History Main / TrickedOutShoes

Compare JetPack (which covers Rocket Boots), TrickedOutGloves, ArmedLegs, ShoeSlap. See also MagicalAccessory.

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* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Daimos had rockets on its feet AND retractable spikes to simultanesouly kick and stab {{Robeast}}s with.
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': In episode 18, Mazinger-Z's feet got modified to include rockets allowed the HumongousMecha move underwater.
* ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'': Lan could attach wheels to his shoes to make them RollerbladeGood.
** [[TruthInTelevision Sneakers with retractable wheels were a fad in the 90s and early 2000s]]. They fell out of favor for safety concerns.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', the source of Jackie's fullbringer technique "Dirty Boots" are her boots. The filthier they become, the more her strength increases.
* Two examples in ''Manga/OnePiece'': Buggy has special shoes with hidden knives in them, and much later can use the same gimmick to shot the Muggy Balls (tiny but deadly bombs). Pirate Captain Vander Decken also wears sandals with retractable blades.
* Fabiola Iglesias from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' wears shoes with heel blades, which she uses to [[GroinAttack very painful effect]] on an unfortunate mook at the Yellow Flag.

* [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein]] has recently obtained the Footstigons, which like his previously owned Fistigons shoot flames. He uses them to fly.

* In the very early days of Franchise/{{Batman}}, before the utility belt was fully established, Batman would carry chemicals in the heels of his boots that could be mixed to create an explosive.

* In the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film, [[BigBad Bison]] wears boots that allow him to levitate. How this actually works is never fully explained other than Bison boasting it involves electromagnetism, but this is the least of the movie's problems.
* [=Marty McFly's=] self-tying Nikes in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. Which have now been made for [[http://nikemag.ebay.com/shoes real]] (except for the self-tying part) and are being auctioned off to support Creator/MichaelJFox's Parkinson's Charity.
* ''Film/TheGoonies'': Data and his Slick Shoes.
* ''[[Film/ErnestPWorrell Slam Dunk Ernest]]'' revolves around a pair of absolutely gaudy basketball shoes that give him magic super b-baller powers. Oh, and they're apparently sapient.

* In an episode of ''Series/LazyTown'', Robbie Rotten gives the town hero Sportacus a pair of robotic boots that can apparently make him slide far and zoom across distances. The problem is, they’re controlled by Robbie... and so are Sportacus’s feet.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Bayonetta could attach weapons to her shoes, specifically the back of her heels.
* [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Kazooie]] has four pairs of these -- the [[SprintShoes Turbo Trainers]] (for SuperSpeed), the Wading Boots (for walking across shallow yet dangerous surfaces), the Springy Step Shoes (for making a SpringJump, of course), and the Claw Clamber Boots (for [[WallCrawl walking up walls]]).
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': the 'Long Fall Boots' Chell wears to prevent [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou fall damage]].
* Cerberus soldiers in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' have boots equipped with rockets. They only use them to cushion their falls after jumping from heights or to jump up onto the battlefield from unseen points below it.
* In ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'', Ratchet has the [[SelectiveMagnetism Magneboots]] ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness later replaced by the Gravity Boots]]), which allow him to stick to certain surfaces. He also has GrindBoots, which allow him to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grind]] down rails. The Charge Boots, present from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'', allow Ratchet to dash forward with rocket boosters in the shoes, and the Hoverboots replaced them starting with ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]''.
* ''Videogame/MegaManX'': Part of Dr. Light's PoweredArmor enhancements are Tricked Out Leg Armors. X1's leg armor enables him to dash (a feature X has from the start in later games), X2's lets him do dash in the air, X3's enables 3-way air dash (including upwards), and with the Leg Chip he can either air dash twice or air dash after a dash jump, X4's (both Fourth and Ultimate Armor) gives him air dash and hovering. X5's Falcon Leg lets him ''fly'' (for generous seconds and makes him all but invulnerable during flight) and Gaea Leg makes him immune to spikes, not sliding during wall clinging and able to push certain blocks, X6's Blade Leg enables 4-way very fast air dash that makes him go through enemies and Shadow Leg makes him immune to spikes, not sliding down during wall clinging and a high jump that makes him do CeilingCling, X7's lets him glide in the air, X8's Icarus Leg gives him a higher jump, Hermes Leg gives him faster running speed and ability to dash through enemies, and Ultimate Leg combines the two.
* Grieve edges in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur III]]'' are boots with blades in them, and come with a moveset that involves lots of kicking.
* ''Videogame/MegaManZero:'' the third and fourth game enables enhancements to your armor parts, including your shoes. It ranges from increasing running speed, {{double jump}}ing, jumping on water surfaces, giving friction to FrictionlessIce, protection against blowing winds, dashing through enemies, sliding down walls slower, and, in case of the secret Ultima Chip, ''almost all of the above''.
* The titular ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' wears platform boots with literal CombatStilettos, allowing her to maim opponents with her kicks.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyGx3m1gPZI When there's trouble you know what to do, CALL CYBORG!]] He can shoot a rocket from his shoe, CAUSE HE'S CYBORG!'' - Cyborg, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''

* Lacer from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has artificial intelligence, a variety of gadgets, can walk on walls, and can run at super speed. On the other hand, [[AIIsACrapshoot it's evil and seeks to lead machines in a revolt against the human race.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'' segment "My New Shoes" features shoes with spontaneous neon bling, a personal grooming feature, an elaborate system of gears, the ability to turn into car-shaped rocket propelled shoes with a drag parachute, vertical takeoff capability with space travel, included carjack, orange juice maker, clothes washing machine, toaster, the ability to inflate several times the size of the wearer, the super speed capability to outrun a race car, retractable stilts that can reach a basketball hoop, the ability to transform into a tank, the ability to come alive and dance, displaying cartoon eyes and a personality, suggesting an advanced form of sentience, the ability to jump back onto the wearer's feet, and automatic running, jumping, and sliding features. They are also suitable for dancing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RainbowRangers'', Indigo Allfruit's Super Sonic Rainbow Sneakers let her fly.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The Saturnians have "metal boots" which allow those currently under the effect of an reverse-gravity ray to walk on the surface actual gravity is pulling towards, instead of being repelled by it and possibly floating away until gravity fatally reasserts itself for them.

* In several of the ''Literature/ModestyBlaise'' stories, Modesty and/or Willie have trick shoes with secret compartments in the heels (or even heels that detach and then can be combined into a useful gadget), which sometimes get overlooked when they're being searched for weapons.

* A ''WesternAnimation/TomTerrific'' story arc had a group of kids scared of participating in a series of school athletic events because of a bully. Tom gives them each a pair of shoes that he says will make them far better athletes than the bully. They're plain shoes, but Tom was building up the kids' confidence. And it worked.

* ''Series/GetSmart'' has a ShoePhone. Maxwell Smart has also occasionally had other things in the heels of his shoes, like {{Cyanide Pill}}s or [[ArmedLegs guns firing nuclear bullets]].

* Partway through ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'', [[HypercompetentSidekick Kiriko]] receives special boots based off of the Drive suit which can be powered, enhancing her running, jumping, and kicks (much like ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', above).
* ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'' had an episode involving a series of broad-daylight jewelry store robberies. A woman would walk in to the store posing as a potential customer and would eventually ask to see some of the more high-end merchandise. The woman wore platform shoes (it was TheSeventies, after all) with small roller skate wheels hidden in the soles that would pop out when activated. When the store employee came back, she would then grab the items and the skates would allow her to make a fast getaway.

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* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/LuckyStarr'' novels, Martian boots have built-in hidden containers for small useful items.

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--> '''Tony:''' They're ''not'' skates! They're ...[[{{Technobabble}} electrostatic]]...[[BlatantLies energy racers]].

* ''Literature/DocSavage'' was a man CrazyPrepared enough to carry equipment ''everywhere'' in his body, including components for a small bomb on the heels of both of his boots (interestingly, it used a binary explosive: both boots carried chemicals that became explosive when combined).

* ''Series/GetSmart'' has a ShoePhone. Maxwell Smart has also occasionally had other things in the heels of his shoes, like {{Cyanide Pill}}s or [[ArmedLegs twin cannons]].

* ''Series/GetSmart'' has a ShoePhone. Maxwell Smart has also occasionally had other things in the heels of his shoes, like {{Cyanide Pill}}s.

* ''TabletopGame/Traveller', ''Magazine/TheSpaceGamer'' #49 article "Tools for Terrorists". When activated, Blade Boots will extend an 80 mm long blade from the toe, allowing the wearer to attack as if using a bayonet and doing 2d6 HitPoints of damage. The wearer can use either Brawling or Unarmed Combat skill as a bonus to hit and the blades can be coated with poison if desired. They're available starting at Tech Level 5, weigh one kilogram and cost 250 credits.

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* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' has the infamous "Batman on Ice" scene.
* The more popular Batman movie ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has a brief scene in which Bats removes a sonar-device from the heel of his boot and uses it to attract hundreds of bats to his location, distracting a SWAT team.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker has a blade hidden in the tip of his shoe.

* [=Marty McFly's=] self-tying Nikes in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''.
** Which have now been made for [[http://nikemag.ebay.com/shoes real]] (except for the self-tying part) and are being auctioned off to support Creator/MichaelJFox's Parkinson's Charity.

* ''Series/GetSmart'' has a ShoePhone.
** Maxwell Smart has also occasionally had other things in the heels of his shoes, like {{Cyanide Pill}}s.

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* ''InspectorGadget'': though, in his case, the gadgets actually do pop out from the bottoms of his feet.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', Flint's first invention is spray-on shoes, which solves the dilemma of having to tie your laces. Unfortunately, they don't come off. Ever.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', the MysteriousMercenaryPursuer Dennis tries to kill Spongebob and Patrick with spikes that come out of the bottom of his boots. Even better, his boots have the phrase "Your head here" and an arrow pointing downward on them.
* A ''TomTerrific'' story arc had a group of kids scared of participating in a series of school athletic events because of a bully. Tom gives them each a pair of shoes that he says will make them far better athletes than the bully. They're plain shoes, but Tom was building up the kids' confidence. And it worked.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RainbowRangers'' Indigo Allfruit's Super Sonic Rainbow Sneakers let her fly.

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* ''Magazine/TheSpaceGamer'' #49 article "Tools for Terrorists". When activated, Blade Boots will extend an 80 mm long blade from the toe, allowing the wearer to attack as if using a bayonet and doing 2d6 HitPoints of damage. The wearer can use either Brawling or Unarmed Combat skill as a bonus to hit and the blades can be coated with poison if desired. They're available starting at Tech Level 5, weigh one kilogram and cost 250 credits.