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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Hiyori in ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' uses her sandal to slap people.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Izumi Curtis does this
* In ''[[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]]'' OVA, Lina hits Naga with a bunny slipper when she doesn't feel like setting her on fire.
 
== [[Fairy Tale]] ==
* In ''[[The Nutcracker (Literaturenovel)|The Nutcracker]]'', Maria kills the Mouse King with her shoe.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Random Task in the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' throws his shoe, parodying Oddjob in ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]'' with his [[Weaponized Headgear|hat]].
{{quote| '''Austin''': ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}pIwLJtqoxBs Who throws a shoe? Honestly!]''}}
* The landlady from ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' uses her slipper.
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== Radio ==
* [[The Frantics (Radio)|Boot to the Head]]
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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** Note that it has not been confirmed whether this actually happened or not. Accounts are conflicting, and the one photo that shows Khrushchev with a shoe in his hand was faked.
* At a press conference in Iraq, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFH7C3vkK4&feature=fvw someone threw a shoe] at [[George W. Bush]], who dodged it.
** Throwing shoes at someone is an insult in many Arab countries (not that it's a compliment elsewhere, but...). [[Wikipedia (Wiki)|Wikipedia]] has [[wikipedia:Shoeing|this entry]] on the phenomenon, and several examples.
*** The guy [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|was himself the victim of]] a [[Shoe Slap]] a year later in Paris, by another journalist who accused him of supporting dictatorship in Iraq. His reaction? "He stole my technique."
* This is commonly threatened by mothers in Southern Asia.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Shana from the ''[[Arc the Lad (Video Game)|Arc the Lad]]'' series can equip shoes and fights with them by taking them off and beating monsters over the head with them.
* In the "Soccer" game on the ''[[Wii Fit]]'', you have to hit the soccer balls but dodge obstacles like flying shoes.
* The ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' example makes it into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMUjRHUJFI#t=2m45s the Ganbaride trading card arcade game], but shot up full of [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|AWESOME.]]
* One of B Jenet's super moves in ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]] XI'' revolves around this trope.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', players infiltrate the Dragonmaw Orcs in Shadowmoon disguised as an Orc Overseer, and one of the duties Overseers have is to discipline disobedient peons. This is done with "[[Precision-Guided Boomerang|Booterang]]", a boot that flies through the air, hits a worthless peon, and returns to the thrower.
{{quote| ARRRGH! BOOTERANG!}}
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' "Notes to You" and its remake "Back Alley Oproar" a cat (Sylvester in the later version) is singing in an alley keeping someone ([[Porky Pig]] in the original, Elmer in the remake) from getting sleep, who throws shoes (among other things) at the cat.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': Rolf does this twice, and one of which [[Dual-Wielding|with multiple shoes]].
* American Maid from ''[[The Tick]]'' uses her [[Combat Stilettos|stiletto heels]] as throwing weapons.
* [[Mulan (Disney)|Mulan]] throws her shoe at Shan-Yu to draw attention away from Shang.
* <smacks shoe on table like a gavel> [[Space Thunder Kids|"I PLOTEST I PLOTEST I PLOTEST!!!"]]
* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land" Marge points out that violence isn't so funny what it happens to you. Bart says that it is funny watching it happen to someone else, which Lisa demonstrates by tossing her shoe at Bart. [[Actually Pretty Funny|Marge does find it funny]], before sending Lisa to her room.
* In [[Shrek|''Shrek the Third'']], Cinderella actually uses her glass slippers as weapons.
 
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