History Main / Boomstick

* The Wakandan Military in ''Film/{{BlackPanther}}'' carry spears that fire devastating concussion blasts.

* To be quite fair, it's hard to describe the staff that ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''[='=]s Sun Wukong wields. It's a staff that disconnects and becomes a pair of nunchucks that are also ''shotguns''.
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** There are also a couple of examples like the Guardian Spears of the Adeptus Custodes (polearms with inbuilt [[EnergyWeapon Energy Weapons]]) and the Warscythes of Necron Pariahs (with inbuilt [[ShockAndAwe Gauss weapons]]).

** There are also a couple of examples like the Guardian Spears of the Adeptus Custodes (polearms with inbuilt FrickinLaserBeams) and the Warscythes of Necron Pariahs (with inbuilt [[ShockAndAwe Gauss weapons]]).

* The basic Cuotl foot soldiers in ''Rise Of Nations: VideoGame/RiseOfLegends'' use staves that fire FrickinLaserBeams. As they are basically [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Stargate's Jaffa, it is only fitting.

** Staves in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' third edition (and 3.5) are like this. In the fourth edition, Staves act like {{magic wand}}s as they are used to empower spells cast by wizards.

The name of this trope is a play on "ThisIsMyBoomstick", but is otherwise [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant unrelated]] to [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter those Boomsticks]]. May also be a SwissArmyWeapon.

* The Red Suited {{Mook}}s of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' carry similar energy crackling staffs on occasion, both serve more as intimidation that any functional purpose.

* Megabyte's Binomes in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' use these.

The name of this trope is a play on "ThisIsMyBoomstick", but is otherwise [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant unrelated]]. May also be a SwissArmyWeapon.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the [[MorphWeapon Rifle Spear]], a ''literal'' [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Boom]] [[BladeOnAStick Stick]].

* Kazuki's Sunlight Heart from ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', which when he's not using it like a normal lance can fire energy blasts.

** As the page image shows, this is actually the standard weapon used by members of the TSAB. However, few of their weapons ever become as gun-like as [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Raging/Raising]] Heart. Storm Raider, the usual device of the character in the picture, has a combat mode that looks more like a Dragunov SVD than a magic weapon, Teana's Phantom Mirage is either a single or a pair of sci-fi looking pistols and Runessa's Silver Dagger is an actual firearm with an Armed Intelligence mounted on it.

* The ComicBook/{{Kingpin}} sometimes uses a cane that fires laser beams or releases knockout gas.
* ''ComicBook/{{Manhunter}}'': Kate Spencer wields a staff weapon called a Power Baton which once belonged to one of her predecessors, Mark Shaw. It is a SwissArmyWeapon whose function includes a magnetic pulse emitter and a sonic maser which produces a similar sound to Black Canary's sonic scream.

* Series/{{Merlin}} has a magical sidhe staff, that fires a blast of magical energy that can even kill a [[TheFairFolk sidhe]]. Despite it being a cool and effective weapon, he's only used it in three episodes (''The Gates of Avalon'', ''To Kill The King'' and ''The Changeling'').

* In the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', the Russian mobster Zukovsky carries a cane to help his bad leg. However, when he gets injured his CrowningMomentOfAwesome comes when it turns out that his cane is also a potent (and accurate) firearm.

* In ''Videogame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', the main villain fights using a staff that fires concussive blasts.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': When Scrooge temporarily takes up the popular billionaire hobby of PartTimeHero vigilantism, one of the gadgets Gyro builds him is a cane that shoots laser beams.

The name of this trope is a play on "ThisIsMyBoomstick", but is otherwise [[IThoughtItMeant unrelated]]. May also be a SwissArmyWeapon.

* Boomsticks appear in ''[[MagiNation Magi-Nation]]'', as seen [[http://bluefurok.com/NDimages/cald_boomstick.jpg here.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'': When Scrooge temporarily takes up the popular billionaire hobby of PartTimeHero vigilantism, one of the gadgets Gyro builds him is a cane that shoots laser beams.

* Angel Blade has the villains (all female) pull these out... but it's a {{Hentai}}, [[GagPenis s]][[{{Hermaphrodite}} o]]...

* Ifurita in ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' uses a staff that fires energy beam. The staff itself is of a technological nature.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_gun Cane guns]] are precisely this trope: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a gun concealed inside a cane]]. They see a lot of use in SpyFiction, which is TruthInTelevision to some extent, but most real cane guns are carried by defense-conscious [[BadassGrandpa elderly folk]].

* Pretty much all staves, wands and such rod-like items in the [[VideoGame/{{Heretic}} Serpent]] [[VideoGame/{{Hexen}} Riders]] trilogy. The sole exception is the SimpleStaff, the EmergencyWeapon of ''VideoGame/{{Heretic]]''.

* ''CrisisCore: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Wutai soldiers using polearms that can flip around to be used as rifles.