History Main / FingerlessGloves

** In the "Mad World" music video, Roland Orzabal sports a green pair while he's pacing and dancing by the dockside as seen through the window Curt Smith is leaning on.

** In the "Mad World" music video, Roland Orzabal sports a green pair when we see him pacing and dancing by the dockside.

* Parodied in Music/TheLonelyIsland's "Boombox". "Wooooow, everyone was wearing fingerless gloves/I saw a Spanish guy doing the Bartman."

* ''Inverted'' in Music/LadyGaga's video for "Telephone" -- she appears to be wearing the fingers of a glove, but not the glove itself.
* Inverted even earlier in Rachel Stevens's video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46DmaGCpW0 "So Good"]]. They covered her fingers and part of her palm but didn't reach the wrist. They apparently became a minor meme in the UK.

* {{Music/Madonna}} is frequently fond of these.

** Same thing with Lian Ross in her video for "Fantasy", except that she wears a light green glove for her other hand.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', Bugs is forced to replace his WhiteGloves with fingerless gloves, which change his personality to that of a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels gruff, ruffian biker]].

* In ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'', Three characters are seen sporting fingerless gloves. Petra, only having one on her right hand, Axel, and Jack in Season 2.

* ''LightNovel/OokamiSan'': Ryoshi's weapon of choice is a slingshot mounted on one of these.

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* Penny in ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has a pair of the knit variety, presumably to emphasize her link to the homeless population.

-->'''Orphan #1''': All I have are these fingerless gloves.\\
'''Orphan #2''': And all ''I'' have are these gloveless fingers.

* In the ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'' Moonshine Holler episodes, Banjo Bindlestuff searches for his beloved Hobo Princess. He carries with him a fingerless glove belonging to her, which he puts hands on the women he meets to try and confirm ''Cinderella''-style if they are indeed his Hobo Princess.

* VideoGame/CrashBandicoot always wears these, up until ''Crash of the Titans''.
* So do ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter''.

* Crispin Glover wears these throughout ''Drop Dead Sexy''. When Glover is invited by a coroner to poke at a corpse, Jason Lee says he ought to be wearing gloves. Glover responds that he ''is'' wearing gloves.

* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}''

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''

** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''

* ''Anime/YuGiOh''

* The whole cast of ''{{Anime/Bakugan}}''.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] occasionally wearing them after her MidSeasonUpgrade.

* ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW: Tangle the Lemur wear black fingerless gloves but when looked closely, she wears black sportstape around her hands barring her fingers.

* In the comics version of ''[[{{ComicBook/WITCH}} W.I.T.C.H.]]'', the girls gain stronger versions of their powers in the "New Power" arc, thus, new costumes. All but Cornelia gain fingerless gloves as part of their new costumes (Cornelia has what could be considered normal gloves).
* In his civilian identity, Rorschach from ''{{ComicBook/Watchmen}}'' wears the hobo variety of these. Green ones, specifically.

* ''{{Series/Life on Mars|2006}}''/''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': Gene Hunt and his fingerless leather driving gloves. He's just that badass.

* During the ''{{Podcasts/Shmanners}}'' episode about gloves, Travis starts getting excited about the possibility of gloves making a comeback in the future, [[ItMakesSenseInContext when we all have robot butlers]], but then realizes that he couldn't show off his colourful manicures. He first suggests fingerless gloves, then finger''tip''-less gloves, then, "Actually, couldn't you just have gloves with the nails on them?" Theresa gently lets him know that drag queens already kind of invented that.

* ''Franchise/MegaMan''

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.

* They appear a lot in ''[[{{VideoGame/STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.]]'', to the point of InformedEquipment. Sure, you might be wearing a full-body biohazard suit with a closed-circuit breathing system or a full set of PoweredArmor in Shadow of Chernobyl, but somehow you always still had fingerless gloves on. This was partially fixed in Clear Sky and completely fixed in Call of Pripyat (although in all three games starting and early-game gear still always features these).

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''

* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''

** ''{{VideoGame/Resident Evil 3|Nemesis}}'' -- Carlos Oliveira, Nicholai Ginovaef, Mikhail Victor, Nemesis;

* Blackwatch soldiers in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype}}'' wear them...[[FridgeLogic oddly enough, considering that they're a biohazard unit]].
* ScaryBlackMan James Heller wears these in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype 2}}''.

* Cole [=McGrath=] from ''{{VideoGame/inFamous}}''. His best friend, Zeke Dunbar, wears this in the sequel. Justified in that are or at least were bike couriers (yes, Zeke too). Ipso facto cycling gloves.

* Several outfits in both ''Videogame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' feature fingerless gloves. The most common outfit to feature it is the leather armor, which most players will usually find within the first 20 minutes of play.

* Dave's Bro, Cans, Nepeta, and Equius from ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' (all close-range/melee specialists, note) wear these.

* Scorpion from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'', [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]].

* Mortimer and Spinelthorn of ''Webcomic/SplittingImage'' wear fingerless gloves often, aiding with the gestures they do to cast magic in place of wands.

* Speedy gets to wear these in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans,'' entirely because they look cool. As the archery example in the RealLife folder notes, fingerless gloves are NOT the same as real archery gloves, since they wouldn't protect your fingertips from the bowstring. (However, archery gloves are still technically "fingerless" in that [[ExactWords they only cover three fingers.)]]

** Sora wears these. As none of the reasons given equate to [[{{Adorkable}} puppyishness]], this is largely an example of practicality - the body of the gloves serves for protection, while the lack of fingers gives him the dexterity he uses in his fights. They also function as a cooler alternative to Mickey's WhiteGloves, as his original outfit was a ShoutOut to Mickey's iconic outfit.

* Anton is wearing red knit fingerless gloves in ''Literature/NightWatch'', probably for action-related reasons. They probably aren't doing a lot to keep his hands warm, since he's in Moscow.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' has these as a standard part of the Ranger uniform. You also wear a grey pair while attending Ranger School in ''Shadows of Almia''.

*** Ash Ketchum. (Except in the ''Sun and Moon'' arc.)

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'': Player character Red is depicted with these in some official artworks.

* In ''VisualNovel/ScandalInTheSpotlight'', Kyohei Rikudoh's stage custome includes fingerless gloves with diamond-shaped cutouts over the knuckles, probably to contribute to a slightly more bad-boy image than that of his bandmates.

* ''[[http://www.refinery29.com/static/bin/entry/5e0/x/5748/texting-gloves-five-point.jpg Texting gloves]]''. They are gloves with removable index fingers and thumbs, so you can text on your phone without removing the entire thing.
** While there are texting gloves like that, the image linked is actually the variety with textured fingertips that will work with a touchscreen.

* "Rough-and-ready"ness — the character is willing to jump straight into the action;