History Main / ExtraDigits

Non-human entities, animals and monsters do not qualify for this trope, with the exception of human-like species who are only distinguished from humans by a different number of digits.

* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': ''Outcast of Redwall'''s Swartt [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sixclaw]], has six claws on his left paw. His son Veil accurately inherits this.

* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': ''Outcast of Redwall'''s Swartt Sixclaw, along with his son Veil, has six claws on his left paw.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat Cats with polydactyly]] are surprisingly common in real life. Creator/ErnestHemingway kept several, and as it's an inheritable trait, they can still be found around his old house in Key West.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' sometimes play with FourFingerHands by treating five fingers as unusual. [[GrandpaGod God]] is consistently drawn with five fingers. In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Homer worries that if his father and Marge's mother get married, they'll become siblings, and their kids will instantly become mutants with "five fingers on each hand!"

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': God and Jesus are the only characters drawn with five fingers, but it's implied everyone else knows they have four ("Four Finger Discount" is said in "Marge Be Not Proud"), making them this. In "Lady Bouvier's Lover", Homer worries that if his father and Marge's mother get married, they'll become siblings, and their kids will instantly become mutants with "five fingers on each hand!"

* Website/NobodyHere: Part of the BodyHorror in "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/toes.here Toes]]" involves Jogchem growing extra toes.

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* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': ''Outcast of Redwall'''s Swartt Sixclaw has six claws on his left paw.

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.

* PlayedWith in ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Humans[=/=][[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]][=/=][[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]][=/=][[{{Hobbits}} Halflings]][=/=][[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]], etc. are all drawn with three digits per hand. One on each side and one in the centre, looking kind of like the number "3". When a mimic assumes human form, it has five-digited normal real-world human hands, with four fingers and a distinct thumb, which the other characters think looks weird and freakish.

* PlayedWith in ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Humans[=/=][[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]][=/=][[OurDwarfsAreTheSame Dwarfs]][=/=][[{{Hobbits}} Halflings]][=/=][[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]], etc. are all drawn with three digits per hand. One on each side and one in the centre, looking kind of like the number "3". When a mimic assumes human form, it has five-digited normal real-world human hands, with four fingers and a distinct thumb, which the other characters think looks weird and freakish.

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': [[spoiler:[[BewareTheSuperman The Plutonian's]] birth parents are]] SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who have six fingers on each hand. [[spoiler:Tony himself grows an extra digit on each hand when he learns the truth and jumps up and EvolutionaryLevel]].

DependingOnTheWriter, 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). Often, it is relevant to the plot because it reveals that a character is [[FamilyTwistsIndex secretly related]] to another character with the same trait, or it otherwise says something about their ancestry. It can also serve to distinguish the character if a description of them is necessary: if you're looking for a six-fingered man, it's easier to just say that than to describe features such as age and hair color that could apply to lots of people.

* Literature/TheBible speaks of a huge man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot in [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel 2 Samuel 21:20]].

* Implied with Gomez and/or Fester in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': Gomez tells Fester that the combination lock for the vault is "2, 10, 11--eyes, fingers, toes". In the original comics, Gomez's daughter Wednesday was shown to have 6 toes on one foot as well.

* Literature/TheBible speaks of a huge man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot in 2 Samuel 21:20.

** From ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[YourSoulIsMine Osiris]], the [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of [[TheGambler Daniel J. D'Arby]], has six fingers on each hand.
** In ''Manga/StoneOcean'', when Ermes Costello [[HowDoIShotWeb is first discovering her duplication powers]], she accidentally uses it on one of her fingers, briefly giving her a sixth, to her horror.

* In ''Comicstrip/TheAddamsFamily'', both [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/93/6b/47/936b47ece2e947b28e370d583758fc1b.jpg the daughter]] and [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/ad/c2/2dadc21595da8e8b9ed52b842d654ae8.jpg the uncle]] (OK, call them [[AdaptationDisplacement Wednesday and Fester]] if you want) both had them in certain comics.

In RealLife, this condition is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyly polydactyly]]. Sometimes the finger is just a flesh stub, but in rarer cases, it's an actual, functional sixth finger. In the latter case, this condition is actually CursedWithAwesome: [[https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325388 studies show that people with functional sixth fingers are able to perform tasks better than the others, and develop extra brain functions]].

* In ''Comicstrip/TheAddamsFamily'', both [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/93/6b/47/936b47ece2e947b28e370d583758fc1b--addams-family-cartoon-the-addams-family.jpg the daughter]] and [[https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2d/ad/c2/2dadc21595da8e8b9ed52b842d654ae8.jpg the uncle]] (OK, call them [[AdaptationDisplacement Wednesday and Fester]] if you want) both had them in certain comics.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': One of the dead bodies Batman examines in the "Perfect Crime" side quest has six fingers on one hand

[[caption-width-right:350:We all know the problem here... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That bottle that appears in the take!]]]]

* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': If the protagonist has the Extra Fingers augment, they become more dextrous, granting them 10 Creativity and a bonus 1 point for social skill gains.

* ''Videogame/InfamousSecondSon'': According to one of the in-game tidbits, Hank Daughtry has six toes on his right foot.
* ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': One of the dead bodies Batman examines in the "Perfect Crime" side quest has six fingers on one hand

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': God and Jesus are the only characters drawn with five fingers, but it's implied everyone else knows they have four ("Four Finger Discount" is said in "Marge Be Not Proud"), making them this.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat Cats with polydactyly]] are surprisingly common in real life.