Once you notice how many cartoon characters have four fingers, it‘s hard to ignore. The artistic choice originated with ...

One strange quirk about animation is that cartoon characters more often than not only have four fingers. Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, SpongeBob SquarePants, Looney Tunes, the Flintstones, Tom and ...

This is the real reason why cartoon characters are only ever drawn with three ... Aladdin’s Genie and the Seven Dwarfs from Snow White are among the characters that don’t have a fourth finger.

That’s right... they all have three fingers, ... “Swampy” Marsh offered some insight into this peculiar trait back in 2017, while discussing how they bring their cartoon characters to life.

Since the times of Mickey Mouse and his dang steamboat, cartoon characters have nearly always had four fingers. Stripping humanoid cartoons of their fifth digit basically comes down to three ...

When cartoons were hand-drawn, this was a huge benefit, and so newer cartoon characters began wearing gloves too. Time-saving is also one reason why cartoon characters tend to have fewer fingers.

Secondly, in the weirdest way possible, it makes an unsavory link between cartoons and the Yakuza. The removal of some or all ...