History Main / ThighHighBoots

The writers want us to know a female character is aggressive, so they are shown to us in thigh high boots. These have a certain ImpossiblyCoolClothes factor because it is pretty uncommon, and usually pretty impractical and expensive, for shoes to reach any higher than calf length. These shoes may have straps, buckles, zippers or laces that may go all the way up, to emphasize their length and the fact that the character wearing them [[ShesGotLegs has some sexy legs]].

ThighHighBoots tend to double as CombatStilettos on {{Action Girl}}s, though {{Dominatri|x}}ces and RealLife prostitutes wear these rather liberally.

* [[http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/087/e/0/Bleach___Loly_by_remidu31.jpg Loly Aivirrne]] and [[http://images.wikia.com/bleach/es/images/1/13/08-m.jpg Riruka Dokugamine]] from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', both of whom have GirlishPigtails.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'', Kallen sports thigh-high boots as part of her CustomUniform with the Black Knights.
** Suzaku also has a pair of these in his Knight of Zero outfit, though it's hard to tell because the costume also includes a cloak that hides most of his body.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'' has Lenalee Lee with her Dark Boots; they're her EmpathicWeapon. No, really.
* Jun the Swan from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''.
** ''All'' the team members ''and'' TheDragon.
* Usami Masamune in ''Anime/MayoChiki''.
* Every ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series has at least one Cure wearing them, with the exception of the [[FutariWaPrettyCure the first]] [[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar two continuities]], which instead used leg warmers for a similar effect.
** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'': Cure Dream and Cure Rouge get these while Cure Lemonade gets standard ZettaiRyouiki and Cure Mint and Cure Aqua get normal boots.
** In TheMovie the Dark Pretty Cure 5 [[http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4964/toeimovie1darkprettycur.jpg all get this]].
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Cure Peach and Cure Berry both get these, and the latter combines these with ZettaiRyouiki, [[http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/421/cureberry2.jpg making an awkward combination]].
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': It's easier to list the one member that ''doesn't'' sport this: Cure Marine, who gets standard ZettaiRyouiki fitting her GenkiGirl persona.

** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Cure Sunny is the only member of the team whose footwear actualy qualifies as this. Cure Happy has knee-length boots while all the others have ankle-length boots.
* Jessie from ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}''.
* Robin from ''Manga/OnePiece'', prior to the TimeSkip.
* Mew Zakuro from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''.
* Practically almost every male character in ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', especially the PowerTrio Italy, Germany, and Japan.
* Yoko of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' sports a pair post-timeskip.
* Mai Valentine wore these while she was {{Brainwashed}} by Dartz during the Doma arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh''.
* Blue of ''Manga/WolfsRain'' with a MiniDressOfPower and ScarfOfAsskicking.
* Male example: Mukuro from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' has worn these as part of certain outfits of his.
* Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* Momose from ''Manga/BloodyCross'' wears thigh high boots in the first few chapters. Tsukimiya also wears them once or twice.
* The Ssilor Starlights in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' don these, as do villains Sailor Lead Crow and Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon.

* [[Characters/TheMightyThor The Asgardian Enchantress]] sports a pair of these more often than not, usually with matching OperaGloves and a MinidressOfPower. Her bewitching magicks must work a little better if every male gaze is already locked onto her very shapely form.
* {{Supergirl}}, in her ''New 52'' costume.
* Starfire of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. She even wears a different pair in her street clothes in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Jade [[http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p171/methosivanhoe/268795782_l.jpg when she was a member of the Darkstars]].
* ''{{ComicBook/X-Men}}''
** {{Storm}}.
** Jean Grey wore a pair of yellow thigh-highs with one of her older costumes.
*** Also, Phoenix costumes go right into the spandex this way.
** Psylocke (but not before MagicPlasticSurgery[[note]]that involved actual ''magic''[[/note]] had made her Asian).
* [[{{Shazam}} Mary Marvel]], during ''FinalCrisis'', [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3399613930_7dbd525e68_m.jpg wore boots like these]].

* ''ComicBook/WhateverLoveMeans'' play this trope for dark comedy, joking about how some filmmakers seem to be obsessed with having prostitutes wear such boots, incorrectly believing themselves to be radical when they put screentime focus on the boots.
* Umbra of the ''{{ComicBook/Legion of Super-Heroes}}''.
* ScarletWitch, during her first couple of decades.
** Funnily enough, it appears on the cover of Children's Crusade that her [[YoungAvengers son]] is wearing these (minus the heel). It's really not surprising.
* {{Zatanna}} occasionally.
* [[PowerGirl Power Woman]] in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
* [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Sue Richards]] has worn them as part of a couple of her uniform changes over the years.

* ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Astrid definitely qualifies for the Thigh-High Boots, but it is quite impossible to tell what, if any, degree of ZettaiRyouiki she qualifies for, since those boots practically ''cover'' her thigh.
* Helen's and Violet's superhero costumes in ''TheIncredibles''.
* Captain Amelia from ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''.

* Felicity Shagwell in ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''.
* ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'': protagonist Andy Sachs's mid-movie extreme makeover is completed by a pair of ''the'' Chanel thigh-high boots. Creator/AnneHathaway liked these boots so much that she inquired about buying them after filming was done, but they'd already been earmarked for a charity auction.
* Worn by JuliaRoberts in her first scene in ''PrettyWoman''.
* Creator/MonicaBellucci sports these in ''Film/ShootEmUp''.

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* Avon from ''Series/BlakesSeven'' occasionally wore a pair of leather boots that went up past mid-thigh, combined with a silver lamé top that made him look like some kind of disco space hooker.
* Kalinda from ''Series/TheGoodWife'' pretty much lives in them.

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* In 1964 [[Series/TheAvengers Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman]] recorded and released a song entitled [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-e_T4WRcs "Kinky Boots"]], which while not exclusively about thigh-high boots makes more than sufficient mention of them.
* Music/{{Vocaloid}} [[VirtualIdol Hatsune Miku]] wears these, in fact, she's basically a Grade S ZettaiRyouiki (minus the {{Tsundere}} part... [[BlankSlate sometimes...]] [[DependingOnTheAuthor depending on the song or the story]]). Some of the newer characters also have mega-boots, probably due to [[FollowTheLeader Miku's popularity]].
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* The dominatrix Rider of Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}'' wears a pair of thigh highs on the playfield art.
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* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' has plenty of this combined with [[LeotardOfPower leotards]].
* Luxa and the Twi'lek dancers, from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.

** As of ''Soul Calibur IV'', Cassandra now sports a pair as part of [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/cassandra-sc4-art.jpg her default attire.]] Interesting side note: it's actually her player 2 costume, from part 2, with a different color scheme.
** Ivy as well, at least in the fifth game.
* Also June, from Capcom's little known ''VideoGame/StarGladiator''. Not only does her outfit include thigh-highs, but [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/june-big.jpg killer knee pads as well!]]
* Cammy's alternate outfit in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', which counts as a GenderedOutfit that copies M. Bison's uniform.
* It's practically the dominant fashion in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Khameleon, Skarlet, Sindel, Tanya, Sareena, Nitara, and Li Mei all wear them at some point.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII'' has Riela Marcellis.

** Most of the Pegasus Knights wear those.
** Eirika from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' as well. In fact, looking at character artworks reveals that these are relatively common on characters in the ''Fire Emblem'' world.
** It also seems to be the footwear of choice of Cavaliers from Lenster in FireEmblemJugdral like Fin, Carrion, Robert, Glade, etc.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has Dizzy, I-No ''and'' Valentine.
* [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110323223260/dragonage/images/6/60/Isabella_romance_armor.png Isabela]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' wears leather boots that go all the way up. Presumably, this has something to do in her being a PirateGirl. When Isabela suggests [[DoesNotLikeShoes Merrill]] get a similar pair, Merrill remarks that she feels like she'd get lost in those boots since they're so big.

* ''UltimaOnline'' has them as one of the standard footwear you can use. For some reason, it's compatible with plate armor leggings -- the plate simply lose its graphic in favor of the boots, but still give full protection. The boots are unisex, but the female characters can combine it with corset-like torso armors and leather armor miniskirts. Oh, and you can dye the boots and the leather armor in any color you please.
* The [[HornyDevils Succubus]] boss in ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}''.
* Male example: Isa Jo from ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor''.
* Connor Kenway of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' also sports these, though it's a little hard to see under his longcoat.
* Akihiko Yoshida of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' fame positively ''adores'' this design element, which he lovingly littered throughout all of the Ivalice Alliance games, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', and the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' DS remake, reaching its apogee in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. Unusually, he favors this for male characters just as much as female characters, [[GenderFlip if not even more]].

* Used quite a lot in ''{{Soundscape}}'', where ThighHighBoots often overlap with CombatStilettos. Half of the girls wear them, while the other half goes for actual ZettaiRyouiki or StockingFiller. Although it's far from the TropeNamer, Amylase brutally lampshades the entire thing while explaining that she went with ThighHighBoots as a substitute to actual stockings. Word-for-word, she describes the expensive nature in getting any boots above calf-length; the (near-)impracticality in using them for anything other than modeling; the exoticism in having laces, straps, zippers or belts to emphasize the design; their uncommon usage; the question of their origins, either from prostitutes or dominatrices; and the advantage to using them as weapons for kicking.

* Evangelyne from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}''.
* Starfire from the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' show.
* [[SissyVillain Him]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' wears the high-heeled version of these. They do a marvelous job of adding to his creep factor.
** Sedusa, too.
* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** Asajj Ventress' Nightsister attire includes these.
** Ahsoka's vision of her future self.

ThighHighBoots tend to double as CombatStilettos on {{Action Girl}}s, though [[{{Dominatrix}} Dominatrices]] and RealLife prostitutes wear these rather liberally.

* [[http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/087/e/0/Bleach___Loly_by_remidu31.jpg Loly Aivirrne]] and [[http://images.wikia.com/bleach/es/images/1/13/08-m.jpg Riruka Dokugamine]] from ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'', both of whom have GirlishPigtails.

* Casca from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''.

* Felicity Shagwell in ''AustinPowers'' The Spy Who Shagged Me.

* Kalinda from ''TheGoodWife'' pretty much lives in them.

* {{Music/Vocaloid}} [[VirtualIdol Hatsune Miku]] wears these, in fact, she's basically a Grade S ZettaiRyouiki (minus the {{Tsundere}} part... [[BlankSlate sometimes...]] [[DependingOnTheAuthor depending on the song or the story]]). Some of the newer characters also have mega-boots, probably due to [[FollowTheLeader Miku's popularity]].

* VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds has plenty of this combined with [[LeotardOfPower leotards]].

* ''SoulSeries''

* It's practically the dominant fashion in ''MortalKombat'': Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Khameleon, Skarlet, Sindel, Tanya, Sareena, Nitara, and Li Mei all wear them at some point.

* The [[HornyDevils Succubus]] boss in ''{{VideoGame/Mabinogi}}''.

* Akihiko Yoshida of ''FinalFantasy'' fame positively ''adores'' this design element, which he lovingly littered throughout all of the Ivalice Alliance games, ''FinalFantasyXII'', and the ''FinalFantasyIII'' DS remake, reaching its apogee in ''FinalFantasyXIV''. Unusually, he favors this for male characters just as much as female characters, [[GenderFlip if not even more]].

* Evangelyne from ''{{WesternAnimation/Wakfu}}''.

* From ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Asajj Ventress's Nightsister attire includes these.
** Also, Ahsoka's vision of her future self.

Shoes, usually boots, which rise knee-length or higher, often giving them ZettaiRyouiki appeal, and qualifying under its grades. These kinds of shoes have a certain ImpossiblyCoolClothes factor because it is pretty uncommon, and usually pretty impractical and expensive, for shoes to reach any higher than calf length. These shoes may have straps, buckles, zippers or laces that may go all the way up, to emphasize their length and the fact that the character wearing them [[ShesGotLegs has some sexy legs]].

Nicknamed Go-Go Boots (though the term is more usually, and more properly, used to refer to [[TheSixties Sixties-style]] knee-high boots (which may or may not have stiletto heels), ThighHighBoots tend to double as CombatStilettos on {{Action Girl}}s, though [[{{Dominatrix}} Dominatrices]] and RealLife prostitutes wear these rather liberally, qualifying the latter as the UrExample, and the former as the TropeCodifier.

[[caption-width-right:260:[[ShesGotLegs So her thighs look even better.]] [[hottip:*: Model: Park Hyun-Sun]]]]

** Psylocke (but not before MagicPlasticSurgery[[hottip:*: that involved acutal ''magic'']] had made her Asian).

[[caption-width-right:260:[[ShesGotLegs So her thighs look even better.]]]]

* MonicaBellucci sports these in ''ShootEmUp''.

* ''TheDevilWearsPrada'': protagonist Andy Sachs's mid-movie extreme makeover is completed by a pair of ''the'' Chanel thigh-high boots. AnneHathaway liked these boots so much that she inquired about buying them after filming was done, but they'd already been earmarked for a charity auction.

* ''TheDevilWearsPrada'': protagonist Andy Sachs's mid-movie extreme makeover is completed by a pair of ''the'' Chanel thigh-high boots.
** AnneHathaway liked these boots so much that she inquired about buying them after filming was done, but they'd already been earmarked for a charity auction.

[[caption-width-right:260:so her thighs look even better.]]

[[caption-width-right:260:[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Won't your thighs get cold]]?]]

* [[LizardFolk Alexandra]] in ''DungeonTheEarlyYears''. Used as an AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moment: During Hyacinthe's HeroicBSOD following [[spoiler: Alexandra (his mistress) killing his wife]], he's shown to be [[spoiler: paying prostitutes to put on the same kinds of boots she wears, and yells her name when orgasming]]. Her response on learning this is [[NotSoStoic to start crying]].

** ''All'' the team members ''and'' the BigBad.

* AdventureQuestWorlds has plenty of this combined with [[LeotardOfPower leotards]].

* [[TheFantasticFour Sue Richards]] has worn them as part of a couple of her uniform changes over the years.

* [[TheFantasticFour Sue Richards]] has worn them as part of a couple of her uniform changes over the years.\

* [[TheFantasticFour Sue Richards]] has worn them as part of a couple of her uniform changes over the years.

* Suzaku also has a pair of these in his Knight of Zero outfit, though it's hard to tell because of the giant cloak thing he wears.

** A RareMaleExaple in that would seem to be the footwear of choice of Cavaliers from Lenster in FireEmblemJugdral like Fin, Carrion, Robert, Glade, etc.

Nicknamed Go-Go Boots, ThighHighBoots tend to double as CombatStilettos on {{Action Girl}}s, though [[{{Dominatrix}} Dominatrices]] and RealLife prostitutes wear these rather liberally, qualifying the latter as the UrExample, and the former as the TropeCodifier.