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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Song_Chart_Memes_2~~Song Chart Memes 2.jpg\|frame]] Any statement, usually involving multiple objects + Mathematics = This trope Line 10: Parallel to [[E=MC Hammer]], when used to convey a setting or a character's skills, and may be derivative of [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]. Integral to [[Troperithmetic]]. [[Rebus Bubble]] is a subset of this. When combining to works of fiction, it's called [[X Meets Y]]. {{examples}} == Anime and Manga ==▼ * It's probably closer to [[Memetic Mutation]], but [[Batman]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[The Big O]]'' ▲== Anime == ~~It's~~By ~~probably~~the ~~closer~~same totoken, ''[[~~Memetic~~Death ~~Mutation]], but [[Batman~~Note]]'' + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[~~The Big O (Anime)\|The Big~~Code OGeass]]''. By the same token, ''[[Death Note (Manga)\|Death Note]]'' + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[Code Geass (Anime)\|Code Geass]]''. == Literature == * In the ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)\|~~Discworld]]'' novels (but also referring to the real world, and why time can be lost in bookshops): Libraries are collections of books and books contain knowledge. Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass. "[[~~Discworld (Literature)/~~Guards! Guards!\|A good bookshop is a genteel black hole that knows how to read.]]" ** Camel mathematicians also think in these terms. {{quote\| Let legs equal four....}} * In ''A Wrinkle in Time'', Mrs. Who uses her skirt and an ant to illustrate her explanation of the tesseract. == Live -Action ~~Television~~TV ==▼ ▲== Live Action Television == * In ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'', Kenan uses this trope to explain Kel his plan, Kel then tells him he can't add things that aren't numbers. * Used in ''[[Numb3rs]]''. == Video Games == * The first few levels of ''[[~~Super Paper Mario (Video Game)\|~~Super Paper Mario]]'' feature "joke" equations in the background, made up of random numbers and mathematical symbols combined with famous Mario icons such as the Fire Flower and mushrooms. * In ''Mickey Mania'', when you fight the Mad Doctor, there is a nonsensical equation - featuring Pluto - in the background. * ''Alchemy'', a series of games for mobile devices including iOS and Android phones and tablets, starts you off with the four classical elements (earth,air,fire,water) and forces you to apply this trope to find all the rest. == Web Comics == * ''[[xkcd]]'' is fond of it, going all the way back to [https://xkcd.com/55/ strip #55]. * [[Xkcd (Webcomic)\|Xkcd]] is fond of it. * And then there's ''[http://thisisindexed.com/ Indexed]''. * ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' brings us [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0285.html this]. * From ''[[~~Walkyverse\|~~Dumbing Ofof Age]]'': [http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/notes/ Your mom + Nickel = Prostitute] * ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)\|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' has [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p52 this]. * [[Surviving the World]] == Web Original == * The title card for [[~~The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)\|~~The Angry Video Game Nerd]] video "Chronologically Confused" features the Nerd in front of a board filled with nonsensical equations and formulae, including at points a Triforce and a drawing of Mario. ** Of particular note is [[ETE.T. the Extra -Terrestrial (~~Video~~video ~~Game~~game)\|ET]]=[[The Problem ~~With~~with Licensed Games\|BS]]. * The Rocketboom series, Know Your Meme, has its own brand, called Mememath. * [[~~The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)\|~~The Nostalgia Chick]] had the below joke about women equaling time and money therefore they're evil at the start of her "Top Eleven Villainesses." == Web Video == * In his video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0?t=506 The Disused Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'', [[The Tim Traveller]] describes the idea behind the 1970s-vintage French Aerotrain as "let's take an aeroplane, a racing car, a train and a hovercraft, mix them together, and see what happens" -- with a handy diagram depicting icons of each vehicle type being added together. == Western Animation == * ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'': Daffy draws a complicated navigation chart to navigate to Planet X, and then Porky suggests they just follow the letters on the planets. * ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]'', when Homer is an inventor. During a montage, he's shown writing equations on a blackboard. After he's done, the camera moves to shot of the house ? where there's a massive explosion. Cut back to Homer: who examines his equation and crosses out the offending section, a drawing of a stick of dynamite, which he then replaces with something else. This results in another, ''bigger'' explosion. ** Also Homer's brain leads to [[media:~~PresidentHomer_2398~~PresidentHomer 2398.jpg\|this conclusion.]] * ''[[South Park]]'', in the episode "Simpsons Already Did It": Cartman's explanation for how adding semen to his tank of "Sea People" (brine shrimp) caused them to develop a civilisation: Sea-People + Sea-Men = Sea-Ciety * In ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', the Brain tries to mathematically deduce the reason his plans usually fail. He ends up with a portrait of Pinky. Later, Pinky is made smarter and finds several mistakes in Brain's calculations. Correcting them results in a portrait of Brain. * In ''[[~~Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)\|~~Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', Jade references combining the levitation talisman and the speed talisman to fly by saying 'levitation+speed=flight.' * In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Out to Launch," Phineas and Ferb are trying to get a rocket to launch using a scientific equation (You can see it starting at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0Nso-mm20 3:18 here]), and with each new attempt, Phineas modifies one of the terms. After a few false starts, Ferb points out the problem: the equation equals the square root of a bomb. Phineas changes it to a smiley face, and their next launch is successful. 'Tis Tsiolkovsky's equation, the foundation of rocketry! Another episode had Jeremy tell Candace he'd call her soon and Candace decided to calculate out when "soon" was. {{quote\| '''Candace''': Wait! Maybe I should've carried the one instead of dividing by Jeremy's face.}} * ''[[The Boondocks]]'': Nigga Moment + Nigga Synthesis = [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|COMPLETE]] [[Brick Joke\|DISASTER]] * ''[[Codename ~~Kids Next Door (Animation)\|Codename~~: Kids Next Door]]'': Operation A.R.C.H.I.V.E, which is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[~~The Animatrix (Anime)\|~~The Animatrix]]'', ends with the narrator launching into an erratic rant about fluorescent lights, schools and curfews all being a part of the adult conspiracy to subdue their creators, the children. The rant is accompanied by rapid flashes of increasingly disturbing images, one of which is a chalkboard which says "2+2=Go to Bed". * In ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', Jack puts a number of these "equations" on a blackboard to try and understand Christmas. == Other Media ==▼ ▲== Other == * There's the old joke that goes like this: ** Getting a girlfriend is the product of time and money. Girlfriend = Time * Money Line 90 ⟶ 86: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Applied Mathematics~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Dialogue]] [[Category:Self -Demonstrating Article]] ▲[[Category:Applied Mathematics]]