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* Donatello’s bō is given this treatment in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014''.

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* Ged's staff in ''[[Literature/EarthseaTrilogy A Wizard of Earthsea]]'': 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.

* ''TheCyantianChronicles'': Darius is [[http://cyantian.net/blog/2010/06/18/06182010/ given one]] for his [[http://cyantian.net/blog/2010/06/16/06162010/ birthday]].

** Another less-known example from ''Journey to the West'': Even if it is not brought up as often, [[TheBigGuy Sha Wujing's weapon]] in the novel is a special club made of mahogany 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.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Ku Fei]]'s pactio artifact, Shintetsu Jizaikon, is a replica of the one used in ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. It even supposedly shares the same name.

* In ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II: The Golden Army'', Nuada's weapon of choice is a [[BladeOnAStick spear]] which can extend and retract, apparently by magic.

** Also, [[SamuraiWarriors Hideyoshi]]'s staff can extend as well as bend to pummel his enemies. He IS nicknamed Monkey after all...

* Jade in ''MortalKombat'' has this as a part of her arsenal.
** In 'Mortal Kombat X' Kitana uses Jade's staff as one of her variant fighting styles.

* In ''MegamanZero'', Zero has access to the Triple rod, basically a spear that can be extended up to three times or can be used to bounce over enemies.

** In 'Mortal Kombat X* Kitana uses Jade's staff as one of her variant fighting styles.

* As with Wukong "The Monkey King" himself, the staff was featured in ''TheForbiddenKingdom''.

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

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Ku Fei]]'s pactio artifact, Shintetsu Jizaikon, is a replica of the one used in ''JourneyToTheWest''. It even supposedly shares the same name.

* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'': A clone of [[JourneyToTheWest Tripataka]] uses Son Wukong's staff.

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

* ''DynastyWarriors 6'': the staff weapon will expand as you up your renbu meter.
** ''WarriorsOrochi 2'' actually puts Son Goku in the cast with this staff.

* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' you can build the Nyoi-Bo staff using Orichalcum, five bamboo spears and five bamboo swords. It's quite weak, but has the greatest reach and is perfect againsy multiple, weak opponents.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Ku Fei]]'s pactio artifact, Shintetsu Jizaikon, is a replica of the one used in ''JourneyToTheWest''. It even supposedly shares the same name.
* ''LoveHina'': When Naru played Son Goku in the play of ''Journey to the West'', 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.
* ''{{Naruto}}'': The Third Hokage's monkey summon Enma can transform into one of these made out of Adamantine.
* ''ReadOrDie'': A clone of [[JourneyToTheWest Tripataka]] uses Son Wukong's staff.

* A telescoping staff was one of the original weapons of CaptainBritain.

* In ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II: The Golden Army'', Nuada's weapon of choice is a BladeOnAStick which can extend and retract, apparently by magic.
* Donatello’s bo is given this treatment in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014''.

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

* Nanase from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' 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.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Ku Fei]]'s item, Shinchintetsu Jizaikon, is a replica of the one used in ''JourneyToTheWest'' called Shinchintetsu Jizaikon.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' cartoon, Diana has one of these as her magic item.

* Hualin, a bonus character in [[VideoGame/SoulSeries 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.

* In ''CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' you can build the Nyoi-Bo staff using Orichalcum, five bamboo spears and five bamboo swords. It's quite weak, but has the greatest reach and is perfect againsy multiple, weak opponents.
* In ''{{Megaman Zero}}'', Zero has access to the Triple rod, basically a spear that can be extended up to three times or can be used to bounce over enemies.

* Wukong and his weapon from ''LeagueOfLegends'' - appropriate, being a largely inspired by Son Wukong.

* [[SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]] has a cane that can do this. Sometimes it also has a [[SwordCane sword]] in it too.