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''And poke the long, safe spear.''

 

A subtrope of [[Weapon of Choice]].

* ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]:'' Red Tiger/Benitora (aka Hidetada Tokugawa) carries with him a collapsible jumonjiyari he calls "Tiger's Wing", and he's skilled enough to basically open perfectly circular holes in his opponents before they can even realize. He later exchange his wrecked spear with the Muramasa Cursed Spear Hokurakushimon/Fomalhaut, an [[Evil Weapon|cursed blade]] which is even stronger than Tiger's Wing, but harder to control. The series also has Gihyo/Mekira, Benitora's former partner who uses a kama-yari with an overly large scythe blade called "Panther's Wing" and uses an hallucination/based fighting style (think of [[Trigun|Dominique the Cyclops from Trigun's anime]]) and Saishi/Tomoe Gozen, who wields an humongous naginata as her weapon of choice.

* ''[[Rave Master]]:'' Hamrio Musica can make any weapon ouf of his silver chain, but he'll usually go for a spear in combat, with variants such as a corsesque or a chinese pike. {{Spoiler|After Reina sacrifices herself to stop the Silver Ray superweapon, she transmute the weapon in a large, elaborated spear called Silver Ray, merging her own Silver Claymore powers and soul in it, giving Musica a permanent upgrade.}}

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' includes a rather ridiculous naginata duel in its Japan arc. "Ridiculous" in the sense that the attacker shows up [[Dual-Wielding]] ''two'' naginatas, which gives the defender a chance to swipe one and face off against her. (Real naginata combat also doesn't work anything like the way it's depicted.)

* In ''[[Sin City]]'', an assassin named Mariah has a collapsible staff with twin prongs.

* In ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', one of Usagi's most feared recurring enemies was Jei, a possessed monk who was extremely deadly with a spear.

 

== Fan Works ==

* In ''[[Enemy of My Enemy (Fanfic)|Enemy of My Enemy]]'', the Sangheili/Elite Rukth Kilkaree fashions himself a staff with bladed tips. He's ''extremely'' lethal with it.

 

== Film ==

* The killer's main weapon in ''[[Don't Go in the Woods]]'' is homemade spear with a machete-like blade.

* In Peter Jackson's ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' Aiglos, the spear of the Elven king Gil-galad, is inscribed with an elvish poem that boils down to: "This is Gil-galad, and [[Badass|he is kicking your ass.]]" Notably, elven spears in the movie trilogy are rather naginata-like in looks.

 

== Literature ==

* In [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s novel ''Agincourt'' the hero is an archer, but the knight who's company he joins to go off to the war cross-trains every one of his archers to use the pole-ax.

* From ''[[Beowulf]]'':

* ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'': The spear is the standard weapon of common darkeyed soldiers; swords are reserved for the lighteyed upper class. Particularly of note is [[The Hero|Kaladin]], who is so incredibly skilled with a spear that {{spoiler|he managed to kill a guy who had one of the settings resident [[BFS|big]] [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|insanely sharp]] instant death blades, and [[Magitech]] [[Powered Armor]].}}

* In the [[Time Scout]] ''Wagers of Sin'', Skeeter wields one of these as his final weapon in the Arena.

 

* Practically too many [[Super Sentai]] members and [[Power Rangers]] to mention.

** ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]''/''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': The Blue Ranger's personal weapon is the Tricera Lance which, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|as the name implies]], is a [[Prongs of Poseidon|trident]]. The Goryujin/Dragonzord Fighting Mode's main weapon is its a [[This Is a Drill|drill staff]], made from its tail.

** In ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' spear-wielding Soldiers/Halberdiers added a Third-Tier to become Sentinels. Notable spear users included [[Country Mouse]] and [[Shrinking Violet]] Nephenee, and [[Anti-Villain|Antivillains]] Bryce and Levail who both wielded the Wishblade an [[Infinity+1 Sword|ungodly powerful lance]] that's one of the top ten weapons in the game. Levail's actually one of the few tough enemies you encounter during the last part of the second game.

* In ''[[Odin Sphere]]'', Gwendolyn's Psypher weapon is a spear with a crystal tip, with which she can use to slash and stab.

* ''[[Nethack]]'' features a wide variety of bladed polearms. They are useful when you need to attack something without technically touching it (floating eyes, water-based monsters which attempt to [[Super Drowning Skills|drown you]]) but they are not generally used as primary weapons.

* A common weapon available in many [[Nippon Ichi]] games, starting with ''[[Disgaea]]''. In a subversion of the [[Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship]] rule, nearly all attacks with them involve stabbing or throwing.

* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' allows the protagonist, who happens to be a former palace guard, to use spears. He can also equip shields at the same time, and the animations actually show that he uses it intelligently when spearing things.

** ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'' also had spears as one of the weapon types available (notably the Paladin can wield a spear but ''not'' a sword). Like the hero of the previous game, they use their spears correctly, with both their main attack and most of their special attacks being thrust attacks. Earlier games in the series also have spears as available weapons, but rarely had anyone specialize in them.

* The Gerudo from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series seem to like little blades on big sticks when they're not dual-wielding scimitars.

** Ganon uses a trident reminiscent of the devil.

* Dacia Ultan in ''[[Rift]]'' wields a halberd.

* Spears are avaible as weapons in ''[[Drakensang]]'', and a spear user can learn the useful "Death Strike" (a powerful stab attack that deals up to three wounds and lots of damage). The most notable spear user is Ancoron the elf.

* In [[Maple Story]], spears are equip-able weapons for the Warrior tree of classes. One of these is the "Pike on a Pike", a trident with a fish stuck at the end.

* [[World of Mana]] games with blade-on-a-stick weapons:

** Ornstein the Dragonslayer wields a huge spear that he frequently charges with lightning. You can forge said spear with Ornstein's soul. Ornstein also drops a unique ring that improves the counter damage of piercing weapons like spears.

** ''[[Dark Souls II]]'': extends the roster by adding new weapon types such as making Scythes and Machetes their own weapon category (reapers), Double Blades and Lances, the latter being heavier than spears and often used for powerful short-ranged charges. Lances were changed to "Pikes" in the following title. There's also the unique Santier's Spear, a unique weapon with absurdly high durability which actually becomes much more powerful and versatile if you wear it down to zero.

* Kharad from ''[[Evil Islands]]'' carries an unique spear that throws [[Shock and Awe|lightning bolts towards his opponents]].

* ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'' features the Spear ability, an ability that is also used by Bandana Waddle Dee. It's used mostly for stabbing, but can also be thrown rapidly as a highly effective projectile.

* Deimos from ''[[Dungeons]]'' wields a poleaxe which doubles as his scepter for casting magic spells.

 

* [[MAG-ISA]] -- [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119763 Chu's Weapon]

* While he never manages to acquire one, Roy memorably attempted to purchase a polearm in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' strip.

* [[Lawful Stupid|Hotaru]] from [[Mortal Kombat]] wields a naginata as his [[Weapon of Choice]].

* Carrot in ''[[Cucumber Quest]]'' had one...before he ran off in terror away from a harmless monster.

 

== Web Original ==

* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'' "Mad Dogs and Aliens", Warmonga has a high-tech one.

* ''[[Wakfu]]'': like all Enutrof, Ruel Stroud carries around a broad, fan-shaped shovel (with a hook-like extremity) as his weapon of choice. He can throw it like a boomerang and, occasionally, sends massive quakes. Yugo's adoptive father Alibert has a shovel that resembles a partisan more than anything else.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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