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== Anime & Manga ==
* Most of the [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]] have heels on their shoes; Mars, who wears red stilettos, even [[Lampshade Hanging|mentions it]] in the above [[In the Name of the Moon|pre-battle speech]] in the manga. Though [[Naoko Takeuchi|the creator of]] ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a straight woman
** Interestingly, Sailor Venus has a tendence to kick her enemies'
* Marie from ''[[Soul Eater]]''. Not only does she fight in them, her specialty is ''speed''.
* Mireille Bouquet from ''[[Noir]]'' is habitually guilty of this.
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* The Knight Sabers' [[Powered Armor|hardsuits]] in ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''.
** Although the Knight Sabers armored boots are more like a ballet slipper with a heel.
** Also the tech manual handwaves it as that those are filled with a shock absorbing gel allowing them to still move after harder landings. They are
* Due to author Mamoru Nagano's ever-present fascination with genderqueers, a great many of the [[Humongous Mecha|Mortar Headds]] from ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'' have stiletto-esque heel-struts built into their legs. Actually becomes a plot point in one story arc, when two characters use their mech's collapsible heel-struts to slip out of an opponent's gripping attack.
* [[Hot Amazon|Boa Hancock]] from ''[[One Piece]]'' sees nothing wrong with kicking people in the face with her high heels in the middle of a warzone.
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* Hisoka from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' has no problem arena fighting with high heels on.
* Most of the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' series have the main heroines donning high heeled boots. It's taken to major extreme with ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'' where their heels are pencil thin and yet they still beat the snot out of the [[Monster of the Week]].
== Comics ==
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