History Main / TriviallyObvious

** One edition of the book advertised itself on the cover as being "Shorter than ''[[DoorStopper War and Peace]]''!"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", when Comic Book Guy interviews Creator/RichardDeanAnderson, he says that, out of the four "Star" franchises (''[[Franchise/StarWars Wars]]'', ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Trek]]'', ''[[Franchise/StargateVerse -gate]]'', and ''[[Series/StarSearch Search]]''), ''Stargate'' is his ''third'' favorite, which leads Anderson to say "I get that a lot.".

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick:'''

* ''Creator/JohnMadden'' is the ''king'' of trivially obvious statements, such as "If the other team doesn't score points, I don't see how they can win."

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0818.html This page.]]

** And [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0821.html this one.]]

* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': when Galinda tries to give Elphaba her unwanted hat in "Dancing Through Life", the best compliment she can give is "it's really, uh, sharp". For reference, it's the pointy black hat that later becomes a key component of Elphaba's outfit as the Wicked Witch of the West, so that's probably the best thing [[TastesLikeDiabetes Galinda]] could say about it.

** One edition of the book advertised itself on the cover as being "Shorter than [[DoorStopper War and Peace]]!"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", when Comic Book Guy interviews Creator/RichardDeanAnderson, he says that, out of the four "Star" franchises (''[[Franchise/StarWars Wars]]'', ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Trek]]'', ''[[Franchise/{{Stargate}} -gate]]'', and ''[[Series/StarSearch Search]]''), ''Stargate'' is his ''third'' favorite, which leads Anderson to say "I get that a lot.".

-->''The stars predict that you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.''

* While most of the horoscopes in "Your Horoscope For Today" on Music/WeirdAlYankovic's ''Music/RunningWithScissors'' go in the [[StrangelySpecificHoroscope strangely specific]] direction
part of the listing for Tauruses parodies the tendency of actual horoscopes to be very vague and generalized:

* "Your Horoscope For Today" on Music/WeirdAlYankovic's ''Music/RunningWithScissors'' parodies the tendency of actual horoscopes to be very vague and generalized with an example for Tauruses:

* From ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': "Sylvia, come on in, the water's wet!"
** When the Watchdogs find out that one of them has a birthday, they all shout words of encouragement ("You oughta celebrate you, Barry!") until one interjects, "Barry was born!"

* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2000&addr=001012 strip]], Jon says: "Odie, you're such a good boy! And Garfield, you're such a... such a... cat."

* Rimmer's emotional farewell speech in the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Holoship" ends: "I just want to say that over the years, I have come to regard you as people I... met."

* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'': The Custodes, after hearing the Emperor praises the Sisters of Battle.

* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}},'' after Elaine's boss J. Peterman of the J. Peterman Company returns from a long absence and resumes his usual role, which he had temporarily given to Elaine, he congratulates Elaine "on a job ''done."''

* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}},'' after Elaine's boss J. Peterman of the J. Peterman Company returns from a long absence and resumes his responsibilities with the catalog, which he had given to Elaine, he congratulates Elaine "on a job ''done."''

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* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2000&addr=001012 strip]], Jon says: "Odie, you're such a good boy! And Garfield, you're such a... such a... cat."

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. Dick has to write a eulogy for a very unpleasant man he barely knew. After a few tries that used GallowsHumor, he eventually went with describing matter turning to energy at light speed as a poetic metaphor for the moment of death. Most of the humans, including his girlfriend Mary, loved it; his alien family laughed over how trite it was (apparently it's an overused cliché by galactic standards).