Everything's Better with Indexes
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Basically, any trope where X is thrown in to a story to improve it even though X does not contribute to characterization or the plot.
Puppet General Hammond: "Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning."
—Stargate SG-1, "200"
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Heck, the quote above can fit almost any of these tropes. "X is so much better than without X." So these are tropes where having X around makes everything else better for it. In fact, you might as well have a Crapsack World if you don't have X.
And no, this trope is not about Everything Being Better with the Letter X[1] or the character Index.
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- Babies Make Everything Better—Babies are so much better than without babies.
- Bacon Addiction—Because everything's so much better with bacon than without bacon.
- Deep-Fried Whatever—Deep fried is so much better than not deep fried.
- Eenie Meenie Miny Moai—Moai so much better than without Moai.
- Everything's Better with Bob—Bob is so much better than without Bob.
- Everything's Better with Chocolate—Chocolate is so much better than without chocolate.
- Everything's Better with Motorcycles—Motorcycles are so much cooler than without motorcycles.
- Everything's Better with Plushies—Plushies are so much better than not having plushies.
- Everything's Better with Princesses—Princesses is so much better than not having princesses.
- Everything's Better with Rainbows—Rainbows are so much better than not having rainbows.
- Everything's Better with Samurai—Samurai are so much cooler than without samurai.
- Everything's Better with Sparkles—Sparkles are so much better than without sparkles.
- Everything's Better with Spinning—Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning.
- Everything's Cuter with Lucky Charms—Lucky charms are so much cuter than without lucky charms.
- Everything's Deader with Zombies—Zombies are so much cooler than without zombies.
- Everything's Louder with Bagpipes—Bagpipes are so much more louder than not playing on bagpipes.
- Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry—Jewelry is so much more glamorous than without jewelry.
- Fluffy Fashion Feathers—Feathers are so much more glamorous than without feathers.
- Frickin' Laser Beams—Lasers are so much cooler than not having lasers.
- Funny Spoon—And spoonier is funnier than without spoons.
- Goggles Do Nothing—Goggles are so much better than not having goggles.
- Gold Makes Everything Shiny—Gold is so much prettier than not gold.
- Gratuitous Disco Sequence—Retro Disco is so much better than not Retro Disco.
- Gratuitous Foreign Language
- Heavy Metal Umlaut—Umlauts are so much better than without umlauts.
- Incendiary Exponent—Things on fire are so much more awesome than things that aren't on fire.
- Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons—Dragons are so much cooler than without dragons.
- Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha—Mecha are so much cooler than without mecha.
- Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja—Ninja are so much cooler than without ninja.
- Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates—Pirates are so much cooler than without pirates.
- Lava Adds Awesome—Something with lava or magma is so much cooler than something without.
- Prepositional Phrase Equals Coolness—Titles with prepositions are so much cooler than titles without prepositions.
- Pretty Butterflies
- Pretty in Mink—Furs are so much more glamorous than without furs.
- Rent-A-Zilla—Giant monsters are so much cooler than without giant monsters.
- Rule of Sean Connery—Movies with Sean Connery (or other, less awesome actors) are better than movies without.
- Slime, Snails and Mutant Tails—Slime is so much better than no slime.
- Strawberry Shorthand—Strawberries are so much better than without strawberries.
- Stuff Blowing Up—Explosions are so much better than not having explosions.
- Too Many Belts—Belts are so much better than not having belts.
- Troperiffic—Tropes are so much better than without tropes.
- Watch It Stoned—Watching works on drugs is so much better than watching works not on drugs.
- A Worldwide Punomenon—Puns are so much better than without puns.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz—Xtreme Letterz are so much Kooler than boring uncool letters.
- X Makes Anything Cool—Having X is so much better than not having X.
- Zipperiffic—Zippers are so much better than without zippers.
These animals are so much better than without these animals. Or, depending on the animal, much worse.
- Cute Kitten
- Everything's Better with Chickens
- Everything's Better with Cows
- Everything's Better with Dinosaurs
- Everything's Better with Llamas
- Everything's Better with Monkeys
- Everything's Better with Penguins
- Everything's Better with Platypi
- Everything's Even Worse with Sharks
- Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods
- Everything's Worse with Bears
- Everything's Worse with Bees
- Everything's Worse with Wolves
- Kangaroos Represent Australia
- Pandaing to the Audience
- Precious Puppy
- Turtle Power
- ↑ Not necessarily the drug X.