3 (Episode)

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3 is the third episode of Number Lore, and the 30th episode of the Alphabet Lore series overall.

## Plot

The episode starts off with a recap of the previous episodes. Then, the five main vowels (A, E, I, O, and U) doing a dance sequence. During the sequence, when A shows his dance moves, E steals the spotlight and A and E start fighting, to the other vowels' annoyance. Their introduction is cut short when the Calculator Ship flies by them, resulting them to chase after it, especially after seeing X held captive. E uses B, I, and K to form BIKE, O uses his gem, and A uses V to fly. U, all alone, does a slinky-styled walk to catch up, but is too slow and falls behind. L and O successfully reach the ship, but are stopped by 2.

Meanwhile, at F’s Cave, F and N are partying about how they kept their friendship over the traumatic events in the past. When the calculator ship flies by the cave and F sees L and O being attacked by 2 and ran over by the BIKE, he recalls their past actions, and laughs at their humiliation, but N sees this as a sign of help, and when A and V ask N to help spell VAN, F refuses to allow N to go. As such, they breakup their newly formed "&" gem, and N goes off to help, leaving F (and soon after Z) sad and alone.

With the VAN in action, they accidentally pick up G and P's newborn son, 𝗀 and he tags along. As such, P goes to her newly formed home to pick up her "!" gem and join the mission and retrieve her son back safely.

The numbers are almost out of the letter's reach when Z, enraged after noticing the numbers attempting to kidnap X, uses their newly formed ellipse moons to stop them, resulting in the ship crashing into one of the gems, causing it to fly out of control and crash-land, stopping just before it could hit J. Meanwhile, 1 and 2 form a new ally, 3, an alien with molten saliva who resembles a frog-like creature. He tries to fire a magma beam at J, but misses after K swiftly swoops in to rescue him last-minute. J and 3 have a laser battle where the former almost wins, but 3 gains the upper hand by using his tongue to grab J and K, and slams them in the ground. g, being newborn, punches 3 in a cute manner, resulting in 3 throwing him into the air. P successfully saves him until 3 grabs her, and then swallows and forcefully excretes her in a transparent yellow cube substance, similar to the calculator ship buttons.

Upset that the letters are making no progress, L uses his period gem to pick up the ship, shaking out its contents, including the equation machine and X. O traps the numbers with his colon gem. When L prepares to swing away the ship, he looks at F and decides to shoot it towards him, resulting in the ship crashing into the cave and leaving F's fate unknown, much to N's horror.

It ends with "4 be continued".

### Credits

* Mike Salcedo - Creator, leading animator, writer, and storyboarder.
* Connor Murphy - Animator, writer, and storyboarder
* Geoff Galneda - Animator, FX animator
* Chris Salcedo - 3D modelling animator

## Characters

* A
* B
* C (Flashback)
* E
* F
* G
* 𝗀 (Debut)
* H (mini cameo)
* I
* J
* K
* K's moth eggs
* L
* N
* O
* P
* R (mini cameo)
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Z
* 1
* 2
* 3 (debut)

## Trivia

* Number Lore 3 is so far the longest episode in alphabet lore, with It being almost 6 minutes long. This could probably be broken by the next episode.
* Despite B's appearance in this episode, M, Q, and Y do not re-appear due to Q's extremely slow movement speed and M and Y's respective conditions and injuries sustained in the previous episode.
* This is the first time that the W twins express emotion, as well as the first time that Z is seen enraged.
* As of this episode, D and S are the only letters that have yet to appear in Number Lore. C appeared, but only in a flashback.
* O can be seen blushing after L flew through his mouth. This might imply that O has a crush on L and might be gay.
* This is the first Number Lore episode where X has a minor role.
* J uses his dot power in this episode, marking this episode as the first time that J uses his dot power as an adult.
* This is the last Number Lore episode of 2023. More episodes will be released in 2024.
* The word ‘VAN’ is spelled again.
* This episode was the episode that finally confirmed K's gender. The scene where K laid moth eggs literally confirmed that K is indeed female.
* This episode reveals that V, like B and K, is capable of flight. However, It's unknown if this is natural, or only because A reshaped him into a makeshift glider.
* This is the second time a character silhouette has been revealed, the first time was in the Number Lore trailer. The next time will be in 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8’s episodes. If Episode 9 is not declared the end, Episode 9 will show the last silhouette of a Number Lore character. Mike Salcedo said there were 9-10 episodes.
* This is the first time O's transformation was on-screen, even though it was rather in a quick flash.
* U does not appear at all when the Calculator Ship crashes and does not reappear later on. It's possible he was too slow and couldn't catch up.
* **Innuendo**: When I moves up and down when the vowels were dancing, it could be mistaken to be a reference to Zone Ankha.
* On Newgrounds, this episode, nZ, and T’s episode, and Two's episode have a 13+ rating.
* Interpreting G .Jr’s speech as Morse Code (“Goo” as “\_” and “Ga” as “.”). It is \_\_. ,which translates to “G”.
* D, M, Q, S, and Y are absent in this episode.

1. ↑ Unclear if it will be Ten or Zero

## Errors/Goofs

* When V speaks in terror when A uses him to fly, his mouth is not seen moving.
* Despite being seen with the injuries he sustained in the previous episode, B appears in a perfectly healthy condition from 8:16 onwards.

## Demo Reel

Geoff Galneda's Number Lore 3 Animation Demo Reel-2