History Main / MagicalBarefooter

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': It's somewhat hard to tell given their long robes, but [[TheArchmage Renalla]] and the scholars of Raya Lucaria are barefoot.

* ''/JeanJohnson'''s ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' references a character Jesse James Mankiller, who was such a powerful [[Main/PsychicPowers pyrokinetic and biokinetic]] that she walked barefoot without a space suit on the [[UsefulNotes/TheMoon Moon]]. The reason she did this is not stated, but the event was well documented.

* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'': [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] appears as a man with an [[VillainInAWhiteSuit impeccable white suit]] and bare feet that drip black tar. Just in case anyone were to mistake him for human, he also walks across a floor full of broken glass without ill effect.

* In Disney's Frozen 2, Elsa is this by the end.

* Dr. Manhattan in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' takes this to its logical conclusion. As time went on, he started wearing less and less clothing, symbolizing how far his godlike powers were separating him from the rest of humanity, to the point that he eventually just started walking around completely naked full-time.

Third, shoes and even clothes are symbolically seen as a boundary in numerous religious and esoteric teachings (this is OlderThanDirt: Adam and Eve were both nude and barefoot before the Fall); and since portraying an "enlightened" or "higher-than-human" character as nude [[MoralGuardian may prove]] [[MediaWatchdog problematic]], bare feet can be a good compromise.

Very often overlaps with BarefootSage; also compare with BarefootLoon, BaldMystic, and PosthumanNudism.

Very often overlaps with BarefootSage; also compare with BarefootLoon.

* The sorceress from the "Magic Circle" painting by Creator/JohnWilliamWaterhouse is depicted doing her spells barefoot; it is implied that her powers are related to nature.

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* The sorceress from the "Magic Circle" painting by William Waterhouse is depicted doing her spells barefoot; it is implied that her powers are related to nature.

* The witch Liselotte Werckmeister from ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' also counts. As she usually levitates thanks to her magic, she doesn't need footwear.

* Asuna in her queen elf Titania form in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. Her dress lacks footwear, having only a strap around her ankles and feet in a a way similar to barefoot sandals. Yui also counts when in her fairy form or using her admin powers. Quinella wears only foot wraps and has the magic based skills.

* The witch Liselotte Werckmeister from ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' also counts. As she usually levitates thanks to her magic, she doesn't need footwear.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', Homura is shown barefoot as part of her black witch dress towards the ending.

* In ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', Sakura is usually in an ethereal dress with no footwear when she is in the magical plane. The Syaoran clone also counts, as he starts going barefoot at the same time he gains magical powers.

* In the anime of ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', the title character has to wear a long robe and no shoes for a magical ceremony.

* The DC villainess Jinx goes barefoot because she needs skin contact with the ground in order to use her magical powers.
* Jack Hawksmoor in ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''. Likewise, he needs to go barefoot because his powers depend on contact with his environment.
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse's mystic hero Brother Voodoo is barefoot in his classic look, to go with his Caribbean UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} theme.
* The sorceress ([[spoiler:and also a goddess in human body]]) Tia Dalma from ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is depicted barefoot in the movie-based comics. This is also a part of her Voudoun image, similarly to the previous example. ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'' series also describe her as perpetually barefoot.
* In ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'', Brian Braddock's wife Meggan, a [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-[[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[TheEmpath empathic]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] never wears shoes, likely a trait inherited from the fairy side of her family.
* Dr. Manhattan in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' takes this to its logical conclusion. As time went on, he started wearing less and less clothing, symbolizing how far his godlike powers were separating him from the rest of humanity, to the point that he eventually just started walking around completely naked full-time.

* The wizard Avatar from Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' goes around barefoot, being a kind of hippie-elf. Avatar ultimately squares off against his EvilCounterpart brother Blackwolf, who wears cloth shoes or large socks. Also, Avatar's GirlFriday is the fairy Elinore, likewise barefoot, in contrast to Blackwolf's assassin Peace, who wears boots attached to his crimson onesie.

* Lord Voldemort from ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' doesn't wear shoes after his resurrection, implying that he now is an unhuman being who has no need for them. This trope is frequently used for characters who are somehow "above human" (magically gifted, enlightened or godlike), but in his case it indicates that he descended '''below''' human condition due to his dark magical practices and the destruction of his soul.

* At the end of ''Film/HorseGirl'', Sarah carefully removes her shoes [[spoiler:before lying down on the ground and being beamed into the sky, suggesting she is preparing either to travel in time, or to return to the aliens for good. Due to the ambiguity of the situation, this action is suggestive of BarefootSuicide as well.]]

* Autumn Rain, an eccentric antique shop owner with ESP from the eponymous series by Rachel Ann Nunes goes barefoot whenever possible (including streets, police stations, etc.). This is due to the fact that she likes "direct contact with nature"; wearing shoes even gives her backache.

* The beautiful psychic Catherine Hilliard from the Sanders Brothers series by Barbara Freethy is of the "magical granola girl" type, similarly to previous example.
* The psychic Maura Sargent from ''Literature/TheRavenCycle'' series is like the previous examples.
* Coriakin from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' never wears shoes, which may be due to him being a magician or the fact that he is a star. Another retired star Ramandu and The Hermit of the Southern March, who has the magical power of foresight (with the use of his water pool), also go barefoot.
* Wizard Whitebeard from ''Literature/WheresWally''; his overall image is based on the "wise old hermit wanderer" archetype, which combines this trope with BarefootSage.
* In ''Literature/TheClubDumas'', the mysterious girl who calls herself "Irene Adler" apparently enjoys going barefoot, and kicks off her shoes at every opportunity. At the end of the novel, she is implied to be a FallenAngel, so her penchant for going barefoot may be a hint at her otherworldy nature.

* ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'': Agnieszka starts to go barefoot when she fully settles into her role as Witch of the Valley. Neither Sarkan nor the witches and wizards of the capital do, but those who share her nature-based WildMagic rarely bother with court.

* Voodoo Lady in the two first ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' installments, of the Voodoun type.
* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'': the wizard Strangeblood always appears without footwear. At the game's beginning, he is seen making a spell like this, so it may be a consequence of the way his magic works - or just a part of the "old hermit magician" persona.
* Elika in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'' is a NonPlayerCompanion who handles all things magical for the Prince. Unlike him, she never wears shoes, which is strongly implied to be a consequence of her magic coming from the land itself, as her most powerful ability (to cleanse entire areas of the game of TheCorruption) manifests itself as FertileFeet. Several of her alternate costumes have shoes, though.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Zoe the Aspect of Twilight, as befitting a CloudCuckoolander capable of communing with the secrets of the universe, wears a variation on this -- spat-like footwear with no heel or toe, just a strip of fabric running under her instep.

* The Wise Warlock from "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" episode in ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''. His whole image (including the fact that Sabrina first sees him meditating in his cave) is a parody of classical "magical wise hermit" type, which is both this trope and BarefootSage.
* Nisa from ''Mission Odyssey'' is the only team member with a magical talent (clairvoyance). She is also the only human character who goes barefoot by choice.

* Chikara, the lovably kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', never wears shoes even when she goes outside of her tent. It doesn't seem to be a direct consequence of her magical abilities, but rather a distinctive trait that is meant to signify that she's somehow "different" from others (it may be BarefootSage, BarefootLoon, or this trope - or all three).
* Mogul, a villainous [[WizardsFromOuterSpace alien space sorcerer]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''.
* Wuya from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' spends most her time as a small purple BedsheetGhost with a weird mask for a face. Whenever she does manage to regain human form she becomes a HotWitch whose LimitedWardrobe stops just above the knee.

* Galadriel, Lady of Lothlórien, in ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing''. She is shown going barefoot to meet Frodo in the sequence where he views possible events of the future through Galadriel's Mirror.

** The evil enchantress Circe; this, along with her overall appearance, is directly based on her prototype from Greek mythology.

* [[PlayerCharacter Corrin]], [[MysteriousWaif Azura]], and [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Kana]] in VideoGame/FireEmblemFates all forgo footwear and have mystical aspects to them. In Corrin's case [[CharacterCustomization he/she]] manifests his/her [[HalfHumanHybrid draconic heritage]] more strongly than the continent's other royals, [[spoiler: on account of the silent dragon Anankos's being his/her father, rather than the distant ancestor he is the others,]] which grant's Corrin the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into a dragon much like the Manaketes of previous titles. Kana, being Corrin's child, inherits the same abilities as well as his/her [[SharedFamilyQuirks preference for going barefoot]]. Azura, on the other hand, is a songstress (Fates' equivalent to the Dancer class) who uses her MagicMusic to various ends throughout the story. She's also Corrin's [[SharedFamilyQuirks adopted sister]] and [[spoiler: his/her biological cousin (their mothers were sisters),]] [[TangledFamilyTree among other things]], depending on how you play with the game's marriage system. Ironically none of the three are able to use magic by default. Corrin and Kana have the option to promote into the [[MagicKnight Nohr/Hoshido Noble]] classes, which can use [[BlackMage tomes]] and [[WhiteMage staves]] respectively, but Azura can only learn magic by reclassing into a mage [[note]]which requires her to use a Partner Seal after achieving an S-Rank support with a male character who's base class (or secondary class in the case of a male Corrin) uses magic, or a Friendship Seal after attaining an A+-Rank support with Elise, or an A-Rank support with a female Corrin who's secondary class uses magic[[/note]], which also changes her outfit to one with shoes.

* ''Film/ZuWarriorsFromTheMagicMountain'' has the Ice Queen, with her PlayingWithIce powers, who is barefoot for the entirety of the movie.

* The eponymous Comicstrip/WizardOfId is perpetually barefoot.

* The evil enchantress Circe from ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' comics; this, along with her overall appearance, is directly based on her prototype from Greek mythology. In fact, most Greek Gods in the DC Universe at least as of the ComicBook/New52 can be distinguished by their lack of shoes; which seems to be their one physical constant (although the sea god Poseidon doesn't even have feet, being a chimera of sea creatures and Hermes has bird feet). Several of them (particularly the goddesses), barely wear any clothes at all.

* Medusa Gorgon, one of the evil witches in ''Manga/SoulEater'', is always barefoot except when in disguise. It's such an identifiable part of her character that when she possesses the body of [[spoiler:a little girl named Rachel]], the first thing she does is leave the victim's shoes behind.

* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', never wears shoes even when she goes outside of her tent. It doesn't seem to be a direct consequence of her magical abilities, but rather a distinctive trait that is meant to signify that she's somehow "different" from others (it may be BarefootSage, BarefootLoon, or this trope - or all three).