History AgonyOfTheFeet / Literature

** One of Adora Belle Dearheart's favorite tactics against people who makes sexist remarks, or try to stop her from smoking her ever-present cigarettes. It helps that she wears stiletto heels. Though she suffers the effects of this trope herself as well when she decides to spike the foot of a City Watch officer who's made of rock. Much earlier, in ''Guards! Guards!'' dirty fighter Nobby Nobbs learned the hard way that [[GroinAttack Trolls' rocks]] are NotHyperbole.

** In the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince sixth book]], Harry (again) kicks a wall out of frustration and hops (this time trying to enter the Room of Requirement without success). Unsurpisingly, this elicits a yell of "OUCH!", and he thinks he might have broken his toe.

** Also in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Hermione tries to kick Ron under the table when he makes a tactless comment to Luna during Bill and Fleur's wedding but strikes Harry by accident.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': One of [[Discworld/GoingPostal Adora]] [[Discworld/MakingMoney Belle]] Dearheart's favorite tactics against people who makes sexist remarks, or try to stop her from smoking her ever-present cigarettes. It helps that she wears stiletto heels. Though she suffers the effects of this trope herself as well when she decides to spike the foot of a City Watch officer who's made of rock. Much earlier, in ''Guards! Guards!'' dirty fighter Nobby Nobbs learned the hard way that [[GroinAttack Trolls' rocks]] are NotHyperbole.
** Also in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', Cosmo Lavish, the novel’s antagonist who’s obsessed with Vetinari, gets a pair of shoes stolen from the palace and suffers Agony of the Feet because they’re much too small (Cosmo is very large, while Vetinari and his clerk, who the shoes may have actually belonged to, are both thin.)

* ''Literature/MrMen'':
** In Mr. Grumpy, the eponymous character stamps on Mr Happy's foot after the latter tells him that he needs to change his ways.

* [[PlayedForDrama A non-comedic example]] in ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'': During an argument with Cathy, her boyfriend Julian [[spoiler: jumps on her feet, breaking almost all of her toes and forcing her to give up a starring role to another ballerina. Cathy notes that if her big toes had not been spared, [[CareerEndingInjury she might never have danced again]].]]
* [[PlayedForDrama Even less comedic]] in Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Arrow's Fall]]''. After being caught trying to escape Hardorn, Kris is killed and Talia is captured and tortured. Among the tortures is severe bone-crushing torture to her feet. Healing her broken feet after she is surprisingly rescued is also incredibly painful, because she has to help and can't use pain killers or anesthesia. Nothing {{Amusing|Injuries}} about these injuries.

* Happens in all seven ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books to all three main characters. Justified to an extent -- their robes makes it rather easy to stomp someone's foot without it being noticed, so it's the main way they [[BeQuietNudge get each other to shut up]]. Three examples for each character:
** In the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire fourth book]], Harry kicks a wall out of frustration and hops on his other foot in pain after he tries to enter the Headmaster's office without knowing the password.

* ''Literature/RiverOfStars'': In Lin Shan's first major SilkHidingSteel moment, she [[AssassinOutclassin subdues an assassin]] in her house, then asks the attending police officer if she could strike him once before he's taken away to his death. He allows it, so she shatters his feet with a heavy walking stick in retribution for the attack on her family.

** Also in ‘’Discworld/MakingMoney’’, Cosmo Lavish, the novel’s antagonist who’s obsessed with Vetinari, gets a pair of shoes stolen from the palace and suffers Agony of the Feet because they’re much too small (Cosmo is very large, while Vetinari and his clerk, who the shoes may have actually belonged to, are both thin.)

* ''Literature/MrMen:

* [[PlayedForDrama Even less comedic]] in Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Arrow's Fall]]. After being caught trying to escape Hardorn, Kris is killed and Talia is captured and tortured. Among the tortures is severe bone-crushing torture to her feet. Healing her broken feet after she is surprisingly rescued is also incredibly painful, because she has to help and can't use pain killers or anesthesia. Nothing {{Amusing|Injuries}} about these injuries.

* [[PlayedForDrama A non-comedic example]] in ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'': During an argument with Cathy, her boyfriend Julian [[spoiler: jumps on her feet, breaking her toes and effectively ending her dancing career.]]

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': One of [[Discworld/GoingPostal Adora]] [[Discworld/MakingMoney Belle]] Dearheart's favorite tactics against people who makes sexist remarks, or try to stop her from smoking her ever-present cigarettes. It helps that she wears stiletto heels. Though she suffers the effects of this trope herself as well when she decides to spike the foot of a City Watch officer who's made of rock.

** In the fourth book, Harry kicks a wall out of frustration and hops (he tries to enter the Headmaster's office without knowing the password).
** In the sixth book, Harry (again) kicks a wall out of frustration and hops (this time trying to enter the Room of Requirement without success). Unsurpisingly, this elicits a yell of "OUCH!", and he thinks he might have broken his toe.
** In book three, Ron steps on Hermione's foot (to be fair, their environment is dark, so Ron can't see well).

** In the sixth book, Harry (again) kicks a wall out of frustration and hops (this time trying to enter the Room of Requirement without success).

** In the sixth book, Harry kicks a wall out of frustration and hops;
** in book three, Ron steps on Hermione's foot (to be fair, their environment is dark, so Ron can't see well);
** and in book seven, Ron accidentally nudges a piece of white-hot cursed metal with his foot (long story).

** in book three, Ron steps on Hermione's foot;

** In Mr. Grumpy, the eponymous character stamps on Mr Happy's foot after the latter tells him that he needs to change his ways

* ''Literature/Mr.Men:

* [[PlayedForDrama Even less comedic]] in Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[HeraldsOfValdemar Arrow's Fall]]. After being caught trying to escape Hardorn, Kris is killed and Talia is captured and tortured. Among the tortures is severe bone-crushing torture to her feet. Healing her broken feet after she is surprisingly rescued is also incredibly painful, because she has to help and can't use pain killers or anesthesia. Nothing {{Amusing|Injuries}} about these injuries.

* A non-comedic example in ''Creator/VCAndrews''' ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'': During an argument with Cathy, her boyfriend Julian [[spoiler: jumps on her feet, breaking her toes and effectively ending her dancing career.]]

* In the ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' 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 ''TransformersShatteredGlass'' 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!")

* Happens in all seven ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books to all three main characters. Justified to an extent -- their robes makes it rather easy to stomp someone's foot without it being noticed, so it's the main way they [[BeQuietNudge get each other to shut up]]. In ''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'', when Ron starts to make a blunder while they're out in public, Harry actually mentally laments that they're in Muggle clothes and thus it would be too noticeable to stomp on his foot. Three examples for each character:

* In the ''JunieBJones'' 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 [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Prince Caspian]], the Narnian mice weaponize this toward the Calormene soldiers. Justified because they cannot reach higher than the belt.

* In Literature/PrinceCaspian, the Narnian mice weaponize this toward the Calormene soldiers. Justified because they cannot reach higher than the belt.