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Ah, the [[Simple Staff]]. Very versatile if you just add another thing to it.
 
* [[Cool Sword|Sword]] / [[Knife Nut|Knife]] = [[Blade Onon a Stick]]
* [[An Axe to Grind|Axe]] = Poleaxe
* Fork = [[Prongs of Poseidon]]
* Heavy Weight = [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Cool Guns|Gun]] = [[Boom Stick]]
 
Of course, this trope isn't limited to just weapons. "On a stick" is a tradition of fair foods; including Twinkie on a Stick, Porkchop on a Stick, Ramen on a Stick, [[Discworld|Rat on a Stick]]... one year, the local internet access company handed out their startup discs as "Internet on a Stick".
 
'''Tropes on a Stick'''
* [[Blade Onon a Stick]]
* [[Motivation Onon a Stick]]
 
See also [[Double Weapon]] when you add more than one thing to it.
 
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* When Luffy busts Don Krieg's Great Battle Spear in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', he mocks it as now being just a "Bomb on a Stick".▼
** When Usopp becomes Sogeking, he uses a [[Brats Withwith Slingshots|Slingshot]] on a Stick.▼
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': The Solvernia uses a [[This Is a Drill|Drill]] on a Stick▼
 
== Anime & Manga[[Film]] ==
* ''[[SurfsSurf's Up]]'' features squid on a stick. [[Tastes Like Chicken]].▼
▲* When Luffy busts Don Krieg's Great Battle Spear in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', he mocks it as now being just a "Bomb on a Stick".
* ''[[Madagascar (Animation)|Madagascar]]'': "One Fun-side special coming right up. Seaweed on a stick."▼
▲** When Usopp becomes Sogeking, he uses a [[Brats With Slingshots|Slingshot]] on a Stick.
* The Moviemovie ''[[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. ▼
▲* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': The Solvernia uses a [[This Is a Drill|Drill]] on a Stick
** 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 (Literature)|Discworld]]'s Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler will sell almost anything "onna stick!", including Rat on a Stick for dwarfs.▼
== Card Games ==▼
* In ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|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 (Tabletop 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 ==▼
▲* ''[[Surfs Up]]'' features squid on a stick. [[Tastes Like Chicken]].
▲* ''[[Madagascar (Animation)|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.
 
 
▲== Literature ==
▲* ''[[Discworld (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 (Literature)|Lord of the Flies]]'': a sow's head on a stick
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
 
* An early ''[[Dad's Army (TV)|Dads 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. ▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
▲* An early ''[[Dad's Army (TV)|Dads 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.
* In [[Stargate Atlantis (TV)/Recap/S02 /E12 Epiphany|an episode]] of ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' where a character ties a camera to a wooden stick, another character jokingly calls it a "MALP-on-a-stick".
* On ''[[Newhart (TV)|Newhart]]'', the Minuteman Cafe once offered "Critter on a Stick".
* PBS Kids Sprout's ''[[High School Musical (Film)|Preschool Musical]] on a Stick''. When [[The Wiggles (Music)|The Wiggles]] joined Sprout, it became ''Preschool Musical on Two Sticks''
* The Bajoran confection ''jumja'', made from the sap of the ''jumja'' tree, and known to ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' production staff as "glop on a stick".
* There's a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[ICarly (TV)|I CarlyiCarly]]'' where the manager of the local smoothie restaurant Tibo tries to sell random items of food on a stick like pickles or a tacos.
 
== [[Recorded and Stand- Up Comedy]] ==▼
 
▲== 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 (Tabletop Game)|Magic theThe 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 (Tabletop Gamegame)|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
 
▲== Card[[Video Games]] ==
 
* Crafting in ''[[Minecraft (Video Game)|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.▼
▲== Video Games ==
* ''[[Maple Story (Video Game)|Maple Story]]'' has poo on a stick as an item that repelled monsters.▼
▲* Crafting in ''[[Minecraft (Video Game)|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.
* ''[[Gears of War (Video Game)|Gears of War]] 2'': Skorge uses a double [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] on a stick▼
▲* ''[[Maple Story (Video Game)|Maple Story]]'' has poo on a stick as an item that repelled monsters.
▲* ''[[Gears of War (Video Game)|Gears of War]] 2'': Skorge uses a double [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] on a stick
* One of the food items you can find in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' is Squirrel On A Stick. [[Fridge Logic|Even though you never see squirrels in the game.]] This could be problematic if you consider where [[I'm a Humanitarian|some other foods come from]].
** The earlier games had Iguanna-Onna-Stick as an oft-found food-item. Gross, but at least you could tell what it was, unlike the 'Mystery Kabob'...
* ''[[Dead Rising 2 (Video Game)|Dead Rising 2]]'' lets you stick two chainsaws on opposite ends of an oar with [[Duct Tape for Everything|duct tape]].
** Don't forget the machete on the end of a broom handle combo weapon.
* ''[[Scribblenauts (Video Game)|Scribblenauts]]'': Don't underestimate the power of sticking something to a stick.
* ''[[Soul Series (Video Game)|Soul Calibur IV]]'': Seong Mi-Na's [[Joke Weapon]] is a "pimp-slap on a stick" instead of the usual [[Blade Onon a Stick]].
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' has the Sun-on-a-Stick for the Scout.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
 
* The Squid-Onna-Stick has become something of an internal meme in ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|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''actually'' a squid on a stick, or a squid-like organism on a stick...▼
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* The Squid-Onna-Stick has become something of an internal meme in ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|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.
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' features "Mimmoth on a Stick" as a carnival food -- wherefood—where a mimmoth is a tiny mammoth. There is also a ''[[Buck Godot]]'' [[Shout-Out]], where poiled slurgs are served "Fried! Onna stick!"
* ''[[Meat Shield (Webcomicwebcomic)|Meat Shield]]'' has Mr. [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/who-turned-off-the-lights/ Lich-on-a-stick].
 
 
== Web Original ==
* [[Chuggaaconroy (Let's Play)|"For the love... of... Hilary Duff... on a stick!"]]▼
 
 
== Western[[Web AnimationOriginal]] ==
▲* [[Chuggaaconroy (Let's Play)|"For the love... of... Hilary Duff... on a stick!"]]
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Addition of a rag makes a handy washing implement.▼
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|"HEART ON STICK MUST DIE!"]]
* In ''[[Sixteen (Animation)|Sixteen]]'', Jude worked at a restaurant where every food item on the menu was served on sticks.▼
* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'': in "Fast Feud", Daffy opens the store "Stuff on Sticks", selling pizza, watermelon, snails, fishsticks, etc. on a stick.▼
 
▲== Films --[[Western Animation]] ==
▲* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': AdditionThe addition of a rag makes a handy washing implement.
** "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}}.
▲* In ''[[Sixteen (Animation)|Sixteen6teen]]'', Jude worked at a restaurant where every food item on the menu was served on sticks.
▲* In the ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'': inshort "Fast Feud", Daffy opens the store "Stuff on Sticks", selling pizza, watermelon, snails, fishsticksfish sticks, etc. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|on a stick.]]
 
== [[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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