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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Sheldon:''' ''[[Serious Business|This seat is ideally located, both in terms of the heat source in the winter and the crossbreeze in the summer.]] It also faces the television at a direct angle, allowing me to immerse myself in entertainment or gameplay without [[The Spock|being subjected to conversation]]. As a result, I've placed it [[Sophisticated As Hell|in a state of eternal dibs.]]''
'''Leonard:''' ...''Can you do that?''
'''Sheldon:''' ''"[[Pretentious Latin Motto|Cathedra mea, regulae meae]]" - that's Latin for "My chair, my rules"''|''[[
A character is extremely territorial about where he sits: a favourite chair, spot on [[The Couch]], park bench, or whatever. Either they never sit anywhere else, no one else is allowed to sit there, or often both.
This can develop, as on ''[[
Alternatively it can be an ordinary character trait, possibly a kind of [[Security Blanket]] for a character with [[Super OCD]]. In a military (or [[Mildly Military]]) setting, the commanding officer ordering someone out of his chair can serve as an assertion of authority.
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Not to be confused with [[This Is My Side]], a stock sitcom plot where a shared space is split down the middle.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Candidate for [[Trope Namer]] is Goines in ''[[
* A [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when Kirk sits in the Captain's chair of the Enterprise in ''[[Star Trek (
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the pilot of ''[[Star Trek:
** (According to Wil Wheaton this was more [https://web.archive.org/web/20101230182032/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/28/star-trek-the-next-generation-angel-one
* As mentioned, the Central Perk sofa on ''[[
** Another example is Chandler's single-episode [[Compressed Vice]] of getting extremely territorial over chairs he's recently got up from.
** ''Another'' episode of ''Friends'' had Phoebe and Rachel forced to sit by the window because somebody got to their normal seat first, Rachel was quite angry. Of course this was a set up so the pair could see Ross "attacking" two women.
* Sheldon's "spot" on ''[[
** To the extent that whenever he has to sit somewhere he has never been before (and isn't obliged to sit on a given place), his first move is trying to find The Spot.
** And in another episode, Leonard treats Penny's suggestion of having sex in The Spot (when Sheldon is away) as if it were [[Geeky Turn On|incredibly kinky and sexy]].
* Martin's chair on ''[[
** Averted for Cafe Nervosa however, as there are three or four tables the characters occupy at different times.
* Kelso's lunch bench on ''[[
* Archie Bunker on ''[[All in The Family]]''. So much that when Mike and Gloria moved out to the house next door and Archie came to visit, Mike had a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]:
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** Said chair later officially becomes "Archie's chair" when he's at the Stivics' house. For exceptionally noted house guests (Sammy Davis Jr., for example) Archie insists that they sit in his chair and he takes Edith's, relegating her to the sofa. Archie's chair is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent there after CBS ended the series the ''first'' time — the producers then had to re-create the chair when they decided to continue.
* ''[[
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* ''[[The Royle Family]]'': Jim always sits in the armchair opposite the TV, Denise and Dave on the sofa next to Barbara, and Anthony on a chair.
** If Twiggy's round, he's in Anthony's chair, if Nana's round, she's next to Barbara. They even always sit in the same places at the dinner table. Not out of OCD or pure comedic purposes of any kind, the show just emulates the completely standardised ways that families interact with each other.
* ''[[
{{quote|'''Norm''': Um, excuse me, I was sittin' there...
'''Man''': Oh, there was no one here when we came in.
'''Norm''': No, I mean ''yesterday''...and really since the Ford administration...
'''Man''': We're just waiting for our table up at Melville's.
'''Norm''': So you'll move?
'''Man''': Look, there's lots of other stools.
'''Norm''': ''(starting to show signs of distress)'' Um...look, uh...um...sounds kind of s-...I'm, I'm ''Norm''.
'''Man''': I'm Jeffrey, and this is Hillary.
'''Woman''': Nice to meet you. What do you do, Norm?
'''Norm''': I sit ''there''.
'''Woman''': Well...nice meeting you...
''(Norm starts to cough and seems to have trouble breathing.)''
'''Cliff''': Look, uh...this is, this is...we're running out of time here, he's already two stages beyond anything I've seen before, so I... I think you better give him the stool.
'''Man''': I'm... I'm sorry, we're sitting here.|''(Norm suddenly seems to pass out and collapses to the floor. Everybody rushes over to see if he's okay, including the couple he'd been talking to...at which point he gets up and sits on his stool)''}}
* ''[[
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'''Alfred Bester''': ''Captain Sheridan.''
'''Captain Sheridan''': ''Get the hell out of my chair!'' }}
** Similarly, in the first episode of the show, [[Da Chief|Garibaldi]] is using Ivanova's workstation to do research on various merchant ships that have been hit by [[Space Pirates|Raiders]].
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* One of the main jokes on ''[[Kingswood Country]]''. Ted Bullpit does not allow ''anyone'' to sit in his armchair. "Outta the chair! Outta the chair!" nearly counts as a catchphrase for the show.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Also, ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. Eustace always sits in his chair and in a few cartoons would refuse to get off it and would get mad at anyone who tried to sit in it. His catch phrase eventually became the trope name, "This is my chair."
* Woody's "spot" in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'', especially in the episode where the carnies steal their house, but also lampshaded/parodied in various opening credits.
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* ''[[South Park]]'': Any time the kids gather at Cartman's house to watch a TV show, one kid (usually Clyde) will be kicked out of "Cartman's seat".
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