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Commonly used as an intro shot of an ensemble cast in TV dramas, e.g. [[Police ProceduralsProcedural|procedurals]].

* Parodied in the live-action movie of ''[[Cromartie High School]]''. The pre-finale [[Power Walk]] is intercut with trucking shots of the actors simply walking in place. Taken to a ridiculous level in the opening of the anime, which has two groups of students walking right through, among other things, ''a tank''.

* Done in ''[[Twentieth20th Century Boys]]'' and in [[The Movie]] thereof, {{spoiler|as Kenji and his friends head out to fight the giant robot}}. Definitely of Hero Shot variety.

* Norris Packard in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'' does a power walk with his [[Humongous Mecha|Gouf Custom]] power walking beside him.

* Happened in ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', after Ash rescued the captured Pokémon from Mewtwo's cloning room and entered back into Mewtwo's arena for the final showdown against him and his clones.

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Akemi]] [[Took a Level Inin Badass|Homura]] does this {{spoiler|''[[Rule of Cool|while the universe is being rewound]]'' after she failed to save Madoka [[Groundhog Day Loop|in the previous time line]]}}. Her internal monologue make it even more [[Badass]].{{context|reason=Who was walking with Homura? If nobody, then this not an example of the trope.}}

* Averted (at least in part) in the film ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]''. The end credits roll features Team Banzai gathering together ({{spoiler|even the member who died during the film}}) and marching in unison to the peppy "Team Banzai March". Not a true [[Power Walk]] in that the team walks across the screen from right to left, there is not a dramatic shot of the team walking towards the camera, much of the sequence focuses in on individual members of Team Banzai, and the tempo of the entire sequence is a bit too peppy to be as dramatic as a [[Power Walk]] should be.

* ''[[The Right Stuff]]''. This is probably the single most-parodied (or ripped off) [[Power Walk]] ever.

*** Parodied in [[The Simpsons]] episode "Deep Space Homer". When Homer gets close up during his [[Power Walk]] and sees the shuttle, he gets cold feet and runs all the way back down the hall (...out of the building, and across the street) to call his wife.

* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971), with a twist: the power walk suddenly degenerates into a fight, while everything is still in slow motion and cool music keeps playing (and is synchronized with the fight for added coolness).

* ''[[Bubba Ho-Tep]]'' (2002). Once Elvis and Jack (as in JFK) decide to challenge the titular soul-sucking monster, they do a [[Power Walk]] of sorts through the corridor of their rest home. Kinda. Elvis needs a walker, and Jack rides a powered wheelchair. But it's still totally badass.

* ''[[Deliver Us Fromfrom Eva]]'' when Ray and the Dandridge sisters do the chick flick version of the power walk with their very angry boyfriends trailing behind.

* An exceptionally moving [[Power Walk]] occurs just before the USA/Soviet Union match in ''Miracle'', depicting the 1980 Olympic "[[wikipedia:Miracle on Ice|Miracle on Ice]]", as the underdog US team leaves their locker room and heads to the ice, where they will face off the greatest hockey team on Earth.

{{quote| '''Peter:''' Grab your stick.<br />

'''Egon, Ray, and Winston:''' Holdin'!<br />

'''Peter:''' Heat 'em up!<br />

'''Egon, Ray, and Winston:''' Smokin'!<br />

'''Peter:''' Make 'em hard!<br />

'''Egon, Ray, and Winston:''' Ready!<br />

* In ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'', we get a great shot of Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow walking with purpose just before the final battle.

* ''[[The Practice]]''

** Worth mentioning that House does a [[Power Walk]] ''with a cane''.

** In another, "Dad," the cast [[Power Walk]] out of a hospital with a [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925083906/http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season3/vidcaps/dad/s3e10tagu.shtml baby carriage].

** In yet another, "Disharmony," Angel, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn [[Power Walk]] with deadly seriousness on their way to confront a vampire cult leader. The camera starts with a group shot, then focuses on each of their intent expressions in turn, suddenly revealing Cordelia's ditsy friend-cum-vampire Harmony skipping along beside them.

* The episode of ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' broadcast on 2 March 2005 shows Jamie, Adam and the Build Team doing a Power walk down an abandoned runway.

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Penn and& Teller: Bullshit!]]'', where Penn and Teller deliberately give a group of ghost hunters a power walk to show that they're not trying to make them look silly.

* Parodied in, of all things, ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' where the [[Three Amigos]] Power Walk as they head out to [[Storming the Castle|rescue Tommy from the Big Bad's lair]]. [[Mission Control|Haley]] wishes them luck while inexplicably telling them they most likely won't survive. They stop and turn around in slow motion.

* Done quite a bit with ''[[Boston Legal]]'', although the number and importance of the characters in the lineup (besides Denny Crane front and center) will vary depending on the case.

* The last scene of ''[[Sherlock/Recap/S01 /E01 A Study in Pink|A Study in Pink]]'' from ''[[Sherlock]]'': ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouJQgymW57c "Sherlock Holmes...and Doctor Watson."]''

* The music video for the Captain Bogg and Salty song "Pieces of 8ight" begins and ends with power walks, though the voice-over of Salty whining provides a counterpoint to their visual awesomeness.

* A music video made by the creators of 'Demyx Time' titled 'Consign to Oblivion' has all of Organization XIII (thirteen cosplayers in this case) doing a Power Walk near the end of the video.

* [[Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine]] do it in their video to [httphttps://darthmantiswww.buzznetyoutube.com/user/video/30624/richardwatch?v=zysWtY-cheeses-gin-juice/VPUs their cover of SnoopDogg's "Gin and Juice."]

* The [[Professional Wrestling]] programs produced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] typically show the participants in the next match [[Power Walk|Power Walking]] to the entrance stage before they go to commercial. This has led several internet wrestling columnists to mock the practice in their recaps of the shows:

{{quote| '''CRZ:''' It's [[Triple H]], and he's WALKING~!!}}

* Solid Snake, Raiden, and Otacon have a [[Power Walk]] scene near the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''.

** The beginning of Act 5 of ''MGS4'' has Snake, Meryl, Johnny Sasaki, and Otacon doing one before they attempt to board Outer Haven. The twist here is that Snake is lagging behind the others due to his physical injuries, and Otacon is walking next to him out of dedication, where the original [[Power Walk]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'' had Otacon and Snake at the front.

{{quote| '''High Overlord Saurfang yells:''' Kor'kron, move out! Champions, watch your backs. The Scourge have been... <br />

'''Deathbringer Saurfang yells:''' Join me, father. Join me and we will crush this world in the name of the Scourge -- for the glory of the Lich King! <br />

''insert power walk here''<br />

* Often used in [[Role -Playing Game|RPGs]] to show off all the awesome loot your party is wearing at the end of the game.

== Webcomics[[Web Comics]] ==

* Lampshaded in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Lethal Inspection": "He did it! And he's not looking back at that cool explosion! He's a hero!"

** And yet they do -- indo—in the ''Unlimited'' episode set in the Old West. Not only do the heroes stride down the deserted Main Street of the town -- (along with the phony [[Heel Face Turn]] Chronos) -- but the music playing is a Morricone-style take on the original theme music.

** They parodied this in ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'': "They're slow, but they look good!"

* The [[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]] do this, along with a [[V-Formation Team Shot]]<ref> [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|On top of an active volcano]]!</ref> in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0H26Gxak0 Japanese dub's second opening].

* Just to show that this ''[[Truth in Television|happens]]'' in [[Real Life]], [http[c://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Bundesrat_Conseil_Consglio_CusseglFile:Bundesrat Conseil Consglio Cussegl.jpg |this]] is a picture of the Swiss Federal Council in 2003. Somehow, the Swiss cross on the floor makes it even better.

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