History CrazyPrepared / VideoGames

** Subverted in the ''Expiration Date'' film, in which the Scout is being coached by the Spy to prepare for a date, the former comes up with a comically convoluted plan to ensure that the date goes off without a hitch, including killing the chef if he's not up to snuff. The Spy just thinks he's an idiot.

* Being Crazy Prepared is one of the key gameplay features of the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games and spin-offs. Arranging all the skills and spells you need out of your limited selection of [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei demon]] [[VideoGame/DevilSummoner followers]], [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona personas]], or [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor friends (and their demons)]] is an ''art'', especially when you find your current selection falling behind in level and needing to set up a whole new repertoire with a different balance of needed powers. It's overall easiest in the ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' duology where you can customize your party members' skills directly along with buying curative items, making it your own fault if you can't cover every base effectively.

* Your character in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' can be an example of this, if done right. While nearly all of these examples can be replicated with spells, hoarding potions is a great way to survive. Low on health or magicka? Chug some potions. Diseased? Chug potions. Water breathing? There's a potion for that. Need to be more liked by people? Potion for that. Need help in a fight? Slight twist here: there's a scroll for that. Need someone to start the fight instead of you? Again, scroll. Need to carry more loot? Potions and scrolls can help. And this isn't even bringing enchantments into play...

* ''VisualNovel/{{SOON}}'': [[spoiler:Kid!Fang]] came up with a [[TrustPassword time travel password]] just in case she needs to prove herself that time travel is real. Atlas has to convince her future self to tell them the password to get [[spoiler:Lady Fluffyguts]] from her past self.

* The BigBad of the second ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' game. [[spoiler:He had a total of ''five backup plans'' to try and kill the heroes. First, he tried to convince the heroes to "[[DrivenToSuicide disappear]]". When that didn't work, he tricked a PhysicalGod into trying to kill them. When that failed, he lured them to his lair to finish them. When they arrived, he trapped the hero in a nightmare where their partner joined Darkrai due to crossing the DespairEventHorizon. When they freed themselves, he summons an army of {{Mooks}} to help him kill them. When he and his minions are beaten, he reveals he'd already prepared a dimensional portal to escape through! The only thing he wasn't prepared for was the previously mentioned PhysicalGod showing up and blasting the portal as he tried to escape.]]

* In ''VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'', the ''Spear of Adun'' and its sister Arkships come equipped with a full crew of [[SealedArmyInACan Templar warriors in stasis]], a solar forge capable of manufacturing any building or weapon in the Protoss arsenal, a Preserver able to access the memories and knowledge of any Protoss ever connected to the Khala, an artificial star that serves as both power generator and food supply (Protoss receive nourishment from sunlight), a vast array of support systems and weaponry, and it's implied that it also possesses a personal psi-matrix to allow those aboard to warp in and out. It's justified, as the three Arkships were explicitly created to be used only in the Protoss race's DarkestHour and not before, so such precautions would almost certainly be required for their intended purpose.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''. The later games allow you to carry a hangun, poison, close-combat weapon, a sniper rifle/Rifle/Shotgun/SMG and/or explosives for missions.

* Old Creator/{{Sierra}} adventure games required you to be insanely prepared for everything at all times, or render the game completely impossible to finish.
** The only thing worse than how Crazy Prepared you have to be is how Crazy Prepared Sierra is about expecting you to be Crazy Prepared. In some games, you can take everything that's nailed down along with the nails, only for the nails to kill you of tetanus a few screens later. Just because Sierra knew you would pick them up.

* If you think about it for a moment, the main character of every AdventureGame ever made belongs here. [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Eaten by a snake]]? They've got an item that can get them out. [[VideoGame/KingsQuest Locked in an inescapable labyrinth]]? Portable hole-in-a-wall. [[VideoGame/TheLongestJourney Need to restore the victims of a medusa to flesh and blood]]? Yeah, there's something in the inventory for that. [[GuideDangIt Unless you]] [[LostForever missed it]].

* Shao Khan in the third ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game; despite all his blabber about YouHaveFailedMe to his minions, he knew he might end up failing to win Earthrealm through legal means, so arranged to have his dead wife revived and BrainwashedAndCrazy on Earthrealm, allowing him to step through the dimensional borders to claim her, and thus ''force'' a merger between Earth and Outworld. First three things he does upon doing so? Lock down his wife with bodyguards, steal the souls of everyone on Earth that isn't TheChosenOne, and send a vast army of bloodthirsty, nigh-invulnerable beasts after said Chosen Ones to prevent them from ruining his plans. [[NearVillainVictory It didn't work out quite as planned]], but you've got to give him credit for trying. He also shows this off in later games; anticipating that his "loyal" minions might one day attempt to overthrow him, he places a decoy in his place during the events of ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'', thus surviving his infamous assassination attempt. ''Then'', in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'', he revives Shang Tsung (who had been vaporized by Raiden's attempt to destroy the Dragon King in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'') and forces fealty on him, revealing that all minions swearing loyalty to him get hit with a spell that, if Khan dies at any time, causes them to die too, as well as giving him the ability to revive them at will.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' reveals he had his victory speech planned ''waaaaaaay'' in advance as well.
* [[BigBad Manfred von Karma]] is one example of this from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' -- he retrains the ''[[spoiler:parrot]]'' to get a guilty verdict! The other CrazyPrepared person is Phoenix Wright, aka the player. You may not know ''why'' you have to "pick up" random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them.
** The OTHER other person is Lana Skye. Maybe not as crazy as von Karma or Phoenix, but she does have people doing work for her while she's in containment. One case is when she kept very conclusive evidence [[spoiler:in the back of an Evidence Law book.]]
*** And for bonus points, [[spoiler:the Evidence Law book itself was the final piece of evidence needed to convict the killer.]]
* A large part of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' MetaGame in competitive battles involves preparing for possible counterattacks and compensating for specific weaknesses in your party that an opponent might take advantage of.
** In some of the more recent games, enemy ''[=NPCs=]'' have been programmed to [[ArtificialBrilliance notice and exploit type advantages and counter tactics]], and major enemies can and will train their Pokemon to use attacks only available by TM/HM, tutors, or breeding.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', a little analysis will reveal that Ghetsis's Pokemon lineup is perfectly tailored to [[OffingTheOffspring overthrow N]], and accounts for every possibility in N's team of "friends". This turns into CripplingOverspecialization when the [[SpannerInTheWorks player character's involvement]] blindsides him.
*** [[spoiler:Which is probably why in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the sequels]], he is prepared to [[CombatPragmatist murder meddling teenagers in cold blood before they can stop him again]]. When that fails, he uses a machine to keep the new player characters from catching Kyurem to use against him.]]

* [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Hazama]] / Terumi [[AxCrazy Yuuki]] has proved to us that hundreds and hundreds of [[GroundhogDayLoop time loops]], and an EvilGenius without like in its own universe, combined with an undying desire to throw the world into an abyss of despair, simply for the fact that [[ForTheEvulz "misery is interesting"]], can lead up to you taking a lot of precautions just to face him. And it may still not work 100% anyway. OhCrap.
** Terumi winds up deconstructing this, as he was only CrazyPrepared ''because'' he had witnessed hundreds and hundreds of time loops. Without such preparation (as ''Slight Hope'' demonstrates and ''Chronophantasma'' ultimately confirms), his victories are due to overwhelming power and blind luck, and neither can last forever on their own. [[spoiler:Makoto Nanaya intervening on the behalf of Tsubaki Yayoi led to his downfall in both instances -- and in the latter, his [[KilledOffForReal death by Hakumen]]. Then again, considering what [[SmarterThanYouLook Ma]][[PluckyGirl ko]][[SpannerInTheWorks to]] is, [[TemptingFate antagonizing her]] [[KarmicDeath was a very bad idea]].]]

* [[spoiler:[[BigBad Darkrai]]]] from the second ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' game. [[spoiler:He had a total of ''five backup plans'' to try and kill the heroes. First, he tried to convince the heroes to "[[DrivenToSuicide disappear]]". When that didn't work, he tricked a PhysicalGod into trying to kill them. When that failed, he lured them to his lair to finish them. When they arrived, he trapped the hero in a nightmare where their partner joined Darkrai due to crossing the DespairEventHorizon. When they freed themselves, he summons an army of {{Mooks}} to help him kill them. When he and his minions are beaten, he reveals he'd already prepared a dimensional portal to escape through! The only thing he wasn't prepared for was the previously mentioned PhysicalGod showing up and blasting the portal as he tried to escape.]]

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' is a colossal idiot who ends up almost causing the lab to self-destruct through neglect and incompetence. So after the fight, the player probably wouldn't have expected [[spoiler:him to rig the stalemate button, which the player would certainly go for next, with explosives in case he lost the fight. Not only that, but he specifically leaves it out of his "Four Part Plan" speech detailing everything he's done to fix every flaw evident in [=GLaDOS=]' fight from the first game.]]
** Additionally, Aperture Science has automated testing facility announcements in case [=GLaDOS=] is incapacitated. As such, they have prepared such announcements for any possibility. '''ANY''' possibility.

* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, the Graal Spike Thrower is a shotgun specifically designed by the Krogan for hunting Thresher Maws. With that in mind, it features special built in blades, so that in the event that a Krogan gets swallowed by a Maw, they can either cut themselves out or cause severe internal bleeding to take it down with them. Overall, it says something about the Krogan that they designed a shotgun believing that it was a very real possibility that they might be ''eaten'' at some point.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl: The Subspace Emissary'', [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] prepared for the appearance of Tabuu, with his ability to defeat all of the heroes gathered against him, by creating special badges and sticking them on the trophies of defeated heroes. The badges would, after a set amount of time, revive the heroes. With this, [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Luigi]] and [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Ness]] were able to travel into Subspace and rescue the others.]]

* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2's'' extensive panoply of weapons (specifically, in the fan-made v1.13) means you have the ability to outfit your mercs with the tools they need for any battlefield situation (multiple enemies at mid-range, close-range combat, enemies holed up in a building, ''tanks''...). Limited carry weight of your mercs makes this a bit more difficult, but it's easy to compartmentalize.
* In ''ResidentEvil4'', Leon goes to the Spanish village only to investigate and ask questions, yet he brought along a pistol, knife, attache case, flashlight, radio, binoculars, a tracking device, and a ''grappling hook'' (and, if you played the game on Easy, a '''shotgun'''). Of course, he was investigating a group that had kidnapped the President's daughter, so he had pretty good reason to expect trouble.

* Some weapons in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II''. Against mages, if they're not protected from magical weapons: Carsomyr (otherwise an unenchanted weapon). Against fire elementals or salamanders: The Wave. Against Air Elementals: Staff of Air. Against Undead: Runehammer. Against trolls or golems: Crom Faeyr. Against anyone that wouldn't die by loss of hitpoints: Chaos. For shopping (yes, for shopping): the Rose Blade. For Warrior/Cleric Multiclasses: Flail of Ages. For Backstabs: Black Blade of Disaster (or the Staff of the Ram). And then you move onto choosing spells for the wizards, clerics, and druids. Never leave home without: [[BeeBeeGun Insect Plague]] (for rendering casters unable to use their spells), Polymorph Self (flind form has a + 3 magic weapon, mustard jelly is 100% magic resistant), Spell Turning, multiple healing/resurrection spells, Polymorph Other (in case your allies are charmed), Glitterdust (for dealing with invisibles), Burning Hands/Acid Arrow (in case of trolls), Chaos (to leave your enemies fighting each other), Drain Resistance (to deal with magic resistant enemies), Fireball ([[KillItWithFire because it's Fireball]])...

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl: the Subspace Emissary'', [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] prepared for the appearance of Tabuu, with his ability to defeat all of the heroes gathered against him, by creating special badges and sticking them on the trophies of defeated heroes. The badges would, after a set amount of time, revive the heroes. With this, [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Luigi]] and [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Ness]] were able to travel into Subspace and rescue the others.]]

** In the case of Zero, the only capsules that he uses (outside of the ''Xtreme'' duo on the Game Boy Color) are for semi-game-breaking 'ultimate armors,' the functions of which go unexplained, so the canonicity of Zero's capsules is suspect. Specifically in X5, (the only game where you can use Zero's alternate armor without unlocking it via a button code or other means, like in X8) X's and Zero's Ultimate Armors are found from the same capsule in one of the game's final levels, so you can only get both if you grab it with one character, die, and then come back with the other.
* Geoffrey from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'', whose ''CatchPhrase'' is, "I thought this might happen, so I (X)".

* Shao Khan in the third ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game; despite all his blabber about YouHaveFailedMe to his minions, he knew he might end up failing to win Earthrealm through legal means, so arranged to have his dead wife revived and BrainwashedAndCrazy on Earthrealm, allowing him to step through the dimensional borders to claim her, and thus ''force'' a merger between Earth and Outworld. First three things he does upon doing so? Lock down his wife with bodyguards, steal the souls of everyone on Earth that isn't TheChosenOne, and send a vast army of bloodthirsty, nigh-invulnerable beasts after said Chosen Ones to prevent them from ruining his plans. [[NearVillainVictory It didn't work out quite as planned]], but you've got to give him credit for trying. He also shows this off in later games; anticipating that his "loyal" minions might one day attempt to overthrow him, he places a decoy in his place during the events of ''Deadly Alliance'', thus surviving his infamous assassination attempt. ''Then'', in ''Armageddon'', he revives Shang Tsung (who had been vaporized by Raiden's attempt to destroy the Dragon King in ''Deception'') and forces fealty on him, revealing that all minions swearing loyalty to him get hit with a spell that, if Khan dies at any time, causes them to die too, as well as giving him the ability to revive them at will.
** ''Mortal Kombat 9'' reveals he had his victory speech planned ''waaaaaaay'' in advance as well.

* The abysmal ''Iron Soul'' has various world governments pulling this, as part of the backstory includes the discovery of life on other planets, shortly followed by the construction of an army of {{Killer Robot}}s in case of a potential AlienInvasion.

* Dr. Light from the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series. Before his death, he had set up approximately ''53'' (or more) capsules containing upgrades all over the world for the main characters, even Zero, which is odd, seeing as Zero isn't even a creation of Light at all. And the hologram that shows up with each capsule falls into the EnergyBeing ObiWan category, allowing himself to ''talk'' with both of them.

'''Scout:''' 7 a.m. Case the restaurant, run background checks on all the [restaurant] staff. The chef, can I trust him? If not, kill him, hide the body, replace him with my own guy no later than 4:30.\\

* the MonsterHunter series requires players to follow this tropes. Going LeeroyJenkins towards nearly every beast will ensure a swift, painful and expensive demise.

* In the {{fighting game}} ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', at least one of SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom's basic attacks and one of his hyper combos involve attacking the opponent with machinery he previously hid on the battle site. As fights in this game can take place anywhere from an ordinary city street to the ComicBook/XMen's private training room to the extradimensional home of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor the Norse Gods]], this demonstrates an impressive degree of preparedness on his part.

* In the ''StarFox'' series, [[spoiler:Andross]] had multiple contingency plans in case his life was threatened. [[ActuallyADoombot Robot fake]], [[FarewellBelovedFalco resurrection-by]]-[[CloningBlues cloning]], [[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures resurrection by]] [[YourSoulIsMine stolen]] [[LifeDrain magic]], and a VirtualGhost. He also had his nephew trained in the ways of war in order to have an interim commander.

* In the {{fighting game}} ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', at least one of SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom's basic attacks and one of his hyper combos involve attacking the opponent with machinery he previously hid on the battle site. As fights in this game can take place anywhere from an ordinary city street to the ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'s private training room to the extradimensional home of [[TheMightyThor the Norse Gods]], this demonstrates an impressive degree of preparedness on his part.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', Sans is this with respect to time travel. This obviously becomes almost as useful when what you're actually doing is SAVEScumming, almost making it look like he has full RippleEffectProofMemory when he actually has even less of it than the other characters.