Numskull is an astronaut who took her helmet off in space.
She wears a grey spacesuit and a bluish helmet which she is shown to have taken off.
About
When it comes to money, Numskull has plenty. Brains, well, she got short changed in that department. Numskull loves pretty, bright lights, so she bought an abandoned Russian space station to see them closely. Really closely. So much so, she took her helmet off for a better look. Silly Numskull.[1]
In the video
Numskull is seen (with a head) that she has taken off her helmet, and her head explodes in a burst of pinkish-red blood. With her eyes in her hands, she is a Tertiary Dancer in the chorus and she's in the third verse in the song, along with Clod, Doomed and Bungle.
App
Introduced in the app in August 2014, the aim of the minigame is to guide Numskull back to her helmet by tilting the device. If she reaches the helmet, she will put it on and give the player a thumbs up. Otherwise, she will reach the same messy end from the loading screen and the video: her head explodes.
Numskull has another minigame which involves touching the screen to destroy the asteroids. If the player successfully destroys all the asteroids, she will safely ride the asteroid, holding a lasso. Otherwise, she will be crushed in between two asteroids and her head will explode again, resulting in failure.
Trivia
- She was one of the characters that appeared on dumbwaystodie.com before Dumb Ways to Die 2 the Games promotion begin.
- Like Stupe and Clod, Numskull is absent in MIFF.
- Interestingly, they're all green.
- Numskull, Trump, and Dumbbell are the only characters to have clothing on their body.
- Numskull is the only character in the original Dumb Ways to Die music video to not die on Earth.
- Numskull is one of the characters to lose her head, the others being Hapless, Stupe, Stumble, Loopy, Zany and Madcap.
- Numskull's death is the most bloodiest in Dumb Ways to Die.
- Numskull's mouth is never seen.
- Numskull had initially been confirmed as male in description of the app, 'What's New in Version 1.6' section containing a sentence it says: "SPACEMAN SPLAT - Our simple-minded spaceman has decided to remove his helmet. Help him put it back on before it’s too late!"
- Dumb Ways to Die™: Crazy Chronicles Activity Journal claims that their gender is female, conflicting with each other.
- Despite of the confliction, Metro had confirmed their gender with following quote "Numskull, female astronauts can be referred to as a 'spaceman'."
- Despite Metro's confirmation, the "HIS" in Dumb Ways to Die app game wasn't fixed unlike Calamity before the February 7, 2018 update (ver. 2.9.0) of the app.
- This was later changed in the app game, which was then modified correctly as "Guide the astronaut back to HER helmet!".
- Despite Metro's confirmation, the "HIS" in Dumb Ways to Die app game wasn't fixed unlike Calamity before the February 7, 2018 update (ver. 2.9.0) of the app.
- Numskull and Putz are the characters that are reaching for an item, a balloon and a space helmet respectively.
- In real life, the human's head doesn’t explode without their helmets in space.
- Despite the fact her artwork is featured in game select button of the minigame Space Drift in Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour, Numskull is not present in there as a playable character; as of the version 0.16.
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