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We Need Another Hero is the tenth episode of the seventh series of Numberblocks. It is the 145th episode overall.
Synopsis
When the octo-alert system goes out of control, it’s up to Octoblock to assemble the Super Eights to save the day. Meet the Numberblocks that make up the Eight Times Table!
Plot
The episode starts with Forty coming into the Octo-Cave, where Eight explains everything with the Octo-Alerts. The level two Octo-Alert was Sixteen trying to save escaping party balloons. Then at the level three Octo-Alert, some Numberblobs were stuck on top of a tree, so Twenty-Four rescues them, but then even more Numberblobs are stuck on a tree, where Thirty-Two comes in. But then, Oblongy was also stuck on another tree, so Forty has to rescue him.
That's half of the Super Eights on missions: Eight, Sixteen, Twenty-Four, Thirty-Two, and Forty.
The scene cuts back to Oblongy, still stuck on top of a tree. Forty decides to look for a rectangle to rescue him.
Back with Eight, he is nearly about to finish his mission, but then a level six alert comes in. Hungry, Blockzee has forgotten her picnic basket. Eight decides to call in Forty-Eight. She splits into her six, chunky Eights, who carry a block fruit each. But, they're all white, and Blockzee doesn't like block fruits of the same colour, she likes block fruits of multiple colours.
This causes a level seven alert, where Eight sends in Fifty-Six, who splits into her Rainbow Eights, and colour each block fruit in order of the rainbow (with the violet Eight to colour a seventh block fruit violet).
Problem solved, and Eight thinks they should be fine as long as there is no really big problems, only to realise to have spoken too soon. A level eight alert? Blocktopus won't return Six and Two's dice, so Eight calls in Sixty-Four.
Sixty-Four is a square and a cube. She's even a cube made of cubes! Blocktopus finally returns the dice to Six and Two, and it turns out, she liked the dice because it was a cube, as she is seen carrying eight Eights.
Now the problem is solved, and Eight can finally get back to his mission: fixing the top two levels of the Octo-Alert: levels nine and ten, for when the world needs even bigger superheroes. For now, all the Octo-alerts have been completed as the episode ends.
Characters
- One
- Two (cheering only)
- Four
- Six
- Eight
- Sixteen
- Twenty-Four
- Thirty-Two
- Forty
- Forty-Eight
- Fifty-Six
- Sixty-Four
- Octo-Computer
- Numberblobs
- Oblongy
- Blockzilla÷Blockzee
- Blocktopus
- Seventy-Two, Eighty (octo-alert cameo)
Math Magic
- 1 × 8 = 8 (mentioned)
- 2 × 8 = 16
- 16 ÷ 8 = 2
- 3 × 8 = 24 (hinted)
- 32 ÷ 8 = 4
- 8 ÷ 4 = 2
- 4 ÷ 2 = 2
- 2 ÷ 1 = 2
- 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 32
- 4 × 8 = 32 (mentioned)
- 5 × 8 = 40 (hinted)
- 48 ÷ 8 = 6
- 6 × 8 = 48
- 56 ÷ 8 = 7
- 7 × 8 = 56
- 8 × 8 = 64 (mentioned)
- 8 ^ 2 = 64 (very subtly mentioned)
- 64 ÷ 16 = 4
- 4 × 16 = 64
- 64 ÷ 8 = 8
- 9 × 8 = 72 (very subtly hinted)
- 10 × 8 = 80 (very subtly hinted)
Trivia
- This is the first Eight Times Table prologue episode.
- The name of this episode is a part of the lyrics of “Holding Out for a Hero”, being "I need a hero!".
- This episode reveals that multiples of Eight have their own octo-signals like Eight. Eight himself can send these signals out from his headquarters.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Sixty-Four in the seventh series, as well as her first appearance since the special, Double Back.
- Blockzilla is referred to as Blockzee again in this episode. It could be that the name change actually happened, but only applied to Series 7 due to the copyright base happening then.
- Excluding Square on the Moon, this is the first time Sixty-Four is seen as a cube, and the first time it happens physically and with her face. In that episode, her cube shape was only seen faceless on a computer screen.
- This episode marks the return of Blocktopus since the crossover special with the Alphablocks, The Blocks v Blocks Games.
- Seventy-Two and Eighty are the only multiples of 8 to not appear in this episode. As the former didn't make their full appearance until the next episode.
- There are several missions that the multiples of 8 that they need to complete.
- Level One Octo-Alert (Eight): Fixing the top two levels of the Octo-Alert.
- Level Two Octo-Alert (Sixteen): Escaping party balloons
- Level Three Octo-Alert (Twenty-Four): Numberblobs stuck from a tree
- Level Four Octo-Alert (Thirty-Two): More Numberblobs stuck from a tree
- Level Five Octo-Alert (Forty): Oblongy stuck from a tree
- Level Six Octo-Alert (Forty-Eight): Forgotten picnic basket
- Level Seven Octo-Alert (Fifty-Six): Colouring block fruit
- Level Eight Octo-Alert (Sixty-Four): Blocktopus not returning Six's dice
- The Level Nine and Level Ten Octo-Alerts aren’t mentioned in this episode, but they continue in Seventy-Two's Super Surprise.
- Eight says he’s rushed off his tentacles, despite him questioning if his eight tentacles are arms or legs. He hasn’t asked so in a long time though, since his debut.
- Aside from cheering, Two has no dialogue in this episode.
- This is the first episode where Sixty-Four is physically seen using her rays, while in Square on the Moon showed her 4x16 rays but it was on a computer screen.
Video
We Need Another Hero - S7 E10 - Learn Times Tables - @Numberblocks