Divisive Mum

Divisive Mum is the second episode of the second season of Number Squad, and the 32nd episode overall. In this episode, X’s mum comes along to bring her daughter home, leading to X wanting to prove that she can take care of herself.

This episode holds many references to “Adoradad” from Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart.

Opening
The episode begins with a TITLE CARD! Two and Four(A Main Character) are helping X(Cohost (X)) test out her eye laser ability. X succeeds, as Four becomes impressed, and tells X “We’re happy to have you on the team”. Then, a voice calls out, and the door knocks. X rushes off into the bathroom as Two opens the door. Division asks if this is the “Numbers department”, and Two leans against the doorpost. Four and Two let Division in when she tells them that her daughter has gone missing.

Getting Discovered
Division goes on and tells Two and Four that “I thought she was at her banjo lesson”, to which Four replies with “For eight months?” X silently tells Two and Four that she’s gonna run away, much to their shock. Division overhears X’s scream, and notices her attempt to escape. X sheepishly laughs, and says “Hi, mum”, much to Division’s surprise, Four’s shock and Two’s confusion. Division then asks X what she’s doing with a bunch of strangers. Four thought that X was a ward of the state, and Two thought she was his conscious. Division then takes X home after Four and Two fail at conviction. Two then says “Who was that girl?”

Arriving Home
Division and X arrive home, as Division promises X that she can be a lot of fun. X is happy at first, but then after Division says “Obviously, you can’t have too much fun all the time”, X grows sad. She attempts another escape plan, but Division catches her in the act. Division tells X that she can’t keep running away, to which X replies with “I’m 19 years old, I can take care of myself!” Division pledges to keep X safe, by leaving the door open slightly, much to X’s sadness. Back at home, Four and Two are wallowing over the loss of X. They both decide to take X back home after she attempts to escape again. Division tells X that she could’ve gotten hurt, but then X shows Division a photo of her, X and Male Plus. X then runs into her room, as Division tells herself to “Keep it together, Div!”

Division Leaves Home
Division arrives back at X’s room, going to apologise to her daughter. But, she discovers the room is empty and the window is open. Division assumes that her daughter had run off again, so she goes off to find her. X then arrives to tell her mum that someone ate all of the Apple cobbler, but notices that her mum has gone missing. She comes to a conclusion that her mum has headed off to a cave. Division arrives at the cave, where she comes across a monster. As soon as the monster is about to attack Division, X swoops in and saves her mother. She then sees the monster and remembers that her dad got slain by it. She then attacks it, as she unleashes her eye lasers. Four is alerted by the explosion from the cave, so she and Two arrive to help X take down the beast. Division and X reconcile, as Division tells X to go to Four. Four starts crying in happiness, as she is glad that X has returned. Division is proud that X has proven that she can take care of herself, and still admits that “She scares me!” Then, the episode ends!

Trivia

 * This is the first episode where all of the speaking main characters cried.
 * Division cried five times, X only cried twice, Two cried twice and Four cried nine times.
 * This episode marks the debut of Division, X’s mother
 * This episode has nine cheesecakes present. Six in An Important Location, one on the Highspeed Express Train, one outside of X’s house and one more in the BRB.
 * This is the first episode where the main character’s parents were introduced, this being Division and Male Plus(flashback only). We don’t know much about Two’s parents yet.
 * Male Plus is revealed to have been slain by a cave monster because X found his map
 * X’s age is revealed again in this episode, as she was 19 years old when the episode was released
 * Numeró is Spanish for “number”. Four referred to herself as this
 * This is the first episode where cheesecake is present. The cake is shown on paper plates only
 * This is the first episode where Four was crying the most, at nine times in this episode. In fact, it is the only episode where she cried more than five times. BFB 17 In a Nutshell comes in second with five instances, Frenemies comes in third with four instances, and Back to the Past comes in fourth with three instances
 * The only main characters of the Number Squad that have made an appearance in this episode are Four, X, Two and Division. The cave monster is a minor character