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* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has a strip where the title characters hear a crashing noise on Christmas Eve and assume it's Santa. They listen to see if they can hear what he's saying. Cut to the living room:▼
{{quote|'''Calvin's Dad:''' ''(stands on one leg, clutching his foot after dropping a heavy present on it)'' [[Angrish|Slippin'-rippin'-dang-fang-rotten-zarg-barg-a-ding-dong!]]▼
'''Calvin's Mom:''' Quiet dear! Calvin will hear you! }}▼
* ''[[Peanuts]]''; one Sunday strip starts with Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty walking on the beach, wearing swimsuits. Suddenly, both make crazy faces and shout, "OWW! OOH! OWW! OW, OW, OW, OW! HOOP! hOOP! HOOP! hOOP!" Finally, Patty gasps, "The worst thing about summer is crossing a hot parking lot!"▼
* In ''[[Grail Quest]] 4: Voyage of Terror'', when Pip is given the option to pick a lock or kicking the door open, kicking is a bad choice:▼
{{quote|That hasn't done your foot any good. Didn't you remember you were only wearing light little sandals? Deduct 3 from your current [[Hit Points|LIFE POINTS]] and limp a little.}}▼
* Near the beginning of ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'', Zigzag does this after stepping on one of Tack's tacks. It's also {{spoiler|how he wins at the end.}}
* In ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', Jiminy Cricket does it after kicking a billiard ball.
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* This also happened to Chef Louis in ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', after a pan falls onto his foot while he was chasing after Sebastian.
* [[The One Who Wears Shoes|Patou the dog]] from ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' actually 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.
* In ''[[9
* A standard element of innumerable silent-era comedies, and classic sound-era comedies by the likes of [[Laurel and Hardy]], [[The Three Stooges]], etc.
* In the ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'' movie, Ursula kicks Lyle in the shins to escape and he hops around for a bit before grabbing her again.
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* In ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', Jaws drops a boulder on his foot. His grimace is priceless.
* ''[[Mindhunters]]'': One of the female FBI agents smokes a cigarette, not knowing it has been laced with [[Hollywood Acid|acid]], several drops of which eat through her boot. She briefly stomps her foot in pain [[Oh Crap|before realizing she has other problems]].
== Literature ==
* Happens in all seven ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books to all three main characters.
** Three examples for each character: in the sixth book, Harry kicks a wall out of frustration and hops; in book three, Ron steps on Hermione's foot; and in book seven, Ron accidentally nudges a piece of white-hot cursed metal with his foot (long story). Justified to an extent—their robes makes it rather easy to stomp someone's foot without it being noticed, so it's the main way they [[Be Quiet Nudge|get each other to shut up]]. In ''[[
* ''[[Discworld]]'': One of [[
* Michael tries to break a thick wooden rod he's been chained to in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' by kicking it over and over. While this works in the long run, during one particular moment of panic he slams his foot into it so hard that he thinks he's broken his own bones for a minute.
* In the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' story "Blitzwing Bop", a shopkeeper gets annoyed at Soundwave for accidentally chasing off his star attraction, and kicks him in the ankle in anger. Seeing as how, well, Soundwave is a giant solid metal robot and all, it hurts the shopkeeper's foot a lot more than it hurts Soundwave. (Though Soundwave does consider it "Most bogus!")
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* In the ''[[Junie B. Jones]]'' book ''Junie B., First Grader: One Man Band'', Junie B. accidentally breaks her toe when she kicks her mother's watering can that has a picture of a cow. Her sore toe became important afterwards.
* In ''[[Dragonriders of Pern|Dragonsong]]'', Menolly gets caught out during Threadfall and runs not only the soles of her boots off, but the skin off the bottoms of her feet before a dragon and rider spot and rescue her. In a later book (set years later), she comments to another character that her feet are still quite sensitive.
▲* In ''[[Grail Quest]] 4: Voyage of Terror'', when Pip is given the option to pick a lock or kicking the door open, kicking is a bad choice:
▲{{quote|That hasn't done your foot any good. Didn't you remember you were only wearing light little sandals? Deduct 3 from your current [[Hit Points|LIFE POINTS]] and limp a little.}}
== Live-Action TV ==
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* In the ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', a Japanese businessman accidentally jumps on Jen's foot, causing her to clutch her foot and hop, and many swearing gags.
* In the ''[[Modern Family]]'' episode "Disneyland", Gloria stubbornly refuses to admit she's in pain walking around the park all day in high heels.
* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Boxed In", Tony and Ziva are imprisoned in a container by terrorists. When they try to convince the NCIS agents to surrender, one gets too close, thinking he's protected by the only slightly ajar metal door. But Ziva can see the tip of his shoe, and as the terrorist asks "Your answer?", Ziva whispers "Here it is..." and
* In the ''[[Sports Night]]'' episode "Intellectual Property", a scene opens with Casey walking to his office with a limp. We learn that he kicked a fire hydrant on the way back from lunch when Dan told him Dana was going on vacation to Vermont with Gordon. Casey spends the whole scene whining about his broken ankle (it's only bruised, if that).
* In an episode of ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'', the title detective drops a bowling ball on his partner's foot, causing her to clutch it and hop around.
* In an episode of ''[[Titus]]'', Amy kicks the title character [[Groin Attack|in the groin]], then drops to the ground clutching her foot in pain, at which point Titus knocks on his groin, indicating he's wearing a cup, and says, "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Rookie!]]"
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has a strip where the title characters hear a crashing noise on Christmas Eve and assume it's Santa. They listen to see if they can hear what he's saying. Cut to the living room:
▲{{quote|'''Calvin's Dad:''' ''(stands on one leg, clutching his foot after dropping a heavy present on it)'' [[Angrish|Slippin'-rippin'-dang-fang-rotten-zarg-barg-a-ding-dong!]]
▲'''Calvin's Mom:''' Quiet dear! Calvin will hear you! }}
* ''[[Peanuts]]'':
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** In another strip, Charlie Brown gets so mad when the Kite-Eating Tree grabs his kite that he shouts, "If you don't let go of that kite, I'll kick you in the stomach!" Then he does, and painfully finds out that, "These Kite-Eating trees have hard stomachs..."
== Video Games ==
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** If you run over spikes (while riding your jetboard!), your character does the Foot Pain Hop while saying "My toes! My toes!".
** Can also happen if they're hit by one of the ground flame attacks in the game, which also causes their foot to be set on fire.
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* Mario and Luigi in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
** This also happens in the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series when you attempt to jump on a spiked enemy without the Spike Shield badge.
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* This is one of the ways to die in [[Leisure Suit Larry]] 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! This involves Larry dropping a dumbbell on his foot.
{{quote|'''Narrator:''' [[Squick|Gangrene is such a terrible way to go!]]}}
* In the Indy [[Survival Horror]] game ''[[Saiko No Sutoka]]'', the protagonist has to escape from his [[Axe Crazy]] [[Yandere]] girlfriend; she has taken his shoes, and until he finds them, stepping on anything sharp (like broken glass) will do ''a lot'' of damage, and likely let her know where you are.
== Web Comics ==
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** [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/dhur-master-of-pig-latin/ Becky Sourbottom], following a [[Be Quiet Nudge]] (or rather, Stomp) from Dhur.
** [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/173-boot-to-the-door/ Karma than catches up Dhur] when he tries to kick a giants' (and giant) door open.
* ''[[Adventurers!]]'': Why telepathy is preferable to [https://web.archive.org/web/20150524085457/http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20011013.html whispering in the dark].
* When Donald of ''[[Dark Legacy Comics]]'' [http://darklegacycomics.com/193.html stubs his toe], it inspires the yell: "[[Symbol Swearing|And dollars at star number!]]"
* Happens in ''[[The Packrat]]'''s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513211233/http://www.umop.com/art/packrat_kb003.jpg August 2005] strip. Packrat accidentally dropped a 220-pound Yamaha CS80 on his feet.
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