History Main / HighHeelPower

* GenderInverted by Jo kwon from 2AM in his music video for Animal. He performs the choreography in six-inch heels.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Detective Kate Beckett typically wears 4-inch heels at work, which have [[LampshadeHanging more than once]] been described as "brutal" and "impractical". She admits to wearing them in order to appear more physically imposing to her (mostly male) co-workers; it's easier for her to be taken seriously when she's literally looking down at them.

Often part of a FeetFirstIntroduction, along with LegFocus. Sibling trope to CombatStilettos, though for this trope the woman doesn't have to be an ActionGirl to be displaying High Heel Power. She can simply be good at what she does or be in some position of authority. A must for a LadyInAPowerSuit, one of the many cases in which HighHeelHurt probably won't apply.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': [[ClassyCatBurglar Rouge the Bat]] wears a pair of white high heeled-boots adorned with hearts at the base to further [[MsFanservice emphasize]] her sex appeal. To a lesser extent, [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Blaze The Cat]] wears a pair of high heeled shoes. Not very practical for a character meant to run quick, but fitting considering she's a princess from the Sol Dimension.

* One of the few male examples of this trope is Dr Frank N. Furter of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. Very high heels, and he's both very charismatic, and murderous and dangerous. Although he does struggle to run in them... (They also help make him not look too short next to the other characters, as Creator/TimCurry is 5ft9.)

* Samus Aran of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' fame's [[SpyCatsuit Zero Suit]] incorporates high heels in its design starting with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' takes it even further, starting in the fourth installment, by upgrading her to rocket heels. The games developed by Creator/MercurySteam go even further: not just her Zero Suit, but her actual Power Suit has heels added to its boots too in ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidDread''.

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has Claire, the head of the entire park and therefore the highest ranking member of the company we see beneath [[HonestCorporateExecutive Simon Masrani]], and in spite of Owen complaining that her "stupid shoes" are not optimal for surviving in a jungle with dangerous dinosaurs, [[ActionSurvivor makes it through the events of the film in]] heels.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': The major human girls of the series (Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, and Pauline) each wear a very nice pair of colorful and matching pumps in their normal attire. Peach's are either light pink or a magenta/red, Daisy's are orange, Rosalina's is silver to match her silver crown, while Pauline's are distinct ankle-strapped black pumps. Peach and Daisy have been shown to possess other pairs of nice pumps for other outfits, such as their doctors' outfits from ''Dr. Mario World'' (both have white pumps), along with two of Peach's outfits from VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey (namely those VideoGame/MarioKartTour identifies under the "Vacation" and "Wedding" codenames; both are also white (justified for the "Wedding" variant as white high heels are standard for brides), with the "Vacation" variant's pair looking like a white version of Pauline's).

* [[TheBaroness Esdeath]] from ''Anime/AkameGaKill'' who combines this with CombatStilettos and MinidressOfPower, basically DressedLikeADominatrix. She's always wearing [[ThighHighBoots high-heeled boots]] and is a sadistic high-ranking general, as well.

There could be a multitude of reasons why this is the case. One is that by putting on heels a woman becomes taller, and therefore, more authoritative. Another is that the stride created by high heels, when done at a quick pace, can go beyond being just a SexyWalk and actually look very commanding but in a distinctly feminine way. A third reason may stem from the fact that heels are often accepted feminine footwear in most professional settings, especially when paired with a pencil skirt or other business attire, which results in a lot of women in positions of authority wearing them in the workplace (making it varying TruthInTelevision).

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is essentially High Heel Power: The Video Game. The titular anti-heroine is a gun-slinging Witch in high heels, that accessorizes her favorite shoes with a pair of matching pistols. Always [[SexyWalk strutting through her adventures like they were a fashion runway]], Bayonetta is a woman that enjoys crushing her foes beneath her heels -- sometimes literally, when she stomp-shoots them or summons a giant high-heeled foot to crush enemies. The game's very first images focused on a FeetFirstIntroduction, showing a stomping high heel with a smoking gun attached to it.