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{{quote|''Till, bruised and bitten to the bone

''And taught by pain and fear,

''He learned to deal the far-off stone,

''And poke the long, safe spear.''~~|'''[[Rudyard Kipling]]''', "The Benefactors"}}~~

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

|'''[[Rudyard Kipling]]''', "The Benefactors"}}

A subtrope of [[Weapon of Choice]].

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* 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.

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== Fan Works ==

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* 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.

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* 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.]]"

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== Fan ~~Fic~~ ==

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* 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.