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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
In Ye Olden Times, they called it a throne and there's usually a King in it. Or a princess, for [[
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.
Cool Chairs will always be thematically appropriate. You will never find [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Lord Azazel the Befouler]] brooding atop his dread throne of plush cushions, and conversely you'll will never see [[The Captain|Captain]] [[Awesome McCoolname|Jake McHero]] reclining on a seat made of iron [[Spikes of Villainy|spikes]] and [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses|human tibias]]. In [[The Sixties]], ''the'' Cool Chair was [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030135552/http://www.eero-aarnio.com/8/Objects/Ball_Chair.htm Aarnio Eero's Ball Chair.] People who have their own Cool Chairs (understandably) tend to be attached to them; should some irreverent interloper put his seat in your seat, feel free to declare: [[This Is My Chair]].
A subtrope of this is the ''Hovering''
Also, on occasion, the chair may serve as an escape pod for the villain to [[Villain Exit Stage Left|make his getaway]]. ▼
{{examples|Examples}}▼
▲Also, on occasion, the chair may serve as an escape pod for the villain to [[Villain Exit Stage Left|make his getaway]].
== [[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 ''[[
** 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.
* The wheelchair in the last episode of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' is revealed to be a cool chair because {{spoiler|it contains a hidden gun in one arm, a stick of dynamite in the other, and more dynamite stashed under the seat, all in place to lay a last resort final blow on a weakened Mugen. It still isn't enough to kill him.}}
* ''[[
* 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
* The Mekon, arch-villain of the Dan Dare comics, crouched on a flying throne shaped like half a lemon.
* The comics adaptation of [[The Thrawn Trilogy]] shows us the command chair on the ''Chimera'', the Star Destroyer that Grand Admiral Thrawn picked as his flagship. It's this massive thronelike thing made out of slabs.
* Every member of the [[Justice League of America]] has a chair in the roundtable, however credit for
* The throne of the Raven kingdom in ''Scion'' [http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=72297437488%2011 is pretty awesome]{{Dead link}}.
* [[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.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings|"...One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne]] // [[Mordor|In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie..."]]'' Subverted somewhat in that Sauron is [[Orcus
** However! Realize that in fact Sauron has the coolest chair of them all, as his chair routinely spawns gargantuan legions of horrifying abominations of purest, twisted evil and is the tallest tower in the whole of middle-earth! He RULES this trope!!
** 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
* Those egg chairs from ''[[Men in Black (
* ''[[Wild Wild West (
* In the first ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' film, the White Witch's throne of ice was a
* Parodied in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series, where Dr. Evil's
* Doctor Doom is seen briefly in ''[[Fantastic Four (
* The Riddler's throne from ''[[
* [[Patrick Stewart]]'s role as Charles Xavier in ''[[X-Men (
* 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 (
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* There's [
* Xerxes's gigantic throne in ''[[
* In ''[[Night
== [[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 [[
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[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:
* 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
* [[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
** 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]] ''[[
* 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
* ''[[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.
* [[The Captain]]'s chairs on [[The Bridge]] in the ''[[
▲* Rygel used a hovering throne-sled in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''.
▲* [[The Captain]]'s chairs on [[The Bridge]] in the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|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
* In the ''[[Star Trek
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* Referenced a few times in ''[[Star Trek:
* On ''[[
* 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
* Having been crippled, Davros, the creator of the Daleks and recurring villain in ''[[
* 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 ''[[
* The Frank Lloyd Wright chairs in the council chambers on ''[[
* 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 ''[[
* The Diary Room chair on ''[[Big Brother]]''. Not particularly cool as a chair, but very definitely shorthand for "Draaaaaaaa-mah! is about to occur!"
* 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.
* 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.
* ''[[Warhammer
▲== Tabletop RPG ==
** There is also Inquisitor Lord Karamazov's Throne of Judgement, which is essentially a Space Marine Dreadnought with a chair top.
▲* [[Warhammer 40000|SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!]] The Emperor's Golden Throne might count too, despite the fact that it's not so much a chair, than an elaborate life support device the size of a large building. Apparently the part where the Emperor's body lies does look somewhat like a throne, though.
▲** 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]] ==
* A golden throne, studded with platinum and decorated with dragon bones, and carved with the glorious feats of the town's ruler, doesn't even get near how awesome chairs and thrones (as all furniture) can become in [[Dwarf Fortress]].
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog
* We never see her sit in it, but Azala in ''[[
* Some ''[[Castlevania]]'' games have a ''sidequest'' centered around finding and sitting in Cool Chairs.
** ''Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow'' has a soul you can collect which, when equipped, will regenerate health at a fairly generous rate whenever you're sitting down-be it in a
* 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
** Several
* 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
* Sebastian Krist has one in ''Rise of the Triad''.
** Sebastian Krist's chair is so cool that it comes with ''built-in rocket launchers''.
* There's one of these that Bowser usually sits on in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, with a clear example of such a sinister spike-covered throne found in the ''[[
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'''s Leon Kennedy finds a
* Organization XIII of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' has an entire circular meeting room with no less than thirteen cool chairs for each member of the Organization. Each one is raised to ridiculous heights on top of a plain white tower, and they seem built for people who are about ten feet tall (less of a problem when you can teleport). Since all the elevations vary depending on rank, it's amazing that they manage to have meetings without having to shout at each other to be heard. Naturally Xemnas, being the leader, has the highest chair.
* ''Ape Escape's'' evil genius simian antagonist Specter is seldom seen without his levitating chair. In the first game, he even fights the first half of the final battle in it. It doesn't appear to have any weapons of its own, but it does teleport and apparently give him mind-control beam and energy blast attacks, so it's pretty cool.
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** The Illusive Man's chair is impressive if only for its elegant simplicity. There's a reason why, in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', he gets annoyed when {{spoiler|Shepard sits in it.}}
* 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
* The lack of a cool chair is the reason the bug of ''[[Bug
▲* Lord Shojo from ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|Bug]]''. [http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/chair-of-doom/ could never be a super villain.]
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' all [[Starfish Aliens|Nemesite]] chairs have narrow backs for wings, tail-holes, and four armrests. Bob finds them uncomfortable, but Molly and Galatea, who ''have'' tails, heartily approve of them.
* [[Homestuck
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Dr.
▲== Web Original ==
▲* [[Dr. Horribles 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]] ==
* Villains with a preference for high technology (and occasionally heroes, too) often use a ''hovering''
** In another episode of [[Spider
** Professor X in the 90's ''[[X-Men (
*** 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]].
* Professor Farnsworth from ''[[Futurama]]'' pilots a flying, armed Laz-E-Boy when they are pushed back to 1940's Roswell.
** [[Ridiculously
* 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 ''[[
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* ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. [[Kibbles and Bits|Bulkhead's kibble.]]
** When Megatron was still in pieces, Professor Sumdac used ''Megatron's hand'' as a chair.
*** And after Megatron rebuilt himself and captured Professor Sumdac:
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* In ''[[Batman:
* Jafar in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' has a throne that's basically [[Slouch of Villainy|a couch]] with a giant carving of a cobra's head above it and more cobras for the legs. He also [[Go
* In ''[[
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': A [[Screw Learning, I Have Phlebotinum|temporarly smart Beezy]] makes a chair that can [[Time Travel]].
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011
* 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 ==
* [
* The ''[
* 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 [
* The old-school [https://www.chesterfields1780.com/ Chesterfield] chairs and sofas are among the most recognisable upper class furniture, familiar from every [[Smoky
* The long-running TV show [
* 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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