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Applied Mathematics
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This is when a statement regarding real-world things is expressed as a mathematical equation, usually in the form of x + y = z to quickly tell you what you get when you mix x and y. Also common is writing an elaborate deduction on a blackboard or thought bubbles, but replacing a few terms, including the result, with pictures related to whatever the character is scheming. Try not to think too hard about the implications of some of these. For example, Quantum Mariah Carey Problem is equal to this trope plus Fridge Logic. Parallel to E = MC Hammer, when used to convey a setting or a character's skills, and may be derivative of Writers Cannot Do Math. See also Formula for the Unformulable. Integral to Troperithmetic. Rebus Bubble is a subset of this. Not what Physics is. |
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Of particular note is ET=BS. | |
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Tom and Jerry: In "The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse", when Tom's owner brings a new kitten he doesn't want to share the house with, these equations appear in his mind: "house + Tom = heaven" and "house + Tom + kitten = hell". | |
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In It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie does this to help develop a new invention after a pharmaceutical experiment convinces him that he's far smarter than he actually is. His invention is a "machine" that allows spiders to talk to cats. | |
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The Simpsons: Happens in "The Wizard Of Evergreen Terrace", when Homer is an inventor. During a montage, he's shown writing equations on a blackboard. After he's done, the camera moves to shot of the house ? where there's a massive explosion. Cut back to Homer: who examines his equation and crosses out the offending section, a drawing of a stick of dynamite, which he then replaces with something else. This results in another, bigger explosion. In "Don't Fear The Roofer", Homer's brain leads to this conclusion◊. |
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Duck Dodgers: Daffy draws a complicated navigation chart to navigate to Planet X, and then Porky suggests they just follow the letters on the planets. | |
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What the Fuck Is Wrong with You?: Nash does this sometimes, when talking about a complete and stupid disaster. "Once again, it's time to do the math: This + this equals FUCKING THIS!" | |
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SCP Foundation: SCP-1313 is a math equation whose answer is a grizzly bear. Solving the equation causes an angry grizzly bear to manifest. | |
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The first few levels of Super Paper Mario feature "joke" equations in the background, made up of random numbers and mathematical symbols combined with famous Mario icons such as the Fire Flower and mushrooms. | |
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Discworld: In the novels (but also referring to the real world, and why time can be lost in bookshops): Libraries are collections of books and books contain knowledge. Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass. "A good bookshop is a genteel black hole that knows how to read." Camel mathematicians think in these terms. The eighth son of an eighth son will always be a wizard. The eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son is a wizard squared (and a Sourcerer). Even though Fridge Logic points out that if that's going to be any power of a wizard, it ought to be 3/2. Writers Cannot Do Math, or this is a bit like the old question about a double hat-trick: do 4 successive whatevers count as a double hat-trick because there's the first one made up of the first, second and third examples, and a second consisting of the second, third and fourth ones? If so, then the Sourcerer = Wizard^2 argument holds up. An 8th son is just that; it's only when he has an 8th son that said son is a wizard. So it's the extra generation and power of 8 that counts. Doing that again — that is, the wizard having an 8th son — is what makes him a Sourcerer. Put numbers to it: Original 8th son = 1 (un-magical); his 8th son = 8 (wizard); his 8th son = 64 (Sourcerer, and wizard squared). |
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The Adventures of Dr. McNinja has this. | |
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In Mickey Mania, when you fight the Mad Doctor, there is a nonsensical equation - featuring Pluto - in the background. | |
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In Kenan & Kel, Kenan uses this trope to explain why their new classmate is a witch by adding the proves on an invisible blackboard. Kel then tells him he can't add things that aren't numbers, and proceeds to erase it from the "blackboard". | |
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The receptionist angel from The Order of the Stick graphs Belkar's potential evilness; the unit of measure on the y-axis is "kiloNazis." | |
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Turning Red: One of the slides in the presentation of Mei's plan to raise money includes the equation "GOAL=$800". | |
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xkcd is fond of it. | |
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In A Wrinkle in Time, Mrs. Who uses her skirt and an ant to illustrate her explanation of the tesseract. | |
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Disney Ducks Comic Universe: The Don Rosa version of Uncle Scrooge sometimes assembles these in his thought balloons. | |
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In Jackie Chan Adventures, Jade references combining the levitation talisman and the speed talisman to fly by saying 'levitation+speed=flight.' | |
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Puck has a moment of this in Berserk when he sees Guts collapse. He rushes over to him as he's getting swarmed by weak ghosts, and his wild flailing drives them off. Guts < Monsters, Monsters < Puck, so Puck > Guts. | |
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In Pinky and the Brain, the Brain tries to mathematically deduce the reason his plans usually fail. He ends up with a portrait of Pinky. Later, Pinky is made smarter and finds several mistakes in Brain's calculations. Correcting them results in a portrait of Brain. | |
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Keychain of Creation brings us this. | |
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In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Out to Launch," Phineas and Ferb are trying to get a rocket to launch using a scientific equation (You can see it starting at 3:18 here), and with each new attempt, Phineas modifies one of the terms. After a few false starts, Ferb points out the problem: the equation equals the square root of a bomb. Phineas changes it to a smiley face, and their next launch is successful. 'Tis Tsiolkovsky's equation, the foundation of rocketry! Another episode had Jeremy tell Candace he'd call her soon and Candace decided to calculate out when "soon" was. |
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The Boondocks: Nigga Moment + Nigga Synthesis = COMPLETE DISASTER | |
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Used in NUMB3RS. | |
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The Angry Video Game Nerd: The title card of "Chronologically Confused" features the Nerd in front of a board filled with nonsensical equations and formulae, including at points a Triforce and a drawing of Mario. Of particular note is ET=BS. |
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The Nostalgia Chick had the below joke about women equaling time and money therefore they're evil at the start of her "Top Eleven Villainesses." | |
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Koan of the Day has a guru who is bad at math. | |
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From Dumbing of Age: Your mom + Nickel = Prostitute | |
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The Alice Network: Charlie often uses mathematical metaphors, which her mother hates. | |
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Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation A.R.C.H.I.V.E, which is an Affectionate Parody of The Animatrix, ends with the narrator launching into an erratic rant about fluorescent lights, schools and curfews all being a part of the adult conspiracy to subdue their creators, the children. The rant is accompanied by rapid flashes of increasingly disturbing images, one of which is a chalkboard which says "2 + 2 = Go to Bed". | |
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South Park: In the episode "Simpsons Already Did It": Cartman's explanation for how adding semen to his tank of "Sea People" (brine shrimp) caused them to develop a civilization: Sea-People + Sea-Men = Sea-Ciety. Underpants Gnomes. Step 1: Collect underpants. Step 2: '''?''' Step 3: Profit! Cartman's formula for gold. |
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Young Avengers has Ghost Kid Loki's description of original Loki: "Sauron multiplied by that anti-Dumbledore guy cubed!" | |
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In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack puts a number of these "equations" on a blackboard to try and understand Christmas. | |
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In the novels (but also referring to the real world, and why time can be lost in bookshops): Libraries are collections of books and books contain knowledge. Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass. "A good bookshop is a genteel black hole that knows how to read." | |
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