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* ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. During the final fight with Sir August, Steed reveals a sword hidden in his umbrella, which was hinted at about 50 min earlier when he fenced with Mrs Peel to test out a new handle for it.

* In ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' TV series, Steed had a sword concealed within his umbrella.

* ''Series/{{The Gifted|2017}}'': A flashback in the episode "[=meMento=]" shows that Andreas Von Strucker wielded one of these, which served as a focus for his powers.
* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' has two Immortals who used sword-canes:

* ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' episode "The Ripper". Jack the Ripper carries a sword cane that he uses to kill and mutilate his female victims.

* A popular accessory in ''Technomagia i smoki'' (the protagonist carries one, so does his colleague). Some - but not all - {{Gentleman Wizard}}s will carry [[MagicStaff canes with concealed magical crystals instead]].

* ''Series/{{Interview with the Vampire|2022}}'': Louis de Pointe du Lac owns a cane with a concealed knife that he unsheathes thrice on-screen. In [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder the series premiere]], Louis intimidates Paul by placing the blade against his brother's chest, and later, Louis stabs Lestat de Lioncourt several times in the back. In [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill the Season 1 finale]], Louis slits Lestat's throat.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':

* In ''Film/MurdersInTheRueMorgue'', Pierre Triboulet, the dwarf who is assisting Marot, carries one. Unfortunately for him, he is not very adept at using it and, when he attacks Cesar, Cesar takes it off him and stabs him with it.

A Sword Cane is a short sword or other bladed weapon that is concealed inside a [[CaneFu cane]]. The cane is opened by twisting the top or pressing a release button, then pulling on the handle to reveal a blade, [[AudibleSharpness often with a "Tzing" sound]]. This weapon is typically used by CulturedBadass characters, or as a weapon of advantage by a character who has a disability ([[ObfuscatingDisability or pretends to]]). It is also sometimes used by villains, in which case its nature as a [[HiddenWeapons concealed weapon]] will be played up to indicate the character's sneaky and treacherous nature. Sometimes it is a switchblade opening from the tip of a cane to make it a BladeOnAStick. Also popular amongst blind swordsmen. Occasionally, this will be altered by the character, having a gun or stun baton disguised as a cane, which are also real weapons (and arguably more practical), but relatively rare in fiction.

* In the first ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' novel, Jon-Tom gets a ramwood staff that looks like an ordinary walking staff, but contains a concealed blade in the end that he can deploy by pressing a hidden button on the grip, turning it into a BladeOnAStick. The head of the staff has a large bulge in the wood that he can use as a bludgeon, as well.

* ''Series/SherlockHolmes''. When Moriarty confronts Holmes at [=221B=], he persuades Holmes to put down the derringer he's concealing in his pocket so they can have a civilized conversation. As Moriarty goes to leave however, he picks up his cane and does something that makes a threatening 'click', implying it's a concealed firearm, which he then brandishes threateningly at Holmes.

* ''Series/SherlockHolmes''. When Moriarty confronts Holmes at [=221B=], he persuades Holmes to put down the derringer he's concealing in his pocket so they can have a civilized (albeit threatening) conversation. As Moriarty goes to leave however, he picks up his cane and does something that makes a threatening 'click', implying it's a concealed firearm, which he then brandishes threateningly at Holmes.

* In ''Film/TronLegacy'', Castor's cane doubles as a machine gun. This being {{cyberspace}}, it's completely transparent.
** The machine gun seems to be just for effect, since he wildly shoots it at a crowd, but no-one is injured. On the other hand, when he simply pokes a soldier with it in the back, the soldier ''explodes''.

* In ''Film/{{Zatoichi}}'', the eponymous hero needs a cane due to his blindness.
** The [[Film/Zatoichi2003 2003 version]] doesn't use the cane much to help with his blindness, and makes no secret that it conceals a sword due to how he holds it preparing for {{Single Stroke Battle}}s.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]], the Doctor uses a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbBZWQsVhQ sonic cane]], a variation of the [[MagicTool sonic screwdriver]]. He apparently took the time to build it while he was dying of a fatal poison.

* ''Series/TheGifted2017'': A flashback in the episode "[=meMento=]" shows that Andreas Von Strucker wielded one of these, which served as a focus for his powers.
* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' had two Immortals who used sword-canes:

* ''Series/{{House}}'' carried not a sword, but an axe and a shotgun within his cane during a dream sequence.
-->'''House:''' *Slice* Good thing I brought my axe cane.
** In one episode, House has a cane confiscated by airport security -- it was an antique cane made for a vintner that had a corkscrew concealed in the handle.
* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac owns a cane with a concealed knife that he unsheathes thrice on-screen. In [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder the series premiere]], Louis intimidates Paul by placing the blade against his brother's chest, and later, Louis stabs Lestat de Lioncourt several times in the back. In [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill the Season 1 finale]], Louis slits Lestat's throat.

* In ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' episode "Hammer Into Anvil", a particularly nasty Number Two is revealed to have turned his shooting-stick-of-office into a sword stick, and threatens to stab Number Six [[EyeScream in the eyes]] with it.

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* Jeremy Franco of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' was given this as his assigned weapon. As seen by the page quote, he enjoyed it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode “Mind Games”, Terry encounters a psychic albino who [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]] beats him up with a sword cane. He doesn’t unsheathe the blade until Terry gets pinned under a coatrack, at which point he launches it at Terry to finish him off—only for Terry to deflect it with the coatrack and quickly defeat him.
* ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'', yes that Sherlock Holmes carries one in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode Trial’s of the Demon .

** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E11LightsaberLost "Lightsaber Lost"]]: Elderly Jedi Master Tera Sinube's lightsaber turns out to be concealed as the handle of his cane, revealed when he finally uses it at the climax.
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness "Unfinished Business"]]: Separatist Admiral Trench's cane is revealed to have a stun weapon built into it when he attempts to use it on Anakin Skywalker, but this gets him ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Darth Maul's series debut in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E19TwilightOfTheApprentice "Twilight of]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII the Apprentice"]] has him walking with a cane that turns out to be his double-bladed lightsaber slotted into a sheath.

* In one episode of ''[[Franchise/{{Tintin}} The Adventures of Tintin]]'', the BigBad has one of these, but at the time he unsheathes it, Tintin is wearing a suit of medieval armor (It MakesSenseInContext), hefts his massive claymore, causing the villain to drop his weapon and flee.

* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' boxed set ''Cthulhu By Gaslight''. One of the new Victorian Age weapons in this supplement is the sword cane. The sword is the equivalent of a sharpened fencing foil. Some models cause the sword to extend from the base of the cane when the handle is turned.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Roman Torchwick's cane is a gun that fires explosive rounds from one end, and a [[GrapplingHookPistol grappling hook]] out of the other. He is also impressively skilled at CaneFu, holding his own in close combat with [[{{Ninja}} Blake]].
** His little minion Neopolitan uses a long, thin dagger concealed inside her [[ParasolOfPain parasol]], which is very much in the spirit of this trope. We haven't seen much of her fighting style yet, but it appears she doesn't use it in actual combat, only as a tool to deliver the CoupDeGrace to a defeated foe. In later volumes she starts extending the tip of the sword from the ferrule to give herself an edge in combat.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac owns a cane with a concealed knife that he unsheathes thrice on-screen. In the series premiere, Louis intimidates Paul by placing the blade against his brother's chest, and later, Louis stabs Lestat de Lioncourt several times in the back. In the Season 1 finale, Louis slits Lestat's throat.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** When he first appeared, the ComicBook/{{Batman}} foe, ComicBook/{{Anarky}}, used a taser concealed in a walking stick.
** ComicBook/{{Batman}} foe Sterling Silversmith carries a varies a variety of silver walking sticks that conceal either a blade or a gun.

* Franchise/TheDCU character The Shade has one, although it's really just a solid formation of his shadow powers.
* The Fourth ComicBook/{{Foolkiller}}, Mike Trace, from the Marvel MAX series has one. In fact, he doesn't really use other weapons at all.

* In one of the older WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse comic books, among the items Mickey inherits from a deceased uncle is a cane that supposedly "will help you in your time of need." The context makes it sound like it's in case he hurts himself, but in a critical moment he figures out that it can be bent and reconfigured into a long-barrelled rifle. (He uses it to shoot a coconut and knock it out of a tree so it lands on the villain's head. This is Disney, after all.)
* In ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'' books, Full Moon Killer, Cane and Blind Joe Death had swords in their canes. The latter two also had guns in them.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Fiddler's Green has one which he carries with him when wandering around in human form. He uses it during ''The Doll's House'' arc. (Like everything else about Fiddler's Green's human form, this is based on Creator/GKChesterton, as mentioned under Literature.)

* Used by one of the villains in the ''[[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Tintin]]'' story ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInAmerica Tintin in America]]''.

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%%* Franchise/SherlockHolmes carries one in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.

* Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's OccultDetective Judge Pursuivant has a silver version of one of these, with the words "Sic pereant omnes inimici tui" (thus perish all your enemies) engraved on it. When he becomes too old to wield it, the Judge passes it on to his colleague John Thunstone.

* In ''Bondage Fairies'', Pamila carries a [[WhipItGood bullwhip]] that has a retractable blade concealed in the handle.

** Case [[spoiler: 3-5]] of the original featured one of these. [[spoiler:It belonged to the victim, and was the [[AlwaysMurder murder weapon.]]]]

* One of the [[MixAndMatchWeapon Trick Weapons]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is the Threaded Cane, which is an unusual take on this trope - it's a hexagonal metal cane with sharpened corners that can serve as [[CaneFu a highly effective bludgeon]] but also has a steel cable inside it, letting it become a vicious [[WhipItGood serrated whip]] as the situation requires.

* ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' had at least one immortal who carried one of these, in "The Vampire". He previously operated in the Victorian era and carried a fancy walking stick that concealed the sword inside.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': It's possible to find a Cane Sword in a corner of Leyndell, Royal Capital. The flavor text says it was the weapon of a veteran knight who grew decrepit in his old age but still wanted to meet his end with a weapon in hand.

* The: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordstick Swordstick]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_gun Cane gun]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sword_mountings#Shikomizue Shikomizue]].

* Case [[spoiler: 3-5]] of ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' featured one of these. [[spoiler: It belonged to the victim, and was the [[AlwaysMurder murder weapon.]]]]