History Main / ShoeSlap

** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaNoPainNoGame No Pain, No Game]]", the girls are seething from jealousy that the guys won the previous challenge and got to enjoy a cruise. It is not amended by Owen's kind offer of chocolate-coated cherry blossoms from aboard either and rather than accept it, Leshawna takes off her sandal and throws it at the plate. To Owen's despair, the cherry blossoms gets knocked into the water.

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeing this entry]] on the phenomenon, and several examples.

* In ''Anime/OnePiece'', Nami throws her boot at [[DemBones Brook]] not long after meeting him and getting disgusted at his lecherous attitude toward women's panties. Hitting on Robin is what cues the boot.

* In ''Delirious'', Creator/EddieMurphy talks about his mother's shoe-throwing ability (including around corners).

* ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived'': Taken UpToEleven for BlackComedy. Pasture beats half the tributes in her arena to death using her shoes as blunt instruments in honour of her family tradition.

* Taken UpToEleven in ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'', during the training scene mid-movie; when Team Rebellion realize their skills are no match for Team Shaolin, they decide to fling their shoes - at least a dozen pairs - towards the Shaolin goalie. The goalie instead plucks ''all'' their shoes from the air, and sends it together with the soccer ball back into their faces.

Obviously this is TruthInTelevision, throwing shoes happen to be a common occurrence in some cultures and countries. With some seeing it as an act of disrespect. Also in general, the soles and the overall construction of footwear can make them quite sturdy. Although their effectiveness is mostly based to what type of shoe and the materials they are made out of. The size also matters depending on whether they can be wielded effectively or work better for being thrown. [[BootsOfToughness Boots]] are a great example of the latter, while slippers/sandals/flip-flops on the other hand are great for the former ''and'' latter.

The trope can sometimes cross over with WearingItAllWrong if someone exploits this trope by shoving their hands into footwear that fit and then using them to kick people inn the face with their fists. In Spanish households, ''la chancla'' is their equivalent of DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff.

The trope can sometimes cross over with WearingItAllWrong if someone exploits this trope by shoving their hands into footwear that fit and then using them to kick people inn the face with their fists.

* One of B Jenet's super moves in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XI'' revolves around this trope.

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Quigley gets pissed and slaps Matty he ends up with a slipper tossed in his chest courtesy of Jivi, who yells at him to leave Matty alone; [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch06/ch06_33.html "it's not his fault [Quigley] screwed up"]].''

** As a result, Mexican and Mexican-American audiences absolutely ''howled'' when they first saw ''la chancla'' being used in ''Coco'' (see under Film:Animation above).

* In the first episode of ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' AXS, Chris throws one of her shoes at Hibiki after the latter fails to hear over the noise of a helicopter.

* ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived:'' Taken UpToEleven for BlackComedy. Pasture beats half the tributes in her arena to death using her shoes as blunt instruments.

** In the exclusive clip for "[[[Recap/TotalDramaAftermathIVHawaiianStyle Aftermath IV: Hawaiian Style]]", Courtney boasts that she deserves to be in the finale because she's better than Cody and Heather and her singing is superior. To demonstrate, she sings a few lines disparaging Duncan and Gwen, who are sunbathing right next to her. Deeply irritated, Duncan grabs a sandal and throws it in her face, which knocks her over.

* ShoeSlap: In "[[Recap/TotalDramaHurlAndGoSeek Hurl and Go Seek]]", Dave's shoe gets thrown around a lot. Firstly, Dave goes mad when Sky definitively rejects him and throws his shoe at her after a long scream of frustration. Because she's already quite a distance away by then, he doesn't hit her but by chance he does hit Max in the back of his head. Angered, Max throws the shoe back in the direction it came from. He does not hit Dave, but he does hit Sugar in the face with it. Sugar is more amused than anything because she believes that flying attack shoes are just a new thing and wants a pair for herself. Dave, who had climbed into a tree, witnesses the hit and calls out for Sugar to return his shoe to him. Because in the current challenge Sugar is the hunter, it's in her interest to get Dave down from the tree. She promises she'll toss the shoe over gently to make him drop his guard and instead throws it hard enough into Dave's face to knock him out of the tree. Not only does Dave make a harsh fall, he gets hit a second time when the shoe drops on his head after bouncing off of him.

* Legend had it that this happened with Nikita Khrushchev and his shoe-banging in the UN meeting in 1960, or so the story goes.
* At a press conference in Iraq, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWt3-kPBQ4A someone threw both his shoes]] at UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, who dodged both of them. Throwing shoes at someone is an especially great insult in many countries of the Middle East and other regions with a sizable Muslim population (not that it's a compliment elsewhere, but...). The guy [[HoistByHisOwnPetard was himself the victim of]] a shoe slap a year later in Paris, by another journalist who accused him of supporting dictatorship in Iraq. His reaction?

* In Mexico, ''la chancla'' ("the sandal") is commonly used by mothers or grandmothers to hit misbehaving children, usually by throwing the sandal at them with pinpoint accuracy. Eventually this became a very common practice for the American Latino community, and subject to ''many'' jokes and memes by adult Latinos.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Yesterday's Lie", Camilla manages to subdue the conspiracy theorist who's captured [[spoiler: Vee, the shapeshifter who's been impersonating her daughter Luz,]] with a slipper she happened to have in her purse.

The trope can sometimes crossover with the WearingItAllWrong. If someone exploits this trope by shoving their hands into footwear that fit and then use them to kick people on the face with their fists.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'': Coraline gets mad at Wybie at one point and throws the heeled boots Other Mother made for her at him while chasing after him in the rain. (In the commentary, the filmmakers note that this would have very different connotations in the Middle East.)