History Main / WalkLikeAnEgyptian

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* In the album ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra'', we see the latter discussing her latest portrait:
-->'''Cleopatra:''' It's quite good, but I'm tired of being painted in profile. Can't you do it in a three-quarter view?\\

** When seen in other books, they keep up this style, such as when crossing the street in single file.

* Seen in a few dream sequences in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.
** Hotep (voiced by Creator/SteveMartin) does this briefly in "Playing With the Big Boys Now". Bit of an ActorAllusion (see ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' below).
* In the movie ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra'' there's a brief song and dance number that includes some of Cleopatra's maids dancing like this. And they actually manage to pull it off without looking out of place, unserious or clumsy at all. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny When Cleopatra's lion does it however...]]

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* [[TropeNamers Named for]] the song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHngF_b3NuE Walk Like an Egyptian]]" by Music/TheBangles.
** Which was covered (and translated) by Music/DieArzte, probably their only well known cover song

[[folder:Theatre]]
* The British music hall act Wilson, Keppel and Betty. As Wiki/TheOtherWiki puts it "The 'sand dance' that formed the highlight of their act was a parody of postures from Egyptian tomb paintings, combined with references to Arabic costume".

* In ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'', one of Ambra's taunt animations has her performing the Egyptian mural inspired stance. The name of said taunt, "Walk Not Unlike An Egyptian".

* The festival poster in ''VideoGame/OedipusInMyInventory'' reads 'WALK LIKE A THEBAN' and has a figure doing a silly walk.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama World Tour]]'' features a two-part episode titled, "Walk Like an Egyptian"... [[SubvertedTrope During which nobody walks like one.]] [[RedHerring Not even the people dressed like ancient Egyptians.]]

-->Bobby: I didn't know people [[LampshadeHanging walked like Egyptians]] [[TheSeventies back then!]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': In the animated Nelvana adaptation of the album ''The Cigars Of The Pharao'' Professor Sarcophagus is seen ''walking like an Egyptian'' after going crazy. This is an addition of the animation crew, not Creator/{{Herge}}.

Not to be confused with anything related to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.

* The British music hall act Wilson, Keppel and Betty. As TheOtherWiki puts it "The 'sand dance' that formed the highlight of their act was a parody of postures from Egyptian tomb paintings, combined with references to Arabic costume".

Not to be confused with anything related to ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure]]''.

* In an Egyptian-themed ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode (where Rudy and Penny enter ChalkZone through an ancient Egyptian artifact that happens to be a chalk surface -- ItMakesSenseInContext), all the Egyptian chalk drawings (and, to fit in, Rudy, Penny, and Snap) walk like this. And we only see the profiles of their faces, like on (stereo)typical carvings in Egyptian temples.

Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)\\

* In ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'', one of Ambra taunt animations has her performing the Egyptian mural inspired stance. The name of said taunt, "Walk Not Unlike An Egyptian".

** Hotep (voiced by SteveMartin) does this briefly in "Playing With the Big Boys Now". Bit of an ActorAllusion (see ''SaturdayNightLive'' below).

** ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'' has a scene where the people are described as walking like this.
** ''The Art of Discworld'' features, of all people, Havelock Vetinari doing this in artwork for ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}''. (Note that the book itself does not describe him doing this.)

* Bobby occasionally does this in his comedy routines in ''KingOfTheHill''. Hank also did it in an old video of his highschool football state championship after scoring a touchdown.

* In the movie ''{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra'' there's a brief song and dance number that includes some of Cleopatra's maids dancing like this. And they actually manage to pull it off without looking out of place, unserious or clumsy at all. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny When Cleopatra's lion does it however...]]

* "Regyptian Strut" by Music/FrankZappa is an instrumental composition from ''Music/StudioTan'' (1978) and ''Music/{{Lather}}'' (1996) which re-imagines the Egyptian strut, thus the word"Regyptian".

It should be noted that real ancient Egyptians did not walk like this, it was only a centuries-long artistic style.

* SteveMartin did this in his classic ''SaturdayNightLive'' number, "King Tut".

* [[TropeNamer Named for]] the song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHngF_b3NuE Walk Like an Egyptian]]" by Music/TheBangles.

* The original ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' game has Shantae striking this pose in one of her dance steps. It's memorable enough for Wayforward to open up the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTmoBYgiWXI Shantae 3DS virtual console trailer]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNckNbeA4AM Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter video]] with an 8-Bit Shantae doing it.

* The original ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' game has Shantae striking this pose in one of her dance steps. It's memorable enough for Wayforward to open up the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTmoBYgiWXI Shantae 3DS virtual console trailer]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNckNbeA4AM Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter video]] with an 8-Bit Shantae using it.

* The original ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' game has Shantae striking this pose in one of her dance steps. It's memorable enough that both the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTmoBYgiWXI Shantae 3DS virtual console trailer]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNckNbeA4AM Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter video]] opens up with the 8-Bit Shantae using it.