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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok
Hands are notoriously difficult to draw. Look at children's drawings with their bird wing like arms. It's much easier to draw a hand with three fingers and a thumb because it then doesn't have to look like a hand. It resembles a hand, but it doesn't have to be perfect. Same reason why cartoon characters eyes and mouths aren't really accurate, it removes them from reality but also allows them to represent the things they are supposed to. Also makes for easier replication.
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also, the less like a real human and the more like a blank slate that a cartoon character looks like, the greater the number of people who will be able to identify with that character