To-do list:
- Does Not Like Shoes was renamed to Prefers Going Barefoot and rewritten to focus on characters who explicitly dislike wearing shoes, and the old name was disambiguated. Move examples that fit at least one of the tropes accordingly if possible, and remove other examples and ZCEs.
- Clean up wicks. Examples pertaining to martial artists can go to Barefoot Martial Artist
- Clean up wicks. Examples pertaining to martial artists can go to Barefoot Martial Artist
This trope, based on the description is much broader than the name would suggest, being just about characters that go about barefoot a lot of the time, rather than explicitely disliking wearing shoes. The wick check suggests that that's mostly how it's being used as well. Thing is, that's pretty damn chairsy, don't you think?
At minimum this needs a redefinition, if it can even be salvaged. Cutting and yarding a trope about a character specifically disliking shoes is also a solid option, considering just how extensive the misuse is. As a third option, disambiguating between the subtropes listed on the page could be considered.
Wick check:
- (Handy Feet, description) Expect this character to be the kind of individual who goes barefoot so as to keep their feet from being restrained.
- (Characters.Bloodborne Secondary Characters) Does Not Like Shoes: Although not apparent, the guide shows that Iosefka goes barefoot. So does her impostor. Which is odd, considering the female version of the White Church outfit that the player can wear has white boots/shoes with it. Data mining reveals that the version of the outfit that Iosefka wears is a unique variant without the boots.
- (Characters.Bram Stokers Dracula) Does Not Like Shoes: They are all barefoot.
- (Characters.Dot Flow) Does Not Like Shoes: Never seen wearing shoes, going around the seafloor in her bare feet.
- (Characters.Dragon Ball GT Villains) Does Not Like Shoes: Constantly barefoot.
- (Characters.Final Fantasy VII Remake Other Characters) Does Not Like Shoes: She is barefoot.
- (Characters.God Of War Series Norse Monsters) Does Not Like Shoes: They don't have any footwear whatsoever. Granted, it's not needed seeing as they hover above the ground.
- (Characters.Ico) Does Not Like Shoes: Yorda is never seen having shoes on.
- (Characters.Isuca) Does Not Like Shoes: She's barefoot in every one of her appearances.
- (Characters.Planescape Torment) Does Not Like Shoes: She's always seen without shoes... except in some official art, curiously.
- (Characters.Re Zero Witch Cult Does Not Like Shoes: Her human form doesn't wear shoes.
- (Characters.Remnant From The Ashes) Does Not Like Shoes: Despite being in the winter realm of Reisum and its unending ice fields, she's always barefoot.
- (Characters.Rosengarten Saga) Does Not Like Shoes: She seems content to traipse about barefoot.
- (Characters.Samurai Warriors 1) Does Not Like Shoes: She's barefoot in both of her alternate outfits.
- (Characters.The King Of Fighters XI) Does Not Like Shoes: She is barefoot at all times, even when not fighting. Combined with her baggy pants, it gives her a down-to-earth fighter appeal.
- (Characters.The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service) Does Not Like Shoes: As a little boy in the backstory, Yaichi is never seen with shoes.
- (Characters.Titan Souls) Does Not Like Shoes: The protagonist is barefoot the entire game.
- (Characters.Viva Pinata Helpful Characters) Does Not Like Shoes: Always barefoot.
- (Creator.Beth Behrs) Does Not Like Shoes: She frequently appears barefoot in her acting roles and on social media, namely when earthing or performing yoga.
- (DarthWiki.A Tale Of Heroes) Does Not Like Shoes: Is barefoot most of the time.
- (Fanfic.Total Drama Tween Throwdown) Does Not Like Shoes: A select few have rid themselves of their footwear.
- (InkSuitActor.Disney) In Zootopia: Gazelle is Shakira as a gazelle. Both of them are pop stars, have blonde curly hair, broad hips, and wear similar outfits. The only difference being Gazelle wears shoes and Shakira Does Not Like Shoes, ironic as Gazelle is essentially one of the few characters to wear shoes in the film.
- (Manga.Kamisama Kiss) Does Not Like Shoes: When he's not posing as a human, Tomoe nearly always goes barefoot.
- (Manga.School Mermaid) Does Not Like Shoes: The Mermaids do not wear any sort of footwear and go barefoot all the time. Any human that becomes a Mermaid lost their shoes when they transformed.
- (Music.Celtic Woman) Does Not Like Shoes: Máiréad N. has been known to perform at lease one solo number barefoot. See "Granuaile's Dance" from the A New Journey concert.
- (Recap.Star Trek S 3 E 20 The Way To Eden) Does Not Like Shoes: Dr. Sevrin and the space hippies. At one point, Scotty even disparages them as "barefooted watchacallens."
- (VideoGame.Killer 7) Does Not Like Shoes: Kaede Smith never uses shoes or boots when you're playing as her. This is the reason why her nickname as part of the Killer 7 is "Barefoot", and Iwazaru always refers to her this way.
- (VideoGame.The Legend Of Zelda Majoras Mask) Does Not Like Shoes: A number of characters. The Rosa Sisters, Kamaro, and Guru-Guru come to mind.
- (VisualNovel.Saya No Uta) Does Not Like Shoes: Saya is always barefoot.
- (WebVideo.Manatee Girl The Movie) Does Not Like Shoes: Manatee Girl does not like shoes. Or sports bras.
- (WesternAnimation.Inside Out) Does Not Like Shoes: Joy (as well as everyone else's Joys, it seems) goes barefoot, though she doesn't really have toes. As a toddler, Riley is also usually barefoot.
- (Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja) Does Not Like Shoes: Sakura is apparently really eager to ditch her shoes when she's at home, so much that she never sets them neatly by the entrance to her house when she takes them off. Her mother complains about this in front of a crowd, embarrassing her daughter. Once Sakura learns she has a place to herself in the alternate universe and remembers her mother nagging her, she gleefully kicks her boots off and leaves them where they fall, then cheerfully runs into her empty house barefooted.
- (Characters.PHD Does Not Like Shoes: As the hippie-esque Soapbox Sadie of the comic, she originally wore sandals, but switched to going totally barefoot once Art Evolution set in. Borderline
- (Film.The Birdcage) Does Not Like Shoes: Agador. He claims they "make [him] fall down." And they do, at least once. Borderline
- (Music.Kacey Musgraves) Does Not Like Shoes: She loves being barefoot and exhibits this by doffing her shoes at most if not all of her concerts.
- (Battle Circuit) Does Not Like Shoes:
- Yellow Iris. Similar to Felicia, her feet are too big for shoes and make it uncomfortable to wear.
- The Master Program is also barefoot, but then again he is probably not dressed at all.
- (VideoGame.Ghost Trick) Does Not Like Shoes:
- The Police Chief, of all people. Apparently he has itchy toes.
- The park's guardian, which is more believable since he's a hippie and all...
- (VideoGame.Tak And The Power Of Juju) Does Not Like Shoes: Practically all the characters are barefoot. Completely justified, due to the fact they are indigenous tribespeople.
- (VisualNovel.Yosuga No Sora) Does Not Like Shoes: Sora almost always goes barefoot indoors, removing her socks along with her shoes, because she likes to flex her toes.
- (Characters.Bailey School Kids) Does Not Like Shoes Found commented out
- (Film.Splash) Does Not Like Shoes: Madison, despite acquiring shoes not long after finding Allen. Found commented out
- (VideoGame.Shaq Fu) Does Not Like Shoes: Voodoo.
- (Characters.Fatal Fury 2) Does Not Like Shoes: Mai's footwear in her ninja outfit consists solely of instep guards and tabi socks. This is taken a step further in Fatal Fury 3 and Real Bout Fatal Fury, where she lacks the socks.
- (Film.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Does Not Like Shoes: Unlike his brothers, Raphael is barefoot, wearing only some ankle wraps. It fits his theme of being the strongest and most martially minded.
- (WesternAnimation.The New Adventures Of Peter Pan) Does Not Like Shoes: Tinkerbell wears leaves around her ankles, but goes barefoot. Since she's nearly always in the air, she doesn't really need to wear shoes.
- (Characters.Fatal Fury Geese Howard) Does Not Like Shoes: Downplayed. He does wear shoes when he's in a formal suit. He wears tabi when he's in his gi, symbolizing his fascination with Japanese culture. His Nightmare Geese skin has him barefoot.
- (Characters.Log Horizon Log Horizon) Does Not Like Shoes: He can be seen barefoot outside while relaxing from time to time. This carries its own meaning when considering his past life as a paraplegic, as he would be unable to feel anything through his feet back then; having recovered the ability in Elder Tale, it is likely he is relishing on it that way.
- (Literature.Man Eaters Of Zamboula) Does Not Like Shoes: Aside from nude, Zabibi goes through the story in bare feet, presumably because, just like the rest of clothing, she is accustomed to be that way due to her work as a dancer.
- (Characters.Ru Pauls Drag Race) Does Not Like Shoes: The uniform for a pit crew member is just a pair of tight briefs, no shoes allowed!
- (Darthwiki.The Cryptids 1/2) Does Not Like Shoes: Most Bigfoot-type cryptids. Justified because they can't find shoes that fit them.
- (Darthwiki.The Cryptids 2/2) Cannot Wear Shoes: It's not that she doesn't like them but being a Sasquatch, she can't find any in her size.
- (Film.Cube 2 Hypercube) Does Not Like Shoes: Julia, who is barefoot for nearly all the movie. Justified, as wearing dress sandals in her situation is not practical.
- (Film.Purple Sunset) Does Not Like Shoes: Averted. Yang was rescued by Soviet soldiers without shoes so they give him a pair of boots.
- (Psych S 03 E 13 Any Given Friday Night At 10 PM 9 PM Central) Does Not Like Shoes: Vlad didn’t, and the scarring on his feet is what lets Shawn figure out who he was when his severed foot turns up.
- In the Tangled: The Series episode "The Way of the Willow", Rapunzel meets her maternal aunt Willow for the first time and discovers they have many things in common: they both enjoy painting, going on adventures, and running around barefoot.
- Alternatively, multiple candidates will become recurring characters throughout the series, none confirmed as the Joker, but all featuring some of his aliases, like Sonny, Jack, and Joe. All will be affiliated with the Red Hood gang, and the gang itself will act as the main Joker tease.
- What's more, each of these candidates could embody a different incarnation of the Joker. For example: a seemingly (but not in any way) harmless prankster with a mustache, a narcissistic gangster-type and Mad Artist, an energetic martial artist with a crazy hairstyle who complains that his shoes are too tight, a cynical anarchist with messy hair and noticeable scars, a Large Ham who likes to make bad puns and mentions having a girlfriend, I can go on all day.
- (Pantheon.Boss Fights N To Z) Marshal: Fighting-type specialist, Big Ol' Eyebrows, driven by strength, always barefoot, Sleeves Are for Wimps, wandered the planet before being invted to the Elite Four
- (TheProblemWithPenIsland.A To M 1/2) Doe Snot Likes Hoes (Prostitutes are advised to avoid cold-stricken female deer for this reason.)
- (TheProblemWithPenIsland.A To M 2/2) Does Not Like S Hoes (Someone hates prostitutes with names beginning with S.)
Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 23rd 2023 at 4:10:47 AM
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Don't think so, if only because such a thing could also indicate, say, Barefoot Poverty
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Just stoic wisdom.
I did move over a couple examples that said "Character stated that they stopped wearing shoes X years ago" since that seemed to me like a conscious and unforced decision.
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RE: River Tam. I don't think she should go under Does Not Like Shoes, even as an Implied Trope. Again, this trope is for characters who have an explicit preference. River Tam never says anything, she just is barefoot. And considering she's a Cloud Cuckoolander with psychic powers, her being barefoot falls under Barefoot Loon and Magical Barefooter. That's why she's shown consistently as barefoot, to reinforce the association.
Edited by amathieu13 on Jul 26th 2023 at 8:46:00 AM
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Pretty sure she's shown constantly barefoot because that's Wheddon's fetish.
Edited by Rynnec on Jul 26th 2023 at 8:22:18 AM
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I'm speaking narratively, as in what's in the text of the work. Yeah we can say that most blonde actresses are picked because Everyone Loves Blondes, but that doesn't mean most blonde female characters are default an example of Everyone Loves Blondes. And a character who is characterized in a work as blonde and dumb isn't an example of Everyone Loves Blondes (at least not with just that alone), but is an example of Dumb Blonde. Same goes for this. Whedon may have a fetish but that's neither here nor there for evaluating what's actually happening in the work itself, which is a crazy, mystical character shown as consistently barefoot.
Edited by amathieu13 on Jul 26th 2023 at 9:41:18 AM
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I think the closest River gets to communicating she prefers going barefoot is a deleted bit from the script for The Movie (but was retained in the novelization) was just before they go on the bank heist, her brother Simon hands her a pair of boots to put on, and she hands them back to him.
Edited by Brandon on Jul 26th 2023 at 7:05:49 AM
If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
I think this got overlooked when I last brought it up since the other half of my post was a vent, so I'll ask again: are there any objections to adding
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Out of the Creator pages I did, only two pages had anything salvageable. Most of the rest had real-life troping (one of which had Does Not Like Shoes as the only trope listed!), so it's a good thing we're voting on it being NRLEP in the Real Life section maintenance thread.
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Since Barefoot Martial Artist hasn't been launched yet, what should we do with sumo wrestlers wicks? Also what about barefoot wrestlers in general?
Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Jul 27th 2023 at 9:13:43 PM
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sandbox them and yard. Unless it's already at TLP.
Edited by Amonimus on Jul 27th 2023 at 4:36:46 PM
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Well, any potential examples can be posted on the draft's comment section. I don't know about including any of those examples being barefoot is the norm in that profession + I wanted input on excluding characters who only barefoot to do martial arts and minor characters.
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So if it's just a wrestler but not a sumo wrestler, I can just remove those unless additional context is given that could fit under the other tropes listed.
Depends on whether wrestlers are typically barefoot, but yes, its likely a simple removal.
Edited by Tabs on Jul 27th 2023 at 6:51:20 AM
He/Him
There is such a thing as wrestling shoes and said shoes have been used in professional wrestling and mixed-martial arts. So I'd say being barefooted only happens occasionally.
Okay, either wearing shoes or not wearing shoes is normal for the profession then. Not an example of Prefers Going Barefoot unless the wrestler decides to go barefoot outside the job in settings where people typically wear shoes.
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We are now into the double digits.
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Just stoic wisdom.
<50. Most of the remaining wicks are Wrestling/.
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Now we just have the Wrestling/ wicks. I'll compile those worth saving into a list and send them to the Martial Artist draft.
Edited by Berrenta on Jul 29th 2023 at 7:04:18 AM
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This crowner has decided to rewrite Does Not Like Shoes to focus on characters who explicitly dislike wearing shoes and to rename the trope. What should the new name be?
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Would something more like "doesn't wear shoes even when it's socially expected to/would be hazardous to not" be implied enough? Speaking in hypotheticals, of course. I've never seen that show.
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