History Main / LittleGirlsKickShins

* Pharaoh's son kicks Moses in the shins in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', presumably so we don't feel too bad when the little brat dies.

* In ''It Happened at the World's Fair'' Music/ElvisPresley gets kicked in the shins by a very young Creator/KurtRussell.

* In VideoGame/Grandia1, Justin informs his friend Sue that he's sailing to the new continent alone, not with her like she had assumed. Sue's response is to run home in tears... only to run back up to him after a few seconds, call him a traitor while kicking him in the shins, then run off again (she ends up stowing away on the ship he takes and comes along anyway). Later in the adventure, she tries to do the same to Gadwin, but he's TheBigGuy and doesn't even seem to [[NoSell notice or care]].

Little girls kick people in the shins when they're angry. There doesn't seem to be any particular reason for it (sometimes it's that tiny rugrats can't kick much higher, but bigger kids still tend to go for the shins), but fiction writers everywhere seem to have agreed that when little girls are violent, the ideal expression of this violence is to kick people in the shins. [[DoubleStandard Girls' lashing out violently at everyone about them is treated as cute and adorable or as hilarious, rather than brattiness or jerkassery.]]

* Sakura from the ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' anime and manga kicks her older brother in the shin with her rollerblades in the first issue/episode, as well as a couple other times in other episodes.

* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12650047/5/Strandpiel Strandpiel]]'', Rebecka Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons, aged four or five, reacts badly to the death of a beloved family pet. She displays she takes after ''both'' her parents - with the magic-user's ability to see [[DontFearTheReaper Death]] coming to take the soul of the old family dog. Then screaming with rage and kicking Death vigorously in the shins. Her Assassin mother is bemused[[note]]and later quietly pleased, after it has been explained to her [[/note]] to see Bekki screaming and kicking at an empty space. Her Wizard father can not only see who Bekki is kicking, but he (with the aid of a Witch who is present) also drags her away, still furiously screaming and kicking. Ponder Stibbons, not for the first or the last time, stammers apologies to a poor AnthropomorphicPersonification who is only doing his job, and now has to do it with aching shins.

* Edith in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' kicks Dr. Nefario in the shins when he takes a chemical vial away from her. Earlier she kicks Gru's front door (while he's directly against it), in retaliation for pretending to be a recorded message.

* Not that is particularly little at the time, but the teenaged Marian kicks Robin the shins when he is teasing her at the start of ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen''.

* Gender-swap version in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans}}'' Mas can’t do much without his brother Menos, but how many other twelve-year-olds will run up and kick someone who’s six times bigger than they are?

* Velma does this in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episode "Jeepers, It's The Creeper" when the villain grabs Velma's glasses (after she says "You wouldn't hit someone with glasses, would you?" and he [[WouldHurtAChild rears his fist back to punch her]]).
* In the episode "Nightmare on Pound Street" of {{Creator/The Hub}}'s ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]'', Mr. [=McLeish's=] niece gives her uncle a kick, in part because she believes (along with her brother) the only reason [=McLeish=] bothers to spend time with them is to kiss up to their father, the city's mayor.

* A little girl kicks Patrick in the shins for taking away her "toy" (Actually one of the Smurfs.) in the film version of ''Film/TheSmurfs''.

* ээAnime/RozenMaidenээ has Shinku, who often kicks Jun when he displeases her enough. Suiseiseki, the other {{tsundere}}, isn't averse to this tactic either.

* Anime/RozenMaiden has Shinku, who often kicks Jun when he displeases her enough. Suiseiseki, the other {{tsundere}}, isn't averse to this tactic either.

* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12650047/5/Strandpiel Strandpiel]]'', Rebecka Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons, aged four or five, reacts badly to the death of a beloved family pet. She displays she takes after ''both'' her parents - with the magic-user's ability to see [[DontFearTheReaper Death]] coming to take the soul of the old family dog. Then screaming with rage and kicking Death vigorously in the shins. Her Assassin mother is bemused[[note]]and later quietly pleased, after it has been explained to her [[/note]] to see Bekki screaming and kicking at an empty space. Her Wizard father can not only see who Bekki is kicking, he (with the aid of a Witch who is present) drags her away, still furiously screaming and kicking. Ponder Stibbons, not for the first or the last time, stammers apologies to a poor AnthropomorphicPersonification who is only doing his job, and now has to do it with aching shins.

** Actually, the boy was kicking Moses' rod which he just used to demonstrate God's power by turning into a cobra, but still it was a defiant and insulting gesture to both Moses and God, so therefore we still don't mind too much what happens to the little brat.

** In ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'', when the nine year old witch needs to distract the [[TheFairFolk Elf]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]: "Tiffany kicked her on the leg. It wasn't a witch thing. It was ''so'' nine-years-old, and she wished she could have thought of something better".

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]" Dawn returns, after having been drugged and kidnapped so she would be out of harm's way for the final battle. Buffy ordered Xander to do it and gave her a note explaining... Dawn stops mid way through, tazers Xander and takes control of his car, driving back. When she sees Buffy Dawn punts her in the leg, which ''hurts'' the ''Slayer.''

* Done in ''Series/ILoveLucy'' when Lucy takes on a babysitting job. However the mother neglected to mention it would be for twins (when she met Lucy to drop one of them off. She waited till both were out of sight to drop off the other twin). So when Lucy goes to get one of them snacks and encounters the other who demands the same thing. The twin start whining and kicks her in the leg.

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': 10 year old Pepper disarms [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]] by kicking her in the shins to make her drop her FlamingSword.

“My friends are in there!” she squealed at the slightly larger girl with the rainbow colored hair. \\

** In the SeriesFinale Dawn returns, after having been drugged and kidnapped so she would be out of harm's way for the final battle. Buffy ordered Xander to do it and gave her a note explaining... Dawn stops mid way through, tazers Xander and takes control of his car, driving back. When she sees Buffy Dawn punts her in the leg, which ''hurts'' the ''Slayer.''
** Used to show the juvenile nature of two adult characters in "The Initiative". Xander encounters ditzy vampire Harmony and the two exchange death threats and vow to fight to the death... which starts with them kicking each other in the shins, then [[WimpFight quickly gets even more ridiculous and funny]].

* In ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', when the nine year old witch needs to distract the [[TheFairFolk Elf]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]]: "Tiffany kicked her on the leg. It wasn't a witch thing. It was ''so'' nine-years-old, and she wished she could have thought of something better".
** A generation earlier, Esk from ''Discworld/EqualRites'' likewise used kicks against the Dungeon Things.

* [[spoiler:little Kay]] might be doing this to Edgeworth in case 4 of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. It's kinda hard to see if it is this or his privates.

Compare with AgonyOfTheFeet. Related to GirlScoutsAreEvil when it is invoked. Compare GroinAttack, in which the kick happens...a bit higher up.

** In the SeriesFinale Dawn returns, after having been drugged and kidnapped so she would be out of harm's way for the final battle. Buffy ordered Xander to do it and gave her a note explaining...Dawn stops mid way through, tazers Xander and takes control of his car, driving back. When she sees Buffy Dawn punts her in the leg, which ''hurts'' the ''Slayer.''
** Used to show the juvenile nature of two adult characters in "The Initiative". Xander encounters ditzy vampire Harmony and the two exchange death threats and vow to fight to the death...which starts with them kicking each other in the shins, then [[WimpFight quickly gets even more ridiculous and funny]].

* Velma does this in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episode "Jeepers, It's The Creeper" after the villain grabs Velma's glasses (after she says "You wouldn't hit someone with glasses, would you?" and he [[WouldHurtAChild rears his fist back to punch her]]).

* Velma does this in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episode "Jeepers, It's The Creeper."

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/fixing-for-a-fixing/40978 This]] Website/NotAlwaysRight entry.

* In VideoGame/{{Grandia}}, Justin informs his friend Sue that he's sailing to the new continent alone, not with her like she had assumed. Sue's response is to run home in tears... only to run back up to him after a few seconds, call him a traitor while kicking him in the shins, then run off again (she ends up stowing away on the ship he takes and comes along anyway). Later in the adventure, she tries to do the same to Gadwin, but he's TheBigGuy and doesn't even seem to [[NoSell notice or care]].

[[caption-width-right:319:She'll do it, too! Just watch her!.]]