History Main / DoesNotLikeShoes

** Alternative Circumstances:
LoosingAShoeInTheStruggle: If a character is barefoot by loosing their shoes, but does not actually depict PrefersGoingBarefoot or any of its sister tropes.

* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Usually human character who goes barefoot, lives in a situation where they can very easily get shoes if they wish, and the surrounding culture wears shoes.

* ShoeLostInTheStruggle: If a character is barefoot by loosing their shoes, but does not actually PreferGoingBarefoot or any of its sister trope.
* If a character is barefoot because the call to adventure came while they were sleeping or swimming, that falls under PajamaCladHeroes and WalkingSwimsuitScene rather than PrefersGoingBarefoot.

* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Usually human character who go barefoot, lives in a situation where they can very easily get shoes if they wish, and the surrounding culture wears shoes.

* MagicalBarefooter: A magical character such as an wizard, elf, a fairy etc. is likely to go barefoot. They might also be close to nature in a way like GreenThumb.

* MartialArtistsAreAlwaysBarefoot: Martial artists are portrayed as being habitually barefoot even in non combat situation.

Barefootedneas is often tied to two other tropes related to the costume as a whole. If they are barefoot because of the outfit, the trope is about the outfit rather than the bare feet.
These tropes include:
* PajamaCladHeroes, where the hero was called to adventure from bed, but didn’t have a chance to change clothes. This character is likely to go barefoot on their adventure as well, but the trope still revolves more around their pajamas than their feet.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: where a character wears an actual swimsuit, even when they are not swimming. This character is very likely to go barefoot on their adventures as well, but this trope only applies to actual swimwear. If a slave is barefoot in a bikini like outfit, the bikini is a SlaveOutfit and it falls only under BarefootCaptives.

Keep in mind that these tropes often overlap. Example, a JunglePrincess is obviously skilled enough to make moccasins, but still PrefersGoingBarefoot is also an EarthyBarefootCharacter. A victim of BarefootPoverty might still [[PrefersGoingBarefoot Prefer Going Barefoot]] after getting the wealth for shoes. A wizard might be both a BarefootSage and a MagicalBarefooter. If an EarthyBarefootCharacter also has a superpower related to nature or a mystical connection to the earth, they are also a MagicalBarefooter. If you find an overlap, note the more prominent trope and describe the overlapping trope in the explanation.

Please do not use PrefersGoingBarefoot for any barefoot character, as the character must become from a circumstance where are shoes common, and they freely choose not to wear them. If the character is barefoot fairy like the new TinkerBell, then they are a MagicalBarefooter, but we can’t say she PrefersGoingBarefoot unless we know about her fairy culture and they are portrayed wearing. Suppose you have a character like Tarzan or Mowgli, who lives in the jungle away from civilization, he is usually more of an EarthyBarefootCharacter, though in some cases, Tarzan at least explicitly dislikes shoes, in which case, he counts as PrefersGoingBarefoot.

!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16869181730.38091600 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

Keep in mind that these tropes often overlap. Example, a JunglePrincess is obviously skilled enough to make moccasins, but still PrefersGoingBarefoot is also an EarthyBarefootCharacter. A victim of BarefootPoverty might still PreferGoingBarefoot after getting the wealth for shoes. A wizard might be both a BarefootSage and a MagicalBarefooter. If an EarthyBarefootCharacter also has a superpower related to nature or a mystical connection to the earth, they are also a MagicalBarefooter. If you find an overlap, note the more prominent trope and describe the overlapping trope in the explanation.

* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Characters who walk barefoot being shown to be close to nature, animals and their surroundings.
* MagicalBarefooter: A magical character who goes barefoot for a reason tied to their magic.
* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Characters who explicitly dislike wearing shoes and lives in a situation where they can very easily get shoes if they wish.

* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Characters who explicitly dislike wearing shoes.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: A FunnyAnimal who goes barefoot but is otherwise fully-dressed.

* BarefootSage: A sage or other wise character who's barefoot, usually due to religious asceticism, connection to nature, or mentor eccentricity.

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->''"Shoes? No, I can certainly afford them; I go barefoot for comfort."''
-->-- '''Ryu''' (win quote), ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''

This character tries to avoid wearing shoes whenever possible. The reasons for this design or personality trait vary greatly.

There are some reasons that are common enough to be specific subtropes:

* BarefootLoon: As a sign of eccentricity or absent-mindedness. {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s may go barefoot in public because they are either flouting societal conventions or are simply oblivious to them.
* BarefootSage: Enlightened sages and [[EccentricMentor eccentric mentors]], for the reason that they know and see more than everyone else does, and are just too wise to care about said social conventions. This may also be a form of religious asceticism.
* 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. Most often though, this is simply the rural character who just enjoys feeling nature. The NatureHero, BarbarianHero, NobleSavage, HotGypsyWoman, JunglePrincess and TarzanBoy are almost always barefoot.
* MagicalBarefooter: Characters with magical powers sometimes go barefoot — this may be because they need contact with the soil for their powers, because they are invulnerable to injury or soiling, to demonstrate their lack of interest in social conventions, or to demonstrate their "higher being" status.
* UndeadBarefooter: Undead characters may go barefoot, again either to dramatise their inhumanity or because they just don't care.

This is also sometimes a sign of youthful innocence or vulnerability, and many of the characters who demonstrate this trope are either children or childlike.

It should also be noted that this trope doesn't necessarily mean that the barefooter ''literally'' does not like wearing shoes, as it can apply when a character mostly goes without shoes, but wears them without a fuss at some point.

Most Asian martial arts are practised barefoot, whether in training or competition, and as a result, martial artist characters are often {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed into being barefoot at all times. Ditto for gymnasts and swimmers. The lack of shoes may also be used as an indication of untamed ruggedness.

Finally, although humans in real life naturally have some of the strongest feet around, some characters can be described as having something "special" and non-human about their feet. Their feet might be so tough they don't need shoes at all, or [[ShoeSizeAngst so large]] or oddly-shaped that nothing available will fit. This is one of the standard racial attributes of {{Hobbits}}. [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry characters]] have a tendency to be unshod, leading to a society of {{Barefoot Cartoon Animal}}s, unless they're TheOneWhoWearsShoes. Or maybe their HandyFeet are just as much gripping appendages as their hands are. Characters with non-humanoid body shapes are exempt from this, as it's more notable if such a character is wearing human clothes.

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. Plus, women's footwear is also much more cumbersome and easier to remove than men's footwear.

Characters may also end up barefooted due to circumstances beyond their control, which is usually ''not'' this trope (however, they can eventually ''become'' a person who does not like shoes if they come to enjoy their barefoot experience):
%%Rapunzel from ''Franchise/{{Tangled}}'' is a straight example, while Mavis Vermilion from ''Franchise/FairyTail'' is a variation.
* BarefootCaptives, where characters are forced to be barefoot while being held in some kind of captivity or other;
* BarefootPoverty, where characters are barefoot because they can't afford shoes;
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle, where characters lose one or both shoes due to being knocked out of them, getting them irretrievably stuck in some kind of gap, discarding them as being impractical for the character's current situation, and other such happenstance.

Also contrast:
* AllWomenLoveShoes, where female characters in particular [[AvertedTrope Do Like Shoes]] to the point of having many, ''many'' pairs; and
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes, wherein a character is the only one to wear shoes in a world of barefooters (usually {{Barefoot Cartoon Animal}}s).

Note that examples of the Barefoot Captives and Barefoot Poverty tropes can turn into examples of this trope if, after being freed or going up in the world, the characters carry on being barefoot anyway because they've gotten used to it, find shoes uncomfortable, and/or want to show that they haven't lost touch with their roots. They can also overlap if they remain in captivity or poverty, but expensively enjoy being barefoot anyway.

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 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 '''not''' examples of this trope. The character must be shown to specifically enjoy being barefoot and frequently exploit opportunities to do so.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes/FanWorks
* [[DoesNotLikeShoes/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes/{{Literature}}
* DoesNotLikeShoes/VideoGames
* DoesNotLikeShoes/RealLife
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!!Other Examples

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* Jean [=LeFoot=], "The Barefoot {{Pirate}}", from the 1960s and 2000s Cap'n Crunch commercials.
* Advertising/SegataSanshiro goes barefoot, in keeping with his appearance of a martial arts master who'll kick your ass if you don't play UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. This is {{deconstructed|Trope}} in his advertisement for ''Winter Heat'', wherein he races across an ice rink against an ice skater, but is later found desperately warming his feet up.
* Alana O'Brien is barefoot in every Free Credit Score slider commercial made thus far.
* Mountain Dew's country roots inspired the "Get That Barefoot Feeling" ad campaign of the late 60s-early 70s, which aimed to make the soda seem as refreshing as the carefree joy of lounging or traveling without shoes. Commercials showed Mountain Dew drinkers happily going barefoot in public, or at social situations.
* Spic 'n Span had a campaign in the '70s targeted towards viewers who don't wear shoes indoors. The commercials showed people performing various household activities in their bare feet, to the accompaniment of a cover of Robert Parker's "Barefootin'" (a song about the fun of dancing barefoot) while the announcer boasted that Spic 'n Span gets floors "barefoot clean".
* In the '90s, there were also commercials on treatment of toenail fungus, with the slogan: "Barefoot Without Embarrassment." These commercials would typically show women having their feet massaged, doing yoga, or other various relaxing activities in their bare feet - with the attention usually focused on their healthy clean toenails.
* A businessman in one BMW commercial, promoting the sensitivity of the car's all-wheel drive, decides to explore his workplace and its city barefoot, and learns to enjoy feeling different tactile sensations with his feet, including the brush of an asphalt road, and the rush of a rainwater stream.
* Most Bona mop commercials depict a woman cleaning a floor in her bare feet.
* Similarly, there is a Japanese ad for the Dyson Cyclone vacuum cleaner which shows a barefoot woman cleaning her house - using both the Dyson Cyclone and a different type of vaccuum cleaner. Among the comparisons between the two vacuums, the ad even goes up close to the sole of her foot - to show how much cleaner her feet end up, when using the Dyson Cyclone.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLFKY4nGG58 This commercial for Nara Battling Bugs]] has a girl talking on the phone and unhappy about babysitting. The camera pans to the floor showing the bugs approaching her bare feet.
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%%* Bit of a running gag in Dane Cook's routine.
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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}}'', the titular menace, while not normally seeming this way, does occasionally seem like this. In a 2004 comic, he did a menace race barefoot, unlike his running mates, and also in 2004, there was a comic where he, Walter, and Sergeant Slipper stuck their bare feet (or attempted to, at least) in front of a new restaurant. At the beginning of the strip, Dennis boasts how even his socks are menacing and he hadn't changed them for 4 years.
* The ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' villainess Sprocket Nitrate always goes barefoot. It's such a trademark that just seeing a pair of bare feet show up in a panel is an instant indication that it's her.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' parodies this trope on [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1998/08/16 August 16th, 1998.]] Seeing that the sun is shining exceedingly bright, Jon tries a walk in the front yard before going through a lot of mishaps. Needless to say, Garfield [[BreakingTheFourthWall quips to the audience in dismay]].
* In ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'', Daisy Mae Scragg never wears shoes.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', Phoebe goes barefoot more than the average ([[BarefootCartoonAnimal human]]) cartoon character, but not excessively often.
** Also, Marigold points out in [[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2023/01/19 one strip]] that "Goblins find shoes uncomfortable".
* In ''ComicStrip/RedAndRover'', this is definitely the case with Red in all the summer strips. One has him announcing it's summer vacation to his dog, Rover. Rover bounds to meet him, knocking Red's shoes and socks off in the process, and his thought bubble is "Whaddya wanna do first?" Red's reply is "Trade my shoes and socks for a pair of bare feet." Another one has him taking his shoes, socks, and shirt off, saying "Summer vacation, it is here!" Another has him ripping his shoes, socks, shirt, and even trousers off, revealing his swimming costume, saying he certainly is prepared for summer vacation. And yet another has him going to the shoe shop, saying shoes feel odd, and his mum saying any shoes would, as he's spent the entire summer barefoot.
* The title character in ''ComicStrip/WallaceTheBrave'' makes a ritual of throwing his shoes in the bay at the start of summer. In his words:
-->"Without shoes I'm quicker, faster, and stealthier."
* The title character from the comic panel ''ComicStrip/{{Ziggy}}'' seems to go barefoot... although that may be an artistic convention, as he seems to be the only person in the panel with his character design.
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[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* Many Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} characters go barefoot:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Even after the first movie, Aladdin still wears that old clothing of his. By [[WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves the third movie]] however he starts wearing shoes with his old clothing.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', not surprisingly, given that Tarzan lives in the jungle and is a case of "Does Not Wear Clothes" (besides a {{loincloth}}). Shortly after meeting him, Jane ditches her boots and becomes a barefooter as well, (partly due to [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle losing one]] during her first interaction with him) as seen in the follow-up series ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' .
** Esmeralda in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' wore shoes in Hugo's novel (though her outfit was "tinsel and rags,") but goes barefoot in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon version. In [[{{Sequelitis}} the sequel]], she gains a pair of shoes - presumably as she's now married to Phoebus, [[BarefootPoverty and can now afford a pair]].
** Kida in ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''. Like Esmeralda, she ended up wearing shoes in the sequel. Also, WordOfGod actually confirmed that Kida was actually wearing Greco-Roman-style sandals at the end of the first film (they are hidden underneath her dress, and are the same shade of tan as her skin, but darker).
** The title character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''. And yes, she too ended up wearing shoes in the sequel (and at the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks theme parks]], along with the two mentioned above). Seem to be seeing a pattern here with Disney Sequel Barefooters?
** Aurora in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', at least as humble peasant girl "Briar Rose." When she gets her princess outfit and goes to the palace, then she's got shoes.
** Giselle in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', though mainly just in the animated segments. Possibly a direct reference to Aurora. However, while she wears shoes in the live action bits, Giselle takes them off in the climax and [[spoiler:faces off against Narissa in her bare feet. Nancy later finds one of her shoes on the floor and the prince puts it on Nancy's foot, referencing Cinderella.]]
** Once she gets feet, Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' goes barefoot more often than she wears shoes. Her daughter Melody in [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea the sequel]] is a dedicated barefooter, only wearing shoes when she's forced to.
*** The former carries this character trait into her appearance in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', where she's revealed to be barefoot when wearing not just her new casual clothes, but also her standard pink dress!
** Rapunzel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. Of the youthful innocence variety -- plus she's just never needed shoes due to never leaving her tower. (Yet, for some reason, there are many Rapunzel dolls that come with shoes on her feet.) Coincidentally, Rapunzel's voice actress, Music/MandyMoore, goes barefoot a lot in RealLife.
** Mowgli from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', being a WildChild.
** Lilo and Nani from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' normally don't wear shoes at home, likely due to the Hawaiian tradition of going barefoot.
** Mama Odie from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. Justified, since she is blind and possibly needs them bare. The three frog hunters in the bayou don't wear shoes either, but that's probably BarefootPoverty.
** Ralph from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' doesn't wear shoes, even when [[spoiler:attending Felix's wedding as his best man.]] Part of it is probably to enforce his "Wild Man" character design, but it might also be because his feet are enormous. The one time he does wear any kind of footwear, is when [[spoiler:he's disguised as a Hero's Duty Marine.]]
** Nearly everyone in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is a BarefootCartoonAnimal, 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.
%%* Dot from ''WesternAnimation/DotAndTheKangaroo'' and its sequels.
* ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce1983'': Princess Teegra does not seem to mind being ExposedToTheElements, running through the jungle and in a frigid ice palace in only a micro bikini. She does feel cold one earlier evening, but does not seem to mind running around barefoot on ice and snow.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong'': Peter is barefoot throughout the entire film, even in the snow. Heidi herself is barefoot until she is sent to Frankfurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Joy doesn't wear shoes, although since she doesn't appear to have toes, the effect is less barefooter and more ballet shoes. Seems to apply to every version of Joy across all the mind worlds.
* Downplayed with the young artist Ursula from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' who always wears only open-toed footwear, either flip-flops or sandals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': Both Luca and Alberto go barefoot, likely justified because of their sea monster status. A few other people in the village walk around barefoot because of the closeness to the sea and the beach. It's not uncommon, during Summer in Cinque Terre, for people to briefly leave the beach and have a walk in town without footwear.
* Barbara in ''Animation/MySweetMonster'' goes barefoot for a great deal of the movie. In the beginning, she's seen wearing socks until her birthday party is about to begin. She removes her socks offscreen, and shows up to the party in bare feet. It's never explained why she does this, but she runs away from home almost immediately, thus remaining barefoot until [[spoiler: she visits the site where Bogey seemingly sacrificed his life for her.]] In that final scene of the movie, she wears boots, likely due to the snow. (Although, aside from getting a minor foot injury once, she seems quite content going barefoot in the woods and even on city streets. None of the people she interacts with ever seem to mind either.)
* The titular character in ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' is barefoot for most of the movie, the rest of the time, she's a fish.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', Moses throws off his sandals when God in the burning bush tells him to take them off in respect of this holy ground. Moses seemingly never recovers them again after that. Miriam and Tzipporah are never seen wearing shoes at all, though they may fall under BarefootPoverty instead.
* Jack Frost from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''. At one point, elves try to give him a pair. With ''bells.'' They are quickly dismissed and [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never spoken of again]].
* Chel from ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''.
* Stereotypical hillbilly siblings Sadie Mae and Billy Bob Scroggins from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers''.
* Bronagh from ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''.
* The titular creatures in the ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' franchise. Lampshaded in an episode of [[WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollsTopia the second show]], where when their morning routines are thrown off, Branch and Laguna find themselves wearing mismatching socks before remembering that they typically don't wear any kind of footwear.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': As a child, Ellie is barefoot in both of her scenes.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
!!!'''In General:'''
* In both ''Series/TheRealWorld'' and ''Series/BigBrother'', the housemates go barefoot for a majority of the time. This probably isn't surprising given that people in general tend to go barefoot in their homes.
!!!'''By Series:'''
* ''Series/SixHundredSixtySixParkAvenue'': Jane is often barefoot while at home, or investigating something in the hotel, or during one of her dream sequences.
* [[TheOphelia Misty Day]] in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven''.
* ''Series/DualSurvival'' has Cody, who hasn't worn shoes, socks or long pants for the last 22 years. Throughout the series, he is barefoot, unless he's in a situation where being so would be monumentally stupid; in snowy environments, he wears thermal socks, and in one episode he fashioned some crude sandals to walk over volcanic rocks without ripping his feet to shreds.
* ''Series/TheEmpress'': The unconventional lady Sisi wanders around the Ischl villa grounds barefoot, only to run into the emperor. He notices that she isn't wearing shoes, and she replies that she doesn't like them.
* River Tam in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', to the point that Creator/JossWhedon said in the ''Serenity'' DVDCommentary that River's feet are the 11th character on the show. Creator/AdamBaldwin calls her on it also: "Did you ''ever'' have shoes on in this?"
* Joe Hart from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' does not feel comfortable with shoes and goes barefoot all the time. He justifies it by saying it's because of his religion, and that Jesus didn't use shoes[[note]]ignoring that Jesus wore sandals[[/note]], but going barefoot to school ''has'' got to be against some kind of regulation!
* On ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', Barbara Kean, the show's resident MsFanservice, is almost always barefoot at home (as well as having her legs on display). Even the first episode of Season 2 has her barefoot in Arkham Asylum.
* ''Series/IronFist2017''. [[Comicbook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]] spends the first few episodes wandering New York barefoot, having NoSocialSkills due to being raised in a monastery. This leads to a RunningGag of people mistaking Danny for a homeless person and telling him where he can get hold of some cheap shoes. He eventually accepts a pair from Colleen Wing.
* Two episodes of ''Series/{{Ironside 1967}}'' ("The Man Who Believed" and "Once More for Joey") feature barefoot hippie musicians who wind up becoming [[VictimOfTheWeek Victims of the Week]].
* ''Series/KungFu1972'': Kwai Chang Caine wore shoes for the first few episodes, but afterwards goes barefoot. One of the only times in the series that he wears footwear was to attend a wedding. He also puts on boots to walk across a pit of rattlesnakes.
* In the BBC Series of ''The Little Drummer Girl'' by John Le Carre, Florence Pugh's character goes barefoot whenever she can, including when walking drunk through the ruins of a temple and even when driving to somebody else's house, not bothering to bring her shoes with her.
* In the British series ''Love, Nina'', the title character walks around north UsefulNotes/{{London}} in the 1980s perpetually barefoot, only putting on a pair of gym shoes for a job interview. In the last episode of the first (so far the only) series, Nina does explain her aversion to shoes; "I find that if you wear shoes, you don't feel so much"; evidently, she has never stepped on a snail...
* Adam from ''Series/NorthernExposure''. He actually seems to have a compulsion ''not'' to wear them.
* ''Series/OceanGirl'' 's Neri, Mera and Kal all went barefoot. The first few times Neri went to ORCA, the others made her wear shoes, which she hated. By the fourth season she was barefoot even when horse riding; Jason handwaved it at one point.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': zig-zagged with Ingrid The Snow Queen, who goes barefoot when in her royal dress due to Creator/ElizabethMitchell finding it hard to walk in the forest in the high heels the costume had originally come with. She wears shoes when she is pretending to be a civilian.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'':
** In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E20TheBelleroShield The Bellero Shield]]", Mrs. Dame goes barefoot throughout the story.
** As do the aliens in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E7OBIT O.B.I.T.]]", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E21TheChildrenOfSpiderCounty The Children of Spider County]]", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E27FunAndGames Fun and Games]]" and "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E31TheChameleon The Chameleon]]".
* ''Series/ShakaZulu''. The young Shaka complains that his army sandals impede him on the battlefield, and demonstrates his lack of need for them by grinding out a flaming stick with his foot while sneering contemptuously. When he's put in charge of training an army, he makes them go barefoot too, running them for miles until they have callused soles like he does.
* ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'': the titular character is often barefoot when in Hulk form, but is also seen barefoot in her base form. She’ll only wear flip flops or heels when absolutely needed.
* ''Series/TeenWolf'' has Kali, TheDragon for the first half of season 3, a female alpha werewolf who ''never'' wears shoes. The camera focuses on her feet at least once every time she appears, and her particularly long toenails are often pointed out.
* In ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', Sikowitz is almost always barefoot.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Brad Wilczek who created a sentient AI computer operating system from "Ghost in the Machine". He even made Mulder and Scully take off their shoes while they were in his residence.
-->'''Wilczek''': [in federal prison sitting barefoot on a bed] They make me wear shoes all the time. What else do you want from me?
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[[folder:Music]]
* 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, former Music/PorcupineTree frontman Music/StevenWilson, and Kitten's {{Chloe Chaidez}} have all regularly or semi-regularly performed barefoot at some point in their careers.
* Series/EurovisionSongContest:
** The winner in 1967, British singer Music/SandieShaw, tended to go barefoot both on stage and off. Her detractors thought this was a marketing gimmick, but Sandie claimed she did it because she was afraid of tripping over wires.
** The winners of the 2012 and 2013 Eurovision contests, Swedish Loreen and Danish Emmelie de Forest 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.
* UsefulNotes/{{Cape Verde}}an singer Music/CesariaEvora was called "the barefoot diva" and recorded a studio album by the same name. This is because she sung in small, local taverns, often appearing barefoot on stage, where there was a stage, until the age of 47 when her international career started. She was quite a literal case of this trope, as she said openly she avoided wearing shoes in everyday life wherever possible.
-->[[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/09.16.99/cesaria-9937.html "In Cape Verde, where I lived, I was always barefooted. I walked down the street barefoot. I walked in the house barefoot. Ever since then, and now that I travel around the world, I stay mostly barefoot, though I wear little slippers sometimes so that my feet don't freeze in cold places."]]
* Music/DeanaCarter prefers not to wear shoes at all -- when filming on a [[UsefulNotes/PuertoRico Puerto Rican]] beach for one music video they had to first make sure there were no needles left lying in the sand and she's seen walking the streets barefoot in the same video (and stopping to remove something sharp). For concerts, she always brings a small rug with her to stand on while on stage.
* Kevin Parker of Music/TameImpala preferred to perform barefoot until 2018 - he explained that he started wearing shoes after he began walking to the front of the stage during concerts.
* Music/DavidByrne and his entire band performed barefoot during his ''American Utopia'' tour in 2018.
* The eccentric French singer ''Music/{{Zaz}}'' (aka Isabelle Geffroy) usually performs either barefoot or in open-toed sandals.
* Music/JossStone is almost always barefoot on stage and on various outings. She has said that she doesn't wear shoes on stage because she is afraid of slipping and falling.
* Music/MandyMoore claims that she usually performs barefoot due to her large feet (she's a size 10) because she has difficulty finding shoes that feel comfortable to perform on stage in.
* Music/AndreaCorr, the story goes, decided to remove her shoes for a performance in 2001, and liked it much so much that she's done almost all her stage shows barefoot ever since.
* Michael Franti hasn't worn shoes at all since 2000, although he does wear flip-flops where shoes are required, such as restaurants and on airplanes. He says he's not trying to make a political statement, he just doesn't like shoes.
* 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." He's also barefoot on the cover of his 1971 album ''Stones''.
* k.d. lang is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE noticeably shoeless]] while singing Hallelujah at the 2005 Juno Awards.
* Music/PaulMcCartney of Music/TheBeatles doesn't wear shoes if he can help it -- he appeared barefoot on [[AbbeyRoadCrossing the famous cover]] of ''Music/AbbeyRoad''. Bare feet are also implied in this verse from the from the ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'' track "Good Day Sunshine".
-->''We take a walk, the sun is shining down\\
Burns my feet as they touch the ground''
* Jack Sonni was known for playing barefoot when he was with Music/DireStraits in the mid-1980's, most notable in the iconic "Walk of Life" video.
* In the music video for Music/{{Roxette}}'s "Listen to Your Heart", soon after Marie Fredriksson starts singing there's a close up on her bare feet, which was a common occurrence on stage.
* Music/{{Shakira}} almost always performs barefoot, and even called one of her albums ''Pies Descalzos'' (Spanish for "bare feet"). In her biography, ''Woman Full of Grace'', she indicates that being barefoot makes her feel like she has removed the facades from her personality and allowed her true self to shine through. Also, it's traditional for {{belly dancer}}s (she's a lifelong ''raqs sharqi'' dancer).
* Dave Mackintosh of Music/DragonForce sometimes performs barefoot.
* Music/ColbieCaillat 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.
* Pianist Delta Goodrem prefers to play the piano while barefoot.
* Ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner traditionally performs barefoot, much so that she'll kick her shoes off when doing impromptu performances. Her backup musicians also perform barefoot to fit her motif.
* Music/HenryRollins almost never performs with shoes on... in fact, he rarely performs with anything but shorts on. Paul Reiser called attention to this during an award show, thanking Rollins for not tracking mud on the floor.
* It's not unusual to see a drummer perform in socks or bare feet, to better control the bass pedal; ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' even suggests this for using the drumset if players are having trouble.
** Rick Allen of Music/DefLeppard has to be the poster-child for the barefoot drummer -- just as he already is for the one-armed drummer.
* Edward Ka-Spel, lead singer of the Legendary Pink Dots, doesn't seem to enjoy wearing shoes onstage.
* There are some opera singers who like performing barefoot even if it doesn't necessarily fit the role or the director's concept. It may or may not be acting, but Dawn Upshaw, Sylvia [=McNair=], Karita Mattila, and particularly Agnes Baltsa all seem to enjoy performing roles barefoot.
* Even though he doesn't perform barefoot, Josh Groban loves going barefoot. The back cover of his 2011 album "Illustrations" features a barefoot Groban sitting on the floor.
* Music/TaylorSwift goes barefoot pretty often.
* During his Music/BlackSabbath days Music/OzzyOsbourne was said to go barefoot since he lived poor as a child.
* Music/JoshGroban goes barefoot frequently but doesn't perform in bare feet.
* [[Music/DebbieGibson Deborah Gibson]] has performed barefoot since the early 2000s.
* Louise Post of Music/VerucaSalt, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsQcB52V18 this performance.]]
* Music/JimmyBuffett often performs barefoot as part of his beach bum persona.
* Music/TimMinchin seldom wears shoes during his performances; he says he feels he is not a natural performer, and avoids wearing shoes to make himself more comfortable on-stage... so he can forget that he's actually on-stage.
* [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]] is known to perform barefoot often.
* Music/SherylCrow is another frequent barefooter.
* German singer Danja Atari has very few public photos where she ''isn't'' barefoot.
* Raquel del Rosario of the Spanish band El Sueño de Morfeo often performs barefoot or wearing barefoot sandals.
* Music/{{Vocaloid}} Oliver has bandages on his feet but no shoes or socks. WordOfGod says that this was a largely aesthetic choice, as apparently he looked "too girly with shoes". As a result, the "youthful innocence" version of this trope is a common {{Fanon}} portrayal of his character.
* 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. She even did so during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
* Pop duo Megan and Liz frequently perform barefoot.
* Music/CaroleKing is barefoot on two of her album covers (''Music/{{Tapestry}}'' and ''Thoroughbred'').
* True to her name, polka musician Barefoot Becky likes to perform without shoes.
* Creator/IdinaMenzel went barefoot for her entire 2012 summer tour, even calling it the "Barefoot at the Symphony Tour".
* Music/{{Skelteria}}'s mascot, St. Trinity, is a barefooter.
* Music/LindseyStirling tends to go barefoot out in both public and nature in her music videos, which involve a lot of skipping and jumping while playing the violin like a pixie.
* Music/BettyeLavette is seen barefoot on the album cover of ''Music/InterpretationsTheBritishRockSongbook''.
* Hitomi Yaida, alias Yaiko, became famous as ''"Hadashi no Hime"'' ("The Barefoot Princess") because she avoids footwear and prefers to do her live concerts and her music videos barefooted. The cover for her video documentary "Candle in the Lives" even features her bare feet on prominent display on the set where she performed her "Dizzy Dive" music video that day (also while barefoot, of course). One of her music videos also sees her taking off a pair of shoes in the background because they hurt her feet. In fact, in her music video "Chain," she makes a deliberate choice to leave her shoes behind as she exits her house because she'd rather go barefoot. She even spots a pair of shoes on display in a boutique and seems to have a change of heart, but then she scoffs at them. Then the reason why she doffed the shoes becomes clear- they were the proverbial chain preventing her from being free.
* Music/PattiSmith's song "Dancing Barefoot" from ''Music/{{Wave}}''
--> ''I'm dancing barefoot''\\
''Heading for a spin.''
* Grant Hart was noted for playing barefoot with Music/HuskerDu, especially since drumming can be hard on the feet.
* French singer Barbara Weldens was known for preferring to perform concerts in bare feet, however, the flaws of this approach were [[DeconstructedTrope tragically demonstrated]] when she stepped on an exposed piece of electrical equipment and was [[FatalMethodActing electrocuted.]] She was only [[DownerEnding 35 years old.]]
* The Robert Parker song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIytXgdggA "Barefootin'"]] encourages listeners to enjoy dancing without shoes.
* Music/BobbyMcFerrin tended to perform barefoot, such as in the music video for "Don't Worry, Be Happy," after his shoes cramped his feet during a concert.
* Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine often goes barefoot on stage, in photos, and in her videos. She has stated that "Performing in heels makes you perform very differently to performing in your bare feet. I kind of prefer bare feet."
* The lyrics of Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Jungleland" (the final track on ''Music/BornToRun'') mention a "barefoot girl" who's dating Rat, one of the song's characters.
* The girl in the Sammy Johns song "Chevy Van":
-->"A dirt-road main street, she walked off in bare feet"
* Music/ImagineDragons' "Believer" music video provides a "youthful innocence"-related example, as the kid version of frontman Dan Reynolds appears barefoot, while the present-day and future versions appear wearing either sneakers or boots (save the parts with present-day Dan taking his younger self's place, while wearing an outfit similar down to an absence of shoes).
* Jazz/improvisational singer Linda Manus-Cobine often performs shoeless.
* Music/{{Radiohead}} guitarist Jonny Greenwood [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/10/radiohead-interview-rocks-backpages promoted]] going barefoot to gain "chi", eventually appearing shoeless in the music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti6qhk3tX2s The Numbers]]".
* The Spinners' "Rubberband Man" describes the eponymous musician hooking one end of the rubber band onto his toes, which would mean by necessity, he performs without shoes.
* Missy Higgins is always barefoot in her film clips and promotional material.
* Rhiannon Giddens is almost always barefoot in publicity photos, and often on stage as well.
* Music/TheCars' "Let's Go":
-->''She's so beautiful now\\
She doesn't wear her shoes''
* Grace Potter, frontwoman of The Nocturnals doesn't like 'em [[https://youtu.be/qro7pvFaTcU as seen in this concert video]] at 6:48. She often is barefoot in concert and in her music videos.
* Sanketsu Shōjo Sayuri (酸欠少女さユり) started off her Tokyo music career doing street performances in her bare feet and a rain poncho, which she continues to do even after getting mainstream success in Japan. In an interview she mentions that she goes bare-footed on the streets as she feels more connected to the land, though acknowledging her feet do get very dirty.
* Music/{{Lorde}}, going along with the summery, earthy vibe of her album "Solar Power," appears barefoot in all of the album's music videos and frequently in live performances promoting it.
* Ashe goes barefoot a lot in real life and live shows, along with various music videos.
* Raffaella Meloni goes barefoot a lot live and in music videos like "Bruce Willis," "Bardot," "Blonde" & "Buick."
* Elise Trouw goes barefoot a lot on her [=YouTube=] videos and live performances. Even on drums.
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[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* The wise wizard Myth/{{Merlin}} from the Arthurian lore is frequently depicted barefoot in illustrations. The same goes for [[ArchEnemy Morgana LeFay]].
* Gods are generally the only beings shown barefoot in Roman sculptures.
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[[folder:Pinball]]
* As with the source, all of the characters in ''Pinball/TheFlintstones'' eschew shoes.
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* The UrExample in this field is probably Clarence Eklund, a catch wrestler who became famous for wrestling with bare feet as opposed to wearing the boots or wrestling shoes which were and are synonymous with pro wrestling.
* Back in the 1940s-60s, Hawaiian wrestler Alo Leilani would wrestle his exhibitions barefoot. According to the commentators at the Chicago International Amphitheater, most Hawaiians wrestled this way.
* Most {{Wild Samoan}}s wrestle barefoot, to help put over the "island savage" gimmick (exceptions include Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, Manu, Wrestling/SamoaJoe, and Wrestling/TheUsos). Rikishi did go barefoot earlier in his career when he was Fatu of Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers (WWF) and the Samoan SWAT Team (WCW). In the mid-90s, the Headshrinkers had a gimmick where their manager, Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, tried to "civilize" them by making them wear boots in the ring, and they had trouble climbing to the top rope and doing other moves because they couldn't get used to not being barefoot.
* Wrestling barefoot was common for Japanese wrestlers in America in the 70's and 80's, usually done to emphasize their Oriental roots through the connection to martial arts like UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} or UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} which are trained barefoot. Even long after those times, UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts footwraps or footguards are popular between [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot-style]] wrestlers or those with martial arts gimmicks.
* [[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 there was no time to find or borrow a replacement pair, and from there, it just became his trademark.
* Velvet [=McIntyre=] wrestled barefoot during the 80's while she was in the WWF. This was initially because her wrestling boots were stolen, but it quickly became her trademark.
* When she's not wearing her [[AllAmericanFace all-U.S.]] attire, Wrestling/{{Madusa}} of Wrestling/{{WCW}} had high-heeled boots on during the entrance, which she took off immediately after coming on the ring. Sometimes, however, she walked down the ramp without shoes at all.
* Wrestling/{{GLOW}} had a good number of its roster go barefoot, including but not limited to Mt. Fiji, Little Fiji, Little Egypt, Royal Hawaiian, Godiva, The Headhunters, and Jungle Woman.
* Joshi wrestlers Carlos Amano and Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} (who is a long time shoot-style fan) both forgo footwear, with the exception of Kana's footguards.
* In Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Mona regularly came to the ring wearing shoes, then slipped them off and wrestled her matches barefoot. After she became Wrestling/MollyHolly in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, she wrestled in the 2004 Taboo Tuesday Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal barefoot.
* {{Defied|Trope}} by Chico Alvarez. He tried a barefoot gimmick but broke a foot as soon as he stepped in the ring. He came to like shoes a lot and encourage anyone else not wearing them to change their ways.
* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] sometimes wrestles without boots or socks, though it doesn't seem to be a consistent thing and with him, not much is consistent anyway. It is probably less disliking shoes and more liking working up a sweat and using his smelly feet for an advantage.
* Jungle Grrrl, from the women's wrestling promotion WOW. It went defunct in 2001 but returned in 2012 and Jungle Grrrl became the promotion's champion.
* Stinky Garbage Man, a {{jobber}} from Arizona who was a TakeThat to {{Garbage Wrestler}}s in Tucson, was always barefoot, which is probably why he stank.
* Wrestling/NecroButcher was told at last minute he had to do a run-in on a Wrestling/RingOfHonor show, and was wearing flip-flops. It wouldn't do a [[GarbageWrestler hardcore [=SOB=]]] like himself to be wearing flip-flops and be whaling on people with chairs, so he went in barefoot. It's become a trademark.
* Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} often goes barefoot in ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}''. Maybe it's the difficulty of getting vegan wrestling boots.
* Grizzly Redwood wore no boots for a while in 2009 because in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, "Dirty" Ernie Osiris had stolen from him. And, apparently, that's okay since he's a lumberjack.
* Wrestling/MichelleMcCool usually wore boots when she wrestled. If she was wearing something else before a match she would take them off and wrestle barefoot.
* WWE wrestler [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev]] used to wrestle in footwraps, mostly due to having trained with the Samoan Rikishi. After suffering an ankle injury during a match, he took to wearing wrestling boots and because of this, wrestling without shoes in WWE is no longer allowed.
* WWE interviewer and NXT commentator Renee Young, has a habit of not wearing any shoes while doing interviews. [[http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe-raw/2014/5/27/5755016/renee-young-ribbed-no-shoes-interview-evolution-raw-backstage-pass-wwe-video-news She's been called on it.]][[http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2015/9/3/9259379/renee-young-feet-shoes-backstage-interviews Twice.]]
-->'''Wrestling/TripleH:''' The big question is why don't you wear shoes when you do these?\\
'''Renee:''' "I... don't have an answer for that."
* Wrestling/MattRiddle wrestles barefoot since he is a former MMA fighter and became accostumed to fighting barefoot.
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* Kira, the female Gelfling from ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', is a barefooter. Probably overlaps with EarthyBarefootCharacter.
* All of the Fraggles from ''Series/FraggleRock'', sans Travelling Matt, are seen barefoot all the time. This trope also applies to Cotterpin Doozer in the episode "All Work and All Play,' which is especially odd given that most other Doozers are seen wearing hard boots with their construction outfits (though it does make sense because she has not yet officially become a worker).
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[[folder:Radio]]
* The titular character in the German franchise ''Franchise/{{Pumuckl}}'' is a mischievous but lovable [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent kobold]] who wears a yellow shirt and green trousers, but no shoes.
* ''Bibi Blocksburg'' is showcased to only go around in her socks when out and about. Oddly she takes them off when going to bed in the animated series. The live action movies forgo this however.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' have several species who don't wear shoes:
** Halflings, for the same reason as Tolkien's hobbits. Their feet are hairy and leathery.
** Jade (and amber) wizards often chose not to wear shoes, as they are extremely in tune with nature (or beasts).
** Beastmen have hooves, and no horseshoes.
** Many Orcs and Goblins also go without shoes, particularly the "jungle native"-styled Savage Orcs and Forest Goblins.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** Ratlings, Halflings [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]], also occasionally go barefoot.
** Some Imperial preachers also go barefoot as part of their mendicant lifestyle.
** As of the latest codex, several Dark Eldar now go barefoot on the battlefield, including the Mandrakes (who are living shadows), some Hellions (who ride flying, bladed hoverboards) and Scourges (who have wings), Urien Rakarth and the other Haemonculi (who float around using suspensors), and Lelith Hesperax (who is just badass).
** Tau don't wear shoes, although with them it's more a case of "bare-hoof" than "bare-foot". Their allies, the Kroot, don't wear shoes either, but then, [[FullFrontalAssault they don't wear anything]].
* The Tharn in the ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'' fantasy setting don't wear shoes, in keeping with their bestial nature.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Originally played straight with halflings (as they started out as a fairly direct hobbit-[[CaptainErsatz ersatz]]). Averted in 3e, where halflings are no more or less likely to wear shoes than anyone else.
** In 3e, a fey race called the uldra in the ''Frostburn'' supplement and the hobbit-ersatz khesta in a third-party setting called ''Twin Crowns'' play it straight.
** Dragonborn in the 4th edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' are almost always depicted barefoot in the official art. The same seems to hold true for the 5th edition ("D&D Next") so far.
** Kobolds are described as never using footwear in the 3.5 edition (the idea never even occurred to them!), and are rarely if ever depicted using footwear in any edition. It's even reinforced in this Pathfinder-based book series, ''Literature/RenOfAtikala''
** Many if not all lizard-people (lizardfolk, kobolds, etc.) in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' are depicted barefoot.
** Azer, a race of dwarves that are infused with fire, are almost always depicted barefoot.
** Goblins and bugbears are usually depicted without footwear, but Hobgoblins are usually shod. Of those three, the latter are the most organized and militarized, so their use of boots may be a reflection of that.
* Halflings in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' are vaguely hobbit-inspired and play the trope straight again.
* 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]]. Ironically enough: it's now averted with kobolds, who are no more or less likely to wear shoes than anyone else.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* Armida in the play ''A Village Fable''. "No shoes, no shoes, I refuse to wear shoes!" is practically her catchphrase.
* In the musical ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' the character of Ilse spends the entire second act barefoot. The original music director for this show, Kimberly Grisby, also has a reputation for usually being barefoot -- everywhere from conducting the show every night to on stage at award shows.
* In some productions of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', one or more of the Fairies are perpetually barefoot.
* In modern expression theater, it seems to be an unwritten rule that all actors ''have to'' be barefoot.
* The title role of ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'' is always played barefoot. The tradition began when [[OriginalCastPrecedent the role originator]] had bunions and couldn't find a comfortable pair of shoes.
* Audrey in ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' is often played barefoot. (As a side note, this custom began in the nineteenth century, when for reasons of propriety no performer would actually appear barefoot on stage: barefootedness was represented conventionally, by the wearing of white stockings called "leg fleshings.") Many modern productions of ''As You Like It'' have multiple characters barefoot during the Arden scenes, to go with the general "back to nature" vibe.
* In ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess'', the titular princess, Althea, is almost never seen with shoes on. As she's always floating, she has no need for them. When she has been weighted and is on the ground, she puts shoes on. However, as she's seen without shoes on at the end, when she's on the ground of her own volition, it's most likely she is this trope.
* Louise in ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'' spends most of her stage time barefoot, which apparently a trait shared in some productions with her father, Billy.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* The [[AnthropomorphicObjects fruit ninjas]] of ''WebAnimation/BananaNanaNinja'' don't wear shoes because their legs (when they have any) are stick figures. Except during a SuperMovePortraitAttack.
* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', some Moonflowers like the titular heroine go barefoot. Others wear open-toed shoes.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Jenny from ''Webcomic/JennyAndTheMultiverse'', to the point that Laura has to remind her to put on some shoes to attend a formal event.
* ''Webcomic/ModernMoGal'': Levia and her family. In a patreon-exclusive strip, it is shown that shoes made specifically for digitigrade species do exist, they just don't like them.
* Coffinshaker, Pai, and some minor characters from ''Webcomic/WhatsShakin'' and ''Webcomic/CoffinComics'' never wear shoes.
* Angora of ''Webcomic/TheMeek'' goes barefoot. In the beginning she doesn't wear ''anything'', making it more a case of [[NakedOnArrival Does Not Like Clothes]], but as the story goes on she starts collecting clothing, but still no shoes (or shirt).
* Belkar Bitterleaf from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Being a halfling, this might as well be a racial ability for him. In his own words, he is "[[BadassBoast A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!]]"
-->'''Belkar:''' Pffft. Shoes are for suckers. All part of a big conspiracy on the part of the cobblers.
* Webcomic/{{Terinu}} himself (you try finding shoes for guys with three toes) and Ninetta are the worst offenders. Not to mention every Vulpine not in a spacesuit...
* Mab from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures''. Her official biography once stated that "Mab has a deep-seated dislike of wearing shoes."
* Several Combagals in ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' fight barefooted or with foot straps for better mobility in the ring.
** Nyarai plays it straight by being barefoot inside and outside of the ring. She gets a large amount of FootFocus because of this.
* Antimony Carver from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' (picture above) just prefers to get her feet dirty from time to time. Surprisingly, the dirt on her bare feet is actually [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=846 depicted]] at times, versus most fiction where the barefoot character's feet remain sparkly clean.
* Morgana Honeydew of ''Webcomic/FlakyPastry'', being a halfling, doesn't wear shoes. She claims this is because she can't find any in her width.
* Wen from ''Webcomic/RavenSaga'' is initially a barefooter. She is never shown in shoes until Chapter 6, perhaps because she has remained sheltered in a magical protective barrier her whole life until she steps out of bounds. When she goes travelling, she puts on low-cut shoes.
* Most of the characters in ''Salt the Holly'' go barefoot even when shoes are available.
* Almost all of the female characters remain barefooted in ''Webcomic/NineteenSeventySevenTheComic''. Many of the boys wind up that way, as well. Creator W. Byron Wilkins once stated on his blog that he "[[AuthorAppeal always had a thing for chicks who never wore shoes.]]"
* The title character of ''Webcomic/DaisyIsDead'' usually walks around barefoot.
* Meghan, the lead character of ''[[http://www.arpeggiothecomic.com/ Arpeggio]]'', has "[[http://www.arpeggiothecomic.com/cast.htm got no use for shoes... and can get rather militant about that]]." After she's chastised by an administrator, Meghan's best friend asks, "Meg, do you even ''own'' shoes?" The response: "[[http://www.arpeggiothecomic.com/episode4.htm I think I saw a pair at the bottom of my closet last spring. Maybe]]."
* Hope from ''Webcomic/AloneInACrowd'' usually prefers to go barefoot because, as she explained in one comic, she loves feeling and exploring what nature has to offer with her feet. However, she does wear shoes when she needs to.
* The main character in Kelly Hamilton's comic ''[[http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/ Roza]]'' is barefoot most of the time. At one point she steals boots but loses them soon thereafter. Her curse of having self-igniting blood may help her survive barefoot in snow with no damage. As of the latest chapter, she has the boots back and looks to be keeping them on. According to the author, once Roza enters the big city she'll be wearing light pumps for good. [The fans are displeased.
* The wights of ''Webcomic/VanadysTalesOfAFallenGoddess'' go barefoot, largely because they have big, clawed feet and shoes would be impractical.
* ''Webcomic/ElfBlood'':
** Ixnay, being a pixie, has never been seen to be wearing shoes. Considering that the only other pixie shown in the comic thus far, Sassoon, also goes barefoot it can probably be safely assumed that the whole pixie race doesn't see the need for shoes since they're normally either flying or resting on elevated surfaces (tables, etc). In the recent strips, however, she is seen wearing hiking boots.
** The rest of the cast does seem to display a preference for going barefoot when in a residential environment.
* Trigger in ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'', at least ever since he adopted his space hippy look.
* Kari Tyrell in ''Webcomic/CrimsonDark''. Strangely, it is never brought up in dialogue, and almost no visual focus makes that clear. She just doesn't wear shoes when she's not in the cockpit.
* In ''[[http://comics.feedtacoma.com/pet-projects/ Pet Projects]]'', Notle the Witch usually goes barefoot when she is at home. She wear shoes or boots when she's outside, or at work though.
* Itchyknee-san of ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' does not wear shoes, but that is part of being a sumo wrestler. Jacquline however just does not like socks.
* Myari from ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' doesn't make a big deal of it, but has yet to be seen wearing shoes/boots/moccasins. This is apparently something she has done since childhood.
* Penelope Mortinez from ''Webcomic/VioletZombie'' never wears closed-toe shoes and goes barefoot at any opportunity, especially when wearing her main outfit.
* Sette Frummagen from ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' remains barefoot from the first panel where she appears and on. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight No one really cares enough to bring it up]]. WordOfGod states that street children from Sette's hometown of Hanghorse go barefoot habitually, out of a combination of [[BarefootPoverty poverty]], comfort, stealth, emulation of the sailors they see in the port, and because wearing shoes before winter is likely to get you beaten up by the other kids for "putting on airs". Even though Sette's Da makes plenty of money and is more than able to afford shoes for her, he doesn't want her growing up feeling superior. Plus, Sette just doesn't like wearing shoes at this point.
* Anaak from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' doesn't wear shoes. Probably because she is LizardFolk and to emphasize how she is different, but her feet are quite like a human's.
* The title character in ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'' does not like to wear shoes (due to having very long webbed feet). She changes her mind after getting shoes custom-made to fit her.
* The Shadow Child [[spoiler:aka [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Disbelief]]]] from ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' goes around barefoot and he is certainly "down to earth" just don't read this as close to nature [[spoiler:more like FlatEarthAtheist... with the power to make the things he doesn't believe in disappear or worse]].
* When questioned, Sierra of college webcomic ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' figures she hasn't worn shoes since sixth grade. Neither does her [[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky Walkyverse]] counterpart, nicknamed Tootsi.
* Most of the cast of ''Webcomic/CampWeedonwantcha'' walk around barefoot. Somewhat expected in that children tend to lose their shoes when they get outside.
* Katia Managan from ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' is actually an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion; she's ''not'' averse to boots, but [[BarefootPoverty can't afford any]], so she spends half the comic barefoot (only getting some footwear when whatever outfit she's loaned comes with them). Rajirra in Kvatch, meanwhile, is a straighter example of the trope: it being summer in the south of Cyrodiil, she consciously chooses to go around town barefoot. Presumably, this helps with her acrobatics, as she's stated to be fairly adept at those. (Unfortunately for her, an earlier conversation between Katia and Aggy led to a layer of snow covering the ground...)
* The title character of ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'' is a ShamelessFanserviceGirl who prefers not to wear ''anything'', but even when she is otherwise fully clothed she still won't put anything on her feet.
-->'''Lillian:''' ''[points down at Roomie's bare feet]'' Aren't you forgetting something?\\
'''Roomie:''' I am, aren't I? ''[leaves and comes back a panel later, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint wearing a headband]]]'' NOW I'm ready!
* Teal from ''Webcomic/{{Delve}}'' is a SlimeGirl who looks almost entirely like a human but with green skin and hair. While scant she does wear clothes to keep herself covered, but any outfit she chooses for herself never seems to include shoes.
* Sydney Brooks, the titular character of ''[[http://sydneyspokemon.thecomicseries.com/ Sydney's Pokémon Adventure]]'', is a happy-go-lucky and ever-barefoot tomboy who became a Pokémon trainer four years late at the age of fourteen. She's never worn shoes because she's spent nearly all of her young life at home and never needed to. As a very young child, she would wear shoes and socks, but switched to bare feet when she got older, presumably to emulate her lazy brother who is also always barefoot. She happily embarked on her journey while remaining barefoot, because it's simply just what she's used to and the most comfortable in. She eventually gets ''forced'' into a pair of shoes against her will -- a rich girl gave her and her friend Neison tickets for the S.S. Anne as thanks for helping her out, but insisted on giving Sydney a full makeover once aboard, declaring that it would be much too embarrassing for someone of her social status to be seen associating with someone dressed like ''that''. Sydney immediately changes out of the outfit after leaving the ship, though.
* ''Webcomic/{{Everblue}}'':
** From a young age, Luna has either worn open-toed sandals that she tends to kick off ([[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle and loses]]) with ease, or casually gone barefoot. Her love interest Ten is the same way.
** Dagger is a {{Stripperiffic}} mercenary who wears shin guards but no actual footwear of any kind.
* From ''Webcomic/PhD'', Tajel is a GranolaGirl who [[http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=15 originally wore sandals]], but somewhere along the line [[http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=249 she apparently decided to forgo footwear entirely]]. It's never commented on, and the vast majority of the time [[BehindTheBlack everybody is only drawn from the waist up anyway]].
* Pixel Lucado of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' always wears flip flops, and kicks them off as soon as she gets indoors. This turns out to be a JustifiedTrope since [[spoiler:she is a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent were-jaguar]] whose feet become digitigrade when transformed and make it impossible for her to wear shoes, necessitating she stick to footwear that can be removed quickly and easily. Not to mention she practically triples in size, so even if she ''could'' wear shoes in her were-jaguar form, anything that would fit her rather diminutive human form would just get torn to shreds upon changing]].
* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Yokoka says in the first [[FourthWallMailSlot Q&A strip]] that she goes barefoot because she was never given any shoes, but she likes walking barefoot anyway.
* Lee Meadows, the protagonist of ''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/roundhouse/list?title_no=239594 Roundhouse]]''. Since she's a FlyingBrick, her feet presumably don't need any kind of protection, allowing her to go unshod without any problems. Her habitual shoelessness has only been acknowledged twice so far: In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/roundhouse/bye-bye-birdie/viewer?title_no=239594&episode_no=23 this comic]], a bird poops directly onto her foot, prompting her friend to ask if it will get her to finally start wearing shoes, and in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/roundhouse/cower-power/viewer?title_no=239594&episode_no=28 this one]], she pretends that wearing shoes is her KryptoniteFactor that [[PowerNullifier leaves her completely de-powered]] in an attempt to fool a couple of crooks into attacking her (though [[LargeHam she oversells it a bit too much]] and they don't fall for it).
* In ''Webcomic/TheMonsterUnderTheBed'', The monsters usually go barefoot, including Shadow.
* Lola of ''Webcomic/DropOut'' physically can't wear shoes; as an anthropomorphic marine hydroid, she has no real feet, just stilt-like legs. As a depressed self-harmer, they don't even care when standing on burning blacktop.
* ''Webcomic/EurekaSevenParadoxMakers'':
** Claire Hannah is a PlayedForDrama example: she used to like shoes, but grew adverse to footwear when the sale of a pair of limited edition superhero boots made her neglect her grandmother, who collapsed in her garden, and shortly afterward died on Claire's high school graduation day. Now, she associates her guilt with shoes, and when Claire is alone or relaxing, she prefers to be strictly barefoot.
** Robin is a more rational example. He's trained in martial arts and kendo, and grew used to remaining in bare feet, so he pops his shoes off when he wants to unwind or instinctively joins Claire if she's taken hers off, too, following her lead and making her feel sympathized with.
* The eponymous Yoon Ina, AKA "Nina" of ''The Barefoot Nina'', habitually goes barefoot whenever she can get away with it because she feels liberated when she takes her shoes off. The same applies to her socks.
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* In an obvious display of AuthorAppeal, ''The Barefoot Sorority'', a series of stories by southerncrossfire44, is built around this trope. The concept is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The first story is [[http://southerncrossfire44.deviantart.com/art/The-Barefoot-Sorority-89588644 here]]. southerncrossfire44 has also written two other series, also available at his Website/DeviantArt site: another SliceOfLife story called ''No Shoes Pizza'', and a SpyDrama called ''Barefoot Agent''.
* Many of [[http://podfrog.deviantart.com PodFrog]]'s original characters prefer to go barefoot or wear sandals whenever possible, and his AuthorAvatar is almost always drawn barefoot as well.
* [[http://queengwenevere.deviantart.com Gwenevere Singley's]] foppishly sociopathic shapeshifter Erroneous is always barefoot, even when he's engaged in espionage activities where shoes would help him blend better. He refuses to explain why, but it might be for the same reason he's not 100% comfortable wearing normal clothes even; he can do it, but if he's not required to wear something else, he prefers a slightly mangled chainmail robe under a long black coat. He's so anti-shoes that in a recent Christmas picture, he's actually transformed his feet into ice skate blades rather than just wearing a pair of skates.
* Alexandra Hutton of ''WebOriginal/TheBookOfStoriesOCT'', being a famous bookwriter, as well as working for a major publishing company, doesn't want to give a damn about wearing shoes: unless it's not needed, she will most probably wear sandals.
* A lot of the female characters in [[http://chipmunkraccoonoz.deviantart.com ChipmunkRaccoonOz]]'s Pokemon-related fan works have a strong preference for going barefoot as often as they can, and some canon characters in other fanfics are depicted without shoes as well. Chipmunk himself also has a preference for going barefoot whenever possible.
* WebVideo/JesuOtaku is barefoot more often than not, both in character and out.
-->"I tend to walk around barefoot everywhere, even outside. Sometimes I'll even drive barefoot if I know I'm not going anywhere that requires shoes. Of course as Ed in the 4th year movie I was barefoot for a reason, but...yeah. Not often. When I do wear shoes: sandals and flipflops. Socks are rare with me. But my feet are clean! XD"
* Vesta from ''Literature/BeyondTheImpossible'' always goes barefoot. It's even the first thing we learn about her when she’s introduced:
-->''Vesta is a very strange waitress: she never wears shoes. She's also immortal.''
* Joanna Martin and Millie Smythe, two of JustforFun/InspectorSpacetime's associates. Joanna loathes shoes, and as they fall in love Millie follows her eventual wife's lead, although she once had AllWomenLoveShoes tendencies (and occasionally still does). They go on to form a team called the Barefoot Bounty Hunters.
* Mark Bonnano of web comedy group ''Aunty Donna'' always performs live shoes without shoes on, for reasons he refuses to explain.
* Creator/DinaMNealey prefers to go barefoot whenever possible, a preference shared by many of the characters in her work. Most notably, her AuthorAvatar Chibi-Dina is almost always drawn barefoot, and none of her [[TheFairFolk Fae]] characters ever wear shoes or socks.
* Mary of ''WebVideo/HiImMaryMary'' is almost always barefoot. The only time she dons footwear of her own volition is a single occasion of her wearing socks in order to relieve her boredom by sliding across the hardwood floor of the house, and she takes them off once she's gotten bored of that too. She does wear boots when in the Garden, but they are part of an automatic InstantCostumeChange that happens to her upon entering it. She does not seem to actually own any part of her "Garden outfit" since she can't find any of it in the house. Fittingly, in the ending she puts on her boots, getting ready to leave the house.
* 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. When Alex took part in ''Creator Clash'', a Youtuber boxing event, he wanted to fight barefoot but the boxing commission overseeing the matches wouldn't let him.
* For a video, Website/{{YouTube}}r 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.
* Dodger of ''WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue'' prefers to walk ''everywhere'' barefoot. She's [[http://youtu.be/KCZV1mbfjsU?t=8m53s admitted]] [[http://youtu.be/y16HdA2R8po?t=4m1s frequently]] [[http://youtu.be/WiZQRh-TkvI?t=7m13s on]] [[http://youtu.be/GzIOIlWN8Xk?t=13m9s camera]] [[http://youtu.be/GzIOIlWN8Xk?t=15m18s she loves being barefoot all the time]], even when told she needs shoes onset or wandering over [[MadeOfIron hot concrete.]] She'll even opt for bare feet in the '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVBX7bImJxw snow]]'''. And rather adorably, her husband is just as much of a barefooter as she is.
-->'''Dodger:''' Pretty much every opportunity I get, I walk around barefoot. ... I just love being barefoot. Jeannie hates being barefoot - hates it. She doesn't care if other people are barefoot, but she personally hates being barefoot and I cannot fathom that because I, like... [[EarthyBarefootCharacter I feel like I'm in my natural element when I'm barefoot. Um, it just feels like the most natural for me by far, but I'm a Hobbit, so it kinda makes sense.]]
* ''WebVideo/{{Roadkill}}'': David Freiberger will take any excuse to wear sandals or flip-flops instead of shoes (even if it's really impractical).
* Adriene Mishler of ''WebVideo/YogaWithAdriene'' almost always barefoot in her videos, although it's kind of understandable, as she ''is'' a yoga instructor.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** Ice King is constantly barefoot, since he's both a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and AnIcePerson who is comfortable in the cold.
** Susan Strong is always barefoot, to go with her NobleSavage theme.
** Flame Princess as well, though those might be [[JustForPun too hot to post]].
** Princess Bubblegum seems to vary between episodes. Sometimes she's shown as barefoot, although usually when indoors, and other times she is wearing shoes. Most of the time her long skirt completely hides her feet, however.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': {{Implied|Trope}} with Hayley, since she wears open-toe sandals and frequently goes barefoot around the house.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Cheryl takes her shoes off often. A lot of the time it's when something bad is happening to someone else (that's a fetish of hers), which could hint at a foot fetish.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Being a blind Earthbender, Toph uses the vibrations in the ground to sense around her. Toph does not like wearing shoes or having her feet touched, because doing so affects her vision. When she does have to wear shoes as a disguise, she kicks their soles off so her feet still make direct contact with the ground.
** Earthbenders in general tend to be averse to footwear, beyond sole-less coverings for the top of their feet. All Earthbenders seem unperturbed by rough terrain and a large portion of their bending is based on stances and foot work to manipulate the earth.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of ComicBook/TheJoker tends to go barefoot, as does Poison Ivy.
* If the animated version is anything to go by, ''Bibi Blocksberg''[[note]]The title character of a German radio show.[[/note]] only ever seems to just wear socks. Averted in the live-action film, where not only does she wear shoes, but a slightly different outfit as well.
* Cricket on ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' hates wearing shoes. Even at a dance, when he's otherwise in formal wear, he's barefoot. The only time he willingly wears shoes is in cold weather, treating it the same as wearing a jacket.
* Two of Jericho Freeman's kids in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''. They appeared only in the episode "Invasion of the Katrinians" and are barefoot throughout it.
* Jeff da Maori from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brotown}}'' goes barefoot throughout the series.
* Captain Caveman from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'', being both a ContemporaryCaveman and a ReusedCharacterDesign of the Slag Brothers from ''Wacky Races''.
* The Owl, one of the villains in the SpyFiction parody ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool''.
* Fang from ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' is barefoot in her regular outfit.
* Fawn from ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' goes barefoot in her summer outfit as seen in "Great Fairy Rescue", the beginning of "Pixie Hollow Games," and several of the Pixie Previews. Vidia always wears shoes in the movies, but in the books she is a barefooter. A few fairies who have so far only been seen in the books are barefooters as well.
* Wooldoor Sockbat of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' never wears shoes, always going about in socked feet regardless of the situation.
* The Captain's Daughter from ''WesternAnimation/TheDrinkyCrowShow'' is another barefooter.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': While the majority of the cast are {{Barefoot Cartoon Animal}}s as usual, Dewey is the first to explicitly state that he does not like wearing shoes, after trying out a pair. He even awkwardly stumbles around in pain while wearing shoes, though this seems to be because they were the wrong size for him.
* Peter Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' went through this as a phase, going as far as to refer to shoes as "foot prisons". Since it was a CutawayGag, though, it's unknown if it actually happened.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Although his feet are usually hidden under his robes, Venomous Drool is shown to always goes about barefoot, if only so the show can highlight the fact [[MacGuffin his magic toe of evil]] is missing.
* Absolutely everyone in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and its {{Spin Off}}s and adaptations.
** One comic book story actually centered around the invention of shoes, but they failed to catch on.
** Though the primetime special "Jogging Fever" did show that the people do wear jogging shoes.
** A Cartoon Network bumper featured Fred, along with [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel Weasel]], WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, and WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw attempting to get service at a gas station. The attendant refuses them service because of Fred's lack of shoes. Fred then requests to buy a pair of flip flops. But the attendant refuses, so Fred can't buy shoes, because he doesn't have shoes. After the group huddles up, they dress Quick Draw in Fred's shirt and get him to ask for service. He still refuses, because horse hooves don't count as shoes. And Quick Draw lacks pants.
* Kim, the PirateGirl from ''WesternAnimation/FlipperAndLopaka''. In fact, all the island natives go barefoot and half-naked, but Kim is the only outsider not to wear shoes, strongly implying that it is by choice.
* The Gargoyles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', due to having talons. Though at one point in the series, Demona has a spell cast upon her that makes her transform into a human during the daytime. From that point on, there are some occasions in which she wears human clothes with shoes. Other times, she continues wearing her usual gargoyle clothing, thus remaining barefoot.
* Possibly the strangest example has to be Magnolia from the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{George of the Jungle|2007}}'' cartoon. She is the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly girl to Ursula's tomboy]], so she is hard-wired to LOVE shopping and fashion of all kinds, [[AllWomenLoveShoes especially shoes]]. Yet, being a JunglePrincess, she is never seen wearing them.
* Nearly all of the villains and few of the heroes in ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002'' follow this trope.
%%* Plato in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hurricanes}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle'', another barefoot JunglePrincess. She also was shoe-less during her ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'':
** Beezy. Not immediately noticeable at first since he's not human, but everyone else, including [[TheCaligula his father]], wears them, human or not.
** Also Heloise, which is part of the reason why her feet are never seen.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Played with. Kaeloo is a FunnyAnimal who does not wear any type of clothing or accessories, but it is explicitly stated that her being barefoot is a choice she makes because she's not a fan of shoes.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': Wolf constantly goes around barefoot.
* Lua from ''WesternAnimation/KongTheAnimatedSeries''. The JunglePrincess Shaman is never seen wearing shoes.
* Beingal from the ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheDragon'' series, is never seen wearing shoes. Though this could because when she embodies her Tiger Form, her feet grow bigger and the claws would probably damage any footwear. Xuan Chi is another example, clearly by choice.
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots''. In "Sonnie's Edge", the title character is shown walking barefoot yet [[FeelNoPain not even noticing]] when she steps on broken glass. [[spoiler:It's foreshadowing for TheReveal that what most people think is Sonnie is just a remotely-piloted body.]]
* The natives on ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'' don't have access to shoes, until one episode where a crate of them washes up on shore and they go nuts for them. The shoes end up causing them problems, so they give them up. Mike, on the other hand, is a {{Tomboy}} and therefore doesn't ''like'' shoes (in the sense that AllWomenLoveShoes), but other than in the aforementioned episode, she is [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes the only one who actually wears them]].
* Nisa from ''WesternAnimation/MissionOdyssey'' doesn't wear shoes because she likes being barefoot. However, in episode 17, she and the others visit an icy land, and when they enter a kingdom warmed by magic crystals, [[AgonyOfTheFeet the sweltering floor is too hot for her bare feet to handle]]. She's then given a pair of fur-lined shoes when their ruler notes she has sensitive feet unlike them, who have adapted to the conditions. Unfortunately, the citizens are all huge in stature and the shoes fall off quite easily, so she goes snooping around in the hope of finding a pair more her petite size and stumbles upon something she wasn't meant to see, resulting in her being taken captive. Ironically, the one time she wears shoes, the rest of her friends are alerted to the fact she's in trouble [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle when one of the shoes falls off again as she's carted off to a dungeon and they find it in the snow]]. She reverts back to being a barefooter after this adventure. A couple of other characters don't wear shoes among the crew, either, being inhuman species.
* K.O., the main character of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', never wears shoes, only leg warmers. The game ''Let's Play Heroes'' reveals he never figured out how to tie the laces so he stopped wearing footwear altogether. This is lampshaded on more than one occasion by his friend Dendy in-series.
* Tommy Pickles from ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' is almost always seen barefoot, in contrast to most of the other babies on the show. It is explained in the ''A Day in the Life of Tommy'' book that the reason for this is because Tommy likes to feel the mud squish between his toes. The episodes in which Tommy does wear shoes are few and far between. This does not apply to [[TimeSkip his eleven-year-old counterpart]] in the ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' spin-off.
* Most of the main cast of ''WesternAnimation/SandokanTheTigerOfMalaysia''. Sandokan and Kammamuri start as an example of BarefootPoverty and later simply retain the habit (more in the latter's case, however), while Tremal-Naik does it due to his indigenous ways.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror X." Lisa is always barefoot after becoming the superhero Clobber Girl, because the accident that turned her into Clobber Girl also [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle knocked her boots off her feet]]. Blame LimitedWardrobe for why she didn't bother to just walk across the room and get them back.
* Miracle from ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'' goes barefoot as one indicator of her HippieTeacher[=/=]GranolaGirl[=/=]NewAgeRetroHippie personality.
* Nat Smurfling in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' wears brown footless pants.
* Jesse from ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites''. As she says in "[[Recap/SolarOppositesS1E2TheUnstableGreyHole The Unstable Grey Hole]]":
-->'''Jesse:''' I like humans, but I hate shoes. Like, how are we supposed to taste the ground?
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** The butler of the Super Adventure Club, while he only appears in one episode, he is always seen barefoot.
** Kyle's character in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' always goes barefoot.
** Mr. Service from the Vaccination special does not use pants and also goes barefoot anywhere.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' introduces Lt. M'Ress, a CatFolk alien who joins the Enterprise crew. She exemplies this trope as well as BarefootCartoonAnimal; the official explanation is that she doesn't need (or want) footwear because of her thick pawpads, although the animators don't bother drawing them when her soles are visible.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Lapis Lazuli is perpetually barefoot, ostensibly by choice as all Gems can freely manipulate their appearance, including clothes. She only wears shoes in her baseball outfit in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E5HitTheDiamond "Hit the Diamond"]], and [[spoiler:she wears a pair of gold sandals after regenerating]].
** Rose Quartz didn't wear shoes either, an interesting coincidence as both Rose and Lapis are also the only two Gems to wear long dresses regularly.
** Downplayed with Steven and his father Greg, who almost always wear flip-flops.
** Stevonnie, Steven and Connie's {{fusion|Dance}}, is usually barefoot as their feet are too large to fit either Steven or Connie's shoes. The only time they ''were'' wearing shoes, it was a very flexible slipper that Steven had been wearing that could presumably stretch.
* Anna from ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryKeepers''. Website/TheOtherWiki even calls her "the barefoot streetwise member of the group".
* Half of the cast of the Mondo TV rendition of ''Sandokan'' go barefoot, including Tremal-Naik, Kammamuri and sometimes even Sandokan himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' calls a lot more attention to Rapunzel's preference for going barefoot everywhere than the original movie did (which mentioned it a grand total of ''once'', and even then not explicitly). "[[Recap/TangledTheSeriesS1E15TheWayOfTheWillow The Way of the Willow]]" introduces Rapunzel's aunt Willow, who [[SharedFamilyQuirks shares a great many personality traits with her]], including going barefoot. Another episode featured OOCIsSeriousBusiness, where Rapunzel willingly wearing shoes is a sign to Eugene that something is ''very'' wrong. By the final season, [[ExposedToTheElements she's even stopped wearing them in the snow]] (or any other winter clothing for that matter, just wearing her standard LimitedWardrobe instead) while in the earlier seasons she would bundle up and put on some boots.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'':
** The Drifter, a RascallyRabbit, seems a typical BarefootCartoonAnimal, but a {{flashback}} reveals that he was TheOneWhoWearsShoes until a traumatic event caused him to abandon the trait, and acquire a more disheveled appearance, with tattered clothes and MessyHair.
** Pumyra doesn't wear the spat-like coverings almost all other Cats wear.
* Athena, the green-skinned female elf from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: The Lost Dragon'', is always barefoot.
* The title character of Canadian/French series ''WesternAnimation/{{Tupu}}'' is the "[[WildChild Wild Girl]] of [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Central Park]]". As such she generally wears a T-shirt and slacks but no shoes. Her logo is a bare footprint.
* The two Butler kids on the [=70s=] cartoon ''Valley of the Dinosaurs'' are always barefoot, even though both of their parents wear shoes. All members of the primitive tribe the Butlers stay with are barefoot as well.
* Lazy Luke and the Slag Brothers from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' are permanently barefoot, to go with their [[GoodOlBoy hillbilly]] and [[ContemporaryCaveman caveman]] gimmicks. Luke gets extra points for steering his car with them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'', Daisy Mayhem is seen going barefoot even in snowy climates.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'':
** Most members of the Sadida class fall into this, though some do wear sandals. Probably linked to their PlantPerson nature (they likely favor constant contact with the earth). Funnily, "Sadida" comes from reversing Adidas...
** Notably, Sadida Princess Amalia usually doesn't wear shoes (unless in a frigid region). She does wear sandals when dressed in her princess outfit, though immediately ditches them when she goes adventuring again.
** Sadlygrove seems to have become a barefooter after episode 25 of season 1. This happened after a reunion with his master Goultard, who also walks around with no footwear (or a shirt for that matter).
** Qilby first appears wearing sandals, but loses them [[spoiler:when he merges with the Eliacube and reveals his true villainous nature.]]
** In the OVA and Season 3, Sadlygrove and Evangelyne's Iop daughter Elely follows her father's bare footsteps -- even in the middle of a snowy winter.
* Wuya in her human form from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. She doesn't wear them in her ghost form either, but she doesn't even have ''feet'' then, so she can't.
* ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'': Several characters, particularly the main trio. This is lampshaded in the episode "Worked Stiff": Yang gets a job to buy some fancy shoes, but when he finally gets them, he just throws them onto a power line instead of wearing them.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}''
** Aquaman and Aqualad often go barefoot when in costume. Even in [[ExposedToTheElements sub-zero]] temperatures, (though considering how they can tolerate similar temperatures in the deep ocean, it may not be a problem). Though when Aqualad was in civvies, he wore sandals. This is {{justified|Trope}} as Atlanteans seem to have webbed feet that are slightly larger than average to aid in swimming. Covering them would be impractical.
** Icicle Junior also forgoes shoes when iced up, and chooses instead to use the ice to make his toenails longer and sharper. This could be a matter of practicality, or simply aesthetic.
** In season 2, [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Beast Boy]] follows this pattern as well, since he's an animal shapeshifter with a primate as his main form.
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* A lot of the female characters in [[http://chipmunkraccoonoz.deviantart.com ChipmunkRaccoonOz]]'s Pokemon-related fan works have a strong preference for going barefoot.

* Armida in the play ''A Village Fable''. "No shoes, no shoes, I refuse to wear shoes!" is practically her CatchPhrase.

* Dot from ''WesternAnimation/DotAndTheKangaroo'' and its sequels.
* Princess Teegra from ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce''. She does not seem to mind being ExposedToTheElements, running through the jungle and in a frigid ice palace in only a micro bikini. She does feel cold one earlier evening, but does not seem to mind running around barefoot on ice and snow.
* Peter from ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong'' is barefoot throughout the entire film, even in the snow.
** Heidi herself is barefoot until she is sent to Frankfurt.
* Joy from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' doesn't wear shoes, although since she doesn't appear to have toes, the effect is less barefooter and more ballet shoes. Seems to apply to every version of Joy across all the mind worlds.

Characters may also end up barefooted due to circumstances beyond their control, which is usually ''not'' this trope (however, they can eventually ''become'' a person who does not like shoes if they enjoy their barefoot experience):

* BarefootCaptives can wind up this way if they escape or are rescued, but decide to continue going barefoot because they've come to enjoy it. %%Rapunzel from ''Franchise/{{Tangled}}'' is a straight example, while Mavis Vermilion from ''Franchise/FairyTail'' is a variation.

Contrast:

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle, where characters lose one or both shoes due to being knocked out of them, getting them irretrievably stuck in some kind of gap, discarding them as being impractical for the character's current situation, and other such happenstance;

* [[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 there was no time to find or borrow a replacement pair, and from there, it became a trademark.

%% Note: Most Youtubers film their videos in their homes, where they will naturally be socked or barefoot. Simply seeing their feet once in awhile is not sufficient for this trope unless they specifically discuss a preference for going barefoot.

* ''WebVideo/Roadkill'': David Freiberger will take any excuse to wear sandals or flip-flops instead of shoes (even if it's really impractical).