History Main / CarryABigStick

* Shampoo's chúi in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. They're an obscure Chinese mace that looks like a basketball on a shortstaff, but despite being brightly painted the head is made of ''solid steel''.
* Haruka from the ''Manga/MyHime'' manga wields a big honkin' mace, which also shoots [[PersonalityPowers beams of light]].

* The [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] of Ryuho Kibe the Silver Demon in ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'': is about 8 and a half feet long, has sharp spikes on the edges, and is formally called "[[{{BFS}} Giant Steel Sword]]: [[ICallItVera Kokusosou (Black Clawed Comb)]]. To cup it all, due to his immense physical strength Ryuho is capable of wielding the thing with only one hand should he wish or need so. Is realistically treated as a OneHitKill weapon. Sequel series ''Gamaran Shura'' has Bihoumaru, whose weapon of choice besides fists is a chinese melon hammer he can use to hit the ground hard enough to crack the soil open and summon a massive amount of dust.
* Goku from the ''Manga/DragonBall'' weapon of choice when he was a child was his [[TelescopingStaff Power Pole, a stick that could extend to unimaginable lengths]]. Fitting since Goku was [[MonkeyKingLite based]] [[{{Expy}} off of]] Sun Wukong and the Power Pole off the Monkey King's famous golden staff from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

** Protagonist Mikazuki favors enormous, heavy bludgeoning weapons. His Gundam Barbatos starts out with a gigantic mace with concealed pile-driver, then upgrades to the "wrench mace", which can open up to grab an enemy machine (and cut them up with internal chainsaws). In the second season Barbatos Lupus has a "sword mace" (essentially a blunt-edged {{BFS}}) and a pair of smaller one-handed maces before its final upgrade, the Lupus Rex, gets an '''even bigger''' version of the original's mace (and please note: these weapons are oversized even by HumongousMecha standards). He's carried guns and a katana as well, but he seems to prefer simply crushing foes with giant hunks of metal.
** Kudal, original pilot of the Gundam Gusion, used a huge, rocket-propelled sledgehammer. When Akihiro gets the Gusion, he ditches this in favor of more traditional weaponry.
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Filia, the gold dragon, carries in her human form a black morning star.
* Rika Shinozaki, a.k.a. Lisbeth of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', wields a mace as her weapon of choice while playing [=VRMMORPGs=].
* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': After losing his sword during a monster-hunting quest in the sewers, Rookie Warrior starts using a wooden club at Goblin Slayer's suggestion, seeing as it is cheaper, more versatile, easier to use and just as easily replaced if broken. Even after getting his sword back, he ends up liking the club so much that, even a year later, he still uses it just as much as the sword. He eventually gets retitled as "Club Fighter" because of how much he uses it.

** Kaidou and his child Yamato use both a spiked kanabou, similar to Alvida's iron club. The difference is that Kaidou and Yamato use Haki to make their strikes extremely powerful, which bypasses Devil Fruits immunities like Luffy's who is normally immune to blunt attacks. Kaidou and Yamato have both an oni theme, which is why they use kanabous as weapons.

* In ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'', Bors (Creator/RichardBoone) is often seen using a club or whatever piece of wood he can bash enemies with.
* Vultan fights with a mace in ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}''.

* In ''Film/EvenLambsHaveTeeth'', Sloane and Katie murder Boris by wrapping a massive tree branch in barbed wire and nails, and [[AssShove shoving it up his ass]].
* The Indian film ''Kurukshetra'' opens in a gladiatorial arena, where two muscular brutes duels against each other using gigantic, golden maces, in front of a cheering audience.
* ''Film/{{Magadheera}}'': The main villain of the picture, Ranadeev Billa, favors a spiked mace as his weapon, which he used in tandem with his sword. This is the same weapon he used to [[spoiler: crush King Bikram's skull when usurping the throne]].
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'': During the fight scene between Jen, using the famed Green Destiny sword, and Shu Lien, going through all the weapons on her WallOfWeapons, Shu Lien grabs a very large cudgel and starts to make a straight run at Jen who backs up at the sheer size of the thing...until the cudgel proves ''too'' large and its sheer weight pulls Shu Lien backwards until its head rests on the floor. Shu Lien has to drop it and get another weapon.
* In ''Film/TheSuckers'', Baxter uses a heavy tree branch to kill one of Vandemeer's goons by crushing his windpipe.
* The martial arts film, ''Film/TenTigersFromKwangtung'', has a weird example with the villain using a golden club... modelled after a nude woman. Yeah, like an Oscar bust, but weaponized.

** Tusken Raiders are known to favor the gaffi stick, which has a beaked hook on one end, and a flanged mace with a spike on the other that is usually coated in poison. It such an effective weapon that Boba Fett was able to use one to make short work of Stormtroopers.

* The gang in ''Film/RatsNightOfTerror'' has at least two spiked maces at their disposal.

** Vetinari walks with the aid of a cane, rumoured by some to [[SwordCane conceal a sword]]. He encourages these rumours, because "if people think your stick might be a sword, they forget that it's ''definitely'' a stick."

* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Both Sauron and the Witch-King were fond of maces. The latter was upgraded to an EpicFlail for the film version.
** "Grond", Morgoth's "Hammer of the Underworld" in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' is a mace in some adaptations, a hammer in others. (It is not to be confused with the giant wolf-shaped battering ram named after it that features in ''Return of the King'', despite equal massive smashiness.)
** Thorin Oakenshield in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' got his epithet from the fact that in the Battle of Azanulbizar he {{dual|Wielding}}-wielded his axe and a large oak branch to defend himself after his shield was destroyed.

* Sunflash the Mace in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'', as his name indicates. It's in fact a big branch he used as an ImprovisedWeapon and has stayed with him since. But as a friend points out, if he called it a mace instead, no one would argue the point.

* In Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Psmith, Journalist'', Literature/{{Psmith}} uses his walking stick to fend off a group of New York City thugs. When one of the thugs shouts, "He's got a big stick!" Psmith mutters to himself, "[[LampshadeHanging I am become]] UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt."

* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss describes a previous Games where the only weapons available were heavy spiked maces, so the remaining tributes were forced to bludgeon each other to death.
* Wayne from ''Literature/TheAlloyOfLaw'' fights with [[DualWielding a pair]] of dueling canes, which have sword-style grips and are made for a very dense wood, and in skilled hands are easily capable of breaking bones.

* According to ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', President Theodore Roosevelt always carried around a big stick, which he used to beat monopolists with when they leaned closer to hear what he was speaking very softly. The stick is also why nobody asked him exactly what he meant by "bully pulpit."
* In ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'', one of Jack Shaftoe's friends kills a MasterSwordsman by using a long pole (which was also his means of arriving at the fight - it's for pole-vaulting over waterways, but also comes in handy as a bludgeon).

* ''Literature/TheElenium'': Most Trolls are armed with clubs, since they lack the metalworking ability to manufacture swords, and their arms aren't hooked right for stabbing with a spear. Ghwerig, the [[GeniusCripple deformed but intelligent]] [[DepravedDwarf Troll-Dwarf]], carries a huge stone club wrapped with iron bands and proves to be one of the most dangerous enemies Sparhawk ever encounters.
* Knights Terra in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' use truly enormous hammers and swords, owing to their earthcrafting giving them super strength and durability.
* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'' has several examples:
** Three different characters wield a weapon (in one case a single large one, in the other two a set of two smaller ones) called "Demon-Subduing/Banishing Pestle", which is usually portrayed in art as a sword-like club with flanged edges and themed after the Vajra tool.
** Many characters, both taoists and laymen, dual-wield Jian, which are medium-sized, ridged truncheons used in combat, sometimes to break swords.
** Leizhenzi (Or Thunderbolt or Thunder-quaker) is given an enchanted golden cudgel to use in combat: it is powerful enough to cleave a cliff in half when he first uses it to intimidate some soldiers.
** Tuxingsun, a dwarf character, wields a long steel cudgel with great skill to compensate his short reach.

* Hawkgirl from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' fights almost exclusively with a large, electrified mace. It has energy-disrupting and [[AntiMagic Anti-Magical]] properties that make it a [[SwissArmyWeapon very versatile]] smashing tool.
* Elite Skrall are armed with Thorny Clubs in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MightyMightor'' had a magical club that changed him from his SecretIdentity into his heroic form and could shoot various forms of energy (as well as beating up {{villains}}).
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCaveman'' had a club that doubled as a [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstones]]-tech gadget-filled SwissArmyWeapon.
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} ThunderCats (2011)]]'' TheDragon Grune has a huge, spiky ''kanabo'' that's also a MorphWeapon, turning into a {{BFG}} LightningGun. He wields a more ordinary round-headed mace in {{flashback}}s prior to his FaceHeelTurn.
* One of the CoDragons in ''WesternAnimation/IvanhoeTheKingsKnight'', Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, favours the mace. He uses it frequently in tournaments and duels.
* Referenced in this exchange in ''WesternAnimation/BallotBoxBunny'':

* Referenced again in ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' in a match with Washington vs Lincoln, who were being coached by Nixon and Roosevelt respectively. Midway through the match, Nixon and Roosevelt have an exchange of words, but Nixon then comments that he can't hear Roosevelt because he's speaking so softly. Roosevelt then pulls out a big stick and proceeds to hit him with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'': El Kabong's "kabonger" may qualify as he uses it to bash villains over the head when he's not playing it as the guitar it actually is.
* As befits his role as "The Barbarian" of his group, Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' wields a club as his magical artifact. It should be noted he's also a rather scrawny 10-year old boy, which makes it rather funny when he swings the club and its enchantment allows him to send much, MUCH bigger opponents flying or cause localized earthquakes.

* ''VideoGame/StickWar'': Clubmen, your starter units, wield, well, clubs, and they're pretty primitive compared to the swords you get to upgrade them to after driving out Swordwrath and adopting their technology. Giants also carry clubs of their own, and can do much more damage with them.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''
** In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'', maces can be wielded by three people: Isaac and Garet, both warrior types, and Mia, resident WhiteMagicianGirl and healer. Each character has a unique sprite for each weapon type, so while Mia gets a small studded metal sphere, Isaac gets a flanged version and Garet gets a classic big ball o' spikes the size of his head on a stick we all know and love. In the sequel, Sheba (a SquishyWizard) uses them. Staffs are used by Mia, Sheba, Ivan, and [[LadyOfWar Jenna]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'', maces are carried by men-- Matthew and Tyrell (Isaac and Garet's suspiciously similar sons), Rief (Mia's suspiciously similar son), and [[spoiler: Eoleo the pirate]]. Staffs can be used by Rief, Ivan's daughter Karis, [[spoiler: Prince Amiti, and [[ShrineMaiden Himi]]]].
* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOfFate'' have spiked maces as collectible power-ups, which deals greater damage than swords (at the cost of limited range). Enemies killed by this weapon have their own unique death animations - via instantly turning to LudicrousGibs.
* Mountain Giants in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' can rip entire trees out of the ground and use them as clubs. Ogres also use maces and/or big wooden clubs, Faceless Ones use nasty-looking spiked maces.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' one-handed maces (the weapon class which includes hammers) are often designed for healers, playing off the old equation of maces with priests, although there remains no circumstance in the game beyond about level 10 where a priest could possibly ever want to actually hit someone since even if they have no mana left a wand is still more damaging. Rogues tend to actually use one-handed maces to hit people, as do some shamans and death knights. Two-handed maces live on in with paladins and druids, warriors, and death knights who often use giant maces. Before some of the later ''Burning Crusade'' raids went live, [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28800 this]] was considered one of the best weapons in the game for retribution paladins.
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' has a variety of hammers and maces available. They had the special effect of dealing Fatigue damage, which meant that they could knock enemies unconscious and effectively drained {{Mana}} from mages. Oh, and they could also be used to open locked doors and chests [[BreakableWeapons without being damaged]] (Axes are another option for this).
* The [[VideoGame/Fallout1 first]] [[VideoGame/Fallout2 two]] ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' games had several bludgeoning weapons, but the series really gained its own place in here when [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the third game]] brought in the Behemoths, mutants so large they use fire hydrants as melee weapons. Then ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' gave the player the Rebar club: a long rebar pole with a huge chunk of concrete at the end. The DLC's add the Nuka Breaker, which is a rebar club with a Nuka Cola sign in place of the concrete, the X-2 Antenna, which inflicts {{EMP}} damage on machines, and Old Glory, a flag staff capped with a golden eagle.
* The War Mace powerset in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''.
* Kronk the caveman carries a large white club in ''VideoGame/{{Ballz}}''

* Rock from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur]]'' has taken to using a mace in more recent games. Originally, he favored axes, but this got switched in later games to differentiate him from fellow axe-user Astaroth.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}'' has clubs and maces as one of the many weapon classes, usually dealing high crushing damage at the cost of low speed. The game also has hammers as a separate weapon class from clubs and staves as a two-handed variant meant for magic-based builds.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy:''
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Umaro's weapon of choice is a massive club carved out of behemoth bone.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' gives us the Nail Bat -- a baseball bat with nails driven through it. In keeping with the "powerful but crude" nature of this trope, it has one of the highest attack stats of the weapons available at the time you find it, but has no materia slots for character customisation and special skills.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' featured a variety of blunt objects with which to beat enemies with. Primarily clubs and staffs, which were ''usually'' "wielded" by mage classes more interested in what the stats on the weapon could do for their casting than actually using the weapon, but both being able to be used by Monks for melee offense. Clubs were especially popular for [=MNKs=] before a nerf to the TP return of multi-hit weapon skills like club's Hexa Strike. Also of note, some clubs were hammers, that were primarily equippable by ''White Mages.'' The White Mage relic weapon was ''Mjollnir.''
** Maces appear in the ''Ivalice Alliance'' sub-series, most notably in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', where they're most commonly the province of MagicKnight classes such as Sage, Green Mage, and Red Battlemage.
* In the ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' games, the Cleric class is only able to use bludgeoning weapons.
* While the weapon Saix uses in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series is referred to as a [[{{BFS}} claymore]], it's actually closer to a mace, or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanabo kanabo]].
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' has Hercules, wielding his trademark wooden club. The Cyclops and Mountain Giant myth units also wielded clubs. In ''[[ExpansionPack The Titans]]'' we have the Atlantean Katapeltes infantry, who wields a mace.

* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreV'': You get the [[NonIndicativeName Mass Blade]] which is the mother of all big sticks. It's really a concrete pillar with some I-beams and a spiked wrecking ball stuck on one end and a few rocket boosters strapped on for good measure.
* In ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'', maces are generally used by Acolyte, Merchant, Super Novice, and Swordman classes, primarily Monk class as their main weapon. Maces have wide variety and mostly are unbreakable unless attempting to upgrade the weapon.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', Dungeoneering boss Rammernaut Hoskins is a huge, heavily armoured warrior that definitely like this trope, requisitioning first a "Big mace", then a "Bigger mace" [[note]]Requested: Bigger mace - Fulfilled: Yes - Notes: The last mace which I could not even lift was like a one-handed hammer to him. This calls for drastic measures.[[/note]], and tries to take it to the max with "Biggest mace" [[note]]Requested: Biggest mace - Fulfilled: No - Notes: Any bigger and he'd have a balance problem. The last one is more than sufficient.[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' have weapons that run the gamut from simple, small maces to very large hammers crafted from the setting's WorldTree and another weapon that amounts to a severed tooth of an Everlasting Dragon. Some of the larger weapons are ornate and are used by "Holy" warriors, like Demon's Souls' Bramd and Dark Souls' Grant. ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' maintains the tradition by keeping "archtree branch" and "dragon's tooth" smashers from previous game as well as adding new ones like "boulder tied to a tree", "the top half of a dragon's skull", and "''anvil on a stick''". The ''Crown of the Old Iron King'' DLC currently tops them all with Smelter Hammer, formerly a giant axe, now melted into misshapen iron lump about as large and thick as your character's entire body.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has the "Whirligig Saw" from '' The Old Hunters'' [=DLC=], a Trick Weapon that goes from long-handled mace to pummel beasts in to death to a pair of buzzsaws on a stick to shred your foes to strips until either they die or your stamina runs out.

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'':
** Oddly averted in ''VideoGame/GuildWars'', one of the few ''RPG''s not to feature clubs or maces of any kind. At least, in the traditional sense. Two-handed warhammers are a warrior weapon, and there are truncheons and canes in the game -- but they're actually classified as one-handed wands for magic-using classes. Using one in battle would simply toss a weak magic projectile at your enemy.
** ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' finally allowed one-handed maces to be used hand-to-hand. Warriors are the only class that can [[DualWield dual wield]] them. Guardians can equip them in their main hand for a more traditional Paladin look.
* ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' has a variety of bludgeoning weapons, the most primitive and weakest of which are the wooden stick, club, and cudgel. The variety of dedicated maces available is much greater, and most of them are viable blunt weapons, which can deal significant damage [[ArmorPiercingAttack right through heavy armor]] and will [[TapOnTheHead render foes unconscious]] as opposed to dead, so that they can be captured and sold for ransom.
* Maces are just one of the many melee weapons melee types can wield in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''. In addition, the very first boss, the Skeleton King, wields a powerful two-handed one -- which you can later grab for yourself.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', [[TheDragon Atlas]] wields a huge wooden club.
** Several clubs are among the weapon options in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', though they're considered part of the hammer skill line. {{Smash Mook}}s like trolls and cyclopes use spiked and non-spiked versions.
* Faceless Void from ''VideoGame/Dota2'' uses a club, smaller than the usual big like the ones in the example, but there's a reason why he's one of the more dangerous carries in the game. A swing from his club can lock down the enemy in one place, or he can stop the time to ensure a lot of club-beating time. Build up a lot of damage or attack speed items, and suddenly, a club is deadlier than a sword.
* King Knight from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' fights using a sceptre.

* Generally averted in ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' up until ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates,'' where the Hoshidan side introduced Japanese takes on the common enemy types and common weapon classes, where clubs and maces were used as the oriental equivalent of longstanding franchise standard Axes. Some bludgeoning weapons were classed as axes before then, however.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': One of your party members, Ryuji, specializes in bludgeon type weapons when fighting monsters. These include [[PipePain steel pipes]], hammers, maces and [[BatterUp weaponized baseball bats]].
* There are plenty of maces in ''VideoGame/EternalCardGame'', both for you and your units to use.
* The Shugoki, one of the Samurai characters in ''VideoGame/ForHonor'', fights with a Kanabo befitting of the oni he is modelled after.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' features clubs as one of the available weapon types. Pit even quotes UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt during a conversation with Viridi.
* Paul of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' finds a mace on a wall in his chapter. [[spoiler:It's also what his ghost wields in the final battle.]]
* Fittingly, [[PunchClockVillain Klubba]] and [[PaletteSwap Kudgel]] from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' both wield a massive wooden club with metal spikes. The former will only wield it against you if you try to get past him without paying his toll, while the latter, being a boss encounter, has no such compunctions.
* The first ''VideoGame/MediEvil'' has [[https://gallowmere.fandom.com/wiki/Club the Club]] for Sir Daniel Fortesque to use, while he's far from being primitive nor savage. The giant wooden weapon is a powerful and useful part of his arsenal, the weapon can smash rocks and weak areas of walls and it's primary attack deals as much damage as the games' hammer. Although it's made of wood and can wear down quite quickly, however being made of wood is also to it's advantage as it can be used and mad into a impromptu giant torch that can set other things on fire.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** Jax and Reiko both had a spiked club as heir [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''. The same game gives [[EvilSorcerer Quan Chi]] a mace.
** The {{Oni}} Drahmin from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'' had an iron club mounted on his right arm.
** The Oni Warlords from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'' use maces so large they [[ShockwaveStomp they cause shockwaves when slammed into the ground]].
** The chaos worshiping Havik from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' uses a morning star.
** [[WarriorMonk Kai]] has a spiked club as his weapon in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon''.
** [[BadassNative Nightwolf]] adds a gunstock war club to his arsenal in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. GuestFighter ComicBook/{{Spawn}} uses a modified mace [[MultiMeleeMaster alongside his sword and battle axe during gameplay]]. It is also used in his "Soul Shattering War Club" special attack which allows Spawn to [[ArmorPiercingAttack break forms through his opponent's armor]].
* ''VideoGame/NinjaShadowOfDarkness'': One of the earliest GameBreaker weapons for Kurosawa the ninja is the ''tetsubo'', a spiked mace, which can kill several lower-tier enemies in ''one'' hit. At that point in the game, you're not knee-deep in EliteMook territory yet, so the massive club is going to be your favourite weapon until the ''nagayari'' a few levels later.
* ''Videogame/SilentHill4TheRoom'': an old-fashioned nightstick is the strongest melee weapon available for Eileen. It has the drawback of shorter range than her other weapons, so she cannot attack enemies that have been knocked down.
* Onion Pixie from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is always seen carrying a spiky club. It being a "big" stick is relative in this case, since Onion Pixie is quite tiny.
* ''Videogame/{{Splitgate}}:'' The BFB is a large, high-tech bludgeon in the shape of a mace that deals 150 damage with every swing, [[OneHitKill killing nearly everything in the game in one shot]]. While you lose out in range, any encounter that starts tightly enough that the melee dash can close the distance is basically won with it.
* ''VideoGame/ThroneOfDarkness'', the tetsubo is one of the top tier polearms, though most classes can't equip them or display them as spears anyway. The exception is the Brick, whose character model is always depicted with a tetsubo regardless of what his polearm is.
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': surprisingly little, though we have Ishikawa Goemon (who wields a spiked mace that can turn into a flail for certain attacks) and Fukushima Masanori, whose weapon of choice is described as a "Double Kanasaibo", consisting in a massive woode staff with enormous cilindrical metal heads at both ends. Said heads features studs from which spikes can pop out in certain attacks.
* The Titans from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' are very large enemies that carry clubs made from ''entire trees.''
** Also, throughout the entirety of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise, there is of course the signature weapon of Amy Rose, the Piko Piko Hammer, [[HyperspaceMallet which she can summon to her hands at will,]] and is about as large as Amy is tall.

Nowadays, maces and clubs tend to find use with two main groups of warriors; big, powerful bruisers like TheBigGuy or the MightyGlacier, or TechnicalPacifist types like HighFantasy [[ReligiousBruiser priests and clerics]] who want something for self-defense without shedding blood (though anyone who has seen one of these in action knows that these weapons, particularly the heavier ones, are just as capable as bladed weapons of leaving a bloody mess, not to mention all the damage the force does to internal organs).

* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': After losing his sword during a monster-hunting quest in the sewers, Rookie Warrior starts using a wooden club at Goblin Slayer's suggestion, seeing as it is cheaper, more versatile, easier to use and just as easily replaced if broken. Even after getting his sword back, he ends up liking the club so much that, even a year later, he still uses it just as much as the sword.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', "Iron Club" Alvida is given her title for the massive spiked metal club she brings into battle. Even after [[FormerlyFat losing all of her fat]] with the Slip-Slip Fruit, [[MusclesAreMeaningless she can swing her club around just as effectively]].