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* The fishing rod in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is usually used for fishing, but it can also be used to reel mobs (and other players in PvP)closer to the player. It's not recommended since it breaks the fishing rod much faster.

* Invoked in ''Series/Impractical Jokers''. One challenge has the Jokers attempt to grab bags in a mall with a comically oversized fishing hook.

* Invoked in ''{{Impractical Jokers}}''. One challenge has the Jokers attempt to grab bags in a mall with a comically oversized fishing hook.

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* One of the challenges on ''{{Impractical Jokers}}'' invokes this. One challenge has the Jokers attempt to grab bags in a mall with a comically oversized fishing hook.

** The manga also has a "Koi Rod of Love" storyline where a child's fishing rod with a toy carp on the end has been turned into a magical device. You cast the line at whoever you want to fall in lve with you and if the carp hits them, then they will. Ryouga unwisely tries this to win the love of Akane, unsurprisingly his cast only manages to reel in Ranma-in-girlform who immediately goes full {{Yandere}} in their love for Ryouga.

* The first ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' movie has Ebiten, the main vassal and lieutenant to the antagonist, use a fishing rod to [[WhipItGood lash out opponents with the rod's line]] to slice their flesh. It earlier gets used to grab Akane by her arm and haul her up to where the enemy group is.

* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' has Max Goof learn the Chekhovs Skill of the Perfect cast from his father. This comes in handy when Max uses a fishing pole to rescue Goofy from certain doom at the bottom of a steep waterfall.

Usually a fishing rod is used to fish. Not in this case. It can used like [[ImprobableWeaponUser a weapon]], to steal something, or for pranks such as lifting a skirt.

Subtrope to ImprovisedWeapon.

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* One of the challenges on ''{{Impractical Jokers}}'' invokes this. Called "Off The Hook", the Jokers split into two teams and enter the mall. One Joker distracts a shopper while the other (who is on the second floor) attempts to grab a bag using a fishing rod with a comically oversized blue hook.

* In one old ComicBook/JimmyOlsen comic, Jimmy unravels a mystery involving some thieves partially by finding a fishing hook too big to be for any fish in the area. Therefore, he deduced that the crooks were hiding their loot underwater and went fishing for it. (Superman quickly slipped it on the hook to prevent it from taking as long as it might otherwise.)
* Comicbook/{{Batman}}: The Cult of Zafub from Legends of the Dark Knight #128-131 are a group of assassins who specialize in killing their targets using that target's greatest skill. So a stunt driver gets run off the road, an army guy might be forced into a SniperDuel, a master martial artist might be beaten by a better martial artist and, as we see in the comic, a fisherman gets killed by an assassin with -- you guessed it -- a fishing rod.

* Literature/{{Newsflesh}}: Irwin Ash North sits in trees with a fishing rod and raw meat to attract zombies.

* The Franchise/SlyCooper games feature unique mechanics for the three main characters to pickpocket items off the enemy mooks. Bentley, the GadgeteerGenius, uses a magnet at the end of a fishing pole[[note]](in [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves the third game]] at least. His only other appearance in which he had the pickpocketing ability (VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime), he uses a set of ComicBook/DoctorOctopus-style robotic limbs to perform it)[[/note]].

* On the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "Donald's Happy Birthday", Donald takes his nephews' piggy bank away from them, so they use a fishing rod try to fish it out of his hands while he's napping.
* WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget between his many gadgets, he has a fishing rod, used for fishing but also to catch criminals... or simply it appears when it's not needed. Also seen in [[Film/InspectorGadget the movie]].

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Ura Urashima, naturally being that he has modeled himself after the fairy tale fisherman Urashima Taro, uses a fishing rod as his WeaponOfChoice.

* The Franchise/SlyCooper games feature unique mechanics for the three main characters to pickpocket items off the enemy mooks. Bentley, the GadgeteerGenius, uses a magnet at the end of a fishing pole[[note]](in [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves the third game]] at least. His only other appearance in which he had the pickpocketing ability (VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime), he uses a set of [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus]]-style robotic limbs to perform it)[[/note]].

* The SlyCooper games feature unique mechanics for the three main characters to pickpocket items off the enemy mooks. Bentley, the GadgeteerGenius, uses a magnet at the end of a fishing pole.

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' the fishing line is often used by the killer as a weapon or as part of a complicated mechanism.

* One of the challenges on {{Impractical Jokers}} invokes this. Called "Off The Hook", the Jokers split into two teams and enter the mall. One Joker distracts a shopper while the other (who is on the second floor) attempts to grab a bag using a fishing rod with a comically oversized blue hook.

* VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}: You need to hit an enemy [[spoiler:who is the final boss]] with the fishing rod to get a treasure. And you can also use it as a weapon.

** In Sonic Shuffle, Big's basic attack during a battle involves him using his fishing rod as a club, much like he did in Sonic Adventure.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "Two Boys and a Baby", when Lincoln and Clyde [[TheDiaperChange change Lily's diaper]], Lincoln attempts to dispose of the dirty diaper with a fishing pole. Unfortunately, Lily's dirty diaper accidentally [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar hits the ceiling fan]] and [[NauseaFuel makes a mess of Lily and Lisa's room]] ([[DiscretionShot which, thankfully, isn't shown to the viewers]]).

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