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* In a direct spoof of the ''Saturday Night Fever'' example, Bart [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpson]] does this in the episode "Bart's Girlfriend" after Jessica Lovejoy invites him to dinner.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': As Simba scales Pride Rock, his feet fall in time with the music, leading up to his triumphant roar at the top. Also during that part of "Hakuna Matata" where they walked across the log.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' sort of inverts this, when Peter Griffin wished to a {{genie in a bottle}} of beer for his own theme music. When he walks around, music plays depending on the situation: it's happy, cartoony and upbeat when he walks happily, sad violins when he meets a poor hobo or suspenseful when he's about to get battered.

See also PowerWalk.

* ''Series/LazyTown'': When Sportacus walks on his hands near the end of "Always A Way", he does so to the techno beat of the track.

* A director of an episode of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' tried to apply this trope by having the StompyMooks march to the ticking of a metronome set to match the beat of the martial music he was planning to dub onto the scene later. Unfortunately a practical joker thought it would be funny to increase the ticking rate so everyone would have to march faster, so it didn't match.
* On an episode of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', her therapist advised her to play a theme song in her head. She takes the advice, is walking down the street and starts moving to the beat, and when she stops at a 'don't walk' sign she starts swaying in place to it--and then it spreads to the crowd around her, and when they start walking, they're all moving to the same beat as her.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', as Simba scales Pride Rock, his feet fall in time with the music, leading up to his triumphant roar at the top. Also during that part of "Hakuna Matata" where they walked across the log.

* Done is ''Franchise/SlyCooper'', when Sly sneaks up on {{Mooks}}

* On an episode of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', her therapist advised her to play a theme song in her head. She takes the advice, is walking down the street and starts moving to the beat, and when she stops at a 'don't walk' sign she starts swaying in place to it---and then it spreads to the crowd around her, and when they start walking, they're all moving to the same beat as her.

* Played with hilariously in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - after Xander has cast a love spell that's gone haywire, we see his feet as he strides down the school hall to the Average White Band's funky "Got the Love" - as the camera pans up, we see he's in a deer-in-the-headlights state of panic as all the girls eye him appreciatively and the boys look outraged.

* Armies traditionally march in formation (combined with the stereotypical "marching" gait this is the most efficient way to move large numbers of people on foot). The strong authoritative drumbeat associated with quite a bit of martial music is actually intended to make it easier for the troops to stay in step (compare to marching band music, which features a similar strong drumbeat). For similar reasons to the above example it is always avoided on bridges.

* At the end of ''RushHour'', Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker do a sorta dance to "War" while walking away.

* When the [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1835376.stm Millennium Bridge]] over the Thames was opened, it had to be closed as it was swaying. It has been theorised that it was the result of the footsteps of everyone crossing it being subconsciously co-ordinated by the music being played (getting a few thousands of people walking in sync over a bridge is a massive no-no. If the swaying hits the correct frequency, it can rapidly amplify itself and bring the bridge crashing into the river in a couple of hours). This problem has been known since at least the 19th century, and following some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge high-profile]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angers_Bridge bridge disasters]] early on the century, many bridges were fitted with warnings to soldiers to "Break Step" while marching across them.

* When the [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1835376.stm Millennium Bridge]] over the Thames was opened, it had to be closed as it was swaying. It has been theorised that it was the result of the footsteps of everyone crossing it being subconsciously co-ordinated by the music being played (getting a few thousands of people walking in sync over a bridge is a massive no-no. If the swaying hits the correct frequency, it can rapidly amplify itself and bring the bridge crashing into the river in a couple of hours). This problem has been known since at least the 19th century, and many older bridges have a "Break Step" sign on them, warning military units crossing the bridge to stop marching in time as long as they were on the bridge itself.

* When the [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1835376.stm Millennium Bridge]] over the Thames was opened, it had to be closed as it was swaying. It has been theorised that it was the result of the footsteps of everyone crossing it being subconsciously co-ordinated by the music being played (getting a few thousands of people walking in sync over a bridge is a massive no-no. If the swaying hits the correct frequency, it can rapidly amplify itself and bring the bridge crashing into the river in a couple of hours).

* A director of an episode of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' tried to apply this trope by having the GasMaskMooks march to the ticking of a metronome set to match the beat of the martial music he was planning to dub onto the scene later. Unfortunately a practical joker thought it would be funny to increase the ticking rate so everyone would have to march faster, so it didn't match.

* During the end credits of ''BuckarooBanzai'', the entire cast walks down the LosAngelesRiver Aqueduct to the movie's theme music.
* ''StTrinians'' (original films): Flash Harry had a "theme" which played while he sneaked in.
* While sneaking into the Palace Hotel Ballroom, [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Jake and Elwood Blues]] tiptoe past a snoozing policeman to the beat of CabCalloway singing ''Minnie the Moocher''. It's also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for a movie filled with them. Musicians have been doing this for decades. The scene from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' is probably a reference to artists like Music/CabCalloway, who would lead a band and a crowd simultaneously, and walk to the beat as part of the performance.

* Armies traditionally march in formation (combined with the stereotypical "marching" gait this is the most efficient way to move large numbers of people on foot). For similar reasons to the above example it is always avoided on bridges.

* Marching bands.

* On an episode of ''Ally McBeal'', her therapist advised her to play a theme song in her head. She takes the advice, is walking down the street and starts moving to the beat, and when she stops at a 'don't walk' sign she starts swaying in place to it---and then it spreads to the crowd around her, and when they start walking, they're all moving to the same beat as her.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Last Christmas" a woman has to sneak past telepathic alien monsters who will be drawn to anyone who thinks about them. To avoid doing so, she has "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade played over her headset, and proceeds to dance past the aliens.

* A director of an episode of ''BlakesSeven'' tried to apply this trope by having the GasMaskMooks march to the ticking of a metronome set to match the beat of the martial music he was planning to dub onto the scene later. Unfortunately a practical joker thought it would be funny to increase the ticking rate so everyone would have to march faster, so it didn't match.

* Played with hilariously in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - after Xander has cast a love spell that's gone haywire, we see his feet as he strides down the school hall to the Average White Band's funky "Got the Love" - as the camera pans up, we see he's in a deer-in-the-headlights state of panic.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Last Christmas" a woman has to sneak past telepathic alien monsters who will be drawn to anyone who thinks about them. To avoid doing so, she has music played over her headset and proceeds to dance past the aliens.

* While sneaking into the Palace Hotel Ballroom, [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Jake and Elwood Blues]] tiptoe to the beat of CabCalloway singing ''Minnie the Moocher''. It's also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for a movie filled with them. Musicians have been doing this for decades. The scene from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' is probably a reference to artists like Music/CabCalloway, who would lead a band and a crowd simultaneously, and walk to the beat as part of the performance.

* TropeCodifier is probably ''SaturdayNightFever''; specifically, a song composed by Barney Perry and sung by the Blackbyrds. Also, ''Stayin' Alive'', a young John Travolta / Tony strutting down the street to the Bee Gees beat.

* ''{{Spider-Man}} 3'': After getting his black suit (and turning into a JerkAss EmoKid), Peter walks down the sidewalk, while checking out all the girls he passes.

* ''St. Trinians'' (original films): Flash Harry had a "theme" which played while he sneaked in.

* ''UndercoverBrother'': The title character does this while first walking through the corridors of Multinational Inc.