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A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Cool Chair]], [[wikipedia:Swivel chair|Swivel Chairs]] are amusing pieces of furniture because they have wheels and [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|can spin]]. Boredom and these can lead to endless possibilities.
 
Could include either someone spinning in a chair out of boredom or restlessness, rolling around in it in favor of just getting up, [[Die Hard (Film)|rigging them with explosives to fight bad guys with]], or riding them like makeshift chariots.
 
This is often an integral part of [[Office Sports]]; also compare [[Wheelchair Antics]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'': Stein enjoys riding around on his. Early on there was a [[Running Gag]] where he would "trip" over door frames (in fact he did so twice when he was introduced, failing to make a dramatic entrance).
* ''[[Light Novel]]/Durarara'': Izaya has one in his office. In one memorable scene, he spun around repeatedly while laughing about how interesting humans are.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]] Part II'':, Mr. Strickland is in a swivel chair; he turns toward the window and then pushes back, smashing Marty's hand against the desk.
* ''[[Batman Forever (Film)|Batman Forever]]'': the Riddler ties his boss to a rolling office chair and rolls him off a cliff, then later [[Make It Look Like an Accident|makes it look like a suicide]].
* ''[[Superman III (Film)|Superman III]]'': the programmers in a 80's mainframe centre move about by pushing themselves backwards on swivel chairs; despite a two-lane corridor, two of them collide.
* ''[[Austin Powers (Film)|Austin Powers]]: The Spy who Shagged Me'' has Dr. Evil goofing around with his evil chair... and promptly having it go psycho on him.
** '''THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!'''
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In one of the opening title sequences of the 1970s [[CBS]] [[Sit ComSitcom]] ''Arnie'', the title character, having just been promoted from a blue-collar position, spins around on an office chair, tips over and pulls down a venetian blind in the process.
* There was a [[Britcom]] called ''Two In Clover'' where the heroes leave their boring job by tying their boss to a swivel chair and pushing him out the window. On the ground floor, it is hoped, although it may well be a fantasy sequence...
* Early in ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'', the eponymous character [[Destination Defenestration|defenestrates a corporate executive on swivel chair through a glass wall]]. Only the chair hits the ground, the executive having combusted on exposure to direct sunlight.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': Baltar is seen swiveling his chair aimlessly, in a homage to his namesake's swiveling [[Cool Chair]] in the original series.
* The Countess Dowager(Maggie Smith) on ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' is caught off guard to be sitting in one when she visits Matthew Crawley's office:
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Dilbert (Comic Strip)|Dilbert]]'': Someone stands on a swivel chair to hang up a "Ten days without an accident!" poster. The chair slips, and he falls and injures himself. Dilbert comments on the [[Irony]], and the guy who fell replies, "No, it was ironic when this happened 11 days ago."
 
== Other ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Most Triumphant Example: ''[http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/harry/ Harry the Handsome Executive]'', a game based entirely on scooting around an office on a swivel chair by kicking off walls.
* Joker of ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'' fame is entirely too fond of his swiveling pilot's chair on the ''Normandy'', especially its second incarnation. (Real leather!) However, [[Spaceship Girl|EDI]] takes control of it when [[Vitriolic Best Buds|he's antagonizing her]], spinning him around until he gives up.
* ''[[Rhythm Heaven (Video Game)|Rhythm Heaven]] Fever'' has a minigame, "Board Meeting", about anthropomorphic pig businessmen spinning around on swivel chairs.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' has the famous "[http://xkcd.com/303/ my code is compiling]" comic.
** [http://xkcd.com/815/ Mu]
* A very similar battle ensues in ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'' involving broomsticks. Dora is not pleased.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Sparks from ''[[Sealab 2021 (Animation)|Sealab 2021]]'' is always seated in a rolling chair. Presumably he can move without it but it's never shown.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** In "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)", we find Homer, Lenny, and Carl playing office chair hockey at the plant; Mr. Burns comes in and chastises them for goofing off...but then we see him complaining that they're not practicing their chair hockey moves hard enough.
** In another episode (season seven's "Bart on the Road" [the episode where Bart makes a fake ID while spending "Go To Work with Your Parents Day" with Patty and Selma at the DMV]), Lisa (who's spending the day at the nuclear plant with Homer) decides to liven things up by spinning in swivel chairs wearing hazmat suits. Homer replies that, "This is a lot more fun with a second person."
** In yet another episode ("Homer's Enemy"), Bart combines a swivel chair and a fire extinguisher for some real fun.
* ''[[Camp Lazlo (Animation)|Camp Lazlo]]'': [[School Nurse|Nurse Leslie]] uses such a chair to move around. In fact, when the chair is broken, he can't even use his legs to stand.
* ''[[Megamind (Film)|Megamind]]'' in his very own film has a number of swivel chair scenes, and of course spoofs the "villain in turning chair" thing.
* Principal Prickly on ''[[Recess (Animation)|Recess]]'' has one as his desk chair. When TJ becomes "Principal-for-a-Day", this is one of the first things he does:
{{quote| '''TJ:''' Wow, this is one big chair.<br />
'''Prickly:''' Yes it is. And it takes a big man to fill it.<br />
'''TJ:''' (immediately takes it for a spin) [[Comically Missing the Point|WOOHOOOOOO!]] }}
* On ''[[The Looney Tunes Show (Animation)|The Looney Tunes Show]]'' Bugs gets a job at Porky's office and convinces him to have more fun at work. During a montage of various fun activities they spin around ad roll on swivel chairs.
 
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