The Ministry of Silly Walks
When a character demonstrates a rather odd way of walking, often involving deliberate contortions.
Watch out for this after someone says
Walk This Way. Also recall that one does not
Silly Walk into Mordor.
Examples:
Film
Literature
- The "Black Hats"/Wogs in Robert A Heinlein's The Number of the Beast have an extra joint in each limb, and without sophisticated prosthetics, they have a very odd shambling gait. Even with the prosthetics, they have a slightly detectable strange way of walking.
Live Action TV
Video Games
Western Animation
- Marvin the Martian's distinctive shuffling walk.
- Goofy had a distinctive walk in the 1930s, with his knees bending backward and his feet swiveling nearly all the way around.