Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crosswicking
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
* ''Webcomic/DICETheCubeThatChangesEverything'': During the War Quest Mio senses a Dicer and says he may not be on the Defense team. As she already knows, [[spoiler:she and Dongtae are the ''only'' members of the Defense.]]
Deleted line(s) 62,66 (click to see context) :
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Sometimes, John is perversely insightful. Other times:
to:
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Sometimes, John is perversely insightful. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7488 Other times:times]]:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 25 (click to see context) from:
* A slightly less useless incarnation shows up in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111631/who-was-that-helmeted-man/ here.]]
to:
* A slightly less useless incarnation shows up in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111631/who-was-that-helmeted-man/ thecomicseries.com/comics/171/ here.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
** Orotine, the Muse of Geometries is apparently so used to fielding these that she finds their absence notable.
to:
** Orotine, the Muse of Geometries is apparently so used to fielding these that [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200729#.YB8Gt3mnyUk she finds their absence notable.notable]]:
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
'''Oratine''': How interesting. You do not immediately mention that I am a Muse.\\
to:
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
'''Oratine''': You would perhaps be surprised at how many do ''not'' make that assumption.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' had "It's a talking cat."
to:
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' had ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** "It's a talking cat.""
** Orotine, the Muse of Geometries is apparently so used to fielding these that she finds their absence notable.
--->'''Gil''': Good evening. Are you enjoying the party?\\
'''Oratine''': How interesting. You do not immediately mention that I am a Muse.\\
'''Gil''': I rather assumed you ''knew''.\\
'''Oratine''': You would perhaps be surprised at how many do ''not'' make that assumption.
** "It's a talking cat.
** Orotine, the Muse of Geometries is apparently so used to fielding these that she finds their absence notable.
--->'''Gil''': Good evening. Are you enjoying the party?\\
'''Oratine''': How interesting. You do not immediately mention that I am a Muse.\\
'''Gil''': I rather assumed you ''knew''.\\
'''Oratine''': You would perhaps be surprised at how many do ''not'' make that assumption.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Webcomic/MrBoop'': Alec spends a lot of the time thinking about Betty Boop (his wife).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fix remaining broken links for Gunnerkrigg Court. Not sure if these are exactly the same pages as before, but they illustrate the same point.
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=368 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
to:
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 com/?p=476 any]] [[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 com/?p=600 given]] [[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 com/?p=666 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=368 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
fix some (not all) broken links for Gunnerkrigg Court
Changed line(s) 29,31 (click to see context) from:
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-20 Laser Cows. Just like real cows. Only with lasers.]]
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2000-10-13 Of all the pages I've drawn so far, this is one of them.]]
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-01-29 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2000-10-13 Of all the pages I've drawn so far, this is one of them.]]
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-01-29 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
to:
** [[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-20 com/?p=602 Laser Cows. Just like real cows. Only with lasers.]]
**[[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2000-10-13 com/?p=260 Of all the pages I've drawn so far, this is one of them.]]
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because,[[http://www.[[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-01-29 com/?p=368 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
**
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because,
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
-->All examples of CaptainObvious found in comics on the internet are here!
----
* ''Webcomic/AbsurdNotions'':
-->'''Jay:''' The lights went out!\\
'''Jag:''' Well said, my dear, but [[NarratingTheObvious this isn't radio]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}!'' has ''Obvious Magazine'', which published [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20051015.html a breakthrough:]] Ninjas don't like getting hit by lightning!
* [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=310 These]] [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=311 two]] ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic'' strips.
* ''[[Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} Bobbins]]'': [[http://bobbins.keenspot.com/d/20020121.html how to quit smoking]]: "I stopped putting them in my mouth and lighting them."
* Author's comment in the infamous miscarriage arc in ''[[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'':
-->And I know that [a miscarriage]'s often much harder on the woman than on the man.
* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' even made a superhero character (or at least a stick figure man) called Captain Obvious.
* A slightly less useless incarnation shows up in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111631/who-was-that-helmeted-man/ here.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': some guy to Florence: "[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01823.htm You're a talking dog!]]" (Technically she's an anthropomorphic red wolf, but...) He even says it twice for good measure. He does redeem himself a couple of strips later by deducing what she does, where she came from and who she's working for... without tossing her out afterward.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' had "It's a talking cat."
* Tom Siddell, ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' author, sometimes writes some hilariously (and intentionally) redundant sentences in TheRant, such as "The background is white".
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-20 Laser Cows. Just like real cows. Only with lasers.]]
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2000-10-13 Of all the pages I've drawn so far, this is one of them.]]
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-01-29 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' -- Hanna: [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=259/ "Whoa, that light is on!"]] and [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=267/ "Wha-! He's solid! Not a ghost. Clearly."]]
** Also, on the very second page [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=5/ "YOU'RE DEAD!"]] Spoken to the zombie with glowing orange eyes and green skin covered in stitches. He then goes on to clarify that "...you're more of a...hm....''living'' dead since you know..."
** Upon entering Ples's house: [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=775/ "Good freaking Jesus, this guy loves clocks"]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Sometimes, John is perversely insightful. Other times:
-->'''Karkat''': <twenty solid lines of ranting about how he wants the current topic of conversation to go away>\\
'''John''': dave, i'm pretty sure we're making karkat uncomfortable now.
* Oliver of ''Webcomic/LightningMadeOfOwls'' acts as Captain Obvious in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=147 these]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=151 three]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=154 strips]], announcing to children things they already know.
* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'':
-->'''Richard:''' ''(stunned)'' [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/245 Missionaries.]]\\
'''Maikos:''' Of the gods.\\
'''Richard:''' Of course of the gods. Would I have made this face if they were missionaries of the carpenters?\\
'''Maikos:''' My apologies.
** [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/6/ "I'm no physician, but there appears to be a dagger through my chest."]]
* The rather obscure webcomic "Monster Hunting Made Easy" has an actual [[http://monsterhuntingmadeeasy.com/episodes/captain-obvious Captain Obvious]] along with his {{Sidekick}} "Duh Boy."
* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' has Raoul, who can only tell you things he knows you already know.
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-02.html the innkeeper tells Perrault that he's a cat.]] Perrault observes that nothing can be hidden from him.
* In ''Webcomic/RedsPlanet'', [[http://www.redsplanet.com/comic/rp/ch03/chapter-three-08/ Red's reaction to the]] TranslatorMicrobes is to babble about how she can understand. The robot describes her as fluent in the obvious.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' had [[WindmillCrusader Seymour]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-02-17 clearing this all up]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' constantly refers to her (non-existent) spider sense as telling her something that is patently obvious.
* Sachiel from ''Webcomic/UniversalCompass'' tends to point out the obvious whenever the other characters have little or no reaction to the events.
* Taken quite literally in ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer'', with the character Captain Obvious introduced in this [[http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/18697 this]] comic.
* Webcomic/{{xkcd}}: [[http://xkcd.com/231/ Cat Proximity]]
** Also from xkcd, his Other-Wiki-style-superscript "Citation needed" for statements in his "What If" column that fall under this trope, which may count as lampshading.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
%%* [[http://cockeyed.webcomic.ws/comics/10/ This]] strip is {{exactly what it says on the tin}}.
%%* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Android 16 in his fight with Eleim.
----
%%
%%
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
%%
-->All examples of CaptainObvious found in comics on the internet are here!
----
* ''Webcomic/AbsurdNotions'':
-->'''Jay:''' The lights went out!\\
'''Jag:''' Well said, my dear, but [[NarratingTheObvious this isn't radio]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}!'' has ''Obvious Magazine'', which published [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20051015.html a breakthrough:]] Ninjas don't like getting hit by lightning!
* [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=310 These]] [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=311 two]] ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic'' strips.
* ''[[Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} Bobbins]]'': [[http://bobbins.keenspot.com/d/20020121.html how to quit smoking]]: "I stopped putting them in my mouth and lighting them."
* Author's comment in the infamous miscarriage arc in ''[[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'':
-->And I know that [a miscarriage]'s often much harder on the woman than on the man.
* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' even made a superhero character (or at least a stick figure man) called Captain Obvious.
* A slightly less useless incarnation shows up in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111631/who-was-that-helmeted-man/ here.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': some guy to Florence: "[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01823.htm You're a talking dog!]]" (Technically she's an anthropomorphic red wolf, but...) He even says it twice for good measure. He does redeem himself a couple of strips later by deducing what she does, where she came from and who she's working for... without tossing her out afterward.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' had "It's a talking cat."
* Tom Siddell, ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' author, sometimes writes some hilariously (and intentionally) redundant sentences in TheRant, such as "The background is white".
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-20 Laser Cows. Just like real cows. Only with lasers.]]
** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2000-10-13 Of all the pages I've drawn so far, this is one of them.]]
** It's become a RunningGag that Eglamore's first appearance in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-05-17 any]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-09-18 given]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-11-23 chapter]] is accompanied by a note from Tom reminding readers who he is. Because, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/view.php?date=2001-01-29 when Eggers showed up in chapter 17]], many readers ''did not recognize him'', and a noticeable number of them [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=296&page=1 disbelieved Tom when he tried to clarify]].
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' -- Hanna: [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=259/ "Whoa, that light is on!"]] and [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=267/ "Wha-! He's solid! Not a ghost. Clearly."]]
** Also, on the very second page [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=5/ "YOU'RE DEAD!"]] Spoken to the zombie with glowing orange eyes and green skin covered in stitches. He then goes on to clarify that "...you're more of a...hm....''living'' dead since you know..."
** Upon entering Ples's house: [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=775/ "Good freaking Jesus, this guy loves clocks"]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Sometimes, John is perversely insightful. Other times:
-->'''Karkat''': <twenty solid lines of ranting about how he wants the current topic of conversation to go away>\\
'''John''': dave, i'm pretty sure we're making karkat uncomfortable now.
* Oliver of ''Webcomic/LightningMadeOfOwls'' acts as Captain Obvious in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=147 these]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=151 three]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=154 strips]], announcing to children things they already know.
* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'':
-->'''Richard:''' ''(stunned)'' [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/245 Missionaries.]]\\
'''Maikos:''' Of the gods.\\
'''Richard:''' Of course of the gods. Would I have made this face if they were missionaries of the carpenters?\\
'''Maikos:''' My apologies.
** [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/6/ "I'm no physician, but there appears to be a dagger through my chest."]]
* The rather obscure webcomic "Monster Hunting Made Easy" has an actual [[http://monsterhuntingmadeeasy.com/episodes/captain-obvious Captain Obvious]] along with his {{Sidekick}} "Duh Boy."
* ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' has Raoul, who can only tell you things he knows you already know.
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-02.html the innkeeper tells Perrault that he's a cat.]] Perrault observes that nothing can be hidden from him.
* In ''Webcomic/RedsPlanet'', [[http://www.redsplanet.com/comic/rp/ch03/chapter-three-08/ Red's reaction to the]] TranslatorMicrobes is to babble about how she can understand. The robot describes her as fluent in the obvious.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' had [[WindmillCrusader Seymour]] [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-02-17 clearing this all up]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' constantly refers to her (non-existent) spider sense as telling her something that is patently obvious.
* Sachiel from ''Webcomic/UniversalCompass'' tends to point out the obvious whenever the other characters have little or no reaction to the events.
* Taken quite literally in ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer'', with the character Captain Obvious introduced in this [[http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/18697 this]] comic.
* Webcomic/{{xkcd}}: [[http://xkcd.com/231/ Cat Proximity]]
** Also from xkcd, his Other-Wiki-style-superscript "Citation needed" for statements in his "What If" column that fall under this trope, which may count as lampshading.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
** After hearing some obvious statements, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/04/05/episode-269-sir-webs-a-lot/ Drizz'l labels]] Black Mage as "Captain Obvious" and Red Mage as "Stating The Overly Apparent Man".
** A later comic had [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/28/episode-1122-changes/ this exchange]]:
---> '''Red Mage:''' Fighter, you'll use your swords to hurt them.\\
'''Fighter:''' That's what swords are designed to do!
%%* [[http://cockeyed.webcomic.ws/comics/10/ This]] strip is {{exactly what it says on the tin}}.
%%* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Android 16 in his fight with Eleim.
----
