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


''Some of the basic building blocks for trope equations:'' + = "and", "with" | = "or" - = "not", "without" x = "is" ~ (in place of the =) = means that there is at least one use of [[Tropes Are Flexible]]. ⇒ (in place of equals) the left side always makes the right side true, but the right side doesn't make the left side true.
''Some of the basic building blocks for trope equations:<br />+ = "and", "with"<br />| = "or"<br />- = "not", "without"<br />x = "is"<br />~ to the left of the trope means that this indicates usage of [[Tropes Are Flexible]] for that trope.<br /> ⇒ (in place of equals) the left side always makes the right side true, but the right side doesn't make the left side true.


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

{{examples}}
{{examples}}
* [[Parody]] + [[Lampshade Hanging]] + [[Post Modernism]] = [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[Parody]] + [[Lampshade Hanging]] + [[Post Modernism]] = [[Affectionate Parody]]
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* [[More Dakka]] + [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] = [[A-Team Firing]]
* [[More Dakka]] + [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] = [[A-Team Firing]]
* [[Moe]] + [[Badass]] = [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Moe]] + [[Badass]] = [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[The Smart Guy]] + [[Took a Level In Badass]] = [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[The Smart Guy]] + [[Took a Level in Badass]] = [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass]] + [[Break the Badass]] = [[Badass Decay]]
* [[Badass]] + [[Break the Badass]] = [[Badass Decay]]
* [[Action Girl]] x [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] = [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Action Girl]] x [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] = [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Villain]] - [[Perma-Stubble]] = [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Villain]] - [[Perma-Stubble]] = [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Tsundere]] + ([[Jerkass]] | [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]) + [[Slap Slap Kiss]] = [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]
* [[Tsundere]] + ([[Jerkass]] | [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]) + [[Slap Slap Kiss]] = [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]] + [[Filler]] = [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]] + [[Filler]] = [[Non Sequitur Scene]]
* [[Large Ham]] + [[Oh Crap]] = [[Big No]]
* [[Large Ham]] + [[Oh Crap]] = [[Big No]]
* [[Mind Rape]] | [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] + [[Room 101]] = [[Black Bug Room]]
* [[Mind Rape]] | [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] + [[Room 101]] = [[Black Bug Room]]
* [[Mary Sue]] + [[Conflict Killer]] = [[Black Hole Sue]]
* [[Mary Sue]] + [[Conflict Killer]] = [[Black Hole Sue]]
* [[Wham! Episode]] x [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] = [[BLAM Episode]]
* [[Wham! Episode]] x [[Non Sequitur Scene]] = Non Sequitur Scene Episode]]
* [[Eyeless Face]] + [[The Noseless]] + [[No Mouth]] = [[The Blank]]
* [[Eyeless Face]] + [[The Noseless]] + [[No Mouth]] = [[The Blank]]
* [[The Kirk]] + [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] = [[Boldly Coming]]
* [[The Kirk]] + [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] = [[Boldly Coming]]
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* [[Altum Videtur]] + [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] = [[Canis Latinicus]]
* [[Altum Videtur]] + [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] = [[Canis Latinicus]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] + [[Bishonen]] = [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] + [[Bishonen]] = [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]
* [[Genki Girl]] x [[Token Mini-Moe]] = [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Genki Girl]] x [[Token Loli]] = [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Trope]] + [[Non-Indicative Name]] + [[Just for Pun]] = [[Chekhov's Pun]]
* [[Trope]] + [[Non-Indicative Name]] + [[Just for Pun]] = [[Chekhov's Pun]]
* [[Put on a Bus]] + [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] = [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]
* [[Put on a Bus]] + [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] = [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]
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* [[The Ditz]] + ([[Flanderization]] | [[Character Exaggeration]]) = [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[The Ditz]] + ([[Flanderization]] | [[Character Exaggeration]]) = [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Lame Comeback]] x [[Orphaned Punchline]] x [[Brick Joke]] = [[Comeback Tomorrow]]
* [[Lame Comeback]] x [[Orphaned Punchline]] x [[Brick Joke]] = [[Comeback Tomorrow]]
* [[Knight Templar]] + [[AI Is a Crapshoot]] = [[The Computer Is Your Friend]]
* [[Knight Templar]] + [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]] = [[The Computer Is Your Friend]]
* [[Sugar Bowl]] + [[Crapsack World]] = [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[Sugar Bowl]] + [[Crapsack World]] = [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + (([[Character Focus]] - [[Character Development]]) | [[Mary Sue]] | [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]) = [[Creator's Pet]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + (([[Character Focus]] - [[Character Development]]) | [[Mary Sue]] | [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]) = [[Creator's Pet]]
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]] x [[Played for Laughs]] = [[Crosses the Line Twice]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]] x [[Played for Laughs]] = [[Crosses the Line Twice]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] + [[Talkative Loon]] + [[Dumbass Has a Point]] = [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] + [[Talkative Loon]] + [[Dumbass Has a Point]] = [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]
* [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] - [[Love Makes You Crazy]] = [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Yandere]] - [[Love Makes You Crazy]] = [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Candle Jack]] + [[Precision F-Strike]] = [[Curse Cut Short|Curse Cut Sho]] {{color|silver|I've always ''hated'' arithmetic. The teacher would always say, 'Candle Jack, you have no talent fo'. Then I kidnapped her.}}
* [[Candle Jack]] + [[Precision F-Strike]] = [[Curse Cut Short|Curse Cut Sho]] {{color|silver|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]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] x [[Blatant Lies]] = [[Dan Browned]]
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* [[Happy Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[Happy Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[Downer Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]
* [[Downer Ending]] x [[Ass Pull]] = [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]] + [[Role Playing Game]] + [[For Massive Damage]] = [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]
* [[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?]]
* [[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]]
* ([[Fanon Discontinuity]] x [[Take That]]) + [[Lampshade Hanging]] = [[Discontinuity Nod]]
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* [[Knife Nut]] + [[More Dakka]] = [[Flechette Storm]]
* [[Knife Nut]] + [[More Dakka]] = [[Flechette Storm]]
* ([[Mind Screw]] + [[Mind Screwdriver]]) | ([[Fridge Logic]] + [[Eureka Moment]]) = [[Fridge Brilliance]]
* ([[Mind Screw]] + [[Mind Screwdriver]]) | ([[Fridge Logic]] + [[Eureka Moment]]) = [[Fridge Brilliance]]
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] x [[Bittersweet Ending]] x [[Mind Screw]] = [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[Non Sequitur Scene]] x [[Bittersweet Ending]] x [[Mind Screw]] = [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[Super Drowning Skills]] + [[Down the Drain]] - [[1-Up]] = [[Game Over]]
* [[Super Drowning Skills]] + [[Down the Drain]] - [[1-Up]] = [[Game Over]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] + [[Berserk Button]] = [[Gannon Banned]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] + [[Berserk Button]] = [[Gannon Banned]]
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* [[Easily Forgiven]] + [[Hand Wave]] = [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]
* [[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]]
* [[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]]
* [[Boss Battle]] + ([[Ass Pull]] | [[Non Sequitur Scene]]) = [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]
* [[Mary Sue]] + [[Story-Breaker Power]] = [[God Mode Sue]]
* [[Mary Sue]] + [[Story-Breaker Power]] = [[God Mode Sue]]
* [[The Hero]] + [[Arch Enemy]] + [[Friendly Enemy]] = [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]
* [[The Hero]] + [[Arch Enemy]] + [[Friendly Enemy]] = [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]
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* [[Man Behind the Man]] + [[Arch Enemy]] = [[Hijacked by Ganon]]
* [[Man Behind the Man]] + [[Arch Enemy]] = [[Hijacked by Ganon]]
* [[Schoolteachers]] x [[New Age Retro Hippie]] = [[Hippie Teacher]]
* [[Schoolteachers]] x [[New Age Retro Hippie]] = [[Hippie Teacher]]
* [[Almost-Dead Guy]] + [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] = [[His Name Is]]
* [[Almost-Dead Guy]] + [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] = [[His Name Is--]]
* [[Good Hurts Evil]] + [[Stuff Blowing Up]] = [[Holy Hand Grenade]]
* [[Good Hurts Evil]] + [[Stuff Blowing Up]] = [[Holy Hand Grenade]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] + [[The Not Love Interest]] + [[Freud Was Right]] = [[Ho Yay]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] + [[The Not Love Interest]] + [[Freud Was Right]] = [[Ho Yay]]
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* [[Monster Sob Story]] + [[Anti-Hero]] = [[Draco in Leather Pants]]
* [[Monster Sob Story]] + [[Anti-Hero]] = [[Draco in Leather Pants]]
* [[Moe]] + [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] = [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]
* [[Moe]] + [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] = [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]
* [[Love Triangle]] + [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] = [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] (usually)
* [[Love Triangle]] + [[Yandere]] = [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] (usually)
* [[Omniglot]] + [[Malaproper]] = [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]
* [[Omniglot]] + [[Malaproper]] = [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]
* [[Robot Buddy]] + [[Super Senses]] + [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] = [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]
* [[Robot Buddy]] + [[Super Senses]] + [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] = [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]
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* [[Rapunzel Hair]] + [[Improbable Weapon User]] = [[Prehensile Hair]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]] + [[Improbable Weapon User]] = [[Prehensile Hair]]
* [[Shock and Awe]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Psycho Electro]]
* [[Shock and Awe]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Psycho Electro]]
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] + [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] = [[Psycho Lesbian]]
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] + [[Yandere]] = [[Psycho Lesbian]]
* [[Megaton Punch]] x [[Blown Across the Room]] = [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Megaton Punch]] x [[Blown Across the Room]] = [[Punched Across the Room]]
* [[Playing with Fire]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Pyromaniac]]
* [[Playing with Fire]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Pyromaniac]]
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* [[Scrub]] + [[Always Someone Better]] = [[Rage Quit]]
* [[Scrub]] + [[Always Someone Better]] = [[Rage Quit]]
* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]] + [[Explosive Instrumentation]] = [[Readings Blew Up the Scale]]
* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]] + [[Explosive Instrumentation]] = [[Readings Blew Up the Scale]]
* [[Badass]] + [[Code Name]] = [[Red Baron]]
* [[Badass]] + [[Code Name]] = [[Sobriquet]]
* ([[White Magic]] + [[Black Magic]] + [[Magic Knight]]) x [[Master of None]] = [[The Red Mage]]
* ([[White Magic]] + [[Black Magic]] + [[Magic Knight]]) x [[Master of None]] = [[The Red Mage]]
* [[Ray Gun]] x [[Pinball Projectile]] = [[Reflecting Laser]]
* [[Ray Gun]] x [[Pinball Projectile]] = [[Reflecting Laser]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + [[Character Development]] = [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + [[Character Development]] = [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]
* [[La Résistance]] + [[Anti-Hero]] + [[Darker and Edgier]] = [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilised]]
* [[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]]
* [[Not a Morning Person]] + [[Most Annoying Sound]] + [[Disproportionate Retribution]] = [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]
* [[Ax Crazy]] + [[AI Is a Crapshoot]] = [[Robotic Psychopath]]
* [[Ax Crazy]] + [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]] = [[Robotic Psychopath]]
* [[Promoted Fanboy]] ^ 2 = [[Running the Asylum]]
* [[Promoted Fanboy]] ^ 2 = [[Running the Asylum]]
* ([[Ambiguous Gender]] | [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]) + [[The Reveal]] = [[Samus Is a Girl]]
* ([[Ambiguous Gender]] | [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]) + [[The Reveal]] = [[Samus Is a Girl]]
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* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] x [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] = [[Singing Simlish]]
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] x [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] = [[Singing Simlish]]
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] + [[Cool Shades]] = [[Sinister Shades]]
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] + [[Cool Shades]] = [[Sinister Shades]]
* [[Thanks for The Mammaries]] + [[Les Yay]] + [[Furo Scene]] = [[Skinship Grope]]
* [[Thanks for the Mammary]] + [[Les Yay]] + [[Furo Scene]] = [[Skinship Grope]]
* ([[The Kirk]] + [[The Spock]]) x [[Ho Yay]] + [[Fandom]] = [[Slash Fic]]
* ([[The Kirk]] + [[The Spock]]) x [[Ho Yay]] + [[Fandom]] = [[Slash Fic]]
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]] + [[It Got Worse]] = [[Snicket Warning Label]]
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]] + [[It Got Worse]] = [[Snicket Warning Label]]
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* [[The Smart Guy]] + [[Emotionless Girl]] = [[The Spock]]
* [[The Smart Guy]] + [[Emotionless Girl]] = [[The Spock]]
* [[Theme Naming]] + [[Faux Symbolism]] = [[Squat's in a Name]]
* [[Theme Naming]] + [[Faux Symbolism]] = [[Squat's in a Name]]
* [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] - [[Moe]] = [[Stalker with a Crush]]
* [[Yandere]] - [[Moe]] = [[Stalker with a Crush]]
* [[Enemy Mine]] + [[Ungrateful Bastard]] = [[Status Quo Is God]]
* [[Enemy Mine]] + [[Ungrateful Bastard]] = [[Status Quo Is God]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] + [[Idiot Ball]] = [[Stupid Sacrifice]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] + [[Idiot Ball]] = [[Stupid Sacrifice]]
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* ([[Dual-Wielding]] x [[I Like Swords]]) + [[Guns Akimbo]] = [[Sword and Gun]]
* ([[Dual-Wielding]] x [[I Like Swords]]) + [[Guns Akimbo]] = [[Sword and Gun]]
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] + [[If It's You It's Okay]] = [[Sweet on Polly Oliver]]
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] + [[If It's You It's Okay]] = [[Sweet on Polly Oliver]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + [[Take That]] = [[Take That Scrappy]]
* [[The Scrappy]] + [[Take That]] = [[Take That, Scrappy!]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] + [[Combat Pragmatist]] = [[Talk to the Fist]]
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] + [[Combat Pragmatist]] = [[Talk to the Fist]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]] + [[Rule of Perception]] + [[Fridge Horror]] = [[Tethercat Principle]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]] + [[Rule of Perception]] + [[Fridge Horror]] = [[Tethercat Principle]]
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* [[The Plan]]+ [[Morton's Fork]] ⇒ [[Xanatos Gambit]]
* [[The Plan]]+ [[Morton's Fork]] ⇒ [[Xanatos Gambit]]
* [[Magnificent Bastard]] + [[Didn't See That Coming]] ⇒ [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]
* [[Magnificent Bastard]] + [[Didn't See That Coming]] ⇒ [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]] + [[Ax Crazy]] = [[Yandere]]
* [[Game Over]] x [[Epic Fail]] = [[Yet Another Stupid Death]]
* [[Game Over]] x [[Epic Fail]] = [[Yet Another Stupid Death]]
* ([[Rule 34]] | [[The Internet Is for Porn]]) + [[Furry Fandom]] = [[Yiff]]
* ([[Rule 34]] | [[The Internet Is for Porn]]) + [[Furry Fandom]] = [[Yiff]]
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Just for Fun]]
[[Category:Just for Fun]]
[[Category:Troperithmetic]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Latest revision as of 23:23, 17 August 2021


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:
+ = "and", "with"
| = "or"
- = "not", "without"
x = "is"
~ to the left of the trope means that this indicates usage of Tropes Are Flexible for that trope.
⇒ (in place of equals) the left side always makes the right side true, but the right side doesn't make the left side true.

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

Examples of Troperithmetic include:
  1. ↑ This is true despite the clear violation of Fermats Last Theorem.
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