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  • In Aladdin, during the "One Jump Ahead" chase scene, Aladdin vaults over a bed of coals. The pursuing guards hop and scream in pain as they run across the hot coals, but once they're on the far side, go right back to chasing Aladdin as if nothing happened.
  • Lampshaded in Animalympics (1980). As the narrator waxes philosophical on "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat", the last phrase comes out just as the polar bear carrying the torch through a desert starts hopping and blowing on his poor, sand-scorched feet.
  • In Big Hero 6, Hiro awakens Baymax when he inadvertently hurts his foot dropping one of his microbots on it.
  • Brave:
    • During a caber-tossing game, a man has a caber land on his foot, making him scream in pain.
    • Also, just as King Fergus has restored order during the brawl between Clans MacGuffin, Macintosh and Dingwall, the boys drop a mace on Lord Dingwall's foot and his scream of pain starts the whole bloody thing up again.
  • Anastasia steps on the Prince's feet during every few seconds of their dance in Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
  • Surprisingly averted in Dot and the Kangaroo despite the titular little girl being perpetually barefoot, as for the sequels...
    • In Dot and the Bunny, Dot narrowly avoids stepping on an echidna and Funny-Bunny gets his hind feet bitten by crocodiles.
    • In Dot and the Whale, Dot steps on poisonous live coral and is saved by an octopus.
    • In Dot in Space, Dot stamps on the feet of bubble-shaped aliens who have captured her.
  • Frozen: The Duke of Weselton repeatedly steps on Anna's feet while they're dancing.
    Queen Elsa: Well, he was sprightly.
    Princess Anna: Ah! Especially for a man in heels!
  • On The Great Mouse Detective, Olivia stomps on Fidget's good foot, eliciting cries of, "Ow, my foot! My only foot!"
  • In Happily N'Ever After, when Frieda the Wicked Stepmother puts Ella in a chokehold, Ella escapes by stepping on her foot.
  • Ice Age: Continental Drift: Louis slams a heavy ice chunk on Captain Gutt's foot, making him release Peaches.
  • During one of the live-action sequences in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, this happens to Finn and Bianca's mom, twice, with Lego bricks. She ranks the pain as just below that of childbirth.
  • In The Little Mermaid (1968), every step is painful for the poor Mermaid once she has human legs.
  • The Little Mermaid (1989): As Sebastian is trying to get away from Chef Louis, he drops a frying pan on Louis' foot.
  • In Madagascar, Alex stubs his toe on a rock while running through the jungle, and then hurts his other foot on a thorny vine.
  • Moana:
    • Moana gets her foot stuck in coral underwater, and after breaking free, she has a large bruise.
    • Maui has a hotfoot when running across Te Kā's body in lizard form. Also when he's fighting Tamatoa and crawling toward his fishhook, the crab stabs his claw into Maui's foot to drag him away.
  • In Monsters vs. Aliens, when Susan gets shot with a giant hypodermic needle and angrily rips it out and tosses it aside, it impales some poor soldier's foot and he screams in pain.
  • My Sweet Monster: Barbara steps on something, while walking barefoot in the woods, causing her to fall and rub her foot in pain.
  • Pinocchio: When Jiminy Cricket is scolding Pinocchio in the pool hall on Pleasure Island, he furiously kicks an 8-ball, which doesn't move, causing him to hop up and down in pain.
    Jiminy: Look at yourself! Smoking! Playing pool! (kicks the 8-ball) OWW! You're coming right home with me this minute!
  • During his self-exile in the desert, Moses from The Prince of Egypt trips on a sharp rock, scraping his foot and tearing off his sandal. In frustration, he takes the sandal off and proceeds to remove his prince clothes, except for the ring Rameses gave him.
  • The Princess and the Goblin: The goblins bodies are much more durable than humans, except for their feet, making their feet their weak spot. Along with their aversion to singing, it is one of the only ways to easily defeat them. Only the Goblin Queen is sensible enough to wear shoes to protect against attacks aimed at her feet.
  • Patou the dog from Rock-A-Doodle bites the evil owl's foot in order to save Edmund (who was turned into a cat by the owl's magic) from being eaten.
  • Near the midpoint of The Rugrats Movie, Angelica hurts her foot trying to kick the Reptar Wagon, and the babies with it, out the front door.
    • In the second sequel, Angelica kicks a rock with her bare foot and recoils once she feels the pain.
  • What ultimately causes Zig-Zag in The Thief and the Cobbler to hate Tack so much - the Thief tries to steal from Tack, who sewed their clothes together and in the struggle, accidentally dropped tacks and sewing supplies into the streets where Zig-Zag was walking.
  • The 3 Little Pigs: The Movie: Felix jumps on the exhaust pipe of Rublad’s motorcycle as he drives away with Wally & Beemo, resulting in a brief Hurt Foot Hop from the pain of standing on hot metal.
  • Thumbelina in Thumbelina, when Mrs. Toad (an anthropomorphic toad wearing high heels) steps on her foot.
  • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure: A frustrated Tinker Bell kicks a compass, which results in her hopping up and down holding her foot in pain.
  • A classic example is Starscream in The Transformers: The Movie. As Autobot City transforms, he gets his foot stuck in a closing door. He has to blast it (and his foot) to get out, leading to the classic whine, "Owww, my foot!"
  • Up: Carl slams his front door on Russell's foot, producing an "Ow!"
  • Wreck-It Ralph: On Vanellope's first attempt at driving her brand-new car, she bumps into Ralph's foot, who gets to hop for a bit. Moments later, she knocks some Mentos into Diet Cola Hot Springs, and the spatter singes his feet, making him hop around some more.

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