History PlayingWith / CrazyPrepared

** Alice's greatest weakness is DidntSeeThatComing. The moment a SpannerInTheWorks pops up, she freezes to the point she risks getting killed.

* '''Exaggerated''': After uncovering evidence that aliens are replacing key members of the government to prepare for a massive global attack, the aliens have captured Bob and Alice and sent them into a temporal portal millions of years back to the Cretaceous era, coincidentally appearing in front of a ''TyrannosaurusRex''. The ''T. rex'' is being mind-controlled by a psychic genius who has allied himself with the aliens and programmed the ''T. rex'' to hunt down and kill Bob and Alice no matter what. Simultaneously, the ancient, slimy mollusk people who inhabited the Earth's oceans and shores long before humanity have a massive cult worshipping the ancient celestial being [[EldritchAbomination Xy'glu]] and been promised Bob and Alice as living sacrifices if they can catch them. And just for good measure, the aliens have also sent back great armies of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninjas, pirates, zombies, robots and amalgams of same]] to hunt Bob and Alice down and make sure that they get killed, as well as vast, whirling clouds of nanites with enormous collective strength, and have [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also inexplicably made Alice and Bob smell like maple syrup from head-to-toe]]. In response, Alice enacts Plan X, which is designed precisely for this situation.

** Alice is a CrazySurvivalist or otherwise ProperlyParanoid. Or Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** Alice is a GenreSavvy.

** Alternatively: Alice never knows what to do in the most mundane of situations.

** Alice is prepared for every events possible, despite that the government or even the world is prepared.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice has a plan to thwart the BigBad but as it turns out, he had his own XanatosSpeedChess contingencies goign and countered her plan. Just when it looks like the heroes will lose, it turns out Alice had a BatmanGambit in place that centered on allowing the bad guy to get close to winning before defeating him. After it is all over, she admits the second plan was really just an IndyPloy she thought up on the fly.

** Alternatively, they destroy her plans, including the one about what to do when aliens destroy your plans.

** Alternatively: none of her plans ever come in handy, but the practice of making plans makes her an expert at the IndyPloy.

** Alice is not only prepared for anything, but her items she has used to prepare herself are all multifuction and relatively light, allowing her to carry them about fairly easily.

* '''Enforced''': The writers want to stress what a {{Badass}} tactical genius Alice is.

* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob have uncovered evidence of aliens infiltrating the government to prepare Earth for a massive invasion. Much to Bob's surprise, Alice has a plan for just this eventuality.
* '''Exaggerated''': After uncovering evidence that aliens are replacing key members of the government to prepare for a massive global attack, the aliens have captured Bob and Alice and sent them into a temporal portal millions of years back to the Cretaceous era, coincidentally appearing in front of a ''TyrannosaurusRex''. The ''T. rex'' is being mind-controlled by a psychic genius who has allied himself with the aliens and programmed the ''T. rex'' to hunt down and kill Bob and Alice no matter what. Simultaneously, the ancient, slimy mollusk people who inhabited the Earth's oceans and shores long before humanity have a massive cult worshipping the ancient celestial being [[EldritchAbomination Xy'glu]] and been promised Bob and Alice as living sacrifices if they can catch them. And just for good measure, the aliens have also sent back vast armies of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninjas, pirates, zombies, robots and amalgams of same]] to hunt Bob and Alice down and make sure that they get killed, as well as vast, whirling clouds of nanites that can chase anything very quickly no matter how fast it is, and have [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also inexplicably made Alice and Bob smell like maple syrup from head-to-toe]]. In response, Alice enacts Plan X, which is designed precisely for this situation.

* '''Exaggerated''': After uncovering evidence that aliens are replacing key members of the government to prepare for a massive invasion, the aliens have captured Bob and Alice and sent them back in time to the Cretaceous era, right in front of a TyrannosaurusRex. The tyrannosaurus is being mind-controlled by a psychic genius who has allied himself with the aliens and programmed the tyrannosaurus to hunt Bob and Alice no matter what. Simultaneously, the ancient reptile people who inhabited the Earth long before humanity have a cult worshipping the ancient god [[EldritchAbomination Xy'glu]] and been promised Bob and Alice as living sacrifices if they can catch them. And just for good measure, the aliens have also sent back armies of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninjas, pirates, zombies, robots and amalgamations of same]] to hunt Bob and Alice down and make sure that they get killed. In response, Alice enacts Plan Q, which is designed precisely for this situation.

** Alice carries around with her a Big Book Of Complicated Plans For Unlikely Situations which she consults whenever she's faced with a problem. [[GreatBigBookOfEverything It inevitably contains the solution]].

* Alice prepared for everything ...except the sheer WEIGHT of all those wonderful toys. As a result, she has to abandon her preparations and end up going into [[IndyPloy battle barehanded and unprepared.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': The BigBad knows Alice has contingency plans for everything, including plans to take out her own allies if they perform a FaceHeelTurn. He steals those plans and uses them to defeat her allies and frame her for it.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Alice carries around with her a Big Book Of Complicated Plans For Unlikely Situations which she consults whenever she's faced with a problem. [[GreatBigBookOfEverything It inevitably contains the solution]].

** Alice is a CrazySurvivalist or otherwise ProperlyParanoid. Or {{Batman}}.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Since there is absolutely no way that Alice could conceivably plan for every single eventuality, Alice's plans look good on paper but are inevitably flawed when they come into contact with real situations.
** Because Alice's plans are that good, [[CassandraDidIt people begin to suspect that she's in on it,]] since ''no one'' could be that well prepared.
** Alice's mind is slowly shattering under the strain of trying to prepare for ''every'' eventuality, no matter how unlikely.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Although Alice's plans can't cover everything, they are at least good enough to work from, and Alice is adept at [[XanatosSpeedChess adjusting them to compensate for situational and contextual differences]].
** Alternatively: none of her plans ever come in handy, but the practice of making plans makes her an expert at the IndyPloy.
** Alice is prepared for people suspecting that she's in on it, and she has a {{plan}} how to prove her innocence.
** Alice's mind has already shattered, and [[InsanityHasAdvantages this is precisely why she is so prepared]]

* '''Lampshaded''': "... There is no possible ''way'' you could have seen that coming." "And yet."

* '''Discussed''': "I've been traveling with Alice for years, and so far I haven't encountered a single situation which she doesn't have a plan for. It's actually kind of creepy, really."
* '''Conversed''': "Alice must be the most forward thinking fictional character I've ever come across."

* '''Played for Drama''': Alice is cornered by two rapist thugs. She hasn't finished the plan yet, and prays every minute she escapes. After some tense moments and injuries, Alice finally escapes.

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** Alice is prepared to people suspecting that she's in on it. And she has a plan how to prove her innocence.

* '''Justified''': Alice is a CrazySurvivalist or otherwise ProperlyParanoid. Or {{Batman}}.

* '''Inverted''': Alice doesn't have a plan, but she is very very good at the IndyPloy or MacGyvering.

* '''Subverted''': Alice ''does'' have a plan; unfortunately, she ForgotToFeedTheMonster, and is unable to put the plan into effect.

* '''Doubly Subverted''': Fortunately, Alice ''also'' has a plan for what to do if something prevented her from putting into effect the original plan or unexpected developments arose.

* '''Deconstructed''': Since there is absolutely no way that Alice could conceivably plan for every single eventuality, Alice's plans look good on paper but are inevitably flawed when they come into contact with real situations.

* '''Reconstructed''': Although Alice's plans can't cover everything, they are at least good enough to work from, and Alice is adept at [[XanatosSpeedChess adjusting them to compensate for situational and contextual differences]].

* '''Defied''': The aliens spend every waking moment and divert all of their resources towards devising a plan which absolutely no one could possibly anticipate.

** People begin to suspect that she's in on it. And Alice has a plan how to prove her innocence in that case.

** Because Alice's plans are that good, people begin to suspect that she's in on it, since ''no one'' could be that well prepared.

* '''Invoked''': Alice spends her every waking moment thinking of every possible situation that could arise and making a plan for it.

* '"Played for Laughs"': Alice gets into slapstick dangers and her plans are very funny and weird.
* '"Played for Drama"': Alice is cornered by two rapist thugs. She hasn't finished the plan yet, and prays every minute she escapes. After some tense moments and injuries, Alice finally escapes.