Troperithmetic

When two or more existing tropes are combined (via addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.) to make a different but somehow related trope.

Compare Rebus Bubble, X Meets Y, and Mix and Match.

Some of the basic building blocks for trope equations: - = "not", "without" x = "is"
 * = "and", "with"
 * = "or"

'''This list is alphabetized by the end result. Please put new tropes in the appropriate spot.'''


 * Parody + Lampshade Hanging + Post Modernism = Affectionate Parody
 * Always Someone Better + Bishonen + The Stoic = Aloof Big Brother
 * An Aesop x Anvilicious - Show, Don't Tell + No Fourth Wall = And Knowing Is Half the Battle
 * He Who Fights Monsters + Karmic Transformation = And Then John Was a Zombie
 * An Aesop ^ 11 = Anvilicious
 * Jerkass + Transparent Closet = Armoured Closet Gay
 * Memetic Mutation + Ascended Fanon = Ascended Meme
 * Attack! Attack! Attack! + Oh Crap + Screw This, I'm Outta Here = Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!
 * More Dakka + Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy = A-Team Firing
 * Moe + Badass = Badass Adorable
 * The Smart Guy + Took a Level In Badass = Badass Bookworm
 * Badass + Break the Badass = Badass Decay
 * Action Girl x Everything's Better with Princesses = Badass Princess
 * Villain - Perma-Stubble = Bald of Evil
 * Official Couple + Fire-Forged Friends = Battle Couple
 * Tsundere + (Jerkass | Jerk with a Heart of Gold) + Slap Slap Kiss = Belligerent Sexual Tension
 * Disney Acid Sequence + Filler = Big Lipped Alligator Moment
 * Large Ham + Oh Crap = Big No
 * Mind Rape | Journey to the Center of the Mind + Room 101 = Black Bug Room
 * Mary Sue + Conflict Killer = Black Hole Sue
 * Wham! Episode x Big Lipped Alligator Moment = BLAM Episode
 * Eyeless Face + The Noseless + No Mouth = The Blank
 * The Kirk + Green-Skinned Space Babe = Boldly Coming
 * Brainwashed + Face Heel Turn = Brainwashed and Crazy
 * Urban Legend of Zelda + time + Ascended Meme = Brick Joke
 * What Happened to the Mouse? + Chekhov's Gun = Brick Joke
 * Unpleasable Fanbase x Love It or Hate It = Broken Base
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? x Pyrrhic Victory = Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu
 * Brought Down to Normal + Badass Normal = Brought Down to Badass
 * Bonus Stage x That One Level = Brutal Bonus Level
 * Put on a Bus + Killed Off for Real = Bus Crash
 * I Was Told There Would Be Cake + I Lied = The Cake Is a Lie
 * Altum Videtur + As Long as It Sounds Foreign = Canis Latinicus
 * The Smurfette Principle + Bishonen = Cast Full of Pretty Boys
 * Genki Girl x Token Mini-Moe = Cheerful Child
 * Trope + Non-Indicative Name + Just for Pun = Chekhov's Pun
 * Put on a Bus + What Happened to the Mouse? = Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
 * Joker Immunity x Darker and Edgier = Chronic Villainy
 * One-Winged Angel + One-Hit-Point Wonder + Weaksauce Weakness = Clipped-Wing Angel
 * The Ditz + (Flanderization | Character Exaggeration) = Cloudcuckoolander
 * Guide Dang It + Unwinnable = Cluster F-Bomb
 * Lame Comeback x Orphaned Punchline x Brick Joke = Comeback Tomorrow
 * Villain + Moral Event Horizon + Lack of Empathy - Freudian Excuse = Complete Monster
 * Knight Templar + AI Is a Crapshoot = The Computer Is Your Friend
 * Sugar Bowl + Crapsack World = Crap Saccharine World
 * The Scrappy + ((Character Focus - Character Development) | Mary Sue | Spotlight-Stealing Squad) = Creator's Pet
 * Did Not Do the Research x Critical Failure = Critical Research Failure
 * Refuge in Audacity x Played for Laughs = Crosses the Line Twice
 * Cloudcuckoolander + Talkative Loon + Dumbass Has a Point = The Cuckoolander Was Right
 * Yandere - Love Makes You Crazy = Cute and Psycho
 * Candle Jack + Precision F-Strike = Curse Cut Sho I've always hated arithmetic. The teacher would always say, 'Candle Jack, you have no talent fo'. Then I kidnapped her.
 * Did Not Do the Research x Blatant Lies = Dan Browned
 * The Messiah + Well-Intentioned Extremist = Dark Messiah
 * Cerebus Syndrome + Spin-Off = Darker and Edgier
 * (This Very Wiki + Darker and Edgier) x Crapsack World = Darth Wiki
 * Deconstruction x Parody = Deconstructive Parody
 * Heel Face Turn + Joined Your Party = Defeat Means Friendship
 * The Cutie x Manipulative Bastard = Deliberately Cute Child
 * The Hero + Moral Dissonance - What the Hell, Hero? = Designated Hero
 * Loads and Loads of Characters x Ensemble Darkhorse + Standardized Leader = Designated Protagonist Syndrome
 * God Couple + Slap Slap Kiss = Destructo-Nookie
 * Happy Ending x Ass Pull = Deus Ex Machina
 * Downer Ending x Ass Pull = Diabolus Ex Machina
 * Eldritch Abomination + Role Playing Game + For Massive Damage = Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?
 * Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu? + (Love Tropes | Sex Tropes) = Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?
 * (Fanon Discontinuity x Take That) + Lampshade Hanging = Discontinuity Nod
 * Anvilicious + (You Fail Logic Forever x The Complainer Is Always Wrong) = Don't Shoot the Message
 * This Is a Drill x Tank Goodness = Drill Tank
 * Awesome Personnel Carrier x Space Marine = Drop Ship
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady + Sweet on Polly Oliver + The Reveal = Dropped a Bridget On Him
 * Crosses the Line Twice - Refuge in Audacity = Dude, Not Funny
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome x Heroic Sacrifice = Dying Moment of Awesome
 * Stuff Blowing Up + The End of the World as We Know It = Earthshattering Kaboom
 * The Emperor x Mad Scientist = Emperor Scientist
 * (Critical Failure | Game Over) ^ Refuge in Audacity = Epic Fail
 * Evil Chancellor + Sissy Villain = Eunuchs Are Evil
 * All Women Are Lustful + All Men Are Perverts = Everybody Has Lots of Sex
 * Hair-Trigger Temper + Political Correctness Gone Mad = Everything Is Racist
 * (Superhero | Super Villain) + Unfortunate Names = Fail O'Suckyname
 * Our Elves Are Better + Nightmare Fuel + Deconstruction = The Fair Folk
 * Fandom + Idiot Ball = Fan Dumb
 * Canon + I Reject Your Reality = Fanon Discontinuity
 * Action Girl x Pirates Who Don't Do Anything = Faux Action Girl
 * Ho Yay + (Mistaken for Gay | Not What It Looks Like) = Faux Yay
 * Winged Humanoid + Flechette Storm = Feather Flechettes
 * Fetish + Narm = Fetish Retardant
 * Playing with Fire + An Ice Person + Shock and Awe = Fire, Ice, Lightning
 * The Hero + The Lancer + The Smart Guy + The Big Guy + (The Chick | The Heart) = Five-Man Band
 * Cool Sword ^ Incendiary Exponent = Flaming Sword
 * Knife Nut + More Dakka = Flechette Storm
 * (Mind Screw + Mind Screwdriver) | (Fridge Logic + Eureka Moment) = Fridge Brilliance
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment x Bittersweet Ending x Mind Screw = Gainax Ending
 * Super Drowning Skills + Down the Drain - One Up = Game Over
 * Did Not Do the Research + Berserk Button = Gannon Banned
 * Faux Yay + Refuge in Audacity = Gay Bravado
 * The Big Guy x The Smart Guy = Genius Bruiser
 * The Smart Guy x Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - Obfuscating Stupidity = Badass Bookworm
 * Easily Forgiven + Hand Wave = "Get Out of Jail Free" Card
 * Humongous Mecha + Catch a Falling Star + Not the Fall That Kills You = Giant Robot Hands Save Lives
 * Boss Battle + (Ass Pull | Big Lipped Alligator Moment) = Giant Space Flea From Nowhere
 * Mary Sue + Story-Breaker Power = God Mode Sue
 * The Hero + Arch Enemy + Friendly Enemy = Go-Karting with Bowser
 * Recurring Boss + Plucky Comic Relief = Goldfish Poop Gang
 * Blind Idiot Translation + Memetic Mutation = Good Bad Translation
 * Wild Mass Guessing + Massive Multiplayer Crossover = Grand Unifying Guesses
 * Single-Issue Wonk + Flanderization = Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Large Ham + (Narm | Narm Charm) = Ham and Cheese
 * Large Ham ^ 2 = Ham-to-Ham Combat
 * Hatedom + Idiot Ball = Hate Dumb
 * Epic Fail + Bond One-Liner = Have a Nice Death
 * Superhero + Stuff Blowing Up + Having a Blast
 * This Wiki + (Fridge Logic | Plot Hole) = Headscratchers
 * The Hero + Cool Sword = Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Hey, You + Talk to the Fist = "Hey You!" Haymaker
 * Ninja + (Rule of Perception x Large Ham | Technicolor Ninjas) = Highly-Visible Ninja
 * Man Behind the Man + Arch Enemy = Hijacked by Ganon
 * Schoolteachers x New Age Retro Hippie = Hippie Teacher
 * Almost-Dead Guy + Killed Mid-Sentence = His Name Is
 * Good Hurts Evil + Stuff Blowing Up = Holy Hand Grenade
 * Heterosexual Life Partners + The Not Love Interest + Freud Was Right = Ho Yay
 * (Boss Battle x Curb Stomp Battle) - Hope Spot = Hopeless Boss Fight
 * Hey, It's That Guy! x Never Live It Down = I Am Not Spock
 * Planet of Hats x Idiot Ball = Idiot Plot
 * (Beige Prose | Purple Prose) X Porn Without Plot = IKEA Erotica
 * Blade on a Stick + Armor Is Useless = Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 * Blatant Lies + Bad Liar = Implausible Deniability
 * Man On Fire ^ Rule of Cool = Incendiary Exponent
 * Large Ham + Entrance = Incoming Ham
 * Trope + Mondegreen = I Read That As
 * Butt Monkey + Slapstick + Made of Iron = Iron Butt Monkey
 * The Woobie + Badass + Heroic Spirit = Iron Woobie
 * Trope + Non-Indicative Name = I Thought It Meant
 * Mary Sue x Jerkass + Karma Houdini = Jerk Sue
 * Jerkass + Pet the Dog + Hidden Depths + Character Development = Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Incredibly Lame Pun + Don't Explain the Joke = Just for Pun
 * Just for Fun + A Worldwide Punomenon = Just for Pun
 * Platform Hell + Yet Another Stupid Death + Trial and Error Gameplay = Kaizo Trap
 * Kick the Dog + Asshole Victim = Kick the Son of a Bitch
 * Chess with Death + The GM Is a Cheating Bastard = Killed Off for Real
 * Proud Warrior Race + My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels = Killed Off for Real
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter + Badass = Killer Rabbit
 * Knight in Shining Armor + Jade-Colored Glasses = Knight in Sour Armor
 * Anti-Hero + (He Who Fights Monsters x Jumping Off the Slippery Slope) = Knight Templar
 * This Very Wiki - Purple Prose = Laconic
 * Action Girl + (Yamato Nadeshiko | The High Queen | Ojou) = Lady of War
 * Boisterous Bruiser + No Indoor Voice = Large Ham
 * Supervillain Lair + Most Definitely Not a Villain = Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club
 * Lotus Position + Power Floats (+ Meditation Powerup) = Levitating Lotus Position
 * Mighty Glacier + Fragile Speedster = Lightning Bruiser
 * Really Gets Around + Babies Ever After = Loads and Loads of Characters
 * Chaotic Neutral + Cloudcuckoolander = The Loonie
 * Infinity+1 Sword + Randomly Drops + Gold Fever + (Griefer | Ninja Looting) = Loot Drama
 * (Mooks x Made of Plasticine) + BFG = Ludicrous Gibs
 * Ax Crazy + Stuff Blowing Up = Mad Bomber
 * Elite Tweak + Joke Character = Magikarp Power
 * Functional Magic + Fantastic Science = Magitech
 * Manipulative Bastard + (The Plan| The Chessmaster)= Magnificent Bastard
 * 1 / (It Makes Sense in Context) = Makes Just as Much Sense in Context
 * Slap Slap Kiss + (Tsundere - Moe) - Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other = The Masochism Tango
 * Ninja + Bunny Ears Lawyer = McNinja
 * Tanks for The Memories + Laser-Guided Amnesia + The Chessmaster = Memory Gambit
 * Monster Sob Story + Anti-Hero = Draco in Leather Pants
 * Moe + Anthropomorphic Personification = Moe Anthropomorphism
 * Love Triangle + Yandere = Murder the Hypotenuse (usually)
 * Omniglot + Malaproper = My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels
 * Robot Buddy + Super Senses + Unresolved Sexual Tension = My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That
 * Narm + So Bad It's Good = Narm Charm
 * Superhero + Green Rocks = New Powers as the Plot Demands, where Superhero =/= Superman
 * Show Within a Show + No Fourth Wall = No Inner Fourth Wall
 * Friend to All Living Things + Boomerang Bigot = Not Good with People
 * The Stoic + (Hidden Depths | Out-of-Character Moment) = Not So Stoic
 * Heroic Second Wind - You Can Barely Stand = Now It's My Turn
 * Shut UP, Hannibal + Lame Comeback = No, You
 * Nietzsche Wannabe + Person of Mass Destruction = Omnicidal Maniac
 * Hulking Out + Voluntary Shapeshifting = One-Winged Angel
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting + Large Ham = One-Winged Angel
 * The Plan+ Pride Before a Fall = Out-Gambitted
 * Cluster F-Bomb + Omniglot = Pardon My Klingon
 * Religion of Evil + Villain with Good Publicity = Path of Inspiration
 * The Hero + Power Levels Over Nine Thousand = Physical God
 * Playing with a Trope x The Catalogue = Playing with Wiki
 * Kick the Dog + Lighter and Softer = Poke the Poodle
 * Cluster F-Bomb - Darker and Edgier - Overly Long Gag = Precision F-Strike
 * Rapunzel Hair + Improbable Weapon User = Prehensile Hair
 * Hello + My Name Is Inigo Montoya + You Killed My Father = Prepare to Die
 * Shock and Awe + Ax Crazy = Psycho Electro
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians + Yandere = Psycho Lesbian
 * Megaton Punch x Blown Across the Room = Punched Across the Room
 * Playing with Fire + Ax Crazy = Pyromaniac
 * Min-Maxing + Rummage Sale Reject - Informed Equipment = Rainbow Pimp Gear
 * (Pinball Scoring - Scoring Points) x Gameplay Grading = Rank Inflation
 * Scrub + Always Someone Better = Rage Quit
 * Readings Are Off the Scale + Explosive Instrumentation = Readings Blew Up the Scale
 * Badass + Code Name = Red Baron
 * (White Magic + Black Magic + Magic Knight) x Master of None = The Red Mage
 * Ray Gun x Pinball Projectile = Reflecting Laser
 * The Scrappy + Character Development = Rescued From the Scrappy Heap
 * La Résistance + Anti-Hero + Darker and Edgier = The Revolution Will Not Be Civilised
 * Not a Morning Person + Most Annoying Sound + Disproportionate Retribution = Ring Ring CRUNCH
 * Ax Crazy + AI Is a Crapshoot = Robotic Psychopath
 * Promoted Fanboy ^ 2 = Running the Asylum
 * (Ambiguous Gender | Viewer Gender Confusion) + The Reveal = Samus Is a Girl
 * Cloudcuckoolander + Chaotic Neutral = Screwy Squirrel
 * Our Elves Are Better - Superior Species = Screw You, Elves
 * The Jeeves x Deadpan Snarker = Servile Snarker
 * (The Scrappy | Creator's Pet) + Chuck Cunningham Syndrome = Shoo Out the New Guy
 * Shop Keeper x Hair-Trigger Temper = Shoplift and Die
 * (Sibling Team | Brother-Sister Team) + Red Oni, Blue Oni = Sibling Yin-Yang
 * Ominous Latin Chanting x As Long as It Sounds Foreign = Singing Simlish
 * Scary Shiny Glasses + Cool Shades = Sinister Shades
 * Thanks for The Mammaries + Les Yay + Furo Scene = Skinship Grope
 * (The Kirk + The Spock) x Ho Yay + Fandom = Slash Fic
 * Your Princess Is in Another Castle + It Got Worse = Snicket Warning Label
 * Crowning Moment of Funny3 + Crowning Music of Awesome3 = Soundtrack Dissonance3
 * Space Is an Ocean + Water Is Air = Space Is Noisy
 * The Smart Guy + Emotionless Girl = The Spock
 * Theme Naming + Faux Symbolism = Squat's in a Name
 * Yandere - Moe = Stalker with a Crush
 * Enemy Mine + Ungrateful Bastard = Status Quo Is God
 * Heroic Sacrifice + Idiot Ball = Stupid Sacrifice
 * Strawman Political + Did Not Do the Research = Straw Man Has a Point
 * Lethal Chef + Oven Logic = Stuff Blowing Up
 * Logic Bomb + Explosive Instrumentation = Stuff Blowing Up
 * (This Very Wiki + Lighter and Softer) x Sugar Bowl = Sugar Wiki
 * Character Derailment + Covers Always Lie = Super Dickery
 * Superhero + Cool Guns = Superhero Packing Heat
 * Under the Sea x Batman Can Breathe in Space = Super Not-Drowning Skills
 * Disability Superpower + Cool Chair = Super Wheelchair
 * Blatant Lies + Bad Liar = Suspiciously Specific Denial
 * (Dual-Wielding x I Like Swords) + Guns Akimbo = Sword and Gun
 * Wholesome Crossdresser + If It's You It's Okay = Sweet on Polly Oliver
 * The Scrappy + Take That = Take That Scrappy
 * Shut UP, Hannibal + Combat Pragmatist = Talk to the Fist
 * Cliff Hanger + Rule of Perception + Fridge Horror = Tethercat Principle
 * Powers That Be x Genre Savvy = Theory of Narrative Causality
 * More Dakka + Improbable Aiming Skills = There Is No Kill Like Overkill
 * Comedic Sociopathy + Negative Continuity = They Killed Kenny
 * Invoked Trope + Bad Writing Index = They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste
 * Audience Surrogate + Viewers are Morons = This Loser Is You
 * Cuckoos Nest x Mind Screw = Through the Eyes of Madness
 * Said Bookism + Pun = Tom Swifty
 * Strawman Product + Too Dumb to Live + Viewers are Morons = Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket
 * Ho Yay + Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today? + Everyone Can See It = Transparent Closet
 * Ax Crazy + More Dakka = Trigger Happy
 * Trope + Rebus Bubble = Troperithmetic
 * True Art x The Oldest Ones in the Book = True Art Is Ancient
 * True Art + Angst = True Art Is Angsty
 * True Art + Mind Screw = True Art Is Incomprehensible
 * Intercontinuity Crossover + There Can Be Only One = Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
 * Evil Laugh x Narm = Un Evil Laugh
 * The Everyman x Only Sane Man = Unfazed Everyman
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks x It's the Same, Now It Sucks = Unpleasable Fanbase
 * Missing Secret + Shrug of God = Urban Legend of Zelda
 * Functional Magic + Mundane Utility = Utility Magic
 * You Sexy Beast x Our Vampires Are Different = Vampires Are Sex Gods
 * Viewers are Morons + What Were They Selling Again? = Viewers Are Goldfish
 * Villain + (Flanderization | Character Derailment | The Worf Effect) = Villain Decay
 * Heroic Sociopath - Misaimed Fandom = Villain Protagonist
 * Smug Snake + Mary Sue = Villain Sue
 * Frickin' Laser Beams ^ 11 = Wave Motion Gun
 * Light Is Good + Good Hurts Evil = Weakened by the Light
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist + Jumping Off the Slippery Slope = Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Mundane Utility + Rule of Cool = What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?
 * I Like Swords + Whip It Good = Whip Sword
 * Game Show + Follow the Leader = Who Wants to Be Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
 * This Wiki + Epileptic Trees = Wild Mass Guessing
 * Popularity Power + Bait and Switch = Wolverine Publicity
 * The Ditz + Jackass Genie = The Woobie
 * The Woobie + Omnicidal Maniac = Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Large Ham x Planet of Hats = World of Ham
 * Genre Blindness x Double Subversion = Wrong Genre Savvy
 * The Plan+ Morton's Fork = Xanatos Gambit
 * Magnificent Bastard + Didn't See That Coming = Xanatos Speed Chess
 * Love Makes You Crazy + Ax Crazy = Yandere
 * Game Over x Epic Fail = Yet Another Stupid Death
 * (Rule 34 | The Internet Is for Porn) + Furry Fandom = Yiff
 * Complaining About Shows You Don't Like + Gushing About Shows You Like = 0
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome x Dethroning Moment of Suck = 1
 * Eye Beams + Hypno Ray = Mind Control Eyes