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The stereotypical way for [[The Runaway|runaways]] and [[
▲The stereotypical way for [[The Runaway|runaways]] and [[Hobos|hobos]] alike to carry their belongings: wrap a bunch of objects in a bedsheet or large kerchief, and tie it to a stick.
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== Advertising ==
* The mascot for the Traveler's Tales game developing company is some sort of bat/elf crossbreed with a bindle stick.
== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Kirby:
** At least one of the game manuals has an illustration of Kirby carrying one as he sets off on his current quest.
* Hare of ''[[Monster Rancher (
== Card Games ==▼
* In the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, the Fool (Card 0 of the Major Arcana) carries a bindle stick.▼
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', when {{spoiler|Destruction is leaving again, after being found the first time}}, he asks to borrow Morpheus' handkerchief expressly for the purpose of changing it to a polka dotted design and carrying his belongings on a stick.
* A comic by [[Dada Comics|Michael Kupperman]] shows a woman who has a [[Looking for Love In All
== Film ==
* In ''[[Pee
* Parodied in the film ''Mystery Team''. Jason, the "Master of Disguise", dresses up as an old-fashioned hobo in order to talk to a REAL homeless person. The bindle stick is part of the outfit.
== Literature ==
* Standard traveler equipment in ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]],'' at least in the first era shown. A monk leaving the monastery always carries a book in it.
* [[Blinky Bill]] is depicted carrying one on the cover of ''The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill'' by Dorothy Wall. He also carries one in the [[The ABC|ABC]] animated adaptation.
* Almost any illustrated version of "[[Dick Whittington
** Hence the kid at the end of ''[[
* There was a literary character ''called'' Bindle, however he doesn't carry one. He's a cockney [[Lovable Rogue]] with a wife and home, but he still subsists on odd jobs and tweaking the nose of authority like any self-respecting hobo would.
*
** Similarly, a character in Heinlein's ''[[Sixth Column (novel)|Sixth Column]]'', an academic who's both studied hobos and ''is'' a hobo, laid out for other characters a taxonomy of hobos, with bindle stiffs at the very bottom, as a reason for refusing to carry a Bindle Stick when sent out on an intelligence-gathering mission.
== Live Action TV ==▼
* When [[The Mighty Boosh|Vince Noir]] tried to run away from home as a child, he didn't get very far, as he was using a bindle stick to carry stuff several times his own body weight.▼
* When [[Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Charlie and Mac]] decide to fake their own deaths and wander the streets, one of the first things we see Charlie do is attempt to assemble a bindle stick and lament it's limited carrying capacity. ▼
* [[El Chavo Del Ocho]] uses one, which is weird because he has no known possessions and [[Limited Wardrobe|is always wearing the same clothes]].▼
▲* When
▲* When Charlie and Mac of ''[[
▲* ''[[El Chavo
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[Peanuts]]''
** [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]
** In the next strip, Charlie Brown sees Linus and asks "Carrying everything on your back?" Linus responds with "Just my bowling ball."
** In another ''Peanuts'' strip, Snoopy carried a bindle stick after he yawned and lost Lucy's balloon: "Make one mistake, and you pay for it the rest of your life."
** In yet another strip, Charlie Brown himself puts one of these together in order to run away from home. He gets halfway down the sidewalk before the knot fails, sending all his belongings flying.
▲* In the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, the Fool (Card 0 of the Major Arcana) carries a bindle stick.
==
* Any pantomime or stage play featuring characters Setting Out Into The World To Seek His/Her Fortune. Especially ''[[Dick Whittington
* This has become something of a [[Dead Horse Trope]] in [[Real Life]], as most hobos<ref>(specifically those who are "professionally" homeless vagabonds by intent, as opposed to those who are merely unfortunate enough to have no place to live)</ref> use backpacks and other camping bags these days. Actual poor people are more likely to use discarded plastic shopping bags. Or entire shopping ''carts'' if they can get one.▼
* In Germany there is a tradition still practiced today called "auf die Walz gehen" originating to medieval times. After completing apprenticeship as a craftsman people wander the country for a certain time in a special outfit, carrying all their possessions in a kerchief called "Charlottenburger" attached to a walking stick.▼
▲* Any pantomime or stage play featuring characters Setting Out Into The World To Seek His/Her Fortune. Especially ''[[Dick Whittington (Literature)|Dick Whittington]]''. The hankies used as bindles are almost always red-and-white polka dots, for some reason.
== Video Games ==
* [[The Sims]] in the original game, if they lost a fight, would occasionally leave the lot permanently carrying a runaway stick.
* There's a mode in both ''[[Sonic Adventure Series|Sonic Adventure]]'' games (and their remakes) to raise small cute creatures called Chao. You can, however, "Say Goodbye" to a Chao, whereupon it leaves with a bindle stick to a faraway forest where it will never see you again.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', most of the hobo enemies in the Hobopolis zone will drop bindle sticks, which can be used as weapons. You can also get a miniature bindle stick for the [[Everything's Better
* The Nano Kitty and Nano Puppy virtual pets would walk offscreen carrying one of these with a "Bye Bye" text if you neglected to take care of them for a long time (or if you used the "Discipline" option excessively.)
* In ''[[
* ''[[
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** One of the signs also depicts a test subject still carrying one while in his orange jumpsuit.
* Nano Kitties and Nano Puppies (part of the virtual pet fad of [[The Nineties]], along with their better-known cousin the Tamagotchi) would run away with a bindle stick if you neglected them or used the "discipline" function too frequently. (It should be noted that these were some of the more "forgiving" virtual pets; many others would actually die, and this would happen if they were left alone for even a little while, which led to virtual pets being banned in many a school on the grounds that the kids were spending too much time trying to keep their virtual pets alive rather than concentrating on the lesson. Also, that they [[Beeping Computers|beeped and made noise]].)
== Web Animation ==
* In [[
== Web Comics ==
* Meowlin Q. Kitteh in ''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/sets/72157600296941365/ The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats]''
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]: The Wrong Trousers'', Gromit carries one of these out to the dog house and then leaves.
* Apparently there's a writer on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' who [[Author Vocabulary Calendar|loves the word "bindle"]].
** When Homer joined hobo boxing, one of the hobos he fought kept stopping to "check on his bindle". (It's John Swartzwelder, according to DVD commentary).
** Again when Bart befriends a
** When Homer became "Mr.X", upon going public, Nelson brought him a rumor about the school's cafeteria cooking [[Hobos]] - he had the bindle sticks to prove it.
* In ''[[The Venture Bros]].'' episode "Home Insecurity", Dr. Venture creates a new guard robot, so the old robot H.E.L.P.eR packs a Bindle Stick and runs away.
* ''[[
** In one episode, Spongebob prepared one of these when he ran away in "Life of Crime". Patrick was unable to carry his, as it had his ''entire house'' inside.
** Later on in "Have You Seen This Snail?" Gary packs one when he leaves SpongeBob due to his negligence.
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** Bender: "Hey chief, someone's stealing your handkerchief full of crap."
* Chuckie in ''[[Rugrats]]'' in the ''[[It's a Wonderful Plot|Wonderful Life]]'' episode a packs his toys in a bindle when he attempts to run away after his dad's favorite music CD was stolen.
* Thrice in ''[[My Little Pony:
== Real Life ==
▲* This has become something of a [[Dead Horse Trope]] in [[Real Life]], as most hobos<ref>(specifically those who are "professionally" homeless vagabonds by intent, as opposed to those who are merely unfortunate enough to have no place to live)</ref> use backpacks and other camping bags these days. Actual poor people are more likely to use discarded plastic shopping bags. Or entire shopping ''carts'' if they can get one.
▲* In Germany there is a tradition still practiced today called "auf die Walz gehen" originating to medieval times. After completing apprenticeship as a craftsman people wander the country for a certain time in a special outfit, carrying all their possessions in a kerchief called "Charlottenburger" attached to a walking stick.
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