Line #19 CaptainObvious/FanWorks


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13	--> All examples found in fan fiction and other amateur tributes are here!
14	* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript'', Beren's comrades quickly gang up on two Feanor's partisans who are attempting to bully him. Said partisans proceed to shout they're outnumbered.
15	-->'''Seneschal of Formenos:''' [almost speechless with fury] You -- dishonorable ruffians --\
16	'''Captain:''' I beg your pardon? Beren wasn't doing anything to you -- to say nothing of the rest of us.\
17	'''Seneschal of Formenos:''' Setting upon us with guile and greater numbers -- !\
18	'''Captain:''' I don't understand.\
19	'''Warden of Aglon:''' [snarling in pain] You outnumber us, idiot!\
20	'''Captain: [puzzled frown]''' Er -- yes, surely you'd noticed that already? That's usually the way it is.
21	* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Rei is naturally blunt, but in chapter 8 she makes very obvious statements because her emotion-numbing medication is messing up her mind:
22	-->'''Rei:''' (staring at a watermelon) This melon... is very green. Green.
23	* In ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'', the [[Franchise/XMen Shi'ar Imperial Guard]] has captured ComicBook/CarolDanvers, and Oracle warns Gladiator that their prisoner will try to escape.
24	-->'''Oracle:''' Gladiator, I must warn you of my vision. I have a sight that she will try to escape before we make planet. Be on your guard.\
25	'''Gladiator:''' (rolling eyes) That I needed you to tell me? Thank you, Oracle.
26	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/3503216 Anywhere Her Heart May Lead]]'', [[AscendedExtra Ingrid]] combines this with ObfuscatingStupidity when she's interrogated by Commander Lund.
27	-->'''Commander Lund:''' And how old is Miss Elsie?\
28	'''Ingrid:''' Eight, sir.\
29	'''Commander Lund:''' So you were playing with an eight year old girl?\
30	'''Ingrid:''' Not all the time, sir.\
31	'''Commander Lund:''' Of course not.\
32	'''Ingrid:''' She used to be seven, sir. And before that, six.
33	* In ''[[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} The Bug Princess]]'', [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} Lydia]] finds herself lost in the Neitherworld. Fortunately, she soon finds a helpful sign that tells her where she is. "Welcome to the Middle of Nowhere. Population: You." Naturally, she offers her thanks to Captain Obvious for the information.
34	* A RunningGag throughout one episode of ScriptFic ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': Calvin keeps having to be this to Hobbes.
35	* ''Fanfic/CatTales'' features this moment when Catwoman is [[ItMakesSenseInContext regaling a theater audience]] with the tale of how she first met Batman:
36	-->So I've got the trinkets. Brunhilda is still snoring away. Cujo, the killer schnauzer, is still locked in the bathroom. I close the safe, restore the power, slide the window back exactly the way it was—8 minutes flat. Personal best for a private residence where I didn't have the floorplan going in. I drop down to the alley—and there… he… is…The Batman. Caped Crusader. Dark Knight. Guardian of Gotham. Crime Fighter extraordinaire. I am Vengeance, I am Justice, I am in desperate need of a personality transplant… Batman. \
37	In full regalia—looking like Sir Lancelot dipped in tar but not yet feathered. \
38	And he speaks: "I don't think those jewels belong to you." \
39	...I salute you, World's Greatest Detective!
40	* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Ritsuko was hit hard with this in the first chapter when she and Misato are arguing possible consequences of Asuka being pregnant:
41	-->'''Ritsuko''': Anyway, she...she can't think about it! And if an Angel attacks late in her term, she won't be able to pilot Unit 02!\
42	'''Misato''': Oh, you found that out by yourself?
43	* In ''Fanfic/ChristianHumberReloaded'', after Vash's friend Soku betrays him and reports him to the police, he wants to kill her, but remembers that he promised her that he wouldn't kill anyone else. One chapter later, he changes his mind, and [[DisproportionateRetribution not only kills Soku, but also slaughters her friends and family and destroys her village]]. He then says, "By doing that I broke my promise to her."
44	* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In chapter 48 a thug pistol-whipped one of his drunk goons across the face with his gun. The goon's answer? ''"You hit me."''
45	* In ''FanFic/DaveStdiderPokemonTraner'', Will Turner is probably the biggest offender, but Dave himself can get pretty bad too.
46	* In ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'', the narrator does this after the first body is discovered hanging from the ceiling.
47	-->There was no way to deny it at that point. [[spoiler:Chiyo]] was definitely dead. And someone among them was [[spoiler:her]] murderer.
48	* In ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'', Apollo reveals that his boss Kristoph is abusing him, but Apollo can't leave him due to being dependent on him. Klavier then summarizes what he's heard.
49	-->'''Klavier''': So without him(Kristoph) you have no job, no employment history, no home, and no car. This is bad.\
50	'''Apollo''': [[LampshadeHanging Thanks very fucking much, Watson, I noticed that]]!
51	* This exchange between Sergeant Kanril Eleya and Colonel Karryn Retta in ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'', regarding Eleya's career options.
52	--> '''Karryn:''' Door number three? An inter-service transfer order.\
53	'''Eleya:''' ''({{beat}})'' Starfleet?\
54	'''Karryn:''' No, the Dominion. Of course, Starfleet.
55	* In ''Fanfic/GoldPoisons'', Jiang Cheng slips into this and notes that "I think he just admitted to it" when [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan]] blurts out wanting Nie Mingjue dead near the end of his son's trial.
56	* In one chapter of the ''Literature/HarryPotter''[=/=]''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' {{crossover}} "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/135041/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Florinese_Dream Harry Potter and the Florinese Dream]]", Count Rugen calls Prince Humperdinck "Prince Obvious".
57	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10784770/1/Harry-Potter-Geth Harry Potter: Geth]]'' Harry is about to shoot a heretic when their [[BoomHeadshot head explodes]].
58	-->'''Geth:''' ''Possible Alliance allies have arrived.''\
59	'''Harry:''' Yes. Thank you so very much for pointing out the obvious.
60	* In the ''Series/{{Psych}}'' fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4207524/3/Hero Hero]]'', there is the following exchange when a man who's taken a high school class hostage reveals he's got a bomb strapped to his chest:
61	-->'''Billy:''' Hey, that's a bomb!\
62	'''Shawn:''' Thank you, Captain Obvious.
63	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9261943/9/Knives-in-the-Dark Knives in the Dark]]'':
64	-->'''Kingsley Shacklebolt''': We seem to be running out of firewhiskey.\
65	'''Mad-Eye Moody''': Thank you, Shacklebolt. Your statement of the obvious is so valuable.
66	* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', Nala has a pretty funny moment in ''The Curse of Death'':
67	-->'''Nala:''' I hate sandstorms. They're really... sandy.\
68	'''Haiba:''' Well, duh! They're not gonna be banana-y, are they?
69	* Krysta from ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''. Upon meeting Rhymey, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a character who speaks entirely in rhyme]], she remarks "Wow, he sure does love rhyming." Not long after, she wanders into a restaurant and remarks upon how hungry everybody is.
70	* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': In one chapter, Sai suddenly makes his presence known to Yuko and a bunch of captives by knocking out from behind a guard who tries to attack them. However, Sai feels the need to tell them "Hello. I got him.", even though they could already tell that with their own eyes.
71	* In ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'', the nurse says, "[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lana Loud]]?", to which Rita replies, "That's you."
72	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12566128/3/One-Flew-into-the-Cuckoos-Nest One Flew into the Cuckoos' Nest]]'':
73	-->'''She-Hulk:''' Plus, well, my cousin went off the grid recently. Last I heard from Tony, he was in Nevada. And if someone stresses him out, well, we'll soon know it. The Hulk tends to draw attention.\
74	'''Tonks:''' And in other news, the ocean is wet.
75	* In ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'' chapter "Sick Day", after throwing up, [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Tae-young]] feels the need to tell Robaire that he threw up, despite Robaire standing right next to him, watching him do so.
76	* ''Fanfic/{{Quicken}}'': At the start of the story, when [[AntiHero Emma]] goes berserker and starts head butting, gouging eyes and biting noses off, one of the thugs who attacked her exclaims:
77	-->"Holy shit, she's gone crazy!"
78	* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'': [[EmotionlessBoy Sasanoyuki]] has a tendency to state the obvious due to his lack of emotion. For example, his reaction when Izuminokami gives him a cabbage and asks him to chop it:
79	-->"You handed me a cabbage."
80	** Later [[spoiler: PlayedForDrama when he is about to [[ShootTheDog kill a grievously injured Izuminokami]] while remarking about how grievously injured he is.]]
81	* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8538742/14/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Kneazles Teenage Mutant Ninja Kneazles]]'' after Neville helpfully mentioned that the "cannot sing above the ground" part of the clue for the Second Task meant it would take place underwater and Harry and Hermione gave him scornful looks he commented "Fine, see if I point out the obvious next time."
82	* Characters' reactions to developments in ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure'' are frequently this, sometimes mixed with DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment.
83	** [[spoiler: Becomes a NinjaProp when Admiral Awesome pretends to be dying in a fashion so similar to previous meaningless appearances of CaptainObvious that it can easily fool the readers too.]]
84	** [[spoiler: Enemy Boss Leader]] reveals that the way to kill Admiral Awesome is to shoot him in the head. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turn out not to actually work though.]]
85	* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Willow sees Buffy and Kara hugging and deduces they must be friends.
86	-->Buffy Summers, in jeans, T-shirt, and bare feet, holding the wet cloth to her forehead by one hand, raised her upper body off the couch. “Kara?” she said, her eyes widening in recognition.\
87	“It’s me, Buffy,” Kara said with a smile. In a second, the Slayer girl and the Girl of Steel were in each other’s arms, hugging.\
88	“Well,” said Willow, noting that Giles had just entered the room, “I guess they do know each other, after all.”\
89	“Remarkably observant, Willow,” noted Giles.
90	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/238736/1/Sic-Transit-Gloria-Mundi Sic Transit Gloria Mundi]]'' Buffy, dealing with the threat of Glory and her mother's death, gets into an argument with Giles and storms out of the Magic Box.
91	-->'''Giles:''' She's had a rough time recently.\
92	'''Xander:''' [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} I'll take the Glaringly Obvious for 100, Alex.]]
93	* In ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'', Chrono's response being told that criminals are running away is "we should catch them, then." This earns him some snark from Fate.
94	* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', the narration frequently dips into this for comedy.
95	-->In all honesty, he didn’t know what he was expecting, but it certainly wasn’t a red-colored shark head sitting atop a bundle of tentacles. [[{{Understatement}} It was hard to expect something like that.]]
96	* ''Fanfic/NotTheIntendedUseZantetsukenReverse'' has Soma telling the Mafia members that abducted him and want to sell his organs that they're horrible people.
97	-->'''Mafia member:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yes, it's hard to miss the murders.]]
98	* In ''Fanfic/LoopingBackToTheBeginning'', Dabi has a moment when the League of Villains shows up to attack the training camp, only to find a sign at the coordinates of the camp labeled "Caution: Landmines" with a stick-figure Shigaraki being blown up. This is ''after'' the League gets pizzas delivered to their hideout, in Shigaraki's name, with a message saying that they knew that the villains would attack the training camp.
99	-->'''Dabi:''' I think they may be expecting us.
100	* ''Fanfic/VoltesVVersusVoltronTheGodaikinWars'':
101	-->'''Edward Kramer:''' That enemy woman really is bad news!

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