| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 3 | ->''"If the thought of it seems crazy, you weren't crazy enough to begin with."'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''ComicBook/NickFury''', ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' |
| 5 | [[/folder]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 8 | ->'''Walt:''' That's just crazy enough to work!\ |
| 9 | '''Connie:''' I agree with the first three words in that sentence. |
| 10 | -->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' |
| 11 | [[/folder]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 14 | ->'''Captain Jay Yim:''' Lieutenant Kanril, are you ''insane?!''\ |
| 15 | '''Lieutenant Kanril Eleya:''' It worked, didn't it? |
| 16 | -->-- ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'', Part II |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ->''"Our main area of expertise lies in the field of practical insanity, or! In more common parlance... Applied.'' Bullshit''."'' |
| 19 | -->-- '''Jeremiya Cross''', ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 23 | ->'''Astrid:''' What are you going to do about it?\ |
| 24 | '''Hiccup:''' Probably something stupid.\ |
| 25 | '''Astrid:''' Okay, but...you've already done that.\ |
| 26 | '''Hiccup:''' Then something crazy.\ |
| 27 | '''Astrid:''' That's more like it. |
| 28 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 32 | ->'''Trinity:''' Neo... no one has ever done anything like this.\ |
| 33 | '''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work. |
| 34 | -->-- ''Film/TheMatrix'' |
| 35 | |
| 36 | -> '''Benoit:''' It's so dumb...\ |
| 37 | '''Birdie:''' It's so dumb it's brilliant!\ |
| 38 | '''Benoit:''' [[BigNo NO!]] [[DefiedTrope It's just]] ''[[DefiedTrope DUMB]]''! |
| 39 | -->-- ''Film/GlassOnion'' |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ->'''Will Turner:''' This is either madness, or brilliance.\ |
| 42 | '''Captain Jack Sparrow:''' It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide. |
| 43 | -->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ->'''Lord Beckett:''' You're mad.\ |
| 46 | '''Captain Jack Sparrow:''' Thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this'd probably never work. |
| 47 | -->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ->''"You're both'' '''nuts.''' ''This whole '''''plan''''' is nuts. It can't work. I am totally in."'' |
| 50 | -->-- '''Max''', ''Scandal Sheet'' |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 54 | ->''"The plan is insane. ''You'' are insane.... I'll need some pants."'' |
| 55 | -->--'''Ehren''', ''[[Literature/CodexAlera Captain's Fury]]'' |
| 56 | |
| 57 | ->"''There's something broken in your head, Calderon. You do all your thinking sideways.''" |
| 58 | -->-- '''Antillar Maximus''', ''[[Literature/CodexAlera Princeps' Fury]]'', on [[CrazyIsCool Tavi]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ->'''Kitai:''' I must go to him.\ |
| 61 | '''Fidelias:''' He's alive?\ |
| 62 | '''Kitai:''' Yes. For now. And... pleased with his own cleverness, may The One help us. Quick. What is the absolute worst place in this valley one could go? The most insanely suicidal place to be found? The place where only a great fool would venture--and only an ''insane'' fool would follow?\ |
| 63 | '''Both:''' Garados.\ |
| 64 | '''Kitai:''' He is there. |
| 65 | -->--''[[Literature/CodexAlera First Lord's Fury]]'', ''also'' describing [[RefugeInAudacity Tavi]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | ->''"Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense."'' |
| 68 | -->-- '''Ford Prefect''', ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' |
| 69 | |
| 70 | ->''"Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked."'' |
| 71 | -->--Jack Cargill, ''Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye'' |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 75 | ->''"'Out-of-the-box' is where I live."'' |
| 76 | -->-- '''Kara Thrace''', ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' |
| 77 | |
| 78 | ->"''Prepare for turbulence.''" |
| 79 | -->-- '''Admiral William Adama''', from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', commencing what must have been the most insane rescue plan in the history of the twelve colonies. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | ->'''The Tenth Doctor:''' General, we have a plan!\ |
| 82 | '''The Eleventh Doctor:''' We should point out that it's a fairly terrible plan.\ |
| 83 | '''The Tenth Doctor:''' And it almost certainly won't work.\ |
| 84 | '''The Eleventh Doctor:''' I was happy with "fairly terrible". |
| 85 | -->-- '''The Doctors''' discusses their plan to save Gallifrey from certain destruction, from the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor Day of the Doctor]]", ''Series/DoctorWho'' |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ->'''Maggie:''' You actually expect this to work?\ |
| 88 | '''Hardison:''' No, you're supposed to say "Wow, that's just crazy enough to work!"\ |
| 89 | '''Sophie:''' Incredibly, chance does seem to bend itself to his bizarre machinations. |
| 90 | -->-- ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', on Nate |
| 91 | |
| 92 | -> '''Col. Jack O'Neill:''' Everyone who thinks this is absolutely an insane plan, raise your hands. Come on, get 'em up.\ |
| 93 | ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments (Everyone in the room raises their hands, including Maj. Samantha Carter, who came up with it.)]]''\ |
| 94 | '''Maj. Gen. Hammond:''' Keep those hands raised, people, because the next question is, who's going to make this happen?\ |
| 95 | ''(a little later)''\ |
| 96 | '''Jack:''' I just wanna state, for the record, that this is the wackiest plan we've ever come up with.\ |
| 97 | '''Sam:''' Wackier than strapping an active stargate to the bottom of the X-302?\ |
| 98 | '''Jack:''' Oh yeah.\ |
| 99 | '''Sam:''' ''Wackier than [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun blowing up a sun???]]''\ |
| 100 | '''Jack:''' ''(walking out of the room)'' Yep!\ |
| 101 | '''Sam:''' ''([[{{Beat}} considers for a moment]])'' He's probably right. |
| 102 | -->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "[[Recap/StargateSG1S7E1Fallen Fallen]]" |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 106 | ->''"My grandpa used to say, 'If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid'."'' |
| 107 | -->-- '''James Parnell''', ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' |
| 108 | |
| 109 | ->''"Only you could hatch such a brilliant scheme, Robin. Who else would desert half our vessels and turn them into flaming cannonballs? And there was still enough room on the remaining ships for all our troops. It was so simple, and yet the Valmese never saw it coming. They never considered anyone might be willing to sacrifice half a fleet..."'' |
| 110 | -->-- '''Flavia''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ->''"This strategy makes no sense at all, which is exactly why I think it may work."'' |
| 113 | -->-- '''Hubert''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', after seeing [[spoiler:Count Bergliez shatter a mountain with his fists to get around Claude's ambush]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | ->'''Cortana:''' I know what you're thinking, and it's crazy.\ |
| 116 | '''Master Chief:''' So? Stay here.\ |
| 117 | '''Cortana:''' Unfortunately for us both, I ''like'' crazy. |
| 118 | -->-- ''VideoGame/Halo2'' |
| 119 | |
| 120 | ->''"Coach, that is the stupidest idea I have ever agreed with."'' |
| 121 | -->-- '''Nick''', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' |
| 122 | |
| 123 | ->'''Heavy:''' Doctor! Are you sure this will work?\ |
| 124 | '''Medic:''' [[LaughingMad Ha Ha]], I have no idea! |
| 125 | -->-- ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', ''[[http://www.teamfortress.com/classes.php?class=medic Meet the Medic]]'', shortly before the Medic deploys his Ubercharge. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 129 | ->''"It was far too ridiculous to be called a tactic. ''A plan based on deflecting [[BigBad Reinhard Heydrich]]'s most powerful attack'' was pure insanity by that virtue alone."'' |
| 130 | -->-- ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' |
| 131 | |
| 132 | ->''"You plan to cross-examine an orca!?"'' |
| 133 | -->-- '''Judge''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''[[note]]Yes, this does work.[[/note]] |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 137 | ->''"That's not a remotely sound basis for '''any'''thing."'' |
| 138 | -->-- '''[[DiscussedTrope Black Mage on this trope]],''' ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' |
| 139 | |
| 140 | ->''"No, no, no. This is so stupid, it's '''completely''' foolproof."'' |
| 141 | -->-- '''Red Mage''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', on his latest plan |
| 142 | |
| 143 | ->'''Black Mage:''' Y'know, it's been too long since I had a headache. So, Red Mage, enlighten us. How can a plan that makes '''no sense''' work?\ |
| 144 | '''Red Mage:''' One simple reason: it makes too little sense to fail.\ |
| 145 | '''Black Mage:''' [[FlatWhat What.]]\ |
| 146 | '''Red Mage:''' Most plans are '''critically''' flawed by their own logic. A failure at any step will ruin everything after it. That's just basic cause and effect. It's too easy for a good plan to fall apart. [[InsaneTrollLogic Therefore]], a plan with '''no attachment''' to logic cannot be stopped. The success or failure of any given step will have no impact on the macro level.\ |
| 147 | '''Black Mage:''' That's so stupid I can't even see straight anymore.\ |
| 148 | '''Red Mage:''' [[AchievementsInIgnorance Now imagine what'll happen when physics tries to figure it out!]]\ |
| 149 | '''Black Mage:''' Seriously, this hurts. |
| 150 | -->--''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' |
| 151 | |
| 152 | ->''"This has a small, but fascinating, chance of '''actually working!''' Let's do it!"'' |
| 153 | -->-- '''Agatha Heterodyne''', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' |
| 154 | |
| 155 | ->''"Maxim 43: If it's stupid and it works, [[SubvertedTrope it's still stupid and you're lucky]]."'' |
| 156 | -->--''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries" |
| 157 | |
| 158 | ->''"Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to [[EpicFail fail hilariously]]."'' |
| 159 | -->-- AltText, ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}} [[http://xkcd.com/580/ #580]]'' |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 163 | ->''"If Music/MilliVanilli happened today, they would be caught by the third comment on their first [=YouTube=] video. However, two decades ago, it was the kind of scheme that seemed doable. They got away with it long enough to win a Grammy and somehow even kept it going after the real singer, Charles Shaw, told reporters the truth. To solve that, Farian gave Shaw $150,000 in hush money, and suddenly he had no idea what those reporters were talking about. In 1990, that was totally an option. In this age of recorded everything, you'd have to be a conservative politician to try something that retarded."'' |
| 164 | -->-- '''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''' |
| 165 | |
| 166 | ->''"friendly reminder that Lea got a [[CoolSword Keyblade]] just by showing up and asking for one, and [[BigGood Yen Sid]]'s response was "on the one hand you're a fucking idiot but on the other hand I'm all out of ideas"'' |
| 167 | -->-- [[https://www.tumblr.com/skypillar/157256977806/friendly-reminder-that-lea-got-a-keyblade-just-by This]] Website/{{Tumblr}} post on ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 171 | ->'''Funky:''' Here it is, dudes! Mellow yellows that will make ya' hair grow where you didn't know ya' could grow hair!\ |
| 172 | '''Diddy:''' That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. [[LampshadeHanging So in other words, it'll probably work.]] GET MUNCHIN'!\ |
| 173 | [45 minutes later]\ |
| 174 | '''VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong|Country}}:''' [groans]\ |
| 175 | '''Diddy:''' [[SubvertedTrope I don't think it worked.]] |
| 176 | -->-- ''WebVideo/UncleAl's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mUOymWLCqE Donkey Kong Country Abridged]]'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | ->''Hi, I'm [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]], and if [[UsefulNotes/TheRaj Britain]] doesn't get the hell out of India, I'm going to starve myself in public.\ |
| 179 | [Britain immediately leaves]\ |
| 180 | Wow, that'' worked? |
| 181 | -->-- ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->'''Huey:''' I bet [those Bob-ombs] would be strong enough to destroy that black paint tank! Plus, it'll be REALLY fun.\ |
| 184 | '''Skawo:''' ''(as [[VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash Mario]])'' And incredibly dangerous, downright foolish, noisy, potentially lethal, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and kinda rude]]. I'm all in. |
| 185 | -->-- '''LetsPlay/{{Skawo}},''' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQm2IByd4Zc&list=PLNt9bYwiVIA-mXBirDVAA02FGLmaXPmWU&index=47 Paper Mario: Color Splash - Part 47 - Mah Roy~~]] |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 189 | ->''"Sometimes crazy works."'' |
| 190 | -->-- '''Optimus Primal''' (on two separate occasions), ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | ->'''Bow:''' Ready to do something that probably ''won't'' work?\ |
| 193 | '''Glimmer:''' ''Always''. |
| 194 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' |
| 195 | |
| 196 | ->'''Patrick:''' We should take Bikini Bottom, and ''[[MemeticMutation push it somewhere else!]]''\ |
| 197 | '''Squidward:''' That idea may just be crazy enough... [[BaitAndSwitch TO GET US ALL KILLED!]] |
| 198 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' |
| 199 | |
| 200 | ->''"You're mad--both of you! Which might just get you through this."'' |
| 201 | -->-- '''Bigwig''', animated adaptation of ''Literature/WatershipDown'', "The Shadow of Efrafa" |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Miscellaneous]] |
| 205 | ->''"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."'' |
| 206 | -->-- '''Niels Bohr''', after hearing the proposition for Quantum Physics |
| 207 | |
| 208 | ->''"If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid."'' |
| 209 | -->-- ''Murphy's Laws of Combat'' |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
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