History Main / AgonyOfTheFeet

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[[EyeScream Eyes]], [[TheToothHurts teeth]], [[TongueTrauma tongues]], [[GroinAttack genitalia]] and [[{{Fingore}} fingers]] are all extremely sensitive and fragile body parts... and so are our feet and toes.

* [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Stepping on a LEGO brick!]]

''Fanfic/WhatIfGokuWonAgainstMasterRoshi'': When Goku and Jackie Chun have their climatic CrossCounter, Goku [[ManBitesMan bites Chun's foot]], lessening the force of his kick. Consequently, Goku remains conscious long enough to declare victory.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "the process", the Cheat not only gives Bubs a hotfoot ("Ooh! Hot mama!"), he sticks Bubs' other foot in [[BeeAfraid a nest of angry bees]]. ("Yeow! Hot bees!")

* A PeriodPiece set in ImperialChina may reference the practice of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding binding girls' feet to force them to grow into hooflike shapes as a status symbol]];

* Toes or feet crushed between heavy objects or machine parts (bones get crushed and flesh gets mangled)

* [[IBrokeANail A toenail is broken]].
* [[AdultFear Stepping on a LEGO brick!]]

'''Friend:''' ''[gasps]'' Take that back!

* In the premiere of ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' season 6, Boomstick gets stabbed in the foot with the Trident of Neptune by Wiz after quoting Bane.

* There's an old ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' {{fanon}} that has Taiwan subjected to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding foot binding]] during the time she lived with ImperialChina. It has sometimes popped up in [[http://whitesin.livejournal.com/14434.html fan fiction]] and [[http://hetalia.livejournal.com/95171.html#cutid7 fan art]].

* Stepping on a LEGO brick!

* The page image comes from a one-page comic in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', drawn by Tom Bunk and written by Michael Gallagher[[note]]yes, the same Michael Gallagher who wrote the early issues of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''[[/note]]. A man buys magnetic insoles for his shoes, but they end up being so powerful that they pull an entire drawer full of sharp knives down, causing every knife to impale itself through his feet. [[FromBadToWorse Followed immediately by the fridge crashing down on him.]]

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26119906/chapters/63537721 Stay Tuned]]'' [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Ratchet's]] captors force him to walk on a red-hot grill in one of their videos to Optimus.

* Toes or feet [[CartoonThrobbing comedically throbbing]].

HighHeelHurt is a common sub-trope.

Compare AnArmAndALeg, where an entire limb is lost; and ImpaledPalm, where the hand palm is pierced by some object. May overlap with TwistedAnkle (any injury which causes a fleeing victim to become slowed, giving his pursuer a better chance to catch up). See also ColdBloodedTorture, MutilationInterrogation and ATasteOfTheLash. May result in a HurtFootHop.

This happens far too often in RealLife so Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

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* The notorious practice of Foot Binding in China, where young girls' feet went through a lengthy and ''extremely'' painful binding process that often involved breaking bones, mutilation, and even actively encouraging gangrene, in order to make the feet permanently small enough to fit into "Lotus Shoes." The method and severity of the binding process varied heavily--contrary to popular belief, women with bound feet could generally walk, dance, and even work in the fields, though not nearly as well or as safely as people with normal feet. It was of course a sign of wealth, beauty, and grace, and suited traditional views on women's place and proper behavior in society (e.g. a saying that it prepared girls for the pain, suffering, and restrictions of being a wife and mother).
** The practice was outlawed and rigorously stamped out after the Communist Revolution, though that unfortunately included forcing women to un-bind their feet and keep them unbound. Without the support of the bindings, the women had to suffer immense pain all over again. There are a handful of elderly women still left who have bound feet, and there even used to be a dance troupe.
* Professional dancers are known for putting their feet through the wringer, routinely continuing to practice or perform with all manner of foot injuries. Ballet in particular is infamous for destroying dancers' feet, with the unforgiving [[StraightToThePointe en pointe]] technique a common cause of the CareerEndingInjury. Read any interview with a ballerina, and broken toes and bleeding toenails are likely to be casually mentioned.
* Figure skaters are subject to many kinds of injuries. Causes range from improperly fitted/laced skates to falls, crashes, and wrong movements. Symptoms: calluses, blisters, skin rash, tendon pain, ankle sprains, bunions, heel deformities, torn [=ACLs=] etc. Many a CareerEndingInjury has been located in feet.
* As the description notes, foot-whipping/beating is CorporalPunishment, and the only other area people usually get whipped is on the back. This is because whipping ANYWHERE else has a huge risk of crippling or death. Foot whipping was historically common in Latin America (where it was called ''bastinado'') and is still reportedly used by "[[SecretPolice security services]]" in the Middle East as a form of [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] against political and social dissidents.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punji_stick Punji sticks/stakes]] are sharpened wooden or bamboo stakes which would be driven into the ground on trails frequented by enemy soldiers. They were commonly used in Southeast Asia. Experience with them during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar prompted the Americans to develop combat boots with steel plates in the soles.
* Roman legionnaires often attacked with their [[ShieldBash scutum shield]] first in combat. One such move was to slam their shields down on their opponents' feet (very useful back in the day when most armies marched around in sandals).
* Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks. If you've ever stepped on one of those demonic multicolored plastic caltrops, you'd understand.
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* {{LEGO}} bricks. If you've ever stepped on one of those demonic multicolored plastic caltrops, you'd understand.

* LEGOs. If you've ever stepped on one of those demonic multicolored plastic caltrops, you'd understand.

* [[LEGO]]. If you've ever stepped on one of those demonic multicolored plastic caltrops, you'd understand.

* At ''Fyter Fest 2019'', Wrestling/JonMoxley pulled off Joey Janela's shoes and socks and then dropped him onto a pile of thumbtacks.