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

 

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

 

 

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

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* [[Parody]] + [[Lampshade Hanging]] + [[Post Modernism]] = [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[Jerkass]] + [[Transparent Closet]] = [[Armoured Closet Gay]]

* [[Memetic Mutation]] + [[Ascended Fanon]] = [[Ascended Meme]]

* [[More Dakka]] + [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] = [[A-Team Firing]]

* [[Moe]] + [[Badass]] = [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Badass]] + [[Break the Badass]] = [[Badass Decay]]

* [[Large Ham]] + [[Oh Crap]] = [[Big No]]

* [[Mary Sue]] + [[Conflict Killer]] = [[Black Hole Sue]]

* [[Eyeless Face]] + [[The Noseless]] + [[No Mouth]] = [[The Blank]]

* [[The Kirk]] + [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] = [[Boldly Coming]]

* [[Brainwashed]] + [[Face Heel Turn]] = [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[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]]

* [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]] + [[I Lied]] = [[The Cake Is a Lie]]

* [[The Smurfette Principle]] + [[Bishonen]] = [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]

* [[Trope]] + [[Non-Indicative Name]] + [[Just for Pun]] = [[Chekhov's Pun]]

* [[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]]

* [[Lame Comeback]] x [[Orphaned Punchline]] x [[Brick Joke]] = [[Comeback Tomorrow]]

* [[Sugar Bowl]] + [[Crapsack World]] = [[Crap Saccharine World]]

* [[The Scrappy]] + (([[Character Focus]] - [[Character Development]]) | [[Mary Sue]] | [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]) = [[Creator's Pet]]

* [[Happy Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Deus Ex Machina]]

* [[Downer Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]

* ([[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]]

* [[Crosses the Line Twice]] - [[Refuge in Audacity]] = [[Dude, Not Funny]]

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] x [[Heroic Sacrifice]] = [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]

* [[The Emperor]] x [[Mad Scientist]] = [[Emperor Scientist]]

* ([[Critical Failure]] | [[Game Over]]) ^ [[Refuge in Audacity]] = [[Epic Fail]]

* [[Evil Chancellor]] + [[Sissy Villain]] = [[Eunuchs Are Evil]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] + [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]] = [[Everything Is Racist]]

* ([[Superhero]] | [[Super Villain]]) + [[Unfortunate Names]] = [[Fail O'Suckyname]]

* [[Winged Humanoid]] + [[Flechette Storm]] = [[Feather Flechettes]]

* [[Fetish]] + [[Narm]] = [[Fetish Retardant]]

* [[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]]

* [[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]]

* [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Catch a Falling Star]] + [[Not the Fall That Kills You]] = [[Giant Robot Hands Save Lives]]

* [[Recurring Boss]] + [[Plucky Comic Relief]] = [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]] + [[Memetic Mutation]] = [[Good Bad Translation]]

* [[Single-Issue Wonk]] + [[Flanderization]] = [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Large Ham]] + ([[Narm]] | [[Narm Charm]]) = [[Ham and Cheese]]

* [[Hatedom]] + [[Idiot Ball]] = [[Hate Dumb]]

* [[Epic Fail]] + [[Bond One-Liner]] = [[Have a Nice Death]]

* [[This Wiki]] + ([[Fridge Logic]] | [[Plot Hole]]) = [[Headscratchers]]

* [[The Hero]] + [[Cool Sword]] = [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]

* [[Ninja]] + ([[Rule of Perception]] x [[Large Ham]] | [[Technicolor Ninjas]]) = [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]

* [[Schoolteachers]] x [[New Age Retro Hippie]] = [[Hippie Teacher]]

* [[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]]

* [[Planet of Hats]] x [[Idiot Ball]] = [[Idiot Plot]]

* ([[Beige Prose]] | [[Purple Prose]]) X [[Porn Without Plot]] = [[IKEA Erotica]]

* [[Blatant Lies]] + [[Bad Liar]] = [[Implausible Deniability]]

* [[Man On Fire]] ^ [[Rule of Cool]] = [[Incendiary Exponent]]

* [[Trope]] + [[Non-Indicative Name]] = [[I Thought It Meant]]

* [[Mary Sue]] x [[Jerkass]] + [[Karma Houdini]] = [[Jerk Sue]]

* [[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]]

* [[Proud Warrior Race]] + [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]] = [[Killed Off for Real]]

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] + [[Badass]] = [[Killer Rabbit]]

* [[Action Girl]] + ([[Yamato Nadeshiko]] | [[The High Queen]] | [[Ojou]]) = [[Lady of War]]

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]] + [[No Indoor Voice]] = [[Large Ham]]

* [[Lotus Position]] + [[Power Floats]] (+ [[Meditation Powerup]]) = [[Levitating Lotus Position]]

* [[Mighty Glacier]] + [[Fragile Speedster]] = [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[Functional Magic]] + [[Fantastic Science]] = [[Magitech]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]] + ([[The Plan]]| [[The Chessmaster]])= [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]] + ([[Tsundere]] - [[Moe]]) - [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] = [[The Masochism Tango]]

* [[Ninja]] + [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] = [[McNinja]]

* [[Robot Buddy]] + [[Super Senses]] + [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] = [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]

* [[Narm]] + [[So Bad It's Good]] = [[Narm Charm]]

* [[Show Within a Show]] + [[No Fourth Wall]] = [[No Inner Fourth Wall]]

* [[The Stoic]] + ([[Hidden Depths]] | [[Out-of-Character Moment]]) = [[Not So Stoic]]

* [[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]]

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]] + [[Omniglot]] = [[Pardon My Klingon]]

* [[The Hero]] + [[Power Levels]] [[Over Nine Thousand]] = [[Physical God]]

* [[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]]

* [[Shock and Awe]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Psycho Electro]]

* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] + [[Yandere]] = [[Psycho Lesbian]]

* [[Megaton Punch]] x [[Blown Across the Room]] = [[Punched Across the Room]]

* ([[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]]

* ([[White Magic]] + [[Black Magic]] + [[Magic Knight]]) x [[Master of None]] = [[The Red Mage]]

* [[Ray Gun]] x [[Pinball Projectile]] = [[Reflecting Laser]]

* [[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]]

* [[Promoted Fanboy]] ^ 2 = [[Running the Asylum]]

* ([[Ambiguous Gender]] | [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]) + [[The Reveal]] = [[Samus Is a Girl]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] + [[Chaotic Neutral]] = [[Screwy Squirrel]]

* [[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]]

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] + [[Cool Shades]] = [[Sinister Shades]]

* ([[The Kirk]] + [[The Spock]]) x [[Ho Yay]] + [[Fandom]] = [[Slash Fic]]

* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]] + [[It Got Worse]] = [[Snicket Warning Label]]

* [[Space Is an Ocean]] + [[Water Is Air]] = [[Space Is Noisy]]

* [[The Smart Guy]] + [[Emotionless Girl]] = [[The Spock]]

* [[Enemy Mine]] + [[Ungrateful Bastard]] = [[Status Quo Is God]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] + [[Idiot Ball]] = [[Stupid Sacrifice]]

* [[Blatant Lies]] + [[Bad Liar]] = [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]

* ([[Dual-Wielding]] x [[I Like Swords]]) + [[Guns Akimbo]] = [[Sword and Gun]]

* [[Cliff Hanger]] + [[Rule of Perception]] + [[Fridge Horror]] = [[Tethercat Principle]]

* [[Powers That Be]] x [[Genre Savvy]] = [[Theory of Narrative Causality]]

* [[Cuckoos Nest]] x [[Mind Screw]] = [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]

* [[Said Bookism]] + [[Pun]] = [[Tom Swifty]]

* [[Ho Yay]] + [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] + [[Everyone Can See It]] = [[Transparent Closet]]

* [[Ax Crazy]] + [[More Dakka]] = [[Trigger Happy]]

* [[True Art]] + [[Angst]] = [[True Art Is Angsty]]

* [[True Art]] + [[Mind Screw]] = [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]

* [[Smug Snake]] + [[Mary Sue]] = [[Villain Sue]]

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] ^ [[Up to Eleven|11]] = [[Wave Motion Gun]]

* [[Mundane Utility]] + [[Rule of Cool]] = [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]

* [[I Like Swords]] + [[Whip It Good]] = [[Whip Sword]]

* [[This Wiki]] + [[Epileptic Trees]] = [[Wild Mass Guessing]]

* [[Popularity Power]] + [[Bait and Switch]] = [[Wolverine Publicity]]

* [[Large Ham]] x [[Planet of Hats]] = [[World of Ham]]

* [[Genre Blindness]] x [[Double Subversion]] = [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]

* [[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

 

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[[Category:Just for Fun]]