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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' makes hilarious use of this as Doc Brown rattles off exposition to Marty while running back and forth...and Marty chases after him, trying to get the next thing he's about to say.
* 80% of ''Film/BeforeSunrise'' is WalkAndTalk. The sequel features a bit less of it and the third film [[spoiler:has only one scene where they walk to the hotel and [[LampshadeHanging agree how much they've missed doing this]]]].
* Early on in ''Film/TheBody2012'', Inspector Peña gets informed about the case at hand by an assistant on their way through the corridors of the hospital a corpse disappeared from.

* Used in ''Film/SomethingTheLordMade'', a biopic about African-American medical pioneer Vivien Thomas, to help establish the Jim Crow-era setting. An early scene has Thomas and his friend, also black, walking and talking along a footpath – but they have to keep pausing the conversation and stepping off the footpath to let white folks past.

* Franchise/StarTrek

** ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Occurs twice, both times when TheCaptain (either Richard Robau or Christopher Pike) is giving orders to his NumberTwo (George Kirk or Spock) about how to deal with the ''Narada''.

** In the beginning of ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'' Darth Vader and an Imperial officer have a more brisk "Sorkin style" one on board the ''Tantive IV'' discussing Princess Leia and the stolen Death Star plans.

*** Interestingly enough, referenced and parodied in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/AuralnautsStarWars Auralnauts]] [[Main/AbridgedSeries abridged]] take on Episode 3.
* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': At the beginning, the Spice Girls and their manager are seen walking very briskly along a corridor, as if to show the pace of their busy lives.
* In ''Film/TheBeastsAreOnTheStreets'', Kev walks down a hallway with Officer Ellman while they argue about the best way to deal with the escaped animals.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has also done the walk-and-talk-that-ends-up-back-where-they-started gag. May or may not have been a TakeThat to ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'' in "Jack the Editor". Liz and Pete take four consecutive left turns in the performance area, realize it, say they were following each other, then part ways, with Pete saying "Good walk and talk."
** They parodied it once, too.

'''Kenneth:''' [[CentipedesDilemma Usually, but now you've got me thinking about it. *walks awkwardly during the rest of the scene*]]

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. Dr Gaius Baltar does this on several occasions while talking to [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Head Six]], getting a lot of funny looks from people wondering why he's rambling away to himself.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''

** It's a plot point when the title character and his master assassin Fennec Shand do this in the first episode, as the Hutts were TooImportantToWalk and Fennec believes that Boba should continue this image of aloof power. Boba refuses, preferring the personal touch.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]]: The Doctor and Rose have a long exposition-filled walk from Rose's apartment building to near where he parked the TARDIS.

* This is called the "Walk and Talk" on ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''

* Franchise/StarTrek:

* Happened regularly in ''Series/TheWestWing's'' [[EvilTwin Evil British Twin]], ''Series/TheThickOfIt''.

* Will and Charlie have a Walk and Talk in the pilot of ''Series/TheNewsroom''. It's notable in that it's the only Walk and Talk used in the series, with Creator/AaronSorkin deliberately avoiding the trope for the remainder of the its run.
* In the pilot of ''Series/PersonOfInterest''
** Finch walks through New York's Central Park while telling Reese about the Machine, so he can't be overheard by bystanders. [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou The Machine can still hear what they're saying.]]
** Subverted when Finch is briefing Reese on his new 'job' while walking through a crowded street, then suddenly reveals the object of their conversation is standing a few feet away.
* Parodied in ''Series/AlphaHouse'', with Robert Bettencourt asking an aide to walk with him, only for the conversation to end after eight steps.

* Podcast/RiffTrax mentioning this whenever characters are walking and talking, usually mentioning Creator/AaronSorkin (usually by saying that the "scene is guest directed by Creator/AaronSorkin").

* In general, this is usually how fully voiced DialogDuringGameplay is handled, as long as both halves of the conversation are physically present (i.e. not MissionControl or being addressed on the phone).

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' uses this in a few cutscenes, though it ends up looking odd because when the camera switches between characters, the background jumps back to the starting point of the walk.

* In the second ''VideoGame/{{Drakensang}}'' game ''River of Time'', the water sprite imprisoned on the isle behind the troll bridge is supposed to explain her predicament to the heroes while walking around the island. Unfortunately, the effect is lost by a couple of obvious scenery cuts while the water sprite is animated continuously.
* Done a few times in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', where Ezio and Altair follow other characters while holding conversations. Players can choose to let the game take control of Ezio and Altair's movements if they wish and just move the camera around.

[[folder:Web Video]]
* The Website/TVTropes original webseries ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' did an episode called "Walk And Talk" where Tom {{invoked}} Walk And Talk by tricking Dana into illustrating the trope. The show also regularly uses Walk And Talk as a device, even in episodes that aren't named for the trope.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when the Griffins watch Creator/AaronSorkin's new show, ''The Kitchen'', where the characters walk in their kitchen and have a fast-paced dialogue about buying milk.

* Often happens when a reporter tries to get a comment from a subject who has no interest in talking. Sometimes it can backfire[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77PymmxMLJM]], though....

* In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', Luke Skywalker does a walk-and-talk with Grogu through a bamboo forest. As Luke is a ''lot'' taller than the Yoda-like youngling, they accomplish this by having Luke walk with a normal stride and use the Force to lift and boost Grogu along every time he falls behind.

* Done to death (heh heh) in nearly every episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (Las Vegas) as the investigator-{{Exposition}}ers walk through the hallways of the lab. Which is such a maze that Website/TelevisionWithoutPity calls it the "Labitrail". %%It's a pun on "Habitrail". You don't need to suggest your own pun.

[[folder:Web Original]]

* Podcast/RiffTrax mentioning this whenever characters are walking and talking, usually mentioning Creator/AaronSorkin (usually by saying that the "scene is guest directed by Creator/AaronSorkin").
-->'''Mike Nelson:''' ''[as [[Film/TheForceAwakens Kylo Ren]]]'' C'mon, let's do an Creator/AaronSorkin walk-and-talk.
* The indicatively named ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueFamilyShatters'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0MV9qxSo-Y "Walk & Talk"]], which the writer says is an Creator/AaronSorkin homage. It involves two parties walking and talking, and by the end one realizes they don't know where they're going. (There is also an episode of the regular show named "Walk and Talk", but the scene that qualifies is very different from normal: the set is an entire ocean, and one of the characters is floating!)

* Aaron Sorkin's first use of it was pretty much OncePerEpisode of ''Series/SportsNight''. Notably subverted in one scene of one episode, where two characters, about to have a very private altercation, take a long walk to one's office...and barely a single word is spoken throughout the entire trip.

* Will and Charlie have a Walk and Talk in the pilot of ''Series/TheNewsroom''. It's notable in that it's the only Walk and Talk used in the series, with Aaron Sorkin deliberately avoiding the trope for the remainder of the its run.

* The indicatively named ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: Family Shatters'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0MV9qxSo-Y "Walk & Talk"]], which the writer says is an Aaron Sorkin homage. It involves two parties walking and talking, and by the end one realizes they don't know where they're going. (there is also an episode of the regular show named "Walk and Talk", but the scene that qualifies is very different from normal: the set is an entire ocean, and one of the characters is floating!)

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when the Griffins watch Aaron Sorkin's new show, ''The Kitchen'', where the characters walk in their kitchen and have a fast-paced dialogue about buying milk.

*** In "Worse Case Scenario" the crew become interested in a holodeck program depicting a mutiny on Voyager, [[WelcomeToCorneria which always starts with]] Chakotay approaching the player character in a corridor and sounding them out, though the conversation only turns treasonous after they enter a turbolift with no-one else in it.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has also done the walk-and-talk-that-ends-up-back-where-they-started gag. May or may not have been a TakeThat to ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip''.
** That particular example was in "Jack the Editor". Liz and Pete take four consecutive left turns in the performance area, realize it, say they were following each other, then part ways, with Pete saying "Good walk and talk."

* ''[[Machinima/LogansTale Logan's Day]]'' has an interesting variation on this, as the series is based on ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', a game in which conversation with [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] will lock both characters in place, making direct eye contact. But in ''Logan's Day'', some conversations with companions like Veronica are instead edited to take place as they're walking the Mojave together.

* The indicatively named ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Family Shatters'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0MV9qxSo-Y "Walk & Talk"]], which the writer says is an Aaron Sorkin homage. It involves two parties walking and talking, and by the end one realizes they don't know where they're going. (there is also an episode of the regular show named "Walk and Talk", but the scene that qualifies is very different from normal: the set is an entire ocean, and one of the characters is floating!)

*** "Message in a Bottle" opens with B'Elanna Torres storming down a corridor on Voyager, griping about Seven of Nine to Commander Chakotay, while "Displaced" opens with B'Elanna doing a [[BelligerentSexualTension Walk and Argue with Tom Paris]].

*** "Message in a Bottle" opens with B'Elanna Torres storming down a corridor on Voyager, griping about Seven of Nine to Commander Chakotay.

*** In "Author, Author" the Doctor is so angry at how Tom Paris has altered his holonovel that he has a shouting match while following Tom through the corridors, observed by started crewmembers.

*** In "Author, Author" the Doctor is so angry at how Tom Paris has altered his holonovel that he has a shouting match while following Tom through the corridors of ''Voyager'', observed by started crewmembers.

*** In "Author, Author" the Doctor is so angry at how Tom Paris has altered his holonovel that he has a shouting match while following Tom along the corridors of ''Voyager'', observed by started crewmembers.

*** In "Worse Case Scenario" the crew become interested in a holodeck program about an imaginary mutiny on Voyager, [[WelcomeToCorneria which always starts with]] Chakotay approaching the player character in a corridor and sounding them out about their dissatisfaction as to how Janeway is running things. However the conversation only turns treasonous after they enter a turbolift with no-one else in it.

*** In "Author, Author" an argument between the Doctor and Tom Paris ends up with the Doctor following Paris out into the corridor, where their SuddenlyShouting moments are observed by started crewmembers.

*** In "Time and Again", terrorists are forcing Captain Janeway and Tom Paris to walk to a power plant which they intend to attack, but they're walking so slowly our heroes have time to discuss what's going on. The terrorists make no effort to silence them, even though for all they know Janeway and Paris could be planning an escape!

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''
** In "Time and Again", terrorists are forcing Captain Janeway and Tom Paris to walk to a power plant which they intend to attack, but they're walking so slowly our heroes have time to discuss what's going on. The terrorists make no effort to silence them, even though for all they know Janeway and Paris could be planning an escape!
** In "Fair Haven", the Doctor has to have a confidential discussion with Captain Janeway about her love life. As there are others in Sickbay, they do so while walking through the corridors outside.
** "Message in a Bottle" opens with B'Elanna Torres storming down a corridor on Voyager, griping about Seven of Nine to Commander Chakotay.
** In "Worse Case Scenario" the crew become interested in a holodeck program about an imaginary mutiny on Voyager, [[WelcomeToCorneria which always starts with]] Chakotay approaching the player character in a corridor and sounding them out about their dissatisfaction as to how Janeway is running things. However the conversation only turns treasonous after they enter a turbolift with no-one else in it.
** In "Author, Author" an argument between the Doctor and Tom Paris ends up with the Doctor following Paris out into the corridor, where their SuddenlyShouting moments are observed by started crewmembers.
** The Jeffries tube version is also used. In "Course Oblivion" this has an [[{{Fanservice}} added advantage]] of [[MaleGaze showing off Seven of Nine's rear]] as she crawls along the tube in her SensualSpandex while talking to B'Elanna.