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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"
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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" 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
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