Number Five
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The Umbrella Academy Character Guide
Number Five is one of the forty-three children who were all born on the same day in 1989 to a mother without any previous signs of pregnancy. The baby was one of seven adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the intention of training them to save the world.
Number Five has the ability to time travel, and ended up trapped in the future as a boy, where he discovered that the world was in ruins. He eventually returned to The Umbrella Academy years later with a message that the world was due to end in eight days.
At age 13, Number Five became trapped in the apocalyptic future for more than 60 years. When he found a way back, his body regressed to that of his 13-year-old self, while his mind stayed the same. As a result, he has the personality of a 60-year-old and is frustrated at being trapped in the body of a child. He is shown to have a genius intellect, often dismissing others, including his family, as stupid or inferior, and expressing disinterest in their personal affairs. He is also shown to be sarcastic, pragmatic, and incredibly prideful. He also exhibits impulsive behavior due to his prideful nature, which is seen when he brazenly uses his time-traveling powers as a boy despite Reginald Hargreeves' warnings that he was not fully prepared to wield them.
Number Five is also shown to be a ruthless and incredibly efficient fighter. While he does not enjoy killing, he seems to have no qualms about the people he has killed and is more than willing to eliminate anyone, even innocent people, whose deaths may stop the apocalypse from happening. He gained fame in his times as an agent of the Temps Commission for his success on missions, which he did as part of his contract in order to get back home to the present. Overall, Number Five has shown to be perfectly willing to eliminate anyone who stands in the way of his goals.
Despite his antisocial behavior, he does have compassion and cares deeply for his family. He works tirelessly both in the past and future to prevent the apocalypse and is seemingly the most devoted member of the family in stopping it. He even refuses to involve his family most of the time out of fear they would die.
Following his attempts to avert the apocalypse, Five finds himself transported to Dallas, 1963, in the midst of another nuclear apocalypse. He witnesses his siblings, The Umbrella Academy, fight the Russians prior to a nuclear explosion that ends the world. Moments before the world ends, however, Hazel arrives and tells him to come with him if he wants to live; Five obliges and Hazel takes him back in time to before the apocalypse and explains that he caused the apocalypse by bringing his siblings back in the timeline. Hazel tells him to save the world one more time but is unable to explain more before he is assassinated by the Swedes.
Five tries to get his siblings on board with his attempt to save the world for the second time, but is instantly rebuked by both Luther - who has built a life for himself - and Diego, who is attempting to prevent the assassination of President JFK. Five is later able to convince Diego to help him save the world, and the two try and talk with the 1963 version of their father about his involvement in the assassination of JFK. Five is able to convince Vanya to his side shortly after after he offers insight into her past, which she is happy to receive due to her amnesia.
After Five is able to get all of his family back together, and on his side, he realizes that his only option is to work with the Handler in exchange for a briefcase from the Temps Commission that will allow him to travel back with The Umbrella Academy back to their rightful place within the timeline. Five makes a shocking discovery along the way that Lila Pitts is actually the Handler's adoptive daughter. The Handler offers Five a proposition: she will give him a briefcase if he agrees to eliminate the members of the Commission board; he agrees.
Five's attempts to get his family back to their timeline fail, and he is forced to abandon the briefcase before it is activated. Five explains to Luther that the only option is to go face a previous version of himself in the same timeline and plead with him to hand over the briefcase. Older, previous Five is initially reluctant to give Five the briefcase, but Five is able to convince him in exchange for the correct math that would return him to 2019 in his original body; Five is annoyed to find that the briefcase is destroyed in the process, however.
After the members of The Umbrella Academy are able to save Vanya from destroying the world for a second time, Five and the other members of the Academy face off against the Handler and the Commission. They are successful in succeeding against the agents sent after them, but all of the members of the Academy - except for Five - are shot to death by the Handler. Scared, Five remembers advice given to him from Reginald about traveling back in time minutes, rather than decades. He is able to travel back in time and prevent the Handler from killing his siblings, and makes a deal with Herb to allow him to take a briefcase and return his family to their rightful place within the timeline.
Number Five has the ability to time travel, and ended up trapped in the future as a boy, where he discovered that the world was in ruins. He eventually returned to The Umbrella Academy years later with a message that the world was due to end in eight days.
At age 13, Number Five became trapped in the apocalyptic future for more than 60 years. When he found a way back, his body regressed to that of his 13-year-old self, while his mind stayed the same. As a result, he has the personality of a 60-year-old and is frustrated at being trapped in the body of a child. He is shown to have a genius intellect, often dismissing others, including his family, as stupid or inferior, and expressing disinterest in their personal affairs. He is also shown to be sarcastic, pragmatic, and incredibly prideful. He also exhibits impulsive behavior due to his prideful nature, which is seen when he brazenly uses his time-traveling powers as a boy despite Reginald Hargreeves' warnings that he was not fully prepared to wield them.
Number Five is also shown to be a ruthless and incredibly efficient fighter. While he does not enjoy killing, he seems to have no qualms about the people he has killed and is more than willing to eliminate anyone, even innocent people, whose deaths may stop the apocalypse from happening. He gained fame in his times as an agent of the Temps Commission for his success on missions, which he did as part of his contract in order to get back home to the present. Overall, Number Five has shown to be perfectly willing to eliminate anyone who stands in the way of his goals.
Despite his antisocial behavior, he does have compassion and cares deeply for his family. He works tirelessly both in the past and future to prevent the apocalypse and is seemingly the most devoted member of the family in stopping it. He even refuses to involve his family most of the time out of fear they would die.
Following his attempts to avert the apocalypse, Five finds himself transported to Dallas, 1963, in the midst of another nuclear apocalypse. He witnesses his siblings, The Umbrella Academy, fight the Russians prior to a nuclear explosion that ends the world. Moments before the world ends, however, Hazel arrives and tells him to come with him if he wants to live; Five obliges and Hazel takes him back in time to before the apocalypse and explains that he caused the apocalypse by bringing his siblings back in the timeline. Hazel tells him to save the world one more time but is unable to explain more before he is assassinated by the Swedes.
Five tries to get his siblings on board with his attempt to save the world for the second time, but is instantly rebuked by both Luther - who has built a life for himself - and Diego, who is attempting to prevent the assassination of President JFK. Five is later able to convince Diego to help him save the world, and the two try and talk with the 1963 version of their father about his involvement in the assassination of JFK. Five is able to convince Vanya to his side shortly after after he offers insight into her past, which she is happy to receive due to her amnesia.
After Five is able to get all of his family back together, and on his side, he realizes that his only option is to work with the Handler in exchange for a briefcase from the Temps Commission that will allow him to travel back with The Umbrella Academy back to their rightful place within the timeline. Five makes a shocking discovery along the way that Lila Pitts is actually the Handler's adoptive daughter. The Handler offers Five a proposition: she will give him a briefcase if he agrees to eliminate the members of the Commission board; he agrees.
Five's attempts to get his family back to their timeline fail, and he is forced to abandon the briefcase before it is activated. Five explains to Luther that the only option is to go face a previous version of himself in the same timeline and plead with him to hand over the briefcase. Older, previous Five is initially reluctant to give Five the briefcase, but Five is able to convince him in exchange for the correct math that would return him to 2019 in his original body; Five is annoyed to find that the briefcase is destroyed in the process, however.
After the members of The Umbrella Academy are able to save Vanya from destroying the world for a second time, Five and the other members of the Academy face off against the Handler and the Commission. They are successful in succeeding against the agents sent after them, but all of the members of the Academy - except for Five - are shot to death by the Handler. Scared, Five remembers advice given to him from Reginald about traveling back in time minutes, rather than decades. He is able to travel back in time and prevent the Handler from killing his siblings, and makes a deal with Herb to allow him to take a briefcase and return his family to their rightful place within the timeline.