History Main / TelescopingStaff

* Sara Lance/The Canary is trained by the League of Assassins and highly skilled at using this as her weapon of choice in ''Series/Arrow''; it can split into a pair of Eskrima sticks and doubles as a BifurcatedWeapon.

* Sara Lance/The Canary is trained by the League of Assassins and highly skilled at using this as her weapon of choice in ''Arrow''; it can split into a pair of Eskrima sticks and doubles as a BifurcatedWeapon.

* Sara Lance/The Canary is trained by the League of Assassins and highly skilled at using this as her weapon of choice in "Series/Arrow" ; it can split into a pair of Eskrima sticks and doubles as a BifurcatedWeapon.

* The neo-Zulu in Neal Stephenson's ''Literature/DiamondAge'' wear telescoping spears.

* ''KamenRiderKuuga'''s weapon in Dragon form would start as a short staff which would lengthen when deployed in battle.

* Ged's staff in ''AWizardOfEarthsea'': He picks a blade of grass, he speaks to it to expand it into a full-sized wooden staff, and to suit this trope, it is able to skrink/grow it again.

* Hualin, a bonus character in Soulcalibur III, fights using the Create-A-Soul staff discipline. Some of her moves (namely her unblockables) involve it growing to mammoth proportions, using changes to throw the opponent from a range.

* Gambit from ''ComicBook/XMen'' uses one, often made out of Adamantium, which he can channel his explosive power through as it will survive the blasts.

* Nanase from ''{{Street Fighter EX}}'' uses a bo staff of this nature. Her Meteor Combo involves her using the weapon to launch out of orbit, then utilizing her gain in speed and momentum to pummel her foe during atmospheric re-entry.

* In ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'', Son Goku uses an extendable staff known as the Nyoi-Bo, which can also morph into a three-section staff. As should be expected of his name, he's one of the various media interpretations of Sun Wukong (Son Goku) from ''Literature/{{Journey To The West}}''/

** Another less-known example from ''Journey to the West'': Even if is not brought up as often, [[TheBigGuy Sha Wujing's weapon]] in the novel is a special club made of mohogany wood and gold. According to him, it can stretch and enlarge at will just like Sun Wukong's "As You Will" Cudgel, but since he doesn't fight as much as him, this fact is often overlooked.

* In ''{{Saiyuki}}'', Son Goku uses an extendable staff known as the Nyoi-Bo, which can also morph into a three-section staff. As should be expected of his name, he's one of the various media interpretations of Sun Wukong (Son Goku) from Journey To The West.
* ''DragonBall'': Goku's Nyoi-bo (Dub translated as Power Pole.) is his principal weapon for most of DragonBall but largely disappears in DragonBallZ. The DragonBall saga at this point was loosely based on JourneyToTheWest, hence Son Goku's adventures.

* ''JourneyToTheWest'' has the {{Lancer}} Son Goku/Wukong, who possesses an expandable bo-staff.

* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Robin]] uses one across media, especially in the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/TeenTitans}} Teen Titans]]'' animated series and the ''ArkhamCity'' video game. In the comics proper, it was given to him by Lady Shiva.

* ''{{Babylon 5}}'': The Rangers use a form of these although they go from the size of your palm to standard length. [[BlatantLies Also works as a medical scanner]] [[SchmuckBait if you look at the end of it]] [[TapOnTheHead and give it a firm shake.]]
* In the TV series ''{{Andromeda}}'', Dylan Hunt's Force Lance would expand from a small hand-held cylinder to a full staff when given a good hard shake. It would also fire "smart" projectiles or plasma bursts, making it also a BoomStick.

* ''{{Babylon 5}}'': The Rangers use a form of these although they go from the size of your palm to standard length.

* Cheetara in ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'' uses one.

Some may likely be an {{Expy}} or reference to [[OlderThanDirt Son Wukong]]'s Expanding Bo-Staff from JourneyToTheWest, especially in Eastern works.

Subtrope to RetractableWeapon, MorphWeapon and SimpleStaff. Note that the default state is still a ''staff'' or polearm, not a baton or other size changing weapon.

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* In Saiyuki, Son Goku uses an extendable staff known as the Nyoi-Bo, which can also morph into a three-section staff. As should be expected of his name, he's one of the various media interpretations of Sun Wukong (Son Goku) from Journey To The West.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Ku Fei]]'s item, Shinchintetsu Jizaikon, is a replica of the one used in JourneyToTheWest called Shinchintetsu Jizaikon.
* ''LoveHina'': When Naru played Son Goku in the play of JourneyToTheWest she made the staff extend in an {{Omake}}, however when [[ButtMonkey Keitaro]] played the part and uses the staff it does not do this for him.

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* [[{{Batman}} Robin]] uses one across media, especially in the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/TeenTitans}} Teen Titans]]'' animated series and the ''ArkhamCity'' video game. In the comics proper it was given to him by Lady Shiva.
* Gambit from ''XMen'' uses one, often made out of Adamantium, which he can channel his explosive power through as it will survive the blasts.

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** Another less-known example from ''JourneyToTheWest'': Even if is not brought up as often, [[TheBigGuy Sha Wujing's weapon]] in the novel is a special club made of mohogany wood and gold. According to him, it can stretch and enlarge at will just like Sun Wukong's "As You Will" Cudgel, but since he doesn't fight as much as him, this fact is often overlooked.
* Ged's staff in AWizardOfEarthsea: he picks a blade of grass, speaks to it to expand it into a full sized wooden staff, and to suit this trope, it is able to skrink/grow it again.

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* Early editions of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' had the Rod of Lordly Might. One of its functions turned it into a spear up to 15 feet long.

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* Raijin, a [[GoldfishPoopGang recurring enemy]] from FinalFantasyVIII, wields one of those.
* Wukong and his weapon from ''LeagueOfLegends'' - appropriate, being a largely sun-wukong inspired character.

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* TheCyantianChronicles: Darius is [[http://cyantian.net/blog/2010/06/18/06182010/ given one]] for his [[http://cyantian.net/blog/2010/06/16/06162010/ birthday]].
* Danzig from Webcomic/{{Flipside}} uses one of these.

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* Cheetara in the ''{{Thundercats}}'' reboot uses one.

* Nanase from {{Street Fighter EX }}2 uses a bo staff of this nature. Her Meteor Combo involves her using the weapon to launch out of orbit, then utilizing her gain in speed and momentum to pummel her foe during atmospheric re-entry.

* Nanase from StreetFighterEX2 uses a bo staff of this nature. Her Meteor Combo involves her using the weapon to launch out of orbit, then utilizing her gain in speed and momentum to pummel her foe during atmospheric re-entry.

* Nanase from Street Fighter EX2 uses a bo staff of this nature. Her Meteor Combo involves her using the weapon to launch out of orbit, then utilizing her gain in speed and momentum to pummel her foe during atmospheric re-entry.