History Main / BarefootLoon

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[RhymesOnADime Who is crazy there? The one without footwear.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[RhymesOnADime Who is the crazy person there? The one who doesn't have footwear.]]]]

* Luffy from ''Anime/OnePiece'' seems inclined to keep his feet as lightly clad as possible. It is very, very rare for him to don anything beyond straw sandals no matter what outfit he wears. Simple shoes for a simpleton.

* Assol from ''Literature/ScarletSails'' is a CloudCuckoolander who believes in fairy tales and has a penchant for going barefoot.

* 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.

%% * Myth/{{Merlin}} in ''Film/TheKidWhoWouldBeKing'' early on.

* ZigZaggedTrope in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E10The87CentSolution The 87 Cent Solution!]]". One of the events that causes Scrooge's SanitySlippage is his spats being stolen, but his solution--turning two tissue boxes into a pair of makeshift shoes--is even worse.

* Myth/{{Merlin}} in ''Film/TheKidWhoWouldBeKing'' early on.

* Merlin in "Film/TheKidWhoWouldBeKing" early on.

* L from ''Manga/DeathNote'' always goes barefoot indoors, which when combined with his trademark posture, emphasizes how eccentric he is. His successor, Near, only wears socks.

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

!!Examples

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

** 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]].]]
* Edolas's Coco loves in ''Anime/FairyTail'' is a hyperactive girl who loves running around so much she does all of it barefoot. With the way she runs, any shoes she wore probably wouldn't last a day, anyway.

[[folder:Film]]

** ''Barefoot'' is a ForeignRemake of a German movie, ''Barfuss'', whose protagonist Lelia also counts.

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

* The Eighth Doctor in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' MadeForTVMovie spends a few scenes barefoot while he's wandering around being amnesiac and weird. It's really just because he hasn't got any shoes after WakingUpAtTheMorgue, but his barefootedness definitely emphasizes his eccentricity. Grace seems to notice his bare feet as a sign he's a bit of a weirdo, or maybe it's just the toe tag...
** And then Grace bestows him a pair of shoes, which belong to her newly-minted ex-boyfriend, and Eight goes full {{Keet}} over the fact they fit perfectly.

* The eccentric French singer ''Music/{{Zaz}}'' (aka Isabelle Geffroy) frequently performs either barefoot or in open-toed sandals.

* Hitomi Yaida, aka Yaiko, is a little kooky and one of her trademarks is that she loves to be barefoot and hates to be shod. It's extremely common for her to perform in her bare feet and emerge onstage with no footwear at all, treating shoes and socks more like an accessory than part of her normal wardrobe. Her music video "Chain" is even themed after how she would rather just leave her shoes behind and walk everywhere barefoot, stubbornly ignoring the need for shoes ''twice'', and in the act of feeling the ground beneath her, she feels unchained (the shoes being the chain) and daydreams herself in a sensual landscape.

[[folder:Theatre]]

* 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.''

[[folder:WesternAnimation]]

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[[folder:Live Action]]

* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld:'' After their mother's death Thor finds grief stricken Loki sitting on the floor of his cell barefoot, in torn clothes and with unkempt hair. All furniture is torn upside down and broken into pieces and there are dark smears on the cell's white walls. Once released from the dungeons, Loki switches to his usual appearance and [[StepfordSnarker snarky persona]].

* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld:'' After their mother's death Thor finds grief stricken Loki sitting on the floor of his cell barefoot, in torn clothes and with unkempt hair. All furniture is torn upside down and broken into pieces and there are dark smears on the cell's white walls. However, Loki quickly switches to his usual [[StepfordSnarker snarky persona]].

* Mad Margaret from ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'' is often portrayed this way.

* The eccentric French singer ''Music/{{Zaz}}'' (aka Isabelle Geffroy) usually performs either barefoot or in open-toed sandals.

* Miracle Grohe from ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutup'', a ditzy, New-Agey HippieTeacher, is a lighthearted version of this trope.