38

**"One hundred and twenty!" - 120**
The subject of this article was scrapped, unused, or cancelled from Number Lore and/or other animations, but was then brought back.

**"Sixty-two." - 62**
The character's design has been changed once or more because there was controversy surrounding it.

**Reason**: Soup said the old 3 looked too much like the original 3.

This page was last edited on January 18, 2024, at 17:03:13.

**"Thirty-Nine!" - 39 (Older)**
This page is showing a character who's voice actor was changed for one reason or another, such as being controversial, getting fired, or doing something bad, or the character changing designs.

**Reason**: 38's 3 changed designs but HKtito still voices 38. He is just voicing the 8 now instead of the 3, who is now voiced by 4-1 Studios.

This page was last edited on January 18, 2024, at 17:03:13.

One part of this character is dead, but the other is alive.This character killed another character."Forty!" - 40This character or part of this character originates from another Number Lore.

38
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* Adults
* Unchained
* Only 3/Without 8
* Only 8/Without 3
* 3's Death
* Drawn by VAs
* Adults (Old)
* Babies (Old)
* Adults (Older)
* Original 38's 8

### Enemies

3 - 19
8 - 404

## Physical description

### Color

* Blue and Turquoise (Current)
* Gold and Turquoise (Old and Older)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

4-1 Studios (3)
HKTito (8, 3 in old design)

### First Appearance

Number Lore | 38

* Normal Voice
* Old Voice

**38** is the thirty-eighth number in the Number Lore series, as they first debuted (and the 3 died) in Number Lore | 38 (Part 1).

## Coverage

### Number Lore (31-40)

In their titular episode, 404 teleports to 38 and opens the chain by shapeshifting into a key. The 3 realises he's free, so he runs away, much to the 8's worries.

Later, 19's 9 is having a conversation with 36, when 19's 1 notices the 3 coming. He tries to warn his father, but he just tells him not to disturb, so 1 sacrifices himself. When the 9 realizes the 3 has just killed his son, he goes very angry and dashes on 3 (accidentally killing the shrunk 27), and then throws him to space, reaches him and kicks him to the ground. When he falls, he causes a massive explosion and left a crater. The 8 then got shocked due to the 3 being dead.

## Appearance

### Old

* The 3's old design has a gold color and the 8 has a turquoise color.
* The 3 appears to be choking from the locked bracelet and the 8 seems to be worried.

### Older

The 3's older design was the same as the old one, but had his mouth at the bottom, but Soup thought it looked off.

### New

The new 38 has a dark blue 3 with one visible eye, a spiky shark-like horn and sharp teeth. The 8 and the bracelet still remain the same.

## Trivia

* The 8 in 38 is familiar to 8 from HKTito's Number Lore (which is based on D from the original Alphabet Lore), hence why 40 is here, and why they are both voiced by HKtito.
* The 3 and 8 are locked together and are separated characters/numbers, forming the number 38.
* It is one of the few numbers that are separate and independent of each other, the others being 19, 22, 29, 33, 45, and 47.
* Soup confirmed on a YouTube post that the reason why 38 was redesigned is because the old 3 was too similar to normal 3 (except a bit darker and both eyes are visible on one side).
* In a fanmade "38 but there is no chain around them" video Soup commented: "I'm telling you if the chain broke... it would be bad, they are chained for a reason." This hinted towards the fact that the 3 is crazy.
	+ In a reply to this comment, Soup said he wasn't evil, so he was chained for a reason other than evil.
* The 3 in 38 is one of the craziest numbers in Number Lore, confirmed in a livestream QnA.