1 | Using a spear is not a trope on its own. One of the following tropes may apply instead: |
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3 | * BoomStick: Polearms that can fire energy blasts or projectiles. |
4 | * DevilsPitchfork: Tridents and similar weapons being used by demonic characters. |
5 | * DoubleWeapon: A double-ended polearm. |
6 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Strapping a blade to a shaft to make a spear, or sharpening a shaft into a spear. |
7 | * JavelinThrower: Lightweight spears used as ranged weapons by low-tech armies. |
8 | * JoustingLance: Lances being used by characters associated with medieval knights and/or chivalry. |
9 | * LowTechSpears: Spears are used as an archetypical weapon for less technologically advanced people and cultures. |
10 | * NaginatasAreFeminine: Naginatas being depicted as weapons used by women. |
11 | * NationalWeapon: A weapon is closely associated with a particular cultural group. |
12 | * ProngsOfPoseidon: Tridents being used by characters associated with the sea, such as sea gods. |
13 | * ShockStick: Polearms that can discharge electricity offensively. |
14 | * AThicketOfSpears: Massed infantry fighting with polearms in formation. |
15 | * WeaponBasedCharacterization: Characters possessing weapons that are either a direct reflection of their personality or the traits commonly deemed to their character type. |
16 | * WeaponSpecialization: If a character's weapon choice is exclusive to them, it often makes them stand out even more from other characters. |
17 | * WeaponsOfTheirTrade: Hunters and fishermen using spears and harpoons as combat weapons. |
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19 | If a direct wick has led you here, please correct the link so that it points to the corresponding article. |
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