Just a list of tropes that can be put together to become bigger and stronger tropes when you have "Polymerization" in your hand. Common Formats include "Trope X + Trope Y = Trope Z."
Compare the Fusion Dance trope page, or Troperithmetic.
Tropes:
- 20 Minutes into the Future + Cyberpunk = Post-Cyberpunk
- 20 Minutes into the Future + Green Aesop = Solar Punk
- 20 Minutes into the Future + Punk Punk = Cyberpunk
- Ancient Grome + Punk Punk = Sandal Punk
- The Gay '90s + Victorian Britain + The Gilded Age + Cyberpunk = Steampunk
- The Wild West + Steampunk = Cattle Punk
- The '40s + The Great Depression + Punk Punk + The Roaring '20s = Diesel Punk
- The '40s + The '50s + The '60s + Punk Punk = Raygun Gothic
- The '80s + Punk Punk = Cassette Futurism
- Steampunk + The Renaissance = Clock Punk
- Post-Cyberpunk + Science Fiction + Space Is an Ocean = Solar Punk
- Actually Pretty Funny + Germans Love David Hasselhoff = Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales
- Adaptational Heroism + Top God = Everybody Loves Zeus
- Adaptational Jerkass + The Grim Reaper = Everybody Hates Hades
- Adaptational Nice Guy + Top God = Everybody Loves Zeus
- Adaptational Villainy + The Grim Reaper = Everybody Hates Hades
- After the End + Punk Punk = The Apunkalypse
- Ambiguous Situation + Dad the Veteran = Ambiguously Trained
- Ambiguous Situation + Old Soldier = Ambiguously Trained
- An Ice Person + There Is No Kill Like Overkill = Kill It with Ice
- An Ice Person + Impossibly Cool Clothes = An Ice Suit
- An Ice Person + Playing with Fire = Fire/Ice Duo
- An Ice Person + Playing with Fire = Making a Splash
- An Index Orange + Blue Tropes = Orange/Blue Contrast
- An Index Orange + Green and Mean + Purple Is the New Black = Secondary Color Nemesis
- Ancient Artifact + The Corrupter = Artifact Domination
- Ancient Artifact + The Corruption = Artifact Domination
- Ancient Artifact + Creating Life = Animating Artifact
- Ancient Artifact + Evil Weapon = Artifact of Doom
- Ancient Artifact + Dangerous Forbidden Technique = Artifact of Death
- Ancient Artifact + Gotta Catch Them All = Artifact of Attraction
- Ancient Artifact + Historical Object Upgrade = Famously Mundane, Fictionally Magical
- Ancient Artifact + Immortality = Immortality Inducer
- Ancient Artifact + Status Buff = Amplifier Artifact
- Ancient Artifact + Undying Loyalty = Instant Allegiance Artifact
- Ancient Greece + Ancient Rome = Ancient Grome
- Ancient Grome + Punk Punk = Sandal Punk
- Animal-Themed Superbeing + Arachnid Tropes = Spider-Man Send-Up
- Animal-Themed Superbeing + Bat Out of Hell = Batman Parody
- Animal-Themed Superbeing + Bat Scare = Batman Parody
- Animal Tropes + Eldritch Abomination = Animalistic Abomination
- Animal Tropes + Fantastic Flora = Planimal
- Animal Tropes + Plant Tropes = Planimal
- The Antichrist + Heel–Face Turn = Anti-Anti-Christ
- Anti-Hero + Dark and Troubled Past + Humans Are Flawed = Byronic Hero
- Anti-Hero + Dark Is Not Evil = The Cowl
- Anti-Hero + Humans Are Flawed = Classical Anti-Hero
- Anti-Hero + The Cynic = Knight in Sour Armor
- Anti-Hero + Enlightened Self-Interest = Nominal Hero
- Anti-Hero + Knight in Shining Armor = Black Knight
- Anti-Hero + The Reliable One = Pragmatic Hero
- Anti-Hero + I Did What I Had to Do = Unscrupulous Hero
- Anti-Hero + Rated M for Manly = '90s Anti-Hero
- Anti-Hero + Replacement Scrappy = Anti-Hero Substitute
- Anti-Hero + Not in This for Your Revolution = Nominal Hero
- Applied Phlebotinum + Shock and Awe = Lightning Can Do Anything
- Art Imitates Art + Love Goddess = The Burlesque of Venus
- Art Imitates Art + Truth in Television = Life Imitates Art
- Badass Longcoat + Gas Mask Mooks = Gas Mask, Longcoat
- Badass Longcoat + Walking Shirtless Scene = No Shirt, Long Jacket
- The Bad Guy Wins + Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain/Goldfish Poop Gang = Team Rocket Wins
- Bald of Evil + Lean and Mean + Our Vampires Are Different + Badass Longcoat = Looks Like Orlok
- Bash Brothers + Official Couple = Battle Couple
- Bash Brothers + The Squad = Band of Brothers
- Bears Are Bad News + Living Toys = Killer Teddy Bear
- Bequeathed Power + Good Fortune from God = Religion is Magic
- Better than a Bare Bulb + Deconstruction = Deconstructive Parody
- Bigot with a Badge + Noble Bigot = Noble Bigot with a Badge
- Black Comedy + Getting Crap Past the Radar = Black Comedy Burst
- Black Magic + Fairy Godmother = Fairy Devilmother
- Blame Game + Please Shoot the Messenger = Just Following Orders
- Blame Game + Uriah Gambit = Just Giving Orders
- Blessed with Suck + Fairy Godmother = Fairy Devilmother
- Blue Is Heroic + Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold + Red Is Heroic = Primary-Color Champion
- Body Horror + Fetus Terrible = Womb Horror
- Boss Battle + Glass Cannon = Rush Boss
- Boss Battle + Stone Wall = Marathon Boss
- Botanical Abomination + Animalistic Abomination = Planimal
- Botanical Abomination + Humanoid Abomination = Plant Person
- Botanical Abomination + Mechanical Abomination = Organic Technology
- Broken Tears + Laughing Mad = Cry Laughing
- The Cape + Patriotic Fervor = Captain Patriotic
- Captain Patriotic + Propaganda Machine = Propaganda Hero
- Chest Burster + Enemy Summoner = Spawn Broodling
- The Chosen Many + Creator Provincialism = The Chosen People
- The Chosen Many + Superpowerful Genetics = The Chosen People
- The Chosen Many + Tribe of Priests = The Chosen People
- The Chosen One + Failure Hero = The Poorly Chosen One
- The Chosen One + Loser Protagonist = The Chosen Zero
- Cloudcuckoolander + Deadpan Snarker = Cuckoosnarker
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience + Highly-Visible Ninja = Technicolor Ninjas
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience + Ninja = Technicolor Ninjas
- Combat Tentacles + Humanoid Abomination = Cthulhumanoid
- Comedy + Crosses the Line Twice = Black Comedy
- Comedy + Disgust Tropes = Vulgar Humor
- Comedy + Horror = Horror Comedy
- The Complainer Is Always Wrong + Easily Forgiven = No Sympathy for Grudgeholders
- The Complainer Is Always Wrong + Karma Houdini = No Sympathy for Grudgeholders
- Crapsack World + Sugar Bowl = Crapsaccharine World
- Creepy Shadowed Undereyes + Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette + Messy Hair = Looks Like Cesare
- Crystal Dragon Jesus + Legendary Weapon = Holy Hand Grenade
- Crystal Prison + Eldritch Location = Crystal Landscape
- Culture Clash + Due to the Dead = Freaky Funeral Forms
- Curb-Stomp Battle + Hope Spot = Curb Stomp Cushion
- Cute, but Cacophonic + Evil Cannot Stand Cuteness = Villain Has a Point
- Cute, but Cacophonic + Vile Villain, Saccharine Show = Evil Cannot Stand Cuteness
- Cyberpunk + Decon-Recon Switch = Post Cyber Punk
- Dad the Veteran + Mysterious Past = Ambiguously Trained
- Dark Is Not Evil + Fairy Devilmother = Fairy Godmother
- Dark World + Womb Horror = Womb Level
- Death by Irony + Greed = Death by Materialism
- Death by Irony + Lust = Sex Signals Death
- Death by Irony + Pride = Death by Mocking
- Deconstruction + Everyone Is a Super = Capepunk
- Deconstruction + Genre-Busting = Deconstructor Fleet
- Deconstruction + Playing with Character Type = Deconstructed Character Archetype
- Deconstruction + Reconstruction = Decon-Recon Switch
- Doom Magnet + Lethal Klutz + Weirdness Magnet = Walking Disaster Area
- Downer Ending + "Shaggy Dog" Story = Shoot the Shaggy Dog
- Downer Ending + All for Nothing + (sometimes) The Hero Dies = Shoot the Shaggy Dog
- Eldritch Abomination + Fantastic Flora = Botanical Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Horror + Nothing Is Scarier = Cosmic Horror Story
- Eldritch Abomination + Genius Loci = Eldritch Location
- Eldritch Abomination + Living Program = Digital Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Monstrous Humanoid = Humanoid Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Our Angels Are Different = Angelic Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Our Dragons Are Different = Draconic Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Religion is Magic = Lovecraftian Superpower
- Eldritch Abomination + Robot = Mechanical Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Rule of Cute = Adorable Abomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Santa Claus = Santabomination
- Eldritch Abomination + Spacecraft = Eldritch Starship
- Eldritch Abomination + Super-Empowering = Lovecraftian Superpower
- Eldritch Abomination + The Undead = Undead Abomination
- Eldritch Location + Horror + Nothing Is Scarier = Cosmic Horror Story
- Eldritch Location + Power Crystal = Crystal Landscape
- Eldritch Location + Spacecraft = Eldritch Starship
- The Empath + Emotion Control = Emotion Bomb
- Emotion Bomb + Heart Beat-Down = Care-Bear Stare
- Emotion Bomb + The Power of Love = Care-Bear Stare
- Emotion Bomb + Self-Destruct Mechanism = Angst Nuke
- Empowerment + Love Redeems = The Power of Love
- Empowerment + Roaring Rampage of Revenge + Unstoppable Rage = The Power of Hate
- Empowerment + The Team = The Power of Friendship
- Everything's Better with Rainbows + Not Quite Flight = Ride the Rainbow
- Everything's Better with Rainbows + Sky Surfing = Ride the Rainbow
- Evil Counterpart + Failure Hero = Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- Evil Counterpart + Fairy Godmother = Fairy Devilmother
- Evil Counterpart + Holy Ground = Unholy Ground
- Evil Counterpart + Primary-Color Champion = Secondary Color Nemesis
- Evil Old Folks + Witch Classic = Wicked Witch
- Evil Wears Black + Light Is Not Good = Grayscale of Evil
- Evil Wears Black + Red Is Violent = Red and Black and Evil All Over
- Face–Heel Turn + Messianic Archetype = The Antichrist
- Face–Heel Turn + Messianic Archetype = Dark Messiah
- Fairy Devilmother + White Magic = Fairy Godmother
- Fairy Godmother + Good Is Not Nice = Fairy Devilmother
- Fan Convention + Organized Crime Tropes = Criminal Convention
- Fan Convention + Serial Killer = Criminal Convention
- Fan Convention + Villains = Criminal Convention
- Fanon + Adaptational Heroism = Draco in Leather Pants
- Fanon + Adaptational Villainy = Ron the Death Eater
- Fantastic Comedy + Fantasy Literature = Comic Fantasy
- Fantasy + Darker and Edgier = Dark Fantasy
- Fantasy + Historical Fiction = Historical Fantasy
- Fantasy + Science Fiction = Science Fantasy
- Fantasy + Steampunk = Gaslamp Fantasy
- Fate Worse than Death + I Cannot Self-Terminate + Who Wants to Live Forever? = And I Must Scream
- Film Noir + Punk Punk = Fantastic Noir
- Fish People + Humanoid Abomination = Cthulhumanoid
- Flight + Nigh-Invulnerability + Super-Strength = Flying Brick
- Frankenstein's Monster + Humanoid Abomination = Flesh Golem
- Fusion Dance + Gone Horribly Wrong = Merging Mistake
- Fusion Dance + Love Interests = Romantic Fusion
- God of Evil + Light 'em Up = Light Is Not Good
- God of Evil + The Sacred Darkness = Dark Is Evil
- God of Good + Light 'em Up = Light Is Good
- God of Good + The Sacred Darkness = Dark Is Not Evil
- Good Is Not Nice + Thou Shalt Not Kill = Cool and Unusual Punishment
- Good Is Not Nice + Thou Shalt Not Kill = Cruel Mercy
- Good Is Not Nice + Thou Shalt Not Kill = Fate Worse than Death
- Gothic Horror + Punk Punk = Gothic Punk
- Gratuitous Latin + Conlang = Canis Latinicus
- Green Tropes + Paint the Index Red = Red/Green Contrast
- Green Tropes + Paint the Index Red = Red Index, Green Index
- The Grim Reaper + World's Most Beautiful Woman = Death and the Maiden
- Grossout Show + Speculative Fiction + Surrealism = Bizarro Fiction
- Happy Fun Ball + Sealed Evil in a Can = Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear
- Heroes Prefer Swords + Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me = Knightly Sword and Shield
- He Who Must Not Be Seen + The Other Darrin = Fake Shemp
- Herd-Hitting Attack + Shock and Awe = Chain Lightning
- Historical Domain Character + Stock Superpowers Index = Historical Domain Superperson
- Holy Burns Evil + Legendary Weapon = Holy Hand Grenade
- Holy Is Not Safe + Legendary Weapon = Holy Hand Grenade
- Horror + Mind Screw = Psychological Horror
- Horror + Religion Tropes = Religious Horror
- Horror + Romanticism = Gothic Horror
- Horror + Sackhead Slasher = Hillbilly Horrors
- Horror + Science Fiction = Sci-Fi Horror
- Human Disguise + Paper-Thin Disguise = Hugh Mann
- Human Weapon + Weapon of Mass Destruction = Person of Mass Destruction
- The Hunter Becomes the Hunted + Terror Hero = The Cowl
- Incendiary Exponent + There Is No Kill Like Overkill = Kill It with Fire
- Karma Houdini + Karma Houdini Warranty = Laser-Guided Karma
- The Klutz + Wizards and Witches = Inept Mage
- Large Ham + The Stoic = Cold Ham
- Lethal Lava Land + Slippy-Slidey Ice World = Hailfire Peaks
- Light Is Not Good + Red Is Violent = White and Red and Eerie All Over
- Living Toys + Monster Clown = Scary Jack-in-the-Box
- Low-Speed Chase + Nigh-Invulnerability + Super-Strength = Mighty Glacier
- Magic-Powered Pseudoscience + Steampunk = Phlebotinum-Induced Steampunk
- Making a Splash + There Is No Kill Like Overkill = Kill It with Water
- Manchild + Ax-Crazy = Psychopathic Manchild
- Medieval European Fantasy + Punk Punk = Dungeon Punk
- Medieval European Fantasy + Science Fantasy = Feudal Future
- MegaCorp + Propaganda Hero = Corporate-Sponsored Superhero
- Memetic Mutation + Adaptational Badass = Memetic Badass
- Memetic Mutation + Adaptational Villainy = Memetic Psychopath
- Memetic Mutation + Butt-Monkey = Memetic Loser
- Musical World Hypotheses + The Silent Bob = The Singing Mute
- Ms. Fanservice + Witch Classic = Hot Witch
- Mysterious Past + Old Soldier = Ambiguously Trained
- Mysterious Past + Memetic Badass = Shrouded in Myth
- Mythology + Postmodernism = Mythpunk
- Mythology + Science Fiction = Superhero
- Nigh-Invulnerability + Super-Toughness = Stone Wall
- Nigh-Invulnerability + Super-Speed + Super-Strength = Lightning Bruiser
- Nothing Is Scarier + Sci-Fi Horror = Cosmic Horror Story
- Nothing Is Scarier + Sci-Fi Horror = Space Isolation Horror
- Once Original, Now Common + Values Dissonance = Fair for Its Day
- One-Hit-Point Wonder + Super-Speed = Fragile Speedster
- One-Hit-Point Wonder + Super-Strength = Glass Cannon
- Organic Technology + Punk Punk = Bio Punk
- Our Angels Are Different + Face–Heel Turn = Fallen Angel
- Our Demons Are Different + Heel–Face Turn = Ascended Demon
- Pimped-Out Dress + Bling of War + Stylish Protection Gear = Battle Ballgown
- Pirate + Punk Punk = Ocean Punk
- Playing with Fire + There Is No Kill Like Overkill = Kill It with Fire
- Playing with a Trope + Early-Installment Weirdness = Unbuilt Trope
- Played for Laughs + Nightmare Fuel = Lightmare Fuel
- Power Nullifier + Un-Sorcerer = Anti-Magic
- The Power of Love + The Team = The Power of Friendship
- Punk Punk + Supernatural Fiction = Gothic Punk
- Punk Punk + Urban Fantasy = Gothic Punk
- Religious Horror + Witch Works = Folk Horror
- Shock and Awe + Travel Cool = Ride the Lightning
- Social Media Is Bad + Skewed Priorities = Social Media Before Reason
- Space Western + Steampunk = Cattle Punk
- Steampunk + The Western = Cattle Punk
- The Western + Speculative Fiction + Fantasy = Weird West
- Tropey, Come Home + Your Tomcat Is Pregnant = Surprise Litter of Puppies
- Villains + Freak Out = Villainous Breakdown
- Villains + It Amused Me = For the Evulz
Media + Tropes
- Abbey Road + Shout-Out = Abbey Road Crossing
- Animal Farm + Concept Album = Animals
- Atlas Shrugged + Deconstructor Fleet = BioShock
- Batman + Captain Ersatz = Batman Parody
- The Blues Brothers + Demon Slaying = Supernatural
- Captain Ersatz + Peter Pan = Peter Pan Parody
- Captain Ersatz + Superman = Superman Substitute
- Captain Ersatz + Spider-Man = Spider-Man Send-Up
- Denser and Wackier + Destroy All Humans! = Destroy All Humans! 2
- Denser and Wackier + Destroy All Humans! 2 = Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
- Destroy All Humans! 2 + Lighter and Softer = Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed
- Devil May Cry + Distaff Counterpart = Bayonetta
- Devil May Cry + Quake = ULTRAKILL
- Dracula + Crazy is Cool = JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
- God of War + Hijacked by Jesus = Dante's Inferno
- How to Train Your Dragon + Christmas Episode = Gift of the Night Fury
- How to Train Your Dragon + Darker and Edgier = How to Train Your Dragon 2
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 + Berserk = How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- How to Train Your Dragon + Lighter and Softer = Dragons: Riders of Berk
- Little Witch Academia + Trapped in Another World = Tweeny Witches
- The Lord of the Rings + Ring of Power = The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Nier + Genre Shift = NieR: Automata
- Nintendo + Massive Multiplayer Crossover = Super Smash Bros.
- The Omen + Played for Laughs = Good Omens
- Raiders of the Lost Ark + Crazy is Cool = JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency
- Revenge of the Sith + Translation Train Wreck = Backstroke of the West
- Saw + Denser and Wackier = Spiral (2021)
- Saw + Filibuster Freefall = Saw VI
- Saw + Narm + So Bad, It's Good = Saw 3D
- Scarface + Protagonist Journey to Villain + Breaking Bad
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles + Video Game 3D Leap = Sonic Adventure
- Sonic the Hedgehog + Video Game 3D Leap = Crash Bandicoot (1996)
- Spider-Man + Gay Paree + Magical Girl = Miraculous Ladybug
- Spyro the Dragon (1998) + Mission-Pack Sequel = Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
- Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! + Darker and Edgier = Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- Star Wars + "Blind Idiot" Translation = The Star War Gatherings
- Survivor + Western Animation = Total Drama
- Total Drama + Animate Inanimate Object = Battle for Dream Island
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit + Video Games = Wreck-It Ralph