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The source... The source! Go back! to the source!...

—6, 9 (2009 Film)
6
6
To Lead Us...
Gender
Male
Height
17.73cm
Species
Awakening
August 28th
Status
Deceased
Appearance(s)
Voice Actor
[ENG] Crispin Glover
[DE] Alexander Brem
[FR] Fabien Jacquelin
[JP] 平松孝明 (Takaaki Hiramatsu)
[RUS] Александр Пушной (Alexander Pushnoy)

6 is the sixth stitchpunk made by the The Scientist.

Personality

6 is an artist and oracle. He is the most visionary stitchpunk of the group, who seldom speaks, and prefers to express his thoughts with creative design and drawings. He is able to accomplish this with the pen nibs that serve as his fingers. Based on his eccentric artwork and overall detached air, it is evident that he sees the world a bit differently from the other stitchpunks. He has particular visions of the past and future that significantly regard any of the stitchpunks and/or the Machines, so he most likely drawing what he sees in his dreams—most of which are about the talisman and the three prime alchemical symbols on it. His drawings did in fact happen to have solved most of 9's questions about the whole plot. Though, alas, the other characters had difficulty understanding their meanings (Or simply discarded them as products of an ill mind).

6 certainly can be seen as living in his own world, or fathom of it, in the film. Shaking his head as if to clear it or to wake from a dream, like when 5 calls him into reality during the battle with the Winged Beast, 6 displays he can and does get lost in thought—even in life-threatening situations; but when he isn't, he looks more struck with fear than any other stitchpunk, probably being constantly more aware of what they're hiding from.

Physical Appearance

6 appears as a gray-and-white striped stitchpunk. The fastening on his neck, wrists, and ankles appears to be copper wire wrapped three and one. Once around his neck and three times around his ankles and wrists. He has a tuft of gray-ish white yarn on his head, though as time and artwork passed, it became rather stained with black ink. The fandom enjoys running with the observation that he runs his still ink-covered fingers through it when distressed or having a waking Vision. One of his eyes is larger than the other, perhaps emphasizing his mental state. 6 wears a large old-fashioned key on a key ring around his neck, which he can be seen clutching at when he is scared or upset. The deleted scene "The Scientist's Legacy" confirms that the key that 6 wears is the key to the scientist's music/jewelry box for 9. Blots and smears of ink can be seen on his body and on his pen-nib hands.

In his original design, he is shown having much longer hair, the key much broader and bigger than him, and his face almost emaciated.

Biography

"9" Scientist's Facebook

6 blueprint

6's blueprint.

When 6 awakened in the Scientist's workshop on August 28, the Scientist noted him as being peculiar and having different perspectives to the world outside, based on his drawings that the Scientist saw. 6 took more out of the scientist's soul than the others did.[1]

6 is first seen in the Sanctuary, lurking in the shadows, and drawing pictures while humming a hymn.

When 9 comes back with 5, he tries to warn him to "Go back to the source" and shows his drawings. 9 is interested, but 1 interrupts them before 6 could reveal anything else. While being in a numb state of mind for most of the battle, he manages to regain consciousness during the climax and helps 5 activate the plane's propeller to kill the Winged Beast.

During the stitchpunks' journey to the Library, 6 is almost left behind as he's trying to catch some ashes falling from the burning Sanctuary, but he gives up when they fall through his hands and tries to catch up with the others. At the Library, he settles on the ground ready to draw another picture of the Source, but is exasperated when 8 steps purposefully on his paper. Later, he matches his new drawing with a picture in one of 3 and 4's books; he tries again to tell 9 about the talisman but is, once again, cut off by 1.

After the Fabrication Machine is presumably destroyed, he plays with 5, laughing and sitting on his shoulders and testing his own echo in the phonograph, much to the amusement of the others. When The Machine reveals itself, it chases after 5 and captures him proceeding to absorb his soul. He becomes stunned at the sight, but sees 5's soul inside the Machine before dissipating. 1 orders the group to run to the bridge. During the chase, the bridge gives way, nearly taking the Machine with it. Seeing an opportunity, all the stitchpunks with the exception of 6 and 1 try to destroy the Machine while they had a chance. 6 stops running and grabs 9 by the shoulders, desperately exclaiming that the souls are trapped inside the Fabrication Machine, and that it mustn't be destroyed. He goes so far as to attempt to stop 7 from prying The Machine off the bridge. As the Machine finally loses its grip, one of its great arms bursts through the wood beams below 6, pulling him with it as it falls back against the opposite side of the chasm below. 6 calls to 9, "Go back to the first room. He'll show you. The Source!" for the last time before having his soul taken. His lifeless form is dropped heedlessly from the giant claw and plummets into the dismal pit below.

At the end, his soul appears out of the talisman, along with the souls of 2, 5, 6 and 8. White 8 Say goodbye and smile to others, then ascends into the sky along with the souls of the other fallen. The souls separate themselves into rain filled with micro-organisms, thus bringing life back into the world.

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Trivia

  • In the Russian adaptation, 6 represents a engineer.
  • 6's key was originally going to open a box for 9, 7 ,3 and 4, with the words our future carved into metal, and a mirror, but this was changed to the hologram message for 9 instead.
  • In his concept art 6 has a ink bottle attached to a rope around his neck.
  • In a deleted scene where they go into a abandoned tunnel after a deleted moment, 6's key was taken away and 8 held on to it before throwing it to the ground. 6 soon grabs it and predicts about the seamstress by saying 2 is coming. This might have been the original idea for 6 to predict the future.
  • When the other stitchpunks reach the Library inside, 6 can be seen drawing on a sheet of paper as 1 orders 8 to do guard patrol outside. 6 may percase have pulled it out of a book lying about on the floor that has loose empty pages, and there may have been some contained sources of ink left inside the Library which 6 could have found.
  • In the 2009 film, 6 is the 4th one to die.
  • 6 is the shortest of the group
  • In the movie where 9 and 5 leaves to go to the watch tower, 6 is heard humming "Dies Irae", a Latin hymn used for the dead.



2009 film characters
Stitchpunks123 & 456789
Machines The Cat BeastThe Fabrication Machine The SeamstressThe Winged Beast
HumansChancellor FerdinandThe Scientist
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