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* On ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[PunchClockVillain Peridot]]'s fingers aren't actually connected to her arms, and can reconfigure to form a touchpad-like screen and even a fairly powerful blaster weapon. [[spoiler:They are, in fact, completely artificial components of her limb enhancers; her ''real'' fingers are quite normal.]]

* The "Miis", people who can be made on any Nintendo system from {{Wii}} onwards, have no limbs in certain games or apps (such as ''VideoGame/WiiSports'' or the ''[=StreetPass=] Mii Plaza''), but, oddly, clearly do have arms in other games. In ''Wii Sports''' baseball alone, the Miis constantly switch from merely being a head and torso, to having hands, legs, and feet.

* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a strip involving [[{{Wii}} Miis]] playing Ping Pong, and they don't have arms in this case. Lampshaded when one Mii dismembers his arm with the ping pong ball.

** The mini-boss Jukid in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' has these.

* Franchise/{{Kirby}}:

** The Japan-only ''Kirby's Super Star Stacker'' has the bonus boss Gryll.

** As does Daroach in ''[[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Squeak Squad]]'', Magolor[[spoiler:(in all of his forms)]] and Mr. Dooter in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''.

* The characters in ''WebVideo/ExtraCredits'' have Raymanian Limbs with developed hands. When the main character talks from his podium though, he has full limbs.

* The suits of ''InfiniteStratos'' solve the problem of [[ShouldersOfDoom huge, unwieldy shoulders]] [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/3695/351543-infinite_stratos___03___large_39.jpg like this.]]

* This is true for many Homestar Runner characters; the [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner title character]] and the slightly more bizarre character, [[http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Homsar Homsar,]] for starters, lack visible arms. See InvisibleAnatomy for more.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Haunter. [[JustifiedTrope It '''is''' a ghost.]] Also Porygon-Z, [[JustifiedTrope who's apparently glitched.]] Hoopa in both its [[SleepModeSize Confined]] and [[OneWingedAngel Unbound]] mode has floating detached arms, though the Unbound form has six arms.

* Franchise/{{Rayman}} is the TropeCodifier for this. WordOfGod is that this was actually a space-saving shortcut; eliminating Rayman's arms freed up precious kilobytes that could be used elsewhere, making this a latter-day throwback to Mario's character design, which was also influenced by the hardware's capabilities. Also, it would be hard to throw his fists around like that if they were attached to his body...

* Yoshi in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld 2: VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' has Raymanian legs.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Haunter. [[JustifiedTrope It is a ghost.]] Also Porygon-Z, [[JustifiedTrope who's apparently glitched.]] Hoopa in both its [[SleepModeSize Confined]] and [[OneWingedAngel Unbound]] mode has floating detached arms, though the Unbound form has six arms.

* The character designer of ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' gave [[PunnyName Cathy Pillar]], an anthropomorphic [[SpeciesSurname caterpillar]], raymanian ''segments''.

* In ''WarioLand3'', [[spoiler:[[MonsterClown Rudy the Clown]] also has Floating GiantHandsOfDoom, and you hurt him :by stunning them and throwing them at his nose.]]

* Certain ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' bosses, such as the Shrine boss, Dorman, and Jabir's final form in ''Ys V'', and Galbalan in ''The Oath in Felghana'', have Raymanian GiantHandsOfDoom.
* In ''WarioLand3'', [[spoiler:[[MonsterClown Rudy the Clown]]]] also has Raymanian GiantHandsOfDoom, and you hurt him [[spoiler:by stunning them and throwing them at his nose.]]

* The mini-boss Jukid in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' has these.
** As does Daroach in ''Squeak Squad'', and Magolor and Mr. Dooter in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''.

** Then there's Susie and [[spoiler:President Haltmann]] from ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot''. They also lack arms. (And in [[spoiler:Haltmann's]] case, no legs)

** Then there's Susie from ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot''. She also lacks arms.

** Taranza, the People of the Sky and [[spoiler: Queen Sectonia]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' also lack arms.
** So does Elline, Claycia and [[spoiler: Dark Crafter]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse''.

* The titular worms in the ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' series have Raymanian Arms since Worms 2, except in the intros of Worms 2 and World Party.

** Taranza and [[spoiler: Queen Sectonia]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' also lack arms.

* All the robots from ''WebAnimation/Retropokon'' are this, as they're based on the robots from ''VideoGame/JoyMechFight''

* The characters of ''VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}''.

* The characters in ''WebVideo/ExtraCredits'' have RaymanianLimbs with developed hands. When the main character talks from his podium though, he has full limbs.

* Every character in ''TheHive''.

Raymanian Limbs describes a somewhat rare LazyArtist trick for arms and legs (or lack thereof). Mainly, a character lacks anything visibly connecting their hands or their feet to the rest of their body. Named after Franchise/{{Rayman}}, who was an early case due to his ability being too difficult to animate with arms and legs.

* Franchise/{{Rayman}} is the TropeNamer for this. WordOfGod is that this was actually a space-saving shortcut; eliminating Rayman's arms freed up precious kilobytes that could be used elsewhere, making this a latter-day throwback to Mario's character design, which was also influenced by the hardware's capabilities. Also, it would be hard to throw his fists around like that if they were attached to his body...

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