History Main / ThisIsMyChair

Not to be confused with ThisIsMySide, a stock sitcom plot where a shared space is split down the middle.

'''Leonard:''' ...''Can you do that?\\

-> '''Sheldon:''' [[SeriousBusiness This seat is ideally located, both in terms of the heat source in the winter and the crossbreeze in the summer.]] It also faces the television at a direct angle, allowing me to immerse myself in entertainment or gameplay without [[TheSpock being subjected to conversation]]. As a result, I've placed it [[SophisticatedAsHell in a state of eternal dibs.]]'' \\
'''Leonard:''' ...''Can you do that?''\\
'''Sheldon:''' ''"[[PretentiousLatinMotto Cathedra mea, regulae meae]]" - that's Latin for "My chair, my rules"

-> '''Sheldon:''' ''[[SeriousBusiness This seat is ideally located, both in terms of the heat source in the winter and the crossbreeze in the summer.]] It also faces the television at a direct angle, allowing me to immerse myself in entertainment or gameplay without [[TheSpock being subjected to conversation]]. As a result, I've placed it [[SophisticatedAsHell in a state of eternal dibs.]]'' \\

'''Sheldon:''' ''"[[PretentiousLatinMotto Cathedra mea, regulae meae]]" - that's Latin for "My chair, my rules"''

* Done hilariously in the first part of the end game in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. What is [[FanNickname TIM]]'s response to finding Shepard after the later had just destroyed his base of operations?

* Done hilariously in the first part of the end game in MassEffect3. What is [[FanNickname TIM]]'s response to finding Shepard after the later had just destroyed his base of operations?
-->[[AC:Illusive Man]]:Shepard, you're in my chair.

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-->--''TheBigBangTheory''

This can develop, as on ''{{Friends}}'', from characters always sitting in the same place [[SocialSemiCircle out of necessity]] in a ThreeCameras show, and eventually having their relationship with that spot [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].

* In the pilot of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the fandom rejoices as Capt Picard yells at Wesley to "Get out of my chair!" Reportedly, Patrick Stewart would behave in a similar manner towards reporters and others who sat in the captain's chair on the Bridge set without invitation.

* As mentioned, the Central Perk sofa on ''{{Friends}}''. One storyline even revolved around a pair of bullies kicking Ross and Chandler off it.

* Sheldon's "spot" on ''TheBigBangTheory'' - see the page quote.

*** And in another episode, Leonard treats Penny's suggestion of having sex in The Spot (when Sheldon is away) as if it were [[GeekyTurnOn incredibly kinky and sexy]].
* Martin's chair on ''{{Frasier}}'' is perhaps a subversion, as no one else ''wants'' to sit in it.

* Kelso's lunch bench on ''{{Scrubs}}'' - [[CompressedVice at least, according to a single episode]].

** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'': The main characters always sit in the same table in [[LocalHangout the bar they always visit]], so much so that it is "their" table and the bartender once threatened a group of extras who unknowingly sat there. A one-off gag has the gang walking in to find people sitting there;
--> '''Ted:''' Get out of our booth! Go!

* ''{{Cheers}}'': Norm Peterson always sits on the same stool at the end of the bar. All of the regulars respect his claim to it (although Cliff calls dibs on it one time when it looks like Norm might not be coming to the bar any more), but in one episode some people new to the bar sit in Norm's spot and the stool next to it.
--> '''Norm:''' Um, excuse me, I was sittin' there...
--> '''Man:''' Oh, there was no one here when we came in.
--> '''Norm:''' No, I mean ''yesterday''...and really since the Ford administration...
--> '''Man:''' We're just waiting for our table up at Melville's.
--> '''Norm:''' So you'll move?
--> '''Man:''' Look, there's lots of other stools.
--> '''Norm:''' ''(starting to show signs of distress)'' Um...look, uh...um...sounds kind of s-...I'm, I'm ''Norm''.
--> '''Man:''' I'm Jeffrey, and this is Hillary.

--> '''Norm:''' I sit ''there''.
--> '''Woman:''' Well...nice meeting you...

--> '''Cliff:''' Look, uh...this is, this is...we're running out of time here, he's already two stages beyond anything I've seen before, so I... I think you better give him the stool.
--> '''Man:''' I'm... I'm sorry, we're sitting here.

* ''{{Babylon 5}}'':

* One of the main jokes on KingswoodCountry. Ted Bullpit does not allow ''anyone'' to sit in his armchair. "Outta the chair! Outta the chair!" nearly counts as a catchphrase for the show.

--> '''Man: We're just waiting for our table up at Melville's.

--> '''Man: I'm Jeffrey, and this is Hillary.

** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'': The main characters always sit in the same table in the bar they always visit, so much so that it is "their" table and the bartender once threatened a group of extras who unknowingly sat there.

---> '''Norm:''' So you'll move?

--> ''(Norm starts to cough and seems to have trouble breathing.)''

---> '''Man:''' I'm... I'm sorry, we're sitting here.

---> Norm: "Um, excuse me, I was sittin' there..."
---> Man: "Oh, there was no one here when we came in."
---> Norm: "No, I mean ''yesterday''...and really since the Ford administration..."
---> Man: "We're just waiting for our table up at Melville's."
---> Norm: So you'll move?
---> Man: Look, there's lots of other stools.
---> Norm (starting to show signs of distress): Um...look, uh...um...sounds kind of s-...I'm, I'm ''Norm''."
---> Man: I'm Jeffrey, and this is Hillary.
---> Woman: Nice to meet you. What do you do, Norm?
---> Norm: I sit ''there''.
---> Woman: Well...nice meeting you...
---> [Norm starts to cough and seems to have trouble breathing.]
---> Cliff: Look, uh...this is, this is...we're running out of time here, he's already two stages beyond anything I've seen before, so I, I think you better give him the stool.
---> Man: I'm, I'm sorry, we're sitting here.
---> [Norm suddenly seems to pass out and collapses to the floor. Everybody rushes over to see if he's okay, including the couple he'd been talking to...at which point he gets up and sits on his stool.]

* In a rare video game example, {{Catherine}} has the four main guys going the same bar (the Stray Sheep) every night and sitting at the same table. They even sit in the same spots at that table.

--->'''Commander Ivanova''': ''Mr. Garibaldi, you're sitting at my station, using my equipment. Is there a reason for this, or to save time should I just snap your hand off at the wrist?''

* Babylon5:
---> Captain Sheridan: Mr. Bester.
---> Alfred Bester: Captain Sheridan.
---> Captain Sheridan: Get the hell out of my chair!

** (According to Wil Wheaton this was more [[http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/28/star-trek-the-next-generation-angel-one/ a matter of respect]] than interdiction.)

* In the pilot of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the fandom rejoices as Capt Picard yells at Wesley to "Get out of my chair!" Reportedly, Patrick Stewart would behave in a simillar mannor towards reporters and others who sat in the captain's chair on the Bridge set without invitation.

** ''Another'' episode of ''Friends'' had Monica and Rachel forced to sit by the window because somebody got to their normal seat first, Rachel was quite angry. Of course this was a set up so the pair could see Ross "attacking" two women.

Alternatively it can be an ordinary character trait, a kind of SecurityBlanket for a character with {{Super OCD}}.

** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.

* Sheldon's "spot" on ''TheBigBangTheory''.

** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.

** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.