1 | ->''Numbers don't have feelings. If they did, this one ''[[[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]]]'' would be sad, this one ''[[[FourTwentyBlazeIt 420]]]'' would be giggly, and this one ''[[[LOL69 69]]]'' would be exciting for a few minutes, but then the novelty wears off and it mostly just gets tired and sore.'' |
2 | -->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' |
3 | |
4 | Tropes about numbers, general or specific. |
5 | |
6 | %% Please don't include tropes just because there's a number in the title (like Fiction500 or EleventhHourSuperpower). The trope itself should involve the number. |
7 | ---- |
8 | !!General numbers: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | [floatboxright: |
11 | '''Related indexes:''' |
12 | + CountingTropes |
13 | + MathTropes |
14 | + MultiplicityTropes |
15 | + TwoInOneTropes |
16 | ] |
17 | * TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Using statistics to measure intangible or opinionated concepts. %% custom-titled as "20% More Awesome", so it alphabetizes as a number |
18 | * SixIsNine: An upside-down 9 is mistaken for a 6 or vice versa. |
19 | * AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: A LevelCap is much higher than what would be expected or needed. |
20 | * ActuallyFourMooks: A {{Mook}}, upon being encountered, has more Mooks with them. |
21 | * 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. |
22 | * AlternativeNumberSystem: Counting to ten has more or less steps than usual. |
23 | * AnnualTitle: A series of annual releases that are dated by year in their title. |
24 | * ArcNumber: Numbers that appear frequently throughout a work. |
25 | * CalculatorSpelling: Typing numbers on a calculator and (usually) turning it upside-down to make it spell out something. |
26 | * {{Cap}}: The maximum amount allowed of a video game resource. |
27 | * CastCalculus: Choosing the right cast size and splitting traits between them. |
28 | ** PlayerCharacterCalculus: Choosing the right amount of player characters for a game. |
29 | * DisturbingStatistic: The kind of statistic that makes you pause and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck think about how much trouble it means for you.]] |
30 | * EleventyZillion: Exaggerating large amounts by using made-up numbers like "bazillion". Almost always has no etymological basis other than "-ty' or "-illion". |
31 | * EpisodeCodeNumber: Episodes have serial numbers (method may vary). |
32 | * ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: Events happened an oddly rounded number of years ago. |
33 | * GoroawaseNumber: Numbers in Japanese are used for puns. |
34 | * HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: Comparison used for measurement. |
35 | * IHaveManyNames: Someone or something has several aliases, sometimes because their real name [[IKnowYourTrueName isn't]], [[TheUnpronounceable can't]], or [[TheScottishTrope mustn't]] be used. |
36 | * InflationaryDialogue: A dialogue trope where a number mentioned changes during the conversation. |
37 | * JennysNumber: The phone number 867-5309, referencing the 1981 Music/TommyTutone song with the same name. |
38 | * Letters2Numbers: Replacing letters with numbers, generally similar in appearance. |
39 | * LowCountGag: Somebody refers to a small amount or number of people/places/things, PlayedForLaughs. |
40 | * MagpiesAsPortents: Omens regarding magpies and their gathering's number. |
41 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Supernumerary ScaryTeeth. |
42 | * MoreThanInfinite: Beyond what shouldn't be able to go beyond. %%behind the beyond? Beyond +1? |
43 | * NonNaturalNumberGag: A type of number doesn't make sense for the thing it’s supposed to be quantifying. |
44 | * TheNotableNumeral: A team name that describes its members in terms of quantity and attribute. |
45 | * NumberedHomeworld: A celestial object in a solar system that has a number in its name. |
46 | * NumberedSequel: The names of sequels contain numbers to show the order in which they were made, or the order in which they take place. |
47 | ** SequelNumberSnarl: The numbering of sequels gets complicated. |
48 | ** NPlusOneSequelTitle: A sequel to a work that already had a number in the title adds one to that number for its title. |
49 | * TheNumberedThings: A collection (or singular important object) whose title references its quantity. |
50 | ** NumberOfObjectsTitle: TheNumberedThings as a title. |
51 | * NumberObsession: An obsession or phobia regarding numbers and/or numerical order. |
52 | * NumericalThemeNaming: Number themes in the individual naming of characters in a group. |
53 | * NumerologicalMotif: Motifs related to certain numbers. |
54 | * OnceForYesTwiceForNo: A binary means of communicating positives and negatives. |
55 | * OneExtraMember: A team is named after how many members it has, despite having more members than the number indicates. |
56 | * RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: A purported phone number that is much longer than a real phone number. |
57 | * SelfReferentialTrackPlacement: If a song has a number in its title, expect it to be placed at the same number in the album tracklist. |
58 | * TitleByNumber: The title is centered around a numerical value. |
59 | * ThemeTable: Everyone has all the same amount of motifs. |
60 | * TooManyBelts: A character who wears a lot of belts at the same time. |
61 | * VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: A lot more limbs than logic would like. |
62 | * YouAreNumberSix: A character's name is a number or serialization. |
63 | |
64 | !!Specific numbers: |
65 | [floatboxright: |
66 | '''Related indices:''' |
67 | + TheIndexOfZero |
68 | + TheOneAndOnlyIndex |
69 | + DuoTropes |
70 | + RuleOfThree |
71 | ++ PowerTrio |
72 | ] |
73 | * Zero: TheIndexOfZero |
74 | * One: TheOneAndOnlyIndex |
75 | * Two: |
76 | ** DoubleSidedTropes: For when the two things are the two sides of some larger object. |
77 | ** DoubleSubversion: A triple Subversion is ZigzaggingTrope. |
78 | ** DualityMotif: Mismatched elements of appearance foreshadow/reinforce a dual nature. |
79 | ** DuelingTropes: Since duels involve two people fighting each other. |
80 | ** HalfEmptyTwoShot: A two-character shot where one character is conspicuously absent. |
81 | ** JuxtaposedHalvesShot: Half of two characters' sides are juxtaposed to or beside each other. |
82 | ** MediumTwoShot: A two-character shot that frames their heads and torsos. |
83 | ** NumberTwo: The person who is second-in-command. |
84 | ** NumberTwoForBrains: The second-in-command is an idiot. |
85 | ** RuleOfTwo: Villains always have a single right-hand man. |
86 | ** ThreePlusTwo: A team where there's a core of three people and then two other additions. |
87 | ** TwoGirlsToATeam: In any work with a Team Shot, all but two characters are male. |
88 | * Three: Covered mainly by indexes: |
89 | ** RuleOfThree: Basically anything and everything else where three things are important. |
90 | *** PowerTrio: For all trios, specifically. |
91 | * Four: |
92 | ** TheCardinalVirtues: Prudence, Courage, Self-Control, and Justice. |
93 | ** EliteFour: Four right-hand men, picked from the best of the best. |
94 | ** FourGirlEnsemble: An ensemble consisting of four female characters: one sweet, one smart, one sexy, and one snarky. |
95 | ** TheFourGods: The four central deified figures of East Asian astrology and geomancy. |
96 | ** FourIsDeath: The number "four" is not just homophonous with death; it is synonymous with it. |
97 | ** FourLinesAllWaiting: A show, typically a SoapOpera, maintains four (or more) concurrent plotlines in one episode. |
98 | ** FourManBand: The typical protagonist quartet: the reasonable one, the brains, the wayward one, and the patsy. |
99 | ** FourPhilosophyEnsemble: [[StrawNihilist The Cynic]], [[HonorBeforeReason the Optimist]], [[TakeAThirdOption the Realist]], and [[BystanderSyndrome the Apathetic]] (and sometimes, [[TheDitherer the Conflicted]]). |
100 | ** FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Sanguine, the Choleric, the Phlegmatic, Melancholic (and sometimes, the Eclectic). |
101 | * Five: |
102 | ** FiveFiveFive: 555 used as an Area Code in fictional phone numbers. |
103 | ** ElementNumberFive: A special, often mysterious elemental type that doesn't quite fit in with the other more common elements in the setting. |
104 | ** FiveManBand: A group of five people, used to explore how the characters' personalities and relationships interact and bounce off of one another. |
105 | *** FiveManBandConcert: When TheTeam decides to form a music band to show unity. |
106 | ** OneTwoThreeFourGo: Wordplay involving how the English word "go" is a homophone for the Japanese word for "five". |
107 | * Six: |
108 | ** SixthRanger: An additional member of the team who doesn't join until well after the other members have been active. |
109 | *** SixthRangerTraitor: The new member of the team turns out to be evil and betrays the other members. |
110 | * Seven: |
111 | ** TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: A helpless community under attack hires heroes (usually seven) to protect them. |
112 | ** SevenDeadlySins: {{Greed}}, [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]], {{Lust}}, [[LazyBum Sloth]], [[UnstoppableRage Wrath]], and {{Pride}}. |
113 | ** SevenHeavenlyVirtues: [[AFriendInNeed Charity]], [[AllLovingHero Kindness]], [[HeroicVow Temperance]], [[CelibateHero Chastity]], [[{{Determinator}} Diligence]], [[ThouShaltNotKill Patience]] and [[HumbleHero Humility]]. |
114 | ** SevenIsNana: In Japanese, the numeral "nana" is used instead of "[[FourIsDeath shi]]chi". |
115 | ** TheSevenMysteries: Mysterious phenomena coming in groups of seven. |
116 | ** MagicalSeventhSon: The seventh son (possibly fathered by a seventh son himself) has magical powers. |
117 | ** RainbowMotif (Usually seven colors of the rainbow) |
118 | ** RuleOfSeven: The number seven used as a PlotDevice. |
119 | *** LuckySeven: The number seven is associated with good fortune. |
120 | * Thirteen: |
121 | ** Front13Back9: The season starts with 13 episodes which are ordered, then the next 9 will air and be ordered later. |
122 | ** ThirteenIsUnlucky: The superstition that the number 13 indicates bad luck and misfortune. |
123 | * Thirty-six: UsefulNotes/TheThirtySixStratagems |
124 | * [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Forty-Two]]: JustForFun/FortyTwo |
125 | * Fifty-one: MajorityShareDictator: Owning just over half of a company's stock gives you absolute power in the organization. |
126 | * Sixty-five: SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: 65 episodes (or 40 episodes in some cases) make for easy syndication. |
127 | * Sixty-nine: LOL69: Jokes on how the number 69 is also the name of a sex position. |
128 | * Ninety-nine: 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. |
129 | * LawOfOneHundred: Collecting 100 common items grants bonuses. |
130 | * Mystical108: The number 108 has spiritual significance in Eastern culture, particularly Buddhism. |
131 | * FourTwentyBlazeIt: Jokes on how 420, 4:20, and April 20th are associated with cannabis. |
132 | * NumberOfTheBeast: The number 666 (alternatively 616) is associated with the Beast in the Literature/BookOfRevelation and by extension {{Satan}} and demons. |
133 | * ThousandYearReign: A dynasty of (or approximately) a thousand years |
134 | * Every10000Points: Collecting 10,000 common items grants bonuses. |
135 | * TenThousandYears: A period of ten millennia, or a myriad. |
136 | * {{Infinite}}: Non-finite, or without end ([[MoreThanInfinite presumably]]). |
137 | * PunWithPi: Jokes about the Greek letter or irrational number pi (π = 3.1415926535[[labelnote:etc.]]897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679[[https://www.piday.org/million/ ...]][[/labelnote]]) sounding like the English word "pie". |
138 | [[/index]] |
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