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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
4Tropes 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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