Coming to America has Prince Akeem (professionally trained from childhood in martial arts) do this with an unscrewable mop handle to ward off an armed robber played by Samuel L.American Psycho 2: All American Girl: A janitor is found with a mop handle impaled through his head.Slam Dunk: During the fight at the gym, one of the members of Mitsui's uses a mop to hit Rukawa in the head.It's a major part of her Character Development as, until then, she'd been oblivious to zombies even existing. School-Live!: Yuki comes across a zombie and is forced to kill it with a mop she's holding.Ranma ½: Ranma has used various things as quarter staffs such as a broom or a laundry pole.Also, Setsuna and Asuna are in maid outfits because they weren't as interesting, so Chao ordered them made cute. Earlier in the arc, a minor character wields a traditional broom as a magic weapon unfortunately, she's up against Kotaro. Negima! Magister Negi Magi: The fight between Setsuna and Asuna in the Tournament Arc features Setsuna wielding a push-broom against Asuna's Paper Fan of Doom, due to bladed weapons being verboten.By the time we see any action, it's Taki holding the broom and mopping the floor with his attackers. Maiden Rose: A group of Luckenwalde students show up armed with brooms and buckets to haze Taki on his first day.Kyo Kara Maoh!: Jennifer uses a broom in place of a fencing foil in the second season.Kodomo no Jikan: A few unnamed students use them in class before being told to clean up.High School Of The Dead: Rei starts out with one of these, being trained in combat with a spear, and learns the hard way early on that impaling zombies with a broom handle doesn't work.Not that he made it difficult, since he was using the broom to clean the walls for no reason. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door: Spike infiltrates a chemical company disguised as a janitor (in another homage to Bruce Lee) and has to defend himself with a push-broom when detected by Action Girl Electra.Removing the head, or simply attacking with the handle whenever it's a better weapon than the other end of the object, is optional based on the Sliding Scale of Seriousness Versus Silliness. Theoretically, this can be Truth in Television. Anyone who prefers this as their weapon of choice is an Improbable Weapon User. This is also a go-to weapon for witches, adding fight to their flight. Anything vaguely cylindrical and tall as the character wielded as an Improvised Weapon (for which this is a Sub-Trope) falls under this broomsticks and mop handles are simply the most iconic. Note that the title need not be taken literally. He grabs the first thing he can find - a mop from the supply closet - and goes to town, using it as one would a Martial Arts Staff. He desperately looks around for anything that he can use in a pinch. So our hero is weaponless and about to face a horde of Mooks. All right, you primitive screwheads, listen up.
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