History Main / CombatStilettos

* Pirotess, the female dark elf from ''Anime/RecordOfLodossWar'' wears a pair of white thigh-high boots with heels.

* Averted in ''Fanfic/FireEmblemThreeHousesFifthPath''. The Author's Note for Chapter 5 states that every female character minus Manuela has lost the heels that were part of their original outfit as this is trope is a bit of a pet peeve for the author.

* This leads to a bit of FridgeLogic and HypocriticalHumor in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', where Edna Mode berates capes for being impractical but still designs (and makes) high-heeled costumes for the heroines. Elastigirl is probably justified due to her powers but the rest of the female supers...

* The majority of non-Wakandan {{action girl}}s from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, including ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[Characters/MarvelComicsAsgardians Lady Sif]], [[Characters/CaptainAmericaSupportingCharacters Peggy Carter]], [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora, Nebula]], Characters/ScarletWitch, [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsValkyrior Valkyrie]] and [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]] wear high heels. Exceptions so far include the Ancient One, [[Characters/AntManHeroes the Wasp]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]. Some of the actresses, such as Creator/ZoeSaldana, could only run and do fight scenes in sneakers which were digitally replaced with high-heel boots in post.

* Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. {{Lampshaded}} in an episode of ''Unlimited'' which sees her thrown back in time and having to don cowboy boots [[MuggedForDisguise taken from]] [[MuggingTheMonster an attacking goon]]. When she complains that they hurt her feet, Batman teases that "you fight crime in high heels." to which she responds, "High heels that ''fit''".

* In ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', the Pink and Yellow Rangers are given wedge heels in their suits, despite being martial arts fighters.

** ''Literature/GoingPostal''. Adora Belle Dearheart wears high heels and notes that in pounds per square inch, it's "like being stepped on by a very pointy elephant" and that she can "kick like a mule". Combined with the fact she's not really an ActionGirl (of the combat-related type at least) and on a date at the time of first reference, it makes her footwear less impractical. She's also only ever described as kicking while sitting down. To make it simple, she stomps her heel down on the feet of annoying men, which thanks to her high and thin heels, has near armor-piercing qualities. It doesn't work on Trolls, though.

->''"Ugh! Can we have a serious talk about how Weiss ''fights'' in these!?"''
-->-- '''Ruby Rose''', objecting to wearing heels, ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''

* In ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', Ochaco Uraraka has stilettos built into her boots. Momo Yaoyorozu has wider heels. The rest of the girls in class 1-A wear more sensible footwear.

* Every female race except the Amani in ''Videogame/TERAOnline'', with [[HornyDevils Castanics]] being the most notable.

* [[ShesGotLegs Miss Parker]] of ''Series/ThePretender'' likes her high heels. Her actress Creator/AndreaParker credits her extensive ballet training [[note]] Parker began studying ballet at age 5, became a professional ballet dancer at just fifteen, and quit at age eighteen to become an actress[[/note]] for her ability to run wearing them.

* Symmetra from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. Combined with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], the heels give her a slightly awkward running animation. Mercy and Widowmaker also wear high-heeled boots, but their heels are less than three inches high.

* This is largely averted in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', since the vast majority of female characters fight on flat heels like men. Nnoitra stands out for wearing high-heels, as part of his bizarre fashion choices. And he's 215cm tall, making him one of the tallest characters of the cast, so it's overkill for him to wear high-heels. The Sternritter subvert this, since they actually fly most of the time and do not stand in the air like other characters do, so high-heels would never affect their performances.

* The Kisugi sisters frm ''Manga/CatsEye'' wear conspicuous high heels as part of their {{Spy Catsuit}}s, which would be quite impractical for {{roofhopping}}, but [[RuleOfCool they look impossibly cool too]].

** Tsunade wears high heeled sandals that can somehow survive a heel drop which can shatter rocks.

* ''Anime/UmaMusume'' has a non-combat version of the trope. Horse Girls wear running shoes with heels, with their formal outfits often involving higher heels. This does nothing to impede their ability to run in grass turf at speeds of over 40 miles per hour.

** This specific details has became a widespread DependingOnTheArtist situation, it should be noted, particularly as Black Canary has [[TookALevelInBadass evolved]] from a MsFanservice ActionGirl to a OneManArmy super-badass who happens to also be hot as hell, which came with her costume being revised to be more focused for combat, so her boots have increasingly been drawn as flats or explicitly combat boots. Some even compensate by making them combat boots, but include a wedge heel or just a thicker heel to give her lift. Though it's not the thinking behind it, Canary ''is'' billed at 5'4, so her heels are somewhat justified in-universe as a means to avoid her being at chin-height towards everyone.

* Envy Adams of the ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' series wears platform heeled boots in her fight with Ramona.

* Victorion from IDW's run of ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' is an [[HumongousMecha enormous]] [[CombiningMecha Combiner]]. As the only Combiner made entirely of female Transformers, she naturally has high heeled feet to set her apart from all the male Combiners. She may have fewer balance issues than most, considering that she's also a GravityMaster.

* TheBaroness herself wears wedge heels in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Like many examples, on close viewing one can tell when she's actually wearing flat-heeled boots for performing certain action scenes instead of her heels.

* In ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'', The Blonde has no trouble moving and fighting in six inch stiletto heels, even running up the wall and jumping over The Indian when he has her arms pinned during their climatic fight.

* Creator/CynthiaRothrock. Fighting in tall stiletto heels. On glass table-tops. On a CARGO NET stretched over a two-story-tall stack of boxes. Then she moved to Australia and her films got a little calmer. Played with in a scene from ''The Blonde Fury'' where she's having difficulty fighting a male opponent due in part to wearing high heels and a long skirt ([[ActionDressRip appropriately dealt with mid-fight]]). However, she actually discovers the heels can be to her advantage, after she (purely by chance) stabs him with one, and kicks him repeatedly with the other after the first shoe comes off.

* The five main girls of ''Film/SuckerPunch'' all wear high heels as part of their combat gear during their fantasy sequences. Of course, the emphasis is on ''fantasy'' sequence and the girls are superhuman in them anyway so it really doesn't hold them back. While the actresses did their own stunts, there are a couple of shots where Baby Doll can be seen wearing flat boots instead of the high heels.

** Lampshaded in ''Literature/WitchesAbroad''. Magrat ends up wearing the high-heeled "glass" slippers. She slips, loses a slipper, and screams, "How the hell is anybody supposed to walk in these?!" Then she pulls off the other one and runs for it.

* The Huntress from ''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings'' is described as wearing a pair of heavy heeled boots. Although, meant to make it easier for her to chase her prey on uneven ground, the Huntress is seen on numerous occasions using them as weapons. Including when she kicks a girl she is hunting down and drives her heel into the small of her back.

* As part of the image-obsessed world of superheroes in Series/TheBoys2019, just about every prominent female Supe wears them in some form:

* Brittany from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is often cited both in-universe and by fans as being the best female dancer in the group. In the second season's Sectionals, she does an ''amazing'' dance with Mike (the best male dancer), and a large number of viewers were even more impressed that she did it all in heels. This is TruthInTelevision. Creator/HeatherMorris was a dancer for Music/{{Beyonce}} before she was an actress, and female dancers often train themselves to perform in heels, not unlike dancing ''en pointe'' in ballet.

** Subverted with Sophie. She's a grifter and therefore almost always wearing high heels, but kicks them off if the con goes awry and she needs to leg it, like "The Second David Job" and "The Reunion Job". Also in "The Reunion Job" both her and the female gun for hire kick their heels off before fighting each other. Played straight with Eliot's counterpart in "The Two Live-Crew Job", however.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': For females, most footwear options have stiletto heels to them, where in a male character the same clothing choice would be flat. Yes, one of the female heroine's natural abilities seems to be kicking ass in six-to-eight inch heels. The other is the MostCommonSuperpower. This was actually cut down in its close relation ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline''. There are now far more flat and moderate heel options and even the high heels are ''mostly'' thicker character heels (a dancing heel).

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' introduced the Glass Slippers accessory for female characters, which increase the wearer's style attribute, but have no other purpose. They reappear in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroes'' and can even be equipped by male characters, just like every other accessory.

** Rydia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' also wears high heeled boots, but only as an adult. As a child, she prefers sandals or low-heeled boots, DependingOnTheArtist.

* In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' most female characters have stilleto shoes or high-heeled boots. In fact only Xiangling and Koujou Sara are the only two of at least teenager age female characters that don't have heels, using tabi and tengu geta sandals instead of heels.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Momo-no-sei's ridiculously high sandals aren't meant to look sexy, but look no less dangerous and impractical than actual stilettos, if not ''more''. She apparently can walk normally wearing those.

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': Many of the eponymous Personae come toting heels, or, as seen in the [[VideoGame/{{Persona 1}} first]] and [[{{VideoGame/Persona 2}} second]] games, digitigrade feet. A large slew of Kaneko Kazuma's Persona designs feature both.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Chell has prosthetic knees which allow her to fall indefinitely without dying. However, they make her feet contort in the same way that heels do. ''VideoGame/Portal2'' replaces the prostethics with "Long Fall Boots" that provide a similar function while once again contorting her feet into a heeled position.

** Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina all partake in the combat-oriented mini-games of the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series in their high heels (justified as they don't have any alternate outfits in those games). Pauline (whose heels are noticeably higher than the others, not to mention have ankle-straps the others' don't) would also apply here should she join a later Mario Party roster.

* Most female characters from the 2D FightingGame ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth''. The most noticeable example is Orie Harada with her 15 centimeters heels.

** Glynda wears heeled knee-high boots which is part of her overall appearance which gives mild hints of the HotLibrarian dominatrix style. They don't stop her leaping and somersaulting around the place while fighting.

** Other examples are Emerald Sustrai, Winter Schnee, Raven Branwen, and Amber. Interesting, Emerald only picked up the stilettos after she met Cinder, before that she wore ballet flats and in Atlas she switched to ankle boots with a much wider heel [[spoiler:right before she had a [[{{Pun}} Heel]] [[HeelFaceTurn Face Turn]] and left Cinder for good]].

** Zoe's first "Gilded Lily" costume is a self-described hot mess, featuring some sort of stylized, outsized glass heel that projects a good inch off the back of her foot (like a kid playing dress-up with an adult's shoes). It takes a while before she can control her [[PowerCrystal Power Crystal's]] costume generating abilities and replace the heel with sensible flat shoes.

* ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace'': The pirates all wear sexy high heels. Janet's crew wears thigh high red boots.

* Endorsi Jahad from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' uses stilettos. That turns out to be a bad choice of shoes since twice, they are successfully attacked to throw her off-balance, so that one got subverted good. More advanced and hence even more superhuman characters, like Yuri Jahad, wear them no problem, but it's no wonder given their abilities.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'' animators didn't even try to make the stilettos she wears seem practical. In close-up shots, they are about 5-6 inches long! More bewildering is the fact that Cybersix travels by jumping with great agility from one uneven rooftop to the other making those shoes a complete impossibility, [[RuleOfCool they are however really, really cool looking and her running and fighting scenes are awesome so you forget about any of this almost immediately]].

* Kitty Katswell from ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' wears white high heeled boots.

** [[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26997530.amp This]] story of a woman who killed her lover with her blue 5.5 inch stiletto heels should tell you just how deadly these shoes can be in a fit of rage.

** Not surprisingly, stilettos are commonly-used weapons in domestic disputes and one well-publicized lover's spat ended with a man being bludgeoned to death by his high-heel wielding girlfriend.
** There was a time after 9/11 that Manolo Blahniks were not allowed on certain airlines, because the heels came down to such a fine point that they could ''easily'' go through a man's foot with the right amount of pressure.

* If you plan to participate in some form of mounted combat in the near future, heeled shoes are your best bet. When riding on horseback, your natural inclination is to keep your feet near-level. In a pair of flat footwear, like sneakers, this gives you equal odds of your feet slipping out of the stirrups or getting caught in them. Falling off a panicking horse can result in broken bones; falling off a panicked horse and getting your feet stuck is pretty close to a death sentence. The backward slope a heel creates on a level foot serves the same purpose as the pointed toe; your foot slides right out of the loop when you're not consciously keeping it there. \\

* Endorsi Jahad from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' uses stilettos. That turns out to be a bad choice of shoes since twice, they are successfully attacked to throw her off-balance so that one got subverted good.

* Holly Summers from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. It may be necessary for her to wear the heels... well, heel, as otherwise her real and prosthetic legs would be unbalanced.
** Shinobu in the [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle sequel]] also sports a pair. As does [[SerialKiller Bad Girl]] in ''III''.

* The ''Series/BionicWoman'' reboot.

* Female Franchise/{{Transformers}} are often depicted with built-in Combat Stilettos. The [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] refers to them as [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Heel_struts "heel struts"]] and tries very hard to justify their use. In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', ''Starscream'' of all bots has them. They've become particularly (in)famous in the fandom.

* Samus Aran in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' has what can best be described as [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/59ac4558d4dd14fbfca68ae558dd7ae9/tumblr_inline_mx95i96ZCK1r5618z.jpg combat wedges]] on her [[LatexSpacesuit Zero Suit]]. [[https://www.metroid-database.com/wp-content/uploads/MetroidZeroMission/art/MZMZSSE.png Concept art]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' had previously said to make sure the heel was not too high. The games developed by Creator/MercurySteam, ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', stuck with the heels, as evidenced by the [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/305/221/3e0.jpg concept art]] in ''Returns'' which stuck with the ''Other M'' high wedges, although the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDigWokXMAU9r4X?format=jpg&name=large Zero Suit model]] in ''Dread'' appears to lower the heels' height by an inch or two. One interesting thing that both these games did was to also add heels to Samus's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfFCzMoXsAAnre_?format=jpg&name=medium Power]] [[https://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/metroid-samus-returns-8617/metroid-samus-returns_9.jpg Suit]] [[https://metroid.nintendo.com/assets/images/news/metroid-dread-report-vol-5/08_suit_blueprint_full.jpg as well]]. It may be a bit hard to see on the ''Dread'' suit but there is a definite arch to her feet.

* Samus, in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' has what can be best described as combat wedges, on her [[LatexSpacesuit Zero Suit]]. Concept art from VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission even said ''not'' to make such a design choice.

* Averted in the 2010 film ''Film/{{Red}}'' when Victoria slips off her dress high heels and trades them for a pair of sensible flat boots before the big operation.

** Most of the Sailor Senshi have heels on their shoes. Rei/Mars, who wears red stilettos, even [[LampshadeHanging mentions it]] in a [[InTheNameOfTheMoon pre-battle speech]] in the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]]. Though [[Creator/NaokoTakeuchi the creator of]] ''Sailor Moon'' is a straight woman. [[AllWomenLoveShoes She really likes drawing shoes.]]

** Several other characters, regardless of gender (though five male cases on a mission to a Super Smash Bros. universe were due to her troublesome Meme Storm merging with fan art - she had met three of them before though one wasn't affected the first encounter and a fourth has since committed full-time), often wear especially hot high heels just to maximize their appeal to Anise's well-known sluttiness for hot shoes, especially when they're high heels. Anise herself especially prefers stiletto heels, but will accept the other types should she view them the sexier heel type for a certain shoe choice (such as Weiss' main outfit's boots from RWBY Volumes 1-3).

* Samus, in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' has what can be best described as combat wedges, on her [[LatexSpacesuit Zero Suit]].

** Minor villain Melanie Malachite has literal combat stilettos, boasting a pair of bladed heels that serve as her main weapons. Her twin sister Miltia also wears heels, but her main weapon is a pair of Wolverine-esque claws that attach to her gloves.

* Flashy Flash from ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'' is a rare case of a man who is meant to be beautiful: he has long hair, literally sparkling ornaments, a slender body in a tightly fitting outfit, and on top of that, high heels.

** Most of the Sailor Senshi have heels on their shoes: Mars, who wears red stilettos, even [[LampshadeHanging mentions it]] in a [[InTheNameOfTheMoon pre-battle speech]] in the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]]. Though [[Creator/NaokoTakeuchi the creator of]] ''Sailor Moon'' is a straight woman. [[AllWomenLoveShoes She really likes drawing shoes.]]

* In ''VideoGame/BraveSoul'' there are High-Heels that improve the attack power of the wearer, despite none of the characters ever using kicks.

* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' has the vampire Yukiko and ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'' has the devil Coma, both {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice who include tall high heeled boots as part of their ensemble, and as part of their offensive weaponry.

* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, a sizable portion of the female cast of any given game will be wearing high heels. While this can be at least somewhat excusable for some characters (mounted units for whom the heels serve a somewhat more practical purpose, mages who aren't expected to fight in melee combat, healers who aren't really capable of fighting at all, etc.) a fairly large number of these characters are melee fighters, a couple of them even being thieves or myrmidons, the most agile classes in any given game! This doesn't apply to ''every'' game in the series, though, and to what extent it applies to any particular game varies greatly.

** Shinobu in the [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle sequel]] also sports a pair.
** As does [[SerialKiller Bad Girl]]
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': Momo-no-sei's ridiculously high sandals aren't meant to look sexy, but look no less dangerous and impractical than actual stilettos, if not ''more''. She apparently can walk normally wearing those.
* Symmetra from ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}''. Combined with her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]], the heels give her a slightly awkward running animation. Mercy and Widowmaker also wear high-heeled boots, but their heels are less than three inches high.

* Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} in ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode which sees her thrown back in time and having to don cowboy boots [[MuggedForDisguise taken from]] [[MuggingTheMonster an attacking goon]]. When she complains that they hurt her feet, Batman teases that "you fight crime in high heels." to which she responds, "High heels that ''fit''".

* Brittany from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' does an ''amazing'' dance with Mike at Sectionals in heels. This is TruthInTelevision. Dancers -- particularly ballroom and belly dancers -- train bloody hard to do extremely complex and sometimes dangerous steps specifically in heels, and not necessarily sensible heels either. It's as much a skill as dancing ''en pointe'' in ballet (and there exists a high-heeled equivalent mainly for BDSM reasons), and is made somewhat easier by the fact that most dance forms require you to keep your weight over the balls of your feet rather than the heels.

* Barbara Gordon, the second ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}. Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}'' #45 when her successor Cassandra Cain puts on Barbara's old costume. Cassandra, who usually uses WaifFu, keeps tripping and stumbling thanks to the heels. The ''Batgirl: Year One'' miniseries joins the long line of lampshades on this trope by having Barbara's heel snap off during her initial fight with Killer Moth. There [[JustifiedTrope it makes perfect sense]], since at this point she is ''not'' a crime-fighter, and was actually going to a costume party where high-heels fit in just fine. Once she decides to go pro, she cannibalizes some hiking boots to give her costume some better soles.

* When the new ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} was revealed in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' she was drawn with a number of impractical costume decisions, including high-heels. When she was transferred to the lead in ''Detective Comics'' the artists made a deliberate decision to have her costume be more practical and, amongst the changes, removed her heels (she also cut her hair and replaced it with a wig, since Franchise/{{Batman}} [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that any {{mook|s}} can grab her hair and end the fight).[[note]]Funny how [[{{Hypocrite}} he seems to have no problem with capes and cowls...]][[/note]] This was eventually given an in-story explanation: her father was the original designer of the costume.

* ComicBook/BlackCanary is infamous for fighting in high-heeled shoes, and there is a [[BrokenBase widespread and heated conflict]] in the fandom between those who insist it is stupid and should be fixed, an acceptable aspect of fantasy, and a few who claim it is actually [[JustifiedTrope reasonable]]. At least one letter writer to a Black Canary comic claims she was capable of delivering high-kicks while cosplaying as Canary, without harming herself. We... [[DontTryThisAtHome wouldn't recommend trying]]. In ''JLA: Year One'', Franchise/TheFlash once asked Black Canary about her high heels and if they are not impractical for fighting crime. [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/stardrifter001/junk/blackcanaryflash.jpg Her reaction]] was to grab the wings of his mask and turn his mask 90° around, blinding him.

* Franchise/GreenLantern villain Star Sapphire. Less of an issue for her since she mostly flies.

* [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]] used to, now she wears flat-soled boots.

* Franchise/WonderWoman [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 used to have this trope done straight]], but her ComicBook/PostCrisis [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 reboot]] onward usually has her wearing sensible flat-soled boots.
* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} being a StageMagician and a HotWitch superhero, almost always fights in heels.
* In ''ComicBook/SachsAndViolens'', J.J. Sachs does the majority of her fighting wearing stiletto-heeled thigh boots. There may be a vague justification in that she is a model and so has a ''lot'' of experience in moving in high heels.

* ''Lazy Beacon Days'', a RecursiveFanfic linked to Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks, sees Yang comment about Weiss' combat wedges at one point in chapter 13. Weiss retorts that she'll start wearing flats if Yang can find a top that covers both her bust ''and'' midriff.

* Another Batman villainess who gets those in film is Harley Quinn for ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''. Creator/MargotRobbie [[http://www.imdb.com/imdbpicks/margot-robbie-suicide-squad-interview/ls063166429?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&pf_rd_p=2549061702&pf_rd_r=1419YQJ10H8DTE8N3A8Q&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=15061&pf_rd_i=homepage&ref_=hm_pks_mrs_sm highlighted]] how the stilettos are AwesomeButImpractical:

* Usually averted in pro wreatling in general; females usually only appear around the ring area in high heels when they're not actively competing, and some matches that make them compete in formal outfits see them remove their heels beforehand. Sometimes the aversion doesn't fully work because the fight breaks out before an involved party can doff the heels, especially if said heels are boots.

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} wear high heels. There are practical combat uses for them however, for example, when Catwoman stomps on thugs' bellies or when Batgirl heels them in the face. This is to convey [[WomenAreDelicate feminine inferiority in strength]] as the female characters don't have strong arm muscles like the male characters and therefore have to rely more on their legs (additionally, they also have to use their whole body movements to lift up enemies and they cannot use enemies' weapons; also, Catwoman cannot ride Titans in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' because [[MenAreStrongWomenArePretty her arms aren't meant to be that strong]]). ComicBook/HarleyQuinn also wear high heels in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' (in both of which she's not playable) and the classic [[SexyJester jester]] skin in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''; her default {{Goth}} skin in ''Knight'' only has her wear low-heeled boots because she relies more on her baseball bat than on her legs.

* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' has the vampire Yukiko and ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'' has the devil Coma, both {{Stripperific}} MsFanservice who include tall high heeled boots as part of their ensemble, and as part of their offensive weaponry.

* Due to UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} aesthetic, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has ComicBook/BlackCanary, [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Huntress]], ComicBook/{{Vixen}} and every other female hero and villain effectively fighting in high heels.

* Franchise/WonderWoman in ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode which sees her thrown back in time and having to don cowboy boots [[MuggedForDisguise taken from]] [[MuggingTheMonster an attacking goon]]. When she complains that they hurt her feet, Batman teases that "you fight crime in high heels." to which she responds, "High heels that ''fit''".
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and Shego's fight in the Bermuda Triangle club in ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So The Drama]]'', where their heels don't impede their usual jumping-about SheFu. However, it's the only example from the series; usually, they wear more sensible boots.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
** Tossed a LampshadeHanging; SquishyWizard ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'s normal costume includes square-heeled boots, which aren't as bad as they could be, but when Harm begins chasing her and she has to start RoofHopping to get away, she casts a spell to turn them into flats. Read each word backwards:

* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''; even more so in ''Sigma 2''. Ninjas in heels, anyone?