History Main / NoNeckChump

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck. In "So Many Birthdays", Steven is subject to RapidAging that makes him gain a visible neck as a teen, then lose it again as he reaches middle age. It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he got a "magical growth spurt" making him taller:

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck. It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he got a "magical growth spurt" making him taller:

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* The characters of ''WesternAnimction/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' were turned from {{Waddling Head}}s to full-bodied characters with no visible necks.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball's]] father Richard Watterson is large and overweight, with a fat neck that looks like it melded with his head.

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]], though he's more of a borderline {{Cephalothorax}}.

** This seems to be an AuthorAppeal to CraigMcCracken: his very first animated short was "No Neck Joe." Take a wild guess what it was about.

* Owls have generally have short necks, giving them this appearance. This is mostly an illusion due to how fluffy their feathers are; their necks are actually [[http://www.owlpages.com/owls/articles.php?a=10 quite long]], and famously flexible.

* Russell from {{WesternAnimation/Up}} still has some baby fat on him, giving him a chubby, thick neck.

* Owls have generally have short necks, giving them this appearance.

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse also falls into this category. It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he got a "magical growth spurt" making him taller:

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* Russell from {{WesternAnimation/Up}} still has some baby fat on him, giving him a chubby, thick neck.

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* When Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan of the 4077th ''Series/{{MASH}}'' mentions to a visiting Colonel that she's engaged to one Donald Penobscott, the Colonel recognizes the name. "Penobscott? One eyebrow, no neck?" Houlihan burbles, "That's him."

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* Creator/SteveMartin has a joke about this, in his "Wild And Crazy Guy" persona.
-->I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I ''hate necks''. When I take her to a restaurant, every head turns.....except hers - because she has no neck! Hhahahahahah!!

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* Almost every single character in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', mainly because their designs have an influence from classic cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse.
* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible.
* Franchise/CrashBandicoot [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLgYPn_Fqs&t=57s was made this way as a design-choice]] to render fewer polygons on screen.

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* The TropeNamer: The term "No Neck Chump" comes from the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "Pick an Ed", where Eddy investigates the origin of a graffiti scrawling that says: "Eddy is a No Neck Chump!".
* [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]] and Minnie Mouse barely have any necks, which is a common staple among cartoon characters.
* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' usually has barely what one would call a neck. On a side note, his shapeshifting powers can allow him to make a neck of any width or length.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has only a short, thick neck connecting his tiny body to his large head.
* Dexter from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' appears to have no neck at all.
* Aside from having no fingers, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' seem like their large heads are directly attached to their bodies.

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* Owls have generally have short necks, giving them this appearance.
* Apes, particularly orangutans have much shorter necks than humans, making them look like this.
* Some people in real life have this appearance due to having thick, short necks.
* Clive Anderson has been described as having no neck.
* Gary Busey doesn't appear to have a neck either.

* The Criminologist ([[AudienceParticipation "That man has no neck!"]]) from ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' lacks a visible neck.

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse also falls into this category. It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he got a "magical growth spurt" making him taller:

-->"My sweet precious Mabel's trapped inside and I have the only key, wrapped around my...Well, I wouldn't call it "neck" exactly, a-around this little pocket of fat under my head.

->''"Eddy is a [[TropeNamer No Neck Chump!]]"''

* In JonTron's review of plug-and-play consoles, he shows a box depicting a child who is unintentionally positioned as if he had no neck.

->''"Eddy is a No Neck Chump!"''
-->-- '''Anonymous Vandal'''

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* Sontarans from ''Series/DoctorWho'' fit this description - more easily seen with Strax as a butler where he isn't wearing the high necked armour typical of the species.