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[[File:Shakira 7.jpg|frame|[[Shakira]] and her "trademark" ''Pies Descalzos''<ref>[[Gratuitous Spanish]] for "bare feet"</ref> ]]

 

 

For some reason, this character tries to avoid wearing shoes whenever possible. May be because the character has some kind of mystical connection with the ground she walks on/ [[Wild Child]] status. This can also be a sign of heroism and badassery, like a milder form of [[Full-Frontal Assault]]; the [[Nature Hero]] and [[Barbarian Hero]] are most prone to it. Bridging [[Wild Child]] and [[Nature Hero]], the [[Noble Savage]] and [[Jungle Princess]] are virtually always barefoot.

Finally, sometimes it's just because a character's feet are unusually large or a funny shape.

 

 

 

* Ed from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' loses all balance if she even puts on socks.

* L from ''[[Death Note]]''.

** Near also has a strong distaste for shoes, but still wears socks. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Sole]] exception: in the manga, he's barefoot during the sequence in Roger Ruvie's office when he and Mello make their first appearance, but in the anime version of the scene he's wearing his trademark socks.

** In the third film ''Fade to Black'', the anime makes Rukia barefoot for her evil phase. In the manga, she completely averts the trope, only falling under [[Barefoot Poverty]] in flashbacks.

* Shion from ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' wears this strange outfit that shows not only her bare feet, but [[Bare Your Midriff|her bellybutton, too]].

* Most underwater citizens from ''[[Umi Monogatari]]'', including the two main characters, will go barefoot, unless trying to remain inconspicuous and wearing more conventional clothes of the "sky people" (land-faring humans).

* Kotomi from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' doffs her shoes frequently, most likely to remind us of her [[Cloudcuckoolander]] status.

* Futaba from ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'' always goes around barefoot. No-one [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|seems to notice that]].

* Miyu from ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'' is always barefoot when she goes Shinma hunting.

* Tomoe, [[Little Bit Beastly]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[Kitsune]] from ''[[Kamisama Kiss]],'' always goes around barefooted when he's not posing as a human.

* A few characters in ''[[One Piece]]'', both male (Like Franky) and female (Like Aisa), go barefoot.

* Ringo, the [[Genki Girl]] [[Cheerful Child]] from ''[[Casshern Sins]]''.

 

* Mara, a perpetually barefoot Celtic shamaness created by Dennis McClain, lives and breathes this trope. In fact, this entire comic lives and breathes a dozen [[Fetish]]es, so such [[Foot Focus]] is not out of place.

* Julie Winters of ''[[The Maxx]]'', in both the original comic and the [[Animated Adaptation]]. She doesn't seem to have any particular aversion to shoes, but she definitely prefers going barefoot (even while walking the city streets and alleys). She does it often enough that, if you can't see her feet, and she hasn't been explicitly shown earlier to be wearing shoes, you can assume she's barefoot.

* Tanga, an [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|alien super heroine]] created by Kevin Maguire, always goes barefoot and says that she's "not a big fan" of shoes, although she understands that some people are. (Technically speaking she's not ''barefoot'' since she wears a full-body suit - but she does not wear shoes, and the covers usually depict her as barefoot.)

 

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190925182426/https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3535828/1/ This fanfic] describes Angela from ''[[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]]'' this way. Not surprising, since it focuses on her [[Cloudcuckoolander]] personality.

* Terra Caldwell from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001351/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5330983/1/Convergent_Paths Convergent Paths]'' (a ''[[Pokémon]]'' fanfic) is sometimes barefoot and sometimes in pantyhose, but never wears shoes. She is a "Mother Earth" character who likes meditating.

** ''Lampshaded'' in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120410213630/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5330983/63/Convergent_Paths chapter 62], where Daniel specially mentions her "strange aversion to shoes".

 

* Many [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] characters go barefoot.

** ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. Even after the first movie, Aladdin still wears that old clothing of his. By the third movie however he starts wearing shoes with his old clothing.

** Lilo from ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Liloand Stitch]]'', who either prefers to be barefoot or wear sandals.

** Mama Odie from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.

* The Na'vi in ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' are perpetually barefoot. [[Fridge Brilliance]] also comes into play: Given the moon's lower gravity, and denser atmosphere, it's extremely easy to lose footing and slip—especially on dirt or soil. Cause of this, the Na'vi are able to curl their large toes directly into the ground for traction. The other lifeforms also partially compensate for the lower gravity and thicker atmosphere by having an additional pair of arms/legs.

* In the 1939 film ''The [[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', Huck says, "Shoes and I don't get along."

* Agador in ''[[The Birdcage]]'' can barely stand up when he has to wear shoes.

 

* Tahiri Veila from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] due to being raised by Sand People and liking the cool floors (in contrast to her native planet Tatooine's hot sands).

** Senator Gaeriel Captison was also fond of removing her shoes and going on barefoot walks in the park in her free time.

* Dragon boys (the youths who tend fighting dragons) in the ''[[Dragon Jousters]]'' series normally go barefoot for practicality. Sandals would just get lost in the dragons' sand pits. But since the series is set in an Egypt-[[Expy]], being barefoot doesn't really stand out.

* [[O. Henry]]'s ''[[Cabbages And Kings]]'' has one chapter where a shoe merchant tries to do business in a [[Banana Republic]] town where no one likes shoes. The solution was some prickly burrs he had to mail-order from back in the USA.

 

* River Tam in ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''[[Serenity]]'', to the point that [[Joss Whedon]] said in the ''Serenity'' [[DVD Commentary]] that River's feet are the 11th character on the show. And [[Adam Baldwin]] calls her on it also.

{{quote|"Did you ''ever'' have shoes on in this?"}}

** For the record, she does: heavy motorcycle boots that contrast with her delicate dresses. [[Summer Glau]] even mentions this.

* Adam from ''[[Northern Exposure]]''.

* In ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' episode "The Bellero Shield", Mrs. Dame goes barefoot throughout the story.

* In ''[[Victorious]]'', Sikowitz is almost always barefoot.

* Kwai Chang Caine from ''[[Kung Fu]]''. One of the only times in the series that he wears footwear was to attend a wedding.

 

* Many performers like to [[Sublime Rhyme|eschew shoes]] while performing on stage, often to feel more relaxed or to alleviate stage fright. [[Kelly Clarkson]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Eric Benet]], [[Tim Minchin]], [[Tristan Prettyman]], [[Delta Goodrem]], [[Amy Grant]], [[Lauren Harris]], [[Charlotte Church]], [[Katharine Mcphee]], [[The White Stripes]] drummer Meg White, and [[Porcupine Tree]] [[Face of the Band]] [[Steven Wilson]] have all regularly or semi-regularly performed barefoot at some point in their careers.

* British singer [[Sandie Shaw]] tended to go barefoot both on stage and off. Her detractors thought this was a marketing gimmick, but Sandie claimed she did it because she was afraid of tripping over wires.

* [[Jimmy Buffett]] often performs barefoot as part of his beach bum persona.

 

* Most [[Wild Samoan]]s wrestle barefoot, to help put over the "island savage" gimmick.

* Kevin Von Erich wrestled barefoot for most of his career. He has said in interviews that it was because the boots he bought for his first match didn't fit quite right, and from there, it became a trademark.

* Jungle Grrrl from the (mercifully) short lived women's wrestling promotion WOW.

* When she's not wearing her [[All-American Face|all-U.S.]] attire, Madusa of the [[WCW]] had high-heeled boots on during the entrance, which she took off immediately after coming on the ring. Sometimes, however, she walked down the ramp without shoes at all.

 

* According to [[The Merch]] for ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'' (specifically, a 2001 action figure), Kira (the female Gelfling) is a barefooter.

 

 

* Armida in the play ''A Village Fable''. "No shoes, no shoes, I refuse to wear shoes!" is practically her [[Catch Phrase]].

* In the musical ''[[Spring Awakening]]'' the character of Ilse spends the entire second act barefoot.

* In modern expression theater, it seems to be an unwritten rule that all actors ''have to'' be barefoot.

 

* Everywhere where more or less deep [[Character Customization]] is possible ([[Virtual Paper Doll|mainly regarding the outfit]]), it's pretty much possible for the custom character to go barefoot at any time, in any place.

* [http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8862/shyann.png Shy-Ann], the meditating hippy flower-girl from ''[[Julia's Time Adventures]]'', is barefoot. She is actually a time traveller just like the main character.

* Rick from the ''[[Splatterhouse]]'' series is barefoot whenever he dons the [[Artifact of Doom|Terror Mask]].

 

 

* Coffinshaker, Pai, and some minor characters from ''[[What's Shakin']]'' and ''[[Coffin Comics]]'' never wear shoes.

* Angora of ''[[The Meek]]'' goes barefoot. In the beginning she doesn't wear ''anything'', making it more a case of [[Naked on Arrival|Does Not Like Clothes]], but as the story goes on she starts collecting clothing, but still no shoes (or shirt).

* Mab from ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''. According to [http://missmab.com/Cast/mab.php her official biography], "Mab has a deep-seated dislike of wearing shoes."

* Morgana Honeydew of ''[[Flaky Pastry]]'', being a halfling, doesn't wear shoes. [http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/comic.php?strip_id=247 She claims this is because she can't find any in her width.]

* Almost all of the female characters remain barefooted in ''[http://www.1977thecomic.com/ 1977]''. Many of the boys wind up that way, as well. Creator W. Byron Wilkins once stated on his blog that he "[[Author Appeal|always had a thing for chicks who never wore shoes.]]"

* The title character of ''[[Daisy Is Dead]]'' usually walks around barefoot.

* Sette Frummagen from ''[[Unsounded]]'' remains barefoot from the first panel where she appears and on. It's not explained why, and [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|no one really cares enough to bring it up]].

 

* In an obvious display of [[Author Appeal]], ''The Barefoot Sorority'', a series of stories by southerncrossfire44, is built around this trope. The concept is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. The first story is [http://southerncrossfire44.deviantart.com/art/The-Barefoot-Sorority-89588644 here].

** southerncrossfire44 has also written two other series, also available at his [[Deviant ART]] site: another [[Slice of Life]] story called ''No Shoes Pizza'', and a new [[Spy Drama]] called ''Barefoot Agent''.

* Curly from ''[[Shiny Objects Videos]]'' rarely wore shoes in the earlier videos. [[Real Life Writes the Plot]].

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] wears battered sneakers when he goes outside, but when he's in his house he'll nearly always be barefoot.

 

* Toph from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' does not like wearing shoes or having her feet touched, presumably because as a blind Earthbender she "sees" through her feet. Earthbenders in general tend to be averse to footwear, beyond sole-less coverings for the top of their feet.

* Nearly all of the villains and few of the heroes in the [[Continuity Reboot|2002 series]] of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' follow this trope.

* Jeff da Maori from ''[[Bro Town]]''.

* The Prairie People from ''[[Bravestarr]]''.

** As does Poison Ivy.

* Nat Smurfling in ''[[The Smurfs (animation)|The Smurfs]]'' wears brown footless pants.

* Jean LeFoot, "The Barefoot [[Pirate]]", from the 1960's and 2000's Cap'n Crunch commercials.

* [[Jana of the Jungle]], another barefoot [[Jungle Princess]].

* Beingal from the ''[[Legend of the Dragon]]'' series, is never seen wearing shoes. Though this could because when she embodies her Tiger Form, her feet grow bigger and the claws would probably damage any footwear.

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Tree House of Horror X". Lisa/Clobber Girl is always barefoot.

* The Ice King from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.

** The Fire Princess, though those might be [[Incredibly Lame Pun|too hot to post]].

* Chel from ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]''.

 

* [[Nicole Kidman]], Cameron Diaz and Sean Astin have actually shown up to red carpet premieres in bare feet.

** At the premiere of the movie ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', Cameron Diaz went barefoot so she wouldn't tower over her co-stars.

** [[Kristen Stewart]], as mentioned above, also likes to go barefoot at these fairly formal occasions.

* [[Julia Roberts]] is known for going barefoot a lot, even going so far as to get married that way (and it wasn't a beach wedding, either). She even asks the directors she works with if she can incorporate this tendency into her characters; judging by how frequently she is barefoot in her film roles, most of them don't seem to have a problem complying.

* There are a number of organizations dedicated to promoting a shoes-free lifestyle, including [http://www.barefooters.org/ The Society for Barefoot Living] and [http://www.unshod.org/pfbc/ Parents for Barefoot Children]. These groups claim that going barefoot not only provides many health benefits, but is also instrumental in creating a more peaceful, spiritually connected state of mind.

* According to some sources, [[Sophie Marceau]] is also fond of walking barefoot, especially on the old streets of Paris.

** And she did a commercial or two this way, too.

* Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila famously ran and won the marathon in the Summer Olympics of 1960, running barefoot, because his team-issued shoes hurt his feet. Bikila was used to running barefoot, since that was how he typically trained. However, in 1964, he ran wearing shoes and won again.

 

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