Amby & Dexter was a small series of animated

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s on Nick Jr.

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 in 1997, created by Paul Fierlinger

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 and his wife Sandra Schuette. The title is a play on the word "ambidextrous", meaning "the ability to use both hands", as the characters transform from a pair of hands.

Amby and Dexter, after transforming into inch-tall people, solve problems together. They do not speak while doing it. Amby, the female hand, sometimes loved playing with Dexter, the male hand, in certain annoying ways. But these moments never seemed to bother him. At the end, they transform back into the original pair of hands.