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14	[[caption-width-right:319:She'll do it, too! Just watch her!]]
15	->'''Bloo:''' What?! For ''these''?! I don't have that kind of money! Rip-off artist! ''(kick)''\
16	'''Store Worker:''' OW! My shin!
17	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E5StoreWars Store Wars]]"
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19	Little girls kick people in the shins when they're angry. There doesn't seem to be any particular reason for it (sometimes it's that tiny rugrats can't kick much higher, but bigger kids still tend to go for the shins), but fiction writers everywhere seem to have agreed that when little girls are violent, the ideal expression of this violence is to kick people in the shins. [[DoubleStandard Girls' lashing out violently at everyone about them is treated as cute and adorable or as hilarious rather than as brattiness or as jerkassery.]]
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21	A standard tactic of the BrattyHalfPint, regardless of gender. A girl who does this is going to grow up to be a KickChick (in fact both tropes might come from a similar line of thinking).
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23	Compare with AgonyOfTheFeet. Related to GirlScoutsAreEvil when it is invoked. Compare GroinAttack, in which the kick happens...a bit higher up. Also compare DismissiveKick.
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29	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
30	* In ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', Sakura sometimes kicks her older brother Touya in the shin when he teases her. At least one time, she does it with her rollerblades on.
31	* In ''Literature/ChromeShelledRegios'', [[LittleMissSnarker Felli]] usually kicks things when she gets upset. If said thing is a person, it's usually in the shins. Note that she once kicked a refrigerator so hard she ''dented'' the door, so you can probably guess this hurts a lot. Indeed, when really angry, she once kicked her brother's shin so hard that it ''broke''.
32	%%* Happens to poor Aoki-sensei in ''Kodomo no Jikan'', among [[EarAche other]] [[GroinAttack things]].
33	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': In ''Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior'', Ash makes a passive-aggressive remark at one point at the expense of Shaymin. Trope ensues courtesy of Dawn (Shaymin's closest friend), who is ''not'' happy with him over it.
34	* ''Anime/RozenMaiden'' has Shinku, who often kicks Jun when he displeases her enough. Suiseiseki, the other {{tsundere}}, isn't averse to this tactic either.
35	* In the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' anime, [[TheHero Seiya]] visits the OrphanageOfLove he lived in for a while and forgets to address a little girl who's standing next to him. [[TinyTyrannicalGirl The girl]] immediately kicks [[ButtMonkey him]] in the shin.
36	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': In the Doma Arc, Rebecca and her grandfather start talking about how the monster attacks and bad guys involve Atlantis. Honda/Tristan [[ArbitrarySkepticism laughs and calls them crazy]]. Rebecca kicks him in the shin.
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40	* In ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-joyous-order-mash-and-charlies-awesome-adventure-fgo-extella-link.748186/ Fate/Joyous Order]]'', when Olga Marie is revived in Da Vinci's childlike backup body, Charlie calls her tiny and is promptly kicked in the shins.
41	* ''Fanfic/HereBeMonsters'' has a gender-inversion involving [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Violet and Dash]] in Chapter 8 when the former, a [[{{Medusa}} gorgon]] in this fic, [[VitriolicBestBuds teases the latter]] over his monster form being a [[BunniesForCuteness bunny]] (read: [[FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore jackalope]]). Dash responds by kicking her [[SnakePeople serpentine lower half]], but since her scales are [[NoSell too tough]], [[AgonyOfTheFeet it only hurts him instead]].
42	* The Doctor Octopus fanfic series ''TheLifeAfterDeathTrilogy'' has Mouse, Ock's adoptive daughter, utilize this on several occasions.
43	* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12650047/5/Strandpiel Strandpiel]]'', Rebecka Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons, aged four or five, reacts badly to the death of a beloved family pet. She displays she takes after ''both'' her parents - with the magic user's ability to see [[DontFearTheReaper Death]] coming to take the soul of the old family dog. Then screaming with rage and kicking Death vigorously in the shins. Her Assassin mother is bemused [[note]]and later quietly pleased after it has been explained to her [[/note]] to see Bekki screaming and kicking at an empty space. Her Wizard father can not only see who Bekki is kicking, but he (with the aid of a Witch who is present) also drags her away, still furiously screaming and kicking. Ponder Stibbons, not for the first or the last time, stammers apologies to a poor AnthropomorphicPersonification who is only doing his job, and now has to do it with aching shins.
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47	* Edith in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' kicks Dr. Nefario in the shins when he takes a chemical vial away from her. Earlier she kicks Gru's front door (while he's directly against it) in retaliation for pretending to be a recorded message.
48	* Happens to Pete in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' when he tries to show Goofy how much better he is at handling children.
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51	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
52	* In ''Film/DiamondsOnWheels'', Susan kicks the thug holding her in the shins to make him let go when the kids make their escape from the warehouse.
53	* In ''Film/ItHappenedAtTheWorldsFair'' Music/ElvisPresley gets kicked in the shins by a very young Creator/KurtRussell.
54	* In ''Film/MrsSantaClaus'', Nora kicks Officer Doyle in the shins for her EstablishingCharacterMoment.
55	* ''Film/{{Pistolera}}'': When young Angel is grabbed by one of the hitmen who killed her parents,she kicks him in the shin hard enough to make him let go.
56	* A little girl kicks Patrick in the shins for taking away her "toy" (Actually one of the Smurfs) in the film version of ''Film/TheSmurfs''.
57	* Not that she is particularly little at the time, but the teenaged Marian kicks Robin in the shins when he is teasing her at the start of ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen''.
58	* ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'': A variation. Rameses II's son kicks Moses' rod after he just demonstrates God's power through having the rod miraculously turn into a cobra and back again, but it is still an insulting and defiant gesture to both Moses and God, thereby we still don't feel too bad over what happens to the princely brat.
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61	[[folder:Literature]]
62	* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'':
63	** In ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'', when the nine-year-old witch needs to distract the [[TheFairFolk Elf]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]: "Tiffany kicked her on the leg. It wasn't a witch thing. It was ''so'' nine-years-old, and she wished she could have thought of something better".
64	** A generation earlier, Esk from ''Literature/EqualRites'' likewise used kicks against the Dungeon Things.
65	* Subverted in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'': Scout Finch tries to do this. In the book she's surprised to see her victim fall back in real pain -- "I had meant to kick his shin, but [[GroinAttack aimed too high]]."
66	* ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' gave us the daughter of Crummock-i-Phail, who gets away with quite a bit more than her siblings do. Her father remarks that he always remembers who she is by her kicking.
67	* Nazca (of the ''Literature/GentlemanBastard Sequence'') was given ''steel-toed boots'' by her father for the very purpose of indulging in this practice whenever she so pleases.
68	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': During the sack of King's Landing, 3-year-old Princess Rhaenys Targaryen screamed and kicked Amory Lorch when he took her by force. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill He responded by stabbing her half a hundred times]].
69	* Turtle from ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' is known for this, especially in response to her braid being touched. This actually helped her solve the mystery when [[spoiler: a single kick caused two separate people to start limping.]]
70	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': It has happened a few times, when one or more of the younger students got into fights with older ones.
71	** Ten-year-old Pahelee is both a GadgeteerGenius and an [[SuperStrength Exemplar]], and like her friends in Team Awesome!, she is exceptionally powerful at both. [[https://www.whateley.academy/index.php/story/siblings-savages-chapter2 The time]] [[TheBully Buster]] tried picking on them, she gave him a shin kick that would have broken a normal adult's leg.
72	** Palantir did this to Murphy, when the latter was preventing the former from going to rescue her friends, in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/244-the-secret-of-the-forger-s-list-chapter-4 The Secret of the Forger's List (Chapter 4)]]:
73	---> A few dozen yards down the tunnel was a very upset Irene who was in a tug of war with Murphy.\
74	“My friends are in there!” she squealed at the slightly larger girl with the rainbow-colored hair. \
75	“What are mine, chopped tuna?” Murphy yelled back. “You’re not…” was a far as she got before Irene reared back and landed a solid kick to the older girl’s shin. “Son of a…” yelped Joanne as she crumpled to the floor, loosing her grip on Palantir in the process.
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79	* A heightwise rather than agewise version of this trope occurs in ''Series/AgentCarter''. Carter and Jarvis have to interview [[TheCasanova Howard Stark]]'s ex-girlfriends, none of whom are happy about it. Cue a montage where all the girls slap Jarvis across the face in lieu of Stark. Carter intercepts a slap from a short Asian beauty, who responds by kicking Jarvis in the shin instead.
80	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
81	** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]" Dawn returns, after having been drugged and kidnapped so she would be out of harm's way for the final battle on Buffy's orders. When she sees Buffy again Dawn punts her in the leg, which ''hurts'' the ''Slayer''.
82	** Used to show the juvenile nature of two adult characters in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E7TheInitiative The Initiative]]". Xander encounters ditzy vampire Harmony and the two exchange death threats and vow to fight to the death... which starts with them kicking each other in the shins, then [[WimpFight quickly gets even more ridiculous and funny]].
83	* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'': La Chilindrina sometimes pulls this on El Chavo or Quico when they make her mad. It's also been inverted: when El Chavo is kicking around the ground in anger, La Chilindrina walks by and she gets kicked in the shin.
84	* In a DeletedScene of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', River Tam kicks her older brother's shin when he calls her "''really'' crazy" after [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother suggesting they get married]]. River is older than usual for this trope, so it's probably to suggest her childlike nature as TheOphelia.
85	* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': 10-year-old Pepper disarms [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]] by kicking her in the shins to make her drop her FlamingSword.
86	* Done in ''Series/ILoveLucy'' when Lucy takes on a babysitting job. However, the mother neglected to mention it would be for twins (when she met Lucy to drop one of them off. She waited till both were out of sight to drop off the other twin). So when Lucy goes to get one of the snacks and encounters the other who demands the same thing. The twin starts whining and kicks her in the leg.
87	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': In a two-part episode, Al wouldn't allow a woman to breastfeed her baby in the shoe store. In retaliation, Marcy brings several women with babies to protest. He then recognizes one of them as Jefferson holding a doll. Enraged, Al took it from him and asked if he knew what Al intended to do with it. Then a little girl appeared and Jefferson suggested returning it to the little girl he took it from. Al did and [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished got kicked for that]].
88	* ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'': Mistaking him for one of her captors, a ten year old [[spoiler: Princess Leia]] does this to Obi-Wan when he enters her cell to free her.
89	* One of the "Punishment Games" in ''Series/SilentLibrary'' involves having a player stand there and let a little girl walk into the library and kick him in both shins.
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93	* ''Podcast/DiceFunk'': Anne does this to Rinaldo in order to buff him with magic.
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97	* [[spoiler:Little Kay]] might be doing this to Edgeworth in case 4 of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. It's kinda hard to see if it is this or his privates.
98	* While Chante from ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}'' is the older sibling to a teen swordsgirl and ''ought'' to be too old for this trope, she's cursed to be a fairy and thus remains the "little" one. And doesn't always handle this with the presumed maturity of her role as the older sibling. (Granted, Elise has pulled stunts like fishing using her tiny, sparkly sister as a lure.) Among other popular sayings:
99	-->'''Chante''': "My feet and your shins were destined to be as one!"
100	* In ''VideoGame/Grandia1'', Justin informs his friend Sue that he's sailing to the new continent alone, not with her like she had assumed. Sue's response is to run home in tears... only to run back up to him after a few seconds, call him a traitor while kicking him in the shins, then run off again (she ends up stowing away on the ship he takes and comes along anyway). Later in the adventure, she tries to do the same to Gadwin, but he's TheBigGuy and doesn't even seem to [[NoSell notice or care]].
101	* Laura from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' does this often, but she's regarded as a BrattyHalfPint by the main character.
102	* The little girl Earthling in ''[[VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl ToeJam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron]]'' does this as her main attack.
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105	[[folder:Web Original]]
106	* In the series ''WebVideo/MadBecauseSmall'', Baby threatens to obliterate people's shins. She chases down Thancred for calling her small, causes Grynewaht to run off by threatening to take his shins and is annoyed at Lyse's armored boots when the latter's puns upset her.
107	-->'''Thancred:''' Hey, wake up...\
108	'''Baby:''' mad because hungover\
109	'''Thancred:''' You look small when you're sleeping.\
110	'''Baby:''' ({{beat}}) When I catch you, your shins are history!
111	* [[https://notalwaysright.com/fixing-for-a-fixing/81048/ This]] ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' entry has a girl kicking a homophobic customer in the shins.
112	* Invoked in the Website/SomethingAwful LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'': Lizzie's last name is Shinkicker. (And she does indeed kick much shin, as well as ass.)
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116	* During the shopping trip in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Hazel (Florence's friend Niomi's daughter) does this on occasion. Most notably when she punishes a stranger for grabbing Florence's tail ("...and if you pull the doggy's tail again, I'll ''kick'' you again!").
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119	[[folder:Western Animation]]
120	* Louise in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' does this in "Bob's Day Afternoon" when Sargent Boscoe tries to take the phone from her. Immediately inverted when he kicks her back.
121	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': A RunningGag in the episode "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E5StoreWars Store Wars]]" is Bloo calling people a "rip-off artist" and kicking them in the shins when he doesn't agree with them. He ends up doing this to many store owners, Mac, and [[TooDumbToLive a police officer]]. At the end of the episode, [[LaserGuidedKarma Coco calls him a rip-off artist and kicks him in the shins]].
122	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Mandy once saved Billy and Grim from [[GodOfEvil Nergal]] by, you guest it, kicking him in the shin.
123	* In the ''WesternAnimation/HumphreyTheBear'' cartoon "Hooked Bear", a boy kicks Humphrey in the shin after he pops the kid's fish balloon float. When Humphrey complains to the Ranger, the Ranger angrily tells him to "Leave the kiddies alone!" and hits Humphrey in the same shin with a bucket of fish.
124	* Though they're teenagers, the spirit of this trope still applies when ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and her sidekick Ron switch bodies and are confronted by [[TheDragon Shego]]. Ron (in Kim's body) kicks her in the shin and they run away.
125	* In the episode "Nightmare on Pound Street" of Creator/TheHub's ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]'', Mr. [=McLeish's=] niece gives her uncle a kick, in part because she believes (along with her brother) the only reason [=McLeish=] bothers to spend time with them is to kiss up to their father, the city's mayor.
126	* Velma does this in the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "Jeepers, It's The Creeper" when the villain grabs Velma's glasses (after she says "You wouldn't hit someone with glasses, would you?" and he [[WouldHurtAChild rears his fist back to punch her]]).
127	* Done multiple times to one bad guy (Covington) by Molly of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', to the point that he yelled "No! Not the shin!"
128	* Gender-swap version in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''; Mas can't do much without his brother Menos, but how many other twelve-year-olds will run up and kick someone who's six times bigger than they are?
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131	[[folder:Real Life]]
132	* This can very much be TruthInTelevision. For a young enough child, the shins are one of the more accessible targets on an adult. They also have the benefit of being very, ''very'' sensitive when struck (as anyone who's bumped their shin in the dark can attest).
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