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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'''s ears have been bitten off by rats, which is the cause of his infamous [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of rats]], but he's still able to hear. Likely justified by his being a robot.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'''s ears have been bitten off by rats, which is the cause of his infamous [[WhyDoesItHaveToBeSnakes fear of rats]], but he's still able to hear. Likely justified by his being a robot.

* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls don't appear to have fingers, but this doesn't stop them from being able to pick up the phone. As with ''Homestar Runner'', this has been lampshaded several times. Once when Buttercup [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with the professor]] she found it weird that she had to use fingers and that things didn't just magically stick to her hand. The titular girls also lack noses and ears for some reason, and yet are still able to smell and hear things. As with their hands, every other character in the show has a nose and ears. They also don't have feet in the same sense that other characters do- instead they have vaguely defined areas on the rounded ends of their legs that serve as feet and they somehow wear shoes on. They look rather bizarre [[FridgeLogic when you think about it,]] which raises the question of why anyone in the PPG universe finds them cute. The movie actually has a character point out how freakish the girls looked while the entire town tells them what awful jobs they're doing.
* Most of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' are sentient vegetables with no limbs, yet they frequently brandish devices or perform tasks that would require some form of manual dexterity to operate -- some examples are driving, wearing, eating, and wear boxing gloves. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d for further comedic effect where Larry the cucumber says he can't play a guitar because he has no hands. He ends up playing the theme with a sousaphone.

** In ''Josh And The Big Wall'', there is thunderous applause for Jerry's {{BFG}}, which leads to Tom Grape looking around and then asking Pa Grape "How are we clapping?"
*** Even better, Pa's reply is, "I have ''no idea''."

** They started out avoiding any manipulation, then slowly warmed up to it. Early instances of the trope conveniently hide the fact that they are levitating the object.

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'': Baldi's poster in the Principal's office states that he has incredible hearing skills, hence, being able to hear the player when they open doors, go to detention, etc. He doesn't have visible ears, though.

* All the characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' are... well, cars. With no hands. So how do they grip things like power tools or flags? There are foot (wheel?) pedals that they use to activate some things, and some of the cars have special attachments for holding things, but the question remains: ''how was all this stuff built?'' Apparently, the storyboarders twisted themselves into knots trying to figure this out. Suggestions included the trunk, antenna-holders, and helper monkeys. For the sake of their sanity, they decided to ignore it.
* Many Monsters in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' A lot of the stock monsters are shown without hands, feet, or are just toothy heads walking around on little nub limbs. So how do these monsters operate the machinery, let alone drive cars?

* The shapes in ''Literature/{{Flatland}}''.

* Fuzzy, so much so that the creators made [[http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/09/fuzzy-fuzman-and-acman-pictogramcomic.html humanoid version of him to play sports.]] But then [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it by letting him play [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pX9wHNu5OUc/TJGsm5daF0I/AAAAAAAAARU/bgIcmYTq81A/s1600/fuzzyhoops.jpg basketball.]]

** The Wiki/HomestarRunnerWiki has [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Lack_of_Visible_Arms two]] [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Lack_of_Visible_Body_Parts articles]] on this subject.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith BarbieDollAnatomy.

* Got lampshaded at one point in a ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode, where Meowth is worried about his nose being damaged, and then remembers that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the animators didn't give him a nose]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Spooky}}: Echo doesn't have limbs, in addition to the horn and wings associated with Unis. This isn't just a stylistic choice: he lacks these features in-universe and has been mistaken for a [[OurHippocampsAreDifferent hippocamp-like Peophin]] because of it. When he picks objects up, his GhostlyGlow extends to surround whatever he's holding.

* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' hold weapons in hands that mysteriously appear when they're not moving. Let's ignore for the moment that worms don't have hands, mouths, or eyes and can't jump or backflip. Said hands are RaymanianLimbs just to drive the point home.

** At the end of "8-Bit is Enough", [[spoiler:you see him chained up as if he had arms]]. And yet afterwards, [[spoiler:Homestar walks away from the shackles without them having been unlocked...]]

* Webcomic/RiceBoy, despite being the only character in his {{Verse}} with no obvious limbs, has comparatively little trouble picking up and carrying small objects.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' don't appear to have fingers, but this doesn't stop them from being able to pick up the phone. As with ''Homestar Runner'', this has been lampshaded several times. Once when Buttercup [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with the professor]] she found it weird that she had to use fingers and that things didn't just magically stick to her hand. The titular girls also lack noses and ears for some reason, and yet are still able to smell and hear things. As with their hands, every other character in the show has a nose and ears. They also don't have feet in the same sense that other characters do- instead they have vaguely defined areas on the rounded ends of their legs that serve as feet and they somehow wear shoes on. They look rather bizarre [[FridgeLogic when you think about it,]] which raises the question of why anyone in the PPG universe finds them cute. The movie actually has a character point out how freakish the girls looked while the entire town tells them what awful jobs they're doing.

* Any armless ''WebAnimation/ObjectLockdown'' falls victim to holding items like they have telekinesis.
* Happened with Mint in ''WebAnimation/ObjectTerror'' episode "A Perplexing Massacre," where [[spoiler:he was holding a gun ''not with his foot'', but like he has telekinesis]].
** This happened again in Chapter 2 of "Kiloto The Minoto" where [[spoiler:he signed S'more's scam paper with a Quill pen that again, ''didn't hold with his foot'']].

** This lack of visible limbs also carries over to nearly every other cat appearing in the series, with the notable exceptions being Meow Meow (a summon in the second and third games, also appearing as an npc in the latter), and [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod Godcat]] (the final boss of the fourth.)]]