How Pixar Animators Handled The Problem Of McQueen Having No Hands

The idea for Pixar’s franchise Cars makes total sense now, but when the concept was first presented to the animators they weren’t sure what to make of the whole talking car thing.

The first problem- how does a car pick stuff up when their only appendage is an antenna?

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This amusing animated short reveals how animator Rob Gibbs and the rest of the Pixar creative crew developed an anthropomorphic car character into the McQueen we know and love today.

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My Little Pony has to deal with this problem a lot. There's a array of options. If it's a unicorn, objects are levitated. Sometimes pegasuses use wings to move things. At other times, the equivalent of manual activity is shown just off camera. Or the ponies use their mouths.

There's a scene in a famous fan film that addresses this issue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U0QDt8wiCs#t=03m30s

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