History Main / BroomstickQuarterstaff

* In the ''CowboyBebop'' [[TheMovie movie]], Spike uses a push-broom to fight some soldiers, which happens to be on hand because he's currently in disguise as a janitor.

* ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer'' for the XBox. Stuck without a weapon? Look for a broom or a mop (or just kick a chair in half).

* Used at least once in ''JackieChanAdventures''

* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "Vampires of Venice", Rory attempts to take on a swordsman armed only with a broom.

* Pretty sure that Sarah Connor uses a mop handle during her asylum escape attempt in ''[[TheTerminator Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', until she gets a nightstick to replace it.

* In AssassinsCreedBrotherhood, there is an achievement for killing someone using a broom. It is used the same way as a hammer. Brooms were first weaponisable back in [=~Assassin's Creed II~=].

* In ''{{Kajko I Kokosz}}'', a Polish comic, Kokosz once used a broom as a very effective weapon. However, a MagicFeather was involved so he immidiately started losing once it fell apart, even though the handle alone would have been harder

* In AssassinsCreedBrotherhood, there is an achievement for killing someone using a broom.

* Ryotaro in ''[[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' uses a nearby broom on a MonsterOfTheWeek when he's fighting for his life. The broom is quickly broken. Despite its short-lived appearance, the so-named "Rider Broom" remained in the fandom's memory throughout the year.

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* The fight between [[SchoolgirlLesbians S]][[LadyOfWar e]]t[[BodyguardCrush s]][[{{Onmyodo}} u]][[KatanasAreJustBetter n]][[ImplausibleFencingPowers a]] and [[AntiMagic A]][[{{Tsundere}} s]][[MysteriousWaif u]][[FieryRedhead n]][[MismatchedEyes a]] at the TournamentArc of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' featured Setsuna wielding a push-broom against Asuna's PaperFanOfDoom, due to bladed weapons being verboten. Earlier in the arc, a minor character wielded a traditional broom as a magic weapon; unfortunately, she was up against [[TheLancer K]][[HalfHumanHybrid o]][[BloodKnight t]][[TheRival a]][[BigBadassWolf r]][[WouldntHitAGirl o]]. Also, Setsuna and Asuna were in [[{{Meido}} maid outfits]][[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy for no adequately explored reason]].
** Actually the point was that they weren't as interesting, so Chao ordered them made cute.
* Jennifer in ''KyouKaraMaou'' uses a broom in place of a fencing foil in the second season.
* In the ''CowboyBebop'' [[TheMovie movie]], Spike uses a push-broom to fight some soldiers, which happens to be on hand because he's currently in disguise as a janitor.
* Ryotaro in ''[[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' uses a nearby broom on a MonsterOfTheWeek when he's fighting for his life. The broom is quickly broken. Despite its short-lived appearance, the so-named "Rider Broom" remained in the fandom's memory throughout the year.
* Ranma from ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' has used various things as quarter staffs such as a broom or a laundry pole.
* In the movie, [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]] uses a broom with the head removed as a sword against Saionji.
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* In the ''HomestarRunner'' game "Thy Dungeonman II", the titular Dungeonman gets only a mop as a weapon, being a janitor working in a dungeon.
* In ''DeadFantasy'', Tifa does this with a [[BeyondTheImpossible service jack]], before removing the thick metal end.
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* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', one of Cid's weapons is actually a mop (well, more like a push broom...). Other characters have similar weapons, which are rather powerful but lack materia slots. The best examples being an umbrella for Aeris, and a large stick with a nail through it for Cloud.

* In ''TheMatrix Reloaded'', Neo rips a metal post out of a cement block to use as a quarterstaff to use against the army of Smith clones in the Burly Brawl.

* The fight between [[SchoolgirlLesbians S]][[LadyOfWar e]][[PaleSkinnedBrunette t]][[BodyguardCrush s]][[{{Onmyodo}} u]][[KatanasAreJustBetter n]][[ImplausibleFencingPowers a]] and [[AntiMagic A]][[{{Tsundere}} s]][[MysteriousWaif u]][[FieryRedhead n]][[MismatchedEyes a]] at the TournamentArc of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' featured Setsuna wielding a push-broom against Asuna's PaperFanOfDoom, due to bladed weapons being verboten. Earlier in the arc, a minor character wielded a traditional broom as a magic weapon; unfortunately, she was up against [[TheLancer K]][[HalfHumanHybrid o]][[BloodKnight t]][[TheRival a]][[BigBadassWolf r]][[WouldntHitAGirl o]]. Also, Setsuna and Asuna were in [[{{Meido}} maid outfits]][[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy for no adequately explored reason]].

* The fight between [[SchoolgirlLesbians S]][[LadyOfWar e]][[PaleSkinnedBrunette t]][[BodyguardCrush s]][[{{Onmyodo}} u]][[KatanasAreJustBetter n]][[ImplausibleFencingPowers a]] and [[AntiMagic A]][[{{Tsundere}} s]][[MysteriousWaif u]][[FieryRedhead n]][[BoatLights a]] at the TournamentArc of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' featured Setsuna wielding a push-broom against Asuna's PaperFanOfDoom, due to bladed weapons being verboten. Earlier in the arc, a minor character wielded a traditional broom as a magic weapon; unfortunately, she was up against [[TheLancer K]][[HalfHumanHybrid o]][[BloodKnight t]][[TheRival a]][[BigBadassWolf r]][[WouldntHitAGirl o]]. Also, Setsuna and Asuna were in [[{{Meido}} maid outfits]][[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy for no adequately explored reason]].

* In the CowboyBebop [[TheMovie movie]], Spike uses a push-broom to fight some soldiers, which happens to be on hand because he's currently in disguise as a janitor.

* In FinalFantasyVII, one of Cid's weapons is actually a mop (well, more like a push broom...). Other characters have similar weapons, which are rather powerful but lack materia slots. The best examples being an umbrella for Aeris, and a large stick with a nail through it for Cloud.

* Used at least once in JackieChanAdventures
* Done in TMNT2003, when the turtles are held captive on a alien prison asteroid. They find a broom closet and get replacements for ''all'' of their weapons from inside.
* One episode of JimmyNeutron uses this in a fight between Jimmy's mother and a robot duplicate of her: after pulling out the broom, mop, and rake, and having each one snapped in half by the robot, she reveals that she keeps a [[{{BFG}} plasma rifle]] in her broom closet "for those tough, ground-in stains". (Considering her son's experiments, a wise precaution...)

* In Kajko I Kokosz , a Polish comic, Kokosz once used a broom as a very effective weapon. However, a MagicFeather was involved so he immidiately started losing once it fell apart, even though the handle alone would have been harder

* ''DeadRising'', king of the ImprovisedWeapon trope in video games, include a broom. After a few hits, the end breaks off and Frank uses it as a spear.

* Subverted in ElGoonishShive: Elliot (a martial artist, mind you) picks up a broom lying o nthe ground to defend himself... and swings it like a baseball bat.