


In both the Edolas and Grand Magic Games arcs she loses her shoes twice, going barefoot for the rest of the battle each time. Happens too many times in Fairy Tail to count, especially to Lucy.Rebecca's Ether Gear in EDENS ZERO is linked to her feet and too powerful to contain, destroying her footwear whenever she uses it.In Garzey's Wing, the ferario (fairy) is grabbed by two soldiers who attempt to rip her legs off and kill her, but they only succeed in ripping her boots off, as she escapes by Giving Them the Strip.A public safety information film from the 1980s warns people about the danger of keeping feet too close to the sides of escalators, with the words "don't let this happen", showing a child's Wellington boot (without a child) being caught in the side, and completely destroyed.An Accura RDX commercial inspired by Gulliver's Travels implies that this happened to Gulliver offscreen he only has one sandal when the Lilliputians bind him to the beach, until a Lilliputian finds the missing sandal in The Stinger.note The Fry-Sniffers briefly re-appear in a Halloween-themed commercial, wearing the "hats" to a McDonald's costume party. Ronald takes back the stolen fries, but the aliens keep the shoes to wear as "cool party hats". A commercial for McDonald's has some alien "Fry-Sniffers" suck up some french fries into their spaceship, their bad aim accidentally sucking up Ronald McDonald's shoes as well.Yet, if you watch the video in slow motion, you can see that the woman is still wearing both shoes when she hits the ground.) (Funny enough, the shoe comes out of the grate and goes flying, after it comes off her foot. In this ad for Go, a woman is seen falling over, after her high heel shoe gets stuck in a grate.Several dancers in a nightclub also are seen losing their shoes after his attack in the commercial for Shining Force III.
In the Segata Sanshiro commercial for Sonic R, one of the baseball players that Segata Sanshiro attacks for not playing Sega Saturn loses one of his cleats in the aftermath of his attack.After he purchases the pies, the child suggests he retrieve his missing shoe, but he decides to enjoy a pie instead. The man endures various obstacles on his way from the campsite to the store, and loses his right shoe while scaling some rocks. A Little Debbie commercial has a man on a camping trip receive a reminder from his inner child that he neglected to pack Oatmeal Creme Pies.Also compare Close-Call Haircut for when the superficial injury happens to the person, rather than their clothes. In some cases, may lead to The Girl Who Fits This Slipper, when a character uses the missing clothing article to try to identify whoever lost it. Also compare Stripping Snag, which is when a piece of clothing gets removed by something holding it back, and Giving Them the Strip, where a character intentionally removes a piece of their clothing (usually something like a jacket) in order to escape. If they are high up on a structure, it can be used to show how far the ground is.Ĭompare Hat Damage, which is when an unimportant article of clothing takes damage but remains with the person. This can lead to or be accompanied by Agony of the Feet (for instance, if a person steps into a bear trap or onto a sharp object with an unprotected foot in contrast, the person injures his/her foot with the shoe still on and is forced to remove and discard it due to the injury). In more serious situations, the character's now-bare foot is shown to be a vulnerability which can become a Broken Heel (not literally - probably) if the writer needs to hamper his/her ability to run. This trope is often Truth in Television - in periods of high activity or drastic changes in motion, including when a person is thrown off their feet, light and loose articles of clothing (including shoes) are likely to fly off.
