History Main / RecliningReigner

** This in fact is determined by the throne, not the character. There are eight recliney thrones with a slouchy animation programmed into them, and one upright one.

[[caption-width-right:276:{{Cleopatra}}, helping make this trope OlderThanFeudalism]]

* {{Cleopatra}} is quite often depicted in this manner.

* TruthInTelevision: Romans ate their meals/banquets on reclining couches, as depicted in many works set during the Roman Empire.

* PlayedForLaughs in promo material for ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', featuring Marshall and Lily's honeymoon in Scotland. Because of Marshall's obsession with Nessie the Loch Nech Monster, they miss a performance of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. Lily forces Marshall to do a dramatic reading of the play in a nice ancient Greek costume just for her, while she lies luxuriously in reclined position like Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Lily is in a nice costume as well and she's eating the obligatory grapes.

* TruthInTelevision to some extent: Romans ate their meals/banquets on reclining couches, as depicted in many works set during the Roman Empire (''Literature/IClaudius'' comes to mind).

A stock image across many forms of media. The best way to show that the ruler of a country is powerful, decadent, hedonistic, and/or comfortable within their power is to show them reclining on their throne or another lavish piece of furniture.

* Gwynevere in ''Videogame/DarkSouls'' is always depicted reclining on a sofa.
** Not always - there's a statue of her standing up alongside a statue of Lord Gwyn and an empty alcove that presumably once held a statue of Gwyndolin. [[spoiler: She's only seen reclining when you meet her. ]]

Compare IdleRich.

Not to be confused with ReluctantRuler.

* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1563 Ash'waren]].

* {{Futurama}}: Hedonism Bot takes this to its logical conclusion: he's ''built into a sofa''.

* TruthInTelevision to some extent: Romans ate their meals/banquets on reclining couches, as depicted in many works set during the Roman Empire (''I, Claudius'' comes to mind).

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[[caption-width-right:350:{{Cleopatra}}, helping make this trope OlderThanFeudalism]]

* Don Achino in the ''OnePiece'' anime. He's quite chubby and is content to just lie on his sofa thing. He is very competent in battle though.

* Most [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesars]] are depicted this way. Dom [=DeLuise=] in ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne'' does it.

* Jabba The Hutt from ''StarWars''. Then again, as a slug-person, reclining is pretty much all his species does.

* Most of the Jarls in ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' recline when sitting on their thrones, excluding [[TheHighQueen Jarl Elisif the Fair]].

* Virtually everyone in ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' reclines when sitting on a throne, excluding certain models of the player character (though most version do) and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Jarl Elisif the Fair]].

* ''TheMightyThor'': [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/15776/1521859-hela1.jpg Hela]] has spent thousands of years making this trope into an ''art form''. Mee-''rowrrr!'''

* Most [[JuliusCaesar Caesars]] are depicted this way. Dom [=DeLuise=] in ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne'' does it.

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}, Jafar does this, in a definite overlap with SlouchOfVillainy.

* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1562 Ash'waren]].

* In ''TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' when Zigzag the evil vizier meets the [[BigBad Mighty One-Eye]], he's seen reclining on a throne with a bored look on his face. Oh, a [[UpToEleven throne composed by his own harem of buxom, scantly-clad One Eye girls]].

SisterTrope to SlouchOfVillainy and SuperTrope of GrapesOfLuxury. Not to be confused with ReluctantRuler.