The Numtums: Animal Math Explorers

The Numtums: Animal Math Explorers is a British 2D animated series, created by Winter Murdock, based on the cgi animated series by Barry Quinn, and produced by DHX Media (now WildBrain) for BBC, CBC, ABC, and Nickelodeon. It follows the adventures of twenty humanoid numbats (plus an echidna, a lyrebird, and an occasional superhero) who go on missions. Together, they solve problems to complete missions.

Major

 * Alice
 * Bendy-Go
 * Champer
 * Coogee
 * Dar-Dar
 * Darwin
 * Flinders
 * Gladdy
 * Gonzo
 * Hobart
 * Humpty-Do
 * Lance
 * Little Sandy
 * Little Sunny
 * McKay
 * Melbourne
 * Nimbin
 * Orville
 * Stanley/Super Numtum
 * Sydney
 * Wilbur

Minor

 * Billy the Echidna
 * Fluffy McTuffy
 * Frilly Lizzy
 * Larry the Lyrebird

Season 1

 * 1) How to Scare a Mermaid/Now You're Chickening!
 * 2) Garden Haus Party/Whale Tale
 * 3) Ups and Downs/Not Yeti
 * 4) Wall to Us/Cannonbat
 * 5) Sharktastic Sandcake/Train of Thought
 * 6) Five's a Crowd/Shake n' Space
 * 7) To Lick a Cloud/Thunderclapper
 * 8) To Market with Love/License to Dream
 * 9) Goldbridge Gate/Balloon Party
 * 10) The Mysterious Land Beyond 20/Hang Ten

Season 2

 * 1) Crystal's Rainbow/I Wish For…
 * 2) Skee Ball Shenanigans/Mount Decimal
 * 3) The Perfect Sandwich/The Art of Balance
 * 4) Save the Villain!/The Story of Fluffy McTuffy
 * 5) The Carousel that Never Was/Picture This!
 * 6) Put On a Show!/Rondevous, Humpty-Do
 * 7) Rainbow Rainglass/Red, Blue, Circles Too
 * 8) Cling Up/Snow Owl's Coronation
 * 9) Link to The Library/Inner Picture
 * 10) The Mystery Letters/Angle on The Board

Season 3

 * 1) Gumnut Gorge Grand Prix/Hobart's Dance Show
 * 2) With a Friend or Two/Coaster's Thought
 * 3) Watchman of Sneeze/Where in Gumnut Gorge is Carmen Sandiego?!
 * 4) Baby Bumblebees/Hard Bass
 * 5) Sled Struck/Sandy's Pocket
 * 6) Birthday Bashful/McKay Up High
 * 7) Swingy Thing/Musical Stage
 * 8) Sleepover Fail/Party at Sea Gone Wrong
 * 9) Goldbridge Gate/Balloon Party
 * 10) Hundreds and Thousands/Copycat Problems

Tropes
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 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Little Sandy and Little Sunny both wear a pair of costume butterfly wings. Flinders sports an orange bandana, whereas Darwin sports a blue one. Gladdy has a blue handbag. Orville wears an orange cap.
 * Affably Evil: Fluffy McTuffy.
 * A Lizard Named "Liz": Frilly Lizzy the frilled lizard.
 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Every character.
 * Animal Superhero: Super Numtum/Stanley.
 * The Baby of the Bunch: Coogee. Melbourne counts as well, but she is a bit older than him/her.
 * Big Bad: Fluffy McTuffy the koala is the villain of the Super Numtum comics.
 * Big Eater: Both Little Sandy and Little Sunny.
 * Born Lucky: Wilbur.
 * Born Unlucky: Orville.
 * Cartoony Tail: The numtums' tails are more of a lightbulb shape compared to the noodle-shaped tail of a real life numbat.
 * Catchphrase: Little Sandy's "I have a hypothesis!" Also, "Eureka!", "Hypothesis approved!", and "Hypothesis disproved".
 * Cheerful Child: Champer.
 * Childish Tooth Gap: Little Sandy is missing her top front teeth and happens to be carefree.
 * Cool Old Guy: Flinders.
 * Cloud Cuckoolander: Larry the lyrebird. Billy the echidna counts as well.
 * Crossover: Three instances.
 * With Animal Mechanicals in the episodes "Five's a Crowd" and "Shake N' Space".
 * With The Lingo Show in the episode "Put On a Show!"
 * With Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego in the episode "Where in Gumnut Gorge is Carmen Sandiego?!"
 * The Dragon: Frilly Lizzy is this to Fluffy McTuffy.
 * Eaten Alive: In the episode "Five's a Crowd", a sick Little Sunny eats a shrunken-down Bendy-Go, Champer, Flinders, Humpty-Do, and Hobart, and a sick Little Sandy eats a shrunken-down Dar-Dar, Gladdy, Mouse, Coogee, and Nimbin, both cases have the prey find out what's wrong with the predators' tummies.
 * Edutainment Show: Mathematics and Science.
 * Elvis Impersonator: Billy has shades of this, even sporting Elvis' famous cowlick.
 * Expressive Ears: Every numtum, to a minimal degree.
 * Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Everybody except Little Sandy, Coogee, Melbourne, Larry, and Little Sunny.
 * Funny Animal: Every character.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Little Sandy.
 * Growling Gut: It usually happens to two characters:
 * Little Sandy when she learns something so new or has gut trouble.
 * Little Sunny when she has gut problems.
 * At one point in "Five's a Crowd", Flinders calls Mouse on the hotline that's placed inside of her, causing her tummy to rumble. It happens to her again when Hobart calls her on the same hotline, and a final time when she catches Little Sandy and Little Sunny's shared ailment.
 * Gladdy: That's the strangest noise I ever heard.
 * Mouse: Not really. The phone inside of me ringing is why you hear my tummy rumbling.
 * It happens to Mouse several times in "Shake N' Space", for being allergic to heights, causing her to vomit.
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Only 5 characters:
 * Little Sandy and Little Sunny both wear shorts and shoes but no shirt.
 * Coogee and Melbourne wear overalls and a diaper but no shirt or shoes.
 * Larry wears a shirt and pants but no shoes.
 * Hanahaki Disease: Semi-the case as Little Sunny coughs up rose petals whenever excited.
 * Happy Dance: Hobart does this occasionally.
 * Imagine Spot: Usually at least Once per Episode
 * Insufferable Genius: Little Sandy.
 * Keet: Champer.
 * Malaproper: Coogee is this, but only because he/she's younger than the other characters and therefore is still learning the right words.
 * The Mentor: Super Numtum/Stanley.
 * Nervous Wreck: Humpty-Do.
 * No Antagonist: Aside from the in-universe fictional Fluffy McTuffy, the show doesn't have a true villain.
 * Once an Episode: Little Sandy's "brain sparks" (basically her hypotheses [complete with an Imagine Spot]), and also her stomach rumbling.
 * Prone to Vomiting: Little Sandy and Little Sunny are this when they have gut troubles.
 * Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Frilly Lizzy is a frilled lizard on the side of the villain. Downplayed in that she's not necessarily hostile, has concern for her partner, and will root for Super Numtum if the situation calls for it.
 * Save the Villain: Super Numtum did this occasionally.
 * Show Within a Show: Super Numtum.
 * Sick Episode: Five's a Crowd.
 * Silent Snarker: Although she doesn't speak, Frilly Lizzy is often seen rolling her eyes at Fluffy's schemes and sporting a cynical expression.
 * Tagalong Kid: Both Champer and Coogee.
 * That Cloud Looks Like: Champer and Humpty-Do perform this at the beginning of "Now You're Chickening!
 * The Klutz: Humpty-Do.
 * The Smart Guy: Little Sandy.
 * Team Mom: Nimbin. Gladdy counts as well. Honourable mentions include Alice and McKay.
 * Theme Tune Roll Call
 * Those Two Guys: Billy and Larry.
 * Title Theme Tune: "It's a Number-tumber day!"
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Termite treats.
 * The Voiceless: Frilly Lizzy.
 * Vomit Discretion Shot: Obvious.