Numskull

Take your helmet off in outer space

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**Numskull** is an astronaut female bean who took her helmet off in space.

## 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."*

*- Dumb Ways to Die: Crazy Chronicles Activity Book*

## Appearance

Numskull is a short and skinny lime-colored female bean that wears a light gray spacesuit and a cyan space helmet which she takes off.

## In the video

Numskull is seen (with a head) that she has taken off her helmet, and her head goes bigger and bigger and bigger, and then 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.

## Game

Numskull can be unlocked for the player's Train Station at the score 2600 in the old version and at the total score of 1280000 in the new version. In both versions, she is the 14th character to arrive at the train station, and in the new version, she is the 78th thing that can be unlocked.

### Spaceman Splat

Introduced in the app in August 2014, the minigame aims 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.

### Smashteroids

Numskull has another minigame that involves touching the screen to destroy the asteroids. If the player lets an asteroid hit her, she will be crushed in between two asteroids and her head will explode again, resulting in failure. If the player successfully destroys all the asteroids, she will safely ride the asteroid, holding a lasso.

## Trivia

* Unlike Hapless, Stupe, Stumble, Bonehead, and Putz, her epidermis isn't visible.
* She was one of the characters that appeared on dumbwaystodie.com before *Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games* promotion begins.
* Like Stupe and Clod, Numskull is absent in *MIFF*.
	+ Interestingly, they're all green.
* Not counting Doomed, she is the only character in the original Dumb Ways to Die music video to wear clothing.
* Numskull is the only character in the original *Dumb Ways to Die* music video to not die on Earth.
* She is one of the characters in the original video to lose their head, the others being Hapless, Stupe, and Stumble.
* Numskull's death is the bloodiest in *Dumb Ways to Die*.
* Her mouth is never seen in usual, with an exception in this picture.
	+ In an early storyboard, her mouth was visible before her death.
	+ The only time Numskull's mouth is shown in the game series is in *Dumb Ways to Draw* when she gets electrocuted by the wires.
* Numskull had initially been confirmed as male in the 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!"
	+ Also, a Facebook post was published with the content: "Poor ol’ Numskull. It’s time for the recovery mission. Let’s find **his** eyes and try to fix **his** condition."
	+ *Dumb Ways to Die™: Crazy Chronicles Activity Journal* claims that her gender is female, conflicting with each other.
	+ Despite the confliction, Metro had confirmed her gender with the following quote *"Numskull, female astronauts can be referred to as a 'spaceman'."*
		- Despite Metro's confirmation, Numskull was still being referred to as a male in the original app game.
			* This was later changed after the February 7, 2018 update (ver. 2.9.0) of the app; now the text correctly reads "Guide the astronaut back to **her** helmet!". The same goes for Calamity, who was initially called "Don't let **him** fall" then changed into "Don't let **her** fall".
* Numskull and Putz are the characters that are reaching for an item, a space helmet, and a balloon respectively.
* Numskull, Hapless, Dippy, Dimwit, Stupe, Doomed, Bungle, Calamity and Ninny are the females in the original video.
* In real life, the human's head doesn’t explode without their helmets in space.
* In Dumb Ways to Draw, her skeleton is revealed.
* If one looks closely, In the final chorus, she is behind Numpty. While in the 3rd and 4th chorus, she is in front.
* Numskull is the only character from the original video to only have two minigames in the app.

## Gallery

Background image.Head bursts, leaving only blood and eyeballs.Far left.if you win in the appNumskull's eyeball is seen in the picture.Numskull's eyeball is seen in the picture.Numskull is seen in the picture, with her blown head.Numskull riding an asteroid from her second minigameNumskull's mouth is shown.Her with a baby alien in the Alien Invasion update in DWtD2Numskull without her spacesuit in Dumb Ways to Dash! Notice how her mouth is not visible.Source