Read the top iconic lines by Number Five from the Netflix’s TV series The Umbrella Academy.

Number Five is one of the siblings adopted by Reginald Hargreeves. He didn’t give his children names, but called them by numbers instead, Five is being called Number Five or Five Hargreeves. Five kept his number as a name while his siblings got named by Grace and use those.

Five Hargreeves is played by the actor Aidan Gallagher.

Quotes are sorted in chronological order as they come up in the series.

1. “I’ve done unimaginable things to save you all.”

“I don’t think that I’m better than you, Number One. I know I am. I’ve done unimaginable things, things you couldn’t even comprehend. Just to get back here and save you all.”

(to Luther – Ep. 1×03)
One of the best quotes by Number Five from The Umbrella Academy | "I don't think that I'm better than you, Number One. I know I am. I've done unimaginable things, things you couldn't even comprehend. Just to get back here and save you all." (Five to Luther - Ep. 1x03)
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2. “I’m the Four frickin’ Horsemen.”

“Protect me? I don’t need your protection, Diego. Do you have any idea how many people I’ve killed? No. I’m the Four frickin’ Horsemen. The apocalypse is coming.”

(to Diego – Ep. 1×04)
One of the best quotes by Number Five from The Umbrella Academy | "Protect me? I don't need your protection, Diego. Do you have any idea how many people I've killed? No. I'm the Four frickin' Horsemen. The apocalypse is coming." (Five - Ep. 1x04)
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3. “There’s no such thing as good guys or bad guys.”

“Jesus, Luther, grow up. We’re not kids anymore. There’s no such thing as good guys or bad guys. There’s just people, goin’ about their lives. But when the world ends, all those people die, including our family. Time changes everything.”

(to Luther – Ep. 1×05)

4. “Dad messed us up? Are we gonna let that define us?”

“Who cares if Dad messed us up? Are we gonna let that define us?”

(Ep. 1×06)

5. “We didn’t choose this life, we’re just living it.”

“You know what else is insane? I look like a 13-year-old boy. Klaus talks to the dead, and Luther thinks he’s fooling everybody with that overcoat. Everything about us is insane. It always has been. We didn’t choose this life, we’re just living it.”

(to Allison – Ep. 1×06)

6. “Wonder if it’s too late to be un-adopted.”

“Wonder if it’s too late to be un-adopted.”

(Ep. 2×04)

7. “We’re done messing with time. And I’m officially retired.”

“News flash, geniuses! It’s not about us! Take a look around. If you hadn’t noticed, there’s no doomsday. There’s no apocalypse. The sun is shining. Birds are doing whatever the hell birds do. That’s all that matters. We’re done messing with time. And I’m officially retired.”

(Ep. 3×02)

8. “Institute for Snarky Delinquents. And not a good one.”

“Can you really call what we had a family? Institute for Snarky Delinquents. And not a good one at that.”

(Ep. 3×02)

9. “The price of being powerful. Sometimes we step on ants.”

“People like us, we will never save enough lives to make up for the ones that we take. This is the price of being powerful. Sometimes we step on ants.”

(Ep. 3×07)
One of the best quotes by Number Five from The Umbrella Academy | "People like us, we will never save enough lives to make up for the ones that we take. This is the price of being powerful. Sometimes we step on ants." (Five - Ep. 3x07)
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10. “Superhero who doesn’t listen to anybody? A villain.”

“You know what they call a superhero who works alone and doesn’t listen to anybody? A villain.”

(to Viktor – Ep. 3×07)

What is your favorite quote from the series? Let us know in the comments, especially if you don’t see it on this list.

In total we’ve collected more than 100 quotes from the series so far. This is our pick of what we consider the 10 best quotes ever said by Five. It’s a mix of our opinions, quotes that are often heard repeated, most visited ones, and the ones that go viral on social media. We tried to pick the ones that best capture the overall personality and life story of Five Hargreeves.

If you feel like you have one, or more quotes that deserves to be in top 10, let us know in the comments, the list can change based on your suggestions.

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