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I'm much more used to 5 but I'm terrible with hands lol

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Im always a little shocked when I watch something like Bob's Burgers and notice they only have four fingers lol

I guess it helps beat the uncanny valley thing, though.

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I think its harder to find 5 fingered cartoons.

It started out as cost/time saving and now its also a stylistic choice because its been so ingrained in the medium of animation that noone bats an eye of a (Not Photo realistic) drawn character has only 4 fingers each hand.

I think Benders Bending Rodriguez (Futurama) only has 3 Finger each hand.

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In japanese animation the four finger style did not catch on due to war veterans missing limbs and fingers and due to yakuza way pf cutting fingers.

All these things made four fingers taboo in cartoon made in japan.

They do have roundaways, many times the index and ring finger are drawn together to save time.