Combat Stilettos: Difference between revisions

* When the new [[Batwoman]] was revealed in ''[[Fifty Two]]'' she was drawn with a number of impractical costume decisions, including high-heels. When she was transferred to the lead in ''Detective Comics'' the artists made a deliberate decision to have her costume be more practical and, amongst the changes, removed her heels (she also cut her hair and replaced it with a wig, since [[Batman]] [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] that any [[Mook]] can grab her hair and end the fight).

** This was eventually given an in-story explanation: her father was the original designer of the costume.

'''Jake:''' They were the only boots I could find in red. It's a good color, doesn't pop during night ops. }}

* [[Hawkman|Hawkgirl]] used to, now she wears flat-soled boots.

** Not a true example; Lara is a White Court vampire, and has superhuman dexterity, agility, strength, endurance, etc. For her this was no more difficult than running in flats is for Harry's friend Karrin Murphy.

* Subverted in the ''[[Kate Daniels]]'' series when Kate slips off her stilettos in preparation for a fight.

* In the book ''You Know You're Ghetto If...'', one of the jokes was "...if you can outrun a police officer while wearing high heels."

* In one of the ''[[Fearless (novel)|Fearless]]'' novels, Gaia gets attacked by a bunch of thugs while dressed up for dinner with her dad. She reflects that one advantage to fighting in evening wear is that high heels can be used as a weapon. In her case, it [[Justified Trope|makes sense]] that she would be able to fight in heels, as she's been extensively trained from childhood in just about every kind of martial art with a name. Even though she hates wearing heels, walking and fighting in them probably isn't much of a problem for her.

* Lampshaded/Inverted in ''[[Cybill]]''; Maryann briefly tries wearing flats, but can't keep her balance.

* Referenced in an episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''.

'''Lorelai:''' And they go in heels. }}

* Nikki (as [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Jessica]]) of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' fame pulls this off [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|spectacularly]]: after effortlessly throwing three burly security guards to the ground, she places her stiletto heel against the temple of the one that's still conscious to get information out of him, threatening to stomp down and stab his brains if he doesn't talk.

* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' exudes this trope when you put on the disguise of one particular civilian female wearing high heels, especially while executing attacks with your feet/legs.

* The [[Dhampyr]] assassin Evelynn the Widowmaker from the online game ''[[League of Legends]]'' attacks by kicking with her stiletto shoes, while [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] the general impracticality of it:

* ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' starts with Aya dressed for a night at the opera (and, in [[New Game+]], likely a rifle hidden in that gown), including some cute platforms. Then things hit the fan(s)..

* Largely averted in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', despite the presence of [[Stripperiffic]] armour sets. However this appears to have been played straight with Tyrande Whisperwind's new model in patch 4.3.0.