When two or more existing tropes are combined (via addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.) to make a different but somehow related trope.
Compare Rebus Bubble, X Meets Y, and Mix And Match.
Some of the basic building blocks for trope equations: + = "and", "with" | = "or" - = "not", "without" x = "is" ^ = "to the power of"
This list is alphabetized by the end result. Please put new tropes in the appropriate spot.