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Anime & Manga
"I'll punish you in high heels!"
— Sailor Mars (in a one-off pre-battle speech), Sailor Moon
Comic Books
..did you see how high my stilettos are? Look closely.
—Nico Minoru, while kicking somebody in the face, Runaways
"You going to wear that while you fight crime? Those heels could be deadly weapons."
—Arsenal, Teen Titans
Fan Works
A pretty WAC minced up the ramp in her tight radiation-proof skirt and elevated anti-mine heels.
Film — Live-Action
"You won't last two minutes out here. Especially in those ridiculous shoes."
— Owen Grady, Jurassic World
"Oh, trust me, anytime anyone on set complains like, 'This is really hard; I'm getting tired,' I'm like, 'Everything you're doing, I'm doing in stilettos, OK? I'm doing as much as you. All these stairs we're walking up, I'm doing it in heels.'"
Literature
"What is currently sticking in your foot is a Mitzi 'Pretty Lucretia' four-inch heel, the most dangerous footwear in the world. But what should really worry you is that I was forced practically at knifepoint to take ballet lessons as a child, which means I can kick like a mule...and I have another shoe."
—Adora Belle Dearheart, Going Postal
Laura took two steps smartly forward and, raising her skirts, daintily kick-boxed headsman number one in the forehead with one of her most pointed assets—for her ten-centimeter stiletto heels are not only jolly fine pins, they’re physical extensions of her chrome-plated ankles.
— Trunk and Disorderly by Charles Stross
Live Action TV
"Ok. From now on, I'm buying flats. I mean, these assaults are weekly. It's ridiculous. It's just so not conducive to high fashion."
— Donna Smoak, Arrow, "Beacon of Hope"
Music
And horror movies tell us
Lingerie can teach kung-fu.
Lacy undies help you shoot a gun,
And high heels mean that you can fight;
There's nothing that a corset plus
Some fishnets doesn't do!
—Seanan McGuire, "Ode to High Heels"
Pro Wrestling
"Elizabeth's shoes: These spiked-heel artifacts function, when paired, as Slippers of Spider Climb (q.v.) and confer a 15% bonus to movement-based Thieves’ Abilities. As thrown weapons, they have an effective range of 5′ and cause 2d4 damage at +1 to hit. As bludgeoning or piercing weapons (armor type penalties apply) they cause 4d4 damage at +1 to hit. When used against orange goblins they function as Power Word Kill magic user spell, with no saving throw applicable. Each shoe has 1-12 charges that can be expended once per day to cast Charm Person per magic user spell, at 20th level ability."
Video Games
"Oh, you think you're tough? Try fighting in six-inch heels!"
— Loba, Apex Legends
"How do I run in heels? Faster than you, that's for sure."
Web Animation
Western Animation
Diana Prince: (wearing cowboy boots) These shoes are killing me.
Bruce Wayne: You fight crime wearing high heels.
Diana Prince: High heels that fit.
Bruce Wayne: You fight crime wearing high heels.
Diana Prince: High heels that fit.
—Justice League Unlimited, "The Once and Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales"
"Okay, these boots? Adorable, but for a chase sequence: Lacitcarp raetwoof won!"note
