History Main / ExtraDigits

* In ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' the protagonist and his girlfriend at one point see a concert by a twelve-fingered pianist.

For more prurient examples of extra body parts, see {{Multiboobage}} and TripleNipple.

* In ''Film/{{The Princess Bride}}, Inigo Montoya is searching for, and finds, the six-fingered man who murdered his father.

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* ''Disney/GravityFalls'' The author of the journals, [[spoiler:Stanford]], has six fingers on each hand.

Contrast FourFingeredHands, which is usually just used in animation to make human hands easier to draw.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Kinzo has six toes which is used to identify his corpse. They're also shared by [[spoiler:his bastard child Sayo Yasuda/Lion Ushiromiya]], who had them amputated to try and hide their true identity after [[DeathFakedForYou they were assumed dead]], but it left scars that Kinzo noticed and clued him in to their relationship.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Kinzo has six toes which is used to identify his corpse. They're also shared by [[spoiler:his child Sayo Yasuda, who actually had them amputated to try and hide this by it left scars that Kinzo noticed and clued him in to their relationship]].

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If you want to emphasize that your character is somehow "different" from everyone else, you can underline this by giving him/her a physical deformity; one of the most popular options is extra digits. The reason for this choice is simple: unlike many other deformities which [[BodyHorror look "obviously wrong" and therefore repulsive at first sight]], a sixth finger or a toe may look perfectly normal and not be noticeable unless one deliberately counts them. Depending on the writer, it can be either an obvious defect (probably [[RedRightHand symbolizing covert malignity]] of the person) or a CharmPoint emphasizing how adorably unconventional the character is. It may also serve a functional purpose: with extra digits, the character may be able to do something no one else can (like playing certain piano compositions).

[[caption-width-right:350:Perfectly normal unless you count them...]]

* Billy from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has 6 fingers on each hand.

If you want to emphasize that your character is somehow "different" from everyone else, you can underline this by giving him/her a physical deformity; one of the most popular options is extra digits. The reason for this choice is simple: unlike many other deformities which [[BodyHorror look "obviously wrong" and therefore repulsive at first sight]], a sixth finger or a toe may look perfectly normal and not be noticeable unless one deliberately counts them. Depending on the writer, it can be either an obvious defect (probably symbolizing covert malignity of the person) or a CharmPoint emphasizing how adorably unconventional the character is. It may also serve a functional purpose: with extra digits, the character may be able to do something no one else can (like playing certain piano compositions).

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* In ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' the protagonist and his girlfriend at one point see a concert by a twelve-fingered pianist.

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* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Kinzo has six toes which is used to identify his corpse. They're also shared by [[spoiler:his child Sayo Yasuda, who actually had them amputated to try and hide this by it left scars that Kinzo noticed and clued him in to their relationship]].
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* One season finale of ''Series/EmptyNest'' has Harry, Carol, and Barbara going to England for a family ceremony. Just before they leave, Barbara mentions Carol having been born with eleven toes. When they get to the castle, they meet a butler who also has eleven toes. Later, Harry gets lost in the dungeon and stumbles upon a skeleton who also has eleven toes.
* A parody commercial from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' advertises a finger removal cream for people with extra fingers.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "The Sixth Finger". When a man experiences accelerated evolution, he [[MyBrainIsBig develops an enlarged head]] and a sixth finger on each hand.
* One episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' starts with a girl who's shown to have six toes on her feet. The case becomes about the mysterious deaths of several girls (including this one) born with six digits on all four limbs (some had the extra fingers removed to better fit in).
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* The Pattersons' neighbor Anne Nichols from ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' has three children. The youngest, Leah, was born with six fingers on both hands. Anne has the extra fingers surgically removed shortly after birth.
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