History Main / HighHeelHurt

* ''Literature/TheEstuary'': Hillary mentally bemoans having to walk in the high-heeled ThighHighBoots she uses to attract johns.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' FreakyFridayFlip episode "[{Recap/StarTrekProdigyS1E18Mindwalk Mindwalk]]" Dal ends up in the body of [[spoiler:Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway]] and finds he cannot even manage the comparatively small heels on her standard issue Starfleet shoes.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' FreakyFridayFlip episode "Mindwalk" Dal ends up in the body of [[spoiler:Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway]] and finds he cannot even manage the comparatively small heels on her standard issue Starfleet shoes.

* Examined in ''WebVideo/TheTryGuys''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvN4DwEbapM video]] where the four of them attempt to wear high heels in various styles and heights while out on the town without "flatting out," a play on tapping out, where they trade their heels for flats when the pain is too much. The shoes range from Zach's sensible three-inch heel ankle boots to Eugene's ridiculous six-inch stilettos (which put a hole in his laminate floor). While they like the way the shoes look, all four of them admit that their feet hurt terribly once they walked in them for any length of time and they're difficult to move and keep their balance in. Ned even accidentally faceplants when his heels get stuck on the rung of a barstool. By the end of the evening, all four of them opt to flat-out; even the ones who forgot to bring backup shoes would rather walk home barefoot than struggle in the heels.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' FreakyFridayFlip episode "Mindwalk" Dal ends up in the mind of [[spoiler:Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway]] and finds he cannot even manage the comparatively small heels on her standard issue Starfleet shoes.

* ''Series/FrontierCircus'': In "Stopover in Paradise", Ben romances the tomboyish owner of a local ranch. She attempts to become more feminine for him, [[FeminityFailure but has trouble]], especially with her high heeled shoes. Ben eventually tells her to take them off so he can teach her to dance properly.

* In the fourth episode of ''Series/Wednesday'', the title character hobbles out of a HighSchoolDance and declares that whoever invented high heels "clearly had a side hustle as a torturer". Given that she's also alluded to having actually been tortured, she must have been having a difficult night. (It doesn't stop her from running through the woods later.)

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* Mako Sato in ''Manga/InitialD'' usually prefers to wear sneakers for walking (and driving), but when she dresses up for her date with Iketani, she puts on some high-heel sandals to go with the dress she picked. Unfortunately, when he ends up no-showing (he was having doubts about actually dating her, and when he finally decided to go, she'd already left), she takes off the heels after waiting for him for too long, and decides she's never going to wear them again.

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* In Bombshells, a short story within ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Molly Carpenter suffers through wearing a pair of very high heels to infiltrate a fancy party. Andi the werewolf, wearing a similar costume with similar shoes, hints that she's in pain too - but says it's just a matter of getting used to it. Molly doesn't seem convinced.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows'', Hermione comments on her high heels hurting her feet at the wedding. She then has to make her escape in them, but that goes without comment.

* TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} rules that one must have a special {{Perk}} to avoid penalties for high heels.

* Gaia in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' wears high heel boots, to which she complains about her feet killing her after she and the rest of the party do some running around in the desert. Thancred points out that Gaia should have worn more practical footwear if she was going to walk through a desert.

What's ''not'' to love about {{high heel| power}}s? They're [[NiceShoes stylish]], they make you taller, they shape the legs and produce a unique [[PowerWalk stride.]]

* ''Literature/RatsBatsAndVats'': After Fitzhugh standards a GeneralFailure and his mistress/secretary at a vacation home by tampering with the car, the mistress doesn't take long to complain about how walking home in her heels hurts her feet.

-->'''Zosia:''' This is like Theatre/WaitingForGodot.\\

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and the Deathly Hallows, Hermione comments on her high heels hurting her feet at the wedding. She then has to make her escape in them, but that goes without comment.

What's ''not'' to love about {{high heel| power}}s? They're [[NiceShoes stylish]], thke you taller, they shape the legs and produce a unique [[PowerWalk stride.]]

What's ''not'' to love about {{high heel| power}}s? They're [[NiceShoes stylish]], they make you taller, they shape the legs and produce a unique [[PowerWalk stride.]]

* In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hermione comments on her high heels hurting her feet at the wedding. She then has to make her escape in them, but that goes without comment.