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* ''{{Mythbusters}}'' ''is'' this trope. You'd be hard pressed to find one time when Plan A worked without a hitch.
** In the off chance that Plan A does work, they go to ''[[StuffBlowingUp Plan B!]]'' anyway.

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* ''{{Mythbusters}}'' ''is'' this trope. You'd be hard pressed to find one time when Plan A worked without a hitch.
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hitch. On the off chance that Plan A does work, they generally go to ''[[StuffBlowingUp Plan B!]]'' anyway.



** On that note, a moment of silence please for the testers of Preparations A-G...
** You gotta hand it to the guys that created Forumula 409, they define dedication. Also according to a commercial, [[http://www.livevideo.com/video/TemplarKnight/057EEB6A897B4C3080175CE01FB3ED02/formula-409-commercial.aspx the world isn't ready for Formula 410]].

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** * On that note, a moment of silence please for the testers of Preparations A-G...
** * You gotta hand it to the guys that created Forumula Formula 409, they define dedication. Also according to a commercial, [[http://www.livevideo.com/video/TemplarKnight/057EEB6A897B4C3080175CE01FB3ED02/formula-409-commercial.aspx the world isn't ready for Formula 410]].



* In The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiapó_mining_accident 2010 Copiapó mining accident]] the plan that actually succeeded in reaching the trapped miners was, you guessed it, Plan B.

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* In The the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiapó_mining_accident 2010 Copiapó mining accident]] the plan that actually succeeded in reaching the trapped miners was, you guessed it, Plan B.
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** In the off chance that Plan A does work, they go to ''[[StuffBlowingUp Plan B!]]'' anyway.
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** You gotta hand it to the guys that created Forumula 409, they define dedication. Also according to a commercial, [[http://www.livevideo.com/video/TemplarKnight/057EEB6A897B4C3080175CE01FB3ED02/formula-409-commercial.aspx the world isn't ready for Formula 410]].
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* If you think more about it, it makes sense that Plan Bs tend to work better; while the people try to work with Plan A as an immediate and temporary response, they can keep working on their other plans if they're needed

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* If you think more about it, it makes sense that Plan Bs tend to work better; while the people try to work with Plan A as an immediate and temporary response, they can keep working on their other plans if they're needed
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* If you think more about it, it makes sense that Plan Bs tend to work better; while the people try to work with Plan A as an immediate and temporary response, they can keep working on their other plans if they're needed
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* The SWATKats have Plan Z which involves T-Bone cutting the Turbokat's engines in mid-air. Razor hates [[{{Understatement}} Plan Z]].

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* The SWATKats have Plan Z which involves T-Bone cutting the Turbokat's engines in mid-air. Razor hates [[{{Understatement}} Razor hates Plan Z]].
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* The SWATKats have Plan Z which involves T-Bone cutting the Turbokat's engines in mid-air. Razor hates [[Understatement Plan Z]].

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* The SWATKats have Plan Z which involves T-Bone cutting the Turbokat's engines in mid-air. Razor hates [[Understatement [[{{Understatement}} Plan Z]].
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* The SWATKats have Plan Z which involves T-Bone cutting the Turbokat's engines in mid-air. Razor hates [[Understatement Plan Z]].

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*From ''GoodOmens'', after Crowley has successfully killed one Duke of Hell, but failed to bluff the surviving one:
-->Plan A had worked. Plan B had failed. Everything depended on Plan C, and there was only one drawback to this: he had only ever planned as far as B.
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* When the lawyers of ''ThePractice'' were defending a guilty client, and it wasn't going so well, they would explicitly switch to "Plan B", namely accusing someone else, usually a grieving relative of the victim, of committing the crime. Used as a transitive verb, e.g., "We're going to Plan B the brother."

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* When the lawyers of ''ThePractice'' were defending a guilty an innocent client, and it wasn't going so well, they would explicitly switch to "Plan B", namely accusing someone else, usually a grieving relative of the victim, of committing the crime. Used as a transitive verb, e.g., "We're going to Plan B the brother."
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* In The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Copiapó_mining_accident 2010 Copiapó mining accident]] the plan that actually succeeded in reaching the trapped miners was, you guessed it, Plan B.

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:: After Pete actually comes up with a Plan B, this is quickly followed by[=:=]
-->'''Myka''': I think we should go with Plan C.\\
'''Pete''': Okay, what's Plan C?\\
'''Myka''': I run away and you get pummeled.

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* ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' has:
-->'''Myka''': Okay, what do we do now?\\
'''Pete''': Plan B.\\
'''Myka''': What's Plan B?\\
'''Pete''': I was hoping ''you'' knew.
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* In ''[[ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'', Plan Q is invoked by the Joker at the end of Happy Hour #6. [[spoiler:Plan Q blows.]]

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* In ''[[ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'', Plan Q is invoked by the Joker at the end of Happy Hour #6.#5. [[spoiler:Plan Q blows.]]
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* In ''[[ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'', Plan Q is invoked by the Joker at the end of Happy Hour #6. [[spoiler:Plan Q blows.]]
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* WD-40, the all-purpose [[strike:lubricant/de-greaser/de-ruster]] water displacer was so named because WDs 1 through 39 didn't work as well in testing.

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* WD-40, the all-purpose [[strike:lubricant/de-greaser/de-ruster]] water displacer was so named because WDs [=WDs=] 1 through 39 didn't work as well in testing.
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* Dub-[[DragonBall Goku]], early into his fight with Kid Buu. "Okay, onto plan b...whatever ''that'' is." (This being DBZ, it seems like "try ''that much harder'' to blow him up.")
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* Some plan B's even get their own facebook pages [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Croke-Park-Plan-B/109464812406968 Croke park Plan B]]

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* Some plan B's Plan Bs even get their own facebook pages pages: [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Croke-Park-Plan-B/109464812406968 Croke park Plan B]]
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* Some plan B's even get their own facebook pages [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Croke-Park-Plan-B/109464812406968 Croke park Plan B]]
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* The TagLine for the movie version of ''The A-Team'': "There is no Plan B."
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* [[FaceOff "Okay. Plan B. Let's just kill each other."]]

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A StockPhrase, generally said in the middle of an action scene when things are going wrong. Often, but not always, followed by "What's Plan B?" "Run like hell!" Alternately, followed after a short while, by "Do we have a plan C?"

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A StockPhrase, generally said in the middle of an action scene when things are going wrong. Often, but not always, followed by "What's Plan B?" "Run There are two common forms of plan B: ''Run like hell!" Alternately, followed after a short while, by "Do we have a plan C?"
hell'' and ''[[StuffBlowingUp Boom!]]''
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:: Even that wasn't the real plan at all. [[spoiler: It was a diversion that [=McKay=] wanted the Replicators to learn about when they mind probed their prisoners, so they wouldn't go looking for the ''real'' plan.]]

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:: **[[spoiler: Even that wasn't the real plan at all. [[spoiler: It was a diversion that [=McKay=] wanted the Replicators to learn about when they mind probed their prisoners, so they wouldn't go looking for the ''real'' plan.]]




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** Part 3 of the "Liars, Guns, and Money" trilogy is called "Plan B", which is pretty funny considering that they end up playing XanatosSpeedChess as everything imaginable goes wrong. By that episode they're WAY past Plan B.
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** Another [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050529.html honorable mention]] is having to jump from Plan A straight to Plan '''E'''.

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** Another [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050529.html honorable mention]] is having to jump from Plan A straight to Plan '''E'''. Which then immediately becomes screwed up and the whole thing turns into an IndyPloy.
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-->'''Goliath:''' ''(entering the scene)'' I don't suppose you have a Plan D?

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-->'''Goliath:''' ''(entering the scene)'' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I don't suppose you have a Plan D?D]]?
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* WD-40, the all-purpose lubricant/de-greaser/de-ruster was so named because WDs 1 through 39 didn't work as well in testing. (WD stands for 'Water Displacer')

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* WD-40, the all-purpose lubricant/de-greaser/de-ruster [[strike:lubricant/de-greaser/de-ruster]] water displacer was so named because WDs 1 through 39 didn't work as well in testing. (WD stands for 'Water Displacer')testing.
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'''[=McKay=]:''' Yes, if we plant charges on all ten of the shield emitters before the Daedalus arrives. That way, when the replicators try to actiave the shield... \\

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'''[=McKay=]:''' Yes, if we plant charges on all ten of the shield emitters before the Daedalus arrives. That way, when the replicators try to actiave activate the shield... \\



** Of course that wasn't the real plan at all. [[spoiler: That was a diversion that [=McKay=] wanted the Replicators to learn about when they mind probed their prisoners, so they wouldn't go looking for the ''real'' plan.]]

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** Of course :: Even that wasn't the real plan at all. [[spoiler: That It was a diversion that [=McKay=] wanted the Replicators to learn about when they mind probed their prisoners, so they wouldn't go looking for the ''real'' plan.]]
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