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== [[Anime]]
* When Luffy busts Don Krieg's Great Battle Spear in ''[[One Piece]]'', he mocks it as now being just a "Bomb on a Stick".
** When Usopp becomes Sogeking, he uses a [[Brats with Slingshots|Slingshot]] on a Stick.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': The Solvernia uses a [[This Is a Drill|Drill]] on a Stick
== [[Film]] ==
== Card Games ==▼
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'':▼
** "X on a stick" is a generic term for a spell placed on a permanent (like an artifact, enchantment, or land). This is because of the original Stick, [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212626 Isochron Scepter], which allows the repeated casting of a spell.▼
** The Boggarts of Lorwyn have a habit of attaching random things to sticks. [http://magiccards.info/lw/en/148.html Adder-Staff Boggart], for example, has a live snake tied to his staff (hence the name). The flavor text of [http://magiccards.info/lw/en/157.html Caterwauling Boggart] (whose staff has several frogs attached) [[Lampshaded Trope|lampshades]] it.▼
* In ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'', the Rat on a Stick is a wieldable item that lets you [[Escape Battle Technique|automatically escape]] from low-level monsters.▼
== Films -- Animation ==▼
* ''[[Surf's Up]]'' features squid on a stick. [[Tastes Like Chicken]].
* ''[[Madagascar]]'': "One Fun-side special coming right up. Seaweed on a stick."
* The movie ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' features the character of the Woodman who's day job is selling Schnitzel on a Stick and has an entire song and dance number featuring the food item.
** As a note, the concept of Schnitzel may have been what lead to the invention of the corndog.
* In the original ''[[Conan the Barbarian (film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' film from 1982, there is a shot of Conan eating lizard-on-a-stick as he walks through a marketplace.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'s Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler will sell almost anything "onna stick!", including Rat on a Stick for dwarfs.
** At one point his Omnian [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals|counterpart]] Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah sells ''yogurt'' on a stick.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'': a sow's head on a stick
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* An early ''[[Dad's Army]]'' episode has the Home Guard platoon improvising spears by tying kitchen knives to broom handles. Mainwaring chews out Pike for not taking the brush off the other end.
* One of the earliest "Late Night with ''[[David Letterman]]''" [[Running Joke]] was Larry "Bud" Melman (Calvert DeForrest) selling toast-on-a-stick.
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* There's a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[iCarly]]'' where the manager of the local smoothie restaurant Tibo tries to sell random items of food on a stick like pickles or a tacos.
▲== Stand-Up Comedy ==
* ''[[Jeff Dunham]]'': José Jalapeño on a [[Funetik Aksent|Steek]].
** ''Controlled Chaos'' discussed him as an [[Improvised Weapon]].
* An ''[[Upright Citizens Brigade]]'' sketch suggests the efficiency of using dog poo on a stick as a weapon.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
▲* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'':
▲** "X on a stick" is a generic term for a spell placed on a permanent (like an artifact, enchantment, or land). This is because of the original Stick, [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212626 Isochron Scepter], which allows the repeated casting of a spell.
▲** The Boggarts of Lorwyn have a habit of attaching random things to sticks. [http://magiccards.info/lw/en/148.html Adder-Staff Boggart], for example, has a live snake tied to his staff (hence the name). The flavor text of [http://magiccards.info/lw/en/157.html Caterwauling Boggart] (whose staff has several frogs attached) [[Lampshaded Trope|lampshades]] it.
▲* In ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'', the Rat on a Stick is a wieldable item that lets you [[Escape Battle Technique|automatically escape]] from low-level monsters.
== [[Toys]] ==
* ''[[Bionicle]]'': Matau uses a [[Chainsaw Good|buzzsaw]] on a stick and Whenua a [[This Is a Drill|drill]] on a stick
▲== Video Games ==
* Crafting in ''[[Minecraft]]''. A torch is coal on a stick, a redstone torch is a pile of crushed redstone on a stick, an iron sword is two ingots on a stick, and a diamond pickaxe is three diamonds on two sticks.
* ''[[Maple Story]]'' has poo on a stick as an item that repelled monsters.
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* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has the Sun-on-a-Stick for the Scout.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* The Squid-Onna-Stick has become something of an internal meme in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. The original was a demonic spear from the Dimension of Pain, which could turn anyone stabbed by it into a demon. And it looked just like a squid on a stick. Later, several identical weapons have shown up that are ''actually'' a squid on a stick, or a squid-like organism on a stick...
** There's also Zombie-Head-on-a-Stick, or ZHOAS, as she's usually called.
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* ''[[Meat Shield (webcomic)|Meat Shield]]'' has Mr. [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/who-turned-off-the-lights/ Lich-on-a-stick].
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* [[Chuggaaconroy|"For the love... of... Hilary Duff... on a stick!"]]
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em": Bart uses a peanut stick to torture Skinner upon discovering his allergies, leaving Skinner at his mercy until Comic Book Guy gives him the encouragement to fight back and go for Bart's own allergy: {{spoiler|shrimp}}.
▲* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Addition of a rag makes a handy washing implement.
* In ''[[6teen]]'', Jude worked at a restaurant where every food item on the menu was served on sticks.
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes]]''
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Let us not forget the real-life restaurant chain, Hot Dog on a Stick.
* Many, many varieties of food, mostly at fairs and fast-food things. It's convenient for the consumer and cheap for the seller (no plates and utensils to buy and stock) plus it produces minimal trash, reducing expenses associated with that. The classic example would be your basic corn dog, a hot dog coated in corn bread batter, deep-fried and served on a skewer.
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