History CaptainObvious / Other

** Any time you see the phrase "this is likely a reference to..." on TheOtherWiki, get ready for an eye-rollingly obvious statement.
** Also from TheOtherWiki: "Ion exchange is [[ShapedLikeItself an exchange of ions]]...".

* In TVTropes, tropers will {{pothole}} a word, phrase, etc. that is considered to be... well... completely obvious, to [[PotholeMagnet this page]].

* ''TheOnion'' is fond of using this for humor, as in their article "[[http://www.theonion.com/content/news/investigators_determine_air_france?utm_source=a-section Investigators Determine Air France Disaster Caused By Plane Crash]]".

** Any time you see the phrase "this is likely a reference to..." on ThatOtherWiki, get ready for an eye-rollingly obvious statement.
** Also from ThatOtherWiki: "Ion exchange is [[ShapedLikeItself an exchange of ions]]...".

** The U.S. Air Force Symbol is the Symbol of the U.S. Air Force.

*** Every Wikipedia article about integers is worded in such a way. They mostly exist because of their meanings in fields of science, or symbolicism in religion, in media, slang, etc.

* The annoying YouTube meme, "Thumbs up if you're watching this in [current year]", which is posted on videos with some kind of nostalgic value. The default snarky reply is, "No, I'm watching this in [year in distant past or distant future]."

* The whole "FAIL" meme revolves around unnecessarily stamping the word "FAIL" onto a picture of something that is obviously hilariously stupid.
* Many computers will inform you "You just plugged a device into the audio jack", as though this is something you're likely to do without noticing.

** "Five hats means that five tropers think it is ready to publish.". At least partially obvious.
** Also, this very page is about a trope which highlights easily discovered events that are pointed out to the audience, as if they had no clue what was going on. This trope is called "CaptainObvious" and it's on the website you're currently on called TVTropes (the url address is http://tvtropes.org/). On a side note, TV Tropes is a webpage which features articles about multiple tropes seen throughout many forms of media, such as literature, live-action T.V. shows, anime/manga, video games, comic books, and in several cases, even ''real life''!
** Any disambiguation page that says it's [[ShapedLikeItself a disambiguation page]].

* Scott Goodyear, a former Indy car driver turned commentator for the Indycar Series for races on ABC. I told my dad he is so obvious and my dad didn't believe me. After some time my dad told me after he though about it he realized that Scott Goodyear is obvious. Needless to say it has become a running joke for us that anytime someone says something obvious we say that "Scott Goodyear has started doing x".

* From DisneyThemeParks, the narration for the now-defunct ''Adventures Through Inner Space'' did this several times.

* Scott Goodyear a former Indy car driver turned commentator for the Indycar Series for races on ABC. I told my dad he is so obvious and my dad didn't believe me. After some time my dad told me after he though about it he realized that Scott Goodyear is obvious. Needless to say it has become a running joke for us that anytime someone says something obvious we say that "Scott Goodyear has started doing x".

* [[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983116,00.html Apparently there's porn on the internet.]]

* I think he [[http://voicetalentproductions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/captain-obvious.jpg is a captain]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axtfB7QPTiw Thank you, Captain Obvious.]]
* Obviously, [[http://leohao.ru/browser.php?g=new=67 this guy]] was hanged by Captain Obvious for his crimes against the obviousness.

* Scott Goodyear a former Indy car driver turned commentator for the Indycar Series for races on ABC. I told my dad he is so obvious and my dad didn't believe me. After some time my dad told me after he though about it he realized that Scott Goodyear is obvious. Needless to say it has become a running joke for us that anytime someone says something obvious we say that "Scott Goodyear has started doing x".

* From DisneyThemeParks, the narration for the now-defunct ''Adventures Through Inner Space'' did this several times.
--> (while the car is surrounded by giant snowflakes) "These are snowflakes!"
--> "And yet this wall of ice only ''seems'' smooth and solid. From this tiny perspective, I can see that nothing is solid, no matter how it appears!"
--> "Yes... these are ''water'' molecules! [=H2O=]... Two hydrogen atoms bonded to a single oxygen atom."

* In TVTropes, tropers will {{pothole}} a word, phrase, etc. that is considered to be... well... completely obvious, to [[PotholeMagnet this page]].
** "Five hats means that five tropers think it is ready to publish.". At least partially obvious.
** Also, this very page is about a trope which highlights easily discovered events that are pointed out to the audience, as if they had no clue what was going on. This trope is called "CaptainObvious" and it's on the website you're currently on called TVTropes (the url address is http://tvtropes.org/). On a side note, TV Tropes is a webpage which features articles about multiple tropes seen throughout many forms of media, such as literature, live-action T.V. shows, anime/manga, video games, comic books, and in several cases, even ''real life''!
* Any disambiguation page that says it's [[ShapedLikeItself a disambiguation page]].
* The annoying YouTube meme, "Thumbs up if you're watching this in [current year]", which is posted on videos with some kind of nostalgic value. The default snarky reply is, "No, I'm watching this in [year in distant past or distant future]."

** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Pen-pen]] has claws on his wingtips, [[ShockingSwerve which normal birds do not have.]]

** From the first sentence of their article on the Seville Cathedral: "The Cathedral of Seville...is the cathedral of the city of Seville"

** Also from ThatOtherWiki: "Ion exchange is [[ShapedLikeItself an exchange of ions]]".

** [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Pen-pen]] has claws on his wingtips, [[ShockingSwerve which normal birds do not have.]]

* From the first sentence of ThatOtherWiki's article on the Seville Cathedral: "The Cathedral of Seville...is the cathedral of the city of Seville"

** The U.S. Air Force Symbol is the Symbol of the U.S. Air Force.