Unintentional Backup Plan: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* 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]] ==

* 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.

 

 

** It happens all the time in the series. Harry even [[Lampshades]] this.

{{quote| "We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose."}}

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

== Other ==

* Some marketing campaigns have this. The commercials may not be getting the right message across, but they sell the product just the same.

 

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