History Main / AgonyOfTheFeet

* ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'': The Tower is a GiantWoman with a CompellingVoice who [[AGodAmI considers herself to be an unbeatable god]], and at least one of the [[HearingVoices voices in your head]] is inclined to agree. If you manage to get past all that and slay her anyway, it's through this trope; you begin your attack against her by stabbing her in the ankle and cutting her Achilles' tendon, forcing her to her knees and bringing her heart close enough for you to strike a deathblow.

* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Happy Trails Part 2", Giggles gets stung by a jellyfish while spearfishing. This causes her foot to swell up to ''four times'' its size, killing her from infection.

* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': A [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] but sympathetic variation occurs on Day 62 of the SMP; when Martyn starts dozing off from the effects of some cursed gold he collected on a quest, [[ResourcefulRodent one of the rats he keeps in his boots]] (i.e. [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall his stream chat]]) bites him hard enough to wake him up and keep him conscious for the rest of the voyage back to the Faction Isles. It's {{invoked|Trope}} on the rats' part, who'd rather their Captain ''not'' succumb to the curse's effects and become a zombie.

* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': A [[InvokedTrope deliberate]] but sympathetic variation occurs on Day 62 of the SMP; when Martyn starts dozing off from the effects of some cursed gold he collected on a quest, [[ResourcefulRodent one of the rats he keeps in his boots]] (i.e. his stream chat) bites him hard enough to wake him up and keep him conscious for the rest of the voyage back to the Faction Isles. It's {{invoked|Trope}} on the rats' part, who'd rather their Captain ''not'' succumb to the curse's effects and become a zombie.

* Shawna Howson, a.k.a. Nanalew, [[PrefersGoingBarefoot likes going barefoot and eschewing footwear.]] Unfortunately, on the first of a trip to the Bahamas with her friend Naomi, where they walked barefoot across a beach and the nearby crags, Shawna slipped while standing atop one of the rocks bordering the ocean and it cut the bottom of her foot. The two had to go to a nearby drugstore and find the closest thing to disinfectant, rubbing alcohol, so Shawna's cut wouldn't be infected. Surprisingly, the rubbing alcohol didn't sting or burn when she swabbed the cut. Shawna's cut did not stop her from enjoying a proper walk across pleasantly soft sand later on the trip, and she updated viewers that it was healing well. Ironically, in this follow-up video, Naomi kicked off her uncomfortable sandals on the path to a second beach and complained that she wore the wrong shoes for the walk and removed them earlier than planned on the beach, where Shawna removed hers to enjoy the sand and do some gentle rock climbing. Of course, Shawna and Naomi later used common sense and donned protective sneakers for a beach made out of ''glass''.

-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/7MonTee/status/305169005767962624 Quote]] from {{Website/Twitter}}'''

* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': During their fight, Ichigo uses Yūrei no Ken to nail Rukia's feet to the ground, only to then hit her hard enough for her feet to be torn free.

* Shawna Howson, a.k.a. Nanalew, [[DoesNotLikeShoes likes going barefoot and eschewing footwear.]] Unfortunately, on the first of a trip to the Bahamas with her friend Naomi, where they walked barefoot across a beach and the nearby crags, Shawna slipped while standing atop one of the rocks bordering the ocean and it cut the bottom of her foot. The two had to go to a nearby drugstore and find the closest thing to disinfectant, rubbing alcohol, so Shawna's cut wouldn't be infected. Surprisingly, the rubbing alcohol didn't sting or burn when she swabbed the cut. Shawna's cut did not stop her from enjoying a proper walk across pleasantly soft sand later on the trip, and she updated viewers that it was healing well. Ironically, in this follow-up video, Naomi kicked off her uncomfortable sandals on the path to a second beach and complained that she wore the wrong shoes for the walk and removed them earlier than planned on the beach, where Shawna removed hers to enjoy the sand and do some gentle rock climbing. Of course, Shawna and Naomi later used common sense and donned protective sneakers for a beach made out of ''glass''.

** Also, it's canon in-game that when Dwarves and Gnomes fight giants, they smack them on the toes with their melee weapons unless they're using [[BladeOnAStick polearms]], in which case they aim [[GroinAttack a bit higher]].

* PlayedForDrama despite the semi-comic singing of the scene in ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''. Monastatos brags about having captured Papageno and Tamina, as they were escaping, and Sarastro "rewards" him with "[[SarcasmMode only]] seventy-seven strokes on the soles" (a reference to foot-whipping, a real-life torture practice).

* PlayedForDrama despite the semi-comic singing of the scene in ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''. Monastatos brags about having captured Papageno and Tamina, as they were escaping, and Sarastro "rewards" him with "[[SarcasmMode only]] seventy-seven strokes on the soles" (a reference to [[WhipItGood foot-whipping,]] a real-life torture practice).

* ''Fanfic/CabinFever'': After escaping the Fire Nation's waterbender prison, Katara's bare feet ache from walking on rough terrain -- not helped by her malnourished state and the fact that she has been locked up in a cage for years.
* In ''FanFic/DitzyDoosDismallyDerpyDay'', Ditzy is kicking clumps of dirt and mistakes a half-buried rock for one. She cracks a hoof up to the quick.
* ''FanFic/DirtySympathy'': Machi tries to get Klavier to release his arm by stomping on the man's foot. It doesn't work as Klavier is wearing motorcycle boots and ends up hurting his own feet.

* In the video clip of "In Time to Voices" (Blood Red Shoes), the singer is arm wrestling with a barefoot man and she stomps on his instep with her weel and digs a hole in his foot, winning the competition.