History Main / SlouchOfVillainy

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* There are dozens of portraits depicting European monarchs sitting on their thrones in various poses of rest and authority. Depending on nationality or the historian, said monarchs are framed as villains.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', when Tai Lung encounters the Furious Five while heading into the village, the first thing he does on the broken RopeBridge is use it like a lounge chair while taunting them.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'':

** [[TheEvilPrince Zenos yae Galvus]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' ''loves'' this trope. The first time he's properly seen has him sit down on his throne in the classic head-resting-on-hand pose, and any subsequent time he's seen sitting on anything he always uses that pose, always with a bored look in his eyes and absent smirk. [[spoiler: This doesn't end even after he reprises his role as the main villain of Endwalker, as the trailer shows him doing his villanous slouch pose while seeing the Empire's capital burn down in front of him.]]

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Alan Jonah]] has such a sitting posture when he's being interrogated in Guam at the beginning of the ''Godzilla Aftershock'' graphic novel, whilst wearing orange prison overalls.

* Robo-Ky from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' really enjoys lounging in his metal throne (in the game, official art, and {{fanart}} alike). Since he's a DoAnythingRobot, the throne is actually part of Robo-Ky and folds into his back when he stands up.

* Q from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' tends to lounge on various bridge stations every so often. He's the only one without perfect posture in TheFuture, apparently.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Captain Archer of the MirrorUniverse does this in the command chair of the ''Defiant'' as he asks for Starfleet's surrender. As does Mirror!T'Pol when we first see her -- [[BareYourMidriff thanks to her outfit]], she looks a good deal hotter doing so.

* Medeus from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' is always slouching on his throne in his portrait. {{Justified}} as he can only unleash his full strength within his own domain.

* Magnius does this in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' with a hoverchair.

* Player characters in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' can adopt a sitting pose with options tailored for different furniture such as armchairs, sofas, ledges, and barstools. Only male characters can do the slouch, possibly because female characters can wear skirts.

* Lich King [[spoiler:Arthas]] at the end of ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII: The Frozen Throne''. He's so comfortable on his new (and frozen) throne that by the time of ''Wrath of The Lich King'', he's been literally ''encased in ice for years'' [[spoiler:having a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind]] until he rises to go and turn an ancient giant dragon into his undead servant. Then after pulling several cameo appearances throughout the Northrend, he goes right back to slouching there, waiting for players to finally arrive and challenge him. Posing your character on his lap and taking a screenshot is customary when you first reach him.

* Jin Kazama does this in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5'' in his ending, [[spoiler:in the Mishima Zaibatsu's throne, being its new owner]]. Of course, he isn't a villain...[[spoiler:[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity until the next game]].]]
** [[spoiler:And true to form, this is how you find Jin waiting for you at the top of the elevator of the Mishima Zaibatsu tower before your fight with him in ''Tekken 6''.]]

* In ''VideoGame/OverlordII,'' the Overlord actually gets to sit in his throne. He slouches magnificently, and gains bonus points for being able to do it [[TinTyrant in full armor]].
** In the ending, he does so with his Mistresses, who're fawning over him.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Xemnas fights two full battles this way. He happens to have the powers of all the other Organization members Sora has killed, so he commands their powers to fight for him while he sits on his throne watching. Even when attacked and fighting back with his sword, he stays sitting down.

** ''Birth by Sleep Final Mix'' gives us the No Heart BonusBoss, Master X's Keyblade Armor - which [[CallForward is nigh-identical]] to Xemnas's TinTyrant form. Naturally, he spends the first segment sitting down, ensuring you can't even reach him by creating a magical barrier with his Keyblade. When you break the barrier, he gets out of his chair and makes you regret it.

** When Hazel and Adam meet to discuss the future of Haven Academy, Hazel expects a negotiation but Adam instead achieves their goal by murdering their opposition. Hazel and Salem believe that people should only be killed if absolutely necessary, preferring to make use of them first. When Hazel angrily confronts Adam about unnecessary killing, Adam simply sits down, slumping casually against the right arm of the chair, announcing with a smirk that he felt the killing was necessary.

** When Hazel and Adam meet to discuss the future of Haven Academy, Hazel expects a negotiation but Adam instead achieves their goal by murdering their opposition. Hazel and Salem believe that people should only be killed if absolutely necessary, preferring to make use of them first. When Hazel angrily confronts Adam about unnecessary killing, Adam simply sits down, slumping casually against the right arm of the chair, announcing with a smirk that he felt the killing was necessary. [[spoiler:White Fang High Leader, Sienna Khan objects to the fall of Beacon and vetoes an attack on Haven because it damages the quest for Faunus equality; Adam murders her in her own throne room as he reveals that he doesn't want equality, he wants humanity broken and enslaved to the Faunus. Hazel is powerless to stop him from inflaming the White Fang by martyring Sienna and then victoriously draping himself across the throne.]]
** As one of the heroes, General Ironwood typically sits in a very straight-backed, business-like posture. After his slide into villainy in Volume 8, he slouches in his chair and steeples his fingers as he plans his next move for obtaining the Winter Maiden. The slouch lowers him in the chair so much that a sunburst pattern over the top of the doors behind him appear to be crowning his head like an evil emperor. The scene sets up just how evil his plan is later revealed to be, and kicks off his mini-arc as the protagonists' primary opponent. [[spoiler:He destroys a fleet of ships sent to rescue the citizens of Mantle city, and announces he will blow up the city unless the Winter Maiden surrenders to him within the next hour.]]

* Adam Taurus from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' sports one of these after [[spoiler: killing Sienna Khan and taking total control of the White Fang.]]

* {{Dracula}} does this a lot in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. Amusingly enough, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' player character Soma [[spoiler:(who's the reincarnation of Dracula)]], can plop down on a number of flat surfaces in ''Dawn of Sorrow'' in this position at the player's command. He also sits like this when he [[spoiler: fully becomes Dracula in the [[MultipleEndings bad ending]] of ''Aria'' or ''Dawn'', and when he is confronted in the final boss battle of Julius Mode]].

* [[http://www.homemedia4u.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1486 This]] resin model of Haman Karn from ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.

This is usually done to show how blasé and badass a character is; they're so bored and nonchalant that they aren't bothering with conventional posture and look cool in the process. This has the down side of making them less able to react if someone attacks, [[HealingFactor but that's not a problem]] [[NighInvulnerability if they have]] [[SuperReflexes the right abilities]]. Don't provoke them. There's a fine line between a slouching badass and a [[VictoryIsBoring bored tyrant]].

* Gendo Ikari's slouch of villainy in his [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolic]] office in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. It's noted that the office is set up specifically to intimidate visitors.

*** He has two variants of this, each playing with the fact that he has two arms. One is a variant on the classic "hand supporting head, arm hanging over his knee" posture, which has the other two hanging off the armrests of his throne; the other has him leaning forward, folding two hands in front of him and having the other two occupy the armrests properly.

** Chaos in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. And he's got four arms, so he's able to occupy both armrests while still folding his hands in front of him. The game even works the Slouch of Villainy into his ultimate attack! Chaos grows to enormous size, attacks the player with a BFS, and then makes the arena explode. And when the explosions die down, Chaos has reappeared back on his throne in his slouch of villainy while the player character drops down in front of him.

Compare with LeaningOnTheFurniture and ThinkerPose. Related to RebelRelaxation and is often a case of OrcusOnHisThrone. A neutral (non-villain) variant is RecliningReigner. Contrast KingpinInHisGym, when the villain prefers to do something a bit more active than lounge around on furniture. Do not confuse with [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs People Sit on Chairs]], which is [[Administrivia/NotATrope not a trope]].

* Dr. Frank-N-Furter from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow,'' as shown on the movie's poster and during his opening number.

* On the cover of ''Batman Vol 2.'' #39, [[spoiler: the newly returned Joker]] does this [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_super/0/6063/4224671-bm_cv39.jpg on a very literal throne of corpses.]]

* Prince John in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' is seen slouching when seated in the royal box at the archery tournament. Unlike other examples of this trope, it just makes him look like the seat is too big for him, combined with the ill-fitted crown and robe, all of which belongs to his more robust brother, King Richard.

* While she's not a villain, exactly, in ''Film/MataHari'' Creator/GretaGarbo is prone to lounging about rather than sitting upright.