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** The winner has to be the Zabanya Gundam from the upcoming ''{{Gundam 00}}'' Movie, with ''Micro missile launchers in its ankles.''

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** The winner has to be the Gundam Zabanya Gundam from the upcoming ''{{Gundam 00}}'' Movie, with ''Micro missile launchers in its ankles.''''
*** But then, Zabaniya isn't a Mobile Suit. It's a remodeled Ball with a sniper rifle and 78 Missile Tubes instead of actual arms and legs. 20 Missile tubes in each leg, by the way.
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** To be fair, his first appearance did involve him kicking a boulder that must have weighed a dozen tons like a soccer ball.
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* Taken to its [[RuleofCool logical conclusion]] in QuentinTarantino's GrindHouse : Planet of Terror, wherein Rose McGowan's character loses her leg and has it replaced with a [[CrazyAwesome machine]] [[MoreDakka gun]].

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* Taken to its [[RuleofCool logical conclusion]] in QuentinTarantino's GrindHouse : Planet of Terror, RobertRodriguez's ''PlanetTerror'', wherein Rose McGowan's {{Rose McGowan}}'s character loses her leg and has it replaced with a [[CrazyAwesome machine]] [[MoreDakka gun]].
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* Aschen Brodel from EndlessFrontier uses [[RocketPunch Rocket Fists]] and calf-mounted shotguns.

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* Aschen Brodel from EndlessFrontier ''EndlessFrontier'' uses [[RocketPunch Rocket Fists]] and calf-mounted shotguns.



* Cyborg of ''{{Teen Titans}}'' has a rocket in his feet. He even sings about it when he makes up his own version of the theme song!

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* Cyborg of ''{{Teen Titans}}'' ''Series/TeenTitans'' has a rocket in his feet. He even sings about it when he makes up his own version of the theme song!
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* Real life example: An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months. Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".

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* Real life example: An Near the end of GeorgeWBush's term, an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, him, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months. Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".
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* Jian Campbell from ''{{Lunar}}: Dragon Song''.
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* There are boots (Mostly goth and biker boots) with metal inserts at the tip. [[PowerFist Brass knuckles]] [[XMeetsY meets]] boots.

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* There are industrail safety boots (Mostly goth (Used mostly by goths and biker boots) bikers) with metal inserts at the tip. [[PowerFist Brass knuckles]] [[XMeetsY meets]] boots.
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* Real life example: An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months. Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".

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* Real life example: An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months. Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".
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* There are boots (Mostly goth and biker boots) with metal inserts at the tip. [[PowerFist Brass knuckles]] [[XMeetsY meets]] boots.

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** And the Titular Crossbone Gundams have Anti MS knives concealed in the calves, with the blade able to pop out through the sole of each foot.
** But the winner has to be the Zabanya Gundam from the upcoming ''{{Gundam 00}}'' Movie, with ''Micro missile launchers in its ankles.''
** How did we miss mentioning the [[GundamWing Gundam Heavyarms]] and it's later forms? It had shin ''and '' thigh-mounted missile launchers.

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** And the Titular The titular Crossbone Gundams have Anti MS knives concealed in the calves, with the blade able to pop out through the sole of each foot.
** But the The winner has to be the Zabanya Gundam from the upcoming ''{{Gundam 00}}'' Movie, with ''Micro missile launchers in its ankles.''
** How did we miss mentioning the The [[GundamWing Gundam Heavyarms]] and it's later forms? It had shin ''and '' thigh-mounted missile launchers.



* Taken to its [[RuleofCool logical conclusion]] in QuentinTarantino's GrindHouse : Planet of Terror, wherein Rose McGowan's character loses her leg. And has it replaced with a [[CrazyAwesome machine]] [[MoreDakka gun]].

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* Taken to its [[RuleofCool logical conclusion]] in QuentinTarantino's GrindHouse : Planet of Terror, wherein Rose McGowan's character loses her leg. And leg and has it replaced with a [[CrazyAwesome machine]] [[MoreDakka gun]].



** He has arms in Demon Form (you can see them when the characters do their victory poses), it's just that his hands and arms have no such bony extensions, and, as such, his bestmethod of attacking is stabbity-stab with his feet.

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** He has arms in Demon Form (you can see them when the characters do their victory poses), it's just that his hands and arms have no such bony extensions, and, as such, his bestmethod best method of attacking is stabbity-stab with his feet.



* SamuraiJack's [[ImprobableWeaponUser Scottish friend]] has a [[AnatomyArsenal prosthetic leg]] consisting of... a [[AwesomeButImpractical machine]] [[RareGuns gun]].

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* SamuraiJack's [[ImprobableWeaponUser Scottish friend]] has a [[AnatomyArsenal prosthetic leg]] consisting of... of a [[AwesomeButImpractical machine]] [[RareGuns gun]].



* Real life example: An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months.
** Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".
*** I also liked how Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki put his hand up in front of President Bush's head and tried to catch the second shoe.

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* Real life example: An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at former President Bush, considered the ultimate insult in Arabian culture. Bush ducked, though. Makers of PoliticalCartoons were overjoyed, as the incident provided a handy visual metaphor for ''anything'' for the next few months.
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months. Bush's handling of it was great, though. "It was a size 10".
*** I also liked how Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki put his hand up in front of President Bush's head and tried to catch the second shoe.
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-->"That really hurt! I'm gonna have a lump there, you idiot! Who throws a shoe? Honestly! You fight like a woman!"
-->'''AustinPowers'''






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* Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics have their famous "Boot To The Head" sketches

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** More currently Wolverine comes a race of humanoids that evolved from canines, overseen by the ancient Romulus. It is ''very slightly'' less dumb than him being a mutated wolverine.
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* Played [[CombatPragmatist very practically]] by Adora Belle Dearheart in GoingPostal. She isn't an ActionGirl, but as she calmly points out, being stepped on by stiletto heels is like "being stepped on by a very pointy elephant" due to the sheer amount of pressure concentrated in one heel point.
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Related to PowerFist, except with boots instead of gloves; may overlap with ExtremityExtremist. Close to, but not to be confused with, MurderousThighs. See also TrickedOutShoes and LegCannon.

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Related to PowerFist, except with boots instead of gloves; may overlap with ExtremityExtremist. Close to, but not to be confused with, MurderousThighs. See also TrickedOutShoes TrickedOutShoes, LegCannon, and LegCannon.
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** He takes his vow literally, as he won't hesitate on using his feet to kill (including a cornered, defenseless man - who was [[CompleteMonster beyond salvation]], but still - along with Presea). Other characters occasionally call him on it, mostly for comedic effect.

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** He takes his vow literally, as he won't hesitate on using his feet to kill [[spoiler: (including a cornered, defenseless man - who was [[CompleteMonster beyond salvation]], but still - along with Presea).Presea)]]. Other characters occasionally call him on it, mostly for comedic effect.
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** He justifies choosing this style as having his hands bruised or calloused from fights would affect his performance as a cook.


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** He takes his vow literally, as he won't hesitate on using his feet to kill (including a cornered, defenseless man - who was [[CompleteMonster beyond salvation]], but still - along with Presea). Other characters occasionally call him on it, mostly for comedic effect.
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* on DeadliestWarrior, the KGB came with a shoe knife as their close range weapon.
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* The Grieve Edge moveset in ''SoulCalibur 3''.
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* Taken to its [[RuleofCool logical conclusion]] in QuentinTarantino's GrindHouse : Planet of Terror, wherein Rose McGowan's character loses her leg. And has it replaced with a [[CrazyAwesome machine]] [[MoreDakka gun]].

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* Straight Cougar from ''{{Scryed}}'' can manifest his Alter as a pair of rocket boots and use them to make "bullet" attacks similar to [[PowerFist Kazuma's]].
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* [[JukenSentaiGekiranger GekiToujaWolf]] / [[PowerRangersJungleFury The Wolf Pride Megazord]]
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* BigTroubleInLittleChina: Jack Burton keeps a knife in the straps at the side of his boot. Normally this is just for storage, but at one point, he kicks it down into a {{Mook}} who is on top of him. It works...rather too fast, and he's sidelined for a while by the body's weight.
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*** One of the many plot points Marvel have decided to ignore over the years is that in the early days of the character he was treated as if he was a mutated wolverine not a human mutant. Yeah...
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Related to PowerFist, except with boots instead of gloves; may overlap with ExtremityExtremist. Close to, but not to be confused with, MurderousThighs. See also LegCannon.

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Related to PowerFist, except with boots instead of gloves; may overlap with ExtremityExtremist. Close to, but not to be confused with, MurderousThighs. See also TrickedOutShoes and LegCannon.
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* In the GentlemanBastard Sequence, Capa Barsavi's daughter Nazca, at the age of seven, demanded a pair of boots with iron spikes on the toes so she could enact the LittleGirlsKickShins trope more effectively.
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* MarvelComics official {{Wolverine}} clone X-23 has for some strange reason one of her blades placed in each of her feet, which she uses for lethal kick attacks. Her creators tried to lampshade this by saying that the females of Wolverine's species have them in the feet to defend their children.

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* MarvelComics official {{Wolverine}} clone X-23 X-23, {{Wolverine}}'s OppositeSexClone, has for some strange reason one of her blades placed in each of her feet, which she uses for lethal kick attacks. Her creators tried to lampshade this by saying that the females of Wolverine's species have them in the feet to defend their children.

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