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12	->''"If you try this at home, you'll quickly find out what Australopithecus already knew -- swinging a stick doesn't require a lot of training. In fact, it's so basic one could argue that wooden clubbing has been obsolete nearly as long as our vestigial tails. Once you as a one-day-mugging-victim can distinguish between your cane and your hot dog, you're 85% done with all you need to know about stick fighting."''
13	-->-- '''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''', "4 Everyday Items You Didn't Know Were Weapons"
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15	The use of a cane as an ImprovisedWeapon. Often associated with WhenEldersAttack, next to HandbagOfHurt. Given the bent shape, it can also double as a [[HooksAndCrooks hook]]. A JustifiedTrope in that the Korean martial art [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapkido Hapkido,]] the British [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu Bartitsu,]] and the French [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savate Savate]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canne_de_combat Canne]] utilize the walking cane as a potentially deadly weapon. Of course, consider for a moment that a cane, to be effective in its designed purpose, has to be strong enough to support a person's weight, and long enough to allow themselves to hold themselves upright with it. That combination makes for a potentially very effective melee weapon.
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17	Be careful, though. This would, in US jurisdictions, count as a deadly weapon, because it's a great big club. So, y'know, '''Rule of Cautious Bludgeoning Judgment'''.
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19	See also SwordCane, when the cane is concealing a bladed weapon. May overlap with ParasolOfPain.
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22	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27	* Baron uses his cane as one in ''Anime/TheCatReturns''.
28	-->'''Haru:''' I never knew they were so useful!
29	* Laid-back {{Yakuza}} executive Mizuki Akabayashi from ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' may seem mellow, but if you think that gaudy cane is just for decoration you have another thing coming.
30	* The weapon of choice for Bem in ''Anime/HumanoidMonsterBem''.
31	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': [[OldMaster Cologne]].
32	* The ''Anime/RozenMaiden'' Shinku sometimes uses her cane as a parrying weapon.
33	* Tuxedo Mask of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' has a cane he wields like a sword. It can also act as a telescoping weapon, magically extending out to smack his enemies.
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36	[[folder:Comic Books]]
37	* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'': There's a fighting style named "stick fighting", who is basically bojutsu mixed with kendo and with a large stick rather than a shinai.
38	* ''ComicBook/BakerStreet'': Sharon Ford is an expert in using her walking stick as a weapon. In #2, she uses it parry a policeman's truncheon and then uses the handle to trip him.
39	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]] during the [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Knightquest]] arc, after having his spine broken by Bane.
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Matt Murdock]] sometimes does this with his cane when trouble arises in his civilian identity as Matt Murdock. Before he got his fancy combat staff, he fought with a cane as the Daredevil as well. And of course, his billy clubs are his cane in his civilian life.
41	* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': [[HandicappedBadass Silhouette]] is partially crippled and incorporates her crutches into her fighting style.
42	* ''ComicBook/SamuraiGrandpa'': [[TheProtagonist Ojichan]] uses his cane as his weapon in his quest to rescue his granddaughter.
43	%%* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Fiddler's Green.
44	* ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|Mirage}}'': Splinter, OldMaster of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
45	* ''ComicBook/TomorrowStories'': Greyshirt carries a ClassyCane that he uses as his primary weapon.
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48	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
49	* In the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip, Count Jodafra delivers [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown a truly vicious and near-fatal beating]] to his own niece Destrii with his walking cane when she tries to prevent him sacrificing some kidnapped children to an EldritchAbomination. This cements her HeelFaceTurn and puts a stop to the comic's earlier [[BaitTheDog suggestions that he might not be wholly evil]].
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52	[[folder:Fan Works]]
53	* Hugh from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' uses the [[WhipSword Threaded]] Cane as a starter MixAndMatchWeapon. Also useful as a walking stick to support oneself when injured from a fight.
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56	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
57	* Rafiki in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''; he uses his staff quite well in the scene where he's taking on a group of hyenas.
58	* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'', after transforming, Mr. Hyde uses Dr. Jekyll's cane to attack Richard and the others.
59	* Carl Fredricksen does this in ''{{WesternAnimation/Up}}''.
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62	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
63	* ''Film/ArmyOfFrankensteins'': During their fight in the theatre, Booth reveals that his walking stick is actually a SwordCane and Alan grabs a cane from a box of props to defend himself and they start fencing.
64	* The 2004 French movie ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' features some demonstrations of Canne de Combat martial art, mostly by the eponymous GentlemanThief.
65	* In ''Film/TheBigNight'', Al Judge beats George's father Andy with his cane badly enough to leave Andy laid up in bed.
66	* ''Film/BlindsidedTheGame'' has the blind protagonist, Walter, using a "white cane" version. The choreographer admits that they had to replace the cane with a non-collapsible version for the fight scenes.
67	* ''Film/TheBride'': On finding Captain Josef Schoden seducing Eva, Frankenstein hits him over the head with his ClassyCane.
68	* Creator/CharlieChaplin does this sometimes when he's playing [[TheTramp The Little Tramp]].
69	* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': When she crashes the Baroness' Black & White Ball, Cruella uses her walking stick to disable several of the Baroness' guards when they try to eject her.
70	* In the cinematic adaption of ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'', Leigh Teabing, a crippled, old, slightly eccentric historian (and played by Sir Creator/IanMcKellen), manages to subdue Silas, an ominously frightening albino PsychoForHire ChurchMilitant with a gun (and [[OneManArmy a rather large body count]])... by tricking him to reach over a table for the MacGuffin, so Teabing could beat the living shit out of him from above with his two crutches.
71	* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', the wounded Mathesar uses his cane to knock out Sarris.
72	* ''Film/HorrorsOfTheBlackMuseum'': In a fury, Bancroft attempts to strike his mistress with his cane, only to have her snatch it off him, leaving him helpless as he needs it to walk.
73	* Most of the murders in ''Film/TheHouseOnSororityRow'' are committed with a cane. A MythologyGag in the loose remake, ''Film/SororityRow'', has the FinalGirl grab a cane identical to the one used in the original for self-defense.
74	* Mike Locken, the protagonist of ''Film/TheKillerElite'' (1975), gets [[KneeCapping shot in the elbow and knee]] by a colleague turned traitor. HollywoodHealing is averted, and he has to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation. His superior wants to confine Locken to a desk job, but Locken is eager for revenge so teaches himself to fight with his cane (not without difficulty; during one training session it goes [[OffScreenCrash flying through a window]]).
75	* Tucker knocks [=ChromeSkull=] down a flight of stairs with his cane in ''Film/LaidToRest''.
76	* In ''Film/ManiacCop'', Sally catches [=McRae=] going through her purse and attacks him with her cane, very nearly knocking him out.
77	* An aged Diego de la Vega disarms a drunken Alejandro this way in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''.
78	* An aged character (played by Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme) uses Cane Fu against a gang robbing a bar in the intro of ''Film/TheQuest''.
79	* In ''Film/TheRevengeOfFrankenstein'', the first blow in the attack on Frankenstein at the pauper hospital is landed by an old man with a walking stick. Several other patients attack him with crutches and canes.
80	* Po knocks down a racist bouncer with his cane in ''Film/RomeoMustDie.''
81	* An old woman tries fending off the killer with her [[DualWielding two]] canes in ''Film/ScreamBloodyMurder''.
82	* [[ImprovisedWeapon A set of canes is used in the style of Chinese hook swords]] by Creator/JackieChan in ''Film/ShanghaiNoon''.
83	* Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes does this on a couple of occasions:
84	** In [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the first film]], Holmes is attacked by Lord Blackwood who is armed with a cane. In trying to disarm him, Holmes grabs ahold of the cane shaft. It turns out to be the scabbard for a sword hidden within, and Holmes proceeds to fight Blackwood's sword with the cane shaft.
85	** In [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows the sequel]], Holmes uses his umbrella to hold off a knife-wielding Cossack.
86	** Despite owning a sword cane himself, Doctor Watson is only shown using it twice. He uses it to cut ropes on both occasions and never uses it in combat.
87	* The first segment of ''Film/TheSummerOfMassacre'' has a woman being impaled through the chest and eye with her walking stick.
88	* In the finale of ''Film/{{Targets}}'', Orlock uses his cane to [[spoiler: knock away [[AxCrazy Thompson's]] gun, and then slaps him]].
89	* ''Film/TheTerrorOfTheTongs'': When Lee recognises Harcourt as a member of the Red Dragon tong, he attacks her with his walking stick.
90	* [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. Even more powerful with his kinetic energy powers.
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93	[[folder:Literature]]
94	* From Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Lord Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, walks with a cane thanks to an injury from a botched assassination attempt. His enemies are convinced [[SwordCane the cane conceals a blade]]. Vetenari encourages the rumor because, "if people think your stick might be a sword, they forget that it's ''definitely'' a stick."
95	* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'': Laozi/Taishang Laojun. All the other heads of the main religions (the taoist patriarchs Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu and the two Buddhist leaders Zhunti Daoren and Jieyin Daoren) tend to use powerful precious tools as weapons, including curved scepters, swords, hammers, holy tools and demon-slaying pestles. Laozi only has an unremarkable bamboo cane, but he can still [[FightsLikeANormal use it to whack Tongtian on the back hard enough]] to actually wound him... and both are pretty much lesser gods!
96	* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's novel ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'', an aged Hari Seldon is about to be attacked, and uses his weighted cane to smash the would-be attacker before he attacks (advised by his granddaughter Wanda). He gets into some trouble over this.
97	* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', The White Deer Spirit of Bixiu fights Sun Wukong with a beautiful-looking, dragon-engraved cane... downplayed in that he's still one of Monkey's weakest opponents in a fair fight.
98	* In Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' novels, many nobles and trained "[[MageKiller hazekiller]]" bodyguards wield heavy, sturdy dueling canes in place of blades. Metal can be telekinetically manipulated by some kinds of allomancers, making a sword or knife a vulnerability rather than an asset. In the sequel series, [[DoesNotLikeGuns Wayne]] is partial to these, trapping his opponents in speed bubbles to duel them one on one.
99	* In Creator/DashiellHammett's short story "Nightmare Town", the protagonist always carries a straight cane, weighted at both ends, and uses it to defend himself multiple times, with great effect.
100	* Literature/SherlockHolmes is an expert singlestick player. The narration mentions Bartitsu by (misspelled) name to [[JustifiedTrope justify it]] (and in fact the series is set at the same time the Bartitsu gym was teaching).
101	* In ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', Kaz Brekker uses his ClassyCane both to walk and as a weapon—in fact, it’s weighted to break bones. In the second novel, ''Crooked Kingdom'', he uses it as a weapon multiple times during the fight with the Dregs.
102	* In ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'', Valkyrie gets a stick as a birthday present. She never uses the first one, but the second one her reflection gets is a magic enhanced variant that can stun enemies.
103	* In ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', Hyde beats Sir Danvers Carew to death with Jekyll's cane.
104	* Ebenezar [=McCoy=], an OldSoldier from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles,'' is a master of this, to the point where he (a stocky human who's well past his prime) is briefly able to contend with a nine-foot-tall protogoddess in a staff fight. As the narrator remarks, he [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld lived through the days when it was commonplace]], and his teachers were masters.
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107	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
108	* In ''Series/ColonelMarchOfScotlandYard'', even though March's iconic umbrella is actually a SwordCane, he is also adept as using it as a weapon without drawing the blade. For example, in "Hot Money" a criminal attempts to draw a gun from a desk drawer, only for march to hook the man's swivel chair with the handle of the umbrella and spin the chair around, then knock the gun from his hand with the brolly.
109	* Inferred in one ''{{Series/CSI}}'' episode-Doc Robbins takes down a guy trying to steal a body from the morgue, and it's very likely his crutch played a big part in it.
110	* The First Doctor used his cane as a weapon in the early ''Series/DoctorWho'' serials. At one point, he and a robotic duplicate even engaged in a cane fight.
111	* ''Series/{{ER}}'': Dr. Kerry Weaver walks with a cane thanks to congenital hip dysplasia -- but she can and ''will'' use it for [[HandicappedBadass other purposes]] when necessary.
112	* ''Series/{{House}}'': Dr. House doesn't ''quite'' fight with his trusty walking cane, but it is not rare for him to use it to block, push away or trip someone as part of his usual antisocial antics. In "Hunting," he goes as far as using it to induce anaphylactic shock to prove that the man on the receiving end has cysts in his liver. And then there's episode "Bombshells" and the DreamSequence of House fighting his [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies teammembers-turned-zombies]] with his cane, including turning it [[RetractableWeapon into an axe]] and then [[IKEAWeaponry into a shotgun]].
113	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Ben delivers one heck of a strike on [[ConMan Anthony]] [[AssholeVictim Cooper]] with his crutch (while he is recovering from spinal surgery) to shut him up. Sure, at the time you think it's uncalled for [[spoiler:but then it is revealed that not only is Anthony Cooper responsible for ruining both Locke and Sawyer's lives, but also Ben is all to aware of the damage an abusive father can do to a child..]].
114	* In ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', GentlemanThief Dennis Stanton's walking stick is a SwissArmyWeapon, but he is also very adept at using the stick as a weapon in its own right.
115	* Mr. Gold of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' walks with a cane (as well as a limp, naturally), and in "Skin Deep" uses it to deliver a particularly ''vicious'' beating upon the man who stole his [[TragicKeepsake teacup]]. Seriously, bones are broken. To be fair, the teacup is the only thing he had left of his True Love. Additionally, the man who stole it is also the man who Rumpelstiltskin thinks caused her death. He whips it out again on Captain Hook as retaliation for attacking Belle and stealing Baelfire's cloak.
116	* ''Series/ParisPolice1900'':
117	** Jules Guérin uses his cane to savagely beat a Jewish newsboy in his EstablishingCharacterMoment, and M. Lépine uses his cane as a weapon when leading the police at the rue de Chabrol.
118	** At the end of the second season, M. Lépine savagely beats Fondari with his cane in his office.
119	* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Picard strikes down one of the Romulans who invade his chateau in "The End of the Beginning" with his cane.
120	* Played with in an episode of ''{{Series/Victorious}}'' where the students at Hollywood Arts have to do stage-fighting. Tori and Jade's skit is about a mugger and an old lady with a cane.
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123	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
124	* [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]] was famous for this during his run as a manager in 1980s Wrestling/{{WWE}}.
125	* [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]] became a practitioner of this when managing Wrestling/BobbyLashley and Omos.
126	* Wrestling/MrFuji, the ever devious one, would use his cane to trip up his wrestler's opponents or attack with it.
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129	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
130	* ''Series/FraggleRock'': The World's Oldest Fraggle uses his cane to hit other Fraggles with when they annoy him too much. The most frequent recipient is Henchy, his BeleagueredAssistant, but Red has gotten it a couple of times, too.
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133	[[folder:Roleplay]]
134	* In ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'', Red uses his signature cane in this way more than once.
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137	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
138	* La Canne de Combat from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Martial Arts'' is a Parisian combat form that uses a gentleman's cane as its primary weapon. This is a ''real'' French martial art, usually taught as a part of Savate training.
139	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Fabius Bile (formerly) of the Emperor's Children has a ClassyCane that he uses to beat people to death with (it causes Instant Death[[labelnote: its rule]]If a model suffers an unsaved wound from an attack that has a Strength value of double its Toughness or greater, it is killed outright and removed as a casualty.[[/labelnote]]) but it's not a "Power Pimp Cane" and therefore can't punch through armor. Which is the point as he serves the "beef up these Chaos Space Marines to make them hit like a dump truck" guy.
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142	[[folder:Theatre]]
143	* UsefulNotes/JohnAdams and John Dickinson end up [[BloodOnTheDebateFloor coming to blows]] in the musical ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'', making use of this trope. And yes, this scene does make it into the movie.
144	* In Noah Smith's stage version of ''Theatre/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', Hyde murders Enfield by beating him to death with Enfield's own walking stick.
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147	[[folder:Video Games]]
148	* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the Threaded Cane, a weapon for the classy hunters of Yharnam. It helps that it's a MixAndMatchWeapon that can be turned into a WhipSword as well. You can even cave people's skulls in with it while [[CulturedBadass wearing a dapper top hat or tricorne]].
149	* [[OldMaster Radius]] and [[VoluntaryShapeshifter Sprigg]] from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' both use canes to beat on monsters, and are both good examples of WhenEldersAttack.
150	* ''VideoGame/CrayonChronicles'': One of the weapons you can wield is a cane.
151	* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' has [[WhenEldersAttack Cranky Kong]] use his cane in a number of offensive ways, most notably a pogo stick bounce similar to Scrooge's. He also uses it for his melee attack in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongBarrelBlast''.
152	* Most video games based on the book give Jekyll a cane as a weapon. Its usefulness depends on the game, but [[VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHydeNES the NES game]] takes it to new levels where the ''only'' thing he can kill with it is a bee.
153	* Scrooge [=McDuck=] used his cane as a primary weapon, tool, and ''pogo stick'' in the NES ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' games.
154	* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' features the White Glove Society, who run the Ultra-Luxe Casino. Their shtick is [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suits,]] [[MalevolentMaskedMen slightly creepy masks,]] and Cane Fu. Due to having to hand over your weapons to (peacefully) enter the casino, The easiest way to arm yourself should shit hit the fan inside the casino is to arm yourself with one of their canes. It's at this point the player discovers that this thing is [[NerfArm pretty powerful]].
155	* Canes can be found as melee weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' as well, but they're not very powerful. You can improve them by adding weapon mods like nails, but they're still among the weaker melee weapons in the game.
156	* Frank Stiles, of ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' fame, got his walking stick turned into the Patriot Staff in the events that turned him into Minuteman. Now he uses it to bludgeon people while shouting "RightMakesMight!"
157	* The BigBad Ripburger in ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'' uses his cane as a weapon at least twice: [[spoiler:to beat Malcolm Corley to death]] and in the final fight against Ben, though Ben manages to disarm his pretty fast.
158	* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', this occupies the "miscellaneous item" slot, on the same category as flowers and the dildo. It works exactly as a blunt {{katana\|sAreJustBetter}}, without the OneHitKill chance of [[OffWithHisHead decapitating the enemy you attack it with]]. Damage dealt by cane hits is somewhat lacking compared to regular melee weapons, but if you use the martial arts style learned in San Fierro for a mixed pattern of kicks and whacks, it can 4-shot a normal pedestrian if CJ has high muscle. Provided the player knows where to look for it, the cane is also the most common melee in the game.
159	* ''VideoGame/TheHobbit2003'': Bilbo's first weapon is his walking stick, which he uses to whack enemies. While not as powerful as his sword Sting, it has a greater range of motion and can push several enemies away at once. He can also use it to pole vault when he needs to reach ledges that are too far apart to jump across normally.
160	* Candyman from ''VideoGame/LethalLeague'' uses his cane to hit the ball.
161	* ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' has the ClimaxBoss of Chapter 10 use a cane as his main weapon. Kiryu even remarks you don't see that kind of weapon very often these days.
162	* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'' shows that this is the weapon of choice of Fate's tutor, Rynith. The fact that she channels her magic down the shaft of the straight cane she wields means that her swings have a surprising amount of range and power behind them.
163	* Dan in ''VideoGame/MediEvil2'' gets a Cane Stick as a reward for bringing the first Chalice to the professor. It has a weak stabbing attack, but when fully charged it can be slammed into the ground, generating a shockwave.
164	* The fourth boss of ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'' uses a cane to whack you with. Unlike most of the other bosses (genetic mutants, machines, or ki practitioners), [[BadassNormal he doesn't have any powers]], but that cane can hurt robot ninjas just as much as the other mooks.
165	* ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' has Mr. P, TheDragon who wields a pimp cane as his weapon. He's pretty good at it too, slapping the snot out of your characters with ease and occasionally performing a difficult-to-avoid SpinAttack using said cane.
166	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' has the Pimp's Cane as an unlockable shotgun class weapon. It's the most powerful shotgun in the game, but it fires so slowly that other, easier to obtain shotguns actually beat it in overall performance. While it's equipped, it changes your walk animation to a pimp's swagger.
167	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 3'': Hojo Ujiyasu uses his cane as a primary tool, both as a bludgeoning object and a rifle hidden in the body of said cane.
168	* VideoGame/SlyCooper's weapon of choice is a cane with [[HooksAndCrooks a hook at the end]] that he can use to cling onto objects to swing around. The Cooper Clan in general all use canes as weapons, though they usually have their own take on it.
169	* Raphael in the ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur]]'' series has a gentleman's cane as an unlockable joke weapon.
170	* ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Super Punch-Out!!]]'' has Hoy Quarlow; well it's more of a staff but he uses his with gusto.
171	* Lee from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' will explain to Clementine in Episode 1 that his Dad walked with a cane, and how it "protected the family drugstore better than a guard dog ever could." He also claims that his dad managed to not only be effective with it but made it look ''[[CoolOldGuy cool]]''.
172	* ''VideoGame/XKaliber2097'' has TheDragon, Kane, who... wields a cane. Which he can use to execute some repeated jabs and hits at you.
173	* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'':
174	** Some of Nanba's exclusive weapons are canes, but his default weapon is a parasol.
175	** Sawashiro fights with a cane for part of his second boss fight, Canne de Combat style.
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178	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
179	* Arsène Lupin (yes, [[Literature/ArseneLupin that one]]) in ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'' prefers not to use violence at all, but when the fighting becomes necessary, his ClassyCane is his weapon of choice.
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182	[[folder:Web Animation]]
183	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
184	** Torchwick possesses a cane, Melodic Cudgel, that can be used as a [[MorphWeapon club or gun]] in battle. When attacked by Blake and Sun in Volume 1, he is able to overpower Blake while simultaneously parrying Sun's twin nunchuck-guns, Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang. Blake returns the favor in Volume 2, defeating him singlehandedly. When fighting Ruby on top of an airship, he uses Melodic Cudgel as a gun, to parry her bullets and blade, and then as a club to beat her while she's on the ground.
185	** Ozpin's cane, the Long Memory, can be used in battle. Ozpin favours a fencing style, and can function at such high speeds that he can turn multiple projectiles into dust; he can also strike an opponent so fast that he leaves afterimages of the weapon. The Long Memory is given to Oscar in Volume 5, for him to learn how to fight. As with Ozpin, it becomes his primary weapon, and as he becomes more comfortable with combat, his use of it becomes increasingly similar to Ozpin's. In Volume 7, it is revealed to be able to channel Ozpin's magic, with Oscar using it to generate a shield capable of withstanding a fall out of [[FloatingContinent Atlas]]. He later uses it to project an energy blast, and it is also shown to be capable of storing kinetic energy, Ozpin having not used this function for centuries. When he finally does, it's... [[FantasticNuke explosive]]. This wasn't even ''all the kinetic energy it had stored, '''still containing more.'''''
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188	[[folder:Webcomics]]
189	* Annabelle Marlowe from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' and ''Webcomic/HereThereBeMonsters'' is Victor's unassuming RetiredBadass cane-wielding grandmother.
190	* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': TheDreaded MonsterLord Osamu appears as a stooped, elderly {{Tengu}}-like figure with a twisted cane, which he can [[https://tapas.io/episode/1463192 shove through the skull]] of anyone foolish enough to attack him. He can do just as much with his bare hands, so it's a function of [[SuperStrength his own strength]], not the cane.
191	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
192	** Terezi. Her STRIFE Specibus is her walking cane ([[HandicappedBadass she's blind]]), which also doubles as a multi-sectioned stave in a ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''.
193	** Clubs Deuce uses a cane as his preferred weapon. Crosses over to ImprobableWeaponUser: ''You flip the fuck out over the fact that this is apparently a BULL PENIS CANE.''
194	--> ''Everybody out of the god damn way. You got a hat full of bomb, a fist full of penis, and a head full of empty."
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197	[[folder:Web Videos]]
198	* In ''WebVideo/ShadowrunCorporateSins'' Cromwell is taught Bartitsu in the interim between episodes 6 and 7. Because apparently being an eight-foot troll Physical Adept isn't scary enough.
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202	* This is a favorite move of elderly [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
203	* [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] displays some mad Cane Fu skills in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "The Criss-Cross Conspiracy!", using his cane to deflect a barrage of batarangs.
204	* Scrooge [=McDuck=] on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', even more frequently than in the comics, most prominently in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp''. His cane is also occasionally shown to contain various gadgets, from a laser beam (when he adopted the nighttime vigilante SuperHero hobby common for billionaires) to a magnet he uses to pick up spare coins, so perhaps he even has a collection. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' Scrooge again wields his cane as a pogo stick [[MythologyGag as a nod]] to the NES game.
205	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''All Abir-r-r-d!'': Sylvester and Tweety are on a train. When Sylvester tries to grab Tweety, the conductor hits Sylvester's paw with a cane.
206	* The Duke of Detroit does this on ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''.
207	* Sherlock Holmes is a master of this in ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'', using a collapsible walking stick as his primary weapon.
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211	* Let's just state the obvious. Any long stick could be used as an effective weapon, and canes are essentially large sturdy sticks.
212	* There's a form of martial arts invented by the French, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canne_de_combat "La Canne de combat,"]] that revolves around using a cane as a weapon. It's roughly similar to saber fencing. Canes became a popular dueling weapon in France after swords became illegal to carry in public. During the 1920s/1930s, the leaded cane (a cane made heavier with lead, especially at the tip) was actively used during street fights between ultra-nationalists (mostly royalists) and communists. Dueling was extremely popular from peasants to nobles until WWI when it started dying out (although the last known one took place in 1967).
213	* Similarly there was a nineteenth-century British UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts schema known as Bartitsu (chiefly remembered nowadays as the possible source for the mysterious "baritsu" mentioned in Literature/SherlockHolmes stories) which uses a walking stick as the primary weapon, along with throwing and punching. Not surprisingly, it drew heavily on La Canne, Judo, and Boxing.
214	* Most airports will prevent you from carrying a cane onto your flight unless it's apparent that you need it to support yourself. This is presumably because any terrorist trying to hijack a plane with a stick would be too stupid to pretend to limp. Or you need it because you are blind. The airline can require you to bring a doctor's note, and this has been the case since well before 9/11. They also tend to frown upon the more explicitly weaponized canes that are weighted, have additional knobs for joint locks, or have the pointed hook end.
215	* [[http://www.florilegium.org/files/DISABILITIES/disabilities-msg.html Sir Kief av Kierstad,]] one-legged fighter in the UsefulNotes/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism, has achieved knighthood with a single sword and crutch. As immortalized in Leslie Fish's FilkSong "The Cripples' Shield Wall."
216	* UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson once defeated a would-be assassin with a cane. This was the first attempt to assassinate a US President; being in 1835, both of the assassin's guns were flintlocks, [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat both of]] [[ConvenientMisfire which jammed]]. And when the would-be assassin tried to flee, Jackson was so annoyed by yet ''another'' assassination attempt that he went after the assassin and nearly beat him to death, reaching the point where Jackson's own security had to intervene for the assassin's safety.
217	* In 1856, after Senator Charles Sumner berated Senator Andrew Butler for fighting for slavery (which included much ridicule on his mannerisms), Butler's nephew, Congressman Preston Brooks, retaliated by beating him with his heavy cane until it broke, causing him permanent brain damage. As would be expected in pre-[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] America, Brooks was hailed a hero in the South (with Sumner the same in the North). Brooks had deliberately timed his attack so that Sumner would be trapped in his combined Senate desk-and-chair and be unable to fight back effectively.
218	* Some versions of Hapkido include the hooked cane as one of the core weapons.
219	* There ''are'' actual [[http://www.canemasters.com/index.php?main_page=page_3&zenid=4f7934f0447756030e882307506e5a99 self-defense classes for the elderly.]] They're even nicknamed "Cane-Fu".
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