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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Fucked it up. The whole plan was fucked up. We ain't do shit right out there, man. Shit"''.
|'''Curtis'''|''[[Dead Presidents (film)|Dead Presidents]]''.}}
Similar to [[A Simple Plan]], but applied to crime dramas, thrillers, etc.. Basically, it's either a very simple plan or a very complicated plan where ''EVERYTHING'' goes wrong for the sake of going wrong. This is usually an [[Anvilicious]] way of saying crime doesn't pay.
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'''Tropes that lead to this one:'''
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: likely plays a
* [[Guilt Ridden Accomplice]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], someone whom feels guilty over their crime. Expect these people to undermine and sabotage the heist out of guilt or remorse.
* [[Psycho Party Member]]: A accomplice who's a loose canon, who can't stick to the plan. Or alternatively some one whom was otherwise normal that lost their marbles due to the pressure.
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{{examples}}
== Anime & Manga ==
* Kira comes dangerously close to this in ''[[Death Note]]''. Especially with the loose end Naomi Misora.
== Film ==
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* ''[[Valkyrie]]''
* ''[[Armored]]'' is of the [[Guilt Ridden Accomplice]] flavor.
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* The misleadingly titled book and movie ''[[
* The book (and less so, the movie) ''[[The Hot Rock]]''. The "simple" crime of stealing a diamond becomes a series of crimes as things keep going wrong. As one character says, "I've heard of the habitual criminal but never the habitual crime".
** This is a recurring theme in the John Dortmunder novels by Donald Westlake (of which ''The Hot Rock'' is the first). Dortmunder is a spectacularly unlucky criminal. The other novels (some of which have been filmed) are: ''Bank Shot'', ''Jimmy the Kid'', ''Nobody's Perfect'', ''Why Me?'', ''Good Behaviour'', ''Drowned Hopes'', ''Don't Ask'', ''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'', ''Bad News'', ''The Road to Ruin'', ''Thieves' Dozen'', ''Watch Your Back'', ''What's So Funny?'', and the novella ''Walking Around Money''.
* ''[[One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night]]''
▲== Live Action TV ==
* On ''[[Prison Break]]'' this happens to Michael's well thought out plans....''A LOT''. Almost to the point of being a [[Diabolus Ex Machina]].
* On ''[[Luther]]'', this happened to {{spoiler|DCI Ian Reed}} in the fifth episode of series 1. His plan to get hold of some diamonds goes horribly wrong, leading to several unnecessary deaths, and his attempts to fix the mistakes leads to {{spoiler|Luther discovering he's a [[Dirty Cop]].}} And trying to fix ''this'' ends with {{spoiler|the death of Luther's wife in a [[Gun Struggle]], which causes Luther to swear revenge on him and kills any hope he had of a peaceful resolution}}.
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]'' ("a game of powerful ambition and poor impulse control") is specifically described as "like making your own Coen Brothers movie", and cites several of their films listed above as inspiration.
== Video Games ==
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