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''[[Cheshire Cat Grin|Excellent.]]'' Everything is going according to plan.

That one little phrase is all it takes to cause even the most monumental apparent loss to be completely turned on its head. Was the villain [[Crazy Prepared]] enough to insure that even his failure [[Xanatos Gambit|somehow turns into a victory]]? Did he prepare a plan only just incompetent enough that the heroes could [[Batman Gambit|predictably defeat him]]? Or was [[The Plan]] something else entirely?

That one little phrase in its various forms - "'''All According to Plan'''", "[[Exactly As Planned]]", "[[Just As Planned]]", and others - is all it takes to cause even the most monumental apparent loss to be completely turned on its head. Was the villain [[Crazy Prepared]] enough to insure that even his failure [[Xanatos Gambit|somehow turns into a victory]]? Did he prepare a plan only just incompetent enough that the heroes could [[Batman Gambit|predictably defeat him]]? Or was [[The Plan]] something else entirely?

Well, we're not going to find out anytime soon. In all likelihood he's relying on the [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]] to catch everyone off guard so that we can [[You Can't Thwart Stage One|proceed to the real plot]]. Stay tuned next week for the exciting new development!