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• Straight: Bob always states the obvious.
• Exaggerated: Everything Bob says is so freakin' obvious that everyone should know it.
• Downplayed: While exploring a mysterious place, Bob comments on something that may be obvious to us, but is more than it meets the eye.
• Justified:
  • Bob is such a ditz that he can only state, well, the obvious.
  • Alternately, Bob is a robot and was not programmed with an understanding of "obviousness", so he states the obvious without realizing it.
• Inverted: Bob always states Blatant Lies.
• Subverted: Bob is watching the Super Bowl on TV with Heterosexual Life Partner Charlie. Bob says "I am not watching the super bowl." Charlie is amused.
• Double Subverted: Bob says "I am not watching the super bowl; I am watching a tv displaying the super bowl."
• Parodied: Bob is literally a superhero called Captain Obvious whose only superpower is to state the obvious.
• Zig Zagged: ???
• Averted: Nothing obvious is stated.
• Enforced: Viewers Are Morons
• Lampshaded: "Thanks Bob! I really learned something!
• Invoked: Bob is actually very perceptive, but uses the obvious statements as part of his Obfuscating Stupidity.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: Bob begins with "You know.." but Alice cuts him off and asks if he's actually pointing out something the others can't see. He apologizes and shuts up.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???