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Our character is trying to show that he (usually a man, occasionally a woman) is cool, casual, and intent upon whatever is being said by their superiors. The character does this by artfully leaning in a doorframe, putting one foot up on a chair or other set-piece, or flipping an armless chair around and sitting facing the chair-back. While not always taking part in the dialogue, they are engaged in the scene as an on-camera observer, and ready to interject an idea or quip.
If they are a [[The Western|Cowboy]], [[Swashbuckler]] or [[Loveable Rogue]], they will lean back in an armless chair with one or both feet propped up before them, taking care to keep one or both knees locked and their legs close together, typically with their boots crossed, to suggest manliness and a firm grasp on one's <s>sexuality</s> [[Too Many Belts|numerous leather belts and sidearms]]. Unlike the effete, [[Slouch of Villainy|Slouching Villain]] who [[Yawn and Reach|wraps his arms over the armrest]] and splays his legs in an undignified fashion (perhaps to allow room for a [[Go-Go Enslavement|Go-go Girl]] or [[Right-Hand-Cat|Cat]]), the masculine [[Anti-Hero]], by contrast, may rest ''one elbow/knee'' insouciantly over the head of his chair, while the other is held by his side, ready to [[Han Shot First|reach for a weapon]], usually chewing on [[Oral Fixation Fixation|manly finger-food]] in the meantime (or a [[Smoking Is Cool|cigar]]).
Generally, this behaviour isn't received well in the real world when one is being briefed by one's occupational or military superiors, regardless of established familiarity or friendship. You <s>almost</s> never see this in polite characters, at best, especially when standing, it's a form of [[Rebel Relaxation]].
Optional: If seated, they may hunker down on an open stool with their knees out and their feet up, and lean far to their left, all the way back against the wall, as if to suggest rebellion against the laws of gravity itself. The "hunker down" pose is always a sign of a good guy that you'd like to have a beer with. They may tent their fingers above their head, lean forward with both elbows draped over a piece of furniture, stare upward into space with optional headgear covering their eyes, or fiddle with a prop, as if to indicate that they already know where the discussion is going.
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** Later on, he does it again *High-Pitched Voice* "that was a particularly bad one...."
* In the pilot for ''[[Happy Days]]'' Richie leans on the doorframe of his date's apartment when he's talking to her outside. Which is also the side of the door the doorbell is on.
* Avon of ''[[Blake's
* In the first episode of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' Rimmer (apparently still not used to being a hologram) leans on a console and goes through it.
* [[Robin Hood (TV series)|Guy of Gisbourne]] tends to do this, as pointed out several times in the DVD commentaries. It has been jokingly suggested that it's to minimize the (sizable) difference in height between Richard Armitage and Keith Allen.
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