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.]]

Grab a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_sort cocktail]] and enjoy a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heapsort heap]] of tropes.

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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!!Tropes:

[[index]]
* JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit
* ApocalypseHow
* AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction: SciFi inventions can be the focus of the story, a prop, or a societal impact.
* BasedOnATrueStory
* BrainChain
* Change Vs. Status Quo
** CantCatchUp
* EmotionsVsStoicism
* FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism
* FoodChainOfEvil
* GoodHairEvilHair
* IndividualismVsCollectivism
* JustForFun/KinseyScaleOfTropes
* Mohs Scales:
** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness
** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness
** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness
** MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness
* NetworkDecay
* PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration
* PopularityFoodChain
* ThePowerOfLanguage
* ScaleOfScientificSins
* SeasonFluidity
* SexinessScore
* Sliding Scales:
** SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification
** SlidingScaleOfAlternateHistoryPlausibility
** SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast
** SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication
** SlidingScaleOfAnimationElaborateness
** SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness
** SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism
** [[Analysis/AntiHero Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]
** [[Analysis/AntiVillain Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains]]
** [[SlidingScale/BadassBoast Sliding Scale of Badass Boasts]]
** SlidingScaleOfBeauty
** SlidingScaleOfCharacterAppreciation: How much the audience likes different types of characters.
** SlidingScaleOfCollectibleTracking
** SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror
** SlidingScaleOfContinuity
** SlidingScaleOfContentDensityVsWidth
** SlidingScaleOfCooperationVsCompetition
** SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness
** SortingAlgorithmOfEvil
** SortingAlgorithmOfFaceHeelTurning: How likely is it for this type of character to change sides?
** SlidingScaleOfDivineIntervention
** SlidingScaleOfEndings: Endings can range from happy to neutral to tragic.
** SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness
** SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate
** SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration
** SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality
** SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
** SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement
** SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility
** SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism
** SlidingScaleOfLikeRealityUnlessNoted: How similar a modern setting in a work is to RealLife.
** SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness
** SlidingScaleOfLivingToys
** SortingAlgorithmOfMortality
** SlidingScaleOfObjectiveVsSubjectiveGames
** SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction
** SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters
** SlidingScaleOfProactiveness: Sorting how proactive the leading characters are in regard to the plot.
** SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic
** SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence
** SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty
** SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness
** SlidingScaleOfSocialSatisfaction: How livable is this fictional dystopian or utopian place?
** SortingAlgorithmOfThreateningGeography
** SlidingScaleOfTurnRealism
** SlidingScaleOfUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable
** SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration
** SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness
** SlidingScaleOfVideoGameObjectives
** SlidingScaleOfVideoGameWorldSizeAndScale
** SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness
** SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat
** SlidingScaleOfVisualsVersusDialogue
** SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness
* SmallTaxonomyPools
* StoryToGameplayRatio
* SuperheroPrevalenceStages
* JustForFun/SuperWeight
* TemporalMutability
* TierSystem
[[/index]]

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