Card Trivia:Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings


 * This card's Number comes from its owner, IV, whose name is the Roman Numeral for 4.
 * This card also shows a style of sorts for IV's currently know Numbers. Gimmick Puppet - Giant Killer and Heaven's Strings numbering puns are based entirely off of IV's own name, being "15" and "40." This could be a representation of how IV tries to finish goals his own way and how he disagrees and argues with the other members of the Tron Family.
 * This is the first "Number" shown in anime that is a multiple of 10 but not owned by Kaito Tenjo.
 * This is the first number from the 40's group.
 * This is the 2nd "Gimmick Puppet" "Number". The 1st is "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet - Giant Killer".
 * Heaven strings is likely the offensive counterpart to Giant Killer. It's ATK and DEF is the inverse of Giant Killer's plus 500.
 * Also it can destroy monsters after battle then inflict damage during the opponents turn, while Giant Killer can activates its effect to inflect damage before battle during the owners turn.
 * Heaven's Strings monster destroying effect is similar to Giant Killer, but it destroys all monsters instead of just Xyz monsters.
 * This card is the fourth "Number" monster that also belongs to an existing archetype, in this case the "Gimmick Puppet" archetype.
 * The first is "Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja", who belongs to the "Armor Ninja" archetype, the second is "Number 15: Gimmick Puppet - Giant Killer", who also belongs to the "Gimmick Puppet" archetype, and the third is "Number 33: OOPArts Super Weapon - Machu Mach", who belongs to the "OOPArts" archetype.
 * With this monster, the "Gimmick Puppet" becomes the archetype with more members that also belongs to the Numbers
 * This card's second Anime effect is similar to "Winged Kuriboh LV10".
 * This monster is tied with "Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction" as the highest ATK "Number".
 * As with most other Xyz monsters with them, when this monster absorbs an Overlay Unit, it absorbs it through its sword.
 * This is the first "Number" monster where the Number printed during its Summoning in the anime and the Number on its body are not the same color. When it is printed during its Summon, the Number is a plum color, but on the monster itself, the Number is red.