Using a spear is not a trope on its own. One of the following tropes may apply instead:

* BoomStick: Polearms that can fire energy blasts or projectiles.
* DevilsPitchfork: Tridents and similar weapons being used by demonic characters.
* DoubleWeapon: A double-ended polearm.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Strapping a blade to a shaft to make a spear, or sharpening a shaft into a spear.
* JavelinThrower: Lightweight spears used as ranged weapons by low-tech armies.
* JoustingLance: Lances being used by characters associated with medieval knights and/or chivalry.
* LowTechSpears: Spears are used as an archetypical weapon for less technologically advanced people and cultures.
* NaginatasAreFeminine: Naginatas being depicted as weapons used by women.
* NationalWeapon: A weapon is closely associated with a particular cultural group.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Tridents being used by characters associated with the sea, such as sea gods.
* ShockStick: Polearms that can discharge electricity offensively.
* AThicketOfSpears: Massed infantry fighting with polearms in formation.
* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Characters possessing weapons that are either a direct reflection of their personality or the traits commonly deemed to their character type.
* WeaponSpecialization: If a character's weapon choice is exclusive to them, it often makes them stand out even more from other characters.
* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: Hunters and fishermen using spears and harpoons as combat weapons.

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