History PlayingWith / ThisIsMyChair

** Bob has an AmbiguousDisorder that makes routine and predictability very important to him. He literally can't relax if he's not sitting in his usual spot.

* '''Played For Laughs''': [[SeriousBusiness The chair]] becomes the focal point of a ThisIsMySide dispute, and the room-mates' attempts to seize and hold it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything play out like]] a trench battle over a strategic landmark.

** [[ManipulativeBastard Charlie]] tricks Alice into sitting in Bob's favorite couch in order to start a fight between them.

** Bob has always sat in that seat, and Alice is a newcomer who didn't know how territorial Bob gets about his seat.

* '''Conversed''': "Why do [[ShowWithinAShow Aliss and Bobb]] always sit [[SocialSemiCircle in exactly the same places?]] Do you reckon they have their names scrawled on the chairs?"

* '''Exploited''': [[ManipulativeBastard Charlie]] tricks Alice into sitting in Bob's favorite couch in order to start a fight between them.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Invoked''': Bob has gone to some lengths to make one chair obviously the most inviting, and uses it as a SecretTestOfCharacter; in his opinion, people who would sit in the best seat in somebody else's home are selfish and untrustworthy.

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': A character is very territorial about where he/she sits.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob orders Alice to get off his favorite cushion on TheCouch.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's resentment gradually builds over Bob telling her where she can go in her own house. Bob himself is showing increasingly distressing signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but in her anger all Alice can see is that he's being a dick.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice knows Bob has OCD tendencies, and knows he doesn't mean to be demanding, so she accommodates him. She lets him know when his quirks cross the line into being unfair on others, though.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob lets some people sit there, others no. His reasoning is a mystery.

* '''Lampshaded''': "What the hell makes this ''your'' chair?" "It's the focal point of the room. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall If people were watching the sitcom of my life]], they'd have a good view of me."

* '''Discussed''':

* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice sits on the cushion as a show of defiance... and rips it. Cue BrokenTreasure plot.

* '''Justified''': Bob is TheCaptain, the king, the bishop, etc. and his seat is more than just a place to rest his rump; it's a symbol of his authority.
** Alice is a real slob, and Bob doesn't want to be sitting on the crumbs, spills, and dirt she'll inevitably leave behind 3 weeks later.

* '''Double Subverted''': Later, we see Bob diligently training his dog to save his seat whenever he's not using it.
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Conversed''':

* '''Exploited''': [[ManipulativeBastard Charlie]] tricks Alices into sitting in Bob's favorite couch in order to start a fight between them.
* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't believe his seat is any more "his" than the living room itself, seeing as he does share his home with Alice.

* '''Played For Drama''': See "Invoked"

* '''Inverted''': Bob encourages Alice to sit on his favorite cushion on TheCouch.
* '''Subverted''': Bob allows Alice to sit there, if somewhat grudgingly.
** Bob protests, but Alice refuses to move.
* '''Double Subverted''': This time. Next time, he makes her move.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob lets some people sit there, others no.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Get out of my chair!"

** Alice does not sit on Bob's couch cushion.
* '''Enforced''': The way the set is set up.
* '''Invoked''': Alice (a rank-and-file SpaceCadet) [[MoralEventHorizon attempts to sit in Captain Bob's chair]].