History Main / TimeForPlanB

* Creator/LouisSachar's ''The Cardturner'':

** When MR Kornada's plan to replace Florence with a clone, and Sam's plan to trick him into believing it has been done, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01687.htm hit a problem]].

** In ''Network Effect'' after Murderbot is being captured, the sentient spaceship ''Perihelion'' announces its intention to ColonyDrop his captors unless Murderbot is returned unharmed. After being convinced to adopt a more subtle strategy (distract with threats and negotiation while another [=SecUnit=] sneaks in and rescues Murderbot) it announces that "Plan A01: Rain Destruction has been superseded by Plan B01: Distract and Extract."

** In ''Network Effect'' after Murderbot is being held hostage, the sentient spaceship ''Perihelion'' announces its intention to ColonyDrop his captors unless Murderbot is returned unharmed. After being convinced to adopt a more subtle strategy, it announces that "Plan A01: Rain Destruction has been superceded by Plan B01: [[WeNeedADistraction Distract]] and Extract."

* ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'': On one of the occasions when the AH.commers and CF.netters [[EnemyMine work together]], after failing to open a door the AH.commers are ordered to blast it open, upon which the CF.netters comment that "Your Plan B is our Plan A".

* You gotta hand it to the guys that created Formula 409, they define dedication. Also according to a commercial, [[TheWorldIsNotReady the world isn't ready]] for [[http://www.livevideo.com/video/TemplarKnight/057EEB6A897B4C3080175CE01FB3ED02/formula-409-commercial.aspx Formula 410]]. However, the inventor's son [[https://brianrouff.com/when-myth-becomes-reality/ says]] it's "pure marketing bullshit" and that it was actually named after his mom's birthday, April 9. [[note]](Some other nonsensical explainations for the name have included it being the area code where it was invented [409 serves southeast Texas and didn't come into service until 1983; the formula was invented in Michigan in 1957] and it being a reference to Chevrolet's 409 engine [which wasn't introduced until 1961, though Music/{{the Beach Boys}} song it inspired was used in Formula 409 ads for a while in the late 90s-early 2000s])[[/note]]

** [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20040210.html Here]] is where we find the shortest amount of time it takes to go from Plan B to Plan C.
** 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.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has "Plan C" which adds up to killing everything in the vicinity.

* Occurs in ''Film/PlanB'', obviously. Plan A was seduce the ex, while B is seduce the ex's boyfriend after realising he's bi.

* In ''VideoGame/Halo4'' after Plan A, an AirstrikeImpossible with a nuke, fails when the Broadsword crashes we get this:

'''Clef:''' ... [[CrazyAwesome he did?]]\\

* Name dropped three times in ''[[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'':

** When BigBad [[spoiler:Madison Lee's original plan to sell off the names in the Witness Protection falls through, she plans to use a grenade to blow up a nearby Hollywood movie premiere]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' had an episode where Huey, Dewey and Louie break a clock while playing and secretly take it to a clockmaker, who says he can't fix it. They use "plan B": lie down on the floor and bawl until the clockmaker gives in.

* Mocked gently in ''Series/PuppetsWhoKill'', which a sex-crazed teddy bear who always has a plan B.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': When Ala Alba's original plan to get out of the governor's ball without fighting fails, they switch to "Escape Plan B". Of course, not all goes to plan...
* {{Lampshaded}} in an episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''--when one of Team Rocket's plans to steal Pokemon fails, they switch to Plan B, with Meowth suggesting that they should just start with Plan B. Then, when ''that'' plan is ruined, they lament not having a Plan C.

* In IDW's ''[[Comicbook/MagicTheGatheringIDW Magic: The Gathering]]'' comic, Dack Fayden's Plan B is "Run". Plan C is "Leave". There's a difference; Fayden's a planeswalker, so "leaving" means jumping to another world.

* ''FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' During "The Hero of Oaton", Trixie has a plan. Cheerilee has a Plan B. Cheerilee decides to implement Plan B ahead of Trixie's schedule. Trixie gets a little irritable about this. (Meanwhile, Raindrops thinks they could probably stand to make plans ''before'' giving names to them).

* Name dropped three times in [[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]:

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

* In the first ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' game, Marcus and Dominic end up having to fight a berserker on a train. Marcus wants to drop the [[Main/KillSat Hammer of Dawn]], but is informed that he can't because of the sheer number of nemecyst inking the sky. Neither Marcus nor Dominic has a Plan B, though, [[spoiler:so they end up improvising by luring the berserker to the last car of the train, then cutting it loose.]]

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* There's this great exchange in an issue of ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic: Universe]]'', where Shadow the Hedgehog and his "Team Dark" attempt to get a Chaos Emerald from the God-Panda currently lording over them in the "Special Zone." After failing the mini-game, Omega turns to Shadow and asks if it's time for plan B. Shadow answers in the affirmative and Plan B basically comprises entirely of Omega unloading his entire arsenal, which makes up over half of his total mass, in the God-Panda's face.

See also NeverRecycleYourSchemes. May overlap with CrazyPrepared when a character actually ''has'' a Plan B prepared. GambitPileup ensues if the enemy has ''their'' Plan B for your Plan B (and so on). For when Plan A was thought to be the only plan needed and its failure required an emergency fallback, see PlanBResolution.

* Name dropped three times in [[Film/CharliesAngels Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]:

* An Australian PSA against drink driving stated "[[SublimeRhyme RBT means you need a Plan B]]", e.g. Random Breath Testing (for excessive alcohol in drivers) means you need an alternate plan -- call a cab, arrange alternate transport or find a hotel to sleep it off.

* ''Film/HalfPastDead'': After their primary getaway plan fails spectacularly and immediately, they demand the FBI send a helicopter for them to use as a getaway vehicle in return for not killing Justice McPherson and the other hostages.

In ''[[LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Dream's]]'' [[https://youtu.be/tylNqtyj0gs?t=2090 Grand Finale video,]] (34:50) Dream and the hunters have a conversation about the plans the hunters make. Dream thinks that, since [[spoiler: his End Crystal trap didn't work]], the hunters have made actual plans.

* You gotta hand it to the guys that created Formula 409, they define dedication. Also according to a commercial, [[TheWorldIsNotReady the world isn't ready]] for [[http://www.livevideo.com/video/TemplarKnight/057EEB6A897B4C3080175CE01FB3ED02/formula-409-commercial.aspx Formula 410]].