History Main / DoesNotLikeShoes

%% Note: It is only logical to point out that most Youtubers film their videos in their homes where they will naturally be socked or barefoot. Simply seeing them shoeless in their videos is not sufficient for this trope unless they specifically discuss a preference for going barefoot.

This trope is often used in visual media as an excuse to show frequent close-up shots of bare feet, usually due to {{Fanservice}} or AuthorAppeal (or both if you're Creator/QuentinTarantino or Creator/JossWhedon), which may explain why female barefooters outnumber males practically 2-1, or why [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished their feet are very rarely visibly dirty or calloused]], though that's much more likely if the barefooter is a man. Conversely, there's a little bit of TruthInTelevision here; women are more likely to go barefoot than men in a given context, as women on average tend to take better aesthetic care of their feet and are less self-conscious than men about showing them.

* [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]] wrestled barefoot for most of his career. He has said in interviews that it was because the boots he bought for his first match didn't fit quite right, and from there, it became a trademark.

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%% Note: It is only logical to point out that most Youtubers film their videos in their homes where they will naturally be socked or barefoot. Simply seeing them shoeless in their videos is not sufficient for this trope unless they specifically discuss a preference for going barefoot.

* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob is often seen without shoes and just wearing socks. He doesn't ''always'' do this, but he figures 9/10 times his feet are out of sight anyway, and he even goes out to lampshade this a couple of times. In several of his reviews he's also been completely barefoot with no socks.
** He mentions in his review for ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' that this originally came from Brad filming in his own home and tending not to wear shoes indoors.
* ''WebVideo/HowToBasic'': Mr. Basic is never seen wearing any sort of footwear in any of his videos. In fact, the fact that we've never seen his any part of his body covered with clothing suggests that he appears to be naked for all of his videos.
* Curly from ''WebVideo/ShinyObjectsVideos'' rarely wore shoes in the earlier videos. RealLifeWritesThePlot.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic wears battered sneakers when he goes outside, but when he's in his house he'll nearly always just be wearing socks.

* Officer Cop of ''WebVideo/DoomHouse'' is never seen wearing shoes and is even seen walking outside on bare feet.

* Creator/AshlyBurch from ''WebVideo/HeyAshWhatchaPlayin'' is almost always barefoot on camera.
* Vivian James, the Website/FourChan-originated character, usually wears just socks, due to being a gamer who [[{{Hikikomori}} never leaves her house]]. Otherwise, she's in sneakers.

* Malinda Kathleen Reese from ''Webvideo/TwistedTranslations'' usually has bare feet, either in her videos or on her Instagram profile.
* Chris Bores of ''WebVideo/TheIrateGamer'' show almost always does his reviews while barefoot. This even extends to his other series: at one point during a bloopers video for ''The Chris & Scottie Roadtrip'' video, when he comically falls over, it shows that he is once again sans shoes or socks.

* ''WebVideo/RegularCarReviews'': Mr. Regular is almost always wearing sandals outside, and is usually barefoot when at home. It doesn't help that he's a very tall man with rather big feet. One commenter said that Mr. Regular's videos helps them with their "foot fetish porn addiction".

* In ''WebVideo/TeamThor'', Thor always goes barefoot when unwinding at Darryl's house, even after he gets flip-flops.
* Becky of ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome'' usually goes barefoot.

* Many performers like to [[SublimeRhyme eschew shoes]] while performing on stage, often to feel more relaxed or to alleviate stage fright. Music/KellyClarkson, Music/LennyKravitz, Music/LindaRonstadt, Music/EricBenet, Music/TristanPrettyman, Music/DeltaGoodrem, Music/AmyGrant, Lauren Harris, Caro Emerald, Music/CharlotteChurch, Creator/KatharineMcPhee, Music/JoanBaez, Music/ToveLo, Music/KateBush, Music/JustinBieber, Kim Carnes, Dia Frampton of Music/MegAndDia, Belinda Carlisle of Music/TheGoGos, Music/TheWhiteStripes drummer Meg White, Music/{{Evanescence}} singer Amy Lee, both members of Deap Vally, Lydia Night of the Regrettes, Music/SamanthaFish, and former Music/PorcupineTree frontman Music/StevenWilson have all regularly or semi-regularly performed barefoot at some point in their careers.

** The winners of the 2012 and 2013 Eurovision contests, Swedish Loreen and Danish Emmelie De Forrest respectively, also performed barefoot when they won. The latter had claimed singing barefoot was her style as it made her feel closer to nature and more relaxed. Loreen once again peformed barefoot when she returned to, and won, the contest in 2023.

* Evelyn Glennie, the virtuoso percussionist, often performs barefoot, though for a good reason: she's profoundly deaf and it helps her to feel the music. Being profoundly deaf, Dame Evelyn Glennie usually performs barefoot - even doing so during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games - as it enables her to feel the music.

* Evelyn Glennie, the virtuoso percussionist, often performs barefoot, though for a good reason: she's profoundly deaf and it helps her to feel the music.

* Being profoundly deaf, Dame Evelyn Glennie usually performs barefoot - even doing so during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games - as it enables her to feel the music.

* Colbie Caillat tends to go barefoot pretty often. She has a lot of barefoot photos, appears barefoot in the music videos for "Bubbly", "Lucky" and "I Do", and went barefoot when she performed the latter live with Jason Mraz on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

* Colbie Caillat is sometimes prone to going without shoes. She has a lot of barefoot photos, appears barefoot in the music videos for "Bubbly", "Lucky" and "I Do", and went barefoot when she performed the latter live with Jason Mraz on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

* Polka musician Barefoot Becky.

* Music/BobbyMcFerrin tended to perform barefoot, such as in the music video for "Don't Worry, Be Happy," after a foot cramp during a concert prompted him to remove his shoes and socks while conducting.

** The winners of the 2012 and 2013 Eurovision contests, Swedish Loreen and Danish Emmelie De Forrest respectively, also performed barefoot when they won. The latter had claimed singing barefoot was her style as it made her feel closer to nature and more relaxed.

And no, it is not this trope if a character only is only barefoot at times when it's expected. Being barefoot at home or at the beach, or wearing sandals on a hot day are [b]not[/b] examples of this trope. The character must be shown to specifically enjoy being barefoot and frequently exploit opportunities to do so.

This trope is often used in visual media as an excuse to show frequent close-up shots of bare feet, usually due to {{Fanservice}} or AuthorAppeal (or both if you're Creator/QuentinTarantino or Creator/JossWhedon), which may explain why female barefooters outnumber males practically 2-1, or why [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished their feet are very rarely visibly dirty or calloused]], though that's much more likely if the barefooter is a man. Conversely, there's a little bit of TruthInTelevision here; women are more likely to go barefoot than men in a given context, as women's shoes tend both to be less comfortable and easier to remove.

Downplayed, but still ''broadly'' applicable, if a character has a notable preference for open-toed (or especially open-arched) footwear like sandals or flip-flops, particularly in circumstances when others usually put on closed shoes or boots (like in cold weather or on formal occasions); this version is often used to still convey the essence of the trope while sidestepping questions of "practicality". Does ''not'' apply if none of the characters wear shoes and the work portrays a society or setting where shoes don't even exist.

And no, it is not this trope if a character is only barefoot when it’s expected, like when going to bed, at the beach, or lounging at home. The character must be shown to specifically enjoy going barefoot (or at least without shoes) and frequently exploit opportunities to do so.

* For a video, YouTuber Loser Ana spent a day without shoes, which she seemed to regret. Months later, she did it again, and again, until she started going barefoot full-time, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H02AfJVvk0 making a video to celebrate her newfound lifestyle]]. While she does wear shoes [[AgonyOfTheFeet in Winter]], they come off as soon as Spring arrives.

* Hope from ''Webcomic/AloneInACrowd'' embodies this trope. She explains her reasons in [[http://aiacrowd.com/archives/85 this comic]]. (She's also not averse to some occasional [[http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3605/skinnydipinginacrowd.jpg skinny]] [[http://aiacrowd.com/archives/274 dipping]]...)

* Princess Teegra from ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''. Not like she's wearing much outside of a teensy FurBikini.

* EarthyBarefootCharacter: To show that they are connected to the soil in some way. This may overlap with other subtropes if they have [[DishingOutDirt elemental]] or [[FertileFeet nature-linked]] powers that are weakened or neutralised if they don't have skin contact with the ground, but it's frequently just a metaphor. The NatureHero, BarbarianHero, NobleSavage, HotGypsyWoman, and JunglePrincess are often barefoot.

See Also: JunglePrincess and TarzanBoy, who are almost always depicted barefoot. Other Barbarian characters a seen depicted in this manner, but to a lesser extent.

* Music/NeilDiamond's "Two Bit Manchild" contains the line "Ain't got no eye for a tight pair of shoes when my bare feet'll do."

** Nearly everyone in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' prances about completely barefoot, and even exceptions like Judy Hopps or Mr. Big are still ''mostly'' barefoot (Judy, when wearing her police uniform, has boots that leave the balls/toes of her feet bare, and Mr. Big's spats only cover his arches). Gazelle is the lone total exception, always depicted in high heels and even seen advertising Preyda shoes and bags in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/zootopia/comments/4tl8m6/zootopia_zootropolis_expanded_poster_o/ wider variants of the film poster]]. The directors, when asked about it on a Facebook Q&A, asserted they deliberately went this direction because they felt shoes on animals looked too weird.

* Alex Apollonov of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw I did a thing]]'' is noticeably barefoot in almost all of his videos, even at times you'd think he'd ''want'' to wear shoes, like when he works with machinery in his garage, or visits a beekeeper (though the beekeeper himself was only wearing flip-flops...), or cooks meat on the pavement in the Australian summer. It sometimes gets lampshaded, either when he [[AgonyOfTheFeet injures himself this way]] or acknowledges the foot fetishists that follow his channel.

''WebVideo/RegularCarReviews'': Mr. Regular is almost always wearing sandals outside, and is usually barefoot when at home. It doesn't help that he's a very tall man with rather big feet. One commenter said that Mr. Regular's videos helps them with their "foot fetish porn addiction".

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'', it's a safe bet that any footwear on a skittermander is going to be part of a spacesuit. Quite a few [[RatFolk ysoki]] seem to be depicted barefoot. And both of the official images of sazarons show them barefoot (''despite'' the fact that the Sage ''is'' wearing a spacesuit). The first two species have semi-digitigrade paws for feet; the third is [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centauroid]].