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''Anime/AldnoahZero''Being a noble, Cruhteo carries around a cane. His happens to contain a whip.
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* Valmont from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' carries this as his main weapon. He doesn't use it much in season 2 onwards.
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* In ''Film/JurassicPark'', John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff in many scenes, holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
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* In ''Film/JurassicPark'', John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff cane in many scenes, scenes (also walking with a slight limp), holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
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* In ''Film/TronLegacy'', Castor sports one of these.
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* In the manga ''[[Main/HeartNoKuniNoAlice Alice in the Country of Hearts]]'' the Mad Hatter character, Blood, has a cane that magically transforms into a machine gun.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', FantasticRacist, gangster and all around {{Jerkass}} Roman Torchwick carries around a walking stick (which doubles as a BoomStick). Inverted by Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin, who's usually seen with a cane.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** FantasticRacist, gangster and all around {{Jerkass}} Roman Torchwick carries around a walking stick (which doubles as aBoomStick). Inverted by BoomStick).
** Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin,who's is also usually seen with a cane.
cane which has a trigger and gears built into the handle.
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** Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin,
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* The LouisCypher character in ''Film/AngelHeart'' has a cane.
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* For a more heroic example, in AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog the titular lion wears one, showing he is a QuintessentialBritishGentleman. On several occasions he also uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]].
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* For a more heroic example, in AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog the titular lion ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'', Mr Fog wears one, a cane, showing he is a QuintessentialBritishGentleman. On several occasions he also uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]].
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* In ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', the pimp Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg) carries a pimp cane.
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* ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. After JamesBond's first meeting with Kananga, Baron Samedi (one of Kananga's {{The Dragon}}s) has a stylish cane to match his SharpDressedMan style. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-uF6ZrYY#t=2m here]].
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* ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. After JamesBond's Film/JamesBond's first meeting with Kananga, Baron Samedi (one of Kananga's {{The Dragon}}s) has a stylish cane to match his SharpDressedMan style. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-uF6ZrYY#t=2m here]].
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* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': The Merchant Erutus [[MeaningfulName Profiteur]]'s outfit includes a stylish top hat and cane to emphasize [[ManOfWealthAndTaste how rich and sophisticated]] he is. He uses his cane as [[SimpleStaff a weapon too]]. He's also an exploitive profiteer, and FrenchJerk who buys up Alcheim's water and sells it back to Alcheim's citizens at exorbitant prices.
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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bruce Wayne carries a cane during the beginning of the film while in hiding as part of his "old man" disguise.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', Carl Fredrickson, uses a cane (a tennis ball walker) for the majority of the movie. In one point of the movie, he uses it to hit a construction worker fiddling with his cherished mailbox and it comes handy in another scene when fighting Charles Muntz during the climax of the film. Carl can be considered a BadassGrandpa (he is not a grandfather but he is old and retired in the film).
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', Carl Fredrickson, uses a cane (a tennis ball walker) for the majority of the movie. In one point of the movie, he uses it to hit a construction worker fiddling with his cherished mailbox and it comes handy as a SwordCane in [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=63Wv4e_k0nw another scene scene]] when fighting he fights Charles Muntz during the climax of the film. Carl can be considered a BadassGrandpa (he is not a grandfather but he is old and retired in the film).
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', Carl Fredrickson, uses a cane (a tennis ball walker) for the majority of the movie. In one point of the movie, he uses it to hit a construction worker fiddling with his cherished mailbox and it comes handy in another scene when fighting Charles Muntz during the climax of the film. Carl can be considered a BadassGrandpa (he is not a grandfather but he is old and retired in the film).
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* Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear, the main antagonist in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', is often seen using a wooden mallet as a cane, although it is never used as a weapon.
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* In ''Film/JurassicPark'' John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff in many scenes, holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
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* In ''Film/JurassicPark'' ''Film/JurassicPark'', John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff in many scenes, holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
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* In "Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton", Benjamin, after successfully learning to walk somewhat clumsily, uses a cane until he is able to walk without support.
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* In "Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton", ''Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'', Benjamin, after successfully learning to walk somewhat clumsily, uses a cane until he is able to walk without support.
* In ''Film/JurassicPark'' John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff in many scenes, holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
* In ''Film/JurassicPark'' John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park, carries a tall staff in many scenes, holding the hardened amber that contains a mosquito. This mosquito carries preserved dinosaur DNA which lead to the creation of the dinosaurs in the park.
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* In "Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton", Benjamin, after successfully learning to walk somewhat clumsily, uses a cane until he is able to walk without support.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Ruse}}'', the upper-class detective Archard has one. It ''isn't'' a SwordCane, perhaps because there wasn't room for in there for a sword after he'd built in the GrapplingHookPistol, the lock-breaking kit, and the flash powder device for blinding pursuers.
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* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, Nightingale's silver-tipped cane is also his MagicStaff.
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* Brook's WeaponOfChoice in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a SwordCane can he carries around to go along with his gentlemanly image. It also doubles as his violin bow.
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* On ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', Dr. Chilton survives a [[AndShowItToYou live vivisection]] that leaves him needing a cane to walk. Somehow, it is hilariously fitting to the character that he begins toting a pimp cane.
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Sometimes characters will carry around an accessory. For pirates it's a parrot. Ninjas have swords. But stylish and sophisticated characters often have canes.
Pimps are almost always shown with blinged-out (gold and diamond-encrusted) "pimp canes" in fiction, a standard component of Pimp Duds. Though used by all types of characters, Classy Cane typically falls into the hands of villains.
A subtrope of AManOfWealthAndTaste. The cane might be a SwordCane, SimpleStaff, or MagicStaff. This often overlaps with {{Evil Cripple}}, EvilSorcerer, HandicappedBadass, and CaneFu. Sometimes falls under CarryABigStick or WeaponOfChoice. Often also wielded by the BadassGrandpa.
Pimps are almost always shown with blinged-out (gold and diamond-encrusted) "pimp canes" in fiction, a standard component of Pimp Duds. Though used by all types of characters, Classy Cane typically falls into the hands of villains.
A subtrope of AManOfWealthAndTaste. The cane might be a SwordCane, SimpleStaff, or MagicStaff. This often overlaps with {{Evil Cripple}}, EvilSorcerer, HandicappedBadass, and CaneFu. Sometimes falls under CarryABigStick or WeaponOfChoice. Often also wielded by the BadassGrandpa.
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Sometimes characters will carry around an accessory. For pirates it's a parrot. Ninjas have swords. But [[AManOfWealthAndTaste stylish and sophisticated characters characters]] often have canes.
Pimps are almost always shown with blinged-out (gold and diamond-encrusted) "pimp canes" in fiction, a standard component ofPimp Duds.PimpDuds. Though used by all types of characters, Classy Cane typically falls into the hands of villains.
A subtrope of AManOfWealthAndTaste. The cane might be a SwordCane, SimpleStaff, or MagicStaff. This often overlaps with {{Evil Cripple}}, EvilCripple, EvilSorcerer, HandicappedBadass, and CaneFu. Sometimes falls under CarryABigStick or WeaponOfChoice. Often also wielded by the BadassGrandpa.
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* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Judge Doom has one of these which doubles as a SwordCane.
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': Jafar has his [[MagicStaff hypnotic]] [[AnimalMotifs snake-cane]].
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** Terezi Pyrope uses a [[CaneFu cane to fight]].
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** BigBad Lord English carries a golden cane that enhances his "pimp" imagery.
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** The Riddler carries one of these about in almost all incarnations— it fits the trope (for a certain value of "sophistication") when he's a SharpDressedMan in a suit and bowler hat, but less so when he's wearing spandex (in the {{Adam West}} and Joel Schumacher iterations).
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** The Riddler carries one of these about in almost all incarnations— it fits the trope (for a certain value of "sophistication") when he's a SharpDressedMan in a suit and bowler hat, but less so when he's wearing spandex (in the {{Adam West}} West}}[[note]]Early ones; Frank Gorshin hated it and designed the "suit and bowler hat" himself in response.[[/note]] and Joel Schumacher iterations).
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* Being the [[{{Fiction500}} richest duck of the world]], Scrooge [=McDuck=] from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' of course has a cane. [[ThriftyScot (Although it probably is just a very cheap one)]] Used mainly for hitting his nephew Donald and other people.
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*While {{Series/House}} actually does need the cane, he occasionally upgrades it for a short period of time for effect.
* Nog of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' walks with a plain, utilitarian cane when he [[ShellShockedVeteran experiences phantom pain]] in an injured leg even after it's physically healed. In an effort to "wean him off the stick" and prove that it's all in his head, Vic Fontaine gives him a Classy Cane which can't bear his full weight as a gift, and warns him to go easy on it as it's mostly for show.
* Nog of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' walks with a plain, utilitarian cane when he [[ShellShockedVeteran experiences phantom pain]] in an injured leg even after it's physically healed. In an effort to "wean him off the stick" and prove that it's all in his head, Vic Fontaine gives him a Classy Cane which can't bear his full weight as a gift, and warns him to go easy on it as it's mostly for show.
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*''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': The Merchant Erutus [[MeaningfulName Profiteur]]'s outfit includes a stylish top hat and cane to emphasize [[ManOfWealthAndTaste how rich and sophisticated]] he is. He uses his cane as [[SimpleStaff a weapon too]]. He's also an exploitive profiteer, and FrenchJerk who buys up Alcheim's water and sells it back to Alcheim's citizens at exorbitant prices.
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* For a more heroic example, in AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog the titular lion wears one, showing he is a QuintessentialBritishGentleman. On several occasions he also uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]].
* For a more heroic example, in AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog the titular lion wears one, showing he is a QuintessentialBritishGentleman. On several occasions he also uses his [[CaneFu cane as a weapon]].
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Sometimes characters will carry around an accessory. For pirates it's a parrot. Ninjas have swords. But stylish and sophisticated characters often have canes.
Pimps are almost always shown with blinged-out (gold and diamond-encrusted) "pimp canes" in fiction, a standard component of Pimp Duds. Though used by all types of characters, Classy Cane typically falls into the hands of villains.
A subtrope of AManOfWealthAndTaste. The cane might be a SwordCane, SimpleStaff, or MagicStaff. This often overlaps with {{Evil Cripple}}, EvilSorcerer, HandicappedBadass, and CaneFu. Sometimes falls under CarryABigStick or WeaponOfChoice. Often also wielded by the BadassGrandpa.
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* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}: The Count''
* In the manga ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', the demon and exorcist Mephisto Pheles dresses as a pimp complete with a cane of evil.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* TheKingpin carried around a cane that was sometimes loaded with trick gadgets such as electric shocks or blades.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''
** The Riddler carries one of these about in almost all incarnations— it fits the trope (for a certain value of "sophistication") when he's a SharpDressedMan in a suit and bowler hat, but less so when he's wearing spandex (in the {{Adam West}} and Joel Schumacher iterations).
** The Penguin is always depicted using an umbrella as a cane.
* In ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', A Pimp named Slickback has a cane.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', Matt Murdock's walking stick is often portrayed as a cane (which still is later used by Daredevil as a trick stick). It's also pretty fancy for a guy who can't even see it.
[[AC:{{Film}} - Animated]]
* ''Film/WreckItRalph''. Candy King with a literal candy cane.
* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. Doctor Facilier. He carries around a cane with him that is also a MagicStaff.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Judge Doom has one of these which doubles as a SwordCane.
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': Jafar has his [[MagicStaff hypnotic]] [[AnimalMotifs snake-cane]].
[[AC:{{Film}} - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/HarryPotter''. Lucius Malfoy is the poster villain of this trope. He carries a cane with a [[AnimalMotifs snake head]], and in a variant of SwordCane, he hides his wand in it.
* In ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', the pimp Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg) carries a pimp cane.
* The LouisCypher character in ''Film/AngelHeart'' has a cane.
* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' starts with the introduction of Ebenezer Scrooge as he walks along, his cane tapping the frozen ground with each step. Notably, he doesn't use it at all after the spirits are through with him.
* ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. After JamesBond's first meeting with Kananga, Baron Samedi (one of Kananga's {{The Dragon}}s) has a stylish cane to match his SharpDressedMan style. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-uF6ZrYY#t=2m here]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** The Emperor first appears walking down a shuttle ramp holding a cane, not that he really needs it.
** Averted by Yoda, who is one the wisest, purest, and well-known heroes in the saga, although it's justified, considering he's 900 years old.
* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', in which the AntiVillain {{protagonist}} [[{{Jerkass}} Alex]] also carries a cane (this one possesses a [[CaneSword knife hidden within]]).
* In ''Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka'', when Flyguy gets out of prison he is given his clothes back, which are a very pimped out version of pimpwear including a big fancy cane. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNQTqMkezc He struts down the street feeling good]] until everyone starts laughing at his clothes.
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* ''Literature/AlexRider''. Major Winston Yu has a cane, although it's not for style or class, but simply because he's an EvilCripple can't walk without it.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit villain in the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' episode "Bayou" walked with a cane because a gator had bitten his leg off. The cane also served as the hidden place for the documents detailing his white slavery operation.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Mr. Gold, the cursed form of Rumpelstiltskin, carries a cane around, and uses it for [[CaneFu more than walking]] once. It shows up less often as he progresses more toward AntiVillain than outright villain.
* Eventual main character [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Barnabas Collins]] of ''Series/DarkShadows'' has a silver cane which later comes in handy for beating the crap out of a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]].
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' season 2 ends with an appearance by Baron Samedi who carries a stylish cane.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]], the Eleventh Doctor dresses in a suit complete with top hat and Sonic Cane (as opposed to his [[IconicItem Sonic Screwdriver]] which Amy was using at the time). Played with in that the real purpose, other than to look [[CatchPhrase cool]], was to [[spoiler: help keep him on his feet as he was dying from poison.]]
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Music/RKelly's rap opera series "Trapped In The Closet" has a character named Pimp Lucius, who while dressed as a pimp actually carries a rather nondescript derby cane.
[[AC:{{Religion}}/{{Mythology}}]]
* Baron Samedi, the god of death in {{Voudoun}}, always carries a cane (often with a skull on one end). While he's not an evil deity, [[EverybodyHatesHades he often gets portrayed as one in media]].
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Count Bleck, the antagonist of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', has a cane (and a Monocle Of Evil, too). The character design seems to be based rather loosely on Baron Samedi of Voudoun.
* The White Glove Society (a bunch of former cannibals turned classy restaurant owners) in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. Specifically the goons of Mortimer, who is still a cannibal and wants the society to return to its old ways. The society members all dress in tailcoats and fancy dresses and carry canes, with which two goons try to beat the Courier when they start to ask too many questions.
* Ghetsis from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has one he stomps the ground with in his battle animation.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': "Shivering Isles" expansion has Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. He's depicted as a bearded man wearing a classy (albeit weird) suit and using a cane with an [[EyeScream eyeball at the top]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ceville}}''. The titular Ceville has a cane.
* In ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' Madame carries around a cane, although she doesn't seem to need it. She is a very powerful manipulator of memories, and the BigBad of La Bastille.
[[AC:VisualNovel]]
* Inverted by [[spoiler:Quercius Alba]] in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. He breaks his cane when he drops his feeble old man act and is revealed as the big bad.
[[AC:WebAnimation]]
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', FantasticRacist, gangster and all around {{Jerkass}} Roman Torchwick carries around a walking stick (which doubles as a BoomStick). Inverted by Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin, who's usually seen with a cane.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* ''WebOriginal/{{Homestuck}}''
** The Condesce with a subverted SwordCane.
** Terezi Pyrope uses a [[CaneFu cane to fight]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. Jack Spicer's favorite Shen Gong Wu is the [[AnimalMotifs Monkey Staff]], which he loves so much that he trades every single one of his Shen Gong Wu for robot parts-except for the Monkey Staff.
Pimps are almost always shown with blinged-out (gold and diamond-encrusted) "pimp canes" in fiction, a standard component of Pimp Duds. Though used by all types of characters, Classy Cane typically falls into the hands of villains.
A subtrope of AManOfWealthAndTaste. The cane might be a SwordCane, SimpleStaff, or MagicStaff. This often overlaps with {{Evil Cripple}}, EvilSorcerer, HandicappedBadass, and CaneFu. Sometimes falls under CarryABigStick or WeaponOfChoice. Often also wielded by the BadassGrandpa.
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[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}: The Count''
* In the manga ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', the demon and exorcist Mephisto Pheles dresses as a pimp complete with a cane of evil.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* TheKingpin carried around a cane that was sometimes loaded with trick gadgets such as electric shocks or blades.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''
** The Riddler carries one of these about in almost all incarnations— it fits the trope (for a certain value of "sophistication") when he's a SharpDressedMan in a suit and bowler hat, but less so when he's wearing spandex (in the {{Adam West}} and Joel Schumacher iterations).
** The Penguin is always depicted using an umbrella as a cane.
* In ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', A Pimp named Slickback has a cane.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', Matt Murdock's walking stick is often portrayed as a cane (which still is later used by Daredevil as a trick stick). It's also pretty fancy for a guy who can't even see it.
[[AC:{{Film}} - Animated]]
* ''Film/WreckItRalph''. Candy King with a literal candy cane.
* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. Doctor Facilier. He carries around a cane with him that is also a MagicStaff.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Judge Doom has one of these which doubles as a SwordCane.
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': Jafar has his [[MagicStaff hypnotic]] [[AnimalMotifs snake-cane]].
[[AC:{{Film}} - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/HarryPotter''. Lucius Malfoy is the poster villain of this trope. He carries a cane with a [[AnimalMotifs snake head]], and in a variant of SwordCane, he hides his wand in it.
* In ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', the pimp Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg) carries a pimp cane.
* The LouisCypher character in ''Film/AngelHeart'' has a cane.
* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' starts with the introduction of Ebenezer Scrooge as he walks along, his cane tapping the frozen ground with each step. Notably, he doesn't use it at all after the spirits are through with him.
* ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''. After JamesBond's first meeting with Kananga, Baron Samedi (one of Kananga's {{The Dragon}}s) has a stylish cane to match his SharpDressedMan style. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-uF6ZrYY#t=2m here]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** The Emperor first appears walking down a shuttle ramp holding a cane, not that he really needs it.
** Averted by Yoda, who is one the wisest, purest, and well-known heroes in the saga, although it's justified, considering he's 900 years old.
* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', in which the AntiVillain {{protagonist}} [[{{Jerkass}} Alex]] also carries a cane (this one possesses a [[CaneSword knife hidden within]]).
* In ''Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka'', when Flyguy gets out of prison he is given his clothes back, which are a very pimped out version of pimpwear including a big fancy cane. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNQTqMkezc He struts down the street feeling good]] until everyone starts laughing at his clothes.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Literature/AlexRider''. Major Winston Yu has a cane, although it's not for style or class, but simply because he's an EvilCripple can't walk without it.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit villain in the ''Series/MissionImpossible'' episode "Bayou" walked with a cane because a gator had bitten his leg off. The cane also served as the hidden place for the documents detailing his white slavery operation.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Mr. Gold, the cursed form of Rumpelstiltskin, carries a cane around, and uses it for [[CaneFu more than walking]] once. It shows up less often as he progresses more toward AntiVillain than outright villain.
* Eventual main character [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Barnabas Collins]] of ''Series/DarkShadows'' has a silver cane which later comes in handy for beating the crap out of a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]].
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' season 2 ends with an appearance by Baron Samedi who carries a stylish cane.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]], the Eleventh Doctor dresses in a suit complete with top hat and Sonic Cane (as opposed to his [[IconicItem Sonic Screwdriver]] which Amy was using at the time). Played with in that the real purpose, other than to look [[CatchPhrase cool]], was to [[spoiler: help keep him on his feet as he was dying from poison.]]
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Music/RKelly's rap opera series "Trapped In The Closet" has a character named Pimp Lucius, who while dressed as a pimp actually carries a rather nondescript derby cane.
[[AC:{{Religion}}/{{Mythology}}]]
* Baron Samedi, the god of death in {{Voudoun}}, always carries a cane (often with a skull on one end). While he's not an evil deity, [[EverybodyHatesHades he often gets portrayed as one in media]].
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Count Bleck, the antagonist of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', has a cane (and a Monocle Of Evil, too). The character design seems to be based rather loosely on Baron Samedi of Voudoun.
* The White Glove Society (a bunch of former cannibals turned classy restaurant owners) in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. Specifically the goons of Mortimer, who is still a cannibal and wants the society to return to its old ways. The society members all dress in tailcoats and fancy dresses and carry canes, with which two goons try to beat the Courier when they start to ask too many questions.
* Ghetsis from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has one he stomps the ground with in his battle animation.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': "Shivering Isles" expansion has Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. He's depicted as a bearded man wearing a classy (albeit weird) suit and using a cane with an [[EyeScream eyeball at the top]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ceville}}''. The titular Ceville has a cane.
* In ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' Madame carries around a cane, although she doesn't seem to need it. She is a very powerful manipulator of memories, and the BigBad of La Bastille.
[[AC:VisualNovel]]
* Inverted by [[spoiler:Quercius Alba]] in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. He breaks his cane when he drops his feeble old man act and is revealed as the big bad.
[[AC:WebAnimation]]
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', FantasticRacist, gangster and all around {{Jerkass}} Roman Torchwick carries around a walking stick (which doubles as a BoomStick). Inverted by Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin, who's usually seen with a cane.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* ''WebOriginal/{{Homestuck}}''
** The Condesce with a subverted SwordCane.
** Terezi Pyrope uses a [[CaneFu cane to fight]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. Jack Spicer's favorite Shen Gong Wu is the [[AnimalMotifs Monkey Staff]], which he loves so much that he trades every single one of his Shen Gong Wu for robot parts-except for the Monkey Staff.
