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1	Using a spear is not a trope on its own. One of the following tropes may apply instead:
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3	* BoomStick: Polearms that can fire energy blasts or projectiles.
4	* DevilsPitchfork: Tridents and similar weapons being used by demonic characters.
5	* DoubleWeapon: A double-ended polearm.
6	* ImprovisedWeapon: Strapping a blade to a shaft to make a spear, or sharpening a shaft into a spear.
7	* JavelinThrower: Lightweight spears used as ranged weapons by low-tech armies.
8	* JoustingLance: Lances being used by characters associated with medieval knights and/or chivalry.
9	* LowTechSpears: Spears are used as an archetypical weapon for less technologically advanced people and cultures.
10	* NaginatasAreFeminine: Naginatas being depicted as weapons used by women.
11	* NationalWeapon: A weapon is closely associated with a particular cultural group.
12	* ProngsOfPoseidon: Tridents being used by characters associated with the sea, such as sea gods.
13	* ShockStick: Polearms that can discharge electricity offensively.
14	* AThicketOfSpears: Massed infantry fighting with polearms in formation.
15	* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Characters possessing weapons that are either a direct reflection of their personality or the traits commonly deemed to their character type.
16	* WeaponSpecialization: If a character's weapon choice is exclusive to them, it often makes them stand out even more from other characters.
17	* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: Hunters and fishermen using spears and harpoons as combat weapons.
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