why do the simpsons characters have four fingers?

Question

why do the simpsons characters have only four fingers?

Answer 1

Honestly, because it was cheaper for the animation team to just draw 3 fingers and a thumb. Helped meet the budget requirements.

Answer 2

All Simpsons Characters

Answer 3

Fae Goddess is right.
Cartoons have classically had only four fingers on each hand since having all five would cause the hand to appear too large or disproportionate.

Answer 4

Why does charlie brown have four fingers?

Why does mickey mouse have four fingers?

What I have read is that animators have a tradition of not using the 5th digit because "it doesn't do anything." If you had to slave long hours drawing every frame by hand, you would try to make your life easier too...

Answer 5

Its kinda hard for drawares to calculate the size of the 5 fingers

Answer 6

because they are cartoons are if you check it out most cartoons only have 4 fingers as its too hard to draw a hand w 5 fingers that doesnt look out of proportion, all disney characters only have 4 also

Answer 7

Beacuse Chief 4 Fingers would not pay the ransome !

Answer 8

Same reason people have four fingers. We were lucky and got a Thumb too.

Answer 9

in an old episode lisa is studying and there is reference in her book to what the human race will look like in years to come and it suggests that in the future all humans will have 5 fingers. other than that there is no other reference as to why they only have 4

Answer 10

It's because they hate us as 5 fingers..They're some sort of mocking us with the 4 fingers...like blacks and whites...