History Main / WalkingInRhythm

* Done is ''SlyCooper'', when he sneaks up on {{Mooks}}

* It is done commonly in ''SpaceChannel5''

* During the end credits of ''BuckarooBanzai'', the entire cast walks down the Los Angeles River Aqueduct to the movie's theme music.

* This was used a lot in older films, both in silent films, where BGM was the only music and characters would walk to it, to old cartoons ({{Popeye}} in particular used to do it a lot).

* Played for laughs in ''[[ImGonnaGitYouSucka I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''. Fly Guy is a pimp whom we earlier met in prison. In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZrC3ljtuM this scene]], he returns to the streets to take back what's his, while wearing platform shoes with inset aquariums.

* Used literally in ''HighSchoolMusical 2'', of all places: Sharpay orders the percussionist to "give [her] a beat" to which she can walk huffily out of the room.

* While sneaking into the Palace Hotel Ballroom, [[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. Of course, musicians have been doing this for decades. The scene from ''TheBluesBrothers'' is probably a reference to artists like CabCalloway, who would lead a band and a crowd simultaneously, and walk to the beat as part of the performance.
* This was used a lot in older films, both in silent films, where BGM was the only music and characters would of course walk to it, to old cartoons ({{Popeye}} in particular used to do it a lot).

* 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU#t=3m0s 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 [[GenieInABottle 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.

* Marching bands, of course.

* The LaurelAndHardy movie ''Film/BonnieScotland'' has Laurel doing this (with a rhythm that's apparently playing inside his head). It spreads to the rest of the military outfit in which he's enrolled.

* In ''The LionKing'', as Simba scales Pride Rock, his feet fall in time with the music, leading up to his triumpant roar at the top. Also during [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU#t=3m0s that part]] of "Hakuna Matata" where they walked across the log.]

* Played with hilariously in ''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.

* In a direct spoof of the ''Saturday Night Fever'' example, Bart [[TheSimpsons Simpson]] does this in the episode "Bart's Girlfriend" after Jessica Lovejoy invites him to dinner.
* In ''The LionKing'', as Simba scales Pride Rock, his feet fall in time with the music, leading up to his triumpant roar at the top. Also during [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU#t=3m0s that part]] of "Hakuna Matata" where they [[BetterThanItSounds walked across the log.]]
* One episode of ''FamilyGuy'' sort of inverts this, when Peter Griffin wished to a [[GenieInABottle 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.

-->-- '''The Blackbyrds''', "Walkin' In Rhythm"

** {{XKCD}} joked about this [[http://www.xkcd.com/389/ in one comic]], and said that one could pick out members of a marching band in a store by making the background music skip and watching them stumble.

** {{XKCD}} joked about this in one comic, and said that you can pick out members of a marching band in a store by making the background music skip and watching them stumble over.

** [[http://www.xkcd.com/389/ Link.]]

-->Walking in rhythm\\

Trying to move on\\
-- The Blackbyrds, ''Walkin' In Rhythm''

* Marching bands

* In ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', various mooks will respond to cues from the background music.

* One episode of ''FamilyGuy'' inverts this, when Peter Griffin wished to a [[GenieInABottle 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.

* Played for laughs in ''ImGonnaGitYouSucka''. Fly Guy is a pimp whom we earlier met in prison. In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZrC3ljtuM this scene]], he returns to the streets to take back what's his, while wearing platform shoes with inset aquariums.

* Played for laughs in ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka''. Fly Guy is a pimp whom we earlier met in prison. In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZrC3ljtuM this scene]], he returns to the streets to take back what's his, while wearing platform shoes with inset aquariums.

* During the end credits of ''TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzai'', the entire cast walks down the Los Angeles River Aqueduct to the movie's theme music.

* 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.