History Main / TheOneWhoWearsShoes

FunnyAnimal characters [[DoesNotLikeShoes tend not to wear shoes]]. This is arguably more common than their tendency [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal not to wear pants.]]

The curious thing, though, is that in any setting where BarefootFunnyAnimals or HalfDressedCartoonAnimals are the norm, there will usually be ''one'' character who subverts this by wearing shoes of some kind. Often this is a sign of the character's "otherness" among the cast, or [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics employed to emphasize a character's femininity]].

* SonicTheHedgehog: Chip is the inverse of this: he is one of the few characters who ''does not'' wear shoes. Given how running really fast is practically mandatory for all Sonic characters, many of the characters wear shoes and nothing else.

* Gonnigan from the ''SesameStreet'' segment "Abby's Flying Fairy School".

** {{Lampshaded}} in the episode "Your Shoe's Untied", where [=SpongeBob=] forgets how to tie his shoes and can't find anyone who can help him. He finally has his shoes tied by [[spoiler:Gary, who is secretly wearing sneakers under his shell.]]
** {{Lampshaded}} again in the episode "Chocolate With Nuts". Spongebob and Patrick are looking through a magazine about fancy living, and after looking at one picture, Patrick comments "And this guy's got ''shoes!''"

** As well as Reed Dailey in the fourth movie, ''[[AnAmericanTail An American Tail]]: The Mystery of the Night Monster.

* Cousin Kristofferson in ''FantasticMrFox'' is the only animal character in the entire movie depicted as wearing shoes.

* At one point at the ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' sequel, Eleanor wears platform sandals because Ian insists she has to be taller. [[spoiler:Once the Chipettes realize Ian was evil all along, Eleanor takes off the shoes and throws them at his face.]]

* In the 1936 MerrieMelodies short ''ILoveToSinga'', Jack Bunny is the only shod character -- possibly because he also seems to be the only mammal.

* Dirty Dawg from ''The Kwicky Koala Show''.
* Magilla Gorilla.

The curious thing, though, is that in any setting where BarefootFunnyAnimals are the norm, there will usually be ''one'' character who subverts this by wearing shoes of some kind. Often this is a sign of the character's "otherness" among the cast, or [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics employed to emphasize a character's femininity]].

* At one point at the ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' sequel, Eleanor wears platform sandals because Ian insists she has to be taller. [[spoiler:Once the Chipettes realize Ian was evil all along, Eleanor takes off the shoes and throw them on his face.]]

* SonicTheHedgehog: Chip is the inverse of this: he is one of the few characters who does not wear shoes.

* Among the non-Barbic bears featured in ''GummiBears'', only Tummi and recurring character Gusto are seen wearing sandals; Sunni is the only one to wear boots.

* Florence, the anthropomorphic wolf in ''{{Freefall}}'' sometimes wears little slippers on her hind paws, though she doesn't apparently need to. She generally wears clothes too, despite not [[PeTtanko having much to cover up]] in order to fit in better in human society.

* Spiffy in ''The Oddball Couple''
* Breezly Bruin from ''The Peter Potamus Show''

* Archaeologist Katie Dodd in the ''TaleSpin'' two-parter "For Whom the Bell Klangs" is one of the only characters to wear shoes on the show, ''period''. Rebecca's dress while she's under the ghost captain's spell in "Her Chance to Dream" seems to include shoes as well, though this is inconsistent from scene to scene.
** Also, within the main cast, Don Karnage and Gibber are the only recurring characters who regularly use footwear.

* Spiffy in ''The Oddball Couple''

* In British children's cartoon ''TheCaribouKitchen'', the main protagonist Claudia Caribou wears shoes while her staff and customers prefer to remain barefoot.

* Breezly Bruin from ''The Peter Potamus Show''
* Steelbeak, Megavolt, Quackerjack and Gosalyn in ''DarkwingDuck''. Although she doesn't wear pants.
* You have to wonder how Daisy Duck manages to squeeze duck feet into those little high-heels she always wears.
* Gonnigan from the ''SesameStreet'' segment "Abby's Flying Fairy School".

* In the first ''{{Redwall}}'' novel, it's often made note of in the early chapters how Matthias wears sandals that are too big for him. This is perhaps the only mention of footwear in the entire canon, and most artwork has the characters barepawed.

* You have to wonder how Daisy Duck manages to squeeze duck feet into those little high-heels she always wears.\

* You have to wonder how Daisy Duck manages to squeeze duck feet into those little high-heels she always wears.

* Fleagle Beagle from ''TheBananaSplits''

* The turtle Franklin in the book and TV series by the same name... sort of. Most of the stories open with the phrase "Franklin could count by twos and tie his shoes," but Franklin actually ''isn't'' depicted wearing shoes most of the time. However, Franklin is the only character shown wearing shoes in the series. Also, most of the film ''Franklin and the Green Knight'' is set in winter, but Franklin is the only character seen wearing boots. All of the others are barefoot, or barepaw, as the case may be.