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The Shocking Reason Numbuh 5 Refers To Herself In 3rd Person In Codename Kids Next Door...
There’s no arguing that Numbuh 5 was the coolest member of Sector V and likely the coolest operative in all of the Kids Next Door. She had a lot of positive traits that made her such a great character, but one thing that has always puzzled me and other Kids Next Door fans was the fact that she always spoke in the 3rd person. She was the only character in the show to do that on a consistent basis, but they never explained why. After rewatching the series and looking into certain speech habits though, I may have come up with a few reasons that could help explain why Numbuh 5 always referred to herself in the 3rd person. Be prepared though, some of the reasons might be shocking.
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@lesterwilliamsjr649 4 ай бұрын

I never realized she talked in the third person. It's quiet the challenge making third person talk enduring for a fictional character.

@LyricalIAm 4 ай бұрын

It wasn't obnoxious that's why 😂

@xerothehero1704 4 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize it either in fact I dont remember her doing that at all

@karriemramzy9256 3 ай бұрын

Endearing

@neilstone1788 3 ай бұрын

Uncle from Jackie Chan adventures is the only other person I have seen that it really works for

@xerothehero1704 3 ай бұрын

@@neilstone1788 uncle was the GOAT

@bradleychan5684 4 ай бұрын

The answer is much simpler: Numbuh 5 knew that her code name/call sign "Numbuh 5" was a temporary thing. Once she aged out of the KND her code name/call sign would simply become vacant and recycled for the next operative to use. Referring to herself in the third person gives her an emotional disconnect for mental and emotional safety once it becomes her time to be decommissioned. Numbuh 1 made KND and his code name/call sign his entire identity intertwined with his life as "Nigel Uno" with his work-addicted antics which would ultimately result in extreme anguish once he becomes a teenager and has to stop being a KND member. Numbuh 5 has already separated "Abigal Lincoln" and "Numbuh 5" and thus would ultimately have a much better time dealing with the change when her time is up.

@youthoughtaboutit6946 4 ай бұрын

Considering getting disconnected tends to erase your memory in pretty much every way regarding the KN, wouldn’t that emotional disconnect be unneeded?

@bradleychan5684 4 ай бұрын

@@youthoughtaboutit6946 I meant the minutes of dread and agony before the mindwipe. It is canon that some operatives are so distraught that they attempt to run. Some grow resentful like Chad AKA Numbuh 274 and Cree AKA Numbuh 9. Sure, the former turned out to be alright but Cree became a legitimate threat.

@starkiller1289 4 ай бұрын

@@youthoughtaboutit6946 There was numbuh, like 42 who got the chance to stay a KND operative for one more year or join the teens and keep her memories.

@dordonake 4 ай бұрын

Wow. That's deeper than i thought. As a guy who often comes up with theories just about every time he thinks about something, i can appreciate it.

@tsunertoo9149 4 ай бұрын

To me it always came off as she's reminding herself who who she was. Numbuh 5 using third person kind of reminded me of soldiers who use callsigns. "Eagle one moving in". It makes it so she's more readily identifiable. To me it always seemed like she was using proper military etiquette. Her callsign is Number 5 so she refers to herself as Numbuh 5 to keep herself in her operative mindset. You're reasoning isn't bad either, But I think the issue is anyone who refers to themselves by a certain name long enough is going to probably pick it up as an identity anyway. Numbuh 5's use of it however came off to me as showing her sheer level of professionalis. Sh enever grew too close to her role, which allowed for her to play it better than most.

@The-illuminoid 4 ай бұрын

Now that I’m an adult, the writers of the show did a very good job of having a diverse cast and Representing each race respectfully

@bryankennedy3719 3 ай бұрын

Lol I always thought one was a new race cause he's grey instead of white

@devinclark6212 4 ай бұрын

One more theory could be that she's following a trope. There is a long history of black characters, especially notably self-assured ones, making use of illeism. (Like Raqueletta Moss from She's Gotta Have It) Its a really common trope painting her in the "strong independent black woman" stereotype and comes off as cool because well... she is. She's a legitumate strong independent black girl who also pokes a little fun at the stereotype.

@HeyitsBri_ 3 ай бұрын

That’s what it is. Her voice actress also plays Foxy Love in an adult cartoon called Drawn Together that does the same thing

@devinclark6212 3 ай бұрын

@@HeyitsBri_ Honestly forgot that show even existed...

@connerolson3320 4 ай бұрын

I think. the reason why #5 refers herself in the 3rd person is because her older sister cree might've been an operative before and when she was just starting out her and cree would get mixed up by the other operatives so to combat this #5 talks in the 3rd person to help her fellow operatives to remember who they're talking to

@fallengabrielle5185 4 ай бұрын

cree was indeed Numbuh 11 before she betrayed the knd

@tanandalynch9441 3 ай бұрын

@@fallengabrielle5185 She didn't betray them she turned 13 and was decommissioned

@fallengabrielle5185 3 ай бұрын

@@tanandalynch9441 she did betray them. she works against the knd. that's the whole point of betrayal. Cree was never decomissioned because she kept all of her memories. rewatch operation maurice where abby explicit says that she will bring cree to the moonbase for a proper decommissioning, meaning that cree wasn't before. i'm telling facts, i know what i'm talking about.

@tanandalynch9441 3 ай бұрын

@@fallengabrielle5185 Oh that's right. I actually forgot about that. It's been so long since I watched the show. Also I was mixing her up with the other teen who also betrayed the KND. He was never actually decommissioned and straight up framed Sector V.

@fallengabrielle5185 3 ай бұрын

@@tanandalynch9441 yes, this is Chad Dickson aka Numbuh 274. He and Cree both betrayed the knd and never were decommissioned. But unlike for Chad, we don't know how it happened for Cree, nor her full reasoning behind her betrayal. In operation space, she only mentions that times changed, and so did she, but it doesn't really give much explanation. It's an easy "blink and you'll miss it" moment.

@swordheartstudios 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 is one my favorite characters from Codename Kids Next Door. I always wondered why she referred to herself by her codename when I was growing up as it wasn't till I got older that I noticed the difference between when she did it around her teammates who knew her codename and in her homelife with the people who knew her real name. I find it awesome this was done for Numbuh 5 that speaks loudly on her character for how smart and cool she has been shown to be throughout the series. But nice job on this video!

@warwulf1889 4 ай бұрын

It's also possible that Abagail's mom was also of Algerian descent, the last country colonized by France.

@MrViho-le9oc 4 ай бұрын

Or Moroccan or any other African country that has French as the official national language.

@TheDamatamama 4 ай бұрын

Her heritage is French and south African. Good call

@MrViho-le9oc 4 ай бұрын

@@TheDamatamama How do you know about the South African part?

@jesserobinson1929 4 ай бұрын

The real answer: It was a dialogue choice by Cree Summer. In her words, Numbuh 5 was her Susie Carmichael from Rugrats doing an impression of Scatman Crothers

@matthewrowlett1564 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 Was, according to An old Interview with someone involved with the show that i cannot find now, A Parody of MR T. They copied the mannerisms of his Public Persona. For Example "MR T dont take no Trash Talk" or "I pity the fool who thinks he can take MR T in a fight". Sadly, i Cannot find ANY Recordings of that interview... but it makes sense. Shes A Parody, like all the others.

@Sojoboscribe 4 ай бұрын

That she is older also explains why she seems to have so much more back history than the rest. She's the only one with Villains more or less specific to her (Stickybeard, Heinrich Von Marzipan.*) And the fact she is somehow involved in whatever made Numbah 1 bald, but not the rest of the KND (since they don't seem to know) also seems to indicate that those three previous years were pretty packed.

@gunnasintern 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 is one of the few cases in media (imo) where they really manage to make her speaking in third person endearing. the closest other example i can think of that i like as much is how George Costanza would sometimes do that, but at least for Numbuh 5 it comes with some deep backstory

@deandredukes95 4 ай бұрын

Guess that’s why The Rock refers to himself in the 3rd person

@tzvikrasner6073 4 ай бұрын

That's always been referred to as a narcissism gimmick in the WWE fandom.

@CostlyChris 3 ай бұрын

Well he is rich and famous and we are watching a deconstruction video of a cartoon character from the early 2000s.

@KaitouKaiju 3 ай бұрын

He was neither rich nor famous when he started doing it @@CostlyChris

@Ratryoshka 4 ай бұрын

Coming from an Indonesian family i can confirm, a lot of Asians growing up will talk in third person in the family either as a habit or out of politeness (and their parents will call themselves mom & dad too) i wonder how many other countries do this too.

@crowlynna 4 ай бұрын

This reminds me, sometimes I talked about myself in 3rd person when I disliked some teacher 😅 Like when they asked: is (the name of the student) here? And I said "yea she is here." Then the teacher asked "where" 🤭 and I was like "here, she is me" It only worked if they didn't remember your face and name tho... 😶

@trashcatlinol 4 ай бұрын

I grew up in a small school where attendance was never taken. I missed our on some fun XD The bullying was much more personal, though. Really left little Linol feeling like a ball of rage. Honestly, thinking of that time from that third person perspective helped me make more sense of what happened. Especially when i learned other kids faced the same crisis and managed to get some justice over it. Even if I never see any, at least some people aren't allowed around kids any more.

@allmanbroham 4 ай бұрын

Number 5 was just built different

@MrChevrolet94 4 ай бұрын

I love you Numbuh 5!!!! My favorite of all the KND!!!!!

@matthewfuller9114 4 ай бұрын

I always thought that after watching the last episode of the kids' next store, she was always as number 5 because all of the show was her recalling the adventures that they all went on.

@kaylagaymon4873 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 is my favorite character in the show. Her personality made her for who she is. She's cool, calm and intelligence. This show made me realize how amazing it was 👊👊👊🤩🤩🤩🔥🔥🔥

@Darkwolfala7 4 ай бұрын

The last theory of self-doubt could be supported, as Numbuh 5 feared being a leader again. Nigel was permanently made bald because she didn't help him, which she said she could never forgive/forget. This means she couldn't forgive herself for not helping and still blames herself. However, did she always refer to herself in the third person, or did it only after that incident that she stepped down as leader of sector V? If we knew that, we'd have a significant puzzle piece.

@alexg4770 4 ай бұрын

Im curious why she doesn't want to be leader again as in some episodes when they need a leader she refuses

@L0v3iswar89 4 ай бұрын

In one of her missions as leader it went wrong and caused Numbah 1 to be permanently bald. It’s like a passing dialogue in one of the episodes

@ciscojacobo7168 4 ай бұрын

You should make a video did Numbah 362 had feelings for Numbah 1.

@spencerwess5899 4 ай бұрын

I love that theory

@ciscojacobo7168 4 ай бұрын

@@spencerwess5899 There is some evidence that backs up this theory.

@dontworry8963 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting theories, I always wondered why she spoke in 3rd person lol. My fave tho 😂

@TWProductions-nw7tx 2 ай бұрын

Cartoon Corruption, the next time you upload a video about Codename: Kids Next Door, it will be all about Chad Dickson (AKA Numbuh 274). Chad Dickson (Numbuh 274) is a Teens Next Door/current Kids Next Door operative, an undercover/false Teen Ninja, a false villain on the show, and the son of Mega Mom and Destructo Dad. Questions I got to ask you is… how did Chad Dickson became a Teens Next Door operative instead of a Teen Ninja? And is Chad Dickson not a bad guy after all and instead is still a good guy?

@Yukosan13 4 ай бұрын

I think it's a combination of sorts.. a way to separate her original self by making a cooler, wiser persona to help combat her doubt and fear.. A sorta split personality but more in the way Bruce Wayne becomes "The Batman"

@jayg361 3 ай бұрын

My theory is that it's because she's the narrator of the story. If you remember the finale episode special we see number 5 being interviewed. They wanted her to tell us about her story. So maybe they had the idea for her to be in the position of telling us the story all along.

@beastoonline1991 3 ай бұрын

thats brilliant

@22kitten33 4 ай бұрын

I always think about people and characters speaking in the third person and remember when I was a kid and teenager, I would often do the same thing with my own name, shortened admittedly, but then I remember, oh, hey! I still do that! It’s just that it’s mostly mama or mommy. All the time. Randomly.

@MegaDAli95 6 күн бұрын

0:50 guess it depends on what you’d define as “smart”, because to me it’s obviously Numbuh 2. He literally taught a 6 year old how to build space ship. His engineering is right up there with Dexter and Jimmy Neutron 😂

@kaileyperez7907 Ай бұрын

Knd Numbuh 5 it's everybody's favorite Great character

@rachelosafoh117 4 ай бұрын

Tbh I always thought she did in so in order to remember who she was after decommission. She spoke so much about "Numbuh 5" this "Numbuh 5" that I always figured it was so she could in some sense know she who she was as a KND operative even if not fully through means of not only 3rd person speech but repetition. If that makes sense, maybe I was just overthinking

@Herowebcomics 4 ай бұрын

Wow! To have several theories for THIS is amazing! Numba 5 is amazing! 😎

@dragonhitman1071 4 ай бұрын

Yo I just now realize the nachos in thus show were always super floppy.

@michaelkolman8313 3 ай бұрын

Ok fine, I’ll rewatch Kids Next Door

@wrigthtalekenavi2066 4 ай бұрын

i think its because of Number 5 being the eldest in Sector 5, and having a elder sister who was in KND while Abigail/Number 5 was in her younger years/ as the new KND operative. she was trying to distance herself from rest of the group because she knew her time with the device that will erase KND from her comes near.

@nicholasmullins3693 3 ай бұрын

Abigail Lincoln has 5 syllables...

@ZeepAtomic 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh Faaaaaaaaaahve.

@taekwoncat9803 2 ай бұрын

I love numbuh 5 and numbuh 4 because they both remind me of two transformers called jazz and ironhide, due to both of thier personalities...

@androiduser3895 4 ай бұрын

I swore the creators were asked this and they said to separate her personal life and agent life but I couldn't find anything so idk lol

@Beymaster20247 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on Rhonda and Harold‘srelationship on hey Arnold

@HeyitsBri_ 3 ай бұрын

It’s just a stylized trope attributed to a lot of POC characters to show they have more “style” or to accentuate a “cool” arrogance.

@JerrellBanks-xu5vb 3 ай бұрын

I always thought it was her militaristic mentality. Like a Drill sergeant.

@shotaroikaros7096 3 ай бұрын

Does anyone also realize Lincoln is $5 aka numbah 5

@comettamer 4 ай бұрын

I think that second theory carries weight. Besides Numbah 1, she was the one to usually take charge and get the team through whatever situation they were dealing with. This means that by referring to herself in the third person, as in the "Numbah 5 IS allergic to drowning" case, she could give her statement more authority and get the team to follow her, just in case there was any hesitation among the rest.

@rudeondude21 3 ай бұрын

Number 5 is also in the kind longer and has history and had another number before being assigned to tree V

@wilsonbelle6600 3 ай бұрын

Numbuh Five was best girl. She was never my favorite, but she was a great character.

@anthonybatson7371 4 ай бұрын

Actually it all makes sense and I think I like your third theory the most because it fits with how if you remember operation rainbow when number one was acting like a monkey and sector v needed a new temporary leader number five reacted saying she did before but won't do it again because of something that happened and I'm starting to think it has to do with what the delightful children did to number one but that's my two cents on your brilliant theory

@angelohayabusa5048 4 ай бұрын

We need to know the real answers though bro. HOW does Cree's pants stay on her?

@starkiller1289 4 ай бұрын

I never knew she was the leader and handed it to numbah 1 before the show started. I just figured she was taller than the others by genes not so much that she was older at least until that fountain of Youth episode.

@dontworry8963 4 ай бұрын

I think they’re all the same age, she’s just older by months

@TheDailyEgg 4 ай бұрын

2:09 how many fingers she got ?

@kagemaru397 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 was confirmed to be the oldest in Operation FOUNTAIN. Also, Dr. Lincoln could have known French by the time he met Mrs. Lincoln.

@CombatFan134 4 ай бұрын

I always thought she kept getting confused for her sister so she adopted the 3rd person habit to prevent it. Then by time her sister left and the previous era of knd higher ups got decommissioned, the habit stuck.

@delix787 3 ай бұрын

The creator be like, IT’S NOT THAT DEEP!!! 🫨

@fallengabrielle5185 4 ай бұрын

the reason abby stepped down from the leader position is because last time she was leader, she took a bad decision that lead to Nigel's baldness. In op fountain, she says it was a big mistake to not help a kid who was kidnapped by the Delightful Children and Nigel confirmed what resulted in that decision. In op feral, she says she doesn't want to be leader again, especially after what happened last time. In the sooper secrets and boomerang bloopers book, it confirmed that it was indeed a decision she made as sector leader. So she stepped down because the pressure to be a leader was too high for her.

@dontworry8963 4 ай бұрын

I never understood that though, because in Op TREATY one of the final episodes. Numbuh 1 was already bald when they found him, and Cree was still the leader then. So like is that the same “incident” that they refer to as to why she doesn’t want to lead, or did something else happen ?

@fallengabrielle5185 4 ай бұрын

@@dontworry8963 yes it is the same incident, becasue it is confirmed in canon medias (see the references i put up there): she doesn't want to be leader anymore because she took a bad decision when she was it, and that decision resulted in Nigel's baldness, the end. the flashback in operation treaty can totally happen after nigel's kidnapping. Because the flashback only shows nigel's training and it's not about abby "finding" him. Cree being there doesn't mean she was still leader, she could have left the position to abby and remained a knd operative in another department before her eventual betrayal. It is nowhere said that Cree was sector leader at this point.

@fsanmiguel666 4 ай бұрын

Dr. Lincoln talking like Bill Cosby did not age well........

@trentsims 4 ай бұрын

Maybe she simply doesn't see herself as Number 5 because she borrowed the name from a former agent that is no long with the KND. I did always find it odd that there were agents whos numbers were in the hundreds that seem like they've been in the KND much longer than the kids from sector V, so them having dibs on numbers 1-5 is wildly unlikely.

@lazavionsmith2540 4 ай бұрын

Nobody can stop 3 when she mad except maybe Number 5

@chrisbowers2450 3 ай бұрын

So this would explain a lot about Gambit on X-Men

@skylineXpert 3 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 is indeed cool

@LathropLdST 4 ай бұрын

No need to argue. Smart operator. Smaaart operaaatooor🎶

@alexwolf5916 4 ай бұрын

nah because i just decided to say that in so smart in third person and i teared up immediately

@nmoney6655 3 ай бұрын

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Numbah 5’s dad is Bill Cosby?

@fybSK8 4 ай бұрын

I love a number 5 appreciation video

@lowrider993 4 ай бұрын

Numbuh 5 made speaking into the 3rd person cool

@brandontodd1728 3 ай бұрын

Makes more sense that she refers to herself as number 5 because she is older of all of them just as parents do for their kids

@QueenGem_ 4 ай бұрын

I always just thought her character was based on Mr.T in A team.

@jonasholm-mw5bn 4 ай бұрын

I don’t know if this wasn’t translated over to the Danish version, or if it have just been so long ago that I forgot this was a thing

@kcamouse7300 4 ай бұрын

Number 5 Was Also Known Too Be Foxxy Love~

@mctosianadaje5814 4 ай бұрын

Wait maybe numbuh 5 talks in the 3rd person because of her emotional damage y'all know the operation Maurice thing that she swore to never tell to her teammates about numbuh 9 not being deccomissoned and not working with the teens

@BiggestPhangirl 4 ай бұрын

There’s also the possibility that the show isn’t meant to be very deep. This cartoon was created before theorizing became a thing. Abigail might’ve used third person because her character was supposed to seem cool and level-headed at all times. And honestly I think that’s really all there is to it.

@KaitouKaiju 3 ай бұрын

The show itself presented all sorts of theorizing about itself

@ZaireErnest 4 ай бұрын

Do brandy and mr whiskers

@eeveefennecfox 4 ай бұрын

I hope he does talk aout brandy and mr whiskers in the near future,I loved this show and it deserved better

@patchup8781 4 ай бұрын

Unrelated, Now I know why Research defense is necessary to use 3rd person

@ramdomguy560 4 ай бұрын

I always assumed it was just a mr t reference

@henryevergreen2678 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the shows i hope was *DOESN'T* get rebooted.

@fouraztecas6342 4 ай бұрын

In court sadaam husaine spoke in 3rd person at times

@forastero54321 4 ай бұрын

I caught this as a kid but never thought anything beyond it except that it was just a thing for her since she was black.

@michaeldeanroberts 4 ай бұрын

why is the background music in mono

@luiz4200 4 ай бұрын

I prefer the work persona theory.

@keithhightower646 4 ай бұрын

Funny you should mention celebrities referring to themselves in the third person to separate themselves from their public persona and overlook the most obvious example of this: Dwayne "the Rock" Jhonson.

@charmianernest1449 17 күн бұрын

Do number 86

@neebuandsocanyou7557 3 ай бұрын

Didn’t she just speak like Mr. T?

@matthewbrown3194 4 ай бұрын

Any other characters from code name kid nextdoor you think cartoon corruption talk about next in your opinions?

@jackoer8102 4 ай бұрын

She is Terry Crews daughter

@egotisticalghost6745 4 ай бұрын

Or she just thinks that it makes her sound cooler

@Th3opps 4 ай бұрын

On the real when we watch kids next door ever from the past in they timeline listen to their names you ain't never met any kids named their names only adults that's why in the last episode they where all old

@juanhaines7295 4 ай бұрын

How sad her sister turned traitor.

@gamero31o 4 ай бұрын

Eventually all KND operatives become traitors after turning 13. They could either erase their memory and join the teens or escape with all their secrets and join the teens, hardly any ever leave the fight and live a normal life. Just like the sleepover episode when number 86 was betrayed by another operative who confess she will soon turn 13 and will join the teens sooner or later and decided to join sooner. This is why KND has secret operatives who keep their memories and join the teens as a spy on the inside. Maurice was a teen spy who referred number 5 as a candidate for when she turns 13.

@Gameboy0001 4 ай бұрын

It's less turned traitor and more it's an eventuality that all kids eventually grow up and join the adults and teenagers (except for very rare occasions). It's a perpetually losing battle that they continue to fight regardless.

@kaileyperez7907 Ай бұрын

❤👍

@marcross52-95 3 ай бұрын

I thought she spoke in 3rd person because it was an ebonics thing.

@paulsmith5684 4 ай бұрын

I think it's the parents constantly referring themselves in the third person that she picked up on..at the end of the day she is a genius and Nigel uno and her friends which is a great thing.