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** ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'':

*** "Literature/TheMayors": Salvor Hardin plans to eliminate Wienis, corrupt uncle to the King of a nearby Kingdom, by handing a LostTechnology battleship to the enemy [[spoiler:and using conveniently timed sabotage to "show" the legitimacy of the "Religion of Science"]].

ut* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* ''Franchsise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':

In nearly every work, you have a [[{{Plots}} Plot]]. Frequently, a plan will guide the plot. Often an EvilPlan, hatched by the villain. Some plans are complex, with so many unforeseen events acting in concert, making it a GambitRoulette. Other characters try to stick with ASimplePlan, which always gets more complicated. If the character doesn't plan ahead, it's an IndyPloy. If you can't figure out what subtrope a character's plan belongs to, just PotHole it here.

* Green in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' pulls off at least one of these per story arc that she appears in, some more complicated than others. [[GambitRoulette And some that are just plain]] {{Ass Pull}}s.
* The plot of ''Manga/DeathNote'' is almost entirely driven by the plans of Light Yagami (Kira) and L [[spoiler: later replaced my Near]], who both try to outwit each other in what's essentially a wide-scale game of cat-and-mouse where AnyoneCanDie.

* Blue (or Green, in the English version) in ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' pulls off at least one of these per story arc, some more complicated than others. [[GambitRoulette And some that are just plain]] {{ass pull}}s.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* TheUriahGambit - The goal is to MurderTheHypotenuse by sending them into danger.

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* GideonPloy

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' series:
** Specifically invoked in ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire'' (Part 1).
** The first trilogy represents arguably the most colossal example ever attempted, involving an entire galaxy consisting of roughly a few quadrillion people over a period of a millennium, with a dash of [[XanatosSpeedChess Xanatos Speed Chess]] [[spoiler:(The Second Foundation)]] thrown in to keep the whole thing from going off the rails.
** ''Literature/FoundationAndEarth'' makes ''that'' plan the culmination of an even ''larger'' plan that spans back some 15,000 years (and forward another few if necessary). It also includes two alternate back-up plans and finally a MacGuffinDeliveryService to provide the mastermind behind it all (already coming up against the limits of being TheAgeless) with a longevity boost in order to see it all through to completion.

* DeadManSwitch

->'''Count Geoffry:''' "Well, what is it? Spit it out!"\\
'''Evil Knight #3:''' "Well, that was only the ''end'' of a plan..."\\
'''Evil Knight #1:''' "What about the middle bits?"\\
'''Evil Knight #2:''' "You know, where you tell us ''how'' we're going to win the tournament."\\
'''Count Geoffry:''' *EyeTwitch*

* Played in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' by RickRiordan. It consisted of the Senates decision to send Percy and company to Alaska in a leaky dinghy.

+++ ConMan

** RunningBothSides

* UriahGambit

** PoliceBrutalityGambit
** UnprovokedPervertPayback

** BrideAndSwitch - G-rated version: the goal is to trick them into marrying you.

[[caption-width-right:343:It doesn't matter what he's referring to, it's still true.]]

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': When [[spoiler:[[TheQuietOne Rei]] was fighting [[HeroKiller Zeruel]] all alone,]] because [[spoiler:[[LoveInterest Asuka]] and he got fired]], and she was losing badly, [[TheHero Shinji]] came up with a plan to help her: [[spoiler:return to the Geofront and [[GrandTheftPrototype hijack a spare Eva Unit]], reasoning that Asuka and himself would be able to move it together.]] Was it a good plan? [[spoiler:Yes, it was.]]
* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': The events of the history are due to [[BigBad Seele]]'s plan -known as "Third Impact", a large-scale nuclear attack- to end up with USA's global influence. At the same time, the Black Project Evangelion is Gendo's plan to stop them.
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': The Plan to defeat SEELE consisted of [[spoiler:the Children performing their own version of the Ceremony, using two Evangelions instead of one to seal Adam, Lilith, the Lance, Unit 01 and 02 out of the planet and at the same time destroying the original research materials.]]
* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': Let's see: [[BigBad The remnants of Seele]] have a plan to retrieve the last functional [[HumongousMecha Evangelion]] and use it to TakeOverTheWorld; [[TheProfessor Ritsuko]] has a plan to stop them; [[TheAtoner Gendo]] quickly came up with a plan to avoid [[KangarooCourt to be prosecuted]] and thus helping his son; and a mysterious, third party has another plan to destroy Seele and save the [[ChildSoldier Children]]'s lives.
* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': The events of the history are part of the plan of [[spoiler:''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Tzeentch]]'']] to [[spoiler:defeat the C'Tan and the Necrontyr,]] and he hoped accomplishing this by [[spoiler:manipulating events so that Shinji, Asuka, Rei and Misato transformed into the new Chaos Gods.]] The existence of a "plan" is revealed and mentioned several times in the final chapters until finally [[spoiler:Tzeentch shows up,]] tells that "everything went just as planned", and explains exactly what the plan consisted of and what his goals were.

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