History WesternAnimation / Numberblocks

* BigBad: The Terrible Twos and Octonaughty.
** One episode that imitates the first season with the tens multiples in place of One, Two, Three, Four, and Five replaces the Terrible Twos with the "Terrible Twenties".
* BornLucky: Seven. Fourteen and Twenty-One, being multiples of seven, are also prone to luck when they split.

* {{Cyclops}}: One, Zero, One Hundred, One Thousand, One Hundred Thousand, One Million...

* GentleGiant: Blockzilla seems big and imposing at first, but is a perfectly sweet creature who just wants to play with others.

* NoirEpisode: "The Wrong Number" is done in this style.

* {{Crossover}}: On February 2nd, it is announced that Numberblocks will be in a set of crossover specials with [[spoiler:its sister show ''WesternAnimation/{{Alphablocks}}'', with the first special "Making Friends" to air on February 14th 2022 (AKA Valentine's Day 2022]].

* {{Cyclops}}: Both One and Zero.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Three toward the beginning. One episode is spent watching her miscount just so she can say her name. She gets better about this, but still has her moments.

** Another has One (who eventually multiplies into Eight) exploring a cave a la ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. One of her even has to save her hat from being stuck inside a collapsing temple.

** In the final episode, we see a sketch of the number 42, who wears a dressing gown and carries a towel, mimicking Arthur Dent (who knew that 42 was the answer to life, the universe and everything).

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Inverted with Five and Fifty (who are blue female Numbeblocks) and Eight and Eighty (who are pink/magenta male Numberblocks).

* TheBusCameBack: Zero returns in "Fifteen's Minute of Fame" after being absent for 25 episodes sence her debut episode.

* BornLucky: Seven. Fourteen and Twenty-One, being multiples of seven, are also prone to luck when they split.
* BornUnlucky: Thirteen, who cannot say his name without splitting into Ten and Three.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sometimes, a Numberblock will address the viewer during the show.

** One episode that imitates the first season with the tens multiples in place of One, Two, Three, Four, and Five replaces the Terrible Twos with the "Terrible Twenties".

The show follows the adventures of cute block characters in Numberland, with the number of blocks determining which numeral they stand for and a tiny black floating number above them to show how many blocks they are made of, which they call a Numberling. When one of the blocks hops on top of another, they transform into a different character to make a new number. it helps toddlers and young kids learn numeracy skills, especially how to count and do simple maths.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Near the end of "Octoblock to the Rescue!", [[BigBad Octonaughty]] tries to escape from [[{{Superhero}} Eight]] and as he escapes, he stands midair next to a cliff until he realizes he doesn’t know what's down in the pit and then, he falls into a giant pie.
* {{Superhero}}: Eight.

* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Whenever someone is scared, sshocked or freaked out, their pupils shrink.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Near the end of "Octoblock to the Rescue!", [[BigBad Octonaughty]] tries to escape from [[Superhero Eight]] and as he escapes, he stands midair next to a cliff until he realizes he doesn’t know what's down in the pit and then, he falls into a giant pie.

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See also ''WesternAnimation/{{Alphablocks}}'', another block show created by Joe Elliot that ran between 2010 and 2013 while reruns are still airing.

Numberblocks is a British children's CGI-animated TV series currently running on Creator/CBeebies since 2017. The Show teaches about children numeracy including simple arithmetic. It was created by Joe Elliot, who also created ''WesternAnimation/Alphablocks''.

See also ''WesternAniation/Alphablocks'', another block show created by Joe Elliot that ran between 2010 and 2013 while reruns are still airing.