Troperithmetic
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"
~ (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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lame Comeback x Orphaned Punchline x Brick Joke = Comeback Tomorrow
- 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 (disambiguation) - 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
- 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
- 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 - 1-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
- 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
- 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 (disambiguation) = 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
- Shock and Awe + Ax Crazy = Psycho Electro
- Schoolgirl Lesbians + Yandere (disambiguation) = 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 [1]
- 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 (disambiguation) - 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 (disambiguation)
- 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
- ↑ This is true despite the clear violation of Fermats Last Theorem.