Line #342 JustForFun/PeopleSitOnChairs


1	[[quoteright:350:[[Film/TheGodfather https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psoc_godfather.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:This person is ''just'' sitting in a chair. He is not standing. His chair-sitting is so interesting, it is worthy of an image. If you still do not understand what chair-sitting looks like, look down and you will probably see yourself in a chair.]]
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4	This trope is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: people sitting on chairs. [[CaptainObvious When people sit in chairs they are sitting down.]] [[ShapedLikeItself In chairs.]] So they don't have to stand or use their legs. They can just sit. In chairs. And relax. In chairs.
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6	And chairs are used because they are good things to sit down in, as opposed to bad things to sit down in like needles or mud. Often this position is comfortable, but other times it is not. If a chair is made out of the aforementioned "needles or mud", it will probably be uncomfortable. Often characters will complain when their chair is uncomfortable. Chairs are also good places to fall asleep. Usually if a character falls asleep, it's because the chair is comfortable. Though a character might still fall asleep in an uncomfortable chair if they're exhausted and they can't find a more comfortable chair to sleep in.
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8	Among the other uses of sitting on chairs are
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10	* not standing.
11	* not sitting on the ground.
12	* lounging.
13	* doing tasks not possible when standing up.
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15	Of course, this is a very common trope - even more common than BigBad, which holds the number one spot in OverdosedTropes. It's also TruthInTelevision: Chairs are very common in RealLife, so many writers [[WriteWhatYouKnow write what they know]] and end up including chairs in their stories. Aversions are not impossible, as there are some works that don't have chairs at all. There are also some works that subvert this by having chairs in the background, but never having characters sit in the chairs.
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17	Fans have mixed opinions on chair-sitting scenes. Did that guy ''need'' to sit in a chair, or would the scene have been more interesting if he was standing up? Did those people ''need'' to stand up, walk around, and act over-dramatic, or could they have just sat in chairs and talked to each other normally? Because of this, some TV Tropes work pages ''ignore'' chair-sitting and focus on other, less controversial parts of a work.
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19	[[CaptainObvious Note that it doesn't have to be "people" or "chairs" plural:]] [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible one person can sit down in one chair and it will still be the trope.]] Or in some comedic cases, one character might sit down in multiple chairs, or [[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-people-sitting-on-one-chair/ multiple characters might sit down in one chair]]. They are all the same trope.
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21	Contrast People Stand on Floors. Often overlaps with Breathing Oxygen. For the inverse, see Administrivia/ChairsSitOnPeople.[[note]]As stated by Administrivia, this isn't a real trope. This page is just a joke. Don't add this to a work's example page. Feel free to add works to this example page, though.[[/note]]
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23	!!Examples:
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27	[[folder:Advertising]]
28	* Everybody has watched a chair commercial at least once.
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30	[[folder:Arts]]
31	* ''Art/SeatedWomanOfCatalhoyuk'' is a sculpture depicting a nude bulbous woman sitting on a throne. Its armrests have the form of feline heads.
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33	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34	* In both ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' and its [[Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss sequel]], since the titular Defense Club mostly resides in the club that features chairs when they're not studying, you can see them often sit in their chairs.
35	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
36	** Aizen has a ridiculously large sofa for just himself in Las Noches.
37	** The big contrast between the Captains of the Gotei 13 and Aizen's Espada is is that the Captains all stand during their meetings, coordinated by their squad numbers, but the Espada all sit on really fancy chairs without care about their numberings.
38	** Aizen is eventually imprisoned and bound to a chair. Later, when he is allowed to leave his prison in order to assist the Gotei 13, Aizen is still sealed to his chair, and when he attempts to destroy it with his empowered "Hado #90: Kurohitsugi", the chair remains undamaged. Aizen doesn't get out of the chair until he fights Yhwach who breaks the chair. After that, Aizen returns to prison and sits continues to sit on another chair for the remainder of his prison sentence.
39	* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', L's Man in the Chair, Watari, does indeed sit on a chair in practically every appearance.
40	* Manga/{{Doraemon}} ''himself'' is a [[https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1HBi6MVXXXXcqaFXXq6xXFXXXt/Fancytrader-Lovely-Stuffed-Plush-Doraemon-Sofa-Tatami-Pop-Anime-Luxury-Cartoon-Cat-Bed-Chair-for-Children.jpg_640x640.jpg chair that you can sit on]].
41	* In ''Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia'', the BigBad, Del Donna/Teru Noa, is always sitting in a wheelchair, which is a type of chair. Justified as [[EvilCripple she's crippled]].
42	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Dio sits in a chair during the intro of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', "Sono Chi No Sadame".
43	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
44	** When Gendo Ikari isn't standing, he's sitting down, almost always with his trademark {{finger tent\|ing}}. While the LimitedAnimation doesn't usually show the chair he sits in, it's a safe bet that it is there, making this an ImpliedTrope.
45	** The Evas themselves are a more straightforward example, as their control seats are clearly visible to the viewer and multiple characters sit in them throughout the series.
46	** Shinji Ikari in Episode 25 is one of the most famous examples of this trope, as his "sitting in a chair hunched over, his mental state completely broken" pose has become {{memetic\|Mutation}}.
47	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
48	** Big Mom enjoys throwing tea parties that involve sitting in chairs. In fact, sitting in chairs is essential to her lifelong dream of creating a world where people of every race can sit at the same table, eye-to-eye.
49	** Averted in the case of the Empty Throne. None are allowed to sit on it, to show that all the nations of the world are equal. [[spoiler:In reality, this trope is played straight by Imu, the true king of the world.]]
50	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
51	** In [[Recap/FwPCEp01YouWantUsToTransform the first episode]] of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', the students are sitting in chairs when Honoka corrects her teacher on a math equation.
52	** In [[Recap/FwPCSSEp02TheWelcomePartyAtPanpaka Episode 2]] of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', Saki and Minori sit in chairs while staring at some chocolate cornets.
53	** In Episode 11 of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', the girls are sitting in chairs while studying.
54	** In Episode 38 of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo'', Syrup is sitting in a chair as he remembers the Cure Rose Garden.
55	** In [[Recap/HPCEp01ImGoingToChangeWatchMeChange the first episode]] of ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', the students in Tsubomi's class are sitting in chairs while she introduces herself. Erika jumps out of hers to start asking questions.
56	** In [[Recap/SmilePrecureEp1 the first episode]] of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', Yayoi, Nao, and Reika are sitting in chairs when they first meet Miyuki. The ''Anime/GlitterForce'' dub gives Yayoi/Lily a line about having a hamster with the same name as Miyuki/Emily.
57	** In [[Recap/DokiDokiPrecureEp05NoWayThatGirlIsCureSword Episode 5]] of ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', Makoto is sitting in a chair when Mana approaches her about joining her team.
58	** In [[Recap/HCPC04TheTransferStudentIsAPrincess Episode 4]] of ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', the students are sitting in chairs when Hime [[SarcasmMode delivers the best introduction in the series]].
59	** In [[Recap/GoPrincessPrettyCureEp5 Episode 5]] of ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', Haruka sits in a chair while watching Kirara model.
60	** In Episode 33 of ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'', Riko and Lian are sitting in chairs when they meet with Yuki and Daikichi, who are also sitting in chairs.
61	** In [[Recap/KiraKiraPrecureALaModeEp15 Episode 15]] of ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', Miku is sitting in a chair while eating sweets with Ichika.
62	** In [[Recap/HugttoPrettyCureEp49 the final episode]] of ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'', the TimeSkip epilogue shows a now-adult Hana sitting in a chair, showing that she's now a CEO. [[spoiler:This also happens to be the location in which she goes into labour.]]
63	** In [[Recap/StarTwinklePrettyCureEp14 Episode 14]] of ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'', both of the Amamiya family photos have Kaede sitting in a chair; in the older one from five years ago, she's holding the newborn twins, and in the more recent one, she's holding baby Anna.
64	** In Episode 22 of ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'', Nodoka is sitting in a chair while she worries about Asumi.
65	** In ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'', the Cures keep chairs in their clubroom, which they usually sit in when discussing their schemes.
66	** In [[Recap/DPPC01FoodBringsSmiles the first episode]] of ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'', some guests at Nagomi Diner are seen sitting in chairs while Rosemary gushes about Akiho's cooking.
67	** In the opening of ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'', Mashiro is sitting in a chair while giving Elle-chan her bottle.
68	** In [[Recap/WonderfulPrettyCureEpisode1 the first episode]] of ''Anime/WonderfulPrettyCure'', Iroha sits in a chair while eating her breakfast.
69	** In the opening of ''Anime/PowerOfHopePrecureFullBloom'', Mai sits in a chair while working.
70	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'':
71	** The cover of [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comics/1585284916-0.jpg Chapter 15]] shows Undine sitting in a particularly fancy chair. {{Subverted\|Trope}} in that this chair never actually appears in the chapter, and thus no one sits in it.
72	** {{Averted\|Trope}} in Chapter 16, when Undine notices that Cassidy's chair is empty, which means that she is not currently sitting in it.
73	* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'':
74	** Mametchi will often sit on the couch to watch his favorite ShowWithinAShow, ''Gotchiman''.
75	** Tamagotchi School has chairs for the desks the students use.
76	** Himespetchi's house has a couple of chairs around her table; she and others have sat on them. Furthermore, in episode 114 (her debut episode), she very nearly gets to sit in a chair next to her crush Mametchi at lunchtime... but Kuchipatchi takes the seat before she can.
77	* ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': The first key visual of the anime's second season shows the protagonist, Rimuru Tempest, sitting on a big chair known as a throne.
78	* ''Anime/YuGiOhSevens'': Nail Saionji has a drone butler named Sebastian, who is a chair. A massage chair. He can shift into a bipedal, humanoid form, but he takes pride in being a very good massage chair for his master.
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81	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
82	* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'' features chairs for the characters to sit on while they get their makeover. TruthInTelevision; all normal barbershops are like this.
83	* The heroes in ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' are often seen sitting on a couch in their home, which is technically a type of chair.
84	* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'':
85	** In the Season 1 episode "Horror Movie", the docs are seen sitting on chairs in a movie theater while watching a horror film.
86	** The Season 2 episode "Martial Art" has Lamput sitting in a chair in a movie theater, this time to watch a martial arts film. Then the docs challenge him to a fight, martial arts style.
87	** In the Season 3 episode "Origins", the Lab School, like most schools, has chairs for each of the desks the students, including Specs Doc, use to do their schoolwork.
88	* Chairs are present in the ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' dab commercial.
89	* In ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'', the characters are seen using small pieces of wood as chairs at least once, at Bakerbory's place.
90	* Characters in ''Animation/PangPond'' are occasionally seen sitting in chairs.
91	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' has chairs once.
92	* The Pen family in ''Animation/SayHiToPencil'' are often seen sitting in chairs placed around their dining room table.
93	* ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' has a chair in one scene.
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96	[[folder:Comic Books]]
97	* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' have a strong tendency to sit on chairs around a roundish table during meetings.
98	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'': The ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' and ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' also sit in chairs around a roundish table during meetings. The JSA has been seen doing that on covers.
99	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Professor X was long confined to his wheelchair, which is a type of chair. Since he learned to walk again, he has been sitting on the Quiet Council of Krakoa, whose seats are represented by chairs.
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102	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
103	* ''ComicStrip/BrewsterRockitSpaceGuy'': In [[http://nebula.wsimg.com/7f3ed6e6b4a91fca075a22b0ce678050?AccessKeyId=42AB039C77F0260DBDCD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 this strip]], Brewster himself is praising chairs for how easy life is when people can sit on them.
104	* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The Phantom has a specially designated chair in his cave that he has named the Skull Throne that only he can sit on.
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107	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
108	* ''Literature/{{Goldilocks}}'': Goldilocks sits on three chairs, but also breaks the little one. This suggests the chair really hated her, as it could usually hold a small bear. This also indicates that not only do people sit in chairs, but bears do as well.
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111	[[folder:Fan Works]]
112	* [[Recap/TheDragonAndTheButterflyChapter2 Chapter 2]] of ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' has Hiccup tied to a chair with vines.
113	* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse:
114	** In ''Fanfic/TwentyFiveDaysOfCuremas'', Moe pulls out a chair for Mizuki to sit in on the deck.
115	** Defied in ''Fanfic/AnythingForFamily''; Hana mentions that Hugtan is not in her high chair when she disappears.
116	** In ''Fanfic/ABigBlueHouseInTallPineGrove'', Tutter is excited to find chairs in his new mousehole.
117	** In ''Fanfic/CATEAcademy'', Daisy-Mae, Doc, and Bluey sit in chairs while eating breakfast.
118	** In ''Fanfic/ADayWithoutLeonardo'', Raph, Donnie, Sera, and Splinter are sitting in chairs while Mikey is cooking breakfast.
119	** In ''Fanfic/DontCryForMeIveAlreadyWilted'', Saki is sitting in a chair when the intense overstimulation in her classroom pushes her to the brink, leading her to create an Akanbe fueled by her own anger.
120	** In ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'', the firefighters sit in chairs while telling each other scary stories.
121	** In ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'', Kwazii and Sarabi put Barnacles in a chair after he breaks his shin.
122	** In ''Fanfic/MaFille'', Von Kaiser and Katrina spend the chapter "Bonding Time" sitting in chairs, colouring.
123	** In ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'', Abby and Tyler are sitting in chairs when Abby forgets that Tyler's a cis boy and offers him a pad.
124	** In ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'', Yui sits in a chair while comforting Rosemary in the hospital.
125	* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': The Renegade protagonist, after using a SuperSerum followed by [[AGodAmI minor apotheosis]], is so large that he can rarely sit in any chair he comes across without heavily reinforcing it. He tends to just make a HardLight chair with his power ring.
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128	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
129	* Completely averted in ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''. Since all of the characters are {{Sentient Vehicle}}s, they cannot easily sit in chairs, and usually park where they would sit instead.
130	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', the family is sitting in chairs during the disastrous dinner scene.
131	* A similar dinner scene also occurs in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', after Shrek and Donkey meet Fiona's parents. Naturally, they are all sitting in chairs.
132	* {{Exploited\|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', when Dash places a ThumbtackOnTheChair to prank his teacher. Dash is so fast, he can't be easily caught on camera.
133	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'', the Rexcelsior's eject button is hidden in one of its chairs so Rex can press it by sitting on the chair.
134	* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', the opening song mentions many things that are better to do with Perry the platypus, one of which is sitting in a chair.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'':
136	** Rameses is seen sitting on his throne throughout a few points in the film: once when he's first talking to Moses after "[[VillainSong Playing With The Big Boys]]", again when he's on his barge right before the blood river plague, and again during "[[HeroVsVillainDuet The Plagues.]]" A throne is a kind of chair.
137	** Averted in the sequence right before "[[PepTalkSong Through Heaven's Eyes]]", in which Moses and the Midians are seen sitting on the ground.
138	* In a flashback in ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011'', Puss gets told off for sitting in [[AdaptationalJerkass Little Boy Blue]]'s chair.
139	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Bowser sits on a piano stool whilst he sings his [[MemeticMutation famous]] [[VillainLoveSong song]] ''[[VillainLoveSong Peaches]]''.
140	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei is sitting in a chair while her parents test to see how well she can keep her panda powers under control.
141	* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', when the Fredricksens loved to sit on chairs, up until Ellie died, [[EmptyChairMemorial so now her chair is empty]].
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144	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
145	* In ''Film/SawI'', Amanda Young wakes up in the Reverse Bear Trap sitting on chair.
146	* Subverted in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' twice -- first, the singing puppets sing, "Willy Wonka, here he is!" and point to a chair... which is empty because Willy Wonka wanted to watch the show. Then, the characters go to the nut sorting room and expect to find people sitting on chairs, but they find ''squirrels'' sitting on them instead.
147	* ''Film/DieHard'':
148	** John [=McClane=] sits in a chair, at first, when rubbing his feet on the carpet.
149	** Hans Gruber and Joe Takagi are sitting in chairs when the former kills the latter.
150	** Harry Ellis is sitting in a chair when Hans shoots him.
151	* Completely justified by Lt. Dan in ''Film/ForrestGump.'' Having had both legs amputated after being severely wounded in Vietnam, he spends most of his time in a wheelchair, exercising his arms. That is, until he subverts it at Forrest and Jenny's wedding. Having been fitted with "magic" titanium alloy prosthetics, he is the only wedding guest ''not'' seated in a chair at the ceremony.
152	* ''Film/TheGodfather'' provides the page image, which shows Michael Corleone sitting on a chair.
153	* In ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'', the King is literally forced to sit in a chair when he misbehaves, with straps.
154	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
155	** In the {{Stinger}} of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', the avengers are eating shawarma while sitting in chairs.
156	** Additionally, Thanos, the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire MCU, sits on a chair throughout every movie until Infinity War.
157	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' uses this trope many times per film:
158	** Across the franchise, most pilots sit down while flying their ships. This sitting is completely justified; most cockpits are fairly small, meaning that sitting down helps the pilots easily fit inside.
159	** In ''Film/ANewHope'', Admiral Motti is sitting in a chair when he is force-choked by Darth Vader. Many aliens are also sitting in chairs in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
160	** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Darth Vader briefly sits down at a dinner table. Earlier in the film, he is also seen sitting in his meditation chamber.
161	** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': On the Death Star, the Emperor sits on his throne, which is a type of chair. C-3PO is also built a wooden throne by the Ewoks when they worship him.
162	*** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' takes this even further with [[spoiler:the revived Palpatine]] taking a seat on the throne of the Sith -- which is still a chair, but this one is a much larger, more ominous looking chair.
163	** As seen in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Jedi Council's chamber features many chairs to sit in. Some of them, such as Yoda's chair, are tailor-made to fit the Master that sits in it.
164	** Dexter's diner from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' features many chairs and booths to sit in. The Separatist Council on Geonosis also features many seats.
165	** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'':
166	*** Upon denying Anakin the rank of Jedi Master, Mace Windu disrespectfully tells him to “take a seat”. Arguably being forced to sit in that chair was Anakin’s StartOfDarkness moment that set him down the path to become Darth Vader.
167	*** Also exploited by Yoda later in the film: At the beginning of his duel with Darth Sidious in the Senate building, Sidious is sitting in a chair. After he gets up, Yoda takes advantage of this and Force-pushes the Emperor back, sending him flying into his chair and flipping him over.
168	** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Captain Phasma is sitting in a chair when she is forced to disable Starkiller Base's shields by Finn and Han.
169	** ''Film/RogueOne'': Admiral Raddus is sitting in a chair when the Death Star plans are transmitted to the ''Profundity''.
170	** Paralleling the previously mentioned Palpatine, Snoke sits in a chair in his throne room in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. Even after [[spoiler:Kylo Ren bisects him, his legs still sit on the chair]].
171	** ''Film/{{Solo}}'': [[spoiler:Darth Maul]] is sitting in a chair during his cameo scene at the end of the film.
172	* Creator/JoshBrolin sits on a chair in several of his movies, including his aforementioned portrayal of Thanos, and even on the poster for ''Film/{{W}}''.
173	* Lampshaded in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' when [[BigBad Lord Summerisle]] sits down in a chair and invites Howie to do the same, saying "[[FauxAffablyEvil Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent]]."
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176	[[folder:Literature]]
177	* In the ''Literature/{{Alfie}}'' story "Breakfast", Alfie sits on a "proper" chair to eat his breakfast, while Annie Rose, due to her young age, sits in a high chair.
178	* While Jesus and his disciples Avert this during the Last Supper in ''Literature/TheBible'', instead reclining at a low table, many paintings of the Last Supper depict them sitting in chairs.
179	* In most of the frequent meetings between House leaders, diplomats, or clergymen in ''Literature/CityOfNoEnd'', the characters gather by sitting on chairs. Subverted, however, in the opening appearance of Setheus Platinus Leibowitz, in which he sits on a simple low stool to hear cross-legged petitioners who sit on the ground beside him, {{establishing\|CharacterMoment}} his role as ThePhilosopherKing and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
180	* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
181	** ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'': The only thing worth seeing in the ancient and deserted city of Charn is people sitting in chairs: a vast room full of such people, preserved from the apocalypse caused by the Deplorable Word, all wearing fabulously ornate clothes.
182	** In the follow-up, ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', chairs are integral to solving the plot, as the curse will only be broken when four humans sit on four chairs in a castle know as Cair Paravel. The chairs themselves are never established to be magical; it is the sitting on them that is significant.
183	** In a later installment, the titular [[Literature/TheSilverChair silver chair]] turns this on its head by not only being magical, but able to work for any Narnian who sits on it and slowly turning them evil.
184	* ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld'': Aware of the problem that Danny and his father only have two chairs, they plan to avert this trope when they invite Doctor and Mrs Spencer: they themselves will sit ''not'' on chairs, but on boxes.
185	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
186	** Lord Vetinari is generally sitting in a chair behind his desk when Vimes or Moist see him.
187	** At the end of ''Literature/EqualRites'', Granny Weatherwax gets a chair with a sunshade, so she can sit outside.
188	** The overweight Dean of Unseen University is unkindly known as "Two Chairs" due to his ability to sit in two of the Uncommon Room chairs at the same time.
189	* ''Literature/GoodnightMoon'' features bears sitting on chairs.
190	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Harry and his friends sit on chairs while in class. The common room also has chairs. Madame Maxime takes up two chairs on her own. Dumbledore and Voldemort sit in chairs and drink wine during Voldemort's job interview. It's the only time in the series Voldemort is ever on a chair, as well as the only time we ever see him eating or drinking for pleasure.
191	* Subverted in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Denethor is just a steward, so he does ''not'' sit on the throne of Gondor. Instead [[DoubleSubverted he sits on a black chair]] at the foot of the throne.
192	* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': The Trunchbull sits on a chair with a beautiful squelch, because the chair has been smeared with Golden Syrup.
193	* ''Literature/{{Mog}}'': Mr. Thomas sits on a chair. In "Mog's Bad Thing", Mog [[UrineTrouble pees on it]], which is such a sin against furniture, that the act was never named and referred to solely as "a bad thing".
194	* Zigzagged in ''Literature/OiFrog''. The frog makes it so that everybody has to sit on something that rhymes with their species (dogs on logs, dingoes on flamingos, etc), but he gets to sit on a sun lounger (which is sort of a chair) anyway.
195	* In ''Literature/PostmanPatsSleepyDays'', Pat falls asleep in Mrs Pottage's armchair thanks to his insomnia.
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198	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
199	* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': The eponymous family has a large chair, but for some reason, the only one who sits on it is Morticia.
200	* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': Invoked pretty much every episode by Archie and Edith Bunker each having their own specific chair in the sitting room.[[note]]So iconic are they, they are now housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (Both chairs are in 2nd pic here:[[https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_670097]]). [[/note]] All others, including unaware visitors, are made to sit on the couch.
201	* A {{running gag}} in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is for the character Sheldon Cooper to get mad when someone else sits on the part of the couch that he usually sits on. While subverted in that it is on a couch, we are shown in a flashback that it used to be a lawn chair that stood in that exact spot.
202	* Contestants on ''Series/BigBrother'' sit on a chair in the Diary Room: usually a fancy ornate one.
203	* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'':
204	** Nobody sits in the chair belonging to the late King Richard III, as the King reminds Edmund, by suddenly materialising in the chair.
205	** The cast of ''Blackadder II'' sit on chairs, much to the disgust of the puritan Lady Whiteadder, who believes people should sit on spikes.
206	* ''Series/{{Community}}'': The Study Group regularly sit in chairs at the study table, and Pierce comes to discover in Season 1 that much of Jeff's "power" is because of the chair he sits in.
207	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor sits on a chair while a prisoner of the Daleks in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice "The Magician's Apprentice"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]]. Davros comments that they found the only chair on Skaro for him, since the Daleks avert the trope completely. In the Comic Relief special ''Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death'', the Doctor and his companion are forced to sit on chairs whilst prisoners of the Daleks as well. The companion asks why the Daleks have chairs and the Doctor says "[[RunningGag I'll explain later]]."
208	* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "A Touch of Class", Basil complains that the guests in room six are common and vulgar, because they have never even sat on chairs before.
209	* ''Series/TheFriendlyGiant'' has Friendly set out chairs for his guests at the beginning of each episode, including a rocking chair and an arm chair for "Two more to curl up in."
210	* A plot point in ''{{Series/Game of Thrones}}'', as the main plotline follows the machinations of several characters trying to sit on a chair (the Iron Throne).
211	** This is also a plot point in the prequel series ''{{Series/House of the Dragon}}'', though more swords are added to the chair in order to increase the tension.
212	* Used to great effect in ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', where the titular girls typically only sit one chairs during formal occasions, such as dinners, parties, or at school, but also when arguing. The rest of the time the keep it cash sitting on sofas, or chat while sitting on bar stools.
213	** When Rory is relaxed, she will study on the couch; when she is stressed out, she will study on a chair.
214	** Often PlayedForLaughs by Lorelai. On one occasion, when told she can sit wherever she wants at a local diner, she asks an already seated dining guest to move; on another, she picks a fight with her daughter about who sat down on the wrong chair after they end up sitting by different tables. At her daughter's graduation, she deliberately annoys her mother by pretending not to have saved them seats.
215	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' typically sat in chairs when eating cheesecake.
216	* ''Series/GrangeHill'': Averted in that some teachers and pupils do not sit on chairs, choosing to perch on a desk instead. Occasionally, teachers make the threat that if pupils misbehave, they won't be able to sit on chairs.
217	* ''Series/HappyDays'': Zigzagged with the character of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli. He does sit on chairs, but he also sits on benches and sinks. Characters are sometimes told to "Sit on it" when there may not be a chair to sit on.
218	* ''Series/InsideNo9'':
219	** PlayedForHorror in “Private View”. Neil is killed by being forced to sit in a chair with knives sticking out of the backrest.
220	** In “Misdirection”, the ImpossiblyAwesomeMagicTrick that drives the plot involves the magician sitting on a chair.
221	* Both ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' are about unlikable people fighting, manipulating and murdering their way to sit on the most important chair in any media, the Iron Throne.
222	* On ''Series/LaughIn'' Creator/LilyTomlin has a recurring character, Edith Ann, who is a child sitting in a large rocking chair, telling humorous stories.
223	* ''Series/LittleBritain'': People in Britain will do all sorts of things for kicks. Some lick stamps, others sit on chairs.
224	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Disa invites Elrond to dine with her family despite Durin's disapproval. Everyone is sitting on chairs. Durin and Elrond argue, and Elrond wants to leave. At his wife's urging, Durin tells Elrond to sit down back on the chair.
225	* In ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', the character, [[TwoferTokenMinority Stevie Kenarban]], is bound to a wheelchair, making him a living embodiment of this trope.
226	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' seats the title character in a chair at least OnceAnEpisode, usually when he pilots his CoolShip.
227	** Mando sits at the bar on Nevarro [[RuleOfThree three times]] during Season 1; the first two times when Greef Karga gives him a new assignment, and the third when the Client (who sits in all of his appearances) demands, "[[MemeticMutation I would like to see the baby.]]" Whoever talks to Mando in each of those scenes sits in another chair.
228	*** After the bar becomes a schoolhouse, Mando can't sit in his previous chair, but Greef does seat Baby Yoda behind a desk.
229	** Mando and Mayfeld must sit inside the mining hub on Morak when Imperial general Valin Hess makes them listen to his plans to burn the village to the ground.
230	** Season 2 ends with [[spoiler:Boba Fett victoriously sitting on the throne he claimed from Bib Fortuna]].
231	** Season 3 ends with Mando sitting on a porch chair while watching the baby play outside.
232	* On ''Series/{{Mastermind}}'', the contender sits in a famous black chair; the chair is so famous, that it forms the page image.
233	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
234	** The Spanish Inquisition uses the "Comfy Chair" as one of its ineffective torture devices. An old woman is forced to sit in it.
235	** One couple has an entire living room on the pavement outside of a movie theatre, chairs included.
236	* ''Series/MrBean'': In "Do it yourself, Mr Bean", Mr Bean sits in an armchair he has just bought. The fact that the chair is tied to the roof of his car, and that he is driving the car from said chair is merely NarrativeFiligree.
237	* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the episode 5, season 9 ''Untucked''. Cynthia Lee Fontaine gives an eulogy to a chair that was just broken by Eureka.
238	-->'''Cynthia:''' A moment of silence for this chair, it pass away. It had beautiful cucu sitting here for makeup, shade, tea, and more. For this chair, on behalf of Season 9, our condolencences.
239	* In ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Uncle Monty [[spoiler:is murdered by Count Olaf]] in a chair.
240	* '' Franchise/StarTrek'': Starfleet starships in all series tend to have chairs of some sort. The best ones are for the captain, (or those filling in for the captain).
241	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
242	** Invoked and exploited in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?". A barfly named Morn is thought to be dead, so Quark the bartender has people pay to sit in his chair to commemorate him.
243	** Averted by the Jem'Hadars: their ships have no chairs, which makes them quite uncomfortable for everybody else.
244	* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'':
245	** In one episode, Hoshi talks Travis into sitting in Reed's chair.
246	** Zigzagged in "Singularity". Archer does sit on a chair, but he finds the chair uncomfortable, so he has Trip adjust it. An anomaly causes most of the crew to become obsessed with whatever they're doing, so Trip obsesses over the chair and [[DefiedTrope doesn't let anyone sit on it]]. Eventually, he lowers the chair slightly, satisfying Archer.
247	* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Picard's chair, colloquially known as the "Big Chair", has status. Ambassador Troi and Vash have both tried sitting in it, despite the fact that only Picard is allowed to do so unless he gives someone else charge of the bridge. When Worf was temporarily put in charge, he described the Big Chair as "comfortable".
248	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Downplayed with Seven of Nine and Icheb, who, due to being former Borg, sit on chairs a lot less than the other characters.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder:Music]]
252	* [[Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotGeneral In general]], it is common for musicians to sit down in chairs when mixing music on their computers. Drummers also tend to sit on a stool when performing in a rock band; as do pianists.
253	* Music/GeorgeStrait, a country singer, sang a song called ''The Chair'' in which somebody sits in his chair.
254	* Most of Music/HenryCow used to sit down during their performances, apart from keyboardist Tim Hodgkinson and singer Dagmar Krause.
255	* Robert Fripp, the main guitarist of Music/KingCrimson, has sat on a stool since the band's earliest gigs in 1969. When he announced to the other members of the original lineup that he couldn't play properly standing up, bassist Greg Lake burst out "You can't sit down! You'll look like a mushroom!"
256	* Music/LeneMarlin, as well as a number of other guitarists, have a habit of sitting on chairs during their performances.
257	* Music/TheRamones remain sitting in chairs in their video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm51ihfi1p4 "I Wanna be Sedated".]]
258	* Subverted with Music/TearsForFears and the cover for their album "Songs from the Big Chair", which does not display any people sitting in chairs, big or otherwise.
259	[[/folder]]
260
261	[[folder:Podcasts]]
262	* Most podcast hosts and guests record their podcasts while sitting on chairs.
263	* The hosts of ''Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern'' are mentioned to be sitting on chairs, though it is not explained how Chunt can reach the table while in badger form.
264	[[/folder]]
265
266	[[folder: Professional Wrestling]]
267	* Chairs are used in wrestling, specifically folding chairs. Sometimes wrestlers sit on them during interviews and segments, other times they use the chairs as weapons.
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
271	* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
272	** In the "Bear, Bear, Bear" song, the [[FunnyAnimal Bear family]] note that, unlike non-anthropomorphic bears, they sit on chairs instead of rocks.
273	** In one ''Series/GameOfThrones'' parody, everyone plays Musical Chairs.
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
277	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
278	** OrcusOnHisThrone.
279	** If YouAllMeetInAnInn then you will likely sit on chairs.
280	* Averted in ''TabletopGame/HeroQuest'': The Witch Lord has a throne behind him, but he stands in front of it, rather than sitting in it.
281	* The Chairman in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', as his name implies, sits on a chair.
282	* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the Emperor of Mankind spent roughly ten thousand years sitting on a chair. {{Justified\|Trope}} as the chair in question (the Golden Throne) is also his life support machine.
283	* Players sit on chairs while playing tabletop games, at least most of the time.
284	[[/folder]]
285
286	[[folder:This Very Wiki]]
287	* Quite a few pages have images with characters sitting on chairs, such as BigBad, CoolChair, ThroneMadeOfX, SlouchOfVillainy, OrcusOnHisThrone, etc.
288	** However, many pages, like VillainDecay, and SwissArmyAppendage, avert this trope as they do not have images with characters sitting on chairs.
289	* The Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs page completely averts this, as it is about avoiding making tropes that are so broad and narratively insignificant that you may as well be talking about people sitting on chairs. To drive this point home, it has an image featuring [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] sitting on a chair, which has nothing to do with the rest of the page besides the fact that he's sitting on a chair.
290	* This very page is a massive example, containing nothing but examples of people sitting on chairs, including in the page image which, unlike the above Administrivia example, has everything to do with the page.
291	[[/folder]]
292
293	[[folder:Video Games]]
294	* This is a staple of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series, where the PlayerCharacter can sit on one of the many chair furniture items. In later installments, [[NonPlayerCharacter other villagers]] can sit on chairs as well.
295	* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'': Miriam can find numerous chairs around the castle that she can sit in. She can also learn a Shard power that lets her summon a chair to sit in. Leveling it up allows her to summon [[CoolChair a bigger, more impressive chair]].
296	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' has a side quest where you can find chairs and then sit on them.
297	* Averted in the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series, where you can sit on the floor at the bonfires to restore your health and save a checkpoint. No chairs to be seen.
298	* DoubleSubverted in ''VideoGame/{{Decentraland}}''. As ''WebVideo/FoldingIdeas'' explains in ''The Future Is A Dead Mall'', there are chairs, but you can't sit in them... ''unless'' you buy the [[GameMod player-made]] sitting emote.
299	* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] can sit in a chair. It is so uncomfortable that it can potentially kill him.
300	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', you can sit on many of the chairs that are around populated areas. If none are handy, you can use the /sitchair command to conjure one from nowhere. Or you can sit on the ground like some kind of weirdo.
301	* Invoked in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' by Mama Murphy, a frail old FortuneTeller who will [[ButThouMust refuse to actually tell your fortune]] unless you build her a special chair, and [[WelcomeToCorneria bother you about it every time you try to talk to her]] until you do so.
302	* In ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', chairs are featured as sittable vehicles, in addition to their prop forms. You can also make them invisible and sit anywhere you'd like.
303	* One of the new features in the ''VideoGame/GuildWars2 Path of Fire'' expansion was the ability to sit on chairs. There's even an achievement track for sitting on different chairs throughout the world.
304	* In ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', this is a major game mechanic, as the protagonist can sit on benchs to restore its health and save a checkpoint.
305	* ''VideoGame/JustDance'': 2015's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVst4nxXEmQ Seated version of "Diamonds"]], 2016's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTBkbZDjz2s Car version of "Teacher"]], 2017's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8dJ-Qe-psc Car version of "What is Love"]], 2018's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPtRy2wLdPg Subway version of "Chantaje"]], and 2019's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS0SkklZtp4 Mad Scientist version of "Bum Bum Tam Tam"]] have the dancers sitting down and the game prompts you to sit down on something like a chair in order to properly dance. Oh, and 2014's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5k1RvOjnw Chair version of "Rich Girl"]] revolves around a chair and has you sit on it at some points [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids in a rather suggestive manner]].
306	* Averted in VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s. You ''[[RewardingVandalism break]]'' the chairs instead.
307	** Played straight in ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars: The Skywalker Saga''; there are several chairs you can sit in, such as the Jedi Council chairs on Coruscant, [=C-3PO's=] throne on Endor, and Palpatine's throne on Exegol.
308	* ''VideoGame/{{Maplestory}}'' has chairs that you can sit on to heal slightly faster. Most of them are [[BribingYourWayToVictory earned from the Gachapon, which requires NX]], so [[ConspicuousConsumption a fancier chair is usually an indicator of wealth, both in real life and in-game]]. Some players like to spend money on the game until they get an exceptionally nice chair, sit in the middle of a crowded town, and then go AFK for a few hours [[BraggingRightsReward to show off]].
309	* Averted in ''[[VideoGame/{{Loonyland}} Loonyland: Halloween Hill]]''. There are chairs, but you can't sit on them. One boss even throws chairs at you.
310	* In ''VideoGame/{{OMORI}}'', the title character sits on a chair made of two cupped red hands [[spoiler:at the end of Two Days Left]].
311	* ''VideoGame/PunchOut Wii'' gives the boxers little chairs to sit on in between rounds, though they typically can't be seen without hacking the camera, and not every character uses theirs.
312	* {{Averted}} in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', where there are no proper chairs to sit on and the only ways you can sit are on minecarts, boats, or mount animals. However, there are stairs generated in structures to look like chairs and you can use the minecart as a quasi-chair. There are also [[GameMod mods]] which will let you [[https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mrcrayfish-furniture-mod sit on chairs]] like always.
313	* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' Saddler is seen sitting on a chair when sending Krauser to capture Ashley. Later, Leon can also sit on the same chair.
314	* While developing with ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' game, you can use the [[https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/Seat Seat]] object in which the player can assume a sitting animation and be welded to, which means they can sit ''[[ExaggeratedTrope forever]]'' if the game lets them to, until they voluntarily jump off. The Seat object is commonly used for chairs, various chairs.
315	** [[https://www.roblox.com/games/3393048725/chair In this game]], your only purpose is to sit on the eponymous chair and experience dreamlike visions.
316	* A variety of chairs can be summoned and sat on in the ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' series. Some of these include dental chairs, lawn chairs, shower chairs, recliners, and even electric chairs.
317	* [[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Eggman%27s_chair Dr. Eggman's chair]], which he is seen sitting on in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' and ''VideoGame/SonicColors''.
318	* In the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series, the main villain, Mr. X, is often found sitting on a chair in his office when the heroes arrive. In the first game, there is a bad ending where one of the heroes [[FaceHeelTurn can take over Mr. X’s crime organisation]], and the ending image shows them sitting in his chair.
319	* In the opening of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', Mario, Peach, and Toadsworth sit on chairs inside an airplane. However, this is interrupted by an abrupt plane landing, which launches them out of their seats.
320	** Bowser, the BigBad, ''loves'' to sit in chairs. In fact, in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 4]]'' and ''7'', Bowser spends the entirety of the Bowser Minigames [[note]]Multiplayer Bowser minigames for the latter[[/note]] sitting in a chair.
321	* Subverted in most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, where chairs are visible but you cannot sit in them due to the limitations of your sprite. However, ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' allows you to sit on chairs, much to the fandom's delight. Unfortunately this was removed in [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Generation VII]] where you can only sit on certain benches or lie in beds.
322	* ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
323	** Shadow Okumura sits in a hoverchair for his entire boss fight and summons robots to do battle. He falls out when he is defeated.
324	** In the two hangout spots in Leblanc the phantom thieves are all sitting in chairs or sofas.
325	** On the mornings when Joker gets a text message in early morning he is sitting in a chair to eat breakfast.
326	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
327	** In the climax of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link and Midna fight their way through Hyrule Castle in order to confront Ganondorf. There they find Ganondorf sitting in a chair that used to belong to the kingdom's rightful ruler, Princess Zelda.
328	** While ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' doesn't feature chairs ''as such'', it does feature stools scattered throughout the environment which the player can sit on for some free healing.
329	* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Though the chairs were present in the game ever since the first version of the game, [[AvertedTrope no one was able to sit on them]]... Until version 1.3, where [=NPCs=] had their behavior modified, allowing them to sit on chairs. Come version 1.4, players are now able to sit on chairs as well, providing a slight boost to health regeneration.
330	* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
331	** The series normally averts this trope, but Okina Matara, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'', is shown sitting on a ''very'' fancy chair in her first appearance. Averted later during the second fight with her, where she appears standing like other bosses in the series. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Originally]], she was going to sit in a wheelchair as a tribute to Creator/StephenHawking, but this was scrapped. The mangas reveal that she's not physically disabled, and can stand if she wants to.
332	** The soundtrack CD for ''VideoGame/TouhouShinpirokuUrbanLegendInLimbo'' has cover art featuring Sumireko Usami sitting on a throne surrounded by nearly everything she uses in her moveset. The soundtrack CD for the Platform/PlayStation4 port features Reisen Udongein Inaba sitting on a chair surrounded by stuff from her moveset.
333	* When Aloy talks to Beta in ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'', Beta sits down at the start and ending of the dialogue tree.
334	* In ''[[VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion's]]'' 1st DLC, Karamari Hospital, you may find The Scare Chair, and of course, you may sit on it. But sit on it for too long and you start to hallucinate and eventually you get up, and find someone else sitting it it. You can kill this man in the NewGamePlus and sit back down, but doing this gets your soul presumably sucked out causing a NonStandardGameOver. The chair reappears in Dollhouse, [[spoiler:behind you when you start the NightmareSequence]] but unfortunately, you can't sit in it.
335	* {{Zigzagged}} in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. While several characters are seen sitting on chairs, the protagonist doesn't have a unique sprite for sitting, giving the appearance that they ''stand'' on chairs instead. The nerve!
336	** ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' also features many people sitting on sofas, stools, and indeed chairs--most prominent, however, is Queen, who spends most of her time slouching on her [[CoolChair flying throne]].
337	* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', as of update 1.5, the player character can sit in chairs around town. Many of the villagers are also frequently depicted in chairs.
338	* Inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}''; lots of houses have chairs you can break, but not actually sit in.
339	* ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'': Before ''Pastaria'', it was hard to see a character sitting somewhere. From said game onwards, you can see characters sitting on the seats of the dine-ins in Papa Louie's numerous restaurants, as well as around the background scenario at times.
340	* In ''VideoGame/TheSims'', the ability to sit on a chair is a major gameplay mechanic and a prerequisite for invoking many other essential tropes such as using computers, reading books and eating food. The games and their expansions include hundreds of different chairs to purchase, going into the thousands if you include different colour swatches, making the series perhaps the peak of chair-sitting in gaming when it comes to variety.
341	[[/folder]]
342
343	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
344	* Downplayed in most school life visual novels. While many scenes take place in a classroom, which has several chairs, the characters' sprites are mostly standing except in some CG scenes.
345	* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', rebel leader Dhurke is introduced sitting in a chair.
346	[[/folder]]
347
348	[[folder:Web Animation]]
349	* At one point in the pilot of ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'', Caine sits in a chair at a restaurant. Later in the episode, the cast sits in chairs around a table while Pomni experiences SanitySlippage.
350	* Exaggerated in the WebAnimation/TheCyanideAndHappinessShow's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHKiGl02NmU The Man Who Could Sit Anywhere,]]" when a man goes to a chair store and discovers his ass is so comfortable, he can sit ''anywhere,'' not even just in chairs. He then sits in various places all over the world.
351	* ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'': Zig-zagged. OncePerEpisode, the characters of the parodied movie meet with other recurring characters in different places. Heroes sit at a café booth with Batman and Superman, villains sit on bar stools in a BadGuyBar with The Joker and Palpatine, and anti-heros sit on park benches at a food truck place with Deadpool and Venom.
352	* In ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'', Bow has an odd obsession with chairs. She first appears in a commercial for chairs, then when she officially joins the cast, she'll say "Buy a chair!" at random points, and when Knife does a mocking impression of her, he says "Chairs, chairs, chairs!", which Marshmallow quips sounds about right.
353	* ''YouTubePoop'': {{Parodied\|Trope}} in "[[https://youtu.be/18wpA8xElvQ Kramer Risks It All]]", a poop of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. Kramer rushes from the restaurant door to a booth to tell Jerry "Newman has a little pee-pee". When Kramer says "you sit there" for the third and fourth time in a row, it shows Newman sitting down in a chair. Later, when Kramer takes the ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}'' board out of the room, Newman can't decide whether or not to stand up from the chair and chase him. When he does finally get up, Kramer tells him "I'm looking right at you, big dick!" and promptly sits back down. [[spoiler:Right after, it's revealed that Jerry was sitting on the floor behind the couch, despite being down on the street just 22 seconds earlier. This makes Newman get back up. He freaks out so hard that it creates a reality-distorting sound.]]
354	[[/folder]]
355
356	[[folder:Web Original]]
357	* The Website/SCPFoundation invokes this trope with [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1609 SCP-1609]]. It used to be a chair that would teleport to whoever nearby needed to sit down the most. However, after the Global Occult Coalition [[KickTheDog put it through a woodchipper]], it [[NiceJobBreakingItHero became]] mulch that teleports into peoples' lungs when they threaten it.
358	[[/folder]]
359
360	[[folder:Web Video]]
361	* Averted in ''WebVideo/WebdriverTorso'', as there aren't any chairs. Some speculate that this is possibly played straight; there could be white chairs that blend in with the background.
362	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic sits on a chair in most of his reviews.
363	* WebVideo/PewDiePie has his own signature chair that you can buy for the low low price of $399!
364	* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows sits in a chair for all his reviews.
365	* {{Parodied\|Trope}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4Rlo5wX1A How Bisexuals Sit]]", which shows the many ways in which UsefulNotes/{{bisexual}} people play with this trope.
366	* ''Webvideo/AfterHours'' was all about four friends sitting on chairs around a diner table discussing pop culture. They tried sitting on benches in a few episodes, but this gimmick was ditched pretty early on.
367	[[/folder]]
368
369	[[folder:Western Animation]]
370	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In several Slappy Squirrel episodes, Slappy sits in a red armchair as she watches TV.
371	* OncePerEpisode, Steve (and later Joe and [[WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou Josh]]) from ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' sits on a chair called the Thinking Chair to figure out Blue's clues.
372	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': The episode "Perfect" exaggerates and lampshades this trope by having Bluey sitting in a chair, but then Bandit walking in and loudly announcing that he wants to sit down, and that he has the choice of any chair in the house. He ends up sitting on the chair that Bluey is also sitting on, squishing her.
373	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Eustace refuses to get off his chair even as a tidal wave causes it to get thrown into the ocean.
374	-->'''Eustace:''' Nope. Not gettin' out of this chair.
375	* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, "North By North Quahog", when Peter forgot how to sit down and ended up throwing himself headfirst into a chair. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDn8DRTfyqw See here]].
376	** Many episodes of the show open with the Griffin family sitting on a couch while watching TV.
377	** The character Joe Swanson is always sitting in a wheelchair.
378	* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'':
379	** When we first see Sam in [[Recap/FiremanSamS1E1 the very first episode]], he's sitting in a chair, finishing breakfast.
380	** "[[Recap/FiremanSamS4E4 Deep Trouble for Sam]]" ends with Sam sitting in a lawn chair in Penny's garden.
381	** In the Series 5 intro, the first character shot is of Sam and Elvis sitting in chairs having coffee, which they quickly abandon to deal with an emergency call.
382	** In "[[Recap/FiremanSamS7E13 Poorly Penny]]", the episode opens with Penny sitting in a chair with a handkerchief.
383	* In ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', [[BigBad Dr. Claw]] is always shown sitting in a chair, with the camera usually facing the back of the chair.
384	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
385	** Much like ''The Simpsons'', the show's opening sequence ends with all of the Loud siblings sans Lily sitting on a couch to watch TV, although there's no CouchGag involved.
386	** "The Sweet Spot" is about Lincoln obsessing over which seat in the Loud family van is the best one to sit on, with his sisters joining in a fight for it. When they accidentally destroy the van at the end of the episode, Lincoln goes over to the best spot to sit at the couch, [[HereWeGoAgain causing yet another fight]].
387	** The whole family sit on chairs for dinner several times in "A Tale of Two Tables", plus many later episodes. Initially, they're split between a "grown-up table" and a "kiddie table" that [[DreadedKidsTable Lincoln dreads]], but the following episodes have all of them sitting around a single table.
388	** Whenever a school cafeteria scene comes up, expect to see dozens of students sitting on long seat-table combos as usual.
389	* ''Literature/MillyMolly'': The cartoon version has an episode called "Marmalade and the Birds", in which Milly's father sits on a chair. A lot. And he makes sure that the "people" part of the trope is followed to the letter, since Marmalade, due to being a cat not a person, is banned from the chair.
390	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' episode "Ultimate Rescue: Pups and the Mystery of the Missing Cellphones", Mr. Porter is seen sitting in a chair, using his cellphone.
391	* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'': Daddy Pig sits on an antique chair, which Mummy Pig donates to a sale... but Daddy Pig buys it again.
392	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'':
393	** In the episode "Spring Fever!", Bert and Lisa sit in chairs during their "date" at the Blue Spruce Cafe.
394	** In the episode "Moving In!", the Raccoons are sitting in chairs when Lisa has an outburst at the dinner table and when having celebratory milkshakes at the Blue Spruce Cafe at the end of the episode.
395	** In the episode "Promises Promises!", Mr. Willow sits in a chair as he orders the blue plate special from the Blue Spruce Cafe.
396	* Rather amusingly inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', where the titular characters pass through a universe where ''chairs'' are sitting on ''people''.
397	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'' revolved around Big Chris wanting to sit in his deck chair.
398	* In one of the most famous examples, every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' plays with this trope. For over 30 years now, every episode of The Simpsons has opened with the titular family sitting on a couch but [[DifferentInEveryEpisode something crazy happens]] to either subvert, invert, or avert this trope. Earlier seasons started simple, with such gags being the couch breaking or Character A knocking Character B off the couch but over the years, the writers have gotten very creative with this trope, dedicating minutes to doing mini-stories, musical numbers, and high budget performances that often involve beautiful new art styles by famous guest artists such as Bill Plympton, Don Hertzfelt, John Kricfalusi ... twice, as well as several crossovers with other chair-sitting-heavy shows as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''Series/TheHoneymooners'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'', ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', and so many more, all for the sake of parodying this wonderful little trope.
399	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In one episode, Bulkhead [[KibblesAndBits turned the vehicle-mode pieces on his back]] into a chair, which he then sat on.
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402	[[folder:Real Life]]
403	* You, dear Troper, may be sitting in a chair right now.
404	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} if you're using a standing desk, standing up while using a cell phone, or sitting on a non-chair surface such as a floor or a bed.
405	* There's a game called "musical chairs" where when the music stops, people have to rush to a chair. One chair is taken away after each round, and the loser is out if they don't find a chair. In other words, they are out if they are not [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs a person sitting on a chair]].
406	* [[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-people-sitting-on-one-chair/ Tons of people have sat in one chair.]]
407	* Exaggerated in IKEA stores, which have chairs almost everywhere. Justified in that IKEA is a furniture store.
408	* {{Defied\|Trope}} by Creator/ChristopherNolan. He doesn't allow chairs on set as he says that if people are sitting on chairs, they're not working.
409	* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was known to have [[HitlerAteSugar sat on chairs]], sometimes [[SlouchOfVillainy reclining]].
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