Why didn't he do that in the first place? Addictions are a strong force to be reckoned with. When that (inevitably) fails, he simply walks up and takes it, using an item he'd apparently found days ago. During the Soul Society arc, he has a very complicated plan to obtain the MacGuffin, including: killing and impersonating the governing body, faking his own death, making his right hand man one of two prime suspects, faking his own autopsy, bribing 3 of the 4 guardians of Soul Society, and engineering a public execution.

Aizen has a bad case of this, considering he's shown to be strong enough to just take whatever he wants through his combination of brute force and a Story-Breaker Power.

Compare Overcomplicated Menu Order for a similar situation, but with food/drink. Additionally, see Rube Goldberg Device for machinery built by people with a Complexity Addiction and Puzzle Thriller for stories built for them. See also Didn't See That Coming and Cutting the Knot. Compare Awesome, but Impractical, Zany Scheme, and Combat Aestheticist. See also A Simple Plan, where a very simple plan should have worked, but goes horribly awry. From there, the plan may just be made up as it goes along, with some Xanatos Speed Chess necessary to try and salvage whatever's left of the plan.Įxpect a smarter character to point out the existence of a simpler solution, often something along the lines of ' Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?' These characters frequently suffer from Bond Villain Stupidity.

Generally speaking, you can expect the complicated plan to fail whenever it's put into action. Also, including such a plan onscreen and then executing it to perfection would mean that the creator just put a spoiler for their story in the work itself. The more complicated a plan is, the more places there are that a plan can fail, and thus more opportunities for drama. The reasons for this can be summed up by the classic KISS design principle: 'Keep It Simple, Stupid'. If a work's creator ever shows a character with a Complexity Addiction making a plan, the Unspoken Plan Guarantee assures that this plan is not going to work. It's Funny, or it's Dramatic, or it's Cool that's all that matters.

Maybe they consider their enemies worthy opponents and that only an equally worthy plan should be used to defeat them. Maybe simple plans aren't as amusing or as evil or are just too boring for them. Maybe they're really smart and want people to see how smart they are. But for whatever reason, the character can't help but make an overdone, overblown plan for even the most simple and straightforward of tasks. These plans might have glaring flaws to everyone else, such as relying entirely on luck or unpredictable factors, missing a few steps in the plan, not really thinking through the plan or being unable to fill in the gaps when asked about it, and maybe even grabbing the Idiot Ball with how complex they're making this whole thing out to be. They simply can't help themselves from coming up with schemes that are far more complicated than they need to be. So why didn't they come up with a simpler plan?īecause the character has a Complexity Addiction. The Rani (about the Master), Doctor Who, ' The Mark of the Rani'Ī character comes up with a ridiculously elaborate plot that is so meticulously planned out that it can't possibly fail.

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