History Main / BattleBaton

* In the mystery novel ''Paw Enforcement'' by Dianne Kelly, former drum majorette Megan Luz became a police officer in part because she thought it would allow her to put her baton skills to practical use.

* ''In ''VideoGame/MonsterMadness'', CruelCheerleader Jennifer Sweeney's main melee weapon is a pair of cheerleader batons.

* In ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', Cure Honey's weapon of choice is the Triple Dance Honey Baton, which has three modes: "baton", "ribbon", and "maracas". [[MakeMeWannaShout It can also be used as a microphone.]]

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* In ''FanFic/RhythmicPrettyCure'', Cure Clubs's main weapon is a single club that looks like a cross between a traditional rhythmic gymnastics club apparatus, a marching band majorette's baton, and [[Franchise/SailorMoon the Cutie Moon Rod]].
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Compare MagicWand, BatterUp, SimpleStaff, and SpectacularSpinning. See also FrillsOfJustice. Not to be confused with LawmanBaton.

Majorette and cheerleader batons aren't designed for combat, but in fiction they can be turned into an ImprovisedWeapon. They could be used as a blunt weapon, or maybe as a MagicWand of some sort. This trope is about any instances when majorette/cheerleader batons are used in battle.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Cheerleading]] uses a cheerleader's baton as one of its associated weapons.

* A number of the attack items in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' could qualify, even though none are explicitly stated to be majorette batons, but are rather referred to as wands, sticks or rods. In particular Sailor Moon's Spiral Heart Moon Rod is depicted as 'baton-like', as in the anime Sailor Moon's attacks with it are accompanied by a significant amount of wand-twirling, that she doesn't do nearly so much with the other items she had previously or she gains afterward.

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* In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', FN-2199, affectionately called TR-8R by fans, uses an electric baton to [[spoiler:knock Finn to the ground and disarm him of his lightsaber]]. [[spoiler:Had he not been shot by Han Solo, he could have easily killed Finn]].

* Featured starting in ''Videogame/ShinSangokuMusou Multi Raid 2'' (''Videogame/DynastyWarriors Strikeforce 2'', had it [[NoExportForYou been exported]]), [[YamatoNadeshiko Da Qiao]]'s weapons, though called "Pugil Sticks", are effectively a pair of cheerleader Batons, and not only that, but only a few of her attacks actually involve whacking people with it, since it mainly shoots [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]].

* Kohaku Hearts from ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' uses a baton-ish staff and during her idle animations sometimes twirls them. She can enhance her baton with flames and then uses them [[KickChick in conjunction with kicks]]. And offensive magic. And some healing magic.

* Lux from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' uses a baton in conjunction with her magic. You'd be forgiven if you mistook it for a magic staff, though, especially since most of her skins actually do make it a staff.

Compare MagicWand, LawmanBaton, BatterUp, SimpleStaff, and SpectacularSpinning. See also FrillsOfJustice.

Compare MagicWand, LawmanBaton, BatterUp, SimpleStaff, and EverythingsBetterWithSpinning. See also FrillsOfJustice.

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* In ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', Christie beats the living crap out of a bunch of her dolls - turned into soldiers by the Commandos Elite - with her cheerleader's baton.
* In Film/TheForceAwakens, FN-2199, affectionately called TR-8R by fans, uses an electric baton to [[spoiler:knock Finn to the ground and disarm him of his lightsaber]]. [[spoiler:Had he not been shot by Han Solo, he could have easily killed Finn]].

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* Lux from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' uses a baton in conjunction with her magic. You'd be forgiven if you mistook it for a magic staff, though, especially since most of her skins actually do make it a staff.

* Kirsten Dunst's character in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' beats the living crap out of a bunch of animated dolls with a cheerleader's baton.

* In ''VideoGame/SenranKagura: New Wave'', the character Yuugiri wields a "phantasmagoric baton" as her ninja weapon. She hails from a group of {{Magic Idol Singer}}s named "Milky Pop", and the other members use other kinds of dance implements.

* FN-2199, affectionately called TR-8R by fans, uses an electric baton to [[spoiler:Knock Finn to the ground and disarm him of his lightsaber]]. [[spoiler:Had he not been shot by Han Solo, he could have easily killed Finn]].