No-Limbs Design
A limbless hero with boundless courage.
Rayman is a magical limbless creature, being renowned for his courage and determination who, with the help of his friends, must save his world from various villains.
Quick Facts
- Character
- Rayman
- Role
- Protagonist
- First appears
- Rayman (1995)
- Developer
- Ubisoft
- Defining trait
- No arms, no legs; floats and glides
- Combat method
- Produces fists and feet on demand
- Signature appendage
- None (lower body ends in a rounded stump or nub)
Lore & Background
Rayman is a human-like creature who has no limbs, though he has hands, feet, and a head that are able to move independently from his body. He can use his hair as helicopter blades for means of transportation, throw his fists to punch from a distance, and in some games, even project balls of energy from his hands.
Reader's Guide
Rayman's lower body ends in a rounded stump or nub; he does not have a tail. Globox has two arms in all canonical games.
Did You Know?
- Rayman was voiced by Steven Perkinson in the 1995 video game of the same name.
- Globox is a toad-like creature who is Rayman's dimwitted best friend and sidekick.
- Globox and his wife Uglette have over 650 children.
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