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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"My toes, my toes!"''
|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time]]''}}
Primarily an Animation Trope, but has been known to turn up in other places, '''Agony of the Feet''' is a trope particular to [[Amusing Injuries]].
A character is minding his own business and someone (or himself) drops something heavy on his foot, or he's angry about something and kicks the source of his frustration a little too hard. Or she's angered a cute kid and [[Little Girls Kick Shins|the kid kicks her]] (in the shins/stomps on her foot). Or there's a misstep, resulting in a stubbed toe... you get the idea. A common live-action variant is a character buying shoes too small for their feet, either through foolish pride of refusing to admit that they have large feet or being too cheap to buy full price, insisting that their low-price leather shoes will extend with wear.
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Not to be confused with [[Wide World of Sports|the agony of defeat]] or "[[George Clinton|Agony of Defeet]]."
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== Anime
* ''[[
** Giroro does this after being rendered clumsy by the loss of [[Charm Point|his trademark belt]], which causes him to stub his toe on the door frame.
** In a later episode, the platoon is inspired by Natsumi hitting her foot on the corner of a dresser, so they patent an army of dressers specially designed to hit peoples' feet as painfully as possible in order to distract all of Tokyo with pain, thus making them completely vulnerable to be conquered.
* In ''[[
* During an early episode of ''[[Pokémon (
** During his rematch with Brawly, Ash's strategy to deal with Brawly's Hariyama is to have Treecko attack its foot. Eventually, Hariyama tries to charge, but collapses in agony.
* A non-humorous example in ''[[Black Cat (
* There's a strange version in ''[[
* Although there were a few times where this happened to Tubby in the ''Little Lulu'' comics, a special mention of this trope comes up in episode 2 of the ''[[Little Lulu (
* ''[[
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* A fairly common gag in ''[[Mortadelo
* In the first ''[[
* In ''[[Asterix]]'', Vercingetorix [[I Surrender, Suckers|surrendered]] to [[Julius Caesar]] by dropping his weapons on Caesar's toes.
* [[Gaston Lagaffe]] once tried to crack an especially hard nut (a [[Running Gag]]) by stepping on it... [http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/6853/gaston001.jpg while wearing his usual soft shoes]. Cue the "OULALALALA!!", and Fantasio laughing.
* Happens in ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire
==
* Near the beginning of ''[[The Thief and
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)|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:▼
* In ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', Jiminy Cricket does it after kicking a billiard ball.▼
{{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!]]<br />▼
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[
'''Calvin's Mom:''' Quiet dear! Calvin will hear you! }}▼
* A classic example is Starscream in ''[[Transformers:
* 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 (Animation)|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)|Pinocchio]]'', Jiminy Cricket does it after kicking a billiard ball.
▲* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Animalympics (Animation)|Animalympics]]'' (1980). As the voiceover says "the thrill of victory, the agony of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|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.
▲* A classic example is Starscream in ''[[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!"
* In ''[[Winnie the Pooh|My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths]]'', Tigger lifts a rock using super-strength that he's gained, but then drops it on his foot when the super-strength disappears. He manages to free his foot and then says that it's okay because it only hurts when he hops.... "Owie, owie, owie! Why am I hopping?"
* On ''[[
* This also happened to Chef Louis in ''[[
* [[The One Who Wears Shoes|Patou the dog]] from ''[[Rock
* 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 (
* Happens multiple times to the thieves in the first two ''[[Home Alone]]'' movies.
** Most notably is the first one where Marv, after having lost his shoes and his socks to Kevin's tar trap, steps on a nail while trying to enter the
* In ''[[
* A blonde woman in ''[[Spy Hard]]'' gets her foot run over.
* In the first ''[[Police Academy]]'', the same thing happens. Cadet Copeland has his foot run over by cadet Hooks while waiting to take the driving test.
* Somewhat used in ''[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]'', with the attack on Skeeter by the "Midget Brigade". His excuse? "That's for being tall!"
* An interesting take on this occurs in ''[[Moon Child]]''. During an attempt at an impressive leap-spin-thing in a fight, Sho does what anyone not really trained in martial arts would probably do, and lands awkwardly, hurting his foot in the process. Cue him quickly giving up the badass act and rubbing his ankle while whimpering in pain...
* Used by the good guy in ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'': he flattens the mooks' feet through their shoes with well-placed stomps, causing the [[Big Bad]] to comment about how he used to use the move in pre-school. And the move is used on the [[Big Bad]] himself later, proving that there's nothing wrong with the basics.
* In the opening sequence of ''[[
* This gag was also used in ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
* In ''[[Game of Death]]'', [[Bruce Lee]] is having a difficult time fighting Kareem Abdul Jabbar, until he suddenly stomps on his bare foot.
* In ''Who Am I?'', [[Jackie Chan]] loses his shoes in one scene. The mooks immediately capitalize by repeatedly stomping on his feet. Jackie eventually dons wooden clogs and returns the favor.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* Happens in all seven ''[[Harry Potter (
** 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
* ''[[
* Michael tries to break a thick wooden rod he's been chained to in the ''[[
* 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!")
* ''[[
* 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:
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Variation occurred on ''[[
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** The new series has the Doctor kick his precious TARDIS. He promptly sits down in the command chair to massage his foot.
** Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor seems especially prone to this trope.
* ''[[
** Ross once kicked a lamppost in a sarcastic gesture. Apparently he got more pain than he was planning on.
** ''Friends'' also has an extreme variation of this trope in "The One with Monica's Boots", where Monica bought an extremely painful pair of boots.
** Monica's foot is stung by a jellyfish in "The One with the Jellyfish".
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[
* 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 ''[[
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* ''[[
▲{{quote|
▲'''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 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 ==
* Biggafoot in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie
* Characters in ''[[Soul Series
* ''[[
** 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.
**
* Mario and Luigi in ''[[Mario
** This also happens in the ''[[Paper Mario (
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
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* When knocking off the manhole cover over King Hippo's belly in the Wii ''[[Punch
* The "foot stomp" is an actual move that can be pulled off in ''[[
* Sometimes, if you take too long but still manage to get to a person's destination in ''[[Crazy Taxi (
* The first boss of ''[[Maximo]]'' is fought by stabbing his foot, then (once he starts jumping) the ''other'' foot. Once he falls over, you hit him in the head.
* During the boss fight against Zant in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
* Happens to the minions in ''[[Overlord (
* Done to K.Rool in ''[[
* Appears in ''[[Battle Chess]]'' when a pawn captures an enemy pawn. The former stomps the butt of his spear on the latter's foot, and after he hops around for a few seconds, gets stabbed through the visor.
* In ''[[
{{quote|
''(brings the gun down and shoots Conrad in the foot)''
'''Shepard:''' This is not acceptable. }}
* ''Spot Goes to Hollywood'': After Spot is done carving the Sega logo at the start of the game, he twirls his hammer in his hand, only to accidentally drop it right on his foot.
* In ''[[Gruntz]]'', this trope is said word for word as a random quote when your Gruntz steps on [[Spikes of Doom|Spikez]].
* 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.
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* 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 ==
* Happens in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00658.htm a strip] of ''[[
* Happens in [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=138013 a strip] of ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' to Iron Jane, but she had it coming for attacking Mr. Mighty from behind. He was more offended than hurt, and in the long run they end up [[Dating Catwoman|married]].
* Happens in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091009 a strip] of ''[[
* Happens in [http://yafgc.net/?id=1398 a strip] of ''[[
* Happens in [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=1 a page] of the ''[[
* Happens in [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20091127 a page] of ''[[
* ''[[Meat Shield (
** [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
* When Donald of ''[[
* Happens in ''[[
== Web Original ==
* The Atari 5200 episode in ''[[
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Hanna-Barbera]] is rife with them.
** Every segment of ''[[
** ''[[
** ''The Great Grape Ape'' also became an accidental rock star, after stubbing his toe in the episode "A Grape Is Born".
* A giantess drops a club on her foot and hops in an episode of ''[[American Dragon
* Parodied in ''[[
* ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'s Nine Lives''
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'''Narrator:''' "Cat" was caveman-talk for "Darn it!" }}
* In one Season 4 episode of ''[[
* This was done frequently in ''[[
** In ''A Feather in his Hare'', an Indian reaches into Bugs Bunny's hole and Bugs hands him a mouse trap, causing it to snap on his finger and inducing great pain; as he's running by trying to shake it off, Bugs places two more mousetraps, causing him to step on one, then the other, and to scream even louder.
** The gremlin in ''Falling Hare'' twice smashes Bugs Bunny's foot.
* An entire episode of ''[[
* ''[[My Life
* In the premiere of ''[[
* This was a [[Running Gag]] in the ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* ''[[Darkwing Duck (
* In one of the ''[[
* Happens with great regularity on ''[[
* On ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' not even superheroines are safe from kids, as Stargirl found out when she was in Japan and attended a [[Supergirl]] convention. After she complained about the attention Kara was getting, a chubby little [[Fan Girl]] goes over and kicks her in she shins for insulting the better-known heroine.
* In the predecessor series, ''[[Justice League (
* ''[[
** A good one in season 1 episode 22: [[Idiot Hero|Sadlygrove]] is suffering from heat stroke in the desert, and is convinced the ruin he's stumbling toward is just another mirage. So he gives a good kick to its stone
** Shortly happens to Yugo in season 2 episode 1, from a gerbil's bite.
** In season 2 episode 5, {{spoiler|Sadlygrove}} gets bitten in the leg by {{spoiler|Evangelyne turned into a pig}}.
** Ruel gets his foot stomped by his grandmother in season 2 episode 7.
* ''[[
** The protagonist's first transformation into a fire-based alien results in his cousin, Gwen, not recognizing him and spraying him with a fire extinguisher. The best response [[Idiot Hero|Ben]] can come up with after years of abuse from his cousin is to set her shoe on fire.
** Happens again to Gwen when a transformed Ben runs into her leg while attempting to flee from the Forever Knights.
* In "D.W. Blows the Whistle" on ''[[Arthur (
* ''[[Codename
* ''[[
** This gag is used in the very first episode, when Eva arrives on the island she drops her bag of dumbbells onto [[Butt Monkey|Cody's]] feet.
** Set up but then surprisingly averted in the ''Action'' special. [[Non-Action Snarker]] Noah kicks a bulky television set, but instead of the expected result the television is flung off screen and Noah remains uninjured.
* Pretty much a [[Once Per Episode]] occurrence in the ''Deputy Dawg'' cartoons.
* Happened in the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[
* Tummi Gummi also fell victim to this trope in the ''[[
* Taken to an extreme on ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[
* In "Franklin and the Pinecone Pass" on ''[[Franklin
* In ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[
== Real Life ==
* [[L. Sprague
* Footwear with steel toecaps, along with ski boots, is available in a number of styles. While marketed as a preventative measure for industrial accidents, a well-fitted pair are handy for averting this trope. Contrary to popular belief, which was busted by ''[[
* Injury from a vehicle running over your foot ''can'' be avoided with two factors: the tyre is under-inflated, and the ground below is loose gravel that spreads the weight. Just don't pull it out till the vehicle's gone.
* Kicking the instep is sometimes taught as a self-defense move.
* For a similar effect, step on pieces of [[LEGO]] [[Schmuck Bait|barefoot]].
** [[It Got Worse|Or a Barbie doll's shoe. Yes, still barefoot]].
** Or if you're a [[Tabletop Game
** Or if you really want to go over the top drop a bowling ball on someone's foot, ten pounds or more will send them to the hospital.
** Any food in the upper freezer that is precariously perched on a bunch of other items can and will fall out of it right on your toes; bonus points if it's the Thanksgiving turkey.
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** And be careful when you handle hardback ''Harry Potter'' books. The third book is especially painful when it hits your toes sharp end first.
** Those tiny screws that mysteriously vanished the last time you took something apart and reassembled it? They'll just as mysteriously reappear pointy side up when you're walking barefoot in the dark.
* His Excellency Don Felipe, the 13-year-old (at the time) grandson of King Juan Carlos I of [[
* If you don't want to personally experience [[Truth in Television]], ''never believe'' a shoe salesman who tells you that tight leather shoes will extend with wear. A shoe one size too small will always be one size too small. That's why they make ''many'' shoe sizes.
* Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson experienced two ghastly variants when a disaster on one expedition left him trudging toward home. He improvised crampons using screws as cleats, but it turned out the ice he walked on was so hard that it drove the '''blunt''' heads of the screws up through the crampons' soles (made of wood) into his feet. Even before that, he discovered that as a result of walking so far without a real opportunity to change his boots or socks, the skin of his feet's soles had become king-sized blisters and then entirely detached, forming a separate layer. As one historian described it, Mawson's feet were "not just killing him, they [were] literally falling apart."
* During a forced retreat in the [[Napoleonic Wars|Peninsular Wars]] several female [[Camp Follower|camp followers]] in the British Army came across a band of French soldiers who gang raped them and also took their shoes. When they got back to their regiment their male comrades were [[Berserk Button|steaming with fury.]] The curious thing was that there was less anger about the rape then about the shoes. However when you think about it for a while [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. It must have been a long drawn torture trying to catch up to their own column walking on a bad kept Spanish road with ''bare feet.'' Not to mention every soldier could see the foot injuries whereas the psychological damage of the rape could only be imagined.
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