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** NumberTwoForBrains: The second-in-command is an idiot.
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* LowCountGag: Somebody refers to a small amount or number of people/places/things, PlayedForLaughs.
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* CalculatorSpelling: Typing numbers on a calculator and (usually) turning it upside-down to make it spell out something.
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** SevenHeavenlyVirtues:[[AFriendInNeed Charity]], [[AllLovingHero Kindness]], [[HeroicVow Temperance]], [[CelibateHero Chastity]], [[{{Determinator}} Diligence]], [[ThouShaltNotKill Patience]] and [[HumbleHero Humility]].Charity, Kindness, Temperance, Chastity, Diligence, Patience and Humility.

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** SevenHeavenlyVirtues:[[AFriendInNeed SevenHeavenlyVirtues: [[AFriendInNeed Charity]], [[AllLovingHero Kindness]], [[HeroicVow Temperance]], [[CelibateHero Chastity]], [[{{Determinator}} Diligence]], [[ThouShaltNotKill Patience]] and [[HumbleHero Humility]].Charity, Kindness, Temperance, Chastity, Diligence, Patience and Humility.
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* NumerologicalMotif: Motifs related to certain numbers

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* NumerologicalMotif: Motifs related to certain numbersnumbers.



* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: A purported phone number that si much longer than a real phone number.

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* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: A purported phone number that si is much longer than a real phone number.

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** FourElementEnsemble: The four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water.
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*** FiveManBandConcert: The group of five are shown playing together in band to help show their unity.

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* NPlusOneSequelTitle: A sequel to a work that already had a number in the title adds one to that number.


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** NPlusOneSequelTitle: A sequel to a work that already had a number in the title adds one to that number for its title.
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* NPlusOneSequelTitle: A sequel to a work that already had a number in the title adds one to that number.
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Just as I pressed save, I realized I misspelled "half"


* Fifty-one: MajorityShareDictator: Owning just over hald of a company's stock gives you absolute power in the organization.

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* Fifty-one: MajorityShareDictator: Owning just over hald half of a company's stock gives you absolute power in the organization.

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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome %% custom-titled as "20% More Awesome", so it alphabetizes as a number

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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Using statistics to measure intangible or opinionated concepts. %% custom-titled as "20% More Awesome", so it alphabetizes as a number



* ActuallyFourMooks
* AlternativeNumberSystem
* AnnualTitle
* ArcNumber
* CastCalculus
* DisturbingStatistic
* EleventyZillion: Exaggerating large amounts by using made-up numbers like "bazillion".
* EpisodeCodeNumber
* ExactlyExtyYearsAgo
* GoroawaseNumber
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure
* IHaveManyNames
* JennysNumber
* Letters2Numbers
* MagpiesAsPortents
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* MoreThanInfinite
* NonNaturalNumberGag
* TheNotableNumeral
* NumberedHomeworld
* TheNumberedThings
* NumberOfObjectsTitle
* NumericalThemeNaming
* NumerologicalMotif
* OnceForYesTwiceForNo
* OneExtraMember
* PlayerCharacterCalculus
* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber

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* ActuallyFourMooks
AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: A LevelCap is much higher than what would be expected or needed.
* AlternativeNumberSystem
ActuallyFourMooks: A {{Mook}}, upon being encountered, has more Mooks with them.
* AnnualTitle
AdvancedTech2000: Any piece of technology becomes super-futuristic and super-advanced, by adding a large number on its name (often 2,000). Traditionally used to date the year of invention.
* ArcNumber
AlternativeNumberSystem: Counting to ten has more or less steps than usual.
* CastCalculus
AnnualTitle: A series of annual releases that are dated by year in their title.
* DisturbingStatistic
ArcNumber: Numbers that appear repeatedly throughout a work.
* CastCalculus: Choosing the right cast size and splitting traits between them.
** PlayerCharacterCalculus: Choosing the right amount of player characters for a game.
* DisturbingStatistic: The kind of statistic that makes you pause and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck think about how much trouble it means for you.]]
* EleventyZillion: Exaggerating large amounts by using made-up numbers like "bazillion".
"bazillion". Almost always has no etymological basis other than "-ty' or "-illion".
* EpisodeCodeNumber
EpisodeCodeNumber: Episodes have serial numbers (method may vary).
* ExactlyExtyYearsAgo
ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: Events happened an oddly rounded number of years ago.
* GoroawaseNumber
GoroawaseNumber: Numbers in Japanese are used for puns.
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure
HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: Comparison used for measurement.
* IHaveManyNames
IHaveManyNames: Someone or something has several aliases, sometimes because their real name [[IKnowYourTrueName isn't]], [[TheUnpronounceable can't]], or [[TheScottishTrope mustn't]] be used.
* JennysNumber
JennysNumber: The phone number 867-5309, referencing the 1981 Music/TommyTutone song with the same name.
* Letters2Numbers
Letters2Numbers: Replacing a letters with numbers, generally similar in appearance.
* MagpiesAsPortents
MagpiesAsPortents: Omens regarding magpies and their gathering's number.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Supernumerary ScaryTeeth.
* MoreThanInfinite
MoreThanInfinite: Beyond what shouldn't be able to go beyond. %%behind the beyond? beyind?
* NonNaturalNumberGag
NonNaturalNumberGag: A type of number doesn't make sense for the thing it’s supposed to be quantifying.
* TheNotableNumeral
TheNotableNumeral: A team name that describes its members in terms of quantity and attribute.
* NumberedHomeworld
NumberedHomeworld: A celestial object in a solar system that is numbered.
* TheNumberedThings
NumberedSequel: The names of sequels contain numbers to show the order in which they were made, or the order in which they take place.
** SequelNumberSnarl: The numbering of sequels gets complicated.
* NumberOfObjectsTitle
TheNumberedThings: A collection (or singular important object) whose title references its quantity.
** NumberOfObjectsTitle: TheNumberedThings as a title.
* NumericalThemeNaming
NumericalThemeNaming: Number themes in the individual naming of characters in a group.
* NumerologicalMotif
NumerologicalMotif: Motifs related to certain numbers
* OnceForYesTwiceForNo
OnceForYesTwiceForNo: A binary means of communicating positives and negatives.
* OneExtraMember
OneExtraMember: A team is named after how many members it has, despite having more members than the number indicates.
* PlayerCharacterCalculus
* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber
RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: A purported phone number that si much longer than a real phone number.



* SequelNumberSnarl
* TitleByNumber
* ThemeTable
* TooManyBelts
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs
* YouAreNumberSix

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* SequelNumberSnarl
TitleByNumber: The title is centered around a numerical value.
* TitleByNumber
ThemeTable: Everyone has all the same amount of motifs.
* ThemeTable
TooManyBelts: A character who wears a lot of belts at the same time.
* TooManyBelts
VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: A lot more limbs than logic would like.
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs
* YouAreNumberSix
YouAreNumberSix: A character's name is a number or serialization.



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** DualityMotif

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** DualityMotifDualityMotif: Mismatched elements of appearance foreshadow/reinforce a dual nature.



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** RuleOfTwo

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** RuleOfTwoRuleOfTwo: Villains always have a single right-hand man.



** TwoGirlsToATeam

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** TwoGirlsToATeamTwoGirlsToATeam: In any work with a Team Shot, all but two characters are male.



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*** PowerTrio: For all trios.
*** RuleOfThree: For basically everything else where three things are important.

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*** PowerTrio: For all trios.
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RuleOfThree: For basically Basically anything and everything else where three things are important.important.
*** PowerTrio: For all trios, specifically.



** TheCardinalVirtues
** EliteFour
** TheFourGods
** FourIsDeath
** FourManBand
** FourPhilosophyEnsemble
** FourTemperamentEnsemble

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** TheCardinalVirtues
TheCardinalVirtues: Prudence, Courage, Self-Control, and Justice.
** EliteFour
EliteFour: Four right-hand men, picked from the best of the best.
** TheFourGods
TheFourGods: The four central deified figures of East Asian astrology and geomancy.
** FourIsDeath
FourIsDeath: The number "four" is not just homophonous with death; it is synonymous with it.
** FourManBand
FourManBand: The typical protagonist quartet: the reasonable one, the brains, the wayward one, and the patsy.
** FourPhilosophyEnsemble
FourPhilosophyEnsemble: [[StrawNihilist The Cynic]], [[HonorBeforeReason the Optimist]], [[TakeAThirdOption the Realist]], and [[BystanderSyndrome the Apathetic]] (and sometimes, [[TheDitherer the Conflicted]]).
** FourTemperamentEnsembleFourTemperamentEnsemble: The Sanguine, the Choleric, the Phlegmatic, Melancholic (and sometimes, the Eclectic).



** FiveFiveFive
** ElementNumberFive
** FiveManBand
** OneTwoThreeFourGo

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** FiveFiveFive
FiveFiveFive: 555 used as an Area Code in fictional phone numbers.
** ElementNumberFive
ElementNumberFive: A special, often mysterious elemental type that doesn't quite fit in with the other more common elements in the setting.
** FiveManBand
FiveManBand: A group of five people, used to explore how the characters' personalities and relationships interact and bounce off of one another.
** OneTwoThreeFourGoOneTwoThreeFourGo: Wordplay involving how the English word "go" is a homophone for the Japanese word for "five".



** SixthRangerTraitor: The new member of the team turns out to be evil and betrays the other members.

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** *** SixthRangerTraitor: The new member of the team turns out to be evil and betrays the other members.



** LuckySeven
** TheMagnificentSevenSamurai
** SevenDeadlySins
** SevenHeavenlyVirtues
** SevenIsNana
** TheSevenMysteries
** MagicalSeventhSon

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** LuckySeven
TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: A helpless community under attack hires heroes (usually seven) to protect them.
** TheMagnificentSevenSamurai
SevenDeadlySins: {{Greed}}, [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]], {{Lust}}, [[LazyBum Sloth]], [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]], and {{Pride}}.
** SevenDeadlySins
SevenHeavenlyVirtues:[[AFriendInNeed Charity]], [[AllLovingHero Kindness]], [[HeroicVow Temperance]], [[CelibateHero Chastity]], [[{{Determinator}} Diligence]], [[ThouShaltNotKill Patience]] and [[HumbleHero Humility]].Charity, Kindness, Temperance, Chastity, Diligence, Patience and Humility.
** SevenHeavenlyVirtues
SevenIsNana: In Japanese, the numeral "nana" is used instead of "[[FourIsDeath shi]]chi".
** SevenIsNana
TheSevenMysteries: Mysterious phenomena coming in groups of seven.
** TheSevenMysteries
** MagicalSeventhSon
MagicalSeventhSon: The seventh son (possibly fathered by a seventh son himself) has magical powers.



** RuleOfSeven

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** RuleOfSevenRuleOfSeven: The number seven used as a PlotDevice.
*** LuckySeven: The number seven is associated with good fortune.



* Fifty-one: MajorityShareDictator

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* Fifty-one: MajorityShareDictatorMajorityShareDictator: Owning just over hald of a company's stock gives you absolute power in the organization.



* Ninety-nine: AndNinetyNineCents
* LawOfOneHundred (100)
* Mystical108 (108)
* FourTwentyBlazeIt (420): Jokes on how 420 is associated with weed.
* NumberOfTheBeast (666) [[spoiler:Or 616?]]
* AdvancedTech2000 (2000)
* TenThousandYears (10,000)
* {{Infinite}}
* PunWithPi: Jokes about the number pi (3.14159, etc) sounding like the word "pie".

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* Ninety-nine: AndNinetyNineCents
AndNinetyNineCents: Items selling for a single currency unit under full price with the aim of making the consumer think they're cheaper than they really are.
* LawOfOneHundred (100)
LawOfOneHundred: Collecting 100 common items grants bonuses.
* Mystical108 (108)
Mystical108: The number 108 has spiritual significance in Eastern culture, particularly Buddhism.
* FourTwentyBlazeIt (420): FourTwentyBlazeIt: Jokes on how 420 420, 4:20, and April 20th are associated with cannabis.
* NumberOfTheBeast: The number 666 (alternatively 616)
is associated with weed.
the Beast in the Literature/BookOfRevelation and by extension {{Satan}} and demons.
* NumberOfTheBeast (666) [[spoiler:Or 616?]]
ThousandYearReign: A dynasty of (or approximately) a thousand years
* AdvancedTech2000 (2000)
EveryTenThousandPoints: Collecting 10,000 common items grants bonuses.
* TenThousandYears (10,000)
TenThousandYears: A period of ten millennia, or a myriad.
* {{Infinite}}
{{Infinite}}: Non-finite, or without end ([[MoreThanInfinite presumably]]).
* PunWithPi: Jokes about the Greek letter or irrational number pi (3.14159, etc) (π = 3.1415926535[[labelnote:etc.]]897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679[[https://www.piday.org/million/ ...]][[/labelnote]]) sounding like the English word "pie".
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** DoubleSidedTropes: For when the two things are the two sides of some larger object.
** DoubleSubversion: A triple Subversion is ZigzaggingTrope.
** DualityMotif
** DuelingTropes: Since duels involve two people fighting each other.



** TwoOutOfThreeAintBad

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** TwoOutOfThreeAintBadThreePlusTwo: A team where there's a core of three people and then two other additions.
** TwoGirlsToATeam

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Okay, Three is actually pretty short...


* Three:
** ComicTrio
** TheThreeCertaintiesInLife
** ThreeAmigos: Two boys and a girl who are close friends.
** ThreeWishes
** PowerTrio
** ThreePlusTwo
** ThirdTimesTheCharm
** OnThree
** RuleOfThree

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Three: Covered mainly by indexes:
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** TheThreeCertaintiesInLife
** ThreeAmigos: Two boys and a girl who
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*** RuleOfThree: For basically everything else where three things
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** PowerTrio
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** ThirdTimesTheCharm
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** RuleOfThree
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* CountingToPotato: Someone counts in an incorrect or nonsensical manner, commonly by listing numbers out of order or substituting numbers with random words.



* {{The Numbered Things}}

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** MyHeroZero: A heroic character has Zero as their name.

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** MyHeroZero: A heroic character has Zero as their name.
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Up to 11 isn't about the number eleven.


* Eleven: UpToEleven: Something is exaggerated as far as it can go.

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* OneExtraMember
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