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* The eccentric French singer ''Music/{{Zaz}}'' (aka Isabelle Geffroy) usually performs either barefoot or in open-toed sandals.
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** Papika from ''Anime/FlipFlappers'', an [[ManicPixieDreamGirl obnoxiously friendly]] and childlike space-cadet with an apparent magnetic repulsion to footwear (except for her anklet). She's also Flip Flap's only competent transdimensional adventurer--until Cocona comes along, anyway--and [[spoiler:the only one of numerous candidates who could get through to [[RealityWarper Mimi]].]]
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* Dahlia Gillespie and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill''; both are really dark examples.

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* Dahlia Gillespie and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill''; ''Franchise/SilentHill''; both are really dark examples.
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Subtrope of DoesNotLikeShoes, and often overlaps with TheOphelia. Compare and contrast with BarefootSage whose wisdom and enlightenment also places him/her above social conventions ([[EccentricMentor they may also overlap]]).

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Subtrope of DoesNotLikeShoes, and often overlaps with TheOphelia. Compare and contrast with BarefootSage whose wisdom and enlightenment also places him/her above social conventions ([[EccentricMentor they may also overlap]]). May also overlap with MagicalBarefooter.
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* Auri from ''Literature/TheKingskillerChronicles'' is like Luna's twin sister, living in her fantasy world and often speaking cryptically. And she's perpetually barefoot.

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* Auri from ''Literature/TheKingskillerChronicles'' ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'' is like Luna's twin sister, living in her fantasy world and often speaking cryptically. And she's perpetually barefoot.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker only ever wears spats that cover the tops of his feet (at most), but no shoes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker ComicBook/TheJoker only ever wears spats that cover the tops of his feet (at most), but no shoes.
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* Auri from ''Literature/TheKingskillerChronicles'' is like Luna's twin sister, living in her fantasy world and often speaking cryptically. And she's perpetually barefoot.
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In modern works, they may be just [[CloudCuckoolander cheerfully eccentric]] and deliberately flouting social norms, or really unhinged and living in their own world.

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In modern works, they may be just [[CloudCuckoolander cheerfully eccentric]] and deliberately flouting social norms, or really unhinged and living in their own world.

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* Rain Teslar from ''Literature/APathOfPetals'' is a "cheerfully eccentric" version of the trope, and a ManicPixieDreamGirl for the main character.
* Princess Eilonwy from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' is a mild variant of this, having [[TalkativeLoon a lot]] [[TalksLikeASimile of quirks]] and a penchant for going barefoot (as pointed out by Dallben in ''The Castle of Llyr''). She still manages to be one of the smartest characters in the series, an ActionGirl, and a DeadpanSnarker.
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* Rain Teslar from ''Literature/APathOfPetals'' is a "cheerfully eccentric" version of the trope, and a ManicPixieDreamGirl for the main character.
* Princess Eilonwy from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' is a mild variant of this, having [[TalkativeLoon a lot]] [[TalksLikeASimile of quirks]] and a penchant for going barefoot (as pointed out by Dallben in ''The Castle of Llyr''). She still manages to be one of the smartest characters in the series, an ActionGirl, and a DeadpanSnarker.
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* Most of the elves in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' universe [[DoesNotLikeShoes avoid wearing shoes]], but Merrill, the second game's resident {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}, is bringing this to the hilarious extremes:
--> ''Your boots go on forever. I'd get so lost in them. I've dropped marbles in. They take an eternity to reach the bottom.''
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* Gulnar in ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' is a rare villainous example, being a deranged, malevolent pagan shaman who almost always goes barefoot. He does put on shoes when he has to run for his life through a forest, though.
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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. The KISS group members believe her to also be a BarefootSage (she probably is, given that everything she said about KIS[=S=]teria is eventually revealed to be true).

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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. The KISS Music/{{KISS}} group members believe her to also be a BarefootSage (she probably is, given that everything she said about KIS[=S=]teria is eventually revealed to be true).
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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. The KISS group members believe her to also be a BarefootSage (she probably is, given that everything she said about KISSteria is eventually revealed to be true).

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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. The KISS group members believe her to also be a BarefootSage (she probably is, given that everything she said about KISSteria KIS[=S=]teria is eventually revealed to be true).
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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. Spaceman believes her to also be a BarefootSage.

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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. Spaceman believes The KISS group members believe her to also be a BarefootSage.BarefootSage (she probably is, given that everything she said about KISSteria is eventually revealed to be true).
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* Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKissRockAndRollMystery'', is always barefoot. Spaceman believes her to also be a BarefootSage.
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* Anime and manga feature several BunnyEarsLawyer types who are the best at what they do, but go barefoot to indicate that they're {{Cloud Cuckollander}}s. Examples:

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* Anime and manga feature several BunnyEarsLawyer types who are the best at what they do, but go barefoot to indicate that they're {{Cloud Cuckollander}}s.Cuckoolander}}s. Examples:



** L, the brilliant but DefectiveDefective from ''Franchise/DeathNote'', only wears shoes while outdoors.

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** L, the brilliant but DefectiveDefective DefectiveDetective from ''Franchise/DeathNote'', only wears shoes while outdoors.

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* Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': a '''really''' quirky teenage genius hacker girl with a prominent aversion to shoes. The only time she puts on socks, she quickly loses balance and falls.

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* Anime and manga feature several BunnyEarsLawyer types who are the best at what they do, but go barefoot to indicate that they're {{Cloud Cuckollander}}s. Examples:
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Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': a '''really''' quirky teenage genius hacker PlayfulHacker girl with a prominent aversion to shoes. The only time she puts on socks, she quickly loses balance and falls.falls.
** L, the brilliant but DefectiveDefective from ''Franchise/DeathNote'', only wears shoes while outdoors.
** Kaolla Su, the GadgeteerGenius GenkiGirl from ''Manga/LoveHina''.
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* Luna Lovegood from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies once appears barefoot, claiming that all her pairs of shoes were stolen by nargles. It seems highly improbable that someone could have stolen all her shoes without it being noticed by the Hogwarts' staff, so it's possible that she made up the whole story and went barefoot simply because she likes to.

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* Luna Lovegood from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies once appears barefoot, is barefoot in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', claiming that all her pairs of shoes were stolen by nargles. It seems highly improbable that someone could have stolen all her shoes without it being noticed by the Hogwarts' staff, so it's possible that she made up the whole story and went barefoot simply because she likes to.

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* Princess Charlotte from ''VideoGame/{{Varicella}}'' (at least if the game promo art is to believe).
* Dahlia Gillespie and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill''; both are really dark examples.
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* This is how Creator/{{Socrates}} (the UrExample of a BarefootSage) is portrayed in ''Theatre/TheClouds''.


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* Princess Charlotte from ''VideoGame/{{Varicella}}'' (at least if the game promo art is to believe).
* Dahlia Gillespie and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill''; both are really dark examples.
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* Luna Lovegood from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies once appears barefoot, claiming that all her pairs of shoes were stolen by nargles. It seems highly improbable that someone could have stolen all her shoes without it being noticed by the Hogwarts' staff, so it's possible that she made up the whole story and went barefoot simply because she likes to.
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* River Tam from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', up to the point that her bare feet are sometimes called "the 11th character in the show".

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* River Tam from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', up to the point that ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. She's a CloudCuckoolander because of her DarkAndTroubledPast, and her bare feet are get so much attention that they're sometimes called "the 11th character in the show".



* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker only ever wears spats that cover the tops of his feet, but no shoes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker only ever wears spats that cover the tops of his feet, feet (at most), but no shoes.
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* Princess Eilonwy from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' is a mild variant of this, having [[TalkativeLoon a lot]] [[TalksLikeASimile of quirks]] and a penchant for going barefoot (as pointed out by Dallben in ''The Castle of Llyr''). She still manages to be one of the smartest characters in the series, an ActionGirl, and a DeadpanSnarker.


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* River Tam from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', up to the point that her bare feet are sometimes called "the 11th character in the show".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s incarnation of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker only ever wears spats that cover the tops of his feet, but no shoes.
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* Daisy Kensington from ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', who has NoSocialSkills because she was raised in isolation by a schizophrenic mother.

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* Daisy Kensington from ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', a MysteriousWaif WomanChild who has NoSocialSkills because she was raised in isolation by a schizophrenic mother.
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* Daisy Kensington from ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', who has NoSocialSkills because she was raised in isolation by a neurotic mother.

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* Daisy Kensington from ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', who has NoSocialSkills because she was raised in isolation by a neurotic schizophrenic mother.
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* The Drifter, an EccentricMentor [[PettingZooPeople rabbit man]] from the ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter", is this trope, a BarefootSage and a BarefootCartoonAnimal all at once.
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* Daisy from ''{{Film/Barefoot}}'' (also Leila from the original German movie Barfuss).

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* Daisy Kensington from ''{{Film/Barefoot}}'' (also Leila from the original ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', who has NoSocialSkills because she was raised in isolation by a neurotic mother.
** ''Barefoot'' is a ForeignRemake of a
German movie Barfuss).movie, ''Barfuss'', whose protagonist Lelia also counts.
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* Princess Charlotte from ''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}'' (at least if the game promo art is to believe).

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* Princess Charlotte from ''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Varicella}}'' (at least if the game promo art is to believe).



* In many adaptations of ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' (including also movie adaptations) Ophelia is barefoot in her mad scenes.
* Mad Margaret from ''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}'' is often portrayed this way.

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* In many adaptations of ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (including also movie adaptations) Ophelia is barefoot in her mad scenes.
* Mad Margaret from ''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}'' ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'' is often portrayed this way.
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* Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.

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* Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.''Anime/CowboyBebop'': a '''really''' quirky teenage genius hacker girl with a prominent aversion to shoes. The only time she puts on socks, she quickly loses balance and falls.



* Eloise from ''Film/TheMillionDollarHotel''.

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* Eloise from ''Film/TheMillionDollarHotel''.''Film/TheMillionDollarHotel'': a perpetually barefoot girl who believes herself to be a figment of imagination, and the main character's LoveInterest.



* Princess Charlotte from ''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}''.

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* Princess Charlotte from ''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}''.''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}'' (at least if the game promo art is to believe).



* Mad Margaret from ''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}''.

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* Mad Margaret from ''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}''.''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}'' is often portrayed this way.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[RhymesOnADime Who is the crazy person there? The one who doesn't have footwear.]]]]

In old times (especially the Victorian era) a lot of attention was given to a person's visual appearance, including clothes and shoes. Ever since then, lack of footwear has been used to portray characters who are mad or at least quirky and out of touch with reality (additional details may include strange and/or unkempt clothing and disheveled hair).

In modern works, they may be just [[CloudCuckoolander cheerfully eccentric]] and deliberately flouting social norms, or really unhinged and living in their own world.

Subtrope of DoesNotLikeShoes, and often overlaps with TheOphelia. Compare and contrast with BarefootSage whose wisdom and enlightenment also places him/her above social conventions ([[EccentricMentor they may also overlap]]).
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* Ed from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Rain Teslar from ''Literature/APathOfPetals'' is a "cheerfully eccentric" version of the trope, and a ManicPixieDreamGirl for the main character.
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* Eloise from ''Film/TheMillionDollarHotel''.
* Daisy from ''{{Film/Barefoot}}'' (also Leila from the original German movie Barfuss).
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* Princess Charlotte from ''{{VideoGame/Varicella}}''.
* Dahlia Gillespie and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill''; both are really dark examples.
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* In many adaptations of ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' (including also movie adaptations) Ophelia is barefoot in her mad scenes.
* Mad Margaret from ''{{Theatre/Ruddigore}}''.
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