History AgonyOfTheFeet / Videogames

* ''VideoGame/BornUnderTheRain'': The Foot Bindings for Masika: Possibly a reference to the foot bindings of girls of China:

* ''VideoGame/BountyOfOne'': The "Reckless Rush" item and the achievement associated with it is depicted as [[https://m.exophase.com/steam/awards/s/1b31bj0.png a boot stepping on a nail that pierces right through it]]. In-game, its effect is to [[CastFromHitPoints hurt yourself for 1 damage]] at the beginning of a dash (unless you're at 1 HP) but increase your base damage by 5 every time you do so.

** If you try to open a chest in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' from the side, from behind, or while it's lying sideways, Link will [[PercussiveMaintenance kick the surface he's facing]] to get it open. [[DevelopersForesight If you do this with no leg armour equipped]] (and thus with Link barefoot), he will wince in pain and hop on one foot while the chest is opening.

* New to ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' are grind rails that you can ride on to get to other parts of a given level. Obviously, you grind on such rails with your shoes... until you remember that Milla [[DoesNotLikeShoes is always barefoot]], and thus has hands, paws and rump on the rail at all times. The wide-eyed expression and yellowish sparks tell you all you need to know.

* ''VideoGame/BountyOfOne'': The "Reckless Rush" item and the achievement associated with it is depicted as [[https://m.exophase.com/steam/awards/s/1b31bj0.png a boot stepping on a nail that pierces right through it]]. In-game, its effect is to [[CastFromHitPoints hurt yourself for 1 damage]] at the end of a dash but increase your base damage by 10 (up to a maximum of 100) every time you do so.

* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Strive'', Faust has a super where he accidentally knocks down his opponent, realizes what he has done, grabs a wheelchair, rushes to help said opponent, goes too fast, and ends up smashing their foot/leg with the wheelchair, resulting in exaggerated agonized looks from them.

* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'':
** Can also happen if they're hit by one of the ground flame attacks in the game, which also causes their foot to be set on fire.
** One boss in the game attempts to do this by throwing honest to goodness ''lobsters'' at you. He's comically vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard.

* The "foot stomp" is an actual move that can be pulled off in ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters''.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', one phase of the fight against Zant takes place in a recreation of the Snowpeak Ruins boss's room. Zant grows giant, but hitting his foot with the Ball and Chain will cause him to shrink down to half his normal size and [[HurtFootHop bounce around the room clutching his injured foot]], leaving him vulnerable.
* If you try to open a chest in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' from the side, from behind, or while it's lying sideways, Link will [[PercussiveMaintenance kick the surface he's facing]] to get it open. [[DevelopersForesight If you do this with no leg armour equipped]] (and thus with Link barefoot), he will wince in pain and hop on one foot while the chest is opening.
* Happens to the minions in ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' quite often, but only when setting down an Object on the waypoint to the tower.
* Done to K.Rool in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', courtesy of a [[ItMakesSenseInContext shrunken Tiny Kong shooting his toes with a feather crossbow.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', a Renegade Shepard during the bar scene with Conrad Verner can shoot him in the foot.
-->'''Shepard:''' ''(levelling his or her gun at Conrad)'' Let me make this perfectly clear...\\
''(brings the gun down and shoots Conrad in the foot)''\\
'''Shepard:''' This is not acceptable.
* ''Spot Goes to Hollywood'': After Spot is done carving the Sega logo at the start of the game, he twirls his hammer in his hand, only to accidentally drop it right on his foot.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}'', this trope is said word for word as a random quote when your gruntz step on [[SpikesOfDoom Spikez]].
* This is one of the ways to die in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'' This involves Larry dropping a dumbbell on his foot.
-->'''Narrator:''' [[{{Squick}} Gangrene is such a terrible way to go!]]
* ''VideoGame/DieHard'' for the NES includes a separate health meter for John's feet, representing the injuries he sustained through the course of the film.
* ''VideoGame/{{DRL}}'' want to tromp through acid or lava? Better get some good boots or else your poor Doomguy will cry out in pain with every step.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' has a boss, the Great Reaper, that is fought in a two story battlefield. Each floor has a corresponding weak point, his head and his toes.

** The Scout could scatter caltrops behind him to hinder pursuit. If stepped on, they slightly damage you to the point they can kill you. They also give you the "broken feet" debuff, which slows you down until cured by the Medic.

* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has a non-comedic example: [[spoiler:while subjecting Tachibana to ColdBloodedTorture to get Makoto's location, Yoneda smashes Tachibana's toes ''with a sledgehammer''. Tachibana is obviously in immense pain, but continues telling his torturers jack]].
* ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney'':
** During the exam portion, Edel decides to demonstrate the toughness of a particular puni... by kicking it.
--->'''Edel''': As you can see, this is a very tough puni... enough to make my foot hurt.\\
'''Firis''': (Wow... That sounded really painful...)
** In the post-game, Firis decides to go journeying again and visits her parents to tell them, only for her father Lukas to incorrectly conclude that she's about to tell them she's getting married and try to forbid it because she's too young. After she explains what she's really about, both are fine with it, having honestly expected her to come to them with this a lot sooner. They say that they're fine with her doing whatever she wants...
--->'''Lukas''': That is, except for getting married... Owwww! Nicola! Don't step on my foot!
* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'': One puzzle requires Guybrush to find a way across a scorching-hot beach in order to get the map to Blood Island from Palido Domingo. Guybrush will burn his feet every time you try to cross it unaided, but fortunately, once you get across there's a gate you can open to create a shortcut.
* In ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'', several skills involve striking the target's legs or feet to inflict the Leg Bind status. This prevents the victim from using skills that require foot movement (such as attacks that involve charging at the enemy), dodging attacks, or escaping from battle.
* The aptly-named moves Spikes and Toxic Spikes in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, which set down traps that cause damage or poison foes, respectively. The only way to avoid taking damage from them if either is in place is to either be Flying-type or have the Levitate ability, so that the incoming Pokémon's feet aren't actually touching the ground (or, for the latter, being Steel-type, which grants immunity to poison).
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', jumping on a [[TheSpiny spiked enemy]] will damage the brothers and cause them to clutch their foot in pain unless they have a specific badge that allows them to [[NoSell bypass this trait]]. The visual effect was removed in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'', but the games starting from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'' instead having them raising their foot as it throbs and glows red.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', Genjimaru and his granddaughter Sakuya defect from the empire of Kunnekamun in order to side with the protagonist Hakuoro. However, circumstances prevent them from fully explaining the reasons for their defection, and given that they were previously some of the Kunnekamun emperor's most loyal retainers, Hakuoro has no reason to take them at their word -- a fact they fully realize. Therefore, in order to prove their trustworthiness, [[spoiler:not only does Sakuya agree to serve as a hostage, but at her urging, Genjimaru ''severs her Achilles tendons'' -- leaving her not only unable to escape, but unable to ''walk'', and completely reliant on her captors' mercy to survive. Hakuoro is understandably horrified when he realizes how far they've gone to demonstrate their loyalty]].
* ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic:'' Common in some biomes, like the Dense Biozone which is full of thorned plants prone to stabbing you in the soles if you get too close, and ''especially'' the Magma Core, which is full of patches of semi-melted rock that will set fire to any dwarves that step on it.
-->''My boots! '''My poor boots!'''''
* The Wii ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' has King Hippo wearing a manhole cover on his stomach. Knocking it off causes it to land on his foot, with expectedly painful results. Notably, [[DevelopersForesight this actually knocks off a small bit of his health]].
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Strive'', Faust has a super where he accidentally knocks down his opponent, realizes what he has done, grabs a wheelchair, rushes to help said opponent, goes too fast and ends up smashing their foot/leg with the wheelchair, resulting in exaggerated agonized looks from them.

* In ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'', Biggafoot, who guards a pair of Claw Clamber Boots on the icy side of Hailfire Peaks, limps away clutching his big foot after Chilly Willy sends an ice ball in his direction.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the player encounters a computer console which only outputs in an ancient language. The ''proper'' way to deal with it is to talk to it until it understands your language, but one option is to simply kick the computer. Doing so only gives you this:

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', one phase of the fight against Zant takes place in a recreation of the Snowpeak Ruins boss's room. Zant grows giant, but hitting his foot with the Ball and Chain will cause him to shrink down to half his normal size and bounce around the room clutching his injured foot, leaving him vulnerable.

* If Link tries to kick open a chest while barefoot in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', he'll wince in pain.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{BanjoKazooie}} Banjo-Tooie]]'', Biggafoot, who guards a pair of Claw Clamber Boots on the icy side of Hailfire Peaks, limps away clutching his big foot after Chilly Willy sends an ice ball in his direction.

--> '''Edel''': As you can see, this is a very tough puni... enough to make my foot hurt.
--> '''Firis''': (Wow... That sounded really painful...)

-->'''Lukas''': That is, except for getting married... Owwww! Nicola! Don't step on my foot!

* ''Videogame/DeepRockGalactic:'' Common in some biomes, like the Dense Biozone which is full of thorned plants prone to stabbing you in the soles if you get too close, and ''especially'' the Magma Core, which is full of patches of semi-melted rock that will set fire to any dwarves that step on it.

* ''VideoGame/DoomTheRoguelike'' want to tromp through acid or lava? Better get some good boots or else your poor Doomguy will cry out in pain with every step. Or if you can't find those, you could always just tromp through the stuff barefoot. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDoeKOSxLJw&list=UU3Q13RAmFVfDkYOWnnqFM2A#t=16m15s That works too apparently.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', BadassGrandpa Genjimaru and his granddaughter Sakuya defect from the empire of Kunnekamun in order to side with the protagonist Hakuoro. However, circumstances prevent them from fully explaining the reasons for their defection, and given that they were previously some of the Kunnekamun emperor's most loyal retainers, Hakuoro has no reason to take them at their word -- a fact they fully realize. Therefore, in order to prove their trustworthiness, [[spoiler:not only does Sakuya agree to serve as a hostage, but at her urging, Genjimaru ''severs her Achilles tendons'' -- leaving her not only unable to escape, but unable to ''walk'', and completely reliant on her captors' mercy to survive. Hakuoro is understandably horrified when he realizes how far they've gone to demonstrate their loyalty]].

* In ''VideoGame/Utawarerumono'', BadassGrandpa Genjimaru and his granddaughter Sakuya defect from the empire of Kunnekamun in order to side with the protagonist Hakuoro. However, circumstances prevent them from fully explaining the reasons for their defection, and given that they were previously some of the Kunnekamun emperor's most loyal retainers, Hakuoro has no reason to take them at their word -- a fact they fully realize. Therefore, in order to prove their trustworthiness, [[spoiler:not only does Sakuya agree to serve as a hostage, but at her urging, Genjimaru ''severs her Achilles tendons'' -- leaving her not only unable to escape, but unable to ''walk'', and completely reliant on her captors' mercy to survive. Hakuoro is understandably horrified when he realizes how far they've gone to demonstrate their loyalty]].

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', jumping on a [[TheSpiny spiked enemy] will damage the brothers and cause them to clutch their foot in pain unless they have a specific badge that allows them to [[NoSell bypass this trait]]. The visual effect was removed in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'', but the games starting from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'' instead having them raising their foot as it throbs and glows red.