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Walking in Rhythm
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A subtrope of Mickey Mousing, this is a situation in which a character walks to the beat of the background music. The fact that his feet move to the music often causes the viewers to apply the song and its attributes to the character. As such, this is an effective way to set a mood for a particular character. If the hero walks down the street to the beat of an upbeat, fast-paced song, it sets up the character as one with attitude. A sad, slow song may invoke a feeling of hopelessness about the character. The same effect can be used as a character walks away. It can also be used to set up a dramatic moment. Perhaps the hero is doing The Slow Walk toward his foe, or maybe he is stepping up to fill a dead comrade's place. Whatever the situation, as his slow-motion steps touch the ground in time with the music, the drama increases. It can be used to emphasize a change in a character. Perhaps the hero has embraced his inner evil, or maybe he has just lost someone dear to him. As the montage of his new outlook roles, his feet fall in time with music more fitting to his new persona. Or it could just be done for the Rule of Cool. See also Team Power Walk. |
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St. Trinian's (original films): Flash Harry had a "theme" which played while he sneaked in. | |
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During the end credits of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the entire cast walks down the Los Angeles River Aqueduct to the movie's theme music. | |
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In a direct spoof of the Saturday Night Fever example, Bart Simpson does this in the episode "Bart's Girlfriend" after Jessica Lovejoy invites him to dinner. | |
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Used in High School Musical 2, of all places: Sharpay orders the percussionist to "give [her] a beat" to which she can walk huffily out of the room. | |
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In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, various mooks will respond to cues from the background music. | |
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Spider-Man 3: After getting his black suit (and turning into a Jerkass Emo Kid), Peter walks down the sidewalk, while checking out all the girls he passes. | |
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xkcd joked about this 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. | |
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Done in the Sly Cooper games, when Sly sneaks up on Mooks | |
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It is done commonly in Space Channel 5 | |
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Played for laughs in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Fly Guy is a pimp whom we earlier met in prison. He returns to the streets to take back what's his, while wearing platform shoes with inset aquariums. | |
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In The World's End the protagonists walk from one pub to the next to "Alabama Song" by The Doors as they try to keep the pretense that everything is normal. | |
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The Lion King (1994): 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. | |
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At the end of Rush Hour, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker do a sorta dance to "War" while walking away. | |
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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. | |
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The Blues Brothers: While sneaking into the Palace Hotel Ballroom, Jake and Elwood Blues tiptoe past a snoozing policeman to the beat of Cab Calloway singing Minnie the Moocher. The scene is probably a reference to artists like Calloway, who would lead a band and a crowd simultaneously, and walk to the beat as part of the performance. | |
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Undercover Brother: The title character does this while first walking through the corridors of Multinational Inc. | |
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Doctor Who. 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 as an Ear Worm, and proceeds to dance past the aliens. | |
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A director of an episode of Blake's 7 tried to apply this trope by having the Stompy Mooks 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. | |
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Played with hilariously in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 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. | |
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One episode of Family Guy 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. | |
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LazyTown: In "Defeeted", when Sportacus walks on his hands near the end of "Always A Way", he does so to the techno beat of the track. | |
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