Why do Sonic characters wear gloves?

Heroes wear gloves to prevent leaving fingerprints!". Of course being naked animals they're bound to leave other various evidence around the place that may conclude their presence but I didn't figure that at the time.
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Why do Sonic characters have gloves?

Much like the Kardashian paradox, which states that Kris Jenner's offspring are famous simply for being famous, Sonic the Hedgehog wears white gloves because he always did. They're a nod to the gloves donned by the many animated, anthropomorphized critters who predate Sonic, including Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny.
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Why do Sonic characters wear shoes?

Polygon reached out to SEGA to ask why Sonic always has his shoes on and was treated to the answer that “Sonic doesn't take off his shoes”. Ever. Like, they're always on his feet. So he sleeps in those things, he lounges about in those things, he probably has a shower with them on too.
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Why do animated characters wear gloves?

The short answer as to why so many characters wear gloves is that animation is an intensive process. It takes time and precision to create the characters you know and love. Animators wanted to make their job a touch easier and faster with a few techniques and hacks.
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Why does Mario wear gloves?

Miyamoto: Then we gave Mario a pair of white gloves, in order to make his movements easier to spot when he jumped.
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Why does Mario have a black mustache?

What really happened was that, when drawing the character, it became much easier to draw the mustache as an extension of the outline of his nose. Using that same color of black, we drew the mustache.
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Why does Mario lose his hat?

Easter Egg: Slow Down Or You'll Lose Your Hat!

If you get 99 lives, the maximum number of lives in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario will lose his hat! Once you beat a level with a full 99 count, Mario will appear hat-less on the map screen and in subsequent gameplay. You'll regain your hat once you lose a single life.
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Why does Donald Duck not wear pants?

A user with the Twitter handle @rajandelman recently explained why Donald Duck does not wear pants. “Donald Duck does not wear pants because they would interfere with production of preen oil, created in a gland in the rump, that makes his feathers resistant to water,” she wrote.
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Why does Bugs Say What's Up Doc?

When Tex Avery heard that “Ehh, what's up, doc” was so popular, he decided to have Bugs say it in every cartoon. It became a catchphrase. People still say it today. By the way, Bugs was apparently spoofing Clark Gable's character from “It Happened One Night” in that scene.
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Why do Disney characters not have moms?

Many Disney movies are also based off fairy tales where the mother wasn't present. In the same interview with Glamour, Hahn said the missing mother tactic is a way to address themes like growing up and maturing in the short time frame of the movie.
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Why does Sonic run with his arms back?

When classic Sonic runs at insane speeds, he tucks his arms firmly at his sides, to help with wind resistance or something. However, when modern Sonic runs at high-speeds, he throws his long arms backward, pulling them behind him like he has a wheelbarrow he can't let go off.
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Why does Sonic wear a scarf?

Why is Sonic wearing a scarf? "The bandanna also raised a lot of eyebrows, and for me this is another action adventure trope. It comes from the lone ranger, the cowboy, even the snowboarder archetypes--it's all practical as a requirement against the elements.
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Why does Sonic never take off his shoes?

So, if you've ever wondered why Sonic doesn't take his shoes off, that's why. It'd be non-canon for him to do so. As mentioned above, there are some comics depicting Sonic's feet. In some cases he has human-like feet, in other cases he has two-toed feet.
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Does Sonic have one eye?

Sonic's eyes are a complicated issue, especially as the character has transitioned from 2-D to 3-D and been redesigned over the years. As of now, Sonic's two eyes combined to form a single larger eye with two pupils, and his widow's peak descends very far down, almost to his nose.
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Why does Sonic the Hedgehog like chili dogs?

In the “History” section, we find that Sonic loves chili dogs is due to Sir Charles Hedgehog, his uncle. A pioneer of Robotization research, Sir Charles left his potentially-lifesaving work behind when he realized it stripped subjects of free will. Naturally, he decided to open up a Chili Dog instead.
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Why does Bugs Bunny have yellow gloves?

Bugs even wears yellow gloves in a nod to his first appearance. Browngart and his fellow writers and animators have a clear love of the Looney Tunes universe.
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Is Tweety a boy or girl?

Despite the perceptions that people may hold, owing to the long eyelashes and high-pitched voice (which Mel Blanc provided), Tweety is male although his ambiguity was played with.
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Why did Bugs Bunny eat carrots?

That's right, the carrot myth was started by none other than Bugs Bunny himself. The problem is that Bugs is munching on a carrot because his creators were modelling his behaviour and mannerisms on Clark Gable's character in 1934's It Happened One Night.
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Does Daffy Duck have a middle name?

In The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950), Daffy has a middle name, Dumas as the writer of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas. Also, in the Baby Looney Tunes episode "The Tattletale", Granny addresses Daffy as "Daffy Horatio Tiberius Duck".
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What country banned Donald Duck?

Did you know Donald Duck was once banned in Finland because he didn't wear any pants and "cavorted" with an unmarried female duck -- Daisy?
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Why is Donald Duck always angry?

The source of Donald's anger is the fear the world is out to get him and that no one understands him.
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Why does Donald Duck talk like that?

Donald Duck talk, formally called buccal speech, is an alaryngeal form of vocalization which uses the inner cheek to produce sound rather than the larynx. The speech is most closely associated with the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck whose voice was created by Clarence Nash, who performed it from 1934 to 1984.
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What does the L on Luigi's hat stand for?

The item is called "li'l bro's hat," in reference to Luigi being the younger brother of Mario.
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Why is Mario's hat red?

Mario was given his cap in his first appearance in Donkey Kong because of the limited advances in video game graphics when the game was made. A red cap was added because programmers found it difficult to create the hair movement that would occur when the character jumped.
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What is Mario's hat called?

Cappy appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Mario's Cap, Mario's Top Hat, and the Builder Helmet, appearing during some moves and a taunt alongside Mario.
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