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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am3FjwsNqXc In the flesh, with a catchy jingle to boot]].

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* In the time before Hotels.com chose its most famous spokesman, prepaid cellphone service provider Net 10 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am3FjwsNqXc In the flesh, with com/watch?v=gqaDaYJagrI had a catchy jingle to boot]].Captain Obvious of their own.]]
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* A 90s commercial for Frosted Cheerios featured various celebrity cameos, one of the cameos was [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} Gumby and Pokey]]. Upon seeing the cereal, Gumby exclaimed, "Hey! They're frosted!" To which Pokey replied, "[[DeadpanSnarker Hey! We're clay!]]"
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* In the 80s, the slogan for teabag company Tetley's was "Tetley's make teabags make tea".

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* In the 80s, the slogan for teabag company Tetley's was "Tetley's make teabags make tea".
tea". There's [[AmbiguousSyntax at least three ways of reading that]] (Tetley's make teabags ''and'' teabags make tea; teabags ''are made to'' make tea by Tetley's; Tetley's are ''a make'' of teabag, which makes tea) and they're ''all'' pretty obvious.
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* In the 80s, the slogan for teabag company Tetley's was "Tetley's make teabags make tea".

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--> '''Man locked out of his room:''' (''sarcastically'') Thanks, Captain Obvious!
--> '''Captain Obvious:''' No need to thank me, since I haven't helped you in the slightest!

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--> ---> '''Man locked out of his room:''' (''sarcastically'') Thanks, Captain Obvious!
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'''Captain Obvious:''' No need to thank me, since I haven't helped you in the slightest!


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* "Advertising/VictoryByComputer": When ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} capture Luthor's goons, one of them exclaims that they are being captured by Superman and Supergirl!
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* The diet aid app Noom brags about helping users uncover the "psychology" behind weight gain, and shows people having their minds utterly blown by learning that acquired and unconscious behaviors like always cleaning your plate, snacking in front of the TV, and pushing food on people as a form of hospitality can all lead to extra calories. Anyone who seriously struggles with their weight can tell you that this psychology is some pretty 100-level stuff that most of them had worked out by their teenage years, and the hard part is not in identifying the behaviors, but actually ''curbing'' them.

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* The diet aid app Noom brags about helping users uncover the "psychology" behind weight gain, and shows people having their minds utterly blown by learning that acquired and unconscious behaviors like always cleaning your plate, snacking in front of the TV, and pushing food on people as a form of hospitality can all lead to extra calories. Anyone who seriously struggles with their weight can tell you that this psychology is some pretty some very basic, 100-level stuff that most of them had fully worked out by their teenage years, and the hard part is not isn't in identifying the behaviors, behaviors or figuring out where they came from, but in actually ''curbing'' them.
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* The diet aid app Noom brags about helping users uncover the "psychology" behind weight gain, and shows people having their minds utterly blown by learning that acquired and unconscious behaviors like always cleaning your plate, snacking in front of the TV, and pushing food on people as a form of hospitality can all lead to extra calories. Anyone who seriously struggles with their weight can tell you that this psychology is some pretty 100-level stuff that most of them had worked out by their teenage years, and the hard part is not in identifying the behaviors, but actually ''curbing'' them.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had [[WhatAnIdiot searched the world]] for the perfect recipe for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nashville Hot Chicken]] before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had [[WhatAnIdiot searched the world]] world for the perfect recipe for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nashville Hot Chicken]] before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.
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* The [=NoName=] Brand of generic grocery items in Canada dabbles with this on [[https://twitter.com/NoNameBrands their Twitter feed]], from the header image reading "Twitter page" to tweets about products such as simulated bacon bits that read "[[https://twitter.com/NoNameBrands/status/1273617255486685184 Bits exist in reality]]".

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* Any medicine commercial that says "Do not use if you are allergic to [medication being advertised]."



* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had [[{{WhatAnIdiot}} searched the world]] for the perfect recipe for [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} Nashville Hot Chicken]] before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had [[{{WhatAnIdiot}} [[WhatAnIdiot searched the world]] for the perfect recipe for [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nashville Hot Chicken]] before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgzUSNxVeE In the flesh, with a catchy jingle to boot]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgzUSNxVeE com/watch?v=Am3FjwsNqXc In the flesh, with a catchy jingle to boot]].

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* Capital One recently made a mascot who is named Captain Obvious and plays this trope pretty straight.

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* The hotel booking site [=Hotels.com=] has been using an advertising campaign using an actual [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgb7W9VLkI4 Captain Obvious]], espousing about things in a hotel.
--->"All those words are spelled correctly!"
** In one commercial, he is subverted when he tells an old lady that her grandson now has an easier time finding hotels. She tells him that he's not her Grandson, [[MayDecemberRomance he's her lover]]. The Captain can only blankly stare at the camera for the rest of the commercial.
** In another commercial, we have this exchange:
--> '''Man locked out of his room:''' (''sarcastically'') Thanks, Captain Obvious!
--> '''Captain Obvious:''' No need to thank me, since I haven't helped you in the slightest!
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dSzjgpoo8 this commercial]] for a cross-promotion with
Capital One recently made a mascot who is named Captain Obvious and plays this trope pretty straight.One, Creator/JenniferGarner espouses on the benefits of said promotion to the Captain. He responds in his usual manner.



* The hotel booking site [=Hotels.com=] has been using an advertising campaign using an actual [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgb7W9VLkI4 Captain Obvious]], espousing about things in a hotel.
--->"All those words are spelled correctly!"
** In one commercial, he is subverted when he tells an old lady that her grandson now has an easier time finding hotels. She tells him that he's not her Grandson, [[MayDecemberRomance he's her lover]]. The Captain can only blankly stare at the camera for the rest of the commercial.
** In another commercial, we have this exchange:
--> '''Man locked out of his room:''' (''sarcastically'') Thanks, Captain Obvious!
--> '''Captain Obvious:''' No need to thank me, since I haven't helped you in the slightest!
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had searched the world for the perfect recipe for Nashville Hot Chicken before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_LoEUFqk8 this KFC commercial]], Colonel Sanders claims he had [[{{WhatAnIdiot}} searched the world world]] for the perfect recipe for [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} Nashville Hot Chicken Chicken]] before finding it in the last place he expected - Nashville.
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* A 2019 commercial for the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, made by iRobot says "If it's not from iRobot, it's not a Roomba."

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgzUSNxVeE&feature=PlayList&p=2B24D77C0160960D&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=32 In the flesh]], [[EarWorm with a catchy jingle to boot]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgzUSNxVeE&feature=PlayList&p=2B24D77C0160960D&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=32 com/watch?v=4mgzUSNxVeE In the flesh]], [[EarWorm flesh, with a catchy jingle to boot]].

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