History LeeroyJenkins / ComicBooks

** In the storyline ''Panic in the Sky!'', ComicBook/NewGods Orion and Lightray have come to Earth upon learning that Metron's Mobius Chair had arrived there without Metron. Superman had already guessed that Metron was captured by Brainiac and wants the New Gods to hold back and come up with a plan. Orion brushes him off, telling him they don't have time for plans, and the two race off to Warworld. Sure enough, the two New Gods get their asses handed to them by Maxima and the brainwashed Matrix Supergirl and join Metron in captivity.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Etta Candy's hot blooded nature gets her and her allies in trouble on occasion. Wondy specifically instructs Etta not to try and save her when baiting the Valkyries to kidnap her, but to call her mother Hippolyte when the Valkyries arrive and let the Amazons handle it. Candy instead leads the Holiday Girls against the Valkyries when they throw a net over Wonder Woman, and despite the element of surprise the Valkyries easily subdue and capture the Holiday Girls as well, giving them more leverage over Wonder Woman.

* ComicBook/{{Ares}}, Creator/MarvelComics' God of War, once pointed out a list of things like "white flags, taking prisoners, Geneva Convention thing and ''checking out if you have enough bullets before rushing into the battle''" and concludes that those are things his sister Athena cares about. He's the God of War. To be fair, he is the God of War as in "conflict", and Athena is Goddess of War and of '''Wisdom''', i.e. strategy. So it's in character for him; less in character for Athena to care about Geneva Convention and white flags, considering the original (Greek) myths. She probably doesn't; [[AxeCrazy Ares]], being [[SociopathicHero Ares]], probably just assumes that everything in war that he doesn't like must be her thing. This characterization is true to their mythological depictions...which is why Athena routinely handed Ares his ass when they were fighting on opposite sides.

* Hilariously lampshaded in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. After Chase runs screaming into battle, Victor actually says to Gert, "You and Old Lace go after Leeroy Jenkins."

---->'''Superman:''' See what? A mindless, rampaging monster? A creature who acts without thinking or... or... Oh. Of course. I... See. I've been thinking with my heart instead of my head! Forgive me, Spectre — I've been acting like a fool!

* As Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} once said: "F**k plans."
** He also used this trope at one point, yelling '''"LEEROOOY JEEENKIINS!!"''' while he charges against his enemy.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' as the Gauls don't ''need'' to plan their attacks on the well-disciplined Roman legions -- they can just charge right on in and win the fight. Played straight on occasion with over-eager Roman troops who think it'll be a piece of cake to take down a handful of undisciplined Gauls. Especially Obelix in ''Asterix the Legionary''. "We CHARGE!"
* Assassin and marksman ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} in the DCU sometimes acts like this. Somewhat explained by the fact that he has a [[DeathSeeker death wish]] (or more accurately is apathetic about death). He can follow a plan, but if he sees his shot open, he'll take it [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim without hesitation]]. Several suicide missions have been cut short by Lawton killing their target when they passed in front of an inconvenient window while the rest of the team was in the planning stage.
-->'''Deadshot:''' Is there a plan here, or do we just shoot things at random?
* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' often does what Groo does best, i.e., charge in mindlessly and lay waste to everything he sees. To be fair, Groo is so good that he usually doesn't really ''need'' to plan, and so dumb that he'd probably just mess things up if he tried, so "attack first and think about it never" quite possibly ''is'' the optimum strategy for him.
%%* ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, sometimes.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow can be portrayed like this in team books, especially when played against a more level-headed character.
* Batman: "We need a plan of attack!" ComicBook/TheCreeper: "I got a plan... ATTACK!"
** Jason Todd (Robin #2) was prone to this. Most notably in the beginning of ''Comicbook/ADeathInTheFamily'' when Batman is trying to plan an attack on a group of thugs below but Jason charges in before Batman realizes what's going on.
* Woodrow "Woody" Van Chelton of ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'', whose solution to nearly every problem is to jump in with guns blazing.
-->"Plan schman. Beat the crap out of 'em while yelling a lot. It's in every movie."

* A page from ''ComicBook/TheHaloGraphicNovel'' has an L. Jenkins charging into the enemy while screaming, as a plasma grenade barely misses his helmet, and his squadmates are all staring at him.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateFF''
** Namor does not care and does not wait for anyone.
** Stark checked if Rick's portal worked. Yes, it did, but... Doom does not want to listen, and goes, while Stark cries "I said, ''''But...''''!". So they all had to follow him him ASAP, before he gets blown up to pieces.
* In ''ComicBook/HuntersHellcats'', Cracker is the one most likely to jeopardize the mission by disobeying orders and doing whatever the hell he wants, such as firing at a Japanese plane and giving away their position.
* This trope is discussed in ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon''. In the ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' tie-in, Peter defeats Morlun for the fourth time and gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech stating that he shouldn't have lost four times in a row but instead murdered Peter in their first encounter. Peter points out that the reason Morlun keeps losing is because of this trope, because [[SmugSuper he believes his superior abilities and his so-called "birthright" means he doesn't need to plan for anything]]. Instead, when Morlun's ass ''is'' handed to him, he's confused and infuriated that he's lost and then ends up repeating his mistakes because he doesn't learn.
* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Lita Little tends to jump in head-first even if it derails her group's current plans. Upon arriving in France the first thing she does is decide to take a light tank for a joy ride, causing a fire on a military base which--as a furious Lawrence points out--could have been much, much worse.

* Assassin and marksman ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} in the DCU sometimes acts like this. Somewhat explained by the fact that he has a [[DeathSeeker death wish]] (or more accurately is apathetic about death). He can follow a plan, but if he sees his shot open, he'll take it [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim without hesitation]]. Several suicide missions have been cut short by Lawton killing their target while the rest of the team was in the planning stage.

* This trope is discussed in ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon''. In the ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' tie-in, Peter defeats Morlun for the fourth time and gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech stating that he shouldn't have lost four times in a row but instead murdered him in their first encounter. He points out that the reason he keeps losing is because of this trope, because [[SmugSuper he believes his superior abilities and his so-called "birthright" means he doesn't need to plan for anything]]. Instead, when his ass ''is'' handed to him, he's confused and infuriated that he's lost.

* Assassin and marksman ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} in the DCU sometimes acts like this. Somewhat explained by the fact that he has a death wish (or more accurately is apathetic about death). He can follow a plan, but if he sees his shot open, he'll take it [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim without hesitation]]. Several suicide missions have been cut short by Lawton killing their target while the rest of the team was in the planning stage.