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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''POWER FEET ARE FOR KICKING THOSE FUCKS [[Groin Attack|IN THE BALLS]]!''|[[Warhammer
▲{{quote|''POWER FEET ARE FOR KICKING THOSE FUCKS [[Groin Attack|IN THE BALLS]]!''|[[Warhammer 40000|Angry Marine]] lore}}
[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Weapon of Choice]]. A character whose weapon is greaves or shoes. One of the less [[Improbable Weapon User|improbable weapon choices]] out there, but still odd. Like [[The Grand List of Console RPG Cliches]] says for vambraces, expect these characters to still buy their weapons in the weapon store, even if they logically should be in the armor store.
Related to [[Power Fist]], except with boots instead of gloves; may overlap with [[Extremity Extremist]]. Close to, but not to be confused with, [[Murderous Thighs]]. See also [[Tricked-Out Shoes]], [[Leg Cannon]], [[Combat Stilettos]] and [[Shoe Slap]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* An old comic book ad for AAU Shoes had their superhero spokesman the AAU Shuperstar battle a villain called Missle-Toe who fired missles from his toes. Check it out [http://www.ferretpress.com/blog/2011/03/15/it-came-from-an-old-comic-book-aau-shoes/ here].
== [[Anime]]
* Sanji in ''[[One Piece]]'' is an [[Extremity Extremist]] who uses only his feet in battle. The second ''One Piece'' movie saw Sanji's shoes stolen, and Sanji unable to fight properly as they provided added protection for his feet.
** He justifies choosing this style as having his hands bruised or calloused from fights would affect his performance as a cook.
* ''[[Daimos]]'' has a retractable spike on each foot to simultaneously kick and stab [[Robeast
* The pickpocket Paninya from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has rather unique automail legs, with a huge blade deployable from her right shin (complete with "snk" sound effect), and a [[Leg Cannon|''1.5" carbine'' housed in her left knee]].
* Infinite Justice from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' has beam emitters that generate a cutting edge from knee to ankle giving it a rather nasty kick. Its distant ancestor the [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Aegis]] had beam sabers on all four limbs since it could [[Transforming Mecha|transform into a claw-like flight mode]]. The unrelated Chaos Gundam from ''Destiny'' has beam claws in its feet and knees, mainly used in its flight mode.
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**** And then we won't even mention the fact that its Head-Mounted Vulcans are actually miniature versions of the Ptolemaios 2's Repeating GN Missile Launchers. That's right. Zabaniya has missile tubes in the head.
** Seravee. It has GN Bazooka II's where other Mobile Suits have kneecaps. Taking this trope literally, the Bazookas also mount "hidden hands" which can wield beam sabers.
*** Seraphim II is even worse. Its feet are [[Attack Drone|Detachable]] GN Bazooka IV's.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'s'' Gundam Heavyarms and it's later forms? It had shin ''and '' thigh-mounted missile launchers.
** The [[Mobile Suit Gundam
** From [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original series]], the Big Zam's clawed toes could fire off as missiles [the thing didn't have arms, though] and the Zaku grunts could have missile launchers equipped to their legs.
* Lenalee with her [[Empathic Weapon|Dark Boots]] in ''[[D.Gray-man]]''.
* [[Hollywood Cyborg|Nove]] from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Mazinger-Z had one rocket on each foot. They were intended to allow it swim, but Kouji also used them like weapons -usually blasting a Mechanical Beast's face to force it ro release Mazinger-Z). Several [[Robeast|Mechanical Beasts]] also had weapons fitted on their legs (for example, Deviler X1 had a rocket launcher!).
** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' has two attacks based around this, the Knee Impulse Kick (a retractable knee spike) and the Backspin Kick (a cutting blade in the lower leg).
* Speaking of rollerblades, pretty much everyone in ''[[Air Gear]]''.
* Vash of ''[[Trigun]]'' has a pair of blades hidden in his boots that seemingly spring forth from a hard step.
* The Type 17 Raiden and Type 17I Shinden in ''[[Gasaraki]]'' have a pair of pneumatic spikes mounted in each leg, one firing downward through the calve and the other upwards through the knee, admittedly they're meant for making holes in concrete walls and floors but, they often see improvised use against other TA's, taking kneeing someone in the gut and curb stomping to new heights.
* Straight Cougar from ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' can manifest his Alter as a pair of rocket boots and use them to make "bullet" attacks similar to [[Power Fist|Kazuma's]].
* The [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gurren-Lagann]] is capable of creating 3 Giga Drills on each knee-cap. As well as one on each leg to replace the lower legs.
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* In ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', Priss' [[Powered Armor]] has ''contact-triggered explosives'' on top of both its feet. And rockets on both ankles. Attack sequence; 1). Jump. 2). Kick. 3). Activate rockets for ''rocket assisted kick''. 4). Explosives go off once [[Mecha Mook]] receives kick to head. 5). Get dustpan to sweep up remains of mook.
* ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'' has Bonnie from the early stories who got blown up by Minnie. She replaces her lost leg with a prosthesis outfitted with a shotgun. The 3 part OVA gives a [[Continuity Nod]] to this when one of the two exotic weapons Washington offers to Rally ends up as this (the other one is Grey's machette prosthesis from later stories).
* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* X-23, [[Wolverine]]'s [[Opposite
** [[Voodoo Shark|They... he... what? Since when is Wolverine a separate species from the other X-Men?]]
*** One of the many plot points Marvel have decided to ignore over the years is that in the early days of the character he was treated as if he was a mutated wolverine not a human mutant. Yeah...
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* Marvel villain Tarantula, who usually fought [[Spider-Man]], had as his main weapon spikes protruding from the toes of his boots; these could be used simply for slashing or stabbing, or to poison/drug an adversary.
* Stompa of the [[The New Gods|Female Furies]] wears anti-matter that she uses to crush her opponents and which can create tremors or earthquakes by stomping on the ground.
* Marvel Villain Stilt Man wears a set of weaponized extendable metal stilts.
== [[Film]] ==
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* The Joker in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' also has a knife hidden in his shoe.
* In [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'', towards the climax Batman faces one of the Joker's mooks he attempts to drop-kick him while blades extend from his boots. Batman instead simply [[Groin Attack|punches him in the nuts]] and moves on.
* Will Smith's character in ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'' also gets one at a point in the movie, as a shout-out to the TV series.
* Jade Fox tries it in ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' against Li Mu Bai, but fails
* One of the [[Carnival of Killers]] sent to assassinate Clouseau in ''[[The Pink Panther]] Strikes Again'' tries to kill the detective with a knife hidden in his boot.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence]] Sequence'', Capa Barsavi's daughter Nazca, at the age of seven, demanded a pair of boots with iron spikes on the toes so she could enact the [[Little Girls Kick Shins]] trope more effectively.
* Played [[Combat Pragmatist|very practically]] by Adora Belle Dearheart in ''[[
* In the ''[[Elenium]]'', queen Ehlana's bodyguard Mirtai has managed to embed daggers into her boots so that only the tips emerge, making them mostly inconspicuous unless she happens to kick someone... especially [[Groin Attack|where]] she prefers to kick them.
== [[Live
* Canadian comedy troupe [[The Frantics]] have their famous "Boot To The Head" sketches
* The ''[[Get Smart]]'' episode "Ship of Spies" had a villainous sea captain with [[Leg Cannon|a gun concealed in his wooden leg]]. He had a spare leg that had a knife hidden in it.
* [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|GekiToujaWolf]]/[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury|The Wolf Pride Megazord]]
* On ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'', the KGB came with a shoe knife as their close range weapon.
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' has a few characters do this, given that the franchise's signature finisher is a kick attack. Examples include [[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'s 'Wake Up Fever', and [[Kamen Rider OOO]]'s Condor and Wani legs.
** Special mention goes to newcomer [[Kamen Rider Fourze]], who, due to his module system, has a choice of about ten attachments for each leg, many of them weapons such as a chainsaw, gatling gun or missile launcher. His finisher uses his favourite- a drill equipped to his left leg.
* James West had a blade in one shoe in ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'', which he primarily used to cut the ropes whenever he and Artemus were tied up together.
== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==
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* Toa Pohatu from ''[[Bionicle]]'' spent the first two years of the storyline just kicking stuff. His only "weapons" were steel extensions of his feet, similar to safety boots. He later got some claws to go with them, which could be joined together to form a pretty hard, spiky ball... which he then kicked into anything that needed a good kicking.
** To be fair, his first appearance did involve him kicking a boulder that must have weighed a dozen tons like a soccer ball.
* [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Boss Zagstruk from ''[[Warhammer
** From certain imageboards rampage the Angry Marines, a [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] army of unusually angry Space Marines known for unorthodox wargear such as Power Feet. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Like]] [[Power Fist
* In ''[[Age of Aquarius]]'' Second Edition, a number of heavy footwear increases your character's kick damage and lets it deal lethal, not subdual wounds. These include combat boots, Russian army jackboots, safety boots, Grinders and Dr. Martens. The first edition lacks subdual damage mechanics and only has the army jackboots in the weapon table.
* In "[[Exalted]]" , artifact weapons are not called by the same names as their mundane equivalents. Swords are called daiklaives, spears are called direlances. And then there is a type of artifact weapon called "God-Kicking Boots".
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Regal in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', owing to the fact that for most of the game, his hands are bound.
** He continues to use his greaves in [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World|the sequel]] even after he removes his handcuffs, after vowing never again to use his hands as weapons of death.
** He takes his vow literally, as he won't hesitate on using his feet to kill {{spoiler|(including a cornered, defenseless man - who was [[Complete Monster|beyond salvation]], but still - along with Presea)}}. Other characters occasionally call him on it, mostly for comedic effect.
* Chie in ''[[Persona 4]]'', despite the fact that most of her weapons are not metal, they are still bought from a metal smith.
* Duster from ''[[Mother 3]]'' fights with kicks and thus needs shoes.
** Duster has a club foot (which is why he limps), so the extra-thick soles provide more shitkicking power.
** Also played with in ''[[
* Dante in ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' wields these with his Beowulf weapon. It returns in the form of Gilgamesh in ''Devil May Cry 4''.
* Vile from ''[[Mega Man X]]'' is a ''literal'' example of this trope, dropping bombs out of his knee joints.
* In ''[[Arc the Lad]] II'', if you equip the singer Shante with shoes as a weapon, she'll take her high heels off and beat the monsters/terrorists/etc over the head with them.
** B. Jenet from ''[[Fatal Fury|Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'' also does this to her opponents as a part of her hidden [[Limit Break]].
* With [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads And Loads]] (And Loads...) [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Of Characters]], it was only natural to have at least one entry from the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series fight with their [[Extremity Extremist|feet]]. In this case, it's [[Suikoden II|Wakaba]], whose "Shin Guards" can actually be improved by a blacksmith as the game progresses; presumably, her
* One of Hinata's special moves in ''[[Rival Schools]]'' is kicking her shoes at the enemy from midair, complete with pretty rainbow trail effects. Exactly how she's able to repeat this up to 3 times in quick succession within a single jump is anyone's guess...
* Kisala's secondary weapons in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' are shoes as well.
* Used interestingly in ''[[Bayonetta]]'': the title character is capable of [[Guns Akimbo|quadruple-wielding guns]] by virtue of strapping a pair to her heels. The result is a very literal example of [[Combat Stilettos]].
** Also by attaching other weapons to her feet, such as shotguns, ice skates, fire/electricity energy claws, and a pair of ''rocket-launching giant tonfas''. One of these days '''these''' boots are gonna walk all over you.
** How she pulls the trigger on the damn things, though, is anyone's guess.
*** [[A Wizard Did It|She's a witch.]]
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* To some degree, M. Bison of ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' uses this. His metal greaves are one of his most distinct traits, and his kicks do tend to be muai thai style shin kicks that would seemingly employ them.
* The Grieve Edge fighting style in ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' consists entirely of kicking with bladed feet.
* ''[[Metal Fatigue]]'' [[Humongous Mecha|Combots]] could roll out of the assembly bay packing light artillery, missiles pods, or lasers mounted on their legs.
* Aschen Brodel from ''[[Endless Frontier]]'' uses [[Rocket Punch|Rocket Fists]] and calf-mounted shotguns.
* Jian Campbell from ''[[Lunar]]: Dragon Song''.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Melanie Malachite from ''[[RWBY]]''. Her preferred weapon are a pair of spur-like blades on the backs of her armored boots, which she wields with an [[Kick Chick|array of kicks]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* American Maid from ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''.
* Cyborg of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' has a rocket in his feet. He even sings about it when he makes up his own version of the theme song!
* [[Samurai Jack]]'s [[Improbable Weapon User|Scottish friend]] has a [[Anatomy Arsenal|prosthetic leg]] consisting of a [[Awesome but Impractical|machine]] [[Rare Guns|gun]].
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Anatomy Arsenal]]
[[Category:Weapons and Wielding Tropes]]
[[Category:These Tropes Are Made for Walking]]
▲[[Category:Armed Legs]]
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