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"
This list is alphabetized by the end result. Please put new tropes in the appropriate spot.
Examples
- 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 Everythings 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 | Spot Light Stealing Squad) = Creators 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
- 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 Its 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 Wiki
- 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 Businessmens 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 Plus One 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 Its 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 Its 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[1]
- 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 | Creators 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 [2]
- Space Is an Ocean + Water Is Air = Space Is Noisy
- The Smart Guy + Emotionless Girl = The Spock
- Theme Naming + Faux Symbolism = Squats 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 Its You Its 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 Its 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 Its 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+ Mortons 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 Thirty Four | 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
- ↑ Oh, come on. Like you didn't see that one coming.
- ↑ This is true despite the clear violation of Fermats Last Theorem.