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** Notably, at one point in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' it doesn't work, where Indy tries to jump onto a truck and misses.
{{quote|'''Indy:''' Damn, I thought that was closer.}}
*:* Lampshaded later in the film:
{{quote|'''Mutt Williams / {{spoiler|Henry Jones III}}''': What's he gonna do now?
'''Mary Williams / {{spoiler|Marion Ravenwood}}''': I don't think he plans that far ahead.
'''Indiana Jones''': Scooch over, will you, {{spoiler|Son?}} }}
**:* Aaaaand then he pokes his head between them with a [[Ass Pull|goddamn]] '''''[[wikipedia:RPG-7|RPG-7!!!]]'''''
{{quote|"I'd cover my ears if I were you!"}}
*:* Hereditary. Witness Indy's dad in ''Last Crusade''. "I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne."
*:* Legacy. The line in question is a callback to Humphrey Bogart's line in [[Casablanca]]: [[Ironic Echo|"I don't plan that far ahead."]]
*:* In-universe, Indy seems to have picked up the "making this up as I go" line almost word for word from a group of older gentlemen while on a special mission during WWI (''Adventures of [[Young Indiana Jones]]'', Phantom Train of Doom).
*:* He even does this as a ''teenager'' - in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', when fellow scout Herman asks how he's going to get the Cross of Coronado away from Fedora and his men, he admits that he doesn't know, but he'll think of ''something''...
* Han Solo (also [[Harrison Ford]]) from ''[[Star Wars]]'' survives mainly by thinking very, very fast. And when that doesn't work, running away even faster.
** Leia comes close. "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!"
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* Played with and Lampshaded in ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]]'': After Voldemort learns they're hunting horcruxes Hermione says they need a new plan. Harry's response? "Hermione, since when have any of our plans ever worked?"
* In the ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]]'' films, whenever something goes awry with plan, the improvision is usually high in the [[HSQ]].
* In ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'', it is obvious that Dorothy's three friends really have no idea how they're going to rescue her from the Witch's castle, but then they are found by three guards, and manage to beat them up; they quickly decide to go with a [[Dressing as the Enemy]] plan.
 
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