One was a comic written by Blue-Zoo Productions and is considered to be the idea that eventually evolved into Numberblocks.
Plot[]
A small white block falls from the sky. It grows eyes, a mouth and limbs. She finds a Numberling on the ground, picks it up, and then refers to herself as "One".
One does many fun things, like singing, sliding and counting. But one day, One feels lonely, so she decides to make friends.
She finds a magic mirror, and sees another One on the mirror. However, it's just a reflection, so One sadly walks away, until the reflection turns into another One.
The 2 Ones play with each other until one of them jumps onto the other, forming Two, a yellow character with 2 blocks.
Characters[]
- One - White with 2 eyes, a mouth, as well as black limbs. 2 of her appear before they make Two.
- Two - Yellow with 2 round eyes, eyebrows, a mouth and yellow limbs.
Trivia[]
- The comic was very likely only created as a concept/idea, and was later revisited when the idea was eventually greenlit as a show.
- One and Two look completely different compared to their modern designs; for example, both now have different colours, One has one eye rather than two, and Two now wears glasses along with a pair of shoes.
- It's likely that since the company didn't know if the idea was going to become a full show yet, the character designs were made relatively simple.
- It is presumed that this early version of Numberblocks was made between 2015-2016, due to it being mentioned to have been "an idea that became Numberblocks", the fact Numberblocks publicly debuted in January 2017 and the fact the show began production on September 2016.
- Recently, some unrelated Numberblocks concept art was shown depicting earlier versions of the Numberblocks, however it is uncertain as to whether the concept art came first or this comic.
- It's likely that the comic came first, since the concept art looks more similar to the final designs than the comic designs, and the fact that Three and onward were conceived in the concept art unlike the comic.
- The magic mirror looks slightly different from its current design. It was originally just a pane of glass, until it was changed to the yellow-bordered arch-shaped mirror we all know today.
- The comic's story was reused and split into "One" and "Another One", the first 2 episodes of Numberblocks.
- "Once Upon A Time" and "Land of the Giants" use the same concept.
- The comic strips were uploaded onto Twitter by the Numberblocks account months after the Numberblocks show was first premiered.
- While likely a coincidence, the colour of One's comic design was later used in Ten, with the red borders added on.
- Additionally, while not too similar, Twenty's bright orange block colour is close to the yellow of Two's comic design.
Gallery[]
A block falls from the sky.
One hits the ground.
One sees her numberling.
The numberling jumps on One’s head.
One sliding down a slide, singing.
One talking to herself (or the cloud).
rain
One singing, possibly about being lonely (or being rained on).
One seeing the magic mirror.
One thought it was just an ordinary mirror, walking away.
Yo they’re buds
HEY HEY HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING
WHO ARE YOU
Speech box
Cloud
Magic Mirror
Two
One