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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"

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

Examples of Troperithmetic include:

• Parody + Lampshade Hanging + Post Modernism = Affectionate Parody
• Always Someone Better + Bishonen + The Stoic = Aloof Big Brother
• An Aesop x Anvilicious - Show, Don't Tell + No Fourth Wall = And Knowing Is Half the Battle
• He Who Fights Monsters + Karmic Transformation = And Then John Was a Zombie
• An Aesop ^ 11 = Anvilicious
• Jerkass + Transparent Closet = Armoured Closet Gay
• Memetic Mutation + Ascended Fanon = Ascended Meme
• Attack! Attack! Attack! + Oh Crap + Screw This, I'm Outta Here = Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!
• More Dakka + Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy = A-Team Firing
• Moe + Badass = Badass Adorable
• The Smart Guy + Took a Level In Badass = Badass Bookworm
• Badass + Break the Badass = Badass Decay
• Action Girl x Everything's Better with Princesses = Badass Princess
• Villain - Perma-Stubble = Bald of Evil
• Official Couple + Fire-Forged Friends = Battle Couple
• Tsundere + (Jerkass | Jerk with a Heart of Gold) + Slap Slap Kiss = Belligerent Sexual Tension
• Disney Acid Sequence + Filler = Big Lipped Alligator Moment
• Large Ham + Oh Crap = Big No
• Mind Rape | Journey to the Center of the Mind + Room 101 = Black Bug Room
• Mary Sue + Conflict Killer = Black Hole Sue
• Wham! Episode x Big Lipped Alligator Moment = BLAM Episode
• Eyeless Face + The Noseless + No Mouth = The Blank
• The Kirk + Green-Skinned Space Babe = Boldly Coming
• Brainwashed + Face Heel Turn = Brainwashed and Crazy
• Urban Legend of Zelda + time + Ascended Meme = Brick Joke
• What Happened to the Mouse? + Chekhov's Gun = Brick Joke
• 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
• Put on a Bus + Killed Off for Real = Bus Crash
• I Was Told There Would Be Cake + I Lied = The Cake Is a Lie
• Altum Videtur + As Long as It Sounds Foreign = Canis Latinicus
• The Smurfette Principle + Bishonen = Cast Full of Pretty Boys
• Genki Girl x Token Mini-Moe = Cheerful Child
• Trope + Non-Indicative Name + Just for Pun = Chekhov's Pun
• Put on a Bus + What Happened to the Mouse? = Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
• 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
• Guide Dang It + Unwinnable = Cluster F-Bomb
• Lame Comeback x Orphaned Punchline x Brick Joke = Comeback Tomorrow
• Villain + Moral Event Horizon + Lack of Empathy - Freudian Excuse = Complete Monster
• Knight Templar + AI Is a Crapshoot = The Computer Is Your Friend
• Sugar Bowl + Crapsack World = Crap Saccharine World
• The Scrappy + ((Character Focus - Character Development) | Mary Sue | Spotlight-Stealing Squad) = Creator's Pet
• Did Not Do the Research x Critical Failure = Critical Research Failure
• Refuge in Audacity x Played for Laughs = Crosses the Line Twice
• Cloudcuckoolander + Talkative Loon + Dumbass Has a Point = The Cuckoolander Was Right
• Yandere - Love Makes You Crazy = Cute and Psycho
• Candle Jack + Precision F-Strike = Curse Cut Sho 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
• The Messiah + Well-Intentioned Extremist = Dark Messiah
• Cerebus Syndrome + Spin-Off = Darker and Edgier
• (This Very Wiki + Darker and Edgier) x Crapsack World = Darth Wiki
• Deconstruction x Parody = Deconstructive Parody
• Heel Face Turn + Joined Your Party = Defeat Means Friendship
• The Cutie x Manipulative Bastard = Deliberately Cute Child
• The Hero + Moral Dissonance - What the Hell, Hero? = Designated Hero
• Loads and Loads of Characters x Ensemble Darkhorse + Standardized Leader = Designated Protagonist Syndrome
• God Couple + Slap Slap Kiss = Destructo-Nookie
• Happy Ending x Ass Pull = Deus Ex Machina
• Downer Ending x Ass Pull = Diabolus Ex Machina
• 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?
• (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
• Awesome Personnel Carrier x Space Marine = Drop Ship
• Dude Looks Like a Lady + Sweet on Polly Oliver + The Reveal = Dropped a Bridget On Him
• Crosses the Line Twice - Refuge in Audacity = Dude, Not Funny
• Crowning Moment of Awesome x Heroic Sacrifice = Dying Moment of Awesome
• Stuff Blowing Up + The End of the World as We Know It = Earthshattering Kaboom
• The Emperor x Mad Scientist = Emperor Scientist
• (Critical Failure | Game Over) ^ Refuge in Audacity = Epic Fail
• Evil Chancellor + Sissy Villain = Eunuchs Are Evil
• All Women Are Lustful + All Men Are Perverts = Everybody Has Lots of Sex
• Hair-Trigger Temper + Political Correctness Gone Mad = Everything Is Racist
• (Superhero | Super Villain) + Unfortunate Names = Fail O'Suckyname
• Our Elves Are Better + Nightmare Fuel + Deconstruction = The Fair Folk
• Fandom + Idiot Ball = Fan Dumb
• Canon + I Reject Your Reality = Fanon Discontinuity
• Action Girl x Pirates Who Don't Do Anything = Faux Action Girl
• Ho Yay + (Mistaken for Gay | Not What It Looks Like) = Faux Yay
• Winged Humanoid + Flechette Storm = Feather Flechettes
• Fetish + Narm = Fetish Retardant
• Playing with Fire + An Ice Person + Shock and Awe = Fire, Ice, Lightning
• 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
• Big Lipped Alligator Moment x Bittersweet Ending x Mind Screw = Gainax Ending
• Super Drowning Skills + Down the Drain - One Up = Game Over
• 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
• 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
• Boss Battle + (Ass Pull | Big Lipped Alligator Moment) = Giant Space Flea From Nowhere
• Mary Sue + Story-Breaker Power = God Mode Sue
• The Hero + Arch Enemy + Friendly Enemy = Go-Karting with Bowser
• Recurring Boss + Plucky Comic Relief = Goldfish Poop Gang
• Blind Idiot Translation + Memetic Mutation = Good Bad Translation
• Wild Mass Guessing + Massive Multiplayer Crossover = Grand Unifying Guesses
• Single-Issue Wonk + Flanderization = Hair-Trigger Temper
• Large Ham + (Narm | Narm Charm) = Ham and Cheese
• Large Ham ^ 2 = Ham-to-Ham Combat
• Hatedom + Idiot Ball = Hate Dumb
• Epic Fail + Bond One-Liner = Have a Nice Death
• Superhero + Stuff Blowing Up + Having a Blast
• This Wiki + (Fridge Logic | Plot Hole) = Headscratchers
• The Hero + Cool Sword = Heroes Prefer Swords
• Hey, You + Talk to the Fist = "Hey You!" Haymaker
• Ninja + (Rule of Perception x Large Ham | Technicolor Ninjas) = Highly-Visible Ninja
• Man Behind the Man + Arch Enemy = Hijacked by Ganon
• Schoolteachers x New Age Retro Hippie = Hippie Teacher
• Almost-Dead Guy + Killed Mid-Sentence = His Name Is
• 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
• Hey, It's That Guy! x Never Live It Down = I Am Not Spock
• Planet of Hats x Idiot Ball = Idiot Plot
• (Beige Prose | Purple Prose) X Porn Without Plot = IKEA Erotica
• Blade on a Stick + Armor Is Useless = Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
• Blatant Lies + Bad Liar = Implausible Deniability
• Man On Fire ^ Rule of Cool = Incendiary Exponent
• Large Ham + Entrance = Incoming Ham
• Trope + Mondegreen = I Read That As
• Butt Monkey + Slapstick + Made of Iron = Iron Butt Monkey
• The Woobie + Badass + Heroic Spirit = Iron Woobie
• Trope + Non-Indicative Name = I Thought It Meant
• Mary Sue x Jerkass + Karma Houdini = Jerk Sue
• Jerkass + Pet the Dog + Hidden Depths + Character Development = Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• 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
• Kick the Dog + Asshole Victim = Kick the Son of a Bitch
• Chess with Death + The GM Is a Cheating Bastard = Killed Off for Real
• Proud Warrior Race + My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels = Killed Off for Real
• Ridiculously Cute Critter + Badass = Killer Rabbit
• Knight in Shining Armor + Jade-Colored Glasses = Knight in Sour Armor
• Anti-Hero + (He Who Fights Monsters x Jumping Off the Slippery Slope) = Knight Templar
• This Very Wiki - Purple Prose = Laconic
• Action Girl + (Yamato Nadeshiko | The High Queen | Ojou) = Lady of War
• Boisterous Bruiser + No Indoor Voice = Large Ham
• Supervillain Lair + Most Definitely Not a Villain = Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club
• Lotus Position + Power Floats (+ Meditation Powerup) = Levitating Lotus Position
• Mighty Glacier + Fragile Speedster = Lightning Bruiser
• Really Gets Around + Babies Ever After = Loads and Loads of Characters
• Chaotic Neutral + Cloudcuckoolander = The Loonie
• Infinity+1 Sword + Randomly Drops + Gold Fever + (Griefer | Ninja Looting) = Loot Drama
• (Mooks x Made of Plasticine) + BFG = Ludicrous Gibs
• Ax Crazy + Stuff Blowing Up = Mad Bomber
• Elite Tweak + Joke Character = Magikarp Power
• Functional Magic + Fantastic Science = Magitech
• Manipulative Bastard + (The Plan| The Chessmaster)= Magnificent Bastard
• 1 / (It Makes Sense in Context) = Makes Just as Much Sense in Context
• Slap Slap Kiss + (Tsundere - Moe) - Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other = The Masochism Tango
• Ninja + Bunny Ears Lawyer = McNinja
• Tanks for The Memories + Laser-Guided Amnesia + The Chessmaster = Memory Gambit
• Monster Sob Story + Anti-Hero = Draco in Leather Pants
• Moe + Anthropomorphic Personification = Moe Anthropomorphism
• Love Triangle + Yandere = Murder the Hypotenuse (usually)
• Omniglot + Malaproper = My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels
• Robot Buddy + Super Senses + Unresolved Sexual Tension = My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That
• Narm + So Bad It's Good = Narm Charm
• Superhero + Green Rocks = New Powers as the Plot Demands, where Superhero =/= Superman
• Show Within a Show + No Fourth Wall = No Inner Fourth Wall
• Friend to All Living Things + Boomerang Bigot = Not Good with People
• The Stoic + (Hidden Depths | Out-of-Character Moment) = Not So Stoic
• Heroic Second Wind - You Can Barely Stand = Now It's My Turn
• 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
• The Plan+ Pride Before a Fall = Out-Gambitted
• Cluster F-Bomb + Omniglot = Pardon My Klingon
• Religion of Evil + Villain with Good Publicity = Path of Inspiration
• The Hero + Power Levels Over Nine Thousand = Physical God
• Playing with a Trope x The Catalogue = Playing with Wiki
• 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
• Hello + My Name Is Inigo Montoya + You Killed My Father = Prepare to Die
• Shock and Awe + Ax Crazy = Psycho Electro
• Schoolgirl Lesbians + Yandere = Psycho Lesbian
• Megaton Punch x Blown Across the Room = Punched Across the Room
• Playing with Fire + Ax Crazy = Pyromaniac
• Min-Maxing + Rummage Sale Reject - Informed Equipment = Rainbow Pimp Gear
• (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
• Badass + Code Name = Red Baron
• (White Magic + Black Magic + Magic Knight) x Master of None = The Red Mage
• Ray Gun x Pinball Projectile = Reflecting Laser
• The Scrappy + Character Development = Rescued From the Scrappy Heap
• 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
• Ax Crazy + AI Is a Crapshoot = Robotic Psychopath
• Promoted Fanboy ^ 2 = Running the Asylum
• (Ambiguous Gender | Viewer Gender Confusion) + The Reveal = Samus Is a Girl
• Cloudcuckoolander + Chaotic Neutral = Screwy Squirrel
• Our Elves Are Better - Superior Species = Screw You, Elves
• 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
• Ominous Latin Chanting x As Long as It Sounds Foreign = Singing Simlish
• Scary Shiny Glasses + Cool Shades = Sinister Shades
• Thanks for The Mammaries + Les Yay + Furo Scene = Skinship Grope
• (The Kirk + The Spock) x Ho Yay + Fandom = Slash Fic
• Your Princess Is in Another Castle + It Got Worse = Snicket Warning Label
• Crowning Moment of Funny³ + Crowning Music of Awesome³ = Soundtrack Dissonance³
• Space Is an Ocean + Water Is Air = Space Is Noisy
• The Smart Guy + Emotionless Girl = The Spock
• Theme Naming + Faux Symbolism = Squat's in a Name
• Yandere - Moe = Stalker with a Crush
• Enemy Mine + Ungrateful Bastard = Status Quo Is God
• Heroic Sacrifice + Idiot Ball = Stupid Sacrifice
• Strawman Political + Did Not Do the Research = Straw Man Has a Point
• Lethal Chef + Oven Logic = Stuff Blowing Up
• Logic Bomb + Explosive Instrumentation = Stuff Blowing Up
• (This Very Wiki + Lighter and Softer) x Sugar Bowl = Sugar Wiki
• Character Derailment + Covers Always Lie = Super Dickery
• Superhero + Cool Guns = Superhero Packing Heat
• Under the Sea x Batman Can Breathe in Space = Super Not-Drowning Skills
• Disability Superpower + Cool Chair = Super Wheelchair
• Blatant Lies + Bad Liar = Suspiciously Specific Denial
• (Dual-Wielding x I Like Swords) + Guns Akimbo = Sword and Gun
• Wholesome Crossdresser + If It's You It's Okay = Sweet on Polly Oliver
• The Scrappy + Take That = Take That Scrappy
• Shut UP, Hannibal + Combat Pragmatist = Talk to the Fist
• Cliff Hanger + Rule of Perception + Fridge Horror = Tethercat Principle
• Powers That Be x Genre Savvy = Theory of Narrative Causality
• More Dakka + Improbable Aiming Skills = There Is No Kill Like Overkill
• Comedic Sociopathy + Negative Continuity = They Killed Kenny
• Invoked Trope + Bad Writing Index = They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste
• Audience Surrogate + Viewers are Morons = This Loser Is You
• Cuckoos Nest x Mind Screw = Through the Eyes of Madness
• Said Bookism + Pun = Tom Swifty
• Strawman Product + Too Dumb to Live + Viewers are Morons = Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket
• Ho Yay + Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today? + Everyone Can See It = Transparent Closet
• Ax Crazy + More Dakka = Trigger Happy
• Trope + Rebus Bubble = Troperithmetic
• True Art x The Oldest Ones in the Book = True Art Is Ancient
• True Art + Angst = True Art Is Angsty
• True Art + Mind Screw = True Art Is Incomprehensible
• Intercontinuity Crossover + There Can Be Only One = Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
• Evil Laugh x Narm = Un Evil Laugh
• The Everyman x Only Sane Man = Unfazed Everyman
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks x It's the Same, Now It Sucks = Unpleasable Fanbase
• Missing Secret + Shrug of God = Urban Legend of Zelda
• Functional Magic + Mundane Utility = Utility Magic
• You Sexy Beast x Our Vampires Are Different = Vampires Are Sex Gods
• Viewers are Morons + What Were They Selling Again? = Viewers Are Goldfish
• Villain + (Flanderization | Character Derailment | The Worf Effect) = Villain Decay
• Heroic Sociopath - Misaimed Fandom = Villain Protagonist
• Smug Snake + Mary Sue = Villain Sue
• Frickin' Laser Beams ^ 11 = Wave Motion Gun
• Light Is Good + Good Hurts Evil = Weakened by the Light
• Wide-Eyed Idealist + Jumping Off the Slippery Slope = Well-Intentioned Extremist
• Mundane Utility + Rule of Cool = What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?
• I Like Swords + Whip It Good = Whip Sword
• Game Show + Follow the Leader = Who Wants to Be Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
• This Wiki + Epileptic Trees = Wild Mass Guessing
• Popularity Power + Bait and Switch = Wolverine Publicity
• The Ditz + Jackass Genie = The Woobie
• The Woobie + Omnicidal Maniac = Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
• Large Ham x Planet of Hats = World of Ham
• Genre Blindness x Double Subversion = Wrong Genre Savvy
• The Plan+ Morton's Fork = Xanatos Gambit
• Magnificent Bastard + Didn't See That Coming = Xanatos Speed Chess
• 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
• Crowning Moment of Awesome x Dethroning Moment of Suck = 1
• Eye Beams + Hypno Ray = Mind Control Eyes