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1	When you have a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_sort bucket]] of tropes to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_sort comb]] through, it helps to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_sort merge]] them into a single coherent [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_sort strand]] (no, not like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_sort spaghetti]]!). Luckily for you, the wiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome_sort gnome]] is not a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stooge_sort stooge]]. He has come down from his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_sort tree]] to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_sort count]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_sort pigeonhole]] each of our vast [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort selection]] of sorting tropes. It wasn't [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksort quick]] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothsort smooth]], and he's a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort shell]] of his former self, but with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_sorting patience]], he has created a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_sort library]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithm sorting algorithms.]]
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3	Grab a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_sort cocktail]] and enjoy a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heapsort heap]] of tropes.
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5	Not to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstsort burst]] your [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort bubble]], but scales, sliding or otherwise, are another form of sorting -- hence their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_sort insertion]] into this index.
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8	!!Tropes:
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10	[[index]]
11	* JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit
12	* ApocalypseHow
13	* AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction: SciFi inventions can be the focus of the story, a prop, or a societal impact.
14	* BasedOnATrueStory
15	* BrainChain
16	* Change Vs. Status Quo
17	** CantCatchUp
18	* EmotionsVsStoicism
19	* FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism
20	* FoodChainOfEvil
21	* GoodHairEvilHair
22	* IndividualismVsCollectivism
23	* JustForFun/KinseyScaleOfTropes
24	* Mohs Scales:
25	** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness
26	** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness
27	** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness
28	** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness
29	* NetworkDecay
30	* PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration
31	* PopularityFoodChain
32	* ThePowerOfLanguage
33	* ScaleOfScientificSins
34	* SeasonFluidity
35	* SexinessScore
36	* Sliding Scales:
37	** SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification
38	** SlidingScaleOfAlternateHistoryPlausibility
39	** SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast
40	** SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication
41	** SlidingScaleOfAnimationElaborateness
42	** SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness
43	** SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism
44	** [[Analysis/AntiHero Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]
45	** [[Analysis/AntiVillain Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains]]
46	** [[SlidingScale/BadassBoast Sliding Scale of Badass Boasts]]
47	** SlidingScaleOfBeauty
48	** SlidingScaleOfCharacterAppreciation: How much the audience likes different types of characters.
49	** SlidingScaleOfCollectibleTracking
50	** SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror
51	** SlidingScaleOfContinuity
52	** SlidingScaleOfContentDensityVsWidth
53	** SlidingScaleOfCooperationVsCompetition
54	** SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness
55	** SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
56	** SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning: How likely is it for this type of character to change sides?
57	** SlidingScaleOfDivineIntervention
58	** SlidingScaleOfEndings: Endings can range from happy to neutral to tragic.
59	** SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness
60	** SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate
61	** SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration
62	** SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality
63	** SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
64	** SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement
65	** SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility
66	** SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism
67	** SlidingScaleOfLikeRealityUnlessNoted: How similar a modern setting in a work is to RealLife.
68	** SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness
69	** SlidingScaleOfLivingToys
70	** SortingAlgorithmOfMortality
71	** SlidingScaleOfObjectiveVsSubjectiveGames
72	** SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction
73	** SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters
74	** SlidingScaleOfProactiveness: Sorting how proactive the leading characters are in regard to the plot.
75	** SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic
76	** SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence
77	** SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty
78	** SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness
79	** SlidingScaleOfSocialSatisfaction: How livable is this fictional dystopian or utopian place?
80	** SortingAlgorithmOfThreateningGeography
81	** SlidingScaleOfTurnRealism
82	** SlidingScaleOfUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable
83	** SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration
84	** SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness
85	** SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObjectives
86	** SlidingScaleOfVideoGameWorldSizeAndScale
87	** SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness
88	** SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat
89	** SlidingScaleOfVisualsVersusDialogue
90	** SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness
91	* SmallTaxonomyPools
92	* StoryToGameplayRatio
93	* SuperheroPrevalenceStages
94	* JustForFun/SuperWeight
95	* TemporalMutability
96	* TieredByName
97	[[/index]]
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100	This index is guaranteed to run in O (''n'' log ''n''). Though if you count the [[ArchiveBinge recursive clicks]], [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife it won't]].

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