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Anime and Manga
"I've won. Exactly as planned."
— Light Yagami in the actual dub of the scene
"Why are you even asking? I set a trap and you walked right into it! All of this went down like clockwork!" [thinking] "I just got lucky, but thinking I outsmarted him will drive Kars nuts!"
— Joseph Joestar, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency
Comic Books
"Relax, soldier. Everything's going exactly as planned."
— Captain America, The Ultimates
Jean Grey: Are you awake, Wolverine? I hope so, because there's something I really want to tell you before the doctors take a scrubbing brush to our memories. I want you to know that I finally understand. After six weeks in this horrible place, I think I know why you hated people as much as you did and I want to apologize for judging you back in Washington. The fact that you could still embrace the professor's dream after all those years of being tortured in here and the fact that you came back to this hellhole just to save us... well, I guess you must have more hope in your heart than just about anyone I've ever met. And I'm really, really sorry for doubting your sincerity. That's all I wanted to say while we still have our memories intact or before they send us into the jungle or wherever to have our brains blown out. Sorry.
Wolverine: Well, don't be, Marvel Girl. Because everything is going exactly to plan.
Wolverine: Well, don't be, Marvel Girl. Because everything is going exactly to plan.
Fan Works
"And all proceeds according to the Scenario."
— Rei, Doing It Right This Time
Film — Animated
"Jolly, jolly good. Now for my part."
— Cat R. Waul, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Dib: Ha! Nothing happened, Zim!
Zim: Of course nothing happened, human. It's not enough to simply attach a space-phasing horror blob to these bracelets!
Dib: ...Space... phasing?
Zim: Of course nothing happened, human. It's not enough to simply attach a space-phasing horror blob to these bracelets!
Dib: ...Space... phasing?
Film — Live Action
"Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design."
— Emperor Palpatine, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Literature
"Ah, but being defeated was always part of my plan! Yet another glorious victory for the Empire."
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"Ah, but every palace you destroy has to be rebuilt! You’ve single-handedly pulled the Empire out of a slump, hahaha. Once again sweet victory is mine."
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"Ah, but every palace you destroy has to be rebuilt! You’ve single-handedly pulled the Empire out of a slump, hahaha. Once again sweet victory is mine."
— Dread Emperor Irritant I, the Oddly Successful, A Practical Guide to Evil
Live-Action TV
Seth: You guys, for me, this is an especially big moment because for seven years now, people have been coming up to me and telling me it's my fault Donald Trump ran for president because I made fun of him at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. And now today, I can finally say, my plan worked! Goad him into running for president, during which time he will most certainly commit at least one, if not several, crimes he will eventually be investigated and indicted for. Did I think it would be for paying hush money to a porn star? I did. Even kept the napkin I wrote the plan on that night.
[Shows the napkin from the Washington Hilton, which reads "1. Tease him into running. 2. Porn star crimes".]
Seth: So I guess the only question now is, was it worth it? Definitely not. Long story short, I [bleep]ed up.
[Shows the napkin from the Washington Hilton, which reads "1. Tease him into running. 2. Porn star crimes".]
Seth: So I guess the only question now is, was it worth it? Definitely not. Long story short, I [bleep]ed up.
—Late Night with Seth Meyers
Video Games
"Just as I planned!"
— Master Albert, having just played everyone, including his dragons, Mega Man ZX Advent
"You're shitting me... we got 'em!"
— Ryuji Sakamoto, Persona 5
"Heh heh heh... All is proceeding as planned... But you're still far too weak to wrest the throne from your father. You must grow stronger!"
Webcomics
Sexy informant: My triple-dog agenting against Skinner went according to plan, sir.
Cancer Man: You don't know the plan.
Sexy informant: Eh, everything always turns out to be according to plan.
Cancer Man: You don't know the plan.
Sexy informant: Eh, everything always turns out to be according to plan.
Web Original
Bob: I've been waiting for the perfect moment to put you in jail for good.
Mark: You son of a — wait... but we were just in jail.
Bob: Yeah, I know. It's all part of my master plan.
Mark: You son of a — wait... but we were just in jail.
Bob: Yeah, I know. It's all part of my master plan.
"[Revolver Ocelot]'s the type of guy who would get kicked in the dick and then claim that was actually part of his plan. Then once you figure out the full story it turns out, yes, him getting kicked in the dick was somehow integral to the entire plot."
— From a Discord discussion
