History Main / TableSpace

* Used for comic effect in the first series of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': King Richard is discussing the murder of Thomas Becket with the Queen, but she can't hear him from her end of the table, prompting Richard to repeatedly bellow "WHO WILL RID ME OF THIS TROUBLESOME PRIEST?", which is overheard by some knights who think Richard is referring to his son and ''current'' Archbishop of Canterbury, Edmund. HilarityEnsues.

Often [[PlayedForLaughs just a visual gag]], but in more serious uses the distance between the two is used to illustrate the ''emotional'' distance between them, especially if this is a result of their opulent but hollow lifestyle. Also often overlaps with FormalFullArrayOfCutlery.

* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins : Grudge of Edinburgh'' features a scene with Meliodas, Elizabeth and their son Tristan sitting at a table like this. Then subverted when they dismiss the servants and then take their plates to a side table more appropriate in size for a dinner for three.

* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. When Takeshi Kovacs and his sister Reileen decide to join the Quellist rebellion, Falconer and her Envoys are shown seated down a long table, then there's a gap before another long table with Kovacs and Reileen seated at it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Bob and Mirage dine at opposite ends of a table after Bob neutralizes the Omnidroid. It does a good job at setting up the opulent but ultimately empty life that Bob Parr is about to enter with his new job. Also, judging from what Mirage says, the great size of the table, coupled with its placement right next to a ''wall of lava'', stems from her boss (Syndrome)'s obsession with power.

** "The Mansion Family" has the family house-sitting Burns' mansion and having dinner at the incredibly long table. "Mom, Bart's making faces at me... I think."
---> '''Homer:''' LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!!!

* A variation in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': one of the many [[MatchCut Match Cuts]] during the "Hallelujah" scene has Shrek at home with his meager wooden table and Fiona alone in the castle's banquet hall. The transition is lined up to briefly give the appearance of them dining together, which, reversing the typical usage of this trope, shows that they are still very much on each other's mind.

It should be noted, most residences that are opulent enough to be able to house such a table also have multiple dining rooms, with a more simple and imtimate room and table being used for everyday dining.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Prince Durin is invited at a diner by king Gil-Galad to discus political matters, to which they are joined by Elrond, Celebrimbor and other three unnamed Elves; Durin and and Gil-galad both are positioned at the opposite ends. The entire scene is tensioned and filled with subtle suspicions thrown at each other.

* Used to nightmarish effect in the 2010 movie ''Film/Victim2010'' where the MadDoctor has dinner with his "daughter". In actuality she was the man he kidnapped who beat his real teenage daughter until she was rendered brain dead, and who subjected him to various medical procedures and mind rapes to make him look like and believe he was his daughter as an elaborate form of karmic revenge.

* A different version occurs in ''Film/Midway2019'' where there's a conference with the Imperial Japanese Navy officers seated at one table, with another seperate table opposite with the Army officers facing them. It perfectly symbolises their [[InterserviceRivalry adversarial relationship]] at a time when [[WeAreStrugglingTogether they should be cooperating to fight the Allies]]. There's an [[PuppetKing empty chair]] at the end of the hall, presumably symbolising the emperor. Prime Minister Tojo, who should be mediating between the two, is seated with the Army (he's a general) and naturally takes their side.

* A different version occurs in ''Film/Midway2019'' where we have a conference where the Imperial Japanese Navy officers seated at one table, with another seperate table opposite with the Army officers. It perfectly symbolises their [[InterserviceRivalry adversarial relationship]] at a time when [[WeAreStrugglingTogether they should be cooperating to fight the Allies]].

* A different version occurs in ''Film/Midway2019'' where we have a conference where the Imperial Japanese Navy officers seated at one table, with another seperate table opposite with the Army officers. It perfectly symbolises their [[InterservicesRivalry adversarial relationship]] at a time when [[WeAreStrugglingTogether they should be cooperating to fight the Allies]].

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. In "The Streets of Mos Espa" we see a table full of all kinds of fancy dishes, enough food to feed six to ten people, yet the only two present are Boba and his master assassin Fennec. The latter is down the far end of the table [[RebelRelaxation with her feet up on it]], chowing down on a hunk of meat and trying to get her stoic boss to [[BetterLivingThroughEvil enjoy some of the perks of being a crime boss]]. Boba's having none of it and tells the droid to stop bringing more.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. In "The Streets of Mos Espa" we see a table full of all kinds of fancy dishes, enough food to feed six to ten people, yet the only two present are Boba and his master assassin Fennec. The two are FireForgedFriends, but Fennec is down the far end on the table [[RebelRelaxation with her feet up on it]], chowing down on a hunk of meat and trying to get her stoic boss to [[BetterLivingThroughEvil enjoy some of the perks of being a crime boss]]. Boba's having none of it and tells the droid to stop bringing more.

* In ''Film/Dune2021'', Baron Harkonnen is shown feasting at the head of an extremely long table while Duke Leto--who has been captured, immobilized, drugged, and [[ShamefulStrip stripped naked]] -- lies in a seat at the far end. Justified as the table would have been constructed for formal banquets hosted by a man who ruled an entire planet.

* ''Film/{{Dune}}''. Baron Harkonnen is shown feasting at the head of an extremely long table while Duke Leto--who has been captured, immobilized and stripped naked--lies in a seat at the far end. Justified as the table would have been constructed for formal banquets hosted by a man who ruled an entire planet.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

* A furniture-building how-to show with a humorous angle ended with the two hosts at the ends of a massively long table like the cold distant couple in ''Film/CitizenKane'', then segues directly into doing a scene from Jerry Lewis's ''{{Cinderfella}}'' where Lewis goes up and down the length of the table to pass the salt, jabbering incessantly.

* When [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance Emmanuel Macron]] met with UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin in February 2022 to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine, one notable thing was how Putin spoke to him from the opposite end of an enormous table. Ostensibly it was because Macron refused to take a Russian-developed test for Covid-19 (having been tested before leaving his own country), but it quickly became a meme and reference to Putin's authoritarian style.

* ''Film/{{Dune}}''. Baron Harkonnen is shown feasting at the head of an extremely long table while Duke Leto--who has been captured, immobilized and stripped naked--lies in a seat at the far end. Justified as the table would have been constructed for formal banquets by a man who ruled an entire planet.

* Stromberg has Bond sit down at one of these in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe.'' Of course there's a nasty surprise underneath in store for 007 that he narrowly avoids.

* ''The Heavy Water War''. When one character is suddenly promoted to the director of the plant producing heavy water [[TheQuisling for the German occupiers]], he's given a 22-bedroom house with servants. His wife is shown to be uncomfortable with the sudden change in their lifestyle, and when seated at the far end of the table she moves down to her husband's end.

''(He hits a button on his intercom, and Bart's chair snaps back a few feet while simultaneously binding his arms, legs and mouth with metal straps that emerge from the chair.)''\\