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!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16845906520.64586700 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

Before people discovered the atomic elements, they hypothesized the existence of [[ElementalPowers other elements]] that, as they thought, comprised the world around them. There were the classical elements: [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Air]], and often [[ElementNumberFive a fifth element]] (not [[HeartBeatDown Heart]]). Sometimes it was [[AnIcePerson Ice]], sometimes it was [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], sometimes [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]], sometimes nothingness ([[PowerOfTheVoid Void]]), sometimes [[CastingAShadow Darkness]], or even [[LightEmUp Light]], and all will be counted here.

So these are tropes dealing with these old world elements.

Try not to get caught up in them, unless you have a counter element ready.

See also: MagicAndPowers.
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!!{{Tropes}}:
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'''Categories:'''
+ ArtisticLicenseSpace
+ BejeweledTropes
+ DarknessAndShadowsTropes
+ ElementalPowers
+ ElementalSpeed
+ HeatIndex
+ {{Heliotropes}}
+ TheGroundBeneathOurFeet
+ IndexInTheSky
+ IndexOnTheMoon
+ InstantIndexJustAddWater
+ LavaTropes
+ LightingTropes
+ MetallicTropes
+ PrecipitationIndex
+ RadioactiveTropes
+ TheseTropesWereFrozenToday
+ ThisIndexBlows
+ ThisIndexGlows
+ ThisIndexIsOnFire
+ ThunderboltsAndLightning
+ TimeTropes
+ TropesAtSea
+ TropesInSpace
+ WeatherAndEnvironment
]

!!!The elements themselves:
* AcidAttack (acid)
* AshesToAshes (ash and smoke)
* AtomicSuperpower (radiation)
* BizarroElements
* BlowYouAway (air, wind, and sky)
* CastingAShadow (darkness and shadows)
* DishingOutDirt (earth and stone)
* ExtraOreDinary (metals)
* GemstoneAssault (crystals)
* GravityMaster (gravity)
* GreenThumb (wood and plant-life)
* HavingABlast (explosions)
* HeartBeatDown (the heart, love, and other mushy emotions)
* HolyHandGrenade (goodness and holy essence)
* AnIcePerson (ice, snow, and cold)
* LightEmUp (light)
* {{Lunacy}} (the moon and its energies)
* MagmaMan (magma and lava)
* MagnetismManipulation (magnetic energy)
* MakeSomeNoise (sound and sonic energy)
* MakingASplash (water)
* NonElemental
* PlayingWithFire (fire and heat)
* PoisonousPerson (toxic chemicals)
* ThePowerOfGlass (glass)
* ThePowerOfTheSun (sunlight)
* PowerOfTheVoid (nothingness)
* PsychicPowers (psionic/mental abilities)
* PureEnergy
* SandBlaster (sand and dust)
* SeasonalBaggage (Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring)
* ShockAndAwe (electricity and lightning)
* SoulPower (spirit essence)
* SpaceMaster (space and cosmic energy)
* StarPower (stars)
* TimeMaster (time)
* UnholyNuke (evilness)
* WeatherManipulation (storms and rain)

!!!Groupings and Relationships:
* AlchemicElementals
* ColorCodedElements
** BlueMeansCold
** FireIsRed
** GoldIsYellow
** GravityIsPurple
** GreenMeansNatural
** TechnicolorFire
** TechnicolorToxin
** TechnicolorWind
** WaterIsBlue
** WindIsGreen
** YellowEarthGreenEarth
** YellowLightningBlueLightning
* EarthWindJuxtaposition
* ElementNumberFive (quintessence)
* FireIceDuo
* FireIceLightning
* FireWaterJuxtaposition
* FireWaterWind
* FourElementEnsemble
* HydroElectroCombo
* InfinityPlusOneElement
* LandSeaSky
* LifeDeathJuxtaposition (when life and death are treated as elements)
* LightDarknessJuxtaposition
* LightningFireJuxtaposition
* LightningWindJuxtaposition


!!!Applications and {{Motif}}s:
* ElementalAbsorption
* ElementalArmor
* ElementalBaggage
* ElementalBarrier
* ElementalEmbodiment
* ElementalEyeColors
* ElementalFusion
* ElementalHairColors
* ElementalHairComposition
* ElementalIgnorance
* ElementalMotifs
* ElementalNation
* ElementalPersonalities
* ElementalPlane
* ElementalPowers
* ElementalPunch
* ElementalRivalry
* ElementalRockPaperScissors
* ElementalShapeshifter
* ElementalSpeed
* ElementalTiers
* ElementalWeapon
* ElementalZombie
* GaleForceSound
* ScissorsCutsRock
* {{Transmutation}}
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* LightFireJuxtaposition

* MakeMeWannaShout (sound and sonic energy)

%%* Fire Light Contrast

Before people discovered the atomic elements, they hypothesized the existence of other elements that, as they thought, comprised the world around them. There were the classical elements: [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[BlowYouAway Air]], and often [[ElementNumberFive a fifth element]] (not [[HeartBeatDown Heart]]). Sometimes it was [[AnIcePerson Ice]], sometimes it was [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], sometimes [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]], sometimes nothingness ([[PowerOfTheVoid Void]]), sometimes [[CastingAShadow Darkness]], or even [[LightEmUp Light]], and all will be counted here.

* FireLightContrast

+ SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay

* ILoveNuclearPower (radiation)

* ElementalHair