"No battle plan extends with any certainty beyond first contact with the main hostile force."
Xykon: Enough with the subtle method. Time to try the direct approach.
Redcloak: That's not the 'Redcloak dresses in drag' plan, right?
Redcloak: That's not the 'Redcloak dresses in drag' plan, right?
"Why is plan B always the better one?"
— Konami, Decline of Video Gaming
[hurrying to get away from Jacqui's incessant blather]
Faith: Sandi! We're moving to Plan B!
Sandy: [in alarm] I-isn't that dangerous?
Faith: Life is dangerous, Sandy. Embrace life!
15. Plan B is not automatically twice as much gunpowder as Plan A.
"Leo, tell me you have a Plan C. I'm reeeally hoping you've got a Plan C... Uh fellas, Plan C? NOW?"
Marion: Hold tight Cassie; it's time for Part 2 of my plan!
Cassie: Which is?
Marion: Think up a Part 2.
"You call this Plan B? What does Plan B stand for? Bullshit!"
— Marcus Burnett, Bad Boys II
Narrator: In light of recent developments, plan "B" is a wash, and plans "C" and "D" are insufficiently resourced. Plan "E" is taking shape now.
Colonel Pranger: Charper! Dustoff now! Glish! I need your squad to disable that generator!
Kevyn: Colonel, I think I can take care of that from here.
Colonel Pranger: There are two enemy tanks on that tarmac right now, commander.
Kevyn: Well, have your shuttle take one of 'em out. I'll get the other.
Colonel Pranger: Are you cra-? GET BACK HERE!!
Narrator: Plan "E" vanishes in a puff of unpredictability, and Colonel Pranger finds himself in the unenviable position of having to orchestrate twenty-five minutes or more of "winging it".
Colonel Pranger: Charper! Dustoff now! Glish! I need your squad to disable that generator!
Kevyn: Colonel, I think I can take care of that from here.
Colonel Pranger: There are two enemy tanks on that tarmac right now, commander.
Kevyn: Well, have your shuttle take one of 'em out. I'll get the other.
Colonel Pranger: Are you cra-? GET BACK HERE!!
Narrator: Plan "E" vanishes in a puff of unpredictability, and Colonel Pranger finds himself in the unenviable position of having to orchestrate twenty-five minutes or more of "winging it".
Kowalski: There's no telling how this is gonna shake out, sir. No telling. My advice? Accept that Plan "A" is Tango Uniform, say inspiring words at the funeral, and roll Plan "B."
Krum: Plan "B" is a frontal assault in which we pray we still possess overwhelming force.
Kowalski: Then roll it fast, and pray from the bridge of a battleplate. Sir.
Krum: Plan "B" is a frontal assault in which we pray we still possess overwhelming force.
Kowalski: Then roll it fast, and pray from the bridge of a battleplate. Sir.
Commander Kevyn: So we're supposed to evacuate the rest of them?
Commodore Tagon: Sure, that would be a great solution. Let's call that "Plan A."
Captain Murtaugh: Also known as "Ablative armor that probably won't protect Plan B."
Captain Tagon: Plan B always takes the bullet for Plan C. That's why the alphabet has more than three letters.
Commodore Tagon: Sure, that would be a great solution. Let's call that "Plan A."
Captain Murtaugh: Also known as "Ablative armor that probably won't protect Plan B."
Captain Tagon: Plan B always takes the bullet for Plan C. That's why the alphabet has more than three letters.
Marcus: Anya! We're dropping the Hammer of Dawn! Now!
Anya: Negative, Delta! You can't! Not with those Nemecyst inking the sky.
Marcus: Fine, we'll go to Plan B! (to Dom) You got a Plan B?
Dom: Me? Hell no!
Marcus: Shit!
Anya: Negative, Delta! You can't! Not with those Nemecyst inking the sky.
Marcus: Fine, we'll go to Plan B! (to Dom) You got a Plan B?
Dom: Me? Hell no!
Marcus: Shit!
Benji: We're currently formulating a Plan B, although technically, it's a Plan C.
Brandt: This isn't going very well.
Bill: Somebody had the same idea, they stole my shit.
Joel: Well, then what the hell is Plan B?
Bill: You should be thankful you're still drawing breath! That was Plan A, B, C, all the way to fucking Z!
Nardole: And what's plan B?!
Doctor: I have no idea, but it's going to be a very big relief when I think of it.
— Doctor Who, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"
"Looks like it's time for plan B. Now... does anyone have any suggestions for a plan B?"
— Phil Coulson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Plan A is to ask the ogre to change into a mouse. I eat the evidence, no muss, no fuss, no body," said Puss-in-Boots as he screwed the silencer onto his HK Mk 23. "Plan B gets messy."
— The LawDog Files
"I see you've thought this through," Askit retorted. "What happens when your masterpiece of a plan fails?"
Adrian grunted, annoyed by the natural assumption that his plan was bound to fail. "Then we switch to Plan B."
"You hate Plan B," the Corti reminded him, and he was right. Plan B was always the same, involving the very in depth process of Adrian running in and killing everything.
Adrian grunted, annoyed by the natural assumption that his plan was bound to fail. "Then we switch to Plan B."
"You hate Plan B," the Corti reminded him, and he was right. Plan B was always the same, involving the very in depth process of Adrian running in and killing everything.
— The Jenkinsverse: Salvage
"Well unless you've got any more bright ideas," said B'Ellen. "I suggest we go to Plan Flee."
— ALIEN!!!, by Odon
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
— Mike Tyson
"Plan C," Martine said. "And twenty-three letters to go."
— Limbo by Bernard Wolfe
Victor: If you wanted, [Laura]'d probably go back to you.
Bruno: That was the first plan.
[Flashback to Laura shooting down Bruno's plan with extreme prejudice]
Laura: It's fine if we see each other from time to time, but there's no way I'm going back to you. Never. Don't even think about it. It won't ever happen. Don't you understand the meaning of the word "never"? [...]
Victor: So she won't come back. Then?
[Flashback to Bruno noticing Pablo, Laura's new boyfriend, staring repeatedly at him at the gym. Bruno looks bemused at first then grows thoughtful, especially after hearing from a friend that Pablo once slept with another man.]
Bruno: So I came up with Plan B.
Victor: No... You're lying. I don't believe you. (beat) Really?
Bruno (grins): Yes.
Bruno: That was the first plan.
[Flashback to Laura shooting down Bruno's plan with extreme prejudice]
Laura: It's fine if we see each other from time to time, but there's no way I'm going back to you. Never. Don't even think about it. It won't ever happen. Don't you understand the meaning of the word "never"? [...]
Victor: So she won't come back. Then?
[Flashback to Bruno noticing Pablo, Laura's new boyfriend, staring repeatedly at him at the gym. Bruno looks bemused at first then grows thoughtful, especially after hearing from a friend that Pablo once slept with another man.]
Bruno: So I came up with Plan B.
Victor: No... You're lying. I don't believe you. (beat) Really?
Bruno (grins): Yes.
— Plan B
"Oh god, no! Not Plan B!"
— Tweek, South Park
SpongeBob: SpongeBob to Sandy, SpongeBob to Sandy, come in, Sandy!
Sandy: Sandy to SpongeBob, I got my ox in a ditch here! I'm way off course! The scallops are eating the balloon! They're everywhere! Aw, shoot! We're going down, SpongeBob! Switch to plan B!
SpongeBob: No! No B, Sandy! NO B!!! NOOOOO!!!
Sandy: Sandy to SpongeBob, I got my ox in a ditch here! I'm way off course! The scallops are eating the balloon! They're everywhere! Aw, shoot! We're going down, SpongeBob! Switch to plan B!
SpongeBob: No! No B, Sandy! NO B!!! NOOOOO!!!
"Plan A is "Take it as it comes," Plan B is "First come, first served," and Plan C is "Wing it."
— Spike Spiegel explains his philosophy of bounty-hunting, Cowboy Bebop
Glumshanks: Okay, I worked it out. We're losing. Maybe we should go to Plan B.
Kaos: No Glumshanks, I have a much better idea. Initiate, Plan Z!
Kaos: No Glumshanks, I have a much better idea. Initiate, Plan Z!
Doctor Wily: "Rrrnnngh! You leave me no choice... Time for Plan B!"
Doctor Wily jumps backwards into the air, with the Speed Gear effect, and genuflects the moment he lands.
Doctor Wily: "Spare me! I'm a helpless old man! Mercy, Mega Man!"note
Doctor Wily jumps backwards into the air, with the Speed Gear effect, and genuflects the moment he lands.
Doctor Wily: "Spare me! I'm a helpless old man! Mercy, Mega Man!"note
Commander Una Chin-Riley: Captain, plans A and B didn't work. We're now into the "Hail Mary" part of the operation.
Captain Christopher Pike: That's been just about everything today.
Captain Christopher Pike: That's been just about everything today.
[a tank appears on the road]
Roman: Who's got a plan B?
Tej Parker: Plan B? We need a plan C, D, E. We need more alphabet!
Roman: Who's got a plan B?
Tej Parker: Plan B? We need a plan C, D, E. We need more alphabet!
Gault: Oh boy.
Outlander: The lift's not coming, is it?
Gault: Oh no, it's coming. It's just not empty.
Senya: Vaylin. I can sense her presence.
Gault: Time for Plan B.
Outlander: What's Plan B?
Gault: Run and hope for a Plan C.
— Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire
"[GET SHAMBLING CORPORATE PRESENCE]"
"It's much more likely to just get YOU."
Sam: So much for Plan A.
Max: Hey Sam, can we just skip ahead to Plan ZZZ?
Sam: You know the deal Max. We have to go through all the plans in order before we get to complete nuclear annihilation.
Max: Shucks.
— Sam & Max, Reality 2.0
