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[[File:EvilChair.jpg|frame|link=http://www.suck.uk.com/product.php?rangeID=55|Curse you, British Pound! I'll get you yet!]]
{{quote|''"Somehow, I feel comfortable here."''
|Captain Kathryn Janeway of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', trying out someone else's Cool Chair.}}
Pretty much [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. People sit on chairs,<ref>[[People Sit on Chairs|But that isn't a trope.]]</ref> and this one is awfully cool.
In Ye Olden Times, they called it a throne and there's usually a King in it. Or a princess, for [[Everything's Better with Princesses|some reason]]. Or sometimes, [[Orcus on His Throne|some dude named Orcus]]. The [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] and Mob Boss love their swivelling chairs behind the desk of their penthouse office, with much the same effect.
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More modern versions can include buttons on the armrest, which can help [[The Captain]] take a memo if any [[Bridge Bunnies]] aren't around. Alternatively, The [[Big Bad]] will have one of these (in [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|black leather]], natch) and any built-in controls will probably have to do with the [[Bad Boss|tidy]] [[You Have Failed Me...|disposal]] of [[The Blofeld Ploy|underlings]].
Other fiendish uses for the <s>Cool Chair</s> Couch of Villainy ([[Evil Laugh|muah-ha-ha!]]) include practicing your [[Slouch of Villainy]], and naturally, the [[Chair Reveal]].
Villains and roguish heroes of the [[Ancient Arabia|Middle]] [[Qurac|Eastern]] [[Arabian Nights Days|persuasion]] will often be surrounded by [[Paid Harem|scantily-clad women]] fanning him and feeding him grapes.
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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 [[Super Wheelchair]]. This may serve as a way to introduce a [[Boss Battle]] with a mastermind-type villain without resorting to [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]. [[Swivel Chair Antics]] is another [[Sub-Trope]].
Also, on occasion, the chair may serve as an escape pod for the villain to [[Villain Exit Stage Left|make his getaway]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Major from ''[[Hellsing]]'' has a cool chair that is on an elevated platform in the zeppelin. It hides a surprise weapon too.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia
* Masaru's hovering chair in ''[[Akira]]'', complete with bubble dome.
** While we're at it, the concrete throne at the Olympic Stadium made a better Cool Chair for Tetsuo than anything else he could have sat on.
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* While [[Soul Eater|Franken Stein's]] rolling desk chair may look mundane, a frightful power is contained within.
* ''[[Bleach]]'' has the Espadas' chairs, all of which are inexplicably about 15 feet tall and shaped like a piece of modern art. Aizen's couch shares the same absurd size and shape. Both have achieved their own [[Cargo Ship|fandoms.]]
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Metron from DC has another hovering Cool Chair.
* Thanos of Titan has had three "Space Thrones" made, each capable of generating a powerful, nearly impenetrable forcefield, energy-beam weapons capable of automatic targeting and firing, a teleportational device, a tractor beam emitter, and engines capable of transporting the craft through separate dimensions and realities, powerful sensor arrays, and an advanced computer system.
* [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ06/DisplayOQ06.html?page=22 Savah's chair] in ''[[Elf Quest]]'' has a cool psychic light display behind it, but it's not nearly as ostentatious as [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ11/DisplayOQ11.html?page=24 Lord Voll's (later Winnowill's) throne].
* [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Professor X]] once had a high-tech hovering chair given to him by the Shi'ar.
** And Whiz Kid can turn any object of sufficient mass into any device he can imagine. His wheelchair being the closest thing at hand, it's been turned into a rocket-powered one-man tank on several occasions. Sadly, he's among the [[C-List Fodder]] to be depowered at the end of [[House of M]].
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* [[Marvel Universe|M.O.D.O.K.]] ''is'' his awesome hoverchair.
* When Voldemort finally comes face-to-face with her at the climax of the ''[[Worm]]/[[Harry Potter]]'' crossover ''[[A Wand for Skitter]]'', Taylor is sitting in the middle of Hogwarts' Great Hall on a (conjured) throne made of human skulls, [[Filing Their Nails|filing her nails]].
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' is full of them
** The Jedi Council hold their meetings in a tower, where each member gets a nice looking chair that you could almost swear was built specifically for them. Sometimes, when some of the members are away, they even fill their chairs via hologram communication.
** And sometimes Yoda even uses a hover-chair.
** And let us not forget the Emperor's cool chair while we're at it.
** In Episode I, we get a scene of Viceroy Gunray on a "mechno-throne", a cool chair that walks around on four legs.
** Also in Episode I, Darth Sidious uses the "mechno-throne" as a hologram projector. Let me recap: he is sitting on a throne that walks around on its own power. And he is a hologram at the time. Is [[Evil Is Cool|Evil cool]] or what?
** Don't forget Vader's cool chair in his meditation chamber. It's unique in that, rather than being the typical throne, it's low enough that Vader has to cross his legs when sitting in it.
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** Also, [[The Dragon|Saruman's]] spiky black chair in a throne room made of spiky obsidian (film only). [[Christopher Lee]] described it as "a great place to throw a really classy party, but not too comfortable to sit in."
** Let's not forget the Steward of Gondor's seat (book and film), a plain black chair below and to one side of the ([[Regent for Life|permanently]] [[King in the Mountain|unoccupied]]) [[Rightful King Returns|throne]].
* Those egg chairs from ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' may be a subversion of this. They LOOK cool, but are horribly uncomfortable and it's almost impossible to write while sitting in one. Of course, that was the point—the written exam was a [[Secret Test of Character]]; the real test was to see which, if any, of their candidates realized that they were in a situation which was singularly unsuited to writing properly; noticed that there was a useful flat surface in the middle of the room; and go ahead and used that flat surface, even if it made that horrible screeching noise.
* ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'' (1999) movie. Dr. Loveless' wheelchair had a built-in gun and could turn into a 4-legged mini-mecha.
* In the first ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' film, the White Witch's throne of ice was a Cool Chair—literally. The four thrones at Cair Paravel toward the end of the film were quite spiff.
* Parodied in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series, where Dr. Evil's Cool Chair keeps malfunctioning, or he just doesn't know how to work it.
* Doctor Doom is seen briefly in ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' sitting in a rotating chair with LCD screens on its armrests in a room where the walls are covered with larger monitors. Shame so little of it was shown, as it looked rather cool.
* The Riddler's throne from ''[[Batman Forever]]'' might be a subversion of this.
* [[Patrick Stewart]]'s role as Charles Xavier in ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' turned a wheelchair of all things into a freakin' cool chair. Those brain probes he uses for mass mind-readin' can't hurt the look, either.
* In ''The Stuntman'' movie, the director character has a hovering cool chair (suspended by a crane) he uses to pop in and out of scenes.
* The new ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' film features an awesome captain's chair.
{{quote|'''Spock''': Outofthechair.}}
* There's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131115140616/http://jimunwin.com/extra/incrediblechairs/ an entire website] dedicated to the chairs of ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
* Xerxes's gigantic throne in ''[[300]]'', which is the size of a small house, is carried around by no fewer than 100 slaves, and is lavishly decorated with statues, ivory, and gold.
* In ''[[Night at the Museum]]: Battle of the Smithsonian'', the villain steals a pretty sweet looking couch to use as a throne.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the second Artemis Fowl book, Opal Koboi had a hovering chair.
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation]]'' story "Bridle and Saddle" (AKA "The Mayors"), a ruler had a glowing chair that could float due to its shielded nuclear motor.
* In ''[[Dune]]'', the Emperor's throne was a "massive chair carved from a single piece of Hagal quartz". In ''Dune Messiah'' this is changed to "Hagar emerald" (probably a typo). The aborted 1975 film version of Dune would have had the [http://www.ghostofaflea.com/archives/Harkonnen%20Chair.jpg Harkonnen Capo Chair,] designed by [[H. R. Giger]] of ''Alien'' fame.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Silver Chair]] from ''[[The Silver Chair]]'', which apart from looking cool has the magical ability to completely brainwash its occupant for 23 hours a day, and keep him imprisoned for the remaining one.
* [[Nero Wolfe]] has a chair that has been modified and reinforced (under his own supervision, of course) to support his great bulk. There's also the red leather chair in his office that's reserved for his client (or Inspector Cramer). If it's a story where Wolfe has multiple clients, the one he considers most important gets the red leather chair; if it's one with no paying client, it goes to the person Wolfe is more or less working for. In any case, the person who gets the red leather chair is virtually never the guilty party.
* The Iron Throne in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is intentionally [[Cool but Inefficient]]. Aegon the Conqueror took the swords of all the defeated lords of Westeros and hammered them into a scary but still very sharp throne, saying that a king should never sit easy. Kings often cut themselves on the throne, and legend states that it has killed at least one of them.
** The populace seems to think that it might be magical and harm only bad kings. Joffrey gets stuck with it when he's at his most arrogant and bratty after the Battle of Blackwater (and goes crying to Mommy). Also, Jaime mentions that Mad King Aerys always has scabs from sitting on the Iron Throne. Both, of course, are awful rulers, so the assumption is that the throne is rejecting them. Of course, it could also just have been a really bad idea to create a chair out of swords.
** It features quite prominently in [[media:Game of Thrones Iron Throne HBO promo 01 1452.jpg|promos]] for the [[Game of Thrones|mini-series]].
* The Eastern Empire from Mercedes Lackey's later [[Heralds of Valdemar|Valdemar books]] also features a throne of blades, except it's all the personal weapons of every leader the entire line of Emperors has conquered in ''hundreds of years'' of history.
* Somewhat subverted in ''Garfield's PET FORCE'', a series of short young-adult novellas written by Jim Davis, in which [[Garfield]], Odie, Nermal, Arlene and Pooky are sucked into the universe of a comic book starring characters conveniently similar to them. The planet they end up on is a monarchy, and the king is... Jon Arbuckle. Since being royalty can do little to change the fact that he's still fundamentally Jon, he's had the traditional throne replaced with a recliner upholstered in
* The throne of Kinakuta in Neal Stephenson's [[Cryptonomicon]]. It looks like a chair designed by a Scandinavian with twin degrees in engineering and semiotics and given a blank cheque. When the Sultan sits in it, you ''know'' who's in charge here.
* The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Dragonbone Chair]] of the first novel in [[Tad Williams]]' ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'' series.
* [[Shadows of the Empire|Prince Xizor]] has a chair that [[Kingpin in His Gym|strengthens his muscles for him]] and tells him sycophantic nothings, although it always pronounces his name "Sheezor", much to his annoyance.
* The titular Ravenor of the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novels has his Cool Chair Life support Prison, complete with Psi boosters, Communication jamming and intercept equipment and hidden machine guns.
** A tagalong in one of the books even privately refers to him as 'The Chair'.
* William Albacastle / Willy Pete, authorial character of the [[White Wolf]] ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'' supplement ''Iteration X'' and a major character in the novel ''Judgement Day'' by Bruce Baugh has a damn cool chair. The fact he's a technophillic quadrapalegic who uses waldoes to build telepresence drones and whose motorized wheelchair houses treads, robotic arms, and Hades knows what else gives him a good excuse to have one.
* Again, the Steward of Gondor's seat in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'' is a plain black chair below and to one side of the ([[Regent for Life|permanently]] [[King in the Mountain|unoccupied]]) [[Rightful King Returns|throne]].
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
*
** [[Discworld]] addresses this idea again in ''[[The Fifth Elephant]]'', with the Scone of Stone: revered seat ''cushion'' of the Low King of the dwarfs.
*** If "cushion" is really the right word for a baked good the consistency of stale granite.
* In David Eddings' ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Brand, the hereditary Rivan Warder, has a seat below the empty throne of the Rivan King.
** This is actually a reference, unintentional or not, ot Denethor, Steward of Gondor in LOTR who sits on a plain wooden chair beneath the Gondorian throne (on the third step I believe)
* The chair in the courtroom of the Wizengamot in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has chains that, depending on the occupant, may coil up and tie him or her to it. It seems to only do it if the occupant is perceived to be potentially dangerous; in the Death Eater trials Harry sees in the Pensieve, it chains up several Death Eaters, but when Harry himself comes to sit in it in ''[[Harry Potter and
* The Chairmaker in "Use of Weapons"
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Number 2's chair in ''[[The Prisoner]]''. The desk it faced had several phones and a set of controls.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* Number 2's chair in ''[[The Prisoner]]''. The desk it faced had several phones and a set of controls.
▲* Rygel used a hovering throne-sled in ''[[Farscape]]''.
* [[The Captain]]'s chairs on [[The Bridge]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' series and movies, starting with Captain Kirk's. Best described in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocTeNGrT5r8 this awful fanfic].
** It's [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]], as well: a Federation chair is done in soothing shades of beige, whereas Klingon furniture is all made from black leather and bolted-together slabs of iron. But the Klingons like it that way.
** There's a delicious source of [[Narm]] in ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'', where the [[Big Bad]]'s Cool Chair is a ''literal'' Couch Of Villainy. A big comfy red one. On a ultra-high-tech, stainless-steel Bridge. It ''really'' doesn't work, as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509074144/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050818051109/memoryalpha/en/images/3/34/Sona_bridge.jpg here]. (Perhaps the problem is that he isn't doing a a [[Slouch of Villainy]] on it...)
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "Singularity", the crew become obsessed with trivial nonsense due to [[Space Madness]], and engineer Trip Tucker went all nuts trying to design the Ultimate Captain's Chair with interactive status displays, secondary helm control, inertial micro-dampers and cup holder (but apparently [[No Seat Belts]]).
{{quote|"I know you don't think this chair is important, but you're wrong. What's the most critical component on this ship? The main computer? The warp reactor? Uh-uh, it's the crew. And the most important member of the crew is the Captain. He makes life and death decisions every day and the last thing he needs to be thinking in a critical situation is, 'Gee, I wish this chair wasn't such a pain in the ass.'"}}
* Referenced a few times in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. One episode that stands out is where Worf has to play the role of captain to fool some 80-year-old Klingons fresh out of stasis that the Klingon Empire controls the Federation. After succeeding, Riker asks him how if felt being captain. Worf's response is thus: "Comfortable chair."
* On ''[[Friends]]'', Rachel buys a ''new'' armchair. It's really, ''really'' nice. So nice, in fact, that Joey deliberately breaks his leather Barcalounger in a desperate attempt to be allowed to sit in it. Twice (long story...).
* The Ancient control chairs (aka [[Fan Nickname|Recliner of Doom]]) in ''[[Stargate SG-
** ''[[Stargate SG-
** In "Prometheus Unbound," Hammond returns to the SGC to recruit Daniel for the latest flight to Atlantis. When Jack asks him if he misses the chair and wants it back, Hammond says yes... and has the chair shipped to his office in Washington. That must be a damn comfy chair.
* Daniel's control chair in his [[Emperor Scientist|secret underground bunker]] in [[All Just a Dream|"Absolute Power"]] also definitely counts. It's on a cantilever, at least one of its armrests is a control panel, and it has a [[Deflector Shield]], making it [[Immune to Bullets|immune to shooting from a 9mm pistol]].
* Let's not forget Baltar's infamous
* Averted on [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the new ''
* Having been crippled, Davros, the creator of the Daleks and recurring villain in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', has his lower body encased in a cool chair by the time of his initial appearance in Genesis of the Daleks and retains it in later appearances.
* The Iron Throne in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' purposely subverts this Trope. It's an ugly mess of bent, sharp, tarnished metal, and obviously is ''not'' comfortable to sit on. Whoever does could could even injure himself by sitting on it, or even shifting his position while doing so. Which is the whole point. [[Posthumous Character| Aegron]] built it with the intent to teach his heirs that no ruler should ever accept the authority it confers frivolously, just as they must not rule carelessly.
* The Thinking Chair from ''[[Blue's Clues]]''. Want!
* The Frank Lloyd Wright chairs in the council chambers on ''[[Babylon 5]]'', and the command chair on the ''White Star''-class ships. One of the buttons on the latter was programmed, at the battle of Corianna VII, to detonate 500 Megaton thermonuclear mines. Can you get any cooler?
* A [[Genre Savvy]] moment in ''[[Rome]]'' has Cassius trying to convince Brutus that the cool chair Caesar has ordered for the forum is actually a throne and indicative of a thirst for power. Brutus claims that "thrones are usually more decorative. That is decidedly plain and chair-like."
* In the first episode of ''[[NCIS]]'', Ducky and DiNozzo quickly snap photos of each other sitting in the President's chair on Air Force One.
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* The chair in the page picture is a replica of the one contestants sat in on the game-show [[Master Mind]]. It was considered so cool that it was once kidnapped and held for ransom.
== [[Tabletop
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000
** There is also Inquisitor Lord Karamazov's Throne of Judgement, which is essentially a Space Marine Dreadnought with a chair top.
* [http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/080/e/3/The_Scarlet_Throne_by_MelUran.jpg The Scarlet Throne] of ''[[Exalted]]'' is an elaborate thing made from magical jade of each colour carved into the shapes of the Five Elemental Dragons in a protective and deferential pose to the sitter, and has been the main symbol of the authority of the most powerful person in the world for 700 years.
* [https://ghwiki.greyparticle.com/index.php/Throne_of_the_Gods The Throne of the Gods] in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', originally the ''[[Greyhawk]]'' setting. A throne carved from the heart of a mountain, set with precious metals and stones, and large enough for a storm giant to comfortably sit in, its origins are completely unknown, though it is clearly an artifact of unfathomable divine power.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The Frozen Throne of the Lich King in ''Warcraft'' games - a chair magically carved out of glacial ice, which doubles as Ner'zhul's phylactery. There's also a place called the Throne of Kil'Jaeden, but it's not an actual throne. Whether the Legionlord has an actual Cool Chair remains to be seen, as surely no self-respecting demon lord would go without an obsidian throne covered in skulls and spikes.
** Several CoolChairs can be found in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', usually in various throne rooms. Kel'thuzad has a particularly cool looking one, which is sadly somewhat wasted, as he's a semi-incorporeal lich and doesn't have the necessary bodyparts (like ''everything below his torso'') to actually sit on it.
* In ''[[Halo]]'' the prophets glide on hover chairs, that have [[Deflector Shields]] and can shoot lasers. Normally Master Chief vs. an old man wouldn't be much of a fight, so it's a good thing the Cool Chair fixes that.
* Sebastian Krist has one in ''Rise of the Triad''.
** Sebastian Krist's chair is so cool that it comes with ''built-in rocket launchers''.
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* In Wii version ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'', the emperor sits on a rather slimy throne which is has several heads very much alive.
* Kristoph Gavin in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' gets a very expensive looking cool chair {{spoiler|in prison.}} Chairs, nail polish and reading are his only hobbies, and given the circumstances, this means he's doing quite well for himself.
* In ''[[Darkstalkers]]'', one of Morrigan's victory moves has her create a throne made of bats that she can sit on.
* ''[[Maple Story]]'' has ''hundreds''. In gameplay, chairs (which you character stores in his or her [[Hammerspace]] inventory) are used to heal, but let's be honest, these are for bragging rights, because they are just '''''so cool'''''. Nexon never gets tired of designing them, offering two or three with every event, in every shape imaginable. Technically, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHUCmtxqVPI This YouTuber] gives examples of 150 Cool Chairs, but this is by no means a complete list.
* In the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' franchise, Shao Kahn may be an [[Orcus on His Throne]] type of villain, but he certainly [https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/File:Shao_Kahn%27s_Coliseum.jpg has a neat throne], made from the skull of some giant horned monster.
* Lord Shojo from ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' has a Cool Chair that {{spoiler|contains a ''tear in the fabric of the universe''}}.
* The lack of a cool chair is the reason the bug of ''[[Bug Martini|Bug]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130517213853/http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/chair-of-doom/ could never be a super villain.]
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* [[Homestuck|Fly, Pupa!!!!!!!!]] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004265 Flyyyyyyyy!]
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
▲== Web Original ==
▲* [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]] has a big, giant overstuffed [http://www.librarything.com/pics/drhorrible.jpg chair] in his laboratory. It's a bit too gaudy to be a proper [[Evil Overlord]] chair, which makes it probably an [[Affectionate Parody]]. Plus, meta-wise, the chair belonged to the person in whose home they filmed the Billy shots. "The chair really is that big," Whedon was quoted as saying. "We did not bring a chair increaser."
* The online program ''Habbo Hotel'' has the throne. Unfortunately, to obtain such an item means you have to scam it, trade for it or... gulp... buy it. :(
* ''The Brick Testament'' gives [[Satan]] a particularly nice throne [http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/children_to_be_killed_as_warning/rv02_12-13.html here].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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*** Because they're a lot cooler than a wheelchair?
*** Easier to animate?
*** Because he had it in the comics at the time. However, in the comics, he'd gotten it from the Shi'ar. In the show, he had it from the beginning, and we wouldn't meet the Shi'ar for a while.
* Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where Mr. Burns offers to use his influence to get Homer into college to actually get his nuclear physics degree, saying "I have a chair on the admissions board of Springfield University". His "chair" turns out to be a giant throne with devils carved into it, skulls for the handrests, and two attack dogs chained to it.
** How can we not mention Stephen Hawking's wheelchair from the same show? It could fly and was loaded with more tools than [[Inspector Gadget]].
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** [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Hedonism Bot]] ''is'' a Cool Chair.
* The [[Inspirationally Disadvantaged]] Felix Renton from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has a wheelchair with a hover system and retractable [[Combat Tentacles]]. It was built by his mother, a cybertechnology expert who moved into town to work at the space center with Kim's father. In his second appearance, the bad guys steal it, causing Shego to remark that [[Even Evil Has Standards]].
* [[Big Bad]] Megabyte in ''[[
{{quote|'''Matrix''' [[Mind Screw|(rebooted as Megabyte)]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Could you pass me my legs.]]}}
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. [[Kibbles and Bits|Bulkhead's kibble.]]
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* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the Earth King has an ornate throne worked into an absolutely enormous wall fashioned in the likeness of a badgermole, and covered in what appears to be gold and jade. Firelord Sozin had a golden throne before a similar wall worked with a golden dragon and surrounded by fiery cressets. After he crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] this is replaced with what seems to be a simpler seat... that's hidden behind a wall of flames in an otherwise unlit hall.
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': A [[Screw Learning, I Have Phlebotinum|temporarly smart Beezy]] makes a chair that can [[Time Travel]].
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' Thundera's [[The Good King|Good King]] Claudus has a high-backed golden throne with cat's head armrests (appropriate to a [[Catfolk]] [[King of Beasts|monarch]]) and royal blue cushions. [[Big Bad]] [[Sorcerous Overlord]] Mumm-Ra later sees fit to commandeer it after he's
* In the ''[[Inside Job]]'' episode "Appleton", after Reagan finally becomes leader of Cognito (with [[100% Adoration Rating]]), the Illuminati sends her one as a gift, a demonic, hellish-looking throne with a feature that ''spells out her name in fire''. "I... don't hate this," she says with a grin when she tries it out.
== Real Life ==
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* The ''[[wikipedia:Sedia gestatoria|sedia gestatoria]]'' used by [[The Pope]] has to be [http://www.pepik.net/fotky/papamobil/papanositka.jpg seen to be believed.]
* Real-life example: the term "chairman" comes from a time when all the members of a committee, save for the most important one, had to sit on benches. The most important one got a chair, which, when everyone else is sitting on benches, seems pretty cool all by itself.
** In the British House of Commons, only the Speaker has a chair. Everyone else sits on benches.
** Subverted in the House of Lords, where while the Lords do sit on benches (admittedly really, really, posh benches), the "chairman" of the House (formerly the Lord Chancellor, now the Lord Speaker) does ''not'' get an actual chair but rather sits on the [[wikipedia:Woolsack|Woolsack]], which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: a sack full of wool. Despite the absence of a back, it's apparently quite comfortable. There's also a Judges' Woolsack, another (much longer) wool-filled cushion right in front of and below it, where the Law Lords—Britain's highest judicial authority until they were moved to the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in late 2009—sat during the State Opening of Parliament (although any Lord may sit on it during normal session). Double Subverted in that there ''is'' a rather cool chair in the Lords Chamber—it's the monarch's throne, from which he/she gives the Speech from the Throne every State Opening of Parliament—and unlike the Judges' Woolsack, if you're not supposed to be sitting in it but sit in it anyway, you ''will'' get in trouble.
* The old-school [https://www.chesterfields1780.com/ Chesterfield] chairs and sofas are among the most recognisable upper class furniture, familiar from every [[Smoky Gentlemen's Club]] in fiction, ever.
* The long-running TV show [[wikipedia:Jimchr(27)ll Fix It|Jim'll Fix It]] featured a large chair for Jimmy Savile with concealed compartments that would open when he pressed the right button. When Tom Baker and K9 were on the shown K9 said it was pleased to meet "Mr Savile and Chair".
* The Atlantis resort and watermark in the bahamas gives us [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427140059/http://albanykid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bahamas-atlantis-girl-on-golden-throne-1.jpg The Golden Throne], a seat that guests are free to sit in (one at a time... [http://images.travelpod.com/users/bellavita/1.1241994300.the-atlantis-throne.jpg normally)]{{Dead link}} and take pictures in for free.
* The "thrones" occupied by mall Santas tend to be fairly impressive to look at, at least to the small children who come to sit on his lap.
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