History Quotes / SpannerInTheWorks

-->-- '''[[spoiler:Roz]]''', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''

->"But that's why you're so dangerous. Knowledge is power, yet you remain unknown."
-->-- '''The Editor''' to the Doctor, ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame}} "The Long Game"]])

->''"What happens to your prophecy if I shoot you first?"''
-->-- '''Dan Smith''', ''VideoGame/Killer7''

->''"8 years, not a word from the feds, nothing from those Halloween costumed ram-bozos up there on Stark Tower. And then all of a sudden... this little bastard in red tights shows up, and he thinks he can tear down everything I built... really? I'm gonna kill him."''
-->-- '''Adrian Toomes / Vulture''', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''

->''"Reality and human nature, sir, are very important things, and oh how they sometimes bring down the most perspicacious calculations!"''
-->-- '''Porfiry Petrovich''', ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment''

->''"Congratulations. You've just invented negligent regicide."''
-->-- '''Ennesby''', ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', "[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20091102.html 2009-11-02]]"

->"'''''Aboyne''' (vb.)\\
To beat an expert at a game of skill by [[StrategySchmategy playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him]].''"
-->-- ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Liff The Deeper Meaning of Liff]]''

->''To be fair, it was a '''great''' plan until it involved [[TheDitz Fighter]].''
-->-- '''Thief''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/02/episode-1216-almost-the-right-idea/ "Almost the Right Idea"]]

->''That... That vulgar, low-class Servant! I must understand, I must calculate the... No, it's impossible...! I CANNOT comprehend this! How in the world did this happen?! They invalidate my calculations... All should be within the realm of my understanding, the margin of error! That thing... Under what principles does it operate?! No equation could predict the actions of that thing! Can this... be?! No, it can't... it caaaAAARRRGGGHHH! As crude as that creature is, she is a Servant chosen by the Umbral Star! We share the same level of power, and yet...! She does this! That fool would lay waste to my plans?!''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Archimedes]]''', ''Videogame/FateExtella''

->''"There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never ever put in a trap: '''Me'''."''
-->-- '''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]

->''"Rufus, this is a precision instrument, incredibly complex. Better mess with everything."''
-->-- '''Ron Stoppable''', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

->''"You always overthink things. The reason your plans keep failing is not because your enemies are geniuses. It's because they are idiots. A plan is only truly foolproof if you consider TheFool. Oh, and checkmate."''
-->-- '''Wizard''', ''Webcomic/AntiheroForHire''

->''"That little goon! Even a chimp knows better than to pick the losing side! This ruins my plan to wrap the Game up on Day 1! I'll need to work up another strategy... adjust for the longer term. Good thing I never make mistakes..."''
-->-- '''Mitsuki Konishi''', ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', after learning that Beat made a pact with Neku

->''"Hey, I totally just gummed up your subplot. Now let me gloat about it in front of you so you can easily fix it."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on Coki's "plan" in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub''

->'''Natasha:''' Boris, I thought you said this plan was foolproof.\\
'''Boris:''' Foolproof yes, idiotproof, no.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''

->''"I'm here to screw up your plan."''
-->-- '''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Hidari Shotaro]]''', explaining what he is doing in the BigBad's lair.

->''"The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is [[StrategySchmategy some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before]]; he doesn't know the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do, and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot."''
-->-- '''Mark Twain''', ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''

->''"While I was trying to bring back [[TheHero Sora]], I had so many plans in store, [[{{Irony}} but once Sora was an acting force, they fell apart.]] All my research amounted to nothing, compared with that one boy's heart."''
-->-- '''Diz/[[spoiler:Ansem The Wise]]''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''

->''"The {{right man in the wrong place}} can make all the difference... in the world."''
-->-- '''The G-Man''', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''

->''"You know, when you said 'Noel Vermillion' a few moments ago, I '''[[OhCrap damn near peed myself]]'''. All of my plans - '''POOF!''' instantly undone. All thanks to you."''
-->-- '''Hazama''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift : Slight Hope'', to Makoto Nanaya on why [[spoiler:'''''he has to kill her now''''']]

->''"Awww, did I throw a [[{{Pun}} 'Wrench']] into your plans!? Hahahaha!"''
-->-- '''The Spy''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', upon killing the same engineer multiple times

->'''Xigbar:''' You're not supposed to be here!
->'''Lea:''' Promises to keep. I'll always be there to get my friends back. What, bad timing? You had your perfect little script, but you kinda forgot to write the sequel. Now, let's find out what happens!
-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''

-> ''You are the NARRATIVE. You were simply plodding on in your inimitable, Hussian fashion, waiting to get to the more interesting 5X SHOWDOWN COMBO on the ROOFTOP, which promises to be a 6X SHOWDOWN COMBO, thanks to the [[NotQuiteDead UNBISECTION]] of ERIDAN AMPORA, when suddenly, you were thrown COMPLETELY OFF-TRACK by the addition of ONE (1) EXTREMELY ENRAGED RAINBOW DRINKER, who has jumped into the middle of this very heartwrenching and pathos-ridden scene, taken TEREZI'S DRAGON CANE right out of Terezi's hands, and BOPPED Vriska Serket over the head with it.''
-> ''That was unexpected. You are DERAILED, in a superbly metatextual example of anthropomorphization.''

-->--''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove''

->''"And thus he falls for Villain Fallacy #2: letting the harmless comic relief run free."''
-->-- '''Professor Madblood,''' ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}''

->'''Charlie's Rule #1: Always have the best plan in the game.'''\\
'''Corollary: If they have a better plan than you do, then our plan is to disrupt their plan.'''\\
'''Lilith's Corollary: Because of Rule #1, the plan against Charlie is ''always'' to disrupt his plan.'''
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}''

->''(After the Namekians, Bulma and Gohan return to Earth)''\\
'''Dende:''' ''(via thoughts/telepathy)'' Ah, it's good to be the king...\\
'''King Kai:''' Hello? Who am I speaking to right now?\\
'''Dende:''' My name is Dende...\\
'''King Kai:''' Dende? Are you the one who made the wish on the Dragon?\\
'''Dende:''' I am.\\
'''King Kai:''' How the ''hell'' did you know my plan?\\
'''Dende:''' [[HowDidYouKnowIDidnt What plan]]? I just wanted to screw over Freeza.
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->''"The two crimes were committed against the same weakness of the same person, in a struggle for her money. The author of the larger crime found himself thwarted by the smaller crime; the author of the smaller crime got the money."''
-->-- '''Literature/FatherBrown''', ''The Eye of Apollo''

->''"Nothing is going our way! How could one intruder spark so much mayhem!?"''
-->-- '''Warden Magellan''', ''Manga/OnePiece''

->''Subject F!! An extreme threat to Hayasaka... She could not be predicted. Her thoughts could not be read. A '''Natural Disaster''' who unconsciously threw everything into chaos simply by being present! She was Hayasaka's natural enemy, and had already been the cause of countless missions being failed!''
-->--''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''

->''[[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar In [the] manga]], Fujiwara is the element of chaos. Not "a", not "one of", but "''the''" element of chaos.''
-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqU9-z5BXpM Who Is Chika Fujiwara? Anime Vs Manga]]''

->'''Littlefinger''': None of you were there to see what happened. None of you knows the truth.\\
'''Bran''': You held a knife to his throat.\\
'''Littlefinger''': ([[OhCrap looks round speechless with an expression that screams "Oh, fuck!"]])\\
'''Bran''': You said, "[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder I did warn you not to trust me.]]"
-->-- ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''[[Recap/GameOfThronesS7E7TheDragonAndTheWolf The Dragon and the Wolf]]''


->'''Karl''': I want blood!\\
'''Hans''': You'll have it. But let Heinrich plant the detonators, and Theo prepare the vault. After we call the police, they'll waste hours trying to negotiate, and then you can tear the building apart looking for this man. But until then, we do not alter the plan.\\
'''Karl''': ...And if HE alters it?
-->-- ''Film/DieHard''

->'''Hans Gruber''': Who are you then?\\
'''John [=McClane=]''': Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.
-->--''Film/DieHard''

-> ''How many times do I have to tell you idiots?! If you're the last one in, LOCK THE FRONT GATE!!''
-->-- '''Bowser''', after the Mario Bros. have just entered his castle through said unlocked door, ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''

->''Calculating an optimum course of action is simple. If two AI weapons are pitted against each other, the one with superior hardware will always win. Human misjudgements defy predictive models.''
-->--'''EDI''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->"But mostly? The assorted plans at play here would be going very, very wrong due to the actions of a no-name, no-count, utterly talentless Magus by the name of Shirou Emiya. He had no magic worth mentioning, no combat experience of note, and no plan for or knowledge of the War he was about to enter. He did, however, have one trait that had derailed a countless number of such grand, far-reaching schemes throughout history.\\
You see, he really, really wanted to be a hero."

->"Two and a half years of undercover work were almost wasted when you intercepted that child, Mr. Sullivan. Of course, without your help, I never would have known that this went all the way up to [[spoiler:Waternoose]]."
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Roz]]''', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''

-->-- '''Lex Luthor''', ''Fanfic/AdventuresOfASuperFamily''

->''"You ruined everything [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes @William_Beaver]]]]! We have been planning for so long!"''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Veeva Dash]]]]''' on Twitter, ''[[WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld Stampy's Lovely World]]''

->''"I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself."''
-->--'''The Joker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

->''"I demand trial by combat."''
-->--'''Tyrion Lannister''' more than once, ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->''Even after I had to step in, it was going perfectly. Akamatsu-san was all set to take the fall for me, but then... You...! You ruined everything with one [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke!''

->''"How the hell did we miss you?"''
-->-- '''Rose the Hat''' upon discovering Danny Torrance's existence, ''Film/DoctorSleep''

->''"There's one factor Kosmos didn't figure into his little equation when he sent the force of his spirit to meet me here and plotted to rule the Earth! And that factor was-- THIS!''"
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''', ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped''

->''"You... You dare... Plan ruined. Important plan. Needed labor. Opened vortex. Found workforce. Brought here. And yet? Error made. Irksome, pink contaminant... Careful planning. Now wasted."''
-->--'''[[spoiler:Fecto Forgo]]''', ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand''


->'''Edgeworth''': This might be our chance.\\
'''Phoenix''': Our chance?\\
'''Edgeworth''': [[ThePerfectionist von Karma has only ever run perfect trials]].\\
'''Phoenix''': Perfect trials...?\\
'''Edgeworth''': Perfectly prepared witnesses, perfectly complete evidence. That's the secret to his success. This is the first time he's ever had to deal with something unexpected! He has let someone he hasn't even talked to testify before the court! And that someone... is [[TheDitz Larry]]!
-->-- ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''

->''"lea is a professional shit-fucker-upper. get in his way? he'll fuck your shit up. be his close friend?'' he'll fuck your shit up (through incompetence). ''just be in the wrong place at the wrong time? he'll almost certainly fuck your shit up too. hell he even fucked his own shit up so bad [[HeroicSacrifice he set himself on fire]]''\\
''whoever you are.....whatever your agenda is.....lea will wander into your life, fuck all your shit up, and then wander back out of your life to go find [[TrademarkFavoriteFood ice cream]]"''
-->-- [[https://www.tumblr.com/skypillar/157419391281/still-the-best-part-of-the-credits-sequence-lmfao This]] Website/{{Tumblr}} post on [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Axel/Lea]]

->''"200 years of planning, ruined in an instant. Now you will feel my wrath. The great deceiver has been deceived!"''
-->-- '''Serrator's''' reaction to '''Deker's''' betrayal against him, ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''

->''"Naturally, I didn't tell him how I escaped-- He has years behind bars to wonder about that! Even if I told him the truth...He'd probably never believe his scheme was done in by a class of sixth graders...who gained a victory with the help of microcomputers!"
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', "Advertising/VictoryByComputer"

->''"You know what's not a controversial opinion? Crocodile did everything right. Like, not morally, of course. Morally, the actions he took in Alabasta were pretty reprehensible. But I'm just saying, like if you were going to be a villain, you would want to be Crocodile. I mean, he had backup plans, he had contingency plans for his backup plans. He really thought of everything. ...Except for a lunatic and his band of misfits going into a country that they had nothing to do with and just ruining everything."''
-->-- "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAI9eC7cWY0 Alabasta Is Hilarious]]"

->''"Listen. I ''get'' it. [[{{Seers}} You're]] using a light touch, because the more you change, [[SelfDerailingProphecy the less things match your predictions]]. But it's not going to work. It's obvious someone is working against you, and ''they'' don't have to follow the rules."''

->''Even after I had to step in, it was going perfectly. Akamatsu-san was all set to take the fall for me, but then... You...! You ruined everything with one [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke!''
-->-- [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi Shirogane]]]], ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot''

->''"8 years, not a word from the fez, nothing from those Halloween costumed ram-bozos up there on Stark Tower. And then all of a sudden... this little bastard in red tights shows up, and he thinks he can tear down everything I built... really? I'm gonna kill him."''

-> ''"We had everything so well planned. We were so clever. Secret messages. Bread codes. And we got tripped up by a malfunctioning shield and a worker on a coffee break."''
-->-- '''Finnick Odair''', ''[[Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld The Golden Mean]]''

->''Even after I had to step in, it was going perfectly. Akamatsu-san was all set to take the fall for me, but then... You...! You ruined everything with one [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke!''
-->-- [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi Shirogane]]]], ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot''