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* Averted on the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. As part of the design of the 2003 mini-series, the writers and producers attempted to avoid as many of the standard stylings of typical TV [[Space Opera]]. Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh always stand in [[Ci C]]. Some folks think they didn't really think it all the way through... |
* Averted on the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. As part of the design of the 2003 mini-series, the writers and producers attempted to avoid as many of the standard stylings of typical TV [[Space Opera]]. Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh always stand in [[Ci C]]. Some folks think they didn't really think it all the way through... |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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. |
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* The Thinking Chair from ''[[Blue's Clues]]''. Want! |
* The Thinking Chair from ''[[Blue's Clues]]''. Want! |
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* 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? |
* 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? |
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* Dad Anyfamily's mobile (as in [[Tim Taylor Technology|gasoline-powered]]) chair from ''[[Roundhouse]]''. It comes equipped with a TV, a propane grill, a cooler, and even brake lights. |
* Dad Anyfamily's mobile (as in [[Tim Taylor Technology|gasoline-powered]]) chair from ''[[Roundhouse]]''. It comes equipped with a TV, a propane grill, a cooler, and even brake lights. |
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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. |
* 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. |
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== Tabletop RPG == |
== Tabletop RPG == |
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