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'''Basic Trope''': A character's calculations appear on screen as formulas, graphs, etc.
* '''Straight''': Alice has to solve a physics problem. As she quietly works on it, the screen is filled with formulas and trajectory graphs of her calculations.
* '''Exaggerated''': The problem Alice has to solve is very complex, causing the screen to get flooded with so many formulas and graphs that they can't be told apart.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice has to solve a quick math problem. A single formula appears on screen.
* '''Justified''': Alice has a fictional condition that causes her to see her calculations.
* '''Inverted''': Formulas are constantly shown on screen representing different calculations Alice knows how to do. Whenever she gets to work, the formula she's currently using disappears from screen.
* '''Subverted''': A formula appears on screen as Alice starts thinking, but immediately disappears as Bob interrupts her with an emergency.
* '''Double Subverted''': The emergency turns out to be solved through math, so Alice gets to calculate things which then appear on screen after all.
* '''Parodied''': Alice is TheDitz, and formulas start appearing on screen when all that was asked of her was to add together the cost of everything she has to buy.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The calculations on screen are intermittent, repeatedly vanishing and reappearing to indicate Alice's difficulty focusing.
* '''Averted''': No formulas, graphs or other abstract elements appear on screen.
* '''Enforced''': The creators determined this was the only way [[RuleOfPerception the audience would understand]] what Alice is doing.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': While Alice is working on the problem, a mind-reading wizard casts a spell to display Alice's thoughts to the other characters. Her thoughts appear as formulas.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Please give me some space to work on this one". "Alright, Alice. Am I going to see formulas around you?"
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Alice is offscreen, and the formulas appear faintly from the screen's edge.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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