History Main / NoNeckChump

** Many other characters with broad body types and large chins likewise lack any visible neck, including Sadie, Onion, and Bismuth.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck [[DependingOnTheArtist most of the time]]. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E13SoManyBirthdays "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. By the time he's sixteen in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', Steven's neck is normally visible ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydJrPHK2Db8 which the movie's publicity takes special mention of]]). It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he used shapeshifting to pretend he got taller:
-->'''Amethyst:''' Dude, your neck!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck [[DependingOnTheArtist most of the time]]. 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. By the time he's sixteen in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'', Steven's neck is normally visible ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydJrPHK2Db8 which the movie's publicity takes special mention of]]). It is even lampshaded by Amethyst in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E26StevensBirthday Steven's Birthday]]" after he used shapeshifting to pretend he got taller:

* Almost every single character in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', mainly because their designs have an influence from classic cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck [[DependingOnTheArtist most of the time]]. 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 used shapeshifting to pretend he got taller:

** However, after a two-year TimeSkip, he's aged and has a neck in [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]].

!Examples

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* No-Neck, Ralph's friend and coworker from ''Drabble'', physically suits his nickname (which is in fact the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only name anyone calls him]]).
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* Very unusually for a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon,]] the version of the Norse mythological dragon Fafnir in Creator/JackKirby's ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'' is basically neckless.

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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.

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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/RockosModernLife'': The Bigheads (Rocko's neighbors) have no necks, although only the cantankerous Ed would qualify as a "chump".
** The main characters on the ShowWithinAShow ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheFatheads'' (based on the Bigheads, and also created by their estranged son Ralph) definitively qualify as this.
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'': Mickey and Minnie Mouse barely have any necks, which is a common staple among cartoon characters.

* Aside from having no fingers, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' seem like their large heads are directly attached to their bodies.
* Stimpy, the fat cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.
** One episode saw the titular characters getting in trouble in an Old West town. The sheriff ordered them to hang, but the deputy reported that it didn't work out too well. Ren is so skinny that he blows in the breeze. Stimpy is so fat that they tried to get the noose around him, they couldn't find a neck.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball's father Richard Watterson is large and overweight, with a fat neck that looks like it melded with his head.

* Any ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' character with a few exceptions such as Mr. Mackey, who has a very skinny, long neck.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' appears to not have a neck, which is made even more gratuitously in the original claymation shorts. Of course, this also applies to one of his enemies, {{Mole|Miner}}, as well as other denizens of Bogusland, including his cousins [[BrattyHalfPint Brattus]] and [[TheChick Bogetta]] and his [[MamaBear Aunt Bogunda]].
* [[CorruptHick Lil' Gideon]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
-->''"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."''
* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck [[DependingOnTheArtist most of the time]]. 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 used shapeshifting to pretend he got taller:

* This was a plot point in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'', where Fanboy thought he was a vampire and wanted to bite Chum Chum's neck to make him one, too, but Chum Chum ordinarily doesn't have a neck. They go to [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Dr. Acula]] to get him a neck, and the one he gets is comically long.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible. However, in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, starting with ''Melee'' Mario's neck can be seen at times, probably because his proportions are a little different than in his own series. It could just be that they have big heads, though.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible. However, in the''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, starting with ''VideoGame/Melee'' Mario's neck can often be seen at times, probably because his proportions are a little different than in his own series. It could just be that they have big heads, though.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible. However, in ''Series/SuperSmashBros'' Mario's neck can often be seen at times. It could just be that they have big heads.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible. However,in ''Franchise/SuperSmashBros'' Mario's neck can often be seen at times. It could just be that they have big heads.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible. In''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Mario's neck can often be seen at times.

* {{Franchise/Mario}} and Wario have short necks that are barely visible.

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* [[CorruptHick Lil' Gideon]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

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* 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.

* Spike from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'' invariably falls between this or just having a really short neck.

A guy or gal with no visible neck whatsoever. They all seem to have their heads directly attached to their shoulders. Most No Neck Chumps are on the short side, but making assumptions isn't always a good thing.

Note that this is different from a {{Cephalothorax}} or a WaddlingHead, who basically is just a head with arms and legs. A No Neck Chump has a "normal" body, minus a neck. Related to RingAroundTheCollar.

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-->"Perfect for children with no necks! FINALLY, A GAME SYSTEM FOR ME!"

* Franchise/CrashBandicoot [[https://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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* Rocko Sasquatch from ''[[Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' is a stereotypically "no-neck" huge muscular bruiser.

* [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]] and Minnie Mouse barely have any necks, which is a common staple among cartoon characters.

* Very unusually for a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon,]] the version of Norse mythological dragon Fafnir in Creator/JackKirby's ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'' is basically neckless.

* 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.

* Creator/CraigMcCracken's very first animated short was ''No Neck Joe''. Take a wild guess what it was about.

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

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is short and [[BigFun pudgy]] enough to be drawn with no neck [[DependingOnTheArtist most of the time]]. 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:

** SpongeBob, though he's more of a borderline {{Cephalothorax}}.