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* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': When Abe is upset, he goes to the "Thinking Dock", which is one of two piers on a lake near the school. He usually ends up with company because someone else goes and sits on the other pier.
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** His employers, Workiva, put in a ball pit on his advice. He and some of his coworkers go there to think about ideas.
** Emmet's closet at The Roosevelt is his safe space, with pillows and blankets and a Lycra sensory sack. He goes there whenever he needs to focus and think.
** His employers, Workiva, put in a ball pit on his advice. He and some of his coworkers go there to think about ideas.
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* On ''Series/GilmoreGirls,'' Jess can be found at a small bridge over a pond near Stars Hollow high school when he's upset or needs to think. Hilariously, he chooses this spot after Luke [[RuleOfPool pushes him off of it]] in annoyance for his surly attitude. Later, it becomes important for Rory, as well, since Jess takes her on a picnic there and she retreats to it when she needs to think about her feelings for him after a humiliating public break-up with her current boyfriend.
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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. On having his medicine bundle returned to him, Chakotay thinks that he needs to find a place to meditate with a view of the stars, but there aren't many of those on a rocketship [[RealityEnsues as there's not much to look at in space]].
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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The Romulan Reclamation Site provides a Zhal Makh meditation chamber for its Romulan employees. There's a winding path painted on the wooden floor, and around it are lanterns. The participant is expected to walk barefoot along the path which represents the "journey into the center of the mind's most intimate space, where deepest truths are hidden."
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* Huey Freeman from ''{{ComicStrip/The|Boondocks}} [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Boondocks]]'' could often be seen sitting beside a particular local tree in the neighborhood to do some pondering.
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*''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' has a RunningGag in which either Jerry or George would do their soul-searching at the same pier, always complete with the seagulls all flying away as the character ran back into town with their newfound revelation.
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* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' short story "After Sunset: The Right Choice?", Leafpool has a spot at the top of a hill where she likes to sit and look at the lake as she thinks about things; the story begins when she finds Brambleclaw sitting there.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': There's a hill on the outskirts of Beach City that has a good view of the town, and various characters (most notably Steven in "Full Disclosure" and Ruby in "The Question") come to think. In fact, it's apparently called "Brooding Hill".
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* ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'': Everyepidode episode begins with Dobie sitting and thinking in the park in front of a copy of Rodin's Thinker.
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* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': In Season 5, Patrick takes David on a hike to see a beautiful view, and he tells David he used to come there to think about his feelings for David when they first met and he wasn't sure what to do. [[spoiler: He then gets down on one knee and proposes.]]
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Often in fiction, characters have a habit of using particular spaces for the purpose of contemplation.
This space can take any form, be it a rock, a chair, a tree stump, really any designated area used for thinking or meditation.
This can overlap with BadMoodRetreat if the contemplation area is in use for the purpose of overcoming negative emotions.
Compare PuttingOnMyThinkingCap, when a character needs an specific item to think better.
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* ''LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'': As [[TheHermit the lone wolf he is]] in his school, [[SecondYearProtagonist Hachiman Hikigaya]] usually goes to the high school's backyard to lunch and to think, since is his "lonely place". That, until [[GenkiGirl Yui Yuigahama]] and [[SenpaiKouhai Iroha Isshiki]] started to accompany him there (for his own disdain). Also, when there're no cases to solve, the members of the [[BreakfastClub Service Club]] use that place to think and rest from the people.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' uses the Fortress of Solitude as a place for research and contemplation.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' uses the Batcave as a place for research and development as well as meditation.
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* ''Literature/TheWindUpBirdChronicle'': When looking for his missing cat, Toru Okada finds an empty well in an abandoned house. He eventually takes to using the well as his thinking and meditation place, and the plot is eventually bought for him by his employer and the well is outfitted with a ladder and a pulley system so he can open and close the well from inside.
* In ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Amber Spyglass]]'', [[spoiler:Lyra]] uses the Botanical Garden of Jordan College to reflect on various issues, such as her life.
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* ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'': Every epidode begins with Dobie sitting and thinking in the park in front of a copy of Rodin's Thinker.
* There was an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' where it's revealed there's a toilet on the roof of the hospital. It's also revealed that people who use this toilet usually make a breakthrough in some issue they're thinking over.
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* According to UsefulNotes/{{Buddhis|m}}t tradition, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment after meditating for 49 days under a peepal tree (also called sacred fig) which is said to have grown at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, Northern India. Today this is the site of the Mahabodhi Temple, a holy site and place of pilgrimage for Buddhists and Hindus.
* Literature/TheFourGospels: Jesus goes to silent, secluded places, far away from crowds and critics, in order to pray and meditate and to have a conversation with [[{{God}} his Father]]. He also tells his disciples to do the same, such as going to their rooms and closing the door. One place where Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified was the Garden of Gethsemane, an olive garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.
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* [[KingOfThieves Vanya Shah]] of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman2}}'' uses her bathroom as her private place to reflect, banning anyone other than Rani to enter. Likewise, she will use her private pool if the water tank is fixed, [[spoiler: allowing Agent 47 to kill her]].
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* ''WebVideo/CommodoreHustle'': In episode "Critical", Graham Stark is revealed to have a spot where "Sometimes I ... come here to think". As a VisualGag it is revealed to be looking directly at a wall. It is revealed shortly afterwards to be one of a number of Graham's thinking spots. The gag is repeated as a CallBack in later episode "Crisis on Infinite Spoilers", only this time Graham's thinking spot is staring directly at the end of a set of shelves.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Huu reached enlightenment and became a waterbending master by meditating beneath a massive banyan-grove tree at the heart of the Foggy Swamp.
* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': The Thinking Chair is where the characters usually put two and two together and figure out what Blue's trying to tell them from the clues she's given them.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Three's a Crowd", Discord mentions having a "thinking tree", claiming it's where he gets his best ideas.
* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' has a "thoughtful spot" where he likes to sit down and think.
This space can take any form, be it a rock, a chair, a tree stump, really any designated area used for thinking or meditation.
This can overlap with BadMoodRetreat if the contemplation area is in use for the purpose of overcoming negative emotions.
Compare PuttingOnMyThinkingCap, when a character needs an specific item to think better.
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* ''LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'': As [[TheHermit the lone wolf he is]] in his school, [[SecondYearProtagonist Hachiman Hikigaya]] usually goes to the high school's backyard to lunch and to think, since is his "lonely place". That, until [[GenkiGirl Yui Yuigahama]] and [[SenpaiKouhai Iroha Isshiki]] started to accompany him there (for his own disdain). Also, when there're no cases to solve, the members of the [[BreakfastClub Service Club]] use that place to think and rest from the people.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' uses the Fortress of Solitude as a place for research and contemplation.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' uses the Batcave as a place for research and development as well as meditation.
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* ''Literature/TheWindUpBirdChronicle'': When looking for his missing cat, Toru Okada finds an empty well in an abandoned house. He eventually takes to using the well as his thinking and meditation place, and the plot is eventually bought for him by his employer and the well is outfitted with a ladder and a pulley system so he can open and close the well from inside.
* In ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Amber Spyglass]]'', [[spoiler:Lyra]] uses the Botanical Garden of Jordan College to reflect on various issues, such as her life.
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* ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'': Every epidode begins with Dobie sitting and thinking in the park in front of a copy of Rodin's Thinker.
* There was an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' where it's revealed there's a toilet on the roof of the hospital. It's also revealed that people who use this toilet usually make a breakthrough in some issue they're thinking over.
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* According to UsefulNotes/{{Buddhis|m}}t tradition, Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment after meditating for 49 days under a peepal tree (also called sacred fig) which is said to have grown at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, Northern India. Today this is the site of the Mahabodhi Temple, a holy site and place of pilgrimage for Buddhists and Hindus.
* Literature/TheFourGospels: Jesus goes to silent, secluded places, far away from crowds and critics, in order to pray and meditate and to have a conversation with [[{{God}} his Father]]. He also tells his disciples to do the same, such as going to their rooms and closing the door. One place where Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified was the Garden of Gethsemane, an olive garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.
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* [[KingOfThieves Vanya Shah]] of ''VideoGame/{{Hitman2}}'' uses her bathroom as her private place to reflect, banning anyone other than Rani to enter. Likewise, she will use her private pool if the water tank is fixed, [[spoiler: allowing Agent 47 to kill her]].
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* ''WebVideo/CommodoreHustle'': In episode "Critical", Graham Stark is revealed to have a spot where "Sometimes I ... come here to think". As a VisualGag it is revealed to be looking directly at a wall. It is revealed shortly afterwards to be one of a number of Graham's thinking spots. The gag is repeated as a CallBack in later episode "Crisis on Infinite Spoilers", only this time Graham's thinking spot is staring directly at the end of a set of shelves.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Huu reached enlightenment and became a waterbending master by meditating beneath a massive banyan-grove tree at the heart of the Foggy Swamp.
* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': The Thinking Chair is where the characters usually put two and two together and figure out what Blue's trying to tell them from the clues she's given them.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Three's a Crowd", Discord mentions having a "thinking tree", claiming it's where he gets his best ideas.
* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' has a "thoughtful spot" where he likes to sit down and think.
