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== Fanfiction ==
* In the crossover fanfic ''[[Renegade (Fanficfanfic)|Renegade]]'', Garrus and Admiral Havoc both come up with a plan to raid a mercenary group's hideout by essentially busting down the front door and charging in with a few dozen troops and kill everything in sight. [[Only Sane Man|Shepard]] convinces them to back down and keep the troops in reserve, and instead leads an infiltration team inside the building. Then Zaeed Massani shows up and does the exact same thing Garrus and Havoc were planning, except in this case he's doing it [[One-Man Army|by himself]] with a [[Mini-Mecha]].
 
== TV Live Action ==
* One ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' episode involved the bridge crew of the Enterprise working together to trap an alien who appeared on the bridge without the crew communicating with each other. Captain Picard mentions to the alien that the crew knew what he would order without him having to do so because of their good working relationship.
* Justified in [[Dollhouse]] where this is made possible thanks to the 'groupthink' program.
* The ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "Midway", Ronon meets '''THE''' original [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]], Teal'c. The two spend the first third of episode giving each other the hairy eyeball and smacking each other around. When they reach the titular space station, they run afoul of a Wraith invasion force working it's way to Earth. Without any possible warning or planning, the two of them start kicking shit out of the Wraith, climaxing with them halting their invasion of the SGC.
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* ''[[Rush Hour|Rush Hour 3]]'' does this during the Hospital shootout Lee gives Carter an empty gun without realizing it and decides the best way to load Carter’s gun would be to grab the magazine, slide toward Carter on a mail cart and push the magazine into Carter’s gun so he can use it. Also, immediately afterword, when interrogating the french asian, Carter asks Lee for his gun and attempts to execute the man only to find there are, again, no bullets in it. This luckily leads to their captive taking them seriously when they threaten to kill him a second time so he reveals a key piece of information.
* ''[[The Other Guys]]'' do this in the office scene after all the guns are drawn, detective Gamble throws a stack of paper into the air and Hoitz engages the attackers despite how this contradicts the initial plan to be discreet.
* ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' demonstrate this for the entire final act of the movie. One particularly outrageous example is when Mr. Smith fires a shotgun that is still slung across Mrs. Smith’s back.
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' and the sequel All Saints Day displays on multiple occasions that the lead pair specifically rely on this in combat. Specifically their responses when attacked by Ma II, or when they fell through the air duct are generally played out symmetrically.
* At the end of the first ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie, Jack and Will display this, particularly during the rescue where the two work in perfect harmony to take out the soldiers without having had any time to plan whatsoever.
 
== Video Games ==
* The plan in ''Call of Duty: [[Call of Duty: Black Ops (Video Game)|Black Ops]]'' at the beginning of the level “rat tunnels” certainly qualifies. When the player and their companion is being forced to play Russian roulette and it is their turn the ally gives a verbal equivalent of the head nod, “This time, this time.” and the player follows it up with saying “6 and 8 o’clock.” What follows after this is a complex process of gun stealing, human shields and action diving that results in the majority of the other people in the room getting killed.
* Justified in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', where the Rat Patrol's nanomachines let each member of the squad see and hear what each ''other'' member is seeing and hearing. This allows them to pull off maneuvers with ridiculous precision and coordination.
** And ''then'' it's played completely straight when Meryl teams up with {{spoiler|Johnny Sasaki}} who doesn't ''have'' nanomachines.
* Two words: [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario Brothers]]. Do they have a plan? Not really. Do they still manage to beat up anything in their path? ''You bet''.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
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