As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

NNescio said:

As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

Well, I'm afraid it's too late. Whatever it was, I'm sure it was better than my plan to get out of here by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would have noticed another madman round here?

NNescio said:

As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

So cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.

Isn't Optimums saying I have cunning plan a sort Meme over there that usually ends in disaster?

cokerpilot said:

Isn't Optimums saying I have cunning plan a sort Meme over there that usually ends in disaster?

Yes.

NNescio said:

To clarify, that particular line is a catch phrase of the Japanese version of Optimus Prime (aka Convoy). It is dubbed in Japanese as 私にいい考えがある, and is quite the meme among Japanese fans because bad stuff happens almost every time after Prime says that line. So, almost always not a good idea, death flag, tempting fate, etc. etc.

(I believe the original line in G1 was "I've got an idea", but it wasn't used that often, so no memes were spun off it among the English fanbase.)

Baldrick's "cunning plan" is a close cultural equivalent, albeit one for people from the UK.