Why do Mickey Mouse & co all wear gloves and only have 3 fingers and a thumb?

Question

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You'll see what i mean. I know that they are for us 2 buy and wear but would we have to double-up fingers in one finger of the glove?

Answer 1

It is easier for cartoonists to draw a properly proportioned hand with only three fingers. A hand is difficult to draw in perspective.

Answer 2

"Leaving the finger off was a great asset artistically and financially. Artistically, five digits are too many for a mouse. His hands would look like a bunch of bananas. Financially, not having an extra finger in each of 45,000 drawings that make up a six-and-one-half-minute short has saved the studio millions. During WWII, Mickey even lost his tail as the result of an executive decision to save even more time and money. " - Walt, in one of his books.


But my view is that maybe he just looked stupid with the actual number.

Answer 3

Mickey Mouse started wearing gloves because Disney thought that the white would stand out better than if his hands were just black. Michael Jackson does not want to look like Mickey, he wore one glove because he got burnt during the Pepsi commercial and what's wrong with his pants?! The reason he has light skin is because he has Vitiligo which attacks and depletes the pigment in the skin!! ♥♥We Love You Michael!!!!♥♥

Answer 4

Because it made them easier to draw. Its generally harder to pose and get good silhouetted shapes out of four finger hands, particularly with the chunky way Disney tended to design things.
The gloves provided a simple way out, and after a while it was just deemed acceptable for all of these characters to wear white gloves.

Max actually questions this in the sequel to the Goofy Movie. Cant remember what its called.

Answer 5

*** It is easier to animate with three fingers.***


First gloved appearance

"Ever wonder why we always wear these white gloves?" - Various characters (with minor variations)
Mickey in gloves.
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Mickey in gloves.

The Opry House, first released on March 28, 1929, was the second short released during the year. It cast Mickey as the owner of a small theater (or opera house according to the title). Mickey performs a vaudeville show all by himself. Acts include his impersonation of a snake charmer, his dressing in drag and performing a belly dance, his caricature of a Hasidic Jew and, for the finale, a piano performance. Minnie did not appear in person in this short. Instead, a poster of her can be seen which introduces her as a member of the Yankee Doodle Girls, apparently a group of female performers. The only other recurring character to appear in the short is known as Kat Nipp (apparently a play on the word catnip). This would be his debut; he would appear in two more shorts during the year as a minor antagonist. This short featured no dialogue and consequently its humor relies in a long series of visual gags. The musical pieces accompanying them notably included "Yankee Doodle" and Georges Bizet's Carmen. More notably this short introduced Mickey's gloves. Mickey can be seen wearing them in most of his subsequent appearances. Supposedly one reason for adding the white gloves was to allow audiences to distinguish the characters' hands when they appeared against their bodies, as both were black (Mickey did not appear in color until The Band Concert in 1935).

Answer 6

Mickey Mouse and all of his friends suffered awful accidents of different sorts. Minnie lost her fingers in a boating accident, but Mickey lost his after meeting the main character in Saw. Luckily, they are still happy cartoon characters.

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Answer 8

Walt Disney realised that a cartoon hand with four fingers and a thumb was more difficult to animate and looked like a bunch of bananas.
Betcha sorry you asked to get such a dull answer...

Answer 9

Yes- also all the Simpsons characters only have 3 fingers and a thumb for some reason.....

Answer 10

I saw those gloves at Disney World, you put two fingers in the middle finger slot.