16th October, 2018
48	18	The Legend of Big Tum	17th October, 2018
49	19	Mirror, Mirror	18th October, 2018
50	20	The Wrong Number	19th October, 2018
51	21	Eleven	21st January, 2019	3
52	22	Twelve	22nd January, 2019
53	23	The Way of the Rectangle	23rd January, 2019
54	24	Ride the Rays	24th January, 2019
55	25	Block Star	25th January, 2019
56	26	Thirteen	28th January, 2019
57	27	Fourteen	29th January, 2019
58	28	Fifteen	30th January, 2019
59	29	Tween Scenes	31st January, 2019
60	30	Step Squads	1st February, 2019

New Characters

Numberblocks

• Zero
• Eleven
• Twelve
• Thirteen
• Fourteen
• Fifteen

Others

• Numberblobs
• Squarey
• Blockzilla
• Aliens
• Kevin, Rainbowlina, and Big Bob
• Flatlanders
• Big Tum

Trivia

• Series 3 is the first Numberblocks series to...
  • ...have a delay between episodes, being 3 months between The Wrong Number and Eleven.
  • ...be distributed by BBC Studios.
  • ...officially have thirty episodes and not be split into two smaller series.
  • ...have more than 5 Numberblocks debut, this time being 6.
  • ...feature Eight's redesign (with Eight donning a brighter-coloured mask and a more consistent face size)
  • ...be released in two different DVDs.
  • ...have a higher budget, since the animation has had a noticeable upgrade.
  • ...have its episodes' airdates land on the month of September.
  • ...air in the years 2018 and 2019.
  • ...have episodes in Yellow Level Three, being the entirety of Series 3b.
• The first fifteen episodes were released on a DVD called Number Fun, while the remaining fifteen episodes were released in another DVD named Fifteen and Friends.
  • However, Series 3a is considered to have the first 5 episodes of Fifteen and Friends included, while Series 3b is considered the remaining 10 episodes of Fifteen and Friends due to featuring Numberblocks 11-15.
• Numberblock Zero would debut in this series, but only appears in her namesake debut episode until Series 4.
• Numberblocks Day started a week prior to this series' first release and has stayed as Numberblocks Day every year since.
• Starting with Eleven's debut, the creation of new Numberblocks no longer involves [x + 1 = y], instead being [10 + x = y]. This is because [10 + x = y] is a more easier way to recognise 11-15.
• Thirteen and Fourteen appear the least out of the debuting Numberblocks in Series 3b, both only appearing in two episodes. Additionally, Eleven technically appears the second least, as she appears in The Wrong Number as an early cameo as well as in her and Twelve's debut episodes.
  • This is possibly because Series 3b (the last 10 episodes) focuses on multiplication and other advanced mathematics. Eleven and Thirteen are primes, which may be the reason why they appear rarely other than their debut episodes.
  • Fourteen appearing rarely is likely due to him being introduced late, in the fourth to last episode.
• The only debuting Numberblocks in Series 3b to make a vertical arrangement is Twelve, as well as being the only Numberblock through 11-15 to have their face on the top of their body in at least one arrangement.
• The rig models for 1-10 got a major revamp in this season.
• It is the second Blocks Universe series to air across two different years (2018 and 2019), with the first being Alphablocks Series 3 (2012 and 2013). Coincidentally, they are both the third series of their respective show.

Notes

Numberblocks episodes

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Series 1	High Five!	One, Another One, Two, Three, One, Two, Three!, Four, Five, Three Little Pigs, Off We Go, How to Count, Stampolines, The Whole of Me, The Terrible Twos, Holes, Hide and Seek
Series 2	Ten out of Ten	Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Just Add One, Blast Off, Counting Sheep, Double Trouble, The Three Threes, Odds and Evens, Fluffies, The Two Tree, Numberblock Castle, Ten Green Bottles
Series 3	Number Fun	Once Upon a Time, Blockzilla, The Numberblocks Express, Fruit Salad, Zero, Now We Are Six to Ten, Numberblobs, Building Blocks, Peekaboo!, Hiccups, What's the Difference?, Numberblock Rally, Five and Friends, Octoblock to the Rescue!, Ten Again
	Fifteen and Friends	Flatland, Pattern Palace, The Legend of Big Tum, Mirror, Mirror, The Wrong Number, Eleven, Twelve, The Way of the Rectangle, Ride the Rays, Block Star, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Tween Scenes, Step Squads
Series 4	Series 4a	Fifteen's Minute of Fame, On Your Head, Ten's Place, Balancing Bridge, Sixteen, Square Club, Seventeen, Eighteen, Loop the Loop, Nineteen, Twenty, Tall Stories, Flights of Fancy, I Can Count to Twenty, Heist
	Series 4b	Sign of the Times, Fun Times Fair, The Lair of Shares, Terrible Twosday, Divide and Drive, Twenty-One and On, We're Going on a Square Hunt, Thirty's Big Top, Land of the Giants, Fifty, Sixty's High Score, The Big One, One Hundred, One Thousand and One, More to Explore
Series 5	Series 5a	Your Turn, Now You See Us, Ten's Top Ten, What's My Number?, Fun Times One Times Table, The Many Friends of Twenty, Ten Vaulting, Twoland, Two Times Shoe Shop, Odd Side Story, How Rectangly!, Rectangle Racers, The Team Factor, Hidden Talents, Making Patterns
	Series 5b	Now in 3D, Club Picnic, Too Many Threes, Circus of Threes, Figure It Out, Snow Day Doubles, Steps Versus Squares, Puzzle Square, Four on the Floor, Sky High Fives, One Giant Step Squad, Square on the Moon, Heroes With Zeroes, What If?, 100 Ways to Leave the Planet
Series 6	Series 6	Painting by Numbers, Leap Blob, Ice and Dice, Go Go Domino, Ten in the Bed, Shape Party, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, Cuboid Castle, On My Way to Numberblock Fair, Octoblock and the Path of Justice, Five's Handy Shop, As Tall as the Sun, Feeding Time, Rockets and Rekenreks, The Pattern of Patterns
Series 7	Series 7	Grid Unlocked, Friendly Fours' Beach Day, All-Star Line-Up, Rescue Racers, The Rolling Sixes, Remix the Sixes, Grid Games Galore, The Rainbow Makers, Sail the Seven Seas, We Need Another Hero, Super Eights Assemble, Seventy-Two's Super Surprise, The Magical Nines, Nine's Time to Shine, Space Division
Series 8	Series 8	The Third Button, The Great Bug Race, The Big Picture, Space Repair, Capacity for Magic, How Many Smoothies?, Odd Block Club, Five Makes a Wish, Number Rescue, Go!, The Best House Band in Numberland, Double Duets, Double Doors, Double Locked, The All-Knowing Nine, Subtraction Somersaults, Tenpin Tournament
Specials		The Treasure of Hexagon Island, Double Back, About Time, The Twelve Days of Christmas
Alphablocks and Numberblocks		Making Friends, Crossover, The Case of the Missing Blocks, The Blocks v Blocks Games
Other		Numberblocks Theme Song, Easter Egg Hunt, Numberblobs Count to 100, Numberblocks Live Lesson, Numberblocks Dance Routine, Numberblocks Day, Fourth Wall Breaks