Why cartoon characters have only four fingers?four finge

Culture&Arts Nilgun Salim
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If you take a closer look at the most popular cartoon characters you will discover all sorts of weird details you failed to notice in all these years, such as the fact they only have four fingers.

The fact that cartoon characters only have only four fingers is definitely the most awkward aspect

Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, SpongeBob, Looney Tunes, Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, and many other animations characters have only four fingers.

This aspect does not become obvious immediately, but once you focus on it, you will notice it almost everywhere.

Apparently, this weird decision is influenced by several factors

The first one is the time related to the process of drawing and animating characters, which is obviously shorter when you only create four fingers instead of five.

The lack of one finger could significantly reduce the time dedicated to making an animation.

But this is not the only reason.

Most cartoon characters have a rounded design, built primarily from circles (Mickey Mouse).

This strategy doesn’t leave enough room for the creation of a five-finger hand.

If the creators insisted on the integration of five fingers the resulting hand would not have been very aesthetic.

Also, most animated characters are animals that do not necessarily need five fingers.

Another reason would be the four-finger hand is a good balance between an extraterrestrial character (which has three fingers) and a strange and five-fingered android that wants to mimic the look of a human, writes avclub.com.