History CrazyPrepared / Literature

* ''Literature/StarterVillain'': Jake Baldwin set up a cover identity for his nephew as soon as he was born and kept it updated. He also had him under continuous surveillance and set up a backup safe house for him just in case he was targeted by Jake's enemies.

* When the protagonist of ''Literature/TheMentalState'' is sent to prison with nothing except a few obscure books, some curry powder and a watch that reminds him of his former girlfriend, it is assumed that he is ill-equipped to survive. However, this cannot be father from the truth. The books help him to devise new plans for survival and the curry powder is there in case he has to deal with drug-dealers, which he eventually does. The true purpose of the watch is hidden from the other characters and the reader until the penultimate chapter. [[spoiler:It turns out that he bought the trinket himself to make it look as though it was important and convince his enemies that it could be used as his weakness should they start looking for one to exploit. It also helps to convince his enemies that his former love is called 'Rosette' rather than 'Rosemary', thus preventing her from being targeted]].

* ''Literature/HiveMind2016'': Adika has multiple defensive plans set up for Amber's unit, some of which are only known to his trusted deputies, and he checks his security measures daily. He gets annoyed at Elliott's bodyguards for not noticing that somebody had cut into his apartment's ventilation system within the past month, as he would never allow such laxity to put Amber at risk.

** The series also shows how Harry becomes more ProperlyParanoid as he goes along-in the first few books, he mostly relies on the IndyPloy, but as more and more weird stuff keeps happening to him-like being chased by an invisible demon which he has to use air freshener to detect-he becomes this trope.

* ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': Steris is a meticulous planner, to the point that she insists on trying to plan a disruption for her own wedding, under the logic that her fiance, being a rough-and-tumble gunslinger cop, will attract ''some'' sort of trouble, and it's best to make her own before that can happen. In ''Literature/BandsOfMourning'', Steris had ''six'' copies of their wedding pendants made. Considering that four of them never made it to the church, this falls into ProperlyParanoid. At the end of the novel, [[spoiler:she indirectly saves hundreds of lives by hiding a warmth metalmind in her notebook. This saves Allik's life, and lets him save his people, who then fight off the Set and capture many members of the conspiracy]].

* Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo in ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls..."

* Franchise/DocSavage has a spyhole and control panel within his private elevator that can start a film projection of him getting killed in a selected way ([[{{Squick}} machine gun, acid, explosion etc.]]) onto the lobby door of the elevator before it opens to fool anyone who would ever try to personally attack him in the lobby of the Empire State Building. It is only used once in 16 years.

* ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'': Some of the acolytes and Travelers are like which certainly comes in handy down the road. It's more impressive given the rule that everyone must "use what the territories provide", i.e. you resupply at every stop.

** In ''Pyramids'', Pteppic gears up for his final exam at the Assassins' Guild with so many weapons, housebreaking tools, and protective items that he falls over when he tries to move.

* The level of CrazyPrepared going on in ''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide'' is hard to imagine for anyone who hasn't read the book. It can probably be safely said that Max Brooks thought of everything when compiling that book. He has strategies and tips for fighting zombies in every conceivable type of terrain (including watching out for zombies who had been frozen under snow or ice during the winter and are now starting to thaw). And, in the chapter on the pros and cons of various vehicles, he even includes tips regarding the use of Lighter-Than-Air vehicles, like ''blimps and hot air balloons''.

* ''Literature/TheHost'' gives us Melanie's relatives, but especially Jeb -- he completely overhauls a cave system to make it inhabitable, solely because he thought he'd need an ElaborateUndergroundBase someday.

* In the Literature/{{Redwall}} book ''Rakkety Tam'', just before the fight with Gulo, Tam [[spoiler: sharpens the edge of his shield. During the fight, the shield is torn from his arm and embeds itself edge-on in the ground. Later on, Gulo is thrown into the air, and lands just right for the protruding shield-edge to decapitate him.]]