History Main / BladeOnAStick

* [[http://www.samuraiprincess.com Princess Raeka]] from Samurai Princess has a Naginata. A notable weapon for a female samurai.

* The spear of legendary Irish hero C?ainn, Gae-Bolg, sprouted dozens of tiny spikes when it hit its target.

Polearms are extremely effective weapons - especially the halberd and naginata, both of which require considerable training. Those weapons are extremely effective in massed battles, much more so than the sword. This is due to their reach and the fact that they're more effective at penetrating armor. However, many longer spears -- and especially the pike -- are not terribly suited for single combat. In medieval combat, the sword was more a sidearm, and the polearm used as the main infantry weapon on the battlefield. The reason you may not have heard of the importance of polearms is that our cultural obsession with the greatness of swords is at least a thousand years old.

* A Spear is Eoaden's primary weapon in the LordOfTheRings game ''TheThirdAge''. Though this might be because he's the last character you get and all the cool weapons (Sword, Bow, Axe) have already been taken.

* DwarfFortress has a representative selection of spears, pikes, halberds and 'Great Axes' (presumably glaives). Most of them are too large to be wielded by dwarves, but a steel pike in skilled hands can comfortably OneHitKill a ''dragon''.

* ''{{Persona 3}}'' features spear weapons, usable by the protagonist and [[spoiler: Ken Amada]]. The protagonist mostly uses it as a stabbing weapon, while [[spoiler: Ken Amada]] uses it as a combination stabbing/slashing weapon, and a pole around which to swing his body for a couple of crazy kicks. In an interesting justification, [[spoiler: Ken uses a spear, which is at least twice as long as he is tall, because he's so short, and he needs to use it to increase his range. Which isn't really an issue, given his attack style.]]

** Back in the first ''{{Persona}}'', we have Hidehiko Uesugi (or [[{{Americanitis}}Brad]]) as the resident spear user.

** [[spoiler: Lisa Yadomaru's Hagurotonbo is one well and It's [[{{BFS}}HUGE]].]]

See also HarpoonGun, XOnAStick, and TelephonePolearm, for the giant-bladeless-stick version, as well as {{Boomstick}}, its GunCounterpart.

See also HarpoonGun, XOnAStick, and TelephonePolearm, for the giant-bladeless-stick version.

* Nadeshiko's naginata from ''{{Shugo Chara}}'' when she chara change with temari.

** There's also the Plexiglass Pike Pike, one of the best weapons in the entire game. It's obtained by completing a Hardcore Oxygenerian run as a Seal Clubber.
*** And yes, it's made [[IncrediblyLamePun from a]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_%28fish%29 pike]].

* OdaNobunaga's favoured weapon on the battlefield was the [[http://www.freewebs.com/toufuushogunate/Nagamaki.jpg nagamaki]], which is similar to a katana with a big-ass handle, apart from it counts as a polearm, not a sword.

* Mat Cauthon of Robert Jordan's TheWheelOfTime series has his [[TheManTheyCouldntHang interestingly acquired]] [[http://bp3.blogger.com/_tAGiUyc7Zrs/R5exIWodT3I/AAAAAAAAAqU/8q2JpKYU8m8/s1600-h/mywnat.jpg ''ashandarei'']] which he naturally uses to [[BadassNormal kick ass and take names.]] Also, the Aiel from the same book wield spears with deadly skill.

** Well, he uses an edged spear, so the slashing thing is justified, but it's not really large. Also, from the same series we have Keijiro with a [[{{BFS}} veeery large glaive]], Jubei's Spear and Halbeard, Heiachi's Tonbogiri and all of Tenkai's Weapon set, which ranges from [[SimpleStaff staves]] to [[CarriesABigStick clubs]] to Axe headed Halbeards

* Ekei Ankokuji from ''{{Onimusha}} 2'' and ''Onimusha: Blade Warriors'' carries a [[{{BFS}} big friggin' spear]].