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Barefoot Sage
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The archetypal character of a sage, a mentor, an oracle, a wise person is sometimes given an unusual additional trait: an aversion to shoes. It may be because of religious asceticism, special connection to nature, or just general eccentricity. Whatever the cause is, the lack of footwear (especially in public places) makes the character look singular and different from everyone else, and therefore may serve to emphasize that they know and see more than an ordinary person does, and is just too wise to care about social conventions. The religious connotations (like the said asceticism, or "bare feet on holy ground") may also come in handy. There is also a seemingly practical thought regarding one particular issue; if the character has a hermit-like mentality and is depicted as never really moving from one spot (like meditating in one particular spot), then the need for having shoes is kinda moot and they'd might as well air out their feet. This logic however is fairly Fridge Logic-inducing since it implies that they are so far into their religious or academic pursuit that they never need to move around even to satisfy the most basic of human needs such as eating, sleeping, or pooping. This can arguably be seen as a weird combination of Conservation of Detail and Establishing Character Moment, since if we'd only see these isolated characters as they interact with other people who sought them out, then it would be easier and quicker to establish their devotion to the particular lifestyle by catching them exactly in the act of the aforementioned lifestyle that makes them stand out to the rest of society. See also Barefoot Poverty and Magical Homeless Person; compare and contrast with Barefoot Loon. Very often overlaps with Magical Barefooter; may also overlap with Granola Girl or New-Age Retro Hippie, if the character's wisdom is of "New Agey" type. Compare Bald Mystic and Posthuman Nudism. Examples |
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X-Men: Nate Grey became this during his "Prophet" phase. As was shown during his membership of the New Mutants, this worked out rather better before his depower, when he was a nigh-omnipotent telekinetic who could levitate over convenient obstacles and, well. Dirt. Australian ally Gateway is an Aboriginal shaman who is only ever seen in a loincloth and bare feet. |
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Medwyn from The Chronicles of Prydain. | |
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Greylock, the sage/mentor figure from Demons of the Deep, is depicted barefoot in an illustration. | |
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In Diablo II, the eccentric sage Ormus does not wear◊ any shoes. | |
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Shy-Ann from Girl Detective: Sweet Sixties has shades of this. She's a spiritual Native American hippie, who always seems to be in meditation and doesn't wear shoes. She is also a time traveler like the main character and gives her hints on the gameplay. | |
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Wizard Whitebeard from Where's Wally? is always barefoot. | |
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Mama Odie, the good voodoo priestess in The Princess and the Frog, is constantly barefoot. This is partly this trope, partly Earthy Barefoot Character given her connection to nature, and partly practicality since she lives in a swamp. | |
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The "Working Through Pain" segment of Batman: Gotham Knight has a beautiful Indian mystic named Cassandra who becomes a mentor to Bruce. She is perpetually barefoot. | |
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Cody from Dual Survival regularly displayed a vast understanding of both survival skills and scientific knowledge. He was also barefoot in nearly every survival scenario, only wearing shoes when necessary to protect his feet. | |
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Chikara, the kooky fortune teller from Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery, is always barefoot. It's unclear whether she is this trope, or Barefoot Loon, or (most likely) both. | |
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The Oracle of Kandrakar, from the W.I.T.C.H. franchise. | |
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Dahlia Gillespie from Silent Hill seems to be a mixture of this, Barefoot Loon, and Mad Oracle with her cryptic/prophetic speeches and her seeming willingness to help the protagonist. A very dark subversion actually. She is the Big Bad who deliberately played up this image (including cryptic predictions, etc.) in order to make Harry her unwitting accomplice. | |
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The Wise Warlock from "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" episode in Sabrina: The Animated Series. | |
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In Castlevania (2017), the Speakers are a tribe of nomadic scholars with magical powers whose clothing is similar to that of monastic orders: namely, they wear long robes with hoods and open-toed sandals. And they keep on wearing sandals even in the cold Romanian winter. | |
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Stella from Goodbye Volcano High is a mystic who provides Tarot readings throughout the game to give Fang clarity and direction for their future decisions, and she's always barefoot. | |
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Spelling Jungle: Yobi, the village wise man. Wali, his apprentice, also goes barefoot. (Averted in the sequel Spelling Blizzard though.) | |
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Friar Laurence from Romeo and Juliet is very often portrayed barefoot. However, as "sagey" as he is, he still makes a fatal mistake. | |
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In the Thunder Cats 2011 episode "The Duelist and the Drifter", the Drifter is a Barefoot Cartoon Animal (specifically, a Righteous Rabbit) who becomes Lion-O's Eccentric Mentor. | |
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American Dragon: Jake Long: Lao Shi. | |
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Oonagh from The Prophecy of the Stones, emphasizing her combination of wisdom and childlike innocence. | |
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Downplayed in Alice, Girl from the Future: the wise Chinese professor Lu Fu from The Kindness Ray wears only light sandals even in cold weather, probably as a way to show asceticism and/or nonconformism. | |
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The Wiseman from The Trader of Stories. | |
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In The Wise Man's Fear, the Hermit Guru Jax encounters in Hespe's story. | |
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Hypatia from Agora is an unusual example: she's not always barefoot, but she seems to have a habit of taking off her footwear when indoors (in particular, teaching her students barefoot). | |
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Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean comics matches this to a certain extent (it is unclear whether she wears any shoes in the movies). The Kingdom Keepers series also describe her as perpetually barefoot. |
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Chava the Wise from Star Wars Rebels follows in Yoda's (bare) footsteps. | |
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Voodoo Lady in the two first Monkey Island installments. | |
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An Aesop's Fables cartoon produced by Filmation depicts Aesop (played by Bill Cosby) like this in the live-action/animated Framing Device. He also requires his visitors to remove their shoes, as his guard (a talking tree) explains: | |
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In Atlantis: The Lost Empire, there was to be an Indian mystic and medium called Zoltan the Magnificent who claimed to be able to communicate telepathically with the Atlanteans (he was cut from the final version of the movie). Judging by the character sketches◊, he doesn't wear any shoes, which ties into his hermit-like persona. | |
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Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink: Strangeblood, who is originally considered an evil warlock, but turns out to be a good and wise magician. He is always seen without shoes. | |
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Coriakin, Ramandu, and the Hermit of the Southern March from The Chronicles of Narnia. | |
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Street Fighter Dhalsim is a master yogi who's wisened by years of self-mastery and curbing conflict, hence why he goes everywhere barefoot (also because he can freely levitate and teleport, so he doesn't need to ever touch the ground). Oro is a 140-year-old hermit and candidate for one of the most powerful fighters in Street Fighter canon. He tends to keep to his training and meditation, hence his preference for going barefoot. |
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Maura Sargent, the main character's mother from The Raven Cycle, has a penchant for going barefoot, and her sagacity comes with the territory of being psychic and doing Tarot card readings. | |
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The mentor of the main character in Avencast: Rise of the Mage is shown barefoot. The rest of the mages of the setting seem to have a penchant for sandals and unconventional footwear. | |
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The Kingdom Keepers series also describe her as perpetually barefoot. | |
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