History Main / BoomStick

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

* Over the course of the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise, Raising Heart and company become increasingly gun-like over time, even getting clips, cartridges, and a trigger in TheMovie.
** 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 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.

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* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden's]] Blasting Rod is a carved stick that is specially enchanted to aid his fire spells. He also has a staff, but it acts more like a MagicWand (and a staff).
* [[Franchise/StarWars Lando]] starts carrying a cane in his old age, claiming it makes him look dignified (he doesn't actually need it). In tight situations, though, it has a built-in holdout blaster, and a voice-activated function to shock whoever was holding it (in case he gets his blaster-stick taken away from him), specially modified to prevent Jedi from using their abilities while being shocked. CrazyPrepared doesn't begin to cover it.

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* The basic Cuotl foot soldiers in ''Rise Of Nations: VideoGame/RiseOfLegends'' use staves that fire [[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]].

** Staves in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' are often enchanted with magic-missile spells (among other kinds) which are [[{{Mana}} free to cast]]. However, they cannot be used in melee.
* Pretty much all staves, wands and such rod-like items in the [[VideoGame/{{Heretic}} Serpent]] [[VideoGame/{{Hexen}} Riders]] trilogy. The sole exception is the simple staff, the EmergencyWeapon of ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}''.

* The Guardian class had these in ''VideoGame/TabulaRasa''; it was their class weapon capable of dealing considerable damage in hand to hand combat as well as firing type-specific ranged attacks. Electrical staves fired ball lightning, Incendiary staves fired... well, fireballs, and so on. You get the idea.
* Sort of inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'': while archers would draw short swords to fight in melee combat, longbowmen just smacked people around with their longbows, staff-style.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': The [[http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/write.ign.com/74314/2012/01/TigerRacket.png Racket-type weapons]], for [[WhiteMage Dagger and Eiko,]] which allow them to (literally) fling a ball of energy at the enemy. These are quite useful, as they allow the normally weak mage-characters to deal somewhat decent amounts of damage (due to these weapons drawing on their ''Magic'' stat, rather than their Strength stat).
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Nael Van Darnus wields a halberd named Bradamante with an integrated firearm that can fire regular bullets or be infused with magic to fire more powerful shots. [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] wields a replica of the weapon named Pradamante in the two boss fights against him.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Wutai soldiers using polearms that can flip around to be used as rifles.

* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Emperor Mateus]] use his staff as a conduit to manifest his spells, with his Dynamite attack directly manifesting as an orb of energy charged up on the end of his staff and firing at the enemy.

* The Vizier in the Classic remake of ''PrinceOfPersia1'' wields one of these.

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' "Jack and the Spartans," the Spartans carry what appear to be ordinary spears... which actually carry rocket propelled grenades in the tip.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the [[MorphWeapon Rifle Spear]], a ''literal'' that can transform between a spear and a shotgun with a bayonet.

* The Wakandan Military in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' carry spears that fire devastating concussion blasts. According to Killmonger, a shot from a single spear can kill a tank.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has the Speargun weapon class, which is exactly what it sounds like, a spear that can fire projectiles from its head. Some can also be used as throwing weapons, though unfortunately, they are strictly projectile weapons and cannot be used for melee.
* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': ''The Witch Queen'' introduced the Glaive weapon type, a versatile polearm that can be swung as a melee weapon or shoot blasts of energy, and even project a shield.

** The eldar have fire-pikes, directed fusion weapons designed for anti-tank work that usually just look like long-barrelled guns, but have been interpreted by several of Games Workshop's model sculptors as fitting this trope instead.
** There are also a couple of examples like the Guardian Spears of the Adeptus Custodes (polearms with inbuilt [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]) and the Warscythes of Necron Pariahs (with inbuilt [[ShockAndAwe Gauss weapons]]).

** Secondary villain Roman Torchwich has a cane that can fire an unstable flare or discharge of what appears to be Dust. It even comes with a reticle for aiming.

* The Wakandan Military in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' carry spears that fire devastating concussion blasts. According to Killmonger, a shot from one can kill a ''tank''.

* The Wakandan Military in ''Film/{{Black Panther}}'' carry spears that fire devastating concussion blasts. According to Killmonger, a shot from one can kill a ''tank''.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the [[MorphWeapon Rifle Spear]], a ''literal'' [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Boom]] [[BladeOnAStick Stick]] that can transform between a spear and a shotgun with a bayonet.

* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': ''The Witch Queen'' introduced the Glaive weapon type, a versatile BladeOnAStick that can be swung as a melee weapon or shoot blasts of energy, and even project a shield.

* The Wakandan Military in ''Film/{{BlackPanther}}'' carry spears that fire devastating concussion blasts. According to Killmonger, a shot from one can kill a ''tank''.

A subtrope of SimpleStaff.

The Boom Stick is the high-tech or magical variant of the Simple Staff. Essentially a staff-shaped gun that fires projectiles or, more often, energy blasts. If of the magical variety, it can be a "focus" for the user's magic power, making it easier to fire magic bolts (though the user is still perfectly capable of using just his hands). Often gives a regal flair to the user, and is handy to use in melee if needed. Of course, such a weapon is unwieldy and hard to aim. What differentiates the Boom Stick from the MagicWand is that the Boom Stick is not necessarily magical and is really just for shooting people. If it is capable of regular spells, it's a MagicStaff.

* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden's]] Blasting Rod is a carved stick that is specially enchanted to aid his fire spells. He also has a staff, but it acts more like a MagicWand (and a [[SimpleStaff staff]]).

* 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}}''.

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. Compare SwordBeam for blades.

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

* The [[{{Lilliputians}} lilliputian}} Mowanians in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' use weird-looking staff-shaped rayguns.

* "The Mad Pierrot" from Anime/CowboyBebop uses a cane gun with seemingly unlimited ammo to devastating effect in "Pierrot Le Fou".

** The Kroot Rifle is a borderline example: it's more rifle-shaped than other examples, but it's still designed to allow the user to wield it as a staff in close combat (also includes blades at both ends to further enhance its effectiveness in melee).

* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has the Speargun weapon class, which is exactly what it sounds like, a spear that can fire projectiles from its head. They can also be used as throwing weapons.

* Guardd's Power Staff from ''ComicBook/TheOthers'', which is a technological staff with a mace on one end, an axe on the other, and the ability to shoot energy blasts and cut through anything, even time and space.

* Tim the Enchanter, in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', wields a boomstick.

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