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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E19WeirdmageddonPart2EscapeFromReality Weirdmageddon part 2]]", the newly-incarnated Bill Cipher caps off his reign by building a gigantic throne from the bodies of everyone he's petrified since Weirdmageddon began. During his speech to the Henchmaniacs, the body of Lazy Susan slips out of place and returns to normal just long enough to wonder where she is - before Bill pushes her back into place and re-petrifies her.

* ''Series/SquidGame:'' As a sign of how obscenely rich and powerful they are, the [=VIPs=] visiting the island use servants as footrests and pillows; most notably, VIP 4 is seen using a woman's enormous breasts as a cushion for his head. Adding to the decadent atmosphere, most of these servants are naked except for body paint.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'': The BigBad One-Eye has his harem form his throne. [[spoiler:In the original cut, he gets his comeuppance when the women decide to sit on ''him''.]]

* In the ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]", programmer Robert Daly regularly takes out his frustrations on doppelgangers of his co-workers in a virtual reality game of his own design; in one case, he [[NeckLift throttles clone Walton half to death]], then forces him to kneel on the floor while Daly props his boots on top of him - and Walton's reaction indicates that he's done this before. In the process, Daly illustrates both his power over the virtual setting and the fact that his shy exterior is just a mask for a PsychopathicManchild.

* ''Series/SquidGame:'' As a sign of how obscenely rich and powerful they are, the [=VIPs=] visiting the island use servants as footrests and pillows; most notably, VIP 4 is seen using a woman's enormous breasts as a headrest. Adding to the decadent atmosphere, most of these servants are naked except for body paint.

* The Tzimisce clan of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' take this to a disturbingly literal extent: because of their clan-unique Discipline of [[{{Biomanipulation}} Vicissitude]] and their [[FullyEmbracedFiend utter contempt for humanity]], they enjoy making innocent human beings into furniture for their homes -- including chairs. Worse still, many of these objects are still sentient even after all the mutilation they've been subjected to. One particular Tzimisce brags that he's created a fainting couch that still cries when you sit on it!

* The live action ''Tokyo Tribes'' has the BigBad's son, N'koi, who has an entire room full of people he's posed as living furniture. It's not fun for the poor sods involved; N'koi's implied to have tortured them to get them to that state, and when he's not sitting on them he's establishing his dominance by putting out cigarettes on their naked skin.

* The live action ''Tokyo Tribes'' has the BigBad's son, N'koi, who has an entire room full of people he's posed as living furniture. It's not fun for the poor sods involved; N'koi's implied to have tortured them to get them to that state, and when he's not sorting on them he's establishing his dominance by putting out cigarettes on their naked skin.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}: Etna has been known to use her Prinny servants as seats, particularly in her introductory scene in the second game. Of course, it's one of the ''nicer'' things she does, as she also uses them for knife throwing targets, punching bags, and makeshift bombs.

* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': In "Swampy Seconds", Catfish Booray shows off his [[HollywoodVoodoo control]] over the animals of the swamp by making them form a chair for him to sit on. Randy points out that [[RealityEnsues this can't be very comfortable]].

* When Nzinga Mbande of the pre-colonial Angolan kingdom of Ndongo was sent to negotiate with the Portuguese, she saw that there were chairs for the Portuguese officials and only a mat for her. This was common practice among the Portuguese, meant to imply a subordinate status for black Africans. Nzinga responded by having one of the soldiers acting as her bodyguard get on his hands and knees so she could sit on his back, subtly demonstrating that she held more authority over her people than the Portuguese officials had either at home or abroad.

* In the ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' comic ''Hope Under Fire,'' a sorcerous Mafia boss is able to steal the demon Cade from the protagonist, using her to slaughter most of his rivals and make himself TheDon of the city. As a result, his next scene features the boss reading a newspaper while using surviving enemies as an ottoman; for good measure, he also warns the poor man that if he keeps trembling, he'll happily use the man as a toilet instead!

* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}: The Painful RPG'' has one NPC, a crossdresser, who lives in a house where all the furniture is people- including, disturbingly enough, [[spoiler:a ''[[NauseaFuel toilet]]'']].

* ''LightNovel/{{Overlord|2012}}'': After Ainz frees his subordinate Shalltear from her brainwashing, she demands to be punished for betraying him. After another of his subordinates, Demiurge, makes him a macabre throne made of human bones, a disgusted Ainz instead decides to punish Shalltear by making ''her'' his seat for the time being. [[{{Unishment}} Instead of being a punishment]], however, Shalltear becomes very, ''very'' [[TooKinkyToTorture aroused by being sat on by her beloved Ainz]]. It makes Shalltear so happy that an [[GreenEyedMonster extremely jealous Albedo]] excuses herself from the room and can be heard yelling and breaking things in frustration.

* ''Series/SpittingImage'' [[PlayedForLaughs played this trope for laughs]] in its [[AmoralAfrikaner "Never Met a Nice South African"]] skit. P.W. Botha, then-president of South Africa, was entertaining a British diplomat, and claimed [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX he employed several]] "kaffirs"[[note]]an ''incredibly'' offensive term for Africans[[/note]] in his mansion. When the diplomat remarks that he hadn't seen a single black since he got in, Botha bellows:

** Ainz's skeletal soldiers also often get used this way, such as in his epic entrance with the lizardmen, in which an entire group of skeletal soldiers lay themselves and their shields against a gigantic stone block, forming themselves into stairs for Ainz and his entourage to ascend.

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* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'': After Ainz frees his subordinate Shalltear from her brainwashing, she demands to be punished for betraying him. After another of his subordinates, Demiurge, makes him a macabre throne made of human bones, a disgusted Ainz instead decides to punish Shalltear by making ''her'' his seat for the time being. [[{{Unishment}} Instead of being a punishment]], however, Shalltear becomes very, ''very'' [[TooKinkyToTorture aroused by being sat on by her beloved Ainz]]. It makes Shalltear so happy that an [[GreenEyedMonster extremely jealous Albedo]] excuses herself from the room and can be heard yelling and breaking things in frustration.

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* ''Literature/MobyDick'': Upon meeting the man, Ishmael is surprised when his new companion Queequeg arranges a nearby drunk to serve as a suitable chair to sit on. Queequeg explains that this is common in his tribe, wherein suitably fluffy men and women are actually cultivated to serve as mobile furniture for high ranking members.

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* In the ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]," programmer Robert Daly regularly takes out his frustrations on doppelgangers of his co-workers in a virtual reality game of his own design; in one case, he [[NeckLift throttles clone Walton half to death]], then forces him to kneel on the floor while Daly props his boots on top of him - and Walton's reaction indicates that he's done this before. In the process, Daly illustrates both his power over the virtual setting and the fact that his shy exterior is just a mask for a PsychopathicManchild.

--> "You haven't? By God, man, what do you think you wiped your feet on when you came in?!"
* ''Series/{{Succession}}'': One of BadBoss Tom's tactics to assert his authority at [=ATN=] (a reflection of how little pull he has with the family) is making "human furniture" or "footstooling" his employees (putting his feet up on their backs). He does so to Jonah and tries to encourage Greg to join in. All the "normal" people in the room are horrified when it comes out that Tom does this in the Senate hearing.

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* The Tzimisce clan of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' take this to a disturbingly literal extent: because of their clan-unique Discipline of [[{{Biomanipulation}} Vicissitude]] and their [[FullyEmbracedFiend utter contempt for humanity]], they enjoy making innocent human beings into furniture for their homes - including chairs. Worse still, many of these objects are still sentient even after all the mutilation they've been subjected to. One particular Tzimisce brags that he's created a fainting couch that still cries when you sit on it!

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "A Bad Case Of Diary-Uh!", Vicky exploits her position of babysitter to force Timmy to drop to his knees and act as footrest while she watches TV.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "A Pharaoh to Remember," Bender as [[SpaceRomans Pharaoh of an Egypt-like alien civilization]] uses the enslaved Fry and Leela in this manner.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E19WeirdmageddonPart2EscapeFromReality Weirdmageddon part 2]]," the newly-incarnated Bill Cipher caps off his reign by building a gigantic throne from the bodies of everyone he's petrified since Weirdmageddon began. During his speech to the Henchmaniacs, the body of Lazy Susan slips out of place and returns to normal just long enough to wonder where she is - before Bill pushes her back into place and re-petrifies her.

* WesternAnimation/TheTransformers - in ''Triple Takeover'', Blitzwing gets the better of several Autobots and has Constructicon Hook fashion their mangled bodies into a throne.

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