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The Numberjacks Characters
3, 4, 5 and 6 are the principle characters, and appear in every episode.
3 is busy, lively, a bit “Me me me!” but growing
up. Slightly odd and eccentric, noisy,
fun and full of herself. Very keen to be
seen as one of the bigger numbers – “I can do it!” - but not quite ready for it
yet. A wildly ambitious jumper, 3 has a
collection of beautiful things. She doesn’t go out on missions in the earlier
episodes, but graduates to doing so later.
She is the principle operator of the Brain Gain machine.
4 is
a regular sort of number – nice, steady, quite grown up. He’s four-square, steady, logical,
measured. Not hugely self-confident,
tries not to panic. “I’m not sure, but
I’ll try a bit more.” Still happiest at
home, not entirely happy as a jumper, but OK as long as things don’t go
wrong. 4 is the mechanic of the
Numberjacks, and likes fixing things. He
likes trains and playing with the Bloop Ball. He is the main screen operator.
5 is definitely grown up, she’s perceptive, sorts
things - quite cool, creative, artistic. Likes looking after the smaller
numbers some of the time. Loves jumping,
does it with grace and style, outgoing.
“I’m fine!” She’s a good and cool
singer, has a good fashion sense (for someone who never wears clothes). In each episode 5 speculates what else might
go wrong, which we see as a 2-d animation.
6 is a “bigger” number, play tricks, is good fun. Quite physical, he’s a cool jumper, sometimes a bit too flash for
his own good. He tends to be the leader
of the Numberjacks, though perhaps not as bright as Five. “Did the trick!” He loves cars. 6 usually decides who will go on the Mission.
The Other Numberjacks
0, 1 and 2 are
the “younger sibling” Numberjacks. The
bigger Numberjacks look after them.
0 is the baby of the numbers, and doesn’t do much. He’s a bit special, because he can turn
things into nothing, and can line up to make bigger numbers like 10 and
100. He can hardly jump at all, and often
falls asleep. He can make things
disappear and can make 10 together with 1.
1 is nice, a bit
self-centred and rather immature. She doesn’t
jump very much and is still very much at the centre of her own universe. Well-meaning but sometimes the source of the
problems, she can make 10 with 0.
2 quickly flips
from one state to the opposite, is busily into things and has a touch of “terrible
twos”. Active and changeable, he sometimes
wants to be one of the “big numbers” but is sometimes still very babyish.
7, 8, and 9 are
seen from time to time, and give us “older sibling” relationships and
storylines. They live in another part of
the sofa.
7 is
enthusiastic, slightly “new age”, colourful and bright. She’s a great painter, especially of the
seven colours of the rainbow. She sings
well, is energetic, creative and busy
8 is a good
jumper, and has a special bond with 4, being looked up to as a sort of big
brother. 8 is cheerful, rounded, earthy,
sporty, and game.
9 is the “biggest” Numberjack. She’s a touch motherly, quite sensible, grown
up and neat. She has a particular fondness for
3. She is a good organizer, and calm in
a crisis.
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