Everything's Better with Indexes

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"

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.

Tropes

Bigger Is Better

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.

↑ Not necessarily the drug X.

[1] Not necessarily the drug X.

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