I need your help!
The evil Dr Destructo’s nefarious plan has just been defeated by the forces of good and he is in a foul temper. He is sure that his plan was sound and the reason he lost was due to incompetence by his minions. He has summoned his loyal monster to use its powers of mind reading to discover who is responsible for the defeat and deal out horrible retribution!
Here’s what I need. I’m looking for funny ideas for reasons that this unspecified plan could have failed. “Minion forgot to load his gun with bullets” and “Food poisoning” and “Overslept and missed the battle” are the types of things I’m looking for. I’m hoping that the creative powers of the Ludum Dare community can come up with much better ideas than I could on my own. So… any ideas?

Minions swallowed a swallow
Minions just decided not to fight