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Compare and contrast [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and [[Gambit Roulette]], which involve planning for things that could ruin your plans or adjusting your plans when they might fail.
Compare and contrast [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and [[Gambit Roulette]], which involve planning for things that could ruin your plans or adjusting your plans when they might fail.


Inverse of [[Spanner in The Works]], where someone or something causes what would have been a perfect plan to not accomplish its goal.
Inverse of [[Spanner in the Works]], where someone or something causes what would have been a perfect plan to not accomplish its goal.


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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Doctor Gero created several androids to kill Goku. Unfortunately for him, either they were too weak to kill him or they performed a [[Heel Face Turn]]. However, the apparation of Cell, Gero's supreme creation, who wasn't involved in the plan to kill Goku at all, managed to complete Gero's objective [[Action Bomb|by self-exploding]], [[Taking You With Me|killing Goku in the process]].
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Doctor Gero created several androids to kill Goku. Unfortunately for him, either they were too weak to kill him or they performed a [[Heel Face Turn]]. However, the apparation of Cell, Gero's supreme creation, who wasn't involved in the plan to kill Goku at all, managed to complete Gero's objective [[Action Bomb|by self-exploding]], [[Taking You with Me|killing Goku in the process]].
* In the last episode of ''[[Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', after Panty and Stocking beat the [[Big Bad]], Garterbelt comments that things went "approximately as planned", reflecting on the fact that {{spoiler|he temporarily died during the battle}} and that the [[Big Bad]] managed to go [[One-Winged Angel]]. This follows up on two "just as planned" comments and one "not as planned" comment earlier in the episode.
* In the last episode of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', after Panty and Stocking beat the [[Big Bad]], Garterbelt comments that things went "approximately as planned", reflecting on the fact that {{spoiler|he temporarily died during the battle}} and that the [[Big Bad]] managed to go [[One-Winged Angel]]. This follows up on two "just as planned" comments and one "not as planned" comment earlier in the episode.
* In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', Light [[Out-Gambitted|OutGambits]] Near by {{spoiler|fooling him into stealing a fake Death Note}}. However, because of Mello's own unrelated failed [[Indy Ploy]] to kidnap Takada, {{spoiler|Near realizes the note is fake and is alerted to the location of the real Death Note, which he also steals and replaces with his own fake, allowing him to outwit Light}}.
* In ''[[Death Note]]'', Light [[Out-Gambitted|OutGambits]] Near by {{spoiler|fooling him into stealing a fake Death Note}}. However, because of Mello's own unrelated failed [[Indy Ploy]] to kidnap Takada, {{spoiler|Near realizes the note is fake and is alerted to the location of the real Death Note, which he also steals and replaces with his own fake, allowing him to outwit Light}}.
* When Natsu fights Cobra in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', he can't get a single hit in, because Cobra can hear what he's thinking with his [[Super Senses|incredibly sensitive ears]]. after badly beating him up, Cobra ends up giving Natsu an epic body slam. On the descent, {{spoiler|Natsu decides to start yelling for some reason, which winds up being comparable to a dragon's roar (by which I mean an actual roar, not with the fire and whatnot). With Cobra's sensitive hearing, he becomes agonisingly deafened by this, cumulating in Natsu's win, and his mandatory [[I Meant to Do That]].}}
* When Natsu fights Cobra in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', he can't get a single hit in, because Cobra can hear what he's thinking with his [[Super Senses|incredibly sensitive ears]]. after badly beating him up, Cobra ends up giving Natsu an epic body slam. On the descent, {{spoiler|Natsu decides to start yelling for some reason, which winds up being comparable to a dragon's roar (by which I mean an actual roar, not with the fire and whatnot). With Cobra's sensitive hearing, he becomes agonisingly deafened by this, cumulating in Natsu's win, and his mandatory [[I Meant to Do That]].}}


== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* Played straight over the course of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga. Qui-Gon's original plan was for Anakin to bring balance to [[The Force]]. However, he ends up falling to the Dark Side and it seems that he won't. In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', however, he does bring balance to the Force by ensuring that the last of the evil aspect of the Dark Side of the Force dies with him.
* Played straight over the course of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga. Qui-Gon's original plan was for Anakin to bring balance to [[The Force]]. However, he ends up falling to the Dark Side and it seems that he won't. In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', however, he does bring balance to the Force by ensuring that the last of the evil aspect of the Dark Side of the Force dies with him.
* In ''[[Predator (Film)|Predator]]'', Dutch's plan to lure the titular menace into a deadly knife-trap fails when the Predator spots what he's up to and simply goes around it. Just as its about to kill him, Dutch notices its standing right under the trap's triggering mechanism...a giant log.
* In ''[[Predator]]'', Dutch's plan to lure the titular menace into a deadly knife-trap fails when the Predator spots what he's up to and simply goes around it. Just as its about to kill him, Dutch notices its standing right under the trap's triggering mechanism...a giant log.




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** It happens all the time in the series. Harry even [[Lampshades]] this.
** It happens all the time in the series. Harry even [[Lampshades]] this.
{{quote| "We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose."}}
{{quote| "We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose."}}
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gandalf and Aragorn's [[Batman Gambit]] pays off in getting the One Ring to Mount Doom, but the One Ring itself [[Spanner in The Works|spans]] their plans by finally corrupting Frodo at the last crucial moment. Fortunately, Gollum shows up to take the ring for himself before accidentally falling into the volcano and destroying it.
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gandalf and Aragorn's [[Batman Gambit]] pays off in getting the One Ring to Mount Doom, but the One Ring itself [[Spanner in the Works|spans]] their plans by finally corrupting Frodo at the last crucial moment. Fortunately, Gollum shows up to take the ring for himself before accidentally falling into the volcano and destroying it.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Freqently on ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'', prompting Hannibal to spout his [[Catch Phrase]], "I love it when a plan comes together."
* Freqently on ''[[The A-Team]]'', prompting Hannibal to spout his [[Catch Phrase]], "I love it when a plan comes together."


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== Other ==
== Other ==
* Some marketing campaigns have this. The commercials may not be getting the right message across, but they sell the product just the same.
* Some marketing campaigns have this. The commercials may not be getting the right message across, but they sell the product just the same.
** [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|The Old Spice commercials]] fit this trope pretty well. It was supposed to advertise a body wash, but no-one seemed to buy that particular product. However, the Old Spice brand as a whole has become far more popular.
** [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like|The Old Spice commercials]] fit this trope pretty well. It was supposed to advertise a body wash, but no-one seemed to buy that particular product. However, the Old Spice brand as a whole has become far more popular.


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