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Table Space

362 statements
70 feature instances
48 referencing feature instances

Table Space	type	FeatureClass
Table Space	label	Table Space
Table Space	page	TableSpace
Table Space	comment	Two people, surrounded by wealth and opulence, sit down to dinner at a table that is long enough to seat an entire NFL team. Rather than doing the sensible thing and sitting close together, they sit at the far ends of the table. Often just a visual gag, but in more serious uses it becomes Symbolic Distance, where the table 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 Formal Full Array of Cutlery. 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 intimate room and table being used for everyday dining.
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Table Space / int_181720de	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_181720de	comment	When you're making a silent film in 2011 you need non-verbal clues to get the characters' emotional states across, so The Artist uses this to demonstrate the emotional gulf between George Valentin and his wife.
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Table Space / int_1d6b3d71	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_1d6b3d71	comment	In an episode of the George of the Jungle revival, George wins a booby-trap filled mansion and forces Ape to live there with him. This trope is put in play at dinner time, where Ape sits at one end with a sullen look while George nervously sits on the other far end. When George asks for the salt, Ape slides it down the table, where it is quickly destroyed by said booby-traps.
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Table Space / int_1e703d1f	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_1e703d1f	comment	Gilmore Girls: S04E15 ended with Emily and Richard Gilmore seated at the opposite ends of their large table in their luxurious dining room, and they struggled to keep their conversation going. There was no background sound but loud ticking. It showed emotional estragement creeping into their relationship. Prior to this, they have been a stable, Happily Married couple.
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Table Space / int_1f5bc14	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_1f5bc14	comment	In Robin and the 7 Hoods, Robbo is invited to dinner by the wealthy heiress Marian. They are the only two people seated at her lengthy dining table, and they are seated at opposite ends.
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Table Space / int_22147342	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_22147342	comment	Arrow: A subtle version takes place in the pilot episode, when Oliver Queen returns home five years after the yacht he and his father was on sunk. One change he doesn't like is that his mother has gotten remarried to his late father's business partner Walter Steele. Oliver is seated down one end of the table with his best friend and kid sister, and his mother Moira and her new husband are seated down the other while Oliver studies them coldly.
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Table Space / int_22d74b2e	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_22d74b2e	comment	Alluded to in the Redwall story The Pearls of Lutra when one of the riddles that hide the location of the titular Pearls involves a table. Apparently some minor aristocrat had got so fed up with this trope and all its drawbacks that he'd decreed that the huge table in the dining hall was to be used for special occasions only and had a much more manageably-sized one made for everyday use. One of the Pearls was hidden in a secret compartment built into it.
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Table Space / int_23d2ea71	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_23d2ea71	comment	In Donkey Kong Country, DK and Candy do this in an attempt of DK's to treat Candy to a formal lunch. Naturally, they're so far apart that they have trouble speaking to each other. DK soon gets annoyed with this and moves closer to Candy so they can talk.
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Table Space / int_261c8d3f	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: When Mr. Burns tries to adopt Bart as his son in "Burns' Heir", they dine like this even though it's not all an intimate way to eat. "The Mansion Family" has the family house-sitting Burns' mansion and having dinner at the incredibly long table.
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Table Space / int_2bbcacd9	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_2bbcacd9	comment	One episode of the Looney Tunes, "From Hare To Heir", had Bugs Bunny promise Yosemite Sam (who is short on money) a million pounds provided he keep his Hair-Trigger Temper (get it) in check. What follows is Bugs deducting bit by bit with each outburst. In one scene, as Bugs and Sam are eating at different ends of a very long table, Bugs frequently asks for various things, forcing Sam to walk all the way down to the far end of the table. Each time as he's walking all the way back to be seated, Bugs calls back for another item. This causes Sam to lose his temper, prompting Bugs to reduce 300 pounds (which makes Sam go into a rage-inducing fit, taking away 400 pounds more).
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Table Space / int_2e3e7ac2	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_2e3e7ac2	comment	Justice League: In "A Better World", in an Alternate Universe where the Justice League has taken over the world in an enforced utopia, Superman and Lois Lane are shown at opposite ends of an (albeit normal-sized) dinner table, to show her disapproval of his actions.
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Table Space / int_2efce5b0	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_2efce5b0	comment	Deadly Premonition uses one in York's first breakfast at the hotel, a scene that's as long and drawn out as the table itself. Since York is the only guest at the formerly bustling hotel, it's just him and the elderly innkeeper, and she insists on seating them at opposite ends of the dining table. She's also hard of hearing, so both that and the table's length pretty much kills any conversation between the two.
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Table Space / int_2f3162e4	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_2f3162e4	comment	In Sex and the City, when Samantha dates a millionaire who is in his seventies, they sit in his huge house by a huge table. It is used just for fun to emphasize his wealth.
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Table Space / int_32483a45	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_32483a45	comment	MirrorMask has one such scene featuring an enormous dining table, with the Black Queen at one end and Helena at the other; at this stage, Helena has been brainwashed into replacing the Queen's runaway daughter, and the length of the dining table is pretty symbolic of the Queen's neglectful attitude. The only point in the meal when the two of them are remotely close is when Helena shakes off the brainwashing just long enough to remind the Queen that this charade is entirely pointless - AND THEN THE QUEEN'S FACE IS RIGHT THERE YELLING AT HER.
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Table Space / int_3ac755dd	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_3ac755dd	comment	Beauty and the Beast: Subverted during "Beauty and the Beast" song. Belle and Beast exchange warm looks over the table and in the end of the dinner she rushes to pick him and drag him to the ballroom, so she'll teach him to dance.
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Table Space / int_3d99f733	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_3d99f733	comment	Losing Ground: Sara is not happy at all about Victor bringing his sexy model to the house. This is demonstrated in a scene where Victor and Sara are eating dinner at the opposite ends of a long table, with the camera swiveling back and forth as she fires questions at him.
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Table Space / int_3defe34c	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_3defe34c	comment	Discussed in Making Money, but the narration then adds "Moist and Adora Belle didn't try it, but instead huddled together."
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Table Space / int_3e5de40b	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_3e5de40b	comment	Appears in the Scrubs episode "My Cold Shower", when Kelso has an Imagine Spot about what it'd be like being married to Elliot. The gag is used to show how loveless that marriage would be; Elliot notes how much she hates Kelso and he emotionlessly replies "I know" before returning to his dinner.
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Table Space / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld: Magrat and King Verence are seen doing this in Lords and Ladies, because Verence has to sit at the head of the table, and Magrat sitting at an angle to him makes conversation almost as awkward as sitting at the other end. It's made awkward on several levels, not just because they're trying to have a conversation during dinner, but because they're engaged to be married. Magrat eventually gets fed up with Verence having to shout so she can hear him, and gets the butler to move her chair to the other end. It gets lampshaded, with Magrat noting that she's heard about this sort of thing but always thought it only happened in stories until it happened to her. The trope is then further parodied by Granny insisting on dramatically Sweeping the Table despite the "acres" of empty space she could have used. Discussed in Making Money, but the narration then adds "Moist and Adora Belle didn't try it, but instead huddled together." Lampshaded in Unseen Academicals: "It is a regrettable fact that when two people are dining at a very large and impressive dining table they sit at the opposite ends of the long axis [...] even Lord Vetinari and Lady Margalotta had apparently signed up to the idea." Given all the rumors (both in- and out-of-universe) that the two are more than friends, or at least FriendlyRivals, this may put a lie to them.
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Table Space / int_4bddaa18	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_4bddaa18	comment	The Brothers Cabal: The Ministerium conspiracy holds a fancy dinner for six at a twenty-five-foot-long table, which is itself dwarfed by the gigantic, almost entirely empty dining hall. The net effect is described as being somewhat absurd.
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Table Space / int_585e50f5	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_585e50f5	comment	JFK: During the interrogation scene with Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison, Clay Shaw lampshades the trope both in the dialogue and the Flashback sequence.
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Table Space / int_5d354f8	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_5d354f8	comment	Red Dwarf: The guys once discover they can use old photos for time travel. Lister influences the track of time and becomes filthily rich. He has a huge mansion, and his attractive young lady-friend and he are sitting at opposite sides of a very long table when they're having dinner.
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Table Space / int_61fc750c	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_61fc750c	comment	Superman: Red Son: As Premier of the Soviet Empire, Superman has set up the perfect utopian dictatorship that dominates the entire world. He's shown entertaining a foreign ambassador with both of them at the ends of a long table, and Superman asks the man to say what he honestly thinks of him. After babbling out some sycophantic praise, the ambassador eventually admits that Superman terrifies him.
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Table Space / int_660a8ba0	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_660a8ba0	comment	Lampshaded in Unseen Academicals: "It is a regrettable fact that when two people are dining at a very large and impressive dining table they sit at the opposite ends of the long axis [...] even Lord Vetinari and Lady Margalotta had apparently signed up to the idea." Given all the rumors (both in- and out-of-universe) that the two are more than friends, or at least FriendlyRivals, this may put a lie to them.
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Table Space / int_667daa0b	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_667daa0b	comment	In Forbidden Zone, the king and the queen are at such a table, with a human chandelier dangling over them.
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Table Space / int_691be369	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_691be369	comment	The X-Files: A rare example from a professional setting happens in "Fallen Angel" when Agent Scully and then Agent Mulder have a responsibility hearing with Section Chief McGrath. The FBI has never liked their little department investigating paranormal cases.
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Table Space / int_6b3faf4c	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_6b3faf4c	comment	In "Colossians 3:9-10" from Warrior Nun, Lilith and her mother sit together at opposite ends of a long table as they have a fraught discussion regarding Lilith's appearance and her being "passed over" for the Halo.
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Table Space / int_6ea7c33b	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_6ea7c33b	comment	Altered Carbon: 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. (A later shot shows them seated amongst the other Envoys.)
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Table Space / int_70c7b114	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_70c7b114	comment	In one of the Gilligan's Island TV movies, after the castaways make it back home, Mr. and Mrs. Howell are shown to dine like this.
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Table Space / int_72e7d7f6	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_72e7d7f6	comment	In the Lord Peter Wimsey book Thrones, Dominations, Harriet Vane, newly married to Lord Peter, is still getting used to some of his eccentricities, including "the passion for ritual that set ten feet of mahogany between husband and wife at a solitary meal."
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Table Space / int_746814ae	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_746814ae	comment	Done in an episode of Arthur, when D.W. imagines what it would be like if her parents never spoke to each other again.
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Table Space / int_74e8b407	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_74e8b407	comment	A different version occurs in Midway (2019) where there's a conference with the Imperial Japanese Navy officers seated at one table, with another separate table opposite with the Army officers facing them. It perfectly symbolises their adversarial relationship at a time when they should be cooperating to fight the Allies. There's an 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.
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Table Space / int_7aaf9e41	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman: Subverted by Selina Kyle in Dark Victory. She and Bruce sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner in this fashion, but after Alfred is finished serving them, she drags her rather large chair to the other end of the table to sit next to Bruce (and eat off his plate).
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Table Space / int_7b63322a	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_7b63322a	comment	If Anything Happens I Love You: The opening shot shows the parents glumly eating dinner in silence at opposite ends of a table. They have been driven apart by grief after their daughter was killed in a school shooting.
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Table Space / int_7d122312	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_7d122312	comment	A scene in The Flintstones has Fred and Barney conversing at either end of a long dining table, including this exchange:
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Table Space / int_7d5e43b0	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_7d5e43b0	comment	The Goodies: Tim's wealthy uncle dies, so he inherits his country seat and makes his former friends work as servants. This includes a gag of them trying to feed him from the opposite end of a long table, pumping coffee down a tube and serving eggs with slingshots. Eventually Bill loses patience and declares he's going to belt Tim, only he can't walk that far. Graham hands him a tricycle which Bill rides down the table, falling through it after Tim blasts at him with a hunting shotgun.
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Table Space / int_84782a62	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_84782a62	comment	The "Marmalade" sketch in A Bit of Fry and Laurie parodies this trope: the husband (played by Fry) and the wife (played by Laurie) sit at opposite ends of a giant table at breakfast. The husband has a hilariously hard time understanding his wife's requests to pass the marmalade. And that's just where it starts...
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Table Space / int_892aa56a	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_892aa56a	comment	In Murdoch Mysteries, Table Space between Dr. Julia Ogden and her husband Dr. Darcy Garland is used to emphasize the emotional distance between them during their argument. Julia fights for women's rights to use contraceptives, which is illegal and threatens Darcy's possible promotion. At one previous scene, they were comfortably sitting very close on a sofa.
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Table Space / int_8f035cf0	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_8f035cf0	comment	Downplayed example in one episode of Seven Little Monsters, where the family moves into a Big Fancy House for a day. While there are seven of them (plus their Ma), the table is still big enough that they need to use a loudspeaker to ask for the salt.
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Table Space / int_92916f5a	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_92916f5a	comment	A variation in Shrek: one of the many 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.
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Table Space / int_998cbda3	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_998cbda3	comment	Daredevil (2015): In season 1, Wilson Fisk has a huge narrow table in his penthouse's dining room that highlights his luxurious but lonely life. At one point, he shows his strength by Flipping the Table in a fit of rage. It's in that same episode that Vanessa moves in with him, and in a Morning Routine montage we see the table restored to its position and Vanessa hugging him and taking a seat to his immediate right.
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Table Space / int_9b20c46e	comment	Magrat and King Verence are seen doing this in Lords and Ladies, because Verence has to sit at the head of the table, and Magrat sitting at an angle to him makes conversation almost as awkward as sitting at the other end. It's made awkward on several levels, not just because they're trying to have a conversation during dinner, but because they're engaged to be married. Magrat eventually gets fed up with Verence having to shout so she can hear him, and gets the butler to move her chair to the other end. It gets lampshaded, with Magrat noting that she's heard about this sort of thing but always thought it only happened in stories until it happened to her. The trope is then further parodied by Granny insisting on dramatically Sweeping the Table despite the "acres" of empty space she could have used.
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Table Space / int_9d963831	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_9d963831	comment	Septimus Heap: Jenna alludes that Sarah and Silas Heap infrequently occupy the main table of the Palace at opposite ends, so that they have to communicate by hand signs, and leaving Jenna to sit somewhere uncomfortably between them.
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Table Space / int_9ec61fa1	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_9ec61fa1	comment	In NewsRadio, when Lisa goes over to Jimmy James' mansion, he had just bought a very long table that he insists she sit at the end of. They have to yell at each other to talk.
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Table Space / int_a0b6c698	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_a0b6c698	comment	Parodied in Coming to America: the king and queen sit so far away from their son Akeem that he must talk to them through an intercom. He eventually gets frustrated and just walks to the other end of the table, much to the dismay of the others.
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Table Space / int_a4420d22	type	Table Space
Table Space / int_a4420d22	comment	The Venture Bros.: In "Love Bheits", villainous dictator Baron Underbheit dines with his forced bride-to-be (actually Dean Venture in drag). They sit at opposite ends of a table so long that Dean can't hear anything the Baron says. The Baron drags his chair closer so they can talk. In this example, closing the distance makes the atmosphere more uncomfortable.
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Table Space / int_a5b2a1f7	comment	Done in the Winona Ryder version of The Crucible to emphasize John and Elizabeth Proctor's emotional estrangement.
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Table Space / int_a8150af4	comment	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: 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 Gil-galad both are positioned at the opposite ends. The entire scene is tensioned and filled with subtle suspicions thrown at each other.
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Table Space / int_a989c53	comment	Used for a gag in Swedish film Fanny and Alexander. As the very rich extended Ekhdahl clan is having dinner, Helena beckons to a maid and says "Tell the children they may leave the table." The maid then walks down the long, long table to a second maid, and delivers the message. That maid then walks down to a third maid, who goes to the other end of the table (which might as well be in Finland) and tells Fanny and Alexander they may leave.
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Table Space / int_aaa65d7e	comment	Rebuild of Evangelion: Gendo Ikari having dinner with Rei; it's not surprising she comes out of her shell enough to ask him to come along to Shinji's dinner party instead.
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Table Space / int_acfbbe64	comment	Goldie Gold and Action Jack: Goldie's dinner table is so long that Jack quips that the food will get cold by the time anyone passes the salt.
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Table Space / int_ae259c31	comment	The Spy Who Loved Me. Billionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg is introduced dining at the end of a long table while his Sexy Secretary has her meal down the other end, presumably to convey the psychopathic self-isolation of a man willing to destroy the world. Later he invites Bond to take a seat at the far end, and it's revealed he has a very long barreled weapon under the table; Bond narrowly avoids being killed.
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Table Space / int_af073eff	comment	The Grinch (2018): Grinch and Max frequently do this for breakfast. Going in hand with the Grinch's Adaptational Nice Guy, this helps to highlight that Grinch's self-imposed exile is not exactly satisfying him.
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Table Space / int_b30ae4db	comment	Game of Thrones: Used for the Small Council table in Season 3 "Walk of Punishment". While the other councilors scramble to sit as close to Lord Tywin Lannister as possible, his son Tyrion deliberately positions himself (with much hilarious chair-scraping) at the far end, yet directly opposite his father, showing their adversarial relationship. At a dinner table in "Valar Dohaeris", the Tyrell siblings are seated next to each other, while Cersei and her son Joffrey are positioned at the opposite ends. (To maintain symmetry, Margaery and Loras would normally have been placed across from each other.) Guess which family gets along harmoniously and which one is dysfunctional.
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Table Space / int_ba3d2748	comment	The Incredibles 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.
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Table Space / int_c01688c8	comment	The first Batman movie does it. Bruce even makes a nice joke about it. The table's huge, the mansion's huge, has he even been in this room before? They decide to move into the kitchen with its much smaller table.
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Table Space / int_c1d547fd	comment	Strike: Robin's interview for a new job in The Cuckoo's Calling takes place with her at the end of an overlong conference table with the three people interviewing her on the other end. This isn't because the interview's intimidating—she's offered the job—but to demonstrate Robin's discomfort as she's realizing she doesn't actually want the job. She prefers to continue working at the detective agency for Strike.
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Table Space / int_c35714d6	comment	Used for comic effect in the first series of 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 the quote "WHO WILL RID ME OF THIS TURBULENT PRIEST?", which is overheard by some knights who think Richard is referring to his son and current Archbishop of Canterbury, Edmund. Hilarity Ensues.
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Table Space / int_c5959aee	comment	In Richie Rich, the live action movie of 1994, telephones are involved so they can communicate. In this case, Richie sat at the other end on purpose seeing as he didn't like their dinner guest Lawrence Van Dough.
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Table Space / int_c5b9137b	comment	In Dark City, when a poor couple is "turned" into a rich couple by Reality Warping aliens, their modest four-seater table extends out into one of these while their apartment expands into a lavish mansion.
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Table Space / int_c908c0b9	comment	The Seven Deadly Sins: 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.
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Table Space / int_d148f51d	comment	The Looney Tunes Show: Happens in "The Shelf" when Daffy is having dinner with Tina. The kicker is that it isn't even Daffy's house; it's Porky's and he is forcing Porky to act as his butler. It ends with Daffy flinging bread rolls at Porky and Tina storming out.
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Table Space / int_d2d206b6	comment	The Burnhams in American Beauty have a fairly large dinner table in their living room. The increased space is symbolizing the estrangement between the family members when they dine together.
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Table Space / int_d4fdfff4	comment	In ER, Carter tries to relate to del Amico by going along with her assumption that he is poor. A later scene has them sitting at opposite ends of the former's lavish dining room table to highlight the awkwardness of his lie falling through.
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Table Space / int_de976635	comment	The Book of Boba Fett. In "The Streets of Mos Espa" we see a table full of all kinds of fancy dishes, enough food to feed ten people (or the late Jabba the Hutt), yet the only people present are Boba and his master assassin Fennec. The latter is down the far end of the table with her feet up on it, chowing down on a hunk of meat and trying to get her stoic boss to enjoy some of the perks of being a crime boss. Boba's having none of it and tells the droid to stop bringing more.
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Table Space / int_e0852c7f	comment	In Dune (2021), Baron Harkonnen is shown feasting at the head of an extremely long table while Duke Leto — who has been captured, immobilized, drugged, 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.
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Table Space / int_e17ebe62	comment	In If Looks Could Kill Augustus Steranko forces Michael Corben to have dinner with him and they both sit at opposite ends of a very long dinner table. Following an Ironic Echo at Michael's expense, he tries to launch himself down the table at Steranko, but its length allows Steranko's Mooks to grab him before he can reach his target.
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Table Space / int_e25322af	comment	Homestar Runner: In the Strong Bad Email "dreamail", Strong Bad's dream e-mail includes a sequence where Strong Bad and The Cheat have dinner sitting at opposite ends of a long table (made from an autographed reproduction of the front door from 227, no less).
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Table Space / int_f3e1f424	comment	Done several times in Merlin (2008), most often between Morgana and Uther to highlight the increasing emotional distance between the two.
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Table Space / int_f61ea51b	comment	Interview with the Vampire (2022): In "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self", "A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart", and "The Thing Lay Still", Daniel Molloy conducts the interview with Louis de Pointe du Lac in the latter's dining room, and they sit at opposite ends of a long table while eating their meals. The distance between them is symbolic of Daniel being naturally wary of a vampire who nearly drained him to death 49 years ago for merely being a Vampire Vannabe while high on drugs.
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Table Space / int_f8eaad5b	comment	Citizen Kane puts him and his wife further and further apart as their tables get bigger. To make this even more effective, it's only shown at the end of a montage showing their marriage breaking down. The final clip is a Reveal Shot showing the now long dinner table, with the previously loving couple sitting far apart and ignoring each other.
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