History Main / BarefootCaptives

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* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': The reason Morgiana DoesNotLikeShoes is because she got used to being barefoot during her time as Jamil's slave. Also she is a KickChick with SuperStrength. If she ''did'' wear shoes, they would be quickly destroyed every time she got into a fight.

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* In ''Film/BigFish'': The town of Spectre steals the shoes of new visitors, forcing everyone to be barefoot so that they stay to the soft grasses of town and not leave through the painful woods around it.

* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Carol is captured by the Skrulls and wakes up in restraints with her boots removed. She quickly breaks free and during her escape from the Skrull ship, she finds her boots and puts them back on.

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* In ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Borders of Infinity,]]'' the prisoners in Dagoola #3 are issued trousers and a tunic, but no shoes. The gang that attacks Miles on his arrival are thus all barefoot, but their lack of combat boots doesn't help Miles very much.
* When Ista surrenders herself to the Jokonans in ''Literature/PaladinOfSouls,'' they remove her sandals to humiliate her: "You will walk barefoot and bareheaded into the presence of the August Mother, as befitting a lesser woman and a Quintarian heretic." As an aversion, they leave Ilvin his boots, driving home his inability to protect Ista.
* Typical for slaves in the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' novels. "It is a high girl, and a rare girl, who is permitted sandals."

* In ''[[Literature/TheHalfbloodChronicles Elvenbane]]'', the elven lords keep their human harem women barefoot. When one of the women asks why, she is told that it's done to make it harder for the women to run away.

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* Many female characters on ''Series/CriminalMinds'' have their shoes removed when being held hostage.
* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'': In "Mans Telepathic Loyal Lookouts", a psycho kidnaps Patterson and she wakes up in his cabin barefoot. When she tries to escape, it is snowing outside and they are in rocky terrain, so [[AgonyOfTheFeet her feet really suffer and they are bleeding]] by the time she is rescued.

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* In ''Franchise/{{Bleach}}'', all prisoners of the Soul Society must wear standard outfits of white gowns and bare feet. This is most evident when Rukia is being held for execution, but all the main characters wind up in the outfit eventually.

* In ''VideoGame/CCGenerals,'' GLA Workers, who are implied to be slaves (judging by how one of their StopPokingMe quotes is to yelp in pain and agree to work), don't have shoes, and will ask for them. In the expansion kit, they get them (they're a researched upgrade that increases the Workers abysmal resource gathering rate and speed), and [[MundaneLuxury their voices are filled with palpable gratitude.]]

* In ''VideoGame/CAndCGenerals,'' GLA Workers, who are implied to be slaves (judging by how one of their StopPokingMe quotes is to yelp in pain and agree to work), don't have shoes, and will ask for them. In the expansion kit, they get them (they're a researched upgrade that increases the Workers abysmal resource gathering rate and speed), and [[MundaneLuxury their voices are filled with palpable gratitude.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': People imprisoned by the Fire Nation are dressed in nothing more than rags and bare feet. The most prominent example of this are the Southern waterbenders.

* In ''VideoGame/C&CGenerals,'' GLA Workers, who are implied to be slaves (judging by how one of their StopPokingMe quotes is to yelp in pain and agree to work), don't have shoes, and will ask for them. In the expansion kit, they get them (they're a researched upgrade that increases the Workers abysmal resource gathering rate and speed), and [[MundaneLuxury their voices are filled with palpable gratitude.]]

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In both fiction and RealLife, prisoners, slaves, and other captives are often made to go without shoes. This can be done for practical, [[ShamefulStrip psychological]], or [[{{Fanservice}} fetish fuel]] reasons, or for all of the above.

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* Franchise/{{Saw}}: Jigsaw's victims often wake up barefoot, although it's possible that at least some of them were that way when they were abducted (he usually takes people from their homes), but it's probably to make the "games" just that tiny bit more uncomfortable for them.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': People imprisoned by the Fire Nation are dressed in nothing more than rags and bare feet.

* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': The reason Morgiana DoesNotLikeShoes is because she got used to being barefoot during her time as Jamil's slave.

* In ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel is kept barefoot as part of her imprisonment in Mother Gothel's tower. However, she continues to go barefoot throughout the film and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', implying that she just DoesNotLikeShoes.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'' Arcanic slaves of the Federation of Man are kept barefoot.

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* In ''{{Disney/Tangled}}'' Rapunzel is kept barefoot as part of her imprisonment in Mother Gothel's tower. However, she continues to go barefoot well after she escapes, implying that she just DoesNotLikeShoes.
* In ''Film/BigFish'': The town of Spectre steals the shoes of new visitors, forcing everyone to be barefoot so that they stay to the soft grasses of town and not leave through the painful woods around it.

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* In ''{{Disney/Tangled}}'' Rapunzel is kept barefoot as part of her imprisonment in Mother Gothel's tower