History CrazyEnoughToWork / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'' (''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' & ''Franchise/TouhouProject''): While caught in the middle of a fight between [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Megas]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yuuka Kazami,]] Reimu decides on a risky plan to end the fight without any casualties. She knows there's a strong chance it'll end up killing her (and wiping out Gensokyo by extension), but decides to do it anyway with no other justification than "this entire evening has been stupid enough to begin with". Her plan? [[spoiler: Using ''herself'' as an extra power source for Megas, transferring her ability to fly into its systems and giving it the ability to do meaningful damage to Yuuka.]]

** In the semifinals of the [[TournamentArc Fuchsia Tag Tournament]], Ash and Pikachu's opponent is a Mudsdale that has just about everything on its favor: [[ElementalRockPaperScissors has a type advantage as a Ground-type]] [[NoSell thus rendering his Electric attacks useless]], [[StoneWall has an ability that boosts its defense every time it takes damage]] [[MightyGlacier and on top of that hits hard.]]. What does Ash do? [[spoiler: Have Pikachu store as much electricity as he can in his tail, and then attack ''the battlefield'', sending out a barrage of rocks over Mudsdale, damaging it enough to end the battle with one last Iron Tail.]]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13165279/16/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rule-of-Three Harry Potter and the Rule of Three]]'' Three]]'': Harry, Hermione and Susan decide to form a triad.

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* 'Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'': Oddly enough, the flat-out [[AvertedTrope aversion]] and even ''[[DefiedTrope defiance]]'' of this Trope (be it because Reality Ensues or because the good ''and'' bad guys are ''that'' CrazyPrepared or good at XanatosSpeedChess) is a minor RunningGag.

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* ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'': Every single one of Takato's plans and I use the word 'plans' in the ''loosest'' possible terms.

* ''WebVideo/AbridgedOnTitan'': Singing in the face of certain death. In universe, it's called the Menken Musical Maneuver, and while it was apparently a horrible failure for Dot Pixis, it tends to work to great effect in the present:
** Armin improvises a song called ''Please Don't Kill Us Please'' to plead for his, Eren's and Mikasa's lives; Dot Pixis pardons them on the spot because it reminds him of his own attempt at the Menken Musical Maneuver.
** Eren tries singing the same song at his trial, which gets Levi interested in him as he thinks Eren's singing voice would work great for his barbershop quartet.
** Levi orders his squad to sing when they're being chased by the Female Titan... so they can discreetly communicate when Levi's trap should be set off.
** Eren sings ''F**k It'' to psyche himself up to engage in the final battle with Annie, when he couldn't before because of his memories of her as a squadmate.
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Shinji and Asuka were trying to free their world from the dictators and thugs ruling it after the end of the world, but their army was cut off and they were unprepared and outnumbered. So, how did they seize Buenos Aires? [[spoiler:Misato and other commanders came up with the idea of pretending that they were preparing a rock concert to lure the enemy troops into a stadium]]. It [[spoiler:worked. And it was very awesome, indeed]].
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': In chapter 7 [[spoiler:Rei was fighting Zeruel alone because Shinji and Asuka got fired. Despite her most valiant efforts Zeruel was trouncing her. Shinji and Asuka could not seem to help her because they were out of the Geofront, and even if they made it they could not use their giant robots (Rei was piloting Unit 01 and Zeruel had butchered Unit 00 and 02).]] Then Shinji got an idea: [[spoiler:driving to the base as fast as possible and hijacking Unit 03, an Evangelion that neither had ever so much as TOUCHED before that day and could be contaminated by an Angel, hoping that ''maybe'' Hikari -who was stuck inside- would help them to move it around given her connection to both]]. It worked after a fashion: [[spoiler:they did not win but they kept Zeruel distracted, allowing Rei to kill it]].
* In ''Roleplay/AsukaQuest'', most of Asuka's AT field tricks are this. Constrict AT fields to create ultradense matter usually found in the cores of neutron stars? Why not. Cause a RealityBreakingParadox? Only in the sims, bucko. Cause massive explosions by setting AT fields to block only certain subatomic particles? If you can stand the explosion. Hit [[ColonyDrop Sahaquiel]] with AT fields formed into the bat? Result: [[HomeRunHitter Home run]]. Rant to [[spoiler: Lorenz Kihl]] in SophisticatedAsHell language to get the drop on him? It does result in a hit. Of course, some of her ideas ''don't'' work and end up causing problems, like getting Shinji drunk before the Matariel fight.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Asuka's plan to deal with a flying Angel shot light beams was… getting a giant mirror to reflect its light beams back towards it. Since they had no giant mirrors Asuka thought of using two solar panels.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has many examples. And all of these, somehow, work.
** How, if you are Harry Potter[=/=]Thorson going to escape the [[TheDreaded Disir]] once they kidnap you and a couple of friends? Annoy them, [[IShallTauntYou taunt them,]] hit them with a spell you have no idea will work, then run like hell.
*** If you deem the Ravenclaw Quidditch team to be responsible for[=/=]compliant in bullying your friend (Luna Lovegood)? Wait until the next Quidditch match, fly as close to a bludger as possible, then [[DeadlyDodging use it to take out the entire opposing team.]] Apparently this is actually an accepted, if insane, Quidditch strategy, referred to as the 'Dangerous Dai Decoy'.
*** If you are facing an immortal AxCrazy {{Necromancer}} with GodOfEvil level powers and a HealingFactor that makes Wolverine's look pathetic, how do you defeat him? [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence Re-enact an episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer.''
*** If you are trapped in another dimension (but you don't know which or how to get out), surrounded by the hostile forces of the Red Room, and [[spoiler: Sinister]], who knows you inside out on a genetic level, including a psychic even more powerful than you, and have a number of civilians to serve as TheLoad, how do you escape? ''Start a fight'' with said psychic, staying just out of her grasp enough to prevent being overpowered and using psychological warfare largely based on guesswork to throw her off, relying on the combined psychic power being thrown out to serve as a giant beacon to the Avengers. ''It works.''
*** However, it's subverted if you end up playing SpannerInTheWorks to your own plan.
*** If you are [[FightDracula facing Dracula]], a VampireMonarch you ''know'' is well out of your weight class and skill level (something he has proved in a previous fight, impaling you like a kebab with your own sword and turning your sole serious back-up (Professor Xavier) to mince in the process) and who is backed up by a number of seriously powerful right hands and a small army of ''at least'' SuperSoldier level allies, while you only have a few allies, only three of whom have more than minimal powers, and only two of those are actually trustworthy... what do you do? [[spoiler: Distract Dracula by playing on his fears and pretending to be the Dark Phoenix, while an ally swipes his hostage]]. This also works.
*** If you are facing [[spoiler: an ancient dragon]] capable of killing planets, how do you kill it? Distract it, and turn yourself into a living bullet, fired from orbit, aimed at its one vulnerable part: its eyes. Specifically, so as to get at the brain. This one works, though not at first.
*** This is pretty much the essence of Harry's plans, with their insane nature becoming a RunningGag.
** If you are Harry Dresden, how do you kill a [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] demon that just refuses to die? [[spoiler: Grab a high voltage power line and channel the electricity through you into the demon.]]
*** If you are facing the previously mentioned {{Necromancer}}, how do you hurt/kill him? [[spoiler: Meld fire and force magic with [[TouchedByVorlons Soulfire]] to create a holy lightsabre.]]
** If you're Tony Stark, how do you, having spent several days [[spoiler: drugged up in a HYDRA Dungeon]] defeat a demonic dragon? [[spoiler: Fly into its mouth and blast your way out from the inside.]]
** Doctor Strange's entire XanatosGambit, culminating in Chapter 78, seems to run on pure, brilliant lunacy.
** In the sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', Thor's entire plan for defusing the situation after Harry [[spoiler: briefly goes Dark Phoenix and]] is deemed a threat (for fairly logical reasons) by the Council Elite of Skyfathers/making them back off. Get Doctor Strange, who by this point seems to have [[DrivenToMadness genuinely gone round the bend,]] assume he has a plan, give him [[RealityWarper the Tesseract,]] and let him run wild. Which, of course, [[MagnificentBastard Strange]] has planned for you to do.
* ''Webcomic/{{Company0051}}'' has grenades taped onto dodgeballs. Granted, it'd just be easier to throw the grenades themselves, but it does allow the [[ChildSoldiers Kid Soldiers]] to show off their mad dodgeball skills.
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': During their dog fight, Asuka was chasing Shinji and coming on his heels. Then Shinji abruptly braked and flew backwards. Asuka got frightened and swerved to dodge him, allowing Shinji to tag her.
* ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX'': In chapter 54: "Hmm…that's crazy enough to work!" pondered Samus.
* Every single one of Takato's plans in the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' and I use the word 'plans' in the ''loosest'' possible terms.
* The whole plot of ''Fanfic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' is to pull off a plan that's so crazy it might work to bring card games back.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8966727/11/Vengeance-from-the-grave Vengeance from the Grave]]'' Harry suggests that a couple of his fellow Unspeakables deal with several giants using their Animagus forms by having the panther slash the giants' Achilles tendons after which the bull will push them over. The team leader comments "That's just stupid enough to actually work."
* Chapter 81 of the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheLife'' involves the protagonist's team dropping without him. He convinces the captain of the ship to do a flyover near the position of his squad. He jumps from the cargo bay of a frigate with a jetpack that he doesn't know how to use and a [[RuleOfCool tank with parachutes attached to it]]. While playing "Iron Man" by Music/BlackSabbath on the helmet's speakers.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8652163/5/NGE-Runaways NGE: Runaways]]'' Misato needs to come up with a plan to break Rei out of Nerv while Shinji escapes to rescue Asuka. Something all but impossible. Then she says: "You know, this might be total madness, but I actually might have a plan..." What is her plan? Later we find out:
-->'''Rei''': "Are we [[spoiler:stealing an Evangelion]]?"\\
'''Misato''': "Yes we are, because we are insane."
* ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'': Kanril Eleya takes out a Borg probe by charging it, neutralizing its shields with those of her own ship, and beaming a photon torpedo aboard, then running like hell before the torpedo blows.
-->'''Captain Jay Yim:''' Lieutenant Kanril, are you ''insane''?!\\
'''Eleya:''' It worked, didn't it?
* Oddly enough, the flat-out [[AvertedTrope aversion]] and even ''[[DefiedTrope defiance]]'' of this Trope (be it because Reality Ensues or because the good ''and'' bad guys are ''that'' CrazyPrepared or good at XanatosSpeedChess) is a minor RunningGag on the ''Nanoha'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}''.
* The aversion of this trope (and LemonyNarrator pointing out ''[[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism why]]'' "Crazy Enough To Work" is plainly ''[[ThisIsReality not]]'' going to work) is also a minor RunningGag amongst the writings of Tropers/EarthScorpion. The one time this is played straight, on the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[=/=]''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'' crossover ''Fanfic/AeonNatumEngel'', it actually makes the one who gives the idea (a Misato Katsuragi so drunk and full of despair at the oncoming Angel that she proposes equipping the Evangelions with [[GatlingGood plasma miniguns]], which would need to be built from scratch (and later are)) to do a DoubleTake.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8186071/45/Harry-Crow Harry Crow]]'' Hermione suggests that they all wear mirrored sunglasses, blind the basilisk with an illumination spell and cast at its eyes as fast as they can.
-->'''Padma Patil:''' Hermione, that's so bloody crazy it just might work!
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7289021/9/My-Short-Story-Haven My Short Story Haven]]'' Godric Gryffindor's spirit suggests kicking Dumbledore out of Hogwarts and making baby Harry the new Headmaster (and his guardian Severus Snape interim Headmaster) as a distraction, allowing him and the other Founders to improve the school behind the scenes.
-->'''Salazar Slytherin:''' That idea is crazy.\\
'''Godric Gryffindor:''' Well?\\
'''Salazar Slytherin:''' Yet it is so crazy that it might actually work. The way your crazy ideas usually do.
* In chapter 25 of ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSevenKingdoms'', William Baratheon uses the [[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Storm Call Shout]] on the Iron Fleet, knowing that he is risking the destruction of his own fleet, or even King's Landing. Fortunately, it pays off.
* ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness:'' While caught in the middle of a fight between [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Megas]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yuuka Kazami,]] Reimu decides on a risky plan to end the fight without any casualties. She knows there's a strong chance it'll end up killing her (and wiping out Gensokyo by extension), but decides to do it anyway with no other justification than "this entire evening has been stupid enough to begin with". Her plan? [[spoiler: Using ''herself'' as an extra power source for Megas, transferring her ability to fly into its systems and giving it the ability to do meaningful damage to Yuuka.]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8878584/18/Beyond-the-Veil-Volume-One-Arrival Beyond the Veil Volume One: Arrival]]'' Harry and Deadpool are up against a feral Wolverine and Sabertooth.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9517967/3/Hawk-Eyed-Charlie Hawk-Eyed Charlie]]'' Charlus Potter decides that Neville's parents are suffering from a magical version of PTSD and he and his mostly-Muggle fellow veterans should kidnap them from St. Mungo's so they can recover among friends.
-->'''Old Harry:''' It's so crazy it just might work! Hell, it helped Danny boy when he came back from 'Nam when his own kids wanted to ship him off to a nursing home!
* ''Fanfic/TheDeathGodAlliance'' had the problem of Nico di Angelo going missing after an attack by magicians. Hades becomes quite angry and prepares to destroy the magicians of the House of Life, which would end badly. However, Nico can't simply pop in and say he's fine because he got part of Anubis's soul stuck in him and Hades would react badly to that. His solution: Make it seem like he had simply been playing Mythomagic for a week with Anubis and hadn't noticed anything amiss. This worked, despite even Percy Jackson thinking the plan was completely ludicrous.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Chapter 11 of the original has Sanakan suggest that the Alliance troops should just "break through" the orcs in front of the gates of Ansur. One of their members, Alaric, thinks she's going to pull a LeeroyJenkins. Sanakan reminds him that they have magic artillery ([[LadyOfBlackMagic Olga]]), so it will be fine. Alaric internally notes that "this crazy plan was probably going to work after all". And boy it does.

** In the Celadon Gym, Erika's Leafeon summons a long-lasting Rain Dance, that hampers Ash's Pokémon with type advantages against Erika's Grass-types. When he realizes he won't be able to win if he doesn't get rid of the rain, he does... with ''his own'' Rain Dance. This sounds absurd at first, but it works, because the resulting downpour gets rid of the moisture in the air, meaning the rainy conditions can't be sustained any longer.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13165279/16/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rule-of-Three Harry Potter and the Rule of Three]]'' Harry, Hermione and Susan decide to form a triad.
-->'''Susan:''' It's crazy, but it's just crazy enough to work.

* ''WebVideo/AbridgedOnTitan'': Singing in the face of certain death. In universe, it's called the Menken Musical Maneuver, and while it was apparently a horrible failure for Dot Pixis, it tends to work to great effect in the present:
** Armin improvises a song called ''Please Don't Kill Us Please'' to plead for his, Eren's and Mikasa's lives; Dot Pixis pardons them on the spot because it reminds him of his own attempt at the Menken Musical Maneuver.
** Eren tries singing the same song at his trial, which gets Levi interested in him as he thinks Eren's singing voice would work great for his barbershop quartet.
** Levi orders his squad to sing when they're being chased by the Female Titan... so they can discreetly communicate when Levi's trap should be set off.
** Eren sings ''F**k It'' to psyche himself up to engage in the final battle with Annie, when he couldn't before because of his memories of her as a squadmate.
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Shinji and Asuka were trying to free their world from the dictators and thugs ruling it after the end of the world, but their army was cut off and they were unprepared and outnumbered. So, how did they seize Buenos Aires? [[spoiler:Misato and other commanders came up with the idea of pretending that they were preparing a rock concert to lure the enemy troops into a stadium]]. It [[spoiler:worked. And it was very awesome, indeed]].
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': In chapter 7 [[spoiler:Rei was fighting Zeruel alone because Shinji and Asuka got fired. Despite her most valiant efforts Zeruel was trouncing her. Shinji and Asuka could not seem to help her because they were out of the Geofront, and even if they made it they could not use their giant robots (Rei was piloting Unit 01 and Zeruel had butchered Unit 00 and 02).]] Then Shinji got an idea: [[spoiler:driving to the base as fast as possible and hijacking Unit 03, an Evangelion that neither had ever so much as TOUCHED before that day and could be contaminated by an Angel, hoping that ''maybe'' Hikari -who was stuck inside- would help them to move it around given her connection to both]]. It worked after a fashion: [[spoiler:they did not win but they kept Zeruel distracted, allowing Rei to kill it]].
* In ''Roleplay/AsukaQuest'', most of Asuka's AT field tricks are this. Constrict AT fields to create ultradense matter usually found in the cores of neutron stars? Why not. Cause a RealityBreakingParadox? Only in the sims, bucko. Cause massive explosions by setting AT fields to block only certain subatomic particles? If you can stand the explosion. Hit [[ColonyDrop Sahaquiel]] with AT fields formed into the bat? Result: [[HomeRunHitter Home run]]. Rant to [[spoiler: Lorenz Kihl]] in SophisticatedAsHell language to get the drop on him? It does result in a hit. Of course, some of her ideas ''don't'' work and end up causing problems, like getting Shinji drunk before the Matariel fight.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Asuka's plan to deal with a flying Angel shot light beams was… getting a giant mirror to reflect its light beams back towards it. Since they had no giant mirrors Asuka thought of using two solar panels.

* ''Webcomic/{{Company0051}}'' has grenades taped onto dodgeballs. Granted, it'd just be easier to throw the grenades themselves, but it does allow the [[ChildSoldiers Kid Soldiers]] to show off their mad dodgeball skills.
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': During their dog fight, Asuka was chasing Shinji and coming on his heels. Then Shinji abruptly braked and flew backwards. Asuka got frightened and swerved to dodge him, allowing Shinji to tag her.
* ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX'': In chapter 54: "Hmm…that's crazy enough to work!" pondered Samus.
* Every single one of Takato's plans in the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' and I use the word 'plans' in the ''loosest'' possible terms.
* The whole plot of ''Fanfic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' is to pull off a plan that's so crazy it might work to bring card games back.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8966727/11/Vengeance-from-the-grave Vengeance from the Grave]]'' Harry suggests that a couple of his fellow Unspeakables deal with several giants using their Animagus forms by having the panther slash the giants' Achilles tendons after which the bull will push them over. The team leader comments "That's just stupid enough to actually work."
* Chapter 81 of the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheLife'' involves the protagonist's team dropping without him. He convinces the captain of the ship to do a flyover near the position of his squad. He jumps from the cargo bay of a frigate with a jetpack that he doesn't know how to use and a [[RuleOfCool tank with parachutes attached to it]]. While playing "Iron Man" by Music/BlackSabbath on the helmet's speakers.
* Somewhat inverted in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
--> '''Mom:''' Well, that's nice, but you don't need to broadcast it coast to coast! Just look for him (Hobbes) quietly.\\
'''Calvin:''' Of course! If I continue to shout for him to show up, he'll know where I am and get farther away from me! On the other hand, absolute silence means absolute secrecy! It's so crazy it just might work!
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8652163/5/NGE-Runaways NGE: Runaways]]'' Misato needs to come up with a plan to break Rei out of Nerv while Shinji escapes to rescue Asuka. Something all but impossible. Then she says: "You know, this might be total madness, but I actually might have a plan..." What is her plan? Later we find out:
-->'''Rei''': "Are we [[spoiler:stealing an Evangelion]]?"\\
'''Misato''': "Yes we are, because we are insane."
* ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'': Kanril Eleya takes out a Borg probe by charging it, neutralizing its shields with those of her own ship, and beaming a photon torpedo aboard, then running like hell before the torpedo blows.
-->'''Captain Jay Yim:''' Lieutenant Kanril, are you ''insane''?!\\
'''Eleya:''' It worked, didn't it?
* Oddly enough, the flat-out [[AvertedTrope aversion]] and even ''[[DefiedTrope defiance]]'' of this Trope (be it because Reality Ensues or because the good ''and'' bad guys are ''that'' CrazyPrepared or good at XanatosSpeedChess) is a minor RunningGag on the ''Nanoha'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}''.
* The aversion of this trope (and LemonyNarrator pointing out ''[[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism why]]'' "Crazy Enough To Work" is plainly ''[[ThisIsReality not]]'' going to work) is also a minor RunningGag amongst the writings of Tropers/EarthScorpion. The one time this is played straight, on the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[=/=]''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'' crossover ''Fanfic/AeonNatumEngel'', it actually makes the one who gives the idea (a Misato Katsuragi so drunk and full of despair at the oncoming Angel that she proposes equipping the Evangelions with [[GatlingGood plasma miniguns]], which would need to be built from scratch (and later are)) to do a DoubleTake.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8186071/45/Harry-Crow Harry Crow]]'' Hermione suggests that they all wear mirrored sunglasses, blind the basilisk with an illumination spell and cast at its eyes as fast as they can.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7289021/9/My-Short-Story-Haven My Short Story Haven]]'' Godric Gryffindor's spirit suggests kicking Dumbledore out of Hogwarts and making baby Harry the new Headmaster (and his guardian Severus Snape interim Headmaster) as a distraction, allowing him and the other Founders to improve the school behind the scenes.
-->'''Salazar Slytherin:''' That idea is crazy.\\
'''Godric Gryffindor:''' Well?\\
'''Salazar Slytherin:''' Yet it is so crazy that it might actually work. The way your crazy ideas usually do.
* In chapter 25 of ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSevenKingdoms'', William Baratheon uses the [[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Storm Call Shout]] on the Iron Fleet, knowing that he is risking the destruction of his own fleet, or even King's Landing. Fortunately, it pays off.
* ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness:'' While caught in the middle of a fight between [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Megas]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yuuka Kazami,]] Reimu decides on a risky plan to end the fight without any casualties. She knows there's a strong chance it'll end up killing her (and wiping out Gensokyo by extension), but decides to do it anyway with no other justification than "this entire evening has been stupid enough to begin with". Her plan? [[spoiler: Using ''herself'' as an extra power source for Megas, transferring her ability to fly into its systems and giving it the ability to do meaningful damage to Yuuka.]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8878584/18/Beyond-the-Veil-Volume-One-Arrival Beyond the Veil Volume One: Arrival]]'' Harry and Deadpool are up against a feral Wolverine and Sabertooth.
-->'''Deadpool:''' Don't know why I'm doing this, maybe you can magically amplify my bullets to actually break through the healing factor. I know, nutty and off the wall, but...\\
'''Harry:''' It just might work.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9517967/3/Hawk-Eyed-Charlie Hawk-Eyed Charlie]]'' Charlus Potter decides that Neville's parents are suffering from a magical version of PTSD and he and his mostly-Muggle fellow veterans should kidnap them from St. Mungo's so they can recover among friends.
-->'''Old Harry:''' It's so crazy it just might work! Hell, it helped Danny boy when he came back from 'Nam when his own kids wanted to ship him off to a nursing home!
* ''Fanfic/TheDeathGodAlliance'' had the problem of Nico di Angelo going missing after an attack by magicians. Hades becomes quite angry and prepares to destroy the magicians of the House of Life, which would end badly. However, Nico can't simply pop in and say he's fine because he got part of Anubis's soul stuck in him and Hades would react badly to that. His solution: Make it seem like he had simply been playing Mythomagic for a week with Anubis and hadn't noticed anything amiss. This worked, despite even Percy Jackson thinking the plan was completely ludicrous.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Chapter 11 of the original has Sanakan suggest that the Alliance troops should just "break through" the orcs in front of the gates of Ansur. One of their members, Alaric, thinks she's going to pull a LeeroyJenkins. Sanakan reminds him that they have magic artillery ([[LadyOfBlackMagic Olga]]), so it will be fine. Alaric internally notes that "this crazy plan was probably going to work after all". And boy it does.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': Par for the course for Ash. Even if he has everything against him, he won't rest until he finds a way out. Some of his most impressive victories include:
** In the Celadon Gym, Erika's Leafeon summons a long-lasting Rain Dance, that hampers Ash's Pokémon with type advantages against Erika's Grass-types. When he realizes he won't be able to win if he doesn't get rid of the rain, he does... with ''his own'' Rain Dance. This sounds absurd at first, but it works, because the resulting downpour gets rid of the moisture in the air, meaning the rainy conditions can't be sustained any longer.
** In the semifinals of the [[TournamentArc Fuchsia Tag Tournament]], Ash and Pikachu's opponent is a Mudsdale that has just about everything on its favor: [[ElementalRockPaperScissors has a type advantage as a Ground-type]] [[NoSell thus rendering his Electric attacks useless]], [[StoneWall has an ability that boosts its defense every time it takes damage]] [[MightyGlacier and on top of that hits hard.]]. What does Ash do? [[spoiler: Have Pikachu store as much electricity as he can in his tail, and then attack ''the battlefield'', sending out a barrage of rocks over Mudsdale, damaging it enough to end the battle with one last Iron Tail.]]
** Later in the finals, faced against Paul's Torterra, [[spoiler: Ash tells Red that in order to win, Red needs to evolve his Charmeleon. Red and everyone else thinks he's crazy, but Ash insists that he can see his Charmeleon has the power to evolve and just needs the motivation to do so. Red then awkwardly gives Charmeleon a pep speech, and to everyone's shock, he does evolve, becoming strong enough to overpower Torterra]].
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler: Vix-Lei's plan during the late stages of the battle with the Nightmare. It involves setting her hammers on fire and using them to pound their enemy]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9890386/4/Missing-Persons Missing Persons]]'' Harry offers to pretend to be a captive so that Emma can infiltrate a kidnapping ring.
-->'''Katie:''' Harry, that's crazy!\\
'''Neal:''' It's just crazy enough that it might work.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13165279/16/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rule-of-Three Harry Potter and the Rule of Three]]'' Harry, Hermione and Susan decide to form a triad.