Forum:"Numbers" Xyz Monster Trivia/List

Unconfirmed "Numbers" Trivia
Card Name	Trivia
Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis	The 6 can be read as "rokku", which has identical pronounciation as "rock", reflecting this monster's rock-like stature; It is the 2nd Number used by Trey that is related to his own archetype (first being Machu Mech, not counting Shark Drake, which is not a "Chronomaly" monster), so going by the fact his name is III in the original version of the anime, the formula reads 3x2 = 6. The Number matches this monster's Rank.
Number 7: Lucky Straight	7 is considered to be a lucky number, and in gambling games it is most commonly used as the charm number, which reflect's this card's ability to amplify the user's luck; The number 7 matches its rank, and it matches the needed dice value to activate its effect, as well as reflects its ATK and DEF stats; There appear to be 7 different colors on this card's artwork; Likewise, reflecting its dice-rolling effect and gambling-theme, the total sum of the values of any opposite sides of a die equal 7.
Number 8: Heraldic King Genom-Heritage	Given its genome-theme, the shape of the number 8 itself resembles a double helix of a DNA molecule; Likewise, the same theme is reflected by how the DNA molecule consists out of 2 long strings and is made out of 4 different nucleic acids, so: 2x4 = 8 While Number 69 reflects Vetrix's link to Trey and Quinton by taking their single Numbers, this monster's Number reflects his relation to Quatro, bearing the one digit of his otherwise two digit ace monster. This card's number, 8, also relates to Quattro: since he goes by the name IV in the Japanese version, 2*4 makes 8, a reference to this card's number. While the number does not match its Rank like all the other single Numbers do, it does match the total level star requirements (2 Level 4 monsters; 2 x 4 = 8).
Number 9: Dyson Sphere	Being arguably the most powerful Number used among Vetrix's sons, being used by its eldermost brother, the number 9, when written in Roman numbers, bears the codenames of all three of them: By crossing the last two Is in III, one can form an X, getting the Roman number IX, reflecting Trey; By combining the Vs in Quattro's and Quinton's codenames together in their tips, one can get an X, and together with the I in Quatro's name, again form the IX; In addition, the number 9 can be viewed as the squared value of 3 (reflecting Trey), or the total sum of 4 and 5 (Quatro's and Quinton's codenames); The word "Sphere" in the Japanese language is 球 (kyū), which has the same pronunciation as the number 9. The number matches the monster's Rank.
Number 10: Illumiknight	10 is the atomic number for Neon in the Periodic Table of the Elements--neon is a gas used in industry to create neon lights, reflecting this monster's luminous appearance and theme; Since Kite Tenjo primarily used "Numbers" divisible by 10, this number matches this by being the first number used by him on screen.
Number 11: Big Eye	This is the 11th Number introduced in the anime; This card's number can be written in Roman Numerals as "XI", which can be interpreted as "Big (X) Eye (I)". Rolling double 1's with a pair of dice is often considered an unlucky roll and is called "snake eyes." In the Old Testament of the Bible, a snake was the animal that persuaded Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit, matching the name of Big Eye's effect: "Temptation Glance."
Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja	The two pieces of armor on this monster's tighs resemble the generic number 6. When added together, both of these equal to 12; This monster seems to be a reference to the Akakage, The Masked Ninja tokusatsu series. "Akakage" (赤影) literally means "Red Shadow", to which this card's name might refer to. Also, in the 12th episode of the anime series, a ninja wearing an unbreakable armor appears. This monster's numerical value and effect could refer to it. In the Anime, this monster is the 1st and only "Number" its original owner Kaze Summoned in his Duel with Yuma and the 2nd "Ninja" monster he Xyz Summoned.
Number 13: Cain's Devil	The Number may be a reflection of this monster's thematical background, being based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. According to Genesis 4:1-8, Cain committed the first murder by killing Abel. The sum of all these is 4+1+8 = 13; As 13 is often considered to be the number of ill fortune, this monster takes the role of Cain, the aggressor, instead of Abel, the victim. This also reflects the ill fortune both monsters bestowed upon Kaito and Shark during their debut.
Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder	This is the first Number used by Quattro, and reflects his Japenese codename, IV; If each of the letters in the codename is read seperately, the result is 1 and 5, which matches the Number; 15 may be reflected by how this monster has 1500 ATK.
Number 16: Shock Master	In Japanese, the number 1 can be read as "i" and 6 as "ro"; together, it reads iro, the Japanese kun reading of the word for color, which makes sense for the monster called "Ruler of Color" (in Japanese). If you take the square root of 16, you get 4, the same number as this card's Rank value and the Level requirements of its Xyz Material. Furthermore, adding the total values of the Levels of the 3 required monsters with the value of this card's Rank will give you 16.
Number 17: Leviathan Dragon	This card is the 17th Ghost Rare monster. If you took 7-1 you would get 6 as the difference and come to the following suppositions: 6 is the sum of the Levels needed for this card's Xyz Summon. 6 might reference the 6 wings of this monster as well as the six large spikes (three on each side) near this monster's tail.
Number 19: Freezadon	This monster is the polar opposite of "Number 61: Volcasaurus", in terms of attribute, effect, stats, and the Number, which is the upside down read of Volcasaurus' 61.
Number 20: Giga-Brilliant	This is the 2nd Number used by Kite, as well as being the 2nd Number divisible by 10, which was initially a trademark for Kite's "Number"s.
Number 22: Zombiestein	This monster seems to be based on Frankenstein's monster, which, in the second published edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, was published in 1822. This links both to this card's Number and the chapter of the manga where its skills and weaknesses were revealed. One can say "two 2's" (22) in Japanese by saying "fu ni"; this could be a pun on "funiku" (腐肉), which means "tainted meat".
Number 25: Force Focus	This possibly links to 1925, the year in which the first Leica Camera, the first 35mm camera, was introduced to market. The monster itself resembles one.
Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction	This is the third Number used by Kite on screen, fittingly being the 3rd by 10 divisible number, like those used by Kite previously were as well. The 3 in 30 most likely reflects this card's ATK, DEF, Rank and order of appearance among Kite's Numbers. "3", which reflects most of its traits (number, order of appearance, ATK, DEF and rank) can be read as "san" in Japanese, having the same pronunciation as "Acid" ("酸, san"). This card's JUMP release in March 2012 makes it the 30th Xyz Monster released in the TCG.
Number 31: Abel's Devil	This monster, as well as "Number 13: Cain's Devil", are based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, the first and second sons of Adam and Eve. The opposite position of their numbers further allude to this. As does the fact that this card's Number is a flip of its "brother". This card and "Number 13" could be the manga's counterpart of "Number 19: Freezadon" and "Number 61: Volcasaurus".
Number 32: Shark Drake	In Japanese, the number 3 can be read as "mi" and 2 as "tsu"; together, it reads mitsu, short for Mitsukurina owstoni, the goblin shark, which vaguely resembles this monster's appearance. Mitsu also sounds similar to mizu, the Japanese word for WATER. This is the 3rd Number to posess Shark, but the 2nd to be strictly in his possession and based on him specifically (the other being "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon"). The gap between the defeat and obtaining of Leviathan Dragon, the 1st Number to possess Reginald, and his obtaining this monster as the new ace card, equals 32 episodes. This card's numerical value could also refer to it being initially used by Trey and its status as the second Number known to be obtained by the Vetrix Family, after "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder".
Number 33: Chronomaly Machu Mech	This is the 2nd Number used by Trey, and the Number is reflected through his codename III (Trey also means "three" in Middle English) in the original release, hence the two 3s. The total value of all digits in this Number equal the Number and the rank of "Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis", which is the other "Chronomaly" Number used by Trey. This is the 3rd Number used by the Vetrix family, being used by Trey whose codename equals the numeral 3. A weaker relation here could be that the number 3 by itself can be read as san, which in-part, translates to "sun" in Japanese. Similar to the fact that the sun is found in outer space, this "Number" debuted while the "Photon World" Field Spell Card was in play, which depicts a type of outer-space environment.
Number 34: Terror-Byte	The monster this Number is assigned to debuted in episodes 3 and 4 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. This card's number is twice that of "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon", based on the fact this card was the second "Number" monster that Yuma won, not to mention the second enemy "Number" card to debut in the Anime.
Number 39: Utopia	This card's number (39) can be read as "san-kyū", which is Japanese for "Thank you", referencing how Yuma saves people from the "Numbers" (or other dilemmas) and is therefore a hero. This card's number (39) can also be read as "mi-ku", which can translate to "future" (未来) in Japanese, relating to this card's Japanese name "Hope" and referencing how Yuma and Astral as ZEXAL are able to perform Shining Draws to pave the way for their own future.
Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings	This is an evident reference to this Number's owner: Quattro, who goes by the codename IV in the original version of the anime.
Number 42: Starship Galaxy Tomahawk	The appearance and numerical value of this card, 42, could be a reference to the space-oriented sci-fi novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Number 44: Sky Pegasus	44 can be read as "shi-shi" in Japanese, which could mean "shishi" (志士) - "loyalist", "patriot", possibly referring to how the knight in the legend of this card, protected his land from three other knights who wanted to usurp the king. Another weak reference to the number 44 might be the Bénouville Bridge, which was renamed into Pegasus Bridge in 1944, in honor to the emblem worn by the British airborne forces at the time of a liberating operation, which was the pegasus. Not only does 4 match this card's Rank, the 44 could also refer to the fact that this card requires two Level 4 monsters for its Xyz Summon.
Number 46: Ethereal Dragon - Draggluong	The number 4 can be pronounced as "shi" and 6 as "ro". Together, they form shiro, which means "white", which matches this monster's coloration. In respect to this card, along with "Number 39: Utopia" and "Number 32: Shark Drake", which are used by Kite Tenjo, Yuma Tsukumo and Reginald Kastle respectively (the three protagonists of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL,) if each "Number"'s numeric values were put in ascending or descending order, each number would be either seven more or seven less than the next one in order.
Number 47: Nightmare Shark	The 4 in this card's number probably comes from the fact that this card was the fourth Manga-exclusive Number revealed. The 7 in this card's number probably comes from the fact that this card debuted in the month of July which is the seventh month of the year.
Number 48: Shadow Lich	The number 4 by itself in Japanese can be read as shi, which in-part, translates to "death" or "deceased", which corresponds to this monster being a Lich, which is an undead monster. The 8 in this card's number probably comes from the fact that this card was first shown in the August 2013 issue of V Jump as August is the eighth month of the year.
Number 49: Fortune Tune	49 can be read as "fō-jū-kyū" in Japanese, which sounds very similar to its Japanese name "Fōchun Chūn". "Chun chun" in Japanese is also the sound of a bird's chirping, hence it being a bird. Given the fact this monster alludes to fortune, it can be implied that 49 is the squared amount to the number 7, which is a lucky number. The first and the 2nd digit of this "Number" matches this monster's ATK and DEF value respectively (400 and 900).
Number 50: Blackship of Corn	This cards Number may refer to it being the fifth manga Number card to make a debut, the first four being, "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon", "Number 39: Utopia", "Number 10: Illumiknight" and "Number 20: Giga-Brilliant". This card's Number may also partially come from the gō at the end of its Japanese name, sounding like go, Japanese for 5.
Number 53: Heart-eartH	The numbers 5 and 3 individually can be pronounced as "go" and "mi" respectively, together making the word gomi, which means trash. This matches this monster's owner, Dr. Faker, who uses a Garbage deck and uses trash as projectiles to harm and wreck apart Astral world. The number also reflects its Xyz materials required, which are 3 Level 5 monsters.
Number 54: Lion Heart	The subtracted result from the numbers 5 and 4 equal 5-4=1, which matches this monster's rank. Having been used by Nistro and Alit in a tag-team duel, it can be implied that since the series start and up to that point both duelists used a total amount of 5 rank 4 Xyz monsters ("Heroic Champions Excalibur", "Gandiva" and "Kusanagi" by Nistro and "Lead Yoke" and "Star Cestus" by Alit).
Number 56: Gold Rat	The first and the 2nd digit of this "Number" matches this monster's ATK and DEF value respectively (500 and 600). Its Number may also be related to the Japanese for 5 and 6, go and roku, respectively, beginning with "g" and "r", as do gold and rat.
Number 57: Tri-Head Dust Dragon	The numbers 5 and 7 can be read as "ko-na", which means powder or "dust", hence this monster's dust theme.
Number 61: Volcasaurus	This monster is the polar opposite of "Number 19: Freezadon", in terms of attribute, effect, stats, and the Number, which is the upside down read of Freezadon's 19. This is also the 1st number to include 6 in its name, as to display how it looks in Number fashion. The subtracted value of each digit equals 6-1=5, which matches this monster's Rank. It is also the first Rank 5 monster to be introduced.
Number 63: Shamoji Soldier	In Japanese, 6 and 3 can be read as "mu" and "mi", forming "mumi" (無味) - "dull", "tasteless", referring to how its holder's food was horrible before the "Number" attended his wish. This was the 6th Rank 1 monster introduced, and 3rd Rank 1 Number monster.
Number 64: Sandayu the Veteraccoon	Akin to "Number 106: Giant Hand," the 6 in this "Number" can also be read as "roku" in Japanese, which could in-part be interpreted as a pun on the word "rock"; this in-turn could be referring to this card's Attribute being EARTH, this card belonging to the EARTH-Attribute "Raccoon" Archetype and the shared Attribute of this "Number" with "Giant Hand," which were first both used by Gilag. The "roku" pun may also allude to the ZEXAL anime character of the same name, who runs the Duel Sanctuary, the place that Gilag was at when this "Number" made its debut. The 4 may allude to the sum of this monster's Level requirements for this card's Summon--two Level 2 monsters. The subtraction between its digits (6-4) produces a difference of 2, which matches this monster's Rank. The Nintendo character Super Mario wears a Tanooki (Tanuki) Suit in multiple games and is the flagship character of the Nintendo 64.
Number 65: Judge Buster the Adjudicutting Djinn	By adding up both digits (6+5=11), then adding up all the the digits of the result (1+1=2), the total sum equals 2, which matches this monster's Rank. Including the Rank-Up varieties, this monster and its "Number C" version are each the 5th and the 6th Number monster to show up during the Legendary Numbers War arc.
Number 66: Master Key Beetle	The Japanese term for 6 is "roku", which sounds similar to its pronunciation of the english word "lock" (rokku), reflecting its key-like horn and unlocking capabilities (it is, in fact, the starter key for the Dimensional Airship). The number 6 itself could arguably resemble the more antiquated, circular metal keychains with a linear article strummed from it.
Number 69: Heraldry Crest	The shape of the number 69 resembles that of a yin-yang graph, reflecting this monster's dual nature: it is a LIGHT monster that is dark colored and is, apparently, sinister in nature. The monster's form itself resembles a yin-yang symbol. Further augmenting its Attribute connotation is that the Attribute of "Number 96: Dark Mist" (96 would be the number 69 in reverse) is DARK, the opposite Attribute of the LIGHT Attribute. Much like "Number 8" reflects Vetrix's relation to Quattro, this Number might reflect his relation to Trey and Quinton, as both digits of this Number match the single Numbers used as aces of each of the two brothers.
Number 72: Line Monster Chariot Hisha	Not counting the Numbers obtained by Kaito until that point, this monster is the 7th Number monster introduced in the manga, and the 2nd to belong to one of Kyoji Yagumo's henchmen. However, it was not obtained by Yuma in the end. Being based on Shogi, which also alludes to chess (which might show playstyle relation between Hishakaku and Kaito), the number might reflect both these games' boards: Shogi is played on a 9x9 zone board, while chess is played on an 8x8 zone board, so the cross between these equals 9x8=72.
Number 73: Abyss Splash the Roaring Waterfall Deity	This Number might allude to Shark: its 1st digit matches the 2nd and larger digit of the 1st Number that possessed him ("Number 17: Leviathan Dragon"), while its 2nd digit mathes the 1st and larger digit of the Number that became his ace in the anime ("Number 32: Shark Drake"). The numbers 7 and 3 can be read as na and mi, forming nami, which means wave, matching this monster's title as the Waterfall Deity. This card references the number of Xyz Monsters: Shark had 7, while Rio 3 Xyz monsters in their possession before this card was summoned.
Number 74: Master of Blades	This monster is the 4th Rank 7 Number monster released. The numbers 7 and 4 can be read together as "nana-shi" (名無し), which means secret, annonymous, stealthy, which might reflect this monster's appearance as that of an Middle Eastern-themed assassin.
Number 83: Galaxy Queen	This Number might refer to March 8th, or 8th day of 3rd month, which marks the International Mother's Day. This reflects this monster's role in the story as a motherly figure. Astral obtained this "Number" during Episode 8 of the anime, and it is the 3rd hostile Number to be absorbed.
Number 85: Crazy Box	When individually read in Japanese, the numbers 8 and 5 can be read as "ha-ko" (箱), which means box, reflecting this monster's name and appearance.
Number 87: Queen of the Night	By reading the digits of this card's Number separately in Japanese, one can read it as "Ha-Nana", which sounds similar to the Japanese word for flower, "Hana", which describes this monster's appearance and the fact it's a Plant-type monster.
Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo	This is the 8th Rank 8 monster. 88 is twice as much as the number 44, which, if the numbers are read separately in Japanese, could be read as "shishi", which means "lion", fittingly describing this monster's name and theme. 8 is twice as much as 4; this could reflect on its initial owner, Quattro, whose original codename is IV, the Roman number for 4. The Zodiac sign "Leo", same as this card's name, covers the biggest part of August, which is the 8th month. This monster's pick of number might reflect Quattro's relation to Vetrix, who used to posess the Number 8, just like the Numbers 6 and 9, owned by Trey and Quinton, relfect their relation to their father who posesses the Number 69.
Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon	The number "91" is also read as kui, which is known as "Quick" in Japan. This may reference to Thunder Spark's strategies in Duels which involve swarming the field with monsters in order to summon this card. If you divide 91 by 2, you would get a quotient of 45 with a remainder of 5 (45.5). The 45 by itself can in-turn, refer to the below elucidations: In the manga, this "Number" needed 5 Level 4 monsters for its Xyz Summon. To use its most powerful effect, both in the manga and the OCG/TCG, you need to detach 5 Xyz Materials from it, which as aforementioned, would mostly be all Level 4 monsters.
Number 92: Heart-eartH Dragon	The sum of 53, which is the first Number monster used by Dr. Faker, and 39, which is Yuma's first Number monster, equals 92. Coincidentally, the sum of both those monster's Ranks equals this monster's Rank. the 9 could match this monster's Rank, while the 2 suggests it's the 2nd Number used by Dr. Faker. This is the 2nd Rank 9 monster introduced and also used in the Anime, the first in both aspects being "Number 9: Dyson Sphere". By reading the digits of this card's Number separately (9 as "Ku" and 2 as "Tsu"), it can be read as "Kutsu", which sounds similar to "Kuzu", the Japanese word for trash, similar to how Number 53's number could be read as "Gomi" which also means trash. The "2" in its number could also refer to the two different ways this card can be summoned: Traditional Xyz Summon or through the effect of "Number 53: Heart-eartH".
Number 94: Crystal Zero the Polar Ice Princess	The subtracted value of each digit equals 9-4=5, which matches this monster's Rank. If one was to pore over some of the seperate translations of this card's Numbers in Japanese, there are possible reflections of Rio Kastle's (whom this card is meant to embody) past life (as well as her brother to a lesser extent): The 9 (kyu) in-part translates as the lexis "ward," "district," or "section." These could be synonyms for the United Lands of the Poseidon Ocean, a kingdom consisting of a series of islands that were ruled by Rio and her brother Reginald in their past life. The 4 (shi) has a more assorted count of translated terms that could also be relatable: "luxury" or "extravagance," which could relate to Rio's then posh living quarters as ruler of the said island kingdom. "city"--the said island kingdom was a civilization. "death" or "deceased," which could connotate to how Rio offered herself as a sacrifice to revive this "Number" when Vector revitalized Abyss. "recollect" or "remember," which could relate to how Rio (who was under Abyss' control while the following action occurred,) showed her brother visions of their past life, hence a recollecting of the past. "records," "order," "sequence" and "time"--obviously given the last above point, this card is associated with past events before it was used in its debut Duel.
Number 96: Dark Mist	In Japanese, the number 9 can be read as "ku" and 6 as "ro"; together, they read kuro, the Japanese word for "black", referring to this card's OCG name. The meaning behind this Number might be the concept of reversal, because 96 will still look the same even if it's fliped upside-down. So, its effect is based on that concept since it will still have the upper hand when it battles. ikewise, this alludes to the form Number 96 takes when it possesses Astral. In addition to a reverse personality, it had an inverted color scheme. The Attribute of "Number 69: Heraldry Crest" (69 would be the number 96 in reverse) is LIGHT, the opposite Attribute of the DARK Attribute.
Number 102: Holy Lightning - Glorious Halo	This Number can be seen as an implicit form of the fraction 1/2 (with the '0' taking the place of the backslash). This implicity can refer to parts of this card's effect that halves an opponent's monster's ATK and any Battle damage you take, moreover, this view is augmented by the fact that this card has two separate "halving" effects, hence two halves. This is the Over-Hundred Number that is the closest to 100, reflecting its owner's position as the leader of the Barians, with only spot left presumably reserved for Nasch that was the leader of Barian Emperors until his departure.
Number 104: Masquerade Magician - Shining	By reading the digits of this card's number using Goroawase, one can read the number as "Hi Rei Yo", and arrive at the following interpretation based on this "Number" card's numeric value: "Hi" (1, shortened from "Hito") can mean "light" or "daytime" in Japanese, referring to this card being a "Shining" monster, as well as a LIGHT monster. "Rei" (0) can be a reference to Rei Shingetsu, who uses the "Shining" archetype. "Yo" (4) can mean "night" in Japanese, referring to this card's Number C form, "Number C104: Masquerade Magician - Umbralis", which is an "Umbralis" monster and a DARK monster. The 4 in this card's number might allude to its Rank. Likewise, the total sum of all the digits equals 1+0+4=5, which matches its Ranked-Up form. This can also be viewed as Shining being a rank 4, and the 1 in the Number heralds its upgrade by 1 when it becomes Number C.
Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus	The subtracted value of 5 and 1 in this card's number equal to 5-1=4, matching this monster's Rank. Likewise, the 5 might match this card's Number C version's Rank. This "Number" is part of the "Battlin' Boxer" archetype; the said archetype refers to the sport of boxing, which primarily uses the hands. That being said, this card's numeric value as a whole may come from the fact that Human beings, who normally partake in the sport, have 5 fingers per hand. As humans normally have two hands, that's 10 fingers total.
Number 106: Giant Hand	6 can also be read as "roku" in Japanese, which could be interpreted as plays on both the word rock (ロック) and lock, referring to this monster's type and rocky appearance, as well as it's effect-sealing ability. The 6 of this card's value may also allude to the six spheres on this monster: 1 in each finger and 1 in the palm of the hand. A feebler connotation to the Number value might be a reference to polydactyly, a condition in which a person has a supernumerary amount of fingers or toes. In most cases, humans have 6 fingers on one or both hands. Normally, humans have 10 fingers, five on each of their two hands. A different hand connotation here can be reached with this card's "Number C" form. As "Number C106: Giant Hand Red" also resembles a human hand, both this card and "Giant Hand Red" have a total of 10 fingers.
Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon	The total sum of all the digits in this card's number equals 1+0+7=8, which matches this monster's Rank. This number is similar to "Number 17: Leviathan Dragon", having a similar numeric value (plus the 0 in the middle), being Dragon-type and most notably being the first Number to be introduced in season 2 of the ZEXAL anime, while Leviathan Dragon was the first to be introduced in season 1. Both monsters in-part have an ability that increases their ATK. The 7 alone may refer to the fact that this card was the 7th one played in its debut Duel in the episode 82 (after "Goblindbergh", "Zubaba Knight", "Number 39: Utopia", "Overlay Chain", "Radius, the Half-Moon Dragon" and "Parsec, the Interstellar Dragon").