History Main / CoolChair

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'': Caesar's throne has a massive golden eagle statue on it.

* In David Eddings' ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', Brand, the hereditary Rivan Warder, has a seat below the empty throne of the Rivan King. This is actually a reference, unintentional or not, to Denethor, Steward of Gondor in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', who sits on a plain wooden chair beneath the Gondorian throne (on the third step I believe)

%%* The Thinking Chair from ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a recurring couple of art dealers, Nuni and Nuni Schoener (played respectively by Fred Armisen and Creator/MayaRudolph), furnish their apartment with various unusual chairs, which they usually find more comfortable than their guests do. One sketch took this trope literally, when the wife showed off an armchair made out of ice.

* The Diary Room chair on ''Series/BigBrother''. Not particularly cool as a chair, but very definitely shorthand for "Draaaaaaaa-mah! is about to occur!"

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Dr. Eggman has various incarnations of his signature Eggmobiles, which manage a trifecta of Cool Chair, cockpit of sundry [[BossBattle Boss Battling]] machines, and omnivehicle escape pod. So enamored is he with his flying chair that it's rare to see him actually standing.

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', each employee at Honor Guard's call center gets one of these -- they automatically adjust to the weight and posture of whoever sits in them, auto-recline to a relaxing position, offer fingertip-ready touch controls, and display information on ergonomically-friendly floating screens.
-->"You'll be in it a lot, and we want you comfortable."

** MODOK, of Characters/{{AIM}} fame, ''is'' his awesome hoverchair.

* On ''Series/{{Revenge}}'', Victoria's lounge chair "throne" is so iconic to the series that when events forced her to get rid of it (it got badly stained), it received a memorial title card at the end of the episode. Later, when she commits suicide by blowing up Grayson Manor, she gets the chair back to sit in as she dies.

* Bowser has tons of these in the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' series, with a clear example of such a sinister spike-covered throne found in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' which is practically a ''fortress'' in its own right to accommodate [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Bowser's new size]]. ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' tends to give him these starting from ''VideoGame/MarioParty4'' onwards, with Bowser usually getting a different chair each game. ''VideoGame/MarioParty10'' takes it to its logical conclusion by making it a ranking system for the Bowser Challenge: The higher the score, the cooler the chair.

%%* There's [[http://www.jimunwin.com/extra/incrediblechairs/ an entire website]] dedicated to the chairs of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

-->-- '''Captain Kathryn Janeway''' (trying out someone else's Cool Chair), ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

*** Interestingly enough, Jim Starlin originally conceived Thanos as an {{Expy}} of the above-mentioned Metron. Editor Roy Thomas said he should [[DarkseidDuplicate base the character on Darkseid instead]]. Thanos hover thrones are possibly a nod to the originally intended reference.

* The black leather chair contestants sat in on the game-show ''Series/{{Mastermind}}''. It was considered so cool that it was once kidnapped and held for ransom; the original is now in the house of Magnus Magnusson's daughter.

A SubTrope of this is the ''Hovering'' Cool Chair, often found in video games and more fantastic works of fiction. Hovering Cool Chairs are also sometimes weaponized — machine guns, rockets, and lasers pop out of it to attack the villain's enemies — especially when also functioning as a SuperWheelChair. This may serve as a way to introduce a BossBattle with a mastermind-type villain without resorting to AuthorityEqualsAsskicking. SwivelChairAntics is another sub-trope.

** The "chairman" of the British House of Lords (formerly the Lord Chancellor, now the Lord Speaker) does ''not'' get an actual chair but rather sits on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolsack Woolsack]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a (large, square) red sack full of wool. Originally, this signified the importance of wool to England's economy; however, the sack was destroyed when the Houses of Parliament were bombed in UsefulNotes/TheHomeFront, and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, it was replaced with a new sack stuffed with wool from all over UsefulNotes/TheCommonwealth (representing Commonwealth unity and, one supposes, the ongoing love affair between English-speakers and wool). Despite the absence of a back or arms (it does have a small backrest), it's apparently quite comfortable.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-1609 SCP-1609]] used to be a chair that could sense when anyone nearby needed a place to sit down, and would teleport to wherever they were. Unfortunately, the Global Occult Coalition found it before the Foundation, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ran it through a woodchipper]]. Now it teleports ''into the lungs'' of anyone it perceives to be a threat.

* Brianna Diggers in the comic ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' built the "Lay-Z-Boy [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]]", a high-tech recliner with [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] armrests. Unfortunately for her, she didn't pay attention to the placement of all the guns' parts, and ended up with a lap full of hot shell casings when she used it. Upgraded versions appear later in the series, and they have enough firepower to single-handed lay cause tremendous mayhem against alien invading ''fleets''.