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'''Raymanian Limbs''' describes a somewhat rare [[Lazy Artist]] 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 [[Rayman]], who was an early case due to his ability being too difficult to animate with arms and legs. Only rarely is this not lampshaded in the actual works, however.
A subtrope of [[Invisible Anatomy]], although the former can be excused due to conservation of detail, while in this trope the seemingly missing pieces are ''clearly'' missing.
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* ''[[Psychonauts]]''' [[Straw Critic]], Jasper, seems to have no neck, and his head actually appears to be detached from his body. It's a bit hard to tell, though, considering how his body is so fat and he's usually seen from the front, leaning down.
** Right when you first meet him, you see him from below and he does indeed lack a neck. In a far more complimentary fashion than real people who lack necks.
*** In Jasper's case it seems to be a utility thing, like Rayman's limbs; since he never actually leaves his seat, (and may indeed be too fat to
** The dancer's in Milla's mindscape have limbs and necks that taper off to a point just short of actually connecting.
* The titular worms in the ''[[Worms]]'' series have Raymanian Arms since Worms 2, except in the intros of Worms 2 and World Party.
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* ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'' 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.
* ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' characters have spherical floating hands, which has caused problems with body language, and disconnected feet. Except for the imps, who have triangular pointy limbs, which don't seem to be very solidly connected themselves. [[Hypocritical Humor|This trope is "harshly" criticized]] in ZP's ''[[Rayman Origins]]'' review.
* The characters in ''[[Extra Credits]]'' have
* The characters in FTL have no visible limbs, but their hand-nubs never leave their bodies.
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* [http://welcome.deviantart.com/ Fella], the mascot of [[Deviant ART|deviantART]].
* The Hungarian Folktales animated series (at least the earlier episodes), had this as a running gag in the depiction of elderly kings as a bell shaped body and two floating hands. The only exception to this was [[Historical Domain Character|King Mathias]], who would make occasional appearances in a few episodes.
* [[LEGO]]
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