History Main / JoustingLance

** Examon another member of the Royal Knights, has the lance Ambrosius which doubles as a {{BFS}} that shoots lasers from the atmosphere.

** Examon another member of the Royal Knights, has the lance Ambrosius which doubles as a BFS that shoots lasers from the atmosphere.

* ''Film/{{Excalibur}}'' featured a scene in which two knights jousted for Guinevere's honor.

* [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Dukemon]]or [[DubNameChange Gallantmon as it's known in most American media]] and it's X-antibody form wield the Holy Lance Gram witch takes the form of a jousting lance attached to Gallantmon's arm.

* In the 1946 ''Franchise/{{Disney}}'' short film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Knight_for_a_Day "A Knight For A Day"]]'', focuses on a jousting competition between [[PunnyName Sir Loinsteak and Sir Cumference]]. Sir Cumference (played by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}'') makes use of a jousting lance that ''has a can opener at it's tip'', if that wasn't enough it's paired with a giant shield that also ''has bricks in it''.

** Most Crossbone Vanguard mobile suits in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' and its manga sequel ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'' wield the Shot Lancer. In addition to being a throw-back to medieval days (the Vanguard styles themselves as knights), the lances serve a practical purpose, being giant {{Pile Bunker}}s intended to disable enemy mobile suits without triggering a [[GoingCritical reactor explosion]] -- which would be disastrous inside a closed space colony. To extend their function, Shot Lancers can fire the "cone" like a giant dart (and tend to have spares) and mount heavy machineguns around the base for ranged firepower. Thirty InUniverse years later in ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'', the Earth Federation introduces the Javelin, which wields a gun-shaped version of the Shot Lancer, making its true function more obvious.
** The third generation of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' features the AGE-2 Dark Hound, wielding a DODS Lancer. It's essentially the aforementioned Shot Lancer with a pair of DODS beam rifles in place of the Shot Lancer's machine guns.

* The leader of the Landegre clan in ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' has a JoustingLance as their WeaponOfChoice.

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Despite the trope title's knightly implications, this trope is actually OlderThanFeudalism, with the [[UsefulNotes/PersiansWithPistols Parthian Empire]] providing some of the first examples of a heavily-armored lancer cavalryman called a "cataphract" many centuries before the social class of knights ever existed.

* A Number of knight-inspired Franchise/{{Digimon}} use lances, with the most iconic being Dukemon/Gallantmon and variants thereof.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' [[MightyGlacier Escavalier]] has knight-like lances [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/6/63/589Escavalier.png/250px-589Escavalier.png for arms,]] enabling it to use stabbing moves like Fell Stinger, Poison Jab, and the previously Beedrill-exclusive Twineedle.

* In ''[[{{VideoGame/TearRingSaga}} Berwick Saga]]'', a SpiritualSuccessor to Fire Emblem by its original creator, Lances are a sub-weapon of Polearms usable only by certain mounted classes. Lance type weapons do not counter or be countered, but deal greatly increased damage based on a charge which is how much the unit moved before initiating the attack.

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* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', Tavros allocated LANCEKIND to his [[WeaponOfChoice STRIFE SPECIBUS]]. This was impractical even ''before'' he ended up in a wheelchair.

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* With its medieval themes, it comes as no surprise that the lance can be found in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Despite being a reach weapon, it can be used one-handed while riding and deals extra damage if used to make a charge attack while mounted (triple if the wielder had the Spirited Charge feat). In Fifth Edition, a wielder has disadvantage if attacking someone within five feet.

* With its medieval themes, it comes as no surprise that the lance can be found in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Despite being a reach weapon, it can be used one-handed while riding and deals extra damage if used to make a charge attack while mounted (triple if the wielder had the Spirited Charge feat).