History Main / ShockStick

** ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Tim Drake's TelescopingStaff can emit {{EMP}}s.

Put simply, this is a stick or club with the power to fire or channel electricity. This type of weapon is very common in ScienceFiction where staff or baton-like weapons are used to shock prisoners as a way to pacify or [[ElectricTorture torture]] them, though they may be used in open battle as well in short range or long range. They may also be used in {{Fantasy}} stories, appearing as {{Magic Staff}}s which fire or [[DeathFromAbove call down lightning]]. In more contemporary settings, this weapon will appear as a cattle prod.

** ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeVIITheForceAwakens'': The Stormtrooper known as "Nines" uses an electrified baton to fight Finn during the battle on Takodana.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': A [[spoiler:Saika-controlled Sloan]] kidnaps Izaya, requiring Mikage and Kine to come to his rescue. The former attacks [[spoiler:Sloan]] with a series of kicks and punches while the latter ambushes him from behind with what appears to be a sort of electric baton, instantly knocking [[spoiler:Sloan]] out.
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'': [[FrankensteinsMonster Berserker of Black]] carries an enormous [[CarryABigStick mace]] which can be used to discharge blasts of lightning.

Not to be confused with StockShticks.

* ''Webcomic/SweetHome'': Hyun's weapon is a broken mop handle with a knife attached to it, which Hahn Du-sik, the team's mechanic, later upgrades to conduct electricity.

One of the weapons you can obtain

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'''s escrima sticks have the ability to deliver an electric shock.
** ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Tim Drake's TelescopingStaff can emit {{EMP}}s.

** In ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'', the guards in the Bloodstone manor all carry long batons with electrified ends. They use the batons to [[spoiler:knock out Elsa and Jack before imprisoning them and less effectively on Jack in werewolf form later]].

** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Some Gungan soldiers are armed with an electric melee weapon known as an "electropole". One of them uses it to shock Jar Jar Binks's shoulder after he returns to the city.
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': The Geonosians use some electric spears on the arena beasts. One of them gets eaten alive by the Nexu after shocking it.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': The [=MagnaGuards=]' primary weapon is a lightsaber-resistant staff equipped with electromagnetic pulse-generating tips called the "electrostaff".
** ''Film/{{Solo}}'': The Pykes often use electric staffs on their slaves in the Kessel mines. Their weapons are eventually turned against them during the slave revolt.
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': The Stormtrooper known as "Nines" uses an electrified baton to fight Finn during the battle on Takodana.
** Finn uses the same kind of weapon in his duel against Captain Phasma in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.

* The ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Used throughout the series (referred to as either "shock-sticks" or "shock sticks"), they are baton-like non-lethal electric weapons, which can be sufficiently painful as to cause the victim to lose consciousness. When one is repeatedly used on Miles Vorkosigan in ''The Vor Game'' the pain is enough to make him eventually pass out; later on one is used on Emperor Gregor (although as Miles points out, they only used the low power setting on Gregor). They also feature prominently in the backstory of Mark Vorkosigan in ''Brothers in Arms'' and ''Mirror Dance'', including one being used to sexually assault Mark as part of his "training" (that is, brainwashing).

** The bouncers of Kitson use a similar type of electric baton when they arrest Fitz, Simmons, and Enoch in the episode "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E07Toldja Toldja]]".

* ''Series/Babylon5'': "Neural Collapsers," more commonly referred to as "shock sticks," are close-quarters non-lethal security weapons.
* In the ''{{Series/Bottom}}'' episode Terror, Richie and Eddie take along a [[{{ComedicSociopath}} Cattle Prod]] when they go trick or treating to encourage people to "donate" generously. However, this ends up backfiring (literally) and causing Richie to ruin two of his three pairs of tights.

*** The crew of the ''Enterprise'' re-creates the 10th anniversary of Worf's second ascension in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E14TheIcarusFactor The Icarus Factor]]." This involves Worf walking between two rows of warriors, who all shock him with painstiks.
*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion Reunion]]" the elderly Klingon chancellor K'mpec dies after being poisoned. Because he did not fall in combat the High Council resorts to the ancient ''Sonchi'' [[note]]which is the Klingon word for "He is dead"[[/note]] ceremony in which K'mpec is prodded repeatedly with painstiks. His total lack of reaction is taken as proof that K'mpec is dead.

** In the Season 3 episode "[[Recap/StrangerThingsS3E6ChapterSixEPluribusUnum Pluribus Unum]]", Dustin uses a cattle prod to stun a Soviet TortureTechnician.
** During the Season 4 finale, Joyce saves Hopper from a Demodog by shocking it with a cattle prod.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' supplement ''Gadgets!''. The Shock Baton is a tough plastic rod with an electrical coil wrapped around all of it except the handgrip. If it is touched to a creature or the creature grabs it, the victim will receive a powerful electrical stun attack which could render them unconscious.
* ''Dark Conspiracy'' supplement ''Darktek''. The stun stick applies an electrical charge to any creature it hits. Any creature hit by a full power charge can be rendered unconscious.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' module C1 ''The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan''. The Rod of Electrification inflicts 2-5 HitPoints of electrical damage when it touches a living creature. It can be recharged by firing Lightning Bolt spells at it.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. One weapon available to shadowrunners is the stun baton. When it strikes a target, it inflicts an electrical charge which causes stun damage and disorientation to the victim.
* Variant in the FASA version of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' RPG. One of the items stated is a Stun Club -- operating on a similar principle to phasers on stun settings, it instead inflicted the stunning effect on contact -- two strikes were around the same as a phaser stun effect and would knock out most humanoids. They were typically issued to law enforcement personnel to handle low-level problems like bar brawls.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' Adventure 10 ''Safari Ship''. The sparkplant can be found on planet 567-908. It generates electricity internally (like an electric eel) and uses it to defend itself against being eaten. A piece of wood cut off of the sparkplant (called a "wand") can be used as a cudgel, inflicting 5-30 HitPoints of electrical damage on the creature touched. The "wand" has fifty charges.

* One of the weapons you can obtain in ''VideoGame/ArmorinesProjectSWARM'', which turns your firearm into a protruding, three-pronged spike that delivers powerful electric shocks. It's exclusively a close-range weapon, but can deliver far greater damage than bullets and electrocute enemies with ease, provided if you can get close enough.

* The ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''' features enemies with shock batons in each installment, who can’t be safely attacked from the front without being somehow disarmed.

** The Stun Rod in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'' is a large baton that's electrified from the tip almost to the handle. It has ''monstrous'' damage output and makes enemies flinch with every hit, and as such can be used even against [[InstakillMook Chainsaw Majini and Reapers]], but with the downside that it swings significantly slower than the knife.
** David King of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak Outbreak]]'' can create Stun Rods by combining an iron pipe with a battery, but between the general rarity of batteries and melee weapons in ''Outbreak'' being quick to break, it won't see much use in practice.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': [[{{Technopath}} Technus]] wields a staff that can generate electricity.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Tim Drake (Robin III) has a staff that can deliver electric shocks.

[[TropeNamer Named]] for the weapons used in ''WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles''. Not to be confused with StockShticks.

SubTrope of ElementalWeapon, EnhancedArchaicWeapon and ShockAndAwe. SisterTrope to LightningGun, StaticStunGun and LightningLash.

* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': The ruthless director of a BlackSite has ordered his minions to round up all the merged beings in Tokyo, and use them for hideous, Nazi-like experiments. One poor squirrel-girl has her clothes ripped off, then receive a merciless shocking from a faceless mook that's using an electrified baton. The Director makes no secret that he harbors a fierce animosity for any merged being, and aims to expunge them from Tokyo entirely.

* ''ComicBook/RedSonja: The Super Powers'': When Sonja is drafted into the Project, her sword is replaced with a staff which delivers electric shocks since the organization has a policy against killing.

* ''Film/Code8'': At the end of the film [[MindOverMatter Garrett]] telekinetically launches a metal rod straight into [[TheDragon Rhino]]'s [[EyeScream eye]] and [[ShockAndAwe Connor]] blasts the rod with his electricity to fry his brain.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': The ElevatorActionSequence has Steve Rogers attacked by Hydra agents, some which are armed with shock batons that make audible crackling noises when they connect. Thanks to his SuperSoldier physiology, the weapons are much less effective on Steve than they would be on a normal person.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': A [[spoiler:Saika-controlled Sloan]] kidnaps Izaya, requiring Mikage and Kine to come to his rescue. The former attacks [[spoiler:Sloan]] with a series of kicks and punches while the latter ambushes him from behind with what appears to a sort of electric baton, instantly knocking [[spoiler:Sloan]] out.

* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The supervillian Regent uses a scepter with a taser concealed in the crown for melee combat.

** The bouncers of Kitson use a similar type of electric baton when they arrest Fitz, Simmons and Enoch in the episode "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E07Toldja Toldja]]".

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Parker's mentor Archie has a cane that can deliver electric shocks. He uses it to [[StaticStunGun stun]] obnoxious hacker Chaos when the latter makes lecherous comments towards Parker.

* ''Series/Titans2018'': In "Asylum", Dick, Kory and Gar are captured by members of Trigon's court and subjected to different torturous experiments. In Gar's case, he is repeatedly electrocuted with a cattle prod. [[spoiler:His torturer gets his JustDesserts when he is eaten by a feral Gar in tiger form]].

* Variant in the FASA version of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' RPG. One of the items stated is a Stun Club -- operating on a similar principle to phasers on stun settings, it instead inflicted the stunning effect on contact -- two strikes were around the same as a phaser stun effect and would knock out most humanoids. They were typically issued to law enforcement personnel to handle low level problems like bar brawls.

* ''VideoGame/Infamous2'': The Amp is a melee weapon created by Cole's friend Zeke. It is a dual-pronged metal baton which Cole can channel electricity through.

* Cattle prods are a real life version intended to be used to herd livestock. Some police units also carried cattle prods before Tasers with longer range were developed. Cattle prods were infamously used during the Civil Rights Movement by Southern police officers such as Jim Clark. They were also used (under the name ''picana'' or ''picana electrica'') for ElectricTorture in mid-20th-century South America, especially the [[UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} Argentine]] security services, most especially during the period of the UsefulNotes/NationalReorganizationProcess (1976-83).
* There are actual stun batons in real life made for self defense. [[https://www.guardian-self-defense.com/collections/stun-batons You can buy them online]]

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' gives stun batons to the [[PoliceBrutality Civil Protection]] to beat Gordon Freeman and the citizens of City 17 into submission with, which let off sparks when brandished. Once Gordon gets armed and armored up, these batons can act as batteries to fuel his armor, although they're a rare sight after Gordon badly outmatches and kills the first CP with his {{crowbar|Combatant}}; against the HEV suit, batons deal a piddly 10 damage per swing, so officers immediately switch to their pistols and submachine guns. The baton is also a player-usable weapon in both ''Half-Life 2: Deathmatch'' and ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', where it acts like the crowbar.

*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion Reunion]]" the elderly Klingon chancellor K'mpec dies after being poisoned. Because he did not fall in combat the High Council resorts to the ancient ''Sonchi''[[note]]which is the Klingon word for "He is dead"[/note]] ceremony in which K'mpec is prodded repeatedly with painstiks. His total lack of reaction is taken as proof that K'mpec is dead.

** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': During his first scene, Dieter Stark uses a cattle prod to shock a Compsognathus. [[spoiler: The Compsognathus eventually gets his revenge in a later scene.]]
** ''Film/JurassicWorld'': The Asset Containment Unit goes after the Indominus Rex with these and other non-lethal weapons. [[TotalPartyKill It does not end well]].

* Variant in the FASA version of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' RPG. One of the items stated is a Stun Club - operating on a similar principle to phasers on stun settings, it instead inflicted the stunning effect on contact - two strikes were around the same as a phaser stun effect and would knock out most humanoids. They were typically issued to law enforcement personnel to handle low level problems like bar brawls.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'': The Hermit's home contains several rod devices called "stingers". The ones that still work can shock whatever they're used against. [[spoiler: It is later shown they were created by the Illiops, a race of AdvancedAncientHumans]].

** ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Lightning Genji is an A-Class hero who fights with electric batons.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The guards of the Kyln prison have electric batons that they often use to hurt the prisoners. Peter Quill gets a taste of it when he tries to prevent a guard from stealing his walkman.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Tim Drake (Robin III) has a staff that can deliver electric shocks.

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* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The supervillian Regent uses a scepter with a taser concealed in the crown for melee combat.
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* ''VideoGame/RedFaction'': The first weapon you get in the game is the Control Baton, which has the option of administering shocks at the cost of a battery.

* ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'': Yatterman-2's WeaponOfChoice is the Shibire Stick ("Numbifying Stick"), a telescoping baton that emits electricity when she pushes the button on the handle.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Raiden's WeaponOfChoice in most games is a staff that can channel electricity.

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': Graham Calloway formerly worked as a junior electrician before becoming a thief. His WeaponOfChoice while he worked for V.I.L.E. was the Crackle Rod, an electric staff that could scramble all technology within range. The rod's settings range from "making someone take a nap" to "knocking their lights out, ''[[DeadlyEuphemism permanently]]''."

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'': Duncan's WeaponOfChoice is a large mace with [[SwissArmyWeapon a variety of functions]]. One of those is generating electromagnetic energy for construction or [[StaticStunGun stunning enemies]].

* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'': Orchid fights with electrified batons in the original game and the 2013 game, and electrified DualTonfas in the second game.