--- title: Here's the 'Game of Thrones' Version of an Elf on a Shelf description: Jimmy Kimmel reimagines Elf on a Shelf — this time with a miniature-sized but very fearsome Jaime Lannister as the watchful character. canonical: https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-13T19:41:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:17.619Z og:title: Jamie Lannister Makes Fun of Himself in This Thrones Parody og:description: Introducing "Lannister on a Bannister" og:url: https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jamie Lannister Makes Fun of Himself in This Thrones Parody twitter:description: Introducing "Lannister on a Bannister" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Lannister on a Bannister' Is the Only Elf on the Shelf Substitute for _Game of Thrones_ Fans  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 13, 2017 7:41 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 13, 2017 7:41 PM UTC If [Elf on a Shelf](http://time.com/4946736/rhyming-elf-on-the-shelf-memes/) isn’t quite doing it for you this holiday season, Jimmy Kimmel and his show have an ideal replacement to whip your kids into behaving immediately. It’s [Lannister](http://time.com/4956454/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-cersei-death-theory/) on a Bannister, and it’s the sword-wielding, one-handed, miniature-sized Kingsguard character who [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5053939/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark-season-8-fate/) fans will surely appreciate. “Elf on a Shelf is tearing our family apart right now,” Kimmel started off reflecting. But wait: “There’s a new little sentry for children of all religions,” he explained. Enter a tiny Jaime Lannister, played by [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau](http://time.com/4773892/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-nikolaj-coster-waldau/) himself and spewing _Thrones_\-worthy warnings about consequences of misdeeds from his perch on a bannister in a family’s home. “You steal that candy, and I’ll chop your hand off,” Lannister — outfitted in a festive red hat — explains to a duo of misbehaving kids attempting to sneak some jelly beans. Between regaling the kids with the thrilling Red Wedding story to casually hitting on a blonde Cersei lookalike, Lannister on a Bannister is not exactly PG holiday fun for the family. But _Thrones_ fans will respect his commitment to character, as well as the insistence that “a Lannister always pays in installments” after the purchase of one of these unusual characters, of course. Here's the 'Game of Thrones' Version of an Elf on a Shelf ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/"},"headline":"'Lannister on a Bannister' Is the Only Elf on the Shelf Substitute for Game of Thrones Fans","datePublished":"2017-12-13T19:41:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:17.619Z","description":"\"You steal that candy, and I'll chop your hand off\"","url":"https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","Holidays","Late Night Television","Holiday 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5063209/lannister-on-a-bannister/","name":"'Lannister on a Bannister' Is the Only Elf on the Shelf Substitute for Game of Thrones Fans"}}]}] ```