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* In ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', Ken-oh, Souther and [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Uighur/Wigul/Wiggle]] show that anime villains have a proud tradition of slouching villainously.
* Gendo Ikari's slouch of villainy in his [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|symbolic]] office in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]. It's noted that the office is set up specifically to intimidate visitors.
* [http://www.homemedia4u.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1486 This] resin model of Haman Karn from ''[[Gundam]]''.
* Also spoofed (possibly crossed with [[Leaning on the Furniture]]) in the original SD Gundam shorts (not to be confused with ''[[SD Gundam Force]]''): In one short, involving hotels, Char attacks Amuro, Kamille, and Judau to try and steal their customers. Amuro tells him maybe he'd be able to get customers if he wasn't so aloof all the time. Char angrily snaps his fingers, at which point two of his cronies ''turn a table onto its side so he can lean on it'' and remark "But if you take out the aloofness, what's left of me?" [[Crowning Moment of Funny|The table then breaks.]]
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' sits on his throne like this.
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* Xanxus from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is always slouching on his throne. In fact, when he's feeling [[Badass]] enough, he doesn't even bother to ''get up'' in order to kick ass.
* Fei Wang Reed tends to do this a lot while watching his [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Magic Mirror TV.]]
* [[Oda Nobunaga]] sits like this on his [[Nothing but Skulls|throne of skulls]] in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'' Donquixote Doflamingo does this almost all the time.
* Ciel from ''[[Black Butler]]'' does this often, invoking an appearance of both lazy noble privilege and confident evil.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'': While possessing Johan's body, Yubel slouches across the throne in his/her throne room.
* Lelouch in ''[[Code Geass]]'' has a habit of doing this in the cockpits of his Knightmare Frames when commanding his forces and anticipating the moves of his enemies.
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* At the end of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', the Saint of Killers settles down on his most recent victim's throne and goes back to sleep.
** For those of you who haven't read the series (why?), his latest victim happens to be {{spoiler|God}}.
* [[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]] does this during his comic series, slouching in the throne of Primum Mobile.
* After being captured by [[X Wing Series|Rogue Squadron]] the best Imperial pilot since Vader's death, [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/367889.html Baron Soontir Fel], was somehow able to combine sitting relatively straight - not lounging, anyway - on an interrogation chair with an awesomely villainous posture. He ends up [[Defector From Decadence|joining the Rebellion]].
** In ''Dark Empire'', Luke [http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/277/de15s.jpg does this pretty well].
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* Magneto on the cover of [http://marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0805/ULTXM062_COV.jpg Ultimate X-Men #62].
* One [[Sissy Villain]] from an in-story [[Slash Fic]] [[Empowered]] reads. (He [[Aliens Made Them Do It|forces Major Havoc and Syndablokk to have sex together.]])
* [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:LastStandoftheWreckers1-BoreholeKickoff.jpg Overlord does this] as best as a stiff-metal [[Humongous Mecha]] can manage while watching gladiator games in ''[[Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''.
* Namor, The [[Sub-Mariner]], while not [[Heel Face Revolving Door|usually]] a villain these days, has his moments of lounging around his throne as seen [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/0/06/Namor_McKenzie_(Earth-616).jpg&imgrefurl=http://marvel.wikia.com/Namor_McKenzie_(Earth-616)&h=726&w=471&sz=178&tbnid=enbdCej1cCs-oM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=58&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNamor%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=Namor&docid=_ZDubABKwffTQM&sa=X&ei=kXFlTrr7FuPZiALBpLC-Cg&ved=0CDEQ9QEwAQ&dur=125 here].
* Ultron from ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' has done this in at least [http://postfiles15.naver.net/20110217_190/kkkmmmttt_1297944101489atXRT_JPEG/Ultron_2.jpg?type=w3 two] [http://www.samruby.com/Villains/Ultron/UltronSit.gif covers] despite the fact that he's a robot and [[Fridge Logic|technically doesn't need to sit]].
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* Dr. Frank-N-Furter from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]],'' as shown on the movie's poster and during his opening number.
* The lawyer for the prosecution in the movie of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' slouches with one leg over the arm of his chair.
* While she's not a villain, exactly, in ''Mata Hari'' Greta Garbo is prone to lounging about rather than sitting upright.
* Genesis in ''[[Suicide Club]]'' uses this posture to introduce himself. [[Rule of Funny|Complete with over-the-top leg-crossing, first on one side, then deciding on the other. In an unsturdy wooden chair that he needs to fix first.]] That can't be comfortable.
* [[Older Than They Think]]: Check out [[media:TheCaligula.jpg|Jay Robinson]] in 1953's ''The Robe''.
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== Film - Animated ==
* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'': After [[Evil Chancellor|Jafar]] usurps Sultan's palace and reshapes it to his liking, he spends time slouching on the Sultan's throne.
* ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'': Hades does this on a throne while (briefly) conquering Olympus, and then again on his own throne in the Underworld.
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', when Tai Lung encounters the Furious Five while heading into the village, the first thing he does on the broken bridge is use it like a lounge chair while taunting them.
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** [[The Fair Folk|Elves]] do it automatically, too, as part of their "[[You Suck|far too cool to be human]]" glamour.
** As do vampires - I believe it's Maladict who's described as 'able to lounge on a wire'.
*** When Polly discovers Vimes having a surreptitious smoke away from some obnoxious bureaucrats, the pose he's described as being in has elements of this (for a start, he's lying on the floor behind a bench), but subversionally, Vimes isn't a bad guy, nor does it suggest to Polly that he is; the bad posture just reinforces her assumption that he's a "scruffy sergeant" who is providentially between her and his monstrous boss "Vimes the Butcher".
** Guild of Assassins prohibits their students from assuming upright posture.
*** Apparently, [http://priscellie.deviantart.com/art/Young-Vetinari-4910967 Vetinari was quite good at this].
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** Although in Q's case, it may be intended as [[Leaning on the Furniture]].
** In ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'', [[Big Bad]] Ru'afo practices his [[Slouch of Villainy]]... from the depths of a plush red sofa. [[Narm|It doesn't really work]].
** Actually, if you watch carefully you'll not almost ''every'' actor does this when they're not the focus.
* Odd example in ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. The Inquisitor, a robotic judge, is trying the crew individually for the right to exist and Rimmer is first. He gets into this pose, swinging his feet up and everything, then lifts his mask to reveal... Rimmer, because "it's the only fair way". The 'villainy' part probably came from Rimmer, because [[Jerkass|he's like that]].
* An example of a heroic character ([[Sociopathic Hero|sorta]]) doing this is ''[[Firefly]]'''s Jayne Cobb, who likes to slouch in whatever chair he can find whenever he can get away with it.
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*** The former underling-turned-hero Hector performs this in ''Curse of Darkness,'' lounging pensively in any chair you choose to seat him in. Evidently Dracula trains his underlings to do this.
*** Perhaps this is not so far from the truth. [[Fallen Hero]] {{spoiler|or so it appears}} Richter from Symphony of the Night can be seen performing the classic pose when Alucard first meets him, as well as in a piece of his concept art.
* Magnius does this in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' with a hoverchair.
** ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' has Dist, another hoverchair user.
** No hover, but Yggdrasil certainly slouches all over his throne during his brief appearance in the OVA.
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** [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Amano_Exdeath_2.jpg This] [[Yoshitaka Amano]] concept art for ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' depicts the [[Big Bad]] Exdeath like this, complete with [[A Glass of Chianti]].
** In the first trailer for ''[[Final Fantasy Versus XIII]]'', the ''protagonist'' slouches on his throne after [[One-Man Army|slaughtering a group of soldiers]]. [[Anti-Hero]], much?
** In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', [[Big Bad]] Weiss does this.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'':
*** {{spoiler|Archduke Kam'lanaut}} is introduced this way.
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** ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 358/2 Days'': Everyone you see sitting in [[Hub Level|the Grey Room]] does this. Of course, they're all morally ambiguous.
** [[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep|Master Xehanort]] does this, too. As a matter of fact if there is a X of Villainy/Y of Evil trope here, you can bet on him doing it. [[Genre Blind|It makes you wonder why ANYBODY trusts the guy.]]
** ''Birth by Sleep Final Mix'' gives us the No Heart [[Bonus Boss]], Master X's Keyblade Armor - which [[Call Forward|is nigh-identical]] to Xemnas's [[Tin Tyrant]] form. Naturally, he spends the first segment sitting down, ensuring you can't even reach him by creating a magical barrier with his Keyblade. When you break the barrier, he gets out of his chair and makes you regret it.
* [[Dr. Doom]] and [[Doctor Strange|Dormammu]] have this as their intro in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]] 3''.
** In [[Updated Release|Ultimate]], [[Daredevil]] does this in the Shadowland stage. Since he was evil and the leader of The Hand at the time.
* Considering on your point of view, Logan in ''[[Fable]] 3'' may either be evil or just made evil choices through misjudgment but there is no doubt he did the [[Slouch of Villainy]] (though it seems a bit improper for someone like him) on his prone in the beginning of the game before giving you a [[Sadistic Choice]].
* Subverted in ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', where {{spoiler|Oswald}} did this trope, but he's not really evil.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|The Illusive Man]] in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Aria, the top dog of [[Wretched Hive]] Omega, spends most of her time overseeing her nightclub headquarters like this. {{spoiler|When Cerberus steals Omega from her between games, she relocates to another nightclub on the Citadel and can be found there plotting revenge.}}
* Quan Chi's win pose in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' is summoning a chair shaped like a giant skeletal hand, then slouching in it like a proper hell wizard should.
* The Big Bad of Ace Attorney Investigations 2 does this. {{spoiler|With a [[Right-Hand-Cat|CAT]] no less.}}
* Algol does this in [[Soul Calibur|Soul Calibur 4]]. Not only does he rise from his throne in the cutscene that precedes his battles, but he also uses it in battle - he teleports in it, kicks enemies from it in a certain combo, and, amusingly, occasionally puts his opponent in it.
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* Weijuaru of ''[[Juathuur]]'' [http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=272 here] (although not technically a villain).
* While ambiguously villainous, [[Girl Genius|Agatha]] gets her slouch on after [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090112 conquering the kingdom] in a Cindarella parody.
* [http://fancyadventures.com/2009/05/18/page-90/ Gavin] slouches on a comfy armchair he created out of thin air.
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* Subverted in ''[[Broken Saints]]'', wherein [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Lear Dunham maintains a stiff and upright position whilst sitting on his mighty throne of righteousness.}}
* Possibly what Draco is trying to pull off in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', but really, who knows?
* [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]] gets his evil on while [http://www.inadream-moviecaps.com/caps/displayimage.php?album=17&pos=432 lounging cross-legged in a giant country-print armchair].
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* In ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', [[Eldritch Abomination|Aku]] is sometimes seen lounging around on his throne - especially when bored.
* In an [[All There in the Manual|interlude comic]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Azula, recent conqueror of Ba Sing Se, is introduced reclining on the Earth King's throne.
** Additionally, in the series finale when Azula begins [[Villainous Breakdown|going schizophrenic]] after her father gives her his Fire Lord title, she is seen slouching in her throne room with a bored stare when Lo and Li come in to call her out on banishing her servants.
* Dr. Claw in ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is always watching the events from his lair or car.
* In the Season 3 finale of ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', [[Liz Lemon Job|band CFO/lawyer/manager]] Offdensen slouches rather magnificently in his command chair several times. It's unknown at this point if he is a force for good or evil, or even what those terms ''mean'' in relation to Dethklok's well-being, but the man is at least personally responsible for hundreds of deaths and instances of torture thus far.
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