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A subtrope of [[Simple Staff]].

The Boom Stick is the high-tech (or magical) variant of the Simple Staff. This is a gun shaped like a staff, that fires projectiles (or more often, energy blasts). If of the magical variety, it could also be a "focus" for the user's magic power, making it easier to fire [[Magic Missile|magic bolts]], though the user is still perfectly capable of using just his hands. Often the idea is that they give a certain regal flair to their users, and is handy to use in melee if needed. Of course, such weapons would be unwieldy and hard to aim. What differentiates the Boom Stick from the [[Magic Wand]] is that the Boom Stick is not necessarily magical in nature, and even if it is, it has little other use in performing magic than for shooting people. If it is capable of regular spells that instead it's a [[Magic Staff]].

The '''Boom Stick''' is the high-tech (or magical) variant of the Simple Staff. This is a gun shaped like a staff, that fires projectiles (or more often, energy blasts). If of the magical variety, it could also be a "focus" for the user's magic power, making it easier to fire [[Magic Missile|magic bolts]], though the user is still perfectly capable of using just his hands. Often the idea is that they give a certain regal flair to their users, and is handy to use in melee if needed. Of course, such weapons would be unwieldy and hard to aim. What differentiates the Boom Stick from the [[Magic Wand]] is that the Boom Stick is not necessarily magical in nature, and even if it is, it has little other use in performing magic than for shooting people. If it is capable of regular spells that instead it's a [[Magic Staff]].

Nothing to do with [[This Is My Boomstick]]. May also be a [[Swiss Army Weapon]].

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* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' and its [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As|sequel]] [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|series]], Raising Heart and company become increasingly gun-like over time, even getting clips, cartridges, and a trigger in [[The Movie]].

* Ifurita in ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World|El Hazard the Magnificent World]]'' uses a staff that fires energy beam. The staff itself is of a technological nature.

* In ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', Ron MacDougal has a caster gun shaped like a shakujo <ref>A mendicant monk's staff with jangly metal rings on the head</ref>. It shoots magic.

* In ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', Ron MacDougal has a caster gun shaped like a shakujo.<ref>A mendicant monk's staff with jangly metal rings on the head</ref> It shoots magic.

* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'''s Poseidon can concentrate his divine [[Battle Aura|Cosmo]] on his trident and shoot out devastating blasts from the spearhead.

* Elie, from ''[[Rave Master]]'' uses a weapon like this. When handed a staff she starts using it as if it's one of these too.

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* Megabyte's Binomes in ''[[Re Boot]]'' use these.

** Code Masters have Gibson Coil Pikes who behave like this.

* The Red Suited [[Mook~~|Mooks~~]] of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' carry similar energy crackling staffs on occasion, both serve more as intimidation that any functional purpose.

* The Red Suited [[Mook]]s of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' carry similar energy crackling staffs on occasion, both serve more as intimidation that any functional purpose.

** Warmonga also carries one, which Kim used to destroy the [[Doomsday Device]] [[Monster of the Week|Of The Week]].

* ''[[DuckTales]]'': When Scrooge temporarily takes up the popular billionaire hobby of [[Part-Time Hero]] vigilantism, one of the gadgets Gyro builds him is a cane that shoots laser beams.