The Umbrella Academy Why Five Doesnt Have A Real Name

The Umbrella Academy: Why Five Doesn’t Have A Real Name

Every one of the Hargreeves siblings has a real name other than their number, expect for Aidan Gallagher’s Five. Here’s why he’s overlooked.

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The Umbrella Academy Why Five Doesnt Have A Real Name

In The Umbrella Academy, each one of the Hargreeves siblings has a name and a number — except for Five (Aidan Gallagher). In the comics, each of the Academy members has a nickname, with Five referred to as The Boy, but he has no real first name, which is mirrored in his screen adaptation. Unlike his siblings, on Netflix’s show, he’s only ever referred to by his number. His lack of a real name is indicative of his personality and his profession as an assassin.

When Reginald Hargreeves adopted each member of the Umbrella Academy, he worked with each of them to finesse their powers. Five became too eager to flex his time-jumping skills before he truly understood how to control them. Due to his impatience, he jumped into an apocalyptic future and was accidentally stuck there for decades. As he was essentially alone for years, the only name he ever knew stuck with him.

The Umbrella Academy’s comics provide an explanation for Five’s lack of real name — the kids’ “mom” Grace gave each them names during Five’s absence. As part of significant changes to the Umbrella Academy source material, Netflix’s adaptation never provides such an explanation, even though it shows the affectionate relationship between the android and her “children” but it’s perfectly fitting that he was never given a moniker other than his number. Here’s why Five was never given a real name.

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While none of the Hargreeves siblings had an easy life, Five had the most unusual of all of them. When he jumped into the apocalyptic future in The Umbrella Academy season 1, he’s picked up by The Commission. The organization turns him into a methodical and heartless assassin. After the Umbrella Academy disbanded, the remaining Hargreeves siblings went on to pursue their own lives. They were able to gain the humanity that was never taught to them by Reginald. Five never got that, since he had to fight every day just to stay alive. In his time away from his family, the only time he ever felt any kind of love or compassion was toward a mannequin.

Thanks to The Commission, Five was more machine than person. The Umbrella Academy comics may provide a logical explanation for why Five doesn’t have a real name, but the Netflix show’s depiction of his past and personality is explanation enough. For decades, Five put his career as an assassin above everything else. His lack of a real name just highlights his lack of humanity. In an interview with Collider, Gallagher even says that his understanding is that Five rejected the idea of a new name. Things such as names are trivial to Five. His reunion with his siblings does give Five a little humanity, but he’s meant to be the objective third-party who grounds his emotional family. So, it’s perfect that Five was never given a real name in The Umbrella Academy.

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