History Main / CharacterizingSittingPose

** The Medici brothers' sculptures have them in vastly different sitting positions. Lorenzo, who got to live longer and had an academic disposition, is depicted with his legs crossed at the ankles and his head resting pensively on his hand; hence the statue's nickname "Il Pensiero". Meanwhile, Giuliano, who died younger and had more artistic interests, is portrayed in a more relaxed but still proper position, and holding a StaffOfAuthority.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', the detective L has a penchant for sitting with both of his feet on the chair, which helps him to think and demonstrates [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} his eccentricity]].

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* In ''Anime/DeathNote'', the detective L has a penchant for sitting with both of his feet on the chair, which helps him to think and demonstrates [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} his eccentricity]].

* ''Series/KungFu'': Kwai Chang Caine routinely adopts a LotusPosition sitting pose when he has nothing to do at the moment, being a Shaolin monk and a MartialPacifist. Often, he'll sit quietly after being captured, to conserve his strength. Too late, his captors learn it was part of an ISurrenderSuckers gambit, and that they've brought a OneManArmy into their midst.

* ''Series/Succession'': Roman Roy has a habit of either sitting on things that aren't chairs (like a bathroom cabinet) or sitting on normal chairs in bizarre ways (like sitting on the top of a chair, his feet on the seat). It's a visual reminder of how little he cares about [[{{Troll}} professionalism or manners.]]

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a character tends to sit in a strange position. In many cases, this indicates their {{Cloudcuckoolander}} status and general informality. In particular, this is a common characteristic of {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s, {{The Wonka}}s and {{Ditzy Genius}}es who are confident in themselves enough not to care about social conventions.

* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': Sherlock Holmes seems unaware of how to to properly ''use'' a chair much of the time, including crossing his legs on it, propping his feet up on the seat, sprawling across them untidily, sitting on tables--all of which is in stark contrast to William's fairly formal posture and underscores how little Sherlock cares about conventions. And, once he shows up after the TimeSkip, he sits neatly with crossed legs to showcase just how much he's matured.

* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' listens to those that come to him for help by sitting in his chair, head tilted back, eyes closed, elbows on armrests, and fingertips touching. One might assume that Holmes holds little interest in the client's tale, until Holmes asks such pointed questions that it's clear he was analyzing every detail.

* One of the posters for ''Series/{{Psych}}'' features Shawn crouching on a table-like structure while fist-bumping Gus, which perfectly showcases his off the wall personality.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' season 1 episode 8 (host Creator/CandaceBergen). In one sketch, Creator/ChevyChase plays an elf. During the sketch, he repeatedly crouches on a sofa and a table in an odd manner to show his elf nature. After his father is revealed to also be an elf, the father crouches on the couch too.

* One of the posters for ''Series/{{Psych}}'' features Shawn crouching on a table-like structure while fist-bumping Gus, which perfectly showcases is off the wall personality.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', socially awkward computer genius Futaba Sakura often sits with both feet in the seat, though she can sit normally as well.

* In ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'', Woland tends to sit with one leg tucked underneath him. Being {{Satan}} in human form, he couldn't care less about social norms.

SlouchOfVillainy and EdgyBackwardsChairSitting are common subtropes; also compare CharacterTics and RebelRelaxation.

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* In ''Anime/DeathNote'', the detective L has a penchant for sitting with both of his feet in the chair, which helps him to think and demonstrates [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} his eccentricity]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Brian the Dog always sits in a human-like pose, which indicates that his personality is similar to a human one (in fact, he is frequently portrayed as the only sane person in the family).