A baton, also known as a "nightstick," is a melee weapon commonly used by police forces along with the billy club to beat felons into submission. It is one of the most prevalent weapons in the Madness Combat series. Though intended for the bludgeoning of opponents, the baton has on several occasions been used by Hank and others to impale opponents, as with enough force the both the baton itself or its handle can be driven through an opponent's flesh, lodging it in their body. The baton is featured at least once in every Madness Combat episode except for Madness Combat 1 and Madness Combat 12: Contravention and is used extensively in Madness Combat 2: Redeemer. The nightstick has since been redesigned into a more modern version, with the short stock being connected by an extremely short metal bar with the short stock also having a thin bar of metal, separating into the end of the stock ever since Madness Combat 4: Apotheosis.

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• In DedmosRebuilt.fla the Baton, like most of the sprites appearing in the animation, gets its appearance updated, in which it gets more shading. Said sprite is however exclusive to that animation, as both parts of Madness Combat 9.5 use the old, unshaded baton sprite again, and the weapon gets an entirely new sprite in Madness: 2d/3d Test.

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