Line #135 Main/XOnAStick


1	Ah, the staff. Very versatile if you just add another thing to it.
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3	* [[CoolSword Sword]] = Spear
4	* Axe = Poleaxe
5	* Fork = ProngsOfPoseidon[=/=]DevilsPitchfork
6	* Heavy Weight = CarryABigStick
7	* Gun = BoomStick
8	* Another Stick = Nunchaku
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10	Of course, this trope isn't limited to just weapons. "On a stick" is a tradition of fair foods; including Twinkie on a Stick, Porkchop on a Stick, Ramen on a Stick... one year, the local internet access company handed out their startup discs as "Internet on a Stick".
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12	In [=RPGs=] and table top games, a cheap, repeatable, easy to use version of a normally limited-use ability or item is also sometimes referred to as "x on a stick". This may be rooted in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' crafting system, which allows you to ''literally'' put useful spells "on a stick" by creating a "wand of x"- thus allowing anyone with basic magical item training to cast BoringButPractical spells like "summon food and drink" and the wizard to instead focus on casting more intellectually stimulating spells. Like fireball.
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14	If sticking something on a stick doesn't solve your problem, try sticking it on a BiggerStick.
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16	See also DoubleWeapon when you add more than one thing to it and MotivationOnAStick. Compare with InstantChucks.
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18	!!Examples
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22	[[folder:Advertising]]
23	* One advertisement for a lollipop described it as "a veritable banquet on a stick."
24	* One of the ads in the 2013 Super Bowl was a Tide detergent ad with a guy who got a Joe Montana shaped stain on his football jersey. In his ImagineSpot, people are coming to see the stain, and there's a guy selling "stain on a stick".
25	* One ad for poptarts suggests freezing them as treats, one girl asking for hers on a stick like a popcicle.
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* When Luffy busts Don Krieg's Great Battle Spear in ''Manga/OnePiece'', he mocks it as now being just a "Bomb on a Stick".
30	** When Usopp becomes Sogeking, he uses a [[BratsWithSlingshots Slingshot]] on a Stick.
31	** [[GiantSquid Ikaros Much]] of the New Fishmen Pirates is seen wielding a set of harpoons with tips shaped like squids. When he uses them in combat, is revealed that the tips aren't blades, but dry squid which suck the moisture out of anyone hit to become normal squids again.
32	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The Solvernia uses a [[ThisIsADrill Drill]] on a Stick
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35	[[folder:Card Games]]
36	* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering:''
37	** "X on a stick" is a generic term for a spell placed on a permanent (like an artifact, enchantment, or land). This is because of the original Stick, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212626 Isochron Scepter]], which allows the repeated casting of a spell.
38	** The Boggarts of Lorwyn have a habit of attaching random things to sticks. [[http://magiccards.info/lw/en/148.html Adder-Staff Boggart]], for example, has a live snake tied to his staff (hence the name). The flavor text of [[http://magiccards.info/lw/en/157.html Caterwauling Boggart]] (whose staff has several frogs attached) [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] it.
39	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', the Rat on a Stick is a wieldable item that lets you [[EscapeBattleTechnique automatically escape]] from low-level monsters.
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42	[[folder:Fanfiction]]
43	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7330591/3/Harry-the-Hufflepuff-2 Harry the Hufflepuff 2]]'' Fred and George collect spiders that were petrified by the basilisk and try selling them. One of the products offered is "spider on a stick".
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46	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
47	* ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' features squid on a stick. TastesLikeChicken.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'': "One Fun-side special coming right up. Seaweed on a stick."
49	* The movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' features the character of the Woodman who's day job is selling Schnitzel on a Stick and has an entire song and dance number featuring the food item.
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52	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
53	* ''Film/FiveShaolinMasters'' have the LancerVsDragon fight at the end, where the lancer managed to dismantle the dragon's ax. The villain however managed to retrieve his axhead, grab a nearby pole, and jam the axhead on it to create a makeshift spear.
54	* ''Film/LetsGetHarry'' is a 1986 action movie about a group of construction workers, advised by a mercenary and financed by a businessman who's an EgomaniacHunter, going to Columbia to rescue a colleague kidnapped by terrorists. A RunningGag involves the businessman boasting, "I've had that on a stick!" whenever he sees various wildlife. This becomes a PreAssKickingOneLiner when he encounters the terrorist leader. "You son-of-a-bitch, I'll have you on a stick!"
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57	[[folder:Literature]]
58	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler will sell almost anything "onna stick!", including Rat on a Stick for dwarfs.
59	** At one point his Omnian [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals counterpart]] Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah sells ''yogurt'' on a stick.
60	** In ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', while discussing the concept of "privatives", things that are talked about as though they have a real existence even though they're actually the ''absence'' of something (cold, dark, vacuum, etc.), the authors note that vacuum can be very valuable, and suggest Dibbler could sell vacuum on a stick. They then add that there are plenty of people on [[RealLife Roundworld]] who sell ''cold'' on a stick.
61	* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'': a sow's head on a stick
62	* The ''Literature/{{Peeps}}'' chapter title, "Snake on a Stick", refers to a parasitic worm that can grow in a person's leg that early doctors would remove by slowly wrapping it around a stick. [[{{squick}} Not Food.]]
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65	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
66	* An early ''Series/DadsArmy'' episode has the Home Guard platoon improvising spears by tying kitchen knives to broom handles. Mainwaring chews out Pike for not taking the brush off the other end.
67	* One of the earliest "Late Night with ''Creator/DavidLetterman''" RunningJoke was Larry "Bud" Melman (Calvert [=DeForrest=]) selling toast-on-a-stick.
68	* In [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS02E12Epiphany an episode]] of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' where a character ties a camera to a wooden stick, another character jokingly calls it a "MALP-on-a-stick".
69	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': "Albatross! Get it on a stick!"
70	* On ''Series/{{Newhart}}'', the Minuteman Cafe once offered "Critter on a Stick".
71	* PBS Kids Sprout's ''[[Film/HighSchoolMusical Preschool Musical]] on a Stick''. When Music/TheWiggles joined Sprout, it became ''Preschool Musical on Two Sticks''
72	* The Bajoran confection ''jumja'', made from the sap of the ''jumja'' tree, and known to ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' production staff as "glop on a stick".
73	* There's a RunningGag in ''Series/ICarly'' where the manager of the local smoothie restaurant T-Bo tries to sell random items of food on a stick like pickles or a tacos.
74	* One Earboy sketch in an early season of ''Series/AllThat'' has the titular character's lunch of pork on a stick inspiring his mentor, [[AffectionateParody Ross Perot]], on a way to help him fit it.
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77	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
78	* Malia Hosaka's manager in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, Lexie Fyfe on [[CardboardPal a stick.]] How it got a license is anyone's guess.[[/folder]]
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80	[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
81	* ''Creator/JeffDunham'': José Jalapeño on a [[FunetikAksent Steek]].
82	** ''Controlled Chaos'' discussed him as an ImprovisedWeapon.
83	** Jeff Dunham also tells a story involving one of his dogs running while holding a stick lengthwise, which almost ends with him getting a new puppet: "A chihuahua on a steek!"
84	* An ''Series/UprightCitizensBrigade'' sketch suggests the efficiency of using dog poo on a stick as a weapon.
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87	[[folder:Toys]]
88	* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': Matau uses a [[ChainsawGood buzzsaw]] on a stick and Whenua a [[ThisIsADrill drill]] on a stick
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91	[[folder:Video Games]]
92	* The Glaive hero weapon in ''VideoGame/ConquerorsBlade'' is a sort of sword on a stick. Justified, since it's based on the real-life Chinese ''guandao'' polearm (which is also a sword on a stick).
93	* Crafting in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. A torch is coal on a stick, a redstone torch is a pile of crushed redstone on a stick, an iron sword is two ingots on a stick, and a diamond pickaxe is three diamonds on two sticks. And of course, a fishing rod (two strings on three sticks) can be made into a [[MotivationOnAStick Carrot-on-a-stick]] by crafting it with a carrot.
94	* ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' has poo on a stick as an item that repelled monsters.
95	* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 2'': Skorge uses a double [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] on a stick
96	* One of the food items you can find in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' is Squirrel On A Stick. [[FridgeLogic Even though you never see squirrels in the game.]] This could be problematic if you consider where [[ImAHumanitarian some other foods come from]].
97	** The earlier games had Iguanna-Onna-Stick as an oft-found food-item. Gross, but at least you could tell what it was, unlike the 'Mystery Kabob'...
98	* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' lets you stick two chainsaws on opposite ends of an oar with [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]].
99	** Don't forget the machete on the end of a broom handle combo weapon.
100	* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': Don't underestimate the power of sticking something to a stick.
101	* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur IV]]'': Seong Mi-Na's JokeWeapon is a "pimp-slap on a stick" instead of the usual spear.
102	* ''VideoGame/{{Team Fortress 2}}'' has the Sun-on-a-Stick for the Scout.
103	* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': Many trick weapons.
104	** Burial Blade = Sword/Scythe = Curved Sword() + Stick(Collapsible)
105	** Kirkhammer = Sword/Greathammer = Short Mallet(Internal Hole) + Sword()
106	** Ludwig's Holy Blade = Sword/Greatsword = Sharp Sword Sheath() + Sword()
107	** Whirligig Saw = Club/Buzzsaw-On-A-Stick = Buzzsaw() + Mace()
108	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', Link can use the Fuse ability to put any object on a stick (any weapon can function as a stick in this case) and use it as a weapon. Sword on a stick, [[EdibleBludgeon apple on a stick]], eyeball on a stick, boulder on a stick, and stick on a stick are just a fraction of the possibilities.
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111	[[folder:Web Animation]]
112	* ''Webanimation/{{RWBY}}'': Nora uses a [[EdibleBludgeon watermelon on a stick]] in Volume 2, Episode 1.
113	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Washington tricks Locus (who is cloaked) into revealing his position by propping his helmet on a stick and poking it just barely out of cover. Locus shoots it, thinking it's Wash, and the direction of the shot gives away his general location, which the rest of the group promptly bombards.
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116	[[folder:Web Comics]]
117	* The Squid-Onna-Stick has become something of an internal meme in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. The original was a demonic spear from the Dimension of Pain, which could turn anyone stabbed by it into a demon. And it looked just like a squid on a stick. Later, several identical weapons have shown up that are ACTUALLY a squid on a stick, or a squid-like organism on a stick...
118	** There's also Zombie-Head-on-a-Stick, or ZHOAS, as she's usually called.
119	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' features "Mimmoth on a Stick" as a carnival food -- where a mimmoth is a tiny mammoth. There is also a ''ComicBook/{{Buck Godot\|Zap Gun for Hire}}'' ShoutOut, where poiled slurgs are served "Fried! Onna stick!"
120	* ''Webcomic/MeatShield'' has Mr. [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/who-turned-off-the-lights/ Lich-on-a-stick]].
121	* Leo of ''Webcomic/VGCats'' gives us Rat-on-a-Stick, but it's called the Rat-Flail instead.
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124	[[folder:Web Original]]
125	* [[LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} "For the love... of... Hilary Duff... on a stick!"]]
126	* ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT78iih9cws Epic Meal Sticks]]
127	* Catcher in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' wields a mancatcher, a set of spring-loaded metal jaws on a stick.
128	* One ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' food item is "Meat A La Twig", described as "A lightly heated piece of meat on a stick."
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131	[[folder:Western Animation]]
132	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Addition of a rag makes a handy washing implement.
133	--> ''I wash myself with a rag on a stick.''
134	** On a stick is the preferred method of serving and eating Klav Kahlash.
135	* [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants "HEART ON STICK MUST DIE!"]]
136	** "A King Size Ultra Krabby Supreme with the works, double batter fried... on a stick."
137	* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Sixteen}}'', Jude worked at Stick It, a restaurant where every food item on the menu was served on sticks.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': in "Fast Feud", Daffy opens the store "Stuff on Sticks", selling pizza, watermelon, snails, fishsticks, etc. on a stick.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': "Not So Awesome Blossom" had our red-headed little heroine running away from home when nothing goes right for her, and she gets a job at a restaurant called Hot Dog On A Skewer (a take from the actual west coast chain Hot Dog On A Stick).
140	* A ''Beetle Bailey'' cartoon from 1963 had Sgt. Snorkel at a restaurant genteely describing the way to prepare Stew On A Shingle, which in less genteel words was the Army repast Shit On A Stick or Shit On A Shingle (chipped beef on toast).
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143	[[folder:Real Life]]
144	* Let us not forget the real-life restaurant chain, Hot Dog on a Stick.
145	* Many, many varieties of food, mostly at fairs and fast-food things. It's convenient for the consumer and cheap for the seller (no plates and utensils to buy and stock) plus it produces minimal trash, reducing expenses associated with that.
146	* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_grenade Lunge Mine]] - an anti-tank grenade on a stick used in [[SuicideAttack 'Tokko']] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII attacks]].
147	** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_torpedo Spar Torpedo]] is an earlier nautical version of this trope: A bomb strapped to a pole and rammed into an enemy ship.
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