Numpty

Numpty in the original season

Set fire to your hair

Melbourne International Film Festival (no fire)

April Fools Ways to Die

Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games

Deck the Halls

Trump Ways to Die

Dumb Ways to Die 3: World Tour

Dumb Ways to Draw

Dumb Ways to Dash!

Dumb Ways to Die: Superheroes

The Dumb Ways to Die Fan Sisters!

**Numpty** is a bean in the *Dumb Ways to Die* series who set fire to his hair. He is also one of Abby's friends since he met her on the TV screen.

## About

*"You will often find Numpty hanging with his brother, of a similar name, on a wall. One particular day he discovered fire. Curiosity killed the cat, but Numpty doesn’t like cats, so he thought this must be a good thing. Needless to say the matches were lit and landed square on Numpty’s head. He now does public speaking for baldness."*

*- Dumb Ways to Die Crazy Chronicles Activity Book*

## Appearances

Numpty is a blue, oval-shaped bean. Throughout the series, he is mostly seen with his head ablaze, but is sometimes seen without the flames on his head.

## Video

### *Dumb Ways to Die*

In the video, a dandelion is shown, and three of its seeds are blown away. Then Numpty shows up running towards the camera scared with fire on his head.

### *Trump Ways to Die*

When Trump walked into the solarium, he came from behind it and he increased the temperature to Trump's machine and he disappeared.

### *April Fools Ways to Die*

In the beginning of the video, Numpty does not have fire on his hair, but his son adds a fart balloon on his chair, later pulls the rope and kicks Numpty and falls in the fire and acquires the fire on his hair again.

## Dumb Ways to Die (Application)

Numpty can be unlocked for the Train Station, as the 9th bean to arrive at the train station in all versions. In older versions, 1600 points are required to unlock him, which is nothing compared to the 500000 points required to unlock him in newer versions. He is also the 48th thing to be unlocked in the newer versions.

#### Hot Head

The player must tap the screen as fast as they can. If the player wins before the time runs out, Numpty will throw his arms up, and he's now bald but be pleased of being safe. Otherwise, he will fall over and the flame will consume the screen.

#### Hair Rescue

An update to the game gave Numpty another game. His hair on fire caused a building to go on fire. Here, the player must safely guide Numpty to an ambulance by using a trampoline. If they win, Numpty's fire goes out and he lands on a stretcher before being loaded onto the ambulance and leaving. If they lose, Numpty will fall flat on his face. The ambulance will run over him before leaving again.

#### Break An Egg

Numpty has an Easter minigame where the player must tilt their screen to keep the egg on the spoon. If the egg doesn't fall off, then Numpty throws the egg on his head, which puts out the fire, and Numpty rubs his belly in satisfaction. Otherwise, Numpty will trip and the scene goes up in flames.

#### Spain in The Butt

There is also a Europe minigame where the player must use their finger to guide Numpty away from the raging bulls. A bull becomes enraged when it turns red and charges forward. If the bulls avoided, Numpty is seen riding a bull. Otherwise, Numpty is knocked forward and trampled by the stampede.

#### Firework Fiasco

Numpty has a 4th of July-themed minigame, he is seen playing with a firework. Numpty will accidentally set it on and throw it in the air; the player must click on the firework to keep it airborne. If they succeed, Numpty will successfully catch the firework and throw it in the air again. It will explode, and he will calm down. If the player lets the fireworks fall, it will explode while on Numpty's hands, which will char him and set his head on fire once again. Resulting in failure.

## Deaths

* Christmas post: Set a tree ablaze, burning himself and his house. (**Died offscreen**)
* Holidays post: Got trampled on by numerous (presumably impatient) shoppers when he went out to go shopping.

## Trivia

### General

* His name is revealed by the Dumb Ways to Die App page from Facebook.
* He is the first character with relatives, that being his child and brother.
* He is the first character with a confirmed official name by Metro, which is mentioned by this article.
* He is seen without fire on his bald head in MIFF and the DWtD app.
* According to 2013 Winners Comment - Dumb ways to die, he is seen along with Julian Frost the Animation Director of DWtD series.
	+ Here he is seen with a different death: instead of by fire, he gets squashed by Julian's fist.
* According to the early storyboard of *Dumb Ways to Die*, he was originally capsule-shaped.
* He is confirmed as being a male in the video description of *April Fools Ways to Die*, which contains a sentence reading: "Do not set your **dad** on fire - a message from Metro.".
* According to his About information, Numpty has a brother, not shown, but mentioned for laughs. It also mentions that Numpty doesn't like cats.
	+ His brother's name could be Humpty, as that he is mostly found on a wall as Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall in the children's nursery rhyme, which leads to a theory that Numpty's last name could be Dumpty.

### Design

* According to the early storyboard of *Dumb Ways to Die*, he was originally capsule-shaped.
* In the failure scene of his alien-themed minigame in *Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games*, his skeleton can be revealed.

## Gallery

Numpty plush toy.with Botch plush toy.With Botch and Stumble in Rail Safety Week. (source)Background image.Numpty's son pulls him away from the tracks.He wearing hipster look.He and Julian Frost.Numpty in the Miff clip (his head has no fire).Appearing in a book, Dumb Ways To Die: Crazy Edition, with Loopy, Zany and Dimwit (in sketch)Number 200BirthdayIn-game image used in DWtD3In-game image used in DWtD3In-game image used in DWtD3Him as an alien in the Alien Invasion update in DWtD2With dead reefNumpty as seen as the original app icon for Dumb Ways to Die (Application)Earth Day post