Line #36 PlayingWith/CaptainObvious


1	'''Basic Trope''': Stating the obvious. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle These are different ways this trope can be played:]]
2	* '''Straight''': Bob always states the obvious.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': ''Everything'' Bob says is ''so freakin' obvious'' that ''everyone'' should know it.
4	* '''Downplayed''': While exploring a mysterious place, Bob comments on something that may be obvious to us, but has more features than meet the eye.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Bob is such a [[TheDitz ditz]] that he can only state, well, the obvious.
7	** Alternately, Bob is a robot and was not programmed with an understanding of "obviousness", so he states the obvious without realizing it.
8	** Bob points out the obvious to emphasize something.
9	** Bob has been cursed to make only statements that are obvious to everyone.
10	** Bob is in shock.
11	** Bob's friend Charlie is being CaptainOblivious, forcing Bob to state the obvious.
12	** Bob's friend Charlie is blind and he is describing things to him to avoid him getting hurt or confused.
13	** Bob states the obvious as part of his thinking process because things make better sense to him when [[ThinkingOutLoud spoken aloud]].
14	** Bob is deliberately being CaptainObvious as a form of [[DeadpanSnarker snark]], or to direct mockery toward him.
15	** [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope Bob's lawyer advised him to state the obvious about his product]] to avoid a FrivolousLawsuit.
16	** [[ChildrenAreInnocent Bob is still a child.]] Things that are obvious to adults are still mind-blowing to him.
17	* '''Inverted''':
18	** Bob always states BlatantLies.
19	** Bob is ComicallyMissingThePoint.
20	** Bob always states the subtle or ''un''obvious. Only a few people can fully understand the true meaning of his words, without Bob simplifying what he says to them.
21	* '''Subverted''':
22	** Bob is watching the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl on TV with his {{Heterosexual Life Partner\|s}}, Charlie. Bob says, "[[SarcasmMode I am]] ''[[SarcasmMode not]]'' [[SarcasmMode watching the Super Bowl]]." Charlie is amused.
23	** While this may be an obvious fact nowadays, not so during Bob's days.
24	* '''Double Subverted''':
25	** Bob continues, "I am not watching the Super Bowl; [[TheTreacheryOfImages I am watching a TV that is displaying the Super Bowl]]."
26	** What Bob said was, in fact, well-known even in his time.
27	* '''Parodied''':
28	** Bob is literally a superhero called Captain Obvious [[BlessedWithSuck whose only superpower is his unparalleled ability to point out the glaringly obvious]].
29	** Bob [[OneWordVocabulary can say only one word: "Air!"]], which everyone else knows they breathe.
30	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob states the obvious to TheDitz Alice, who actually needs it to be stated to her, but when he's with more intelligent people he doesn't.
31	* '''Averted''': Nothing obvious is stated.
32	* '''Enforced''': ViewersAreMorons
33	* '''Lampshaded''': [[SarcasmMode "Gee, thanks, Bob! I really learned something!"]]
34	* '''Invoked''': Bob is actually very perceptive but uses the obvious statements as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
35	* '''Exploited''': Bob uses obvious statements to hide not very obvious ones when in company of people who should not known the latter.
36	* '''Defied''':
37	** Bob begins with "You know..." but Alice cuts him off and [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks if he's actually pointing out something the others can't see]]. He apologizes and shuts up.
38	** Bob himself just says, "I suppose you see the obvious." Everybody else indicates assent.
39	* '''Discussed''': "Next time Bob says something obvious, I'm gonna punch his lights out."
40	* '''Conversed''': "DrinkingGame: Take a shot every time Bob says something obvious."
41	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's friends lose respect for him every time he states the obvious, which makes Bob feels like he's in the wrong for doing so.
42	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's friend Max consoles Bob, telling him that he doesn't have to feel bad for stating the obvious and that the so-called friends are just being {{Jerkass}}es; Bob feels better now.
43	* '''Implied''':
44	-->'''Carol''': Did Bob say anything useful?
45	-->'''Charlie''': Not really.
46	* '''Played for Drama''': [[OnlySaneMan Bob]] says, "IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace. It's dangerous," just before the FiveManBand goes to [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Valley of Death]]. When they get there, he points out all the remains of previous adventurers and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou creatures that look ready to eat them]] to the rest of his team. They all tell him that they know how dangerous it is and they're well-prepared ... right before they're all snatched away.
47	* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob is an onlooking character in an update of ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', and we're invited to laugh at how NakedPeopleAreFunny along with him.
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49	-->This is the end of the page.[[CaptainObvious This link goes back to Captain Obvious!]]
50	-->'''Alice''': Hey, you! Stop [[CaptainObvious stating the obvious!]]
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