History Main / BindleStick

* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' is depicted carrying one on the cover of ''The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill'' by Dorothy Wall. He also carries one in the [[Creator/TheABC ABC]] animated adaptation.

* The kung-fu film ''Film/TheBellsOfDeath'' revolves around a farmer who lose his family to a bandit attack, and went of a 5-year training-regiment to become a master swordsman and seek revenge. Turning to WalkingTheEarth, he spends the whole movie carrying his belongings in a bundle wrapped in a stick, which is depicted even on the DVD cover.

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In hobo slang during and after the Great Depression, someone who carried a Bindle Stick around was referred to as a "bindlestiff".

Even after the Bindle Stick usage in real life virtually disappeared in the 1950s due to availability of backpacks and other more convenient carrying methods, the usage of Bindle Sticks in media remained.

* ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (and its [=GBA=] remake, ''Nightmare in Dream Land'') has an illustration in the intro of Kirby carrying one as he sets off on his quest.

Even after the Bindle Stick usage in real life virtually disappeared due to availability of backpacks and other more convenient carrying methods, the usage of Bindle Sticks in media remained.

[[caption-width-right:200:Sterotypical Hobo outfit. The Bindle is the bag behind the back, together with the stick they make Bindle Stick.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', Razputin carries one of these when he leaves home(as shown in one of his Memory Vaults), despite wearing a backpack. How else would we know he's a gypsy?

* In Japan the equivalent is called a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furoshiki Furoshiki]], which is essentially a fabric form of wrapping paper using intricately decorated squares of cloth. Largely forgotten after WWII due to the ease of the plastic bag, although there are folks trying to popularize them again as a more ecologically sound method of carrying things.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1960/07/10 One strip]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it -- Linus was ''going'' to pack a suitcase before Lucy corrects him and points out that ''every'' little boy running away from home ''always'' carries his things wrapped up on the end of a stick. He then walks away holding the stick ''in front of him'' and feeling "somewhat akin to a fool."
** 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 when running away 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.
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* In Japan the equivalent is called a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furoshiki Furoshiki.]] Largely forgotten after WWII due to the ease of the plastic bag, although there are folks trying to popularize them again as a more ecologically sound method of carrying things.

* Chuckie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', in the ''[[ItsAWonderfulPlot Wonderful Life]]'' episode, packs his toys in a bindle when he attempts to run away after his dad's favorite music CD was stolen.

* Rupert Newsome is carrying one theatrically at the end of the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "My Big Fat Mimico Wedding", following the loss of the Newsome fortune, apparently viewing poverty as just another hobby to throw himself into.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' episode "Born to Ride", Yoshi carries one when he decides to run away from Dome City.

[[caption-width-right:200:Sterotypical Hobo outfit. The Bindle is the bag behind the back, together with the stick they make Bindle Stick]]

* This was exactly how Roman legions on the march carried miscellaneous items, often using a purpose-designed bindle. The ubiquity of the method and its [[UrExample frequent representation in Roman art and sculpture depicting marching legions]] could probably explain why the image has persisted down over the centuries and is still with us now. See '''[[http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2177 here]]'' for a visual example.
* Prior to the Thirteenth Amendment's abolishment of most forms of slavery in the United States, wanted posters for escaped slaves frequently included a caricature of one with a bindle stick.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', 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.

* Lazarus Long has one packed for him in the 1910s by a kindly doctor's wife in ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, though he re-packs it soon afterward, as it's actually a liability on the road to look like a "bindle stiff."

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[[caption-width-right:200:Essential Hobo Accessories, Item "G": Bindle (with Item "D": Bindle Stick)]]

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* In the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, the Fool (Card 0 of the Major Arcana) carries a bindle stick.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' virtual pets, Nazotchi always carries a bindle stick with him.