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* At one point in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}},'' Tarzan views a slide show of elements of modern (in 1882) British life. It is implied that he views ''every single slide'' Jane and her father brought, because there's a dissolve to Tarzan still looking through slides while they're asleep.

* At one point in Disney's ''Disney/{{Tarzan}},'' Tarzan views a slide show of elements of modern (in 1882) British life. It is implied that he views ''every single slide'' Jane and her father brought, because there's a dissolve to Tarzan still looking through slides while they're asleep.

-->'''Jared:''' Ooh, click on the link about mechanized hotdog production!

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-->--''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''

* Wikis aren't the only place this trope shows up. Pinterest is another major offender. You could go to it to find tips on how to organise your wardrobe, and an hour later you could be looking at travel destinations or cat pictures.

* On an episode of the ''Radio/MartinMolloy'' radio show had guest John opine that the internet was like the modern version of the dictionary. You'd open the dictionary to look up the word 'perspicacity', and three hours later you're discovering all of these new and interesting words but still haven't learned what 'perspicacity' means.

---> "Ichigo... there were so many things I wanted to do. Become a teacher... or an astronaut... or open a pastry shop... or go to Mr. Donuts and say 'Give me one of each!'... or go to Baskin Robbins and say 'Give me one of each!' If only there were five of me! Then I could be born in five different towns, and eat five different meals, and have five different jobs. And all five of me... [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming could fall in love with the same guy.]] ... Ichigo. Thank you. [[TearJerker Goodbye.]]"

* ''Series/{{QI}}'' is more a televised, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]] Wiki Walk than anything else.

* ''Series/{{QI}}'' is more a televised, bloody funny Wiki Walk than anything else.

* In ''Series/TheOffice'', Michael Scott uses this to demonstrate his technique for memorizing names in "Lecture Circuit".

* An episode of StepByStep had Cloudcuckoolander Cody give advice for dealing with a hickey through a crazily meandering chain of word associations, before finally coming back around to "Wear a turtleneck!".

If there is a database involved it will usually overlap with an ArchiveBinge, and is one of the reasons TvTropesWillRuinYourLife.

--> "Ichigo... there were so many things I wanted to do. Become a teacher... or an astronaut... or open a pastry shop... or go to Mr. Donuts and say 'Give me one of each!'... or go to Baskin Robbins and say 'Give me one of each!' If only there were five of me! Then I could be born in five different towns, and eat five different meals, and have five different jobs. And all five of me... [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming could fall in love with the same guy.]] ... Ichigo. Thank you. [[TearJerker Goodbye.]]"

* The Icelandic monk Sulien, in Dorothy Dunnett's ''King Hereafter'', takes Wiki Walks across the world. For example, in a simple trip from Scotland to Rome, he makes it to Russia, among other places across Europe. And it all seems logical at the time.
** Lampshaded by one of his friends, who notes that "Only Sulien could be shipwrecked on the east coast while sailing from west to further west."

* The main character of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', JD, experiences daydreams that cause him to go on three-part wiki walks. The trigger comment, the daydream, and his verbal response.
** Amusingly lampshaded in later seasons, where they show the trigger comment but the camera stays "in the real world", where JD's friends comment on how he's about to snap out of it with a completely off-the-wall comment. He doesn't disappoint.
*** "We're gonna need a whole lotta gnomes!"

* Creator/StephenColbert goes on purposeful Wiki Walks on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' using [[http://wikiality.wikia.com/The_DaColbert_Code The DaColbert Code]] for purposes ranging from predicting Oscar winners to solving the murder of JFK.
** To date, things the [=DaColbert Code=] has [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight been right about]] include ten correct Oscar picks and a Presidential election.

** "Baldy. Your head is bald. It is hairless. It is shiny. It is reflective, like a mirror. M. Your name is Mark."

* Browsing the Wiki/SCPFoundation wiki can sometimes lead to this.
** Be warned, that site can turn creepy ''fast''. It's quite possible to go from "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-458 A never-ending pizza box?]] That's pretty cool." to "[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-610 Oh, eww, what is that?! Aagh!]] much quicker than you might think.

* The game Wikiball (starting at random page and getting to another) is basically one giant Wiki Walk. Nabhani (disambiguation) to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''? Nabhani → Oman → Education → Humanities → Internet → BBC → Broadcasting → DVD → Video → Film → Animation → Anime → [[{{Animesque}} Anime-influenced animation]] → ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** Variants on this game put restrictions on what you're allowed to click on. It is also known as wikiracing, when it is played in a competitive form, with the aim being to get from one page to another either in less time or less clicks than your competitors.

** Tabbed Browsing is the bane of everyone with [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD]]. You open a bunch of tabs and then promptly forget about half of them, only to vaguely remember them several hours later when you've long since got off the computer to do something else.
** However it is also a savior, as tossing the interesting link into a tab helps you focus on what you're actually looking for.
* This is older than the Internet. "Birdwalking" is something teachers always have to avoid; "jumping to subjects away from the intended subject." The term is at least 25 years old, if not more so.
** And like Wiki Walking, it's created its own game, but more for the spectators than the participant. The goal is to get your teacher to tell stories about their past for the remainder of the class. Some teachers are more cooperative than others, creating a range of difficulties from EasierThanEasy (new teachers trying to connect to students) to NintendoHard (usually old ladies that actually think they're teaching you something useful).
* To celebrate Wiki/TheOtherWiki's tenth anniversary Creator/TheBBC sent one of its reporters to do a Wiki Walk against the clock in [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12172367 this article]].
** British entertainer Creator/BobMonkhouse also did this weekly on one of his later shows. Audience members would shout out two subjects at random, and he would improvise a flawless chain of connections every time.

* ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}'' is basically WikiWalk: The Anime with the three title characters forming a club to randomly look up words or phrases on the internet and following where their train of thought takes them.

* The Icelandic monk Sulien, in Dorothy Dunnett's ''King Hereafter'', takes {{Wiki Walk}}s across the world. For example, in a simple trip from Scotland to Rome, he makes it to Russia, among other places across Europe. And it all seems logical at the time.

* Creator/StephenColbert goes on purposeful {{Wiki Walk}}s on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' using [[http://wikiality.wikia.com/The_DaColbert_Code The DaColbert Code]] for purposes ranging from predicting Oscar winners to solving the murder of JFK.

* In the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', files on Grunt reveal his web searches, in which he started looking for information on Urdnot Wrex and wound up reading about dinosaurs.

* ''TwistedKaijuTheater'' [[http://neomonsterisland.com/tktarkv/vol4/031/1550/1.html makes an actual plot point out of this.]]

* If you keep clicking on the first non itallic, unbracketed link on any page of the Wiki/TheOtherWiki you'll normally end up on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy Philosophy]]

* If you keep clicking on the first non itallic, unbracked link on any page of the Wiki/TheOtherWiki you'll normally end up on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy Philosophy]]

* A nice early example is in Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's "Literature/TheMurdersInTheRueMorgue", where Literature/CAugusteDupin is able to deduce his friend's chain of thought, which works somewhat like this.

* The game Wikiball (starting at random page and getting to another) is basically one giant Wiki Walk. Nabhani (disambiguation) to ''WesternAnimation/{{AvatarTheLastAirbender}}''? Nabhani → Oman → Education → Humanities → Internet → BBC → Broadcasting → DVD → Video → Film → Animation → Anime → [[{{Animesque}} Anime-influenced animation]] → ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Osaka doesn't just Wiki-walk, she Wiki-pole-vaults.

'''Ocelot:''' This is a [[ThatOtherWiki Wikipedia]] page about [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]].\\

* [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1128/ This]] ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' teaches a lesson on why one should not look up time-sensitive matters such as preventing blood loss on ThatOtherWiki.

* If you keep clicking on the first non itallic, unbracked link on any page of the TheOtherWiki you'll normally end up on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy Philosophy]]

* To celebrate TheOtherWiki's tenth anniversary Creator/TheBBC sent one of its reporters to do a Wiki Walk against the clock in [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12172367 this article]].