Mickey Mouse and Snow White's seven dwarves are just a few of the many Walt Disney characters who have only four fingers - find out why! In early cartoons, Mickey was often depicted with only three fingers on each hand. This was likely due to animators wanting to save time and money by not having to draw an extra finger. The original Mickey Mouse was designed to be an 'everyman' character - a character that everyone could relate to and identify with.
To achieve this, Disney opted to simplify the design of Mickey's hands, giving him only four fingers on each hand instead of the usual five. Why do Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy have only three fingers instead of four? I know Donald Duck has a wing, so that can be drawn with as many fingers as the artist wants. Look closely at the hands of Genie in Aladdin, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, Homer Simpson Now do you see it? That's right they all have three fingers, instead of four.
The Simpsons characters? Four fingers (one notable exception was when animators gave God five fingers per hand). And Mickey Mouse? Also, four fingers. So why four-fingered hands in animation? The missing digit dates back to early animation, before Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI).
Drawing a four. Jan 10 2002, 8:58 AM zbeckabee Moderator 19 year member 11752 replies Answer has 7 votes. Question #13864 Moe asks: How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have on each hand? Jenn answers: Mickey Mouse has three fingers and one thumb i.e.
four fingers on each hand. Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, SpongeBob SquarePants, Looney Tunes, the Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, the Genie in Aladdin, and so many other animated characters all have just three fingers and a thumb. Each of Mickey's hands has only three fingers and a thumb.
Disney said that this was both an artistic and financial decision, explaining, "Artistically five digits are too many for a mouse. Does Mickey have four fingers? There's also an important design reason for the look. Unlike those of human characters, the hands and bodies of cartoon animals like Mickey Mouse are composed largely of circles.
According to Walt Disney, "Using five fingers would have made Mickey's hands look like a bunch of bananas.".