Batman Karate Time

What happens when a ninja kidnaps a karate student? We find out in 'Day Of The Samurai,' a first season episode of Batman: The Animated Series.

A karate student (voiced by Julia Kato) is grabbed by a Ninja at her dojo. She is held hostage by said ninja.

The kidnapped student is still barefoot, and clad in just her karate outfit the entire time she's held hostage.

Later, when Batman confronts the ninja on a rooftop, the student stands with her hands tied together in front of her.

She's held at bay at first with a sword.

But she fights back, even with her hands tied.

When I first posted these pictures up on my old website, I did a little photo manipulation job on them. I gave her a gag in this shot.

And I "tied" her feet, here.

Supergirl the Series Pt2

In the pilot, the very first episode of the Supergirl series, Kara is trying on different outfits to wear as Supergirl, and comes out to show off this one, which wasn't chosen (damn it).

Maybe this would have been a better outfit for her to wear as AquaGirl, or something.

And, if you can indulge me one more shot from Supergirl: Calista Flockhart, in the same pilot, removes her shoes while sitting at her desk.

We don't see her feet in this shot (drat), but it's nice to know that Cat Grant works in her office sans shoes.

Supergirl the Series Pt1

The Supergirl TV series, starring Melissa Benoist, was a lot of fun. Granted, it had its problems--especially with storylines that got way too preachy--but I always enjoyed Benoist's performance. She was great as Supergirl, and she made the show enjoyabe for me.

I was re-watching the third season recently and caught this scene of Benoist looking for her shoes before going to work. It's from the opening moments of the episode Triggers.

It's a nice, if brief, barefoot scene with an actress and a character who didn't go BF all that much during the series' run.

Later in the season, in the episode The Faithful, actress Odette Annable removes her shoes during a casual get-together of the girls.

A Stashed Woman

And then there's a stashed woman. Abducted, she's kept bound hand and foot by her captors.

She's also kept gagged every now and then, for the times when silence is required.

She is barefoot throughout her bondage, which makes this one of my favorite scenes.

Is it possible to form a connection with your captors? Does she really have a choice? Her best chance for survival is to communicate with them.

But enough of my musings, you can see this scene right here.

Gotham By Gaslight

Gotham By Gaslight is a superb Elseworlds tale that has Batman roaming around Gotham City in the 19th century. It's based on the graphic novel by writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola--who would go on to create Hellboy.

When they adapted GBG into an animated film, they created this nice BF scene.

Poison Ivy appears here as a dance hall performer, who performs in her bare feet.

GBG does a great job of "re-casting" familiar Batman characters in new roles here, such as Ivy's new career as a dancer.

Unfortunately, Ivy also becomes the first victim of Jack the Ripper, who has arrived in Gotham City and whom Batman squares off against. But Batman teams up with Selena Kyle (better known as Catwoman) in his battle against the Ripper.

Now Is The Time

Regina knew the situation wasn't perfect, but she hoped that the old gods would understand, because now is the time, right here.

Note: The picture is from Hellbound.

Lady Dragon

Cynthia Rothrock suffers a home invasion in Lady Dragon II (aka Lady Dragon 2 aka Angel of Fury). And she doesn't look too happy about, either.

She and hubby were grabbed while they were sleeping, so that's why she's only in her PJs. The home invaders tied Cynthia down to her bed in a spread eagle position, while they torture her husband right in front of her.

She's securely bound with black tape, with some good coverage of her limbs.

There are also some very nice shots of her bound bare feet.

They eventually get rescued. It's a very good BF bondage scene, complete with some barefoot kung fu.