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* Captain Ginyu of "The Ginyu Force" in ''DragonBallZ'' is a villainous spoof of this.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
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* Captain Hero of ''DrawnTogether''
** Not to mention Captain Hero of SimCity
** Not to mention Captain Hero of SimCity
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* TheFlash rogues Captain Hero of ''DrawnTogether''
** Not to mentionCold and Captain Hero Boomerang are villainous examples.
* Another villain is [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] foe Captain Nazi.
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one ofSimCitythose. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight {{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
* ''CaptainConfederacy''. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire ''[=SuperLBJ=] and the G.R.E.A.T. Society'', where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''{{How to Be a Superhero}}'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero:''' Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official:''' Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero:''' Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official:''' Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero:''' Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real captain.
* CaptainUnderpants
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
** Not to mention
* Another villain is [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] foe Captain Nazi.
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of
* ''CaptainConfederacy''. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire ''[=SuperLBJ=] and the G.R.E.A.T. Society'', where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''{{How to Be a Superhero}}'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero:''' Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official:''' Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero:''' Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official:''' Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero:''' Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real captain.
* CaptainUnderpants
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* Although not a superhero, ''CaptainN'' was likely named after this trope.
** And subsequently the hero of the webcomic ''CaptainSNES''.
* Captain Ginyu of "The Ginyu Force" in ''DragonBall Z'' is a villainous spoof of this.
** And subsequently the hero of the webcomic ''CaptainSNES''.
* Captain Ginyu of "The Ginyu Force" in ''DragonBall Z'' is a villainous spoof of this.
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* ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
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* CaptainRainbow, a character from {{Nintendo}}.
* ''CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys''.
* ''How to Be a Superhero'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero:''' Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official:''' Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero:''' Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official:''' Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero:''' Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real captain.
* CaptainUnderpants
* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "Captain Superhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her Cheerleadra.
-->'''Catalina:''' Yeah! That's, like, a ''sidekick's'' name! They should've called her "Captain" Something! '''''Captain Tiny Skirt!'''''
-->'''Susan:''' <{{beat}}>
-->'''Catalina:''' ...[[DefensiveWhat What?]] I don't have a lot to go on.
* Captain Hammer in ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song), "I wonder what he's captain of."
* TheFlash rogues Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang are villainous examples.
* Another villain is [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] foe Captain Nazi.
* Captain Sunshine from ''TheVentureBrothers''
* Captain Crandall from ''TeamoSupremo''.
* ''CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys''.
* ''How to Be a Superhero'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero:''' Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official:''' Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero:''' Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official:''' Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero:''' Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real captain.
* CaptainUnderpants
* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "Captain Superhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her Cheerleadra.
-->'''Catalina:''' Yeah! That's, like, a ''sidekick's'' name! They should've called her "Captain" Something! '''''Captain Tiny Skirt!'''''
-->'''Susan:''' <{{beat}}>
-->'''Catalina:''' ...[[DefensiveWhat What?]] I don't have a lot to go on.
* Captain Hammer in ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song), "I wonder what he's captain of."
* TheFlash rogues Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang are villainous examples.
* Another villain is [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] foe Captain Nazi.
* Captain Sunshine from ''TheVentureBrothers''
* Captain Crandall from ''TeamoSupremo''.
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* Captain Hindsight from ''SouthPark'', a superhero with the dubious power to determine what should have been done to avert the present catastrophe.
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight {{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight {{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
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* ''CaptainNice''
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* CaptainHindsight Hero of ''SimCity''
* ''CaptainRainbow'', a character from''SouthPark'', a superhero with the dubious power to determine what should have been done to avert the present catastrophe.
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight {{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.{{Nintendo}}.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Captain
* ''CaptainRainbow'', a character from
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight {{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
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* Captain Falcon of {{F-Zero}}. '''[[SuperSmashBros YES!]]'''
* Discussed in the three-part series 'Captain Dynamic,' made by Rooster Teeth to promote City of Heroes, the titular character claims that heroes often use the word Captain in their names because it gives people a sense of the military and gives them the power to marry people on a boat.
* CaptainConfederacy. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
* Discussed in the three-part series 'Captain Dynamic,' made by Rooster Teeth to promote City of Heroes, the titular character claims that heroes often use the word Captain in their names because it gives people a sense of the military and gives them the power to marry people on a boat.
* CaptainConfederacy. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
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* Captain Falcon of {{F-Zero}}. ''{{F-Zero}}''. '''[[SuperSmashBros YES!]]'''
YES!]]'''
[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "Captain Superhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her Cheerleadra.
-->'''Catalina:''' Yeah! That's, like, a ''sidekick's'' name! They should've called her "Captain" Something! '''''Captain Tiny Skirt!'''''
-->'''Susan:''' <{{beat}}>
-->'''Catalina:''' ...[[DefensiveWhat What?]] I don't have a lot to go on.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Captain Hero of ''DrawnTogether''
* Although not a superhero, ''CaptainN'' was likely named after this trope.
** And subsequently the hero of the webcomic ''CaptainSNES''.
* ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
* ''CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys''.
* Captain Sunshine from ''TheVentureBrothers''
* Captain Crandall from ''TeamoSupremo''.
* Captain Hindsight from ''SouthPark'', a superhero with the dubious power to determine what should have been done to avert the present catastrophe.
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Captain Hammer in ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song), "I wonder what he's captain of."
* Discussed in the three-part series'Captain Dynamic,' ''Captain Dynamic'', made by Rooster Teeth to promote City ''{{City of Heroes, Heroes}}'', the titular character claims that heroes often use the word Captain in their names because it gives people a sense of the military and gives them the power to marry people on a boat.
* CaptainConfederacy. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "Captain Superhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her Cheerleadra.
-->'''Catalina:''' Yeah! That's, like, a ''sidekick's'' name! They should've called her "Captain" Something! '''''Captain Tiny Skirt!'''''
-->'''Susan:''' <{{beat}}>
-->'''Catalina:''' ...[[DefensiveWhat What?]] I don't have a lot to go on.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Captain Hero of ''DrawnTogether''
* Although not a superhero, ''CaptainN'' was likely named after this trope.
** And subsequently the hero of the webcomic ''CaptainSNES''.
* ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
* ''CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys''.
* Captain Sunshine from ''TheVentureBrothers''
* Captain Crandall from ''TeamoSupremo''.
* Captain Hindsight from ''SouthPark'', a superhero with the dubious power to determine what should have been done to avert the present catastrophe.
* ''CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels''
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Captain Hammer in ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song), "I wonder what he's captain of."
* Discussed in the three-part series
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
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* CaptainConfederacy. Lampshaded in the backup strip "Saks and Violet", where comic artists in the Free City of New York briefly consider a "Captain NYC" character, and one asks why superheroes never seem to rise above Captain.
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
* Slightly averted in the Johnson-era satire "SuperLBJ and the G.R.E.A.T. Society", where Goldwater is depicted as "COLONEL America". (The real Goldwater's reserve rank was Major General.)
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Wonder Woman may have met him, but he was originally and still mostly a Captain Marvel bad guy
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* Another villain is WonderWoman foe Captain Nazi.
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* Another villain is WonderWoman [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] foe Captain Nazi.
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* ''CaptainAmerica'' might not be the first, but he's one of the most famous.
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* ''CaptainAmerica'' might not be the first, but he's one of the most famous. However, he is one of the few who have actually earned the title of Captain.
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* Discussed in the three-part series 'Captain Dynamic,' made by Rooster Teeth to promote City of Heroes, the titular character claims that heroes often use the word Captain in their names because it gives people a sense of the military and gives them the power to marry people on a boat.
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-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was CaptainUniverse, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried CaptainMarvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
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-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a cartoon]]. Then I changed it to CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was CaptainUniverse, Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe.CaptainUniverse. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment apartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up(...)I tried CaptainMarvel. Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels.{{Captain Marvel}}s. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
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* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ****" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about a cartoon. Then I changed it to Captain Ron. And got sued. Changed it to Captain L. Ron. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up...I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''I had to pay him money in the end.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about a cartoon. Then I changed it to Captain Ron. And got sued. Changed it to Captain L. Ron. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up...I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''I had to pay him money in the end.
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* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ****" ☠☠☠☠" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture acartoon. cartoon]]. Then I changed it to Captain Ron.CaptainRon. And got sued. Changed it to [[ChurchOfHappyology Captain L. Ron.Ron]]. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, CaptainUniverse, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up...I up(...)I tried Captain Marvel.CaptainMarvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''I First!"''. I had to pay him money in the end.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about [[CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture a
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* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ****" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
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* The Captain from ''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ****" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica. CaptainAmerica.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about a cartoon. Then I changed it to Captain Ron. And got sued. Changed it to Captain L. Ron. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up...I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''I had to pay him money in the end.
-->'''The Captain:''' I was Captain Power for a while. But then I got sued. Something about a cartoon. Then I changed it to Captain Ron. And got sued. Changed it to Captain L. Ron. Got beaten up by Tom Cruise. I was Captain Universe, but it turned out there was already a Captain Universe. Captain Ultra. There had been one of those. A plumber, would you believe. Broke into my appartment and left a horse's head in my water tank as a warning. Captain Avenger, taken. Captain Avalon, I had to give up...I tried Captain Marvel. There've been, like, eight Captain Marvels. One of them was an adult movie star with a lightning bolt on his...anyway. There was a Captain Kerosene. I mean, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was already a Captain Kerosene. That was my luck right there. I wasn't Captain Rectitude, but I was pretty much all of the other Captains at one time or another. So I gave up. I decided I was just The Captain. And then some marine-looking guy tracks me down and says, ''"I was The Captain First!"''I had to pay him money in the end.
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* CaptainScarlet, and justified in that he works for an organisation with a military rank heirarchy.
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* Captain Hammer in ''DoctorHorriblesSingalongBlog''. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song), "I wonder what he's captain of."
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* Captain Terrific in an episode of ''ImaginationMovers''
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* [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} CaptainBritain]]
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* [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} CaptainBritain]]''[[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain]]''
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* The Captain from {{Nextwave}}. He's an idiot from Brooklyn that recieved superpowers [[TouchedByVorlons from aliens]] while stumbling home drunk, decided to become a superhero wearing a mask, and went through several names such as Captain ☠☠☠☠, Captain Power, Captain Ron, Captain L. Ron, Captain Universe, Captain Ultra, Captain Avenger, Captain Avalon, Captain Marvel, and various others before finally giving up.
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* The Captain from {{Nextwave}}. He's an idiot from Brooklyn that recieved superpowers [[TouchedByVorlons from aliens]] while stumbling home drunk, decided to become a superhero wearing a mask, and went through several names such as Captain ☠☠☠☠, Captain Power, Captain Ron, Captain L. Ron, Captain Universe, Captain Ultra, Captain Avenger, Captain Avalon, Captain Marvel, and various others before finally giving up.
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* The Captain from {{Nextwave}}. He's an idiot from Brooklyn that recieved superpowers [[TouchedByVorlons from aliens]] while stumbling home drunk, decided to become a superhero wearing a mask, and went through several names such as Captain ☠☠☠☠, Captain Power, Captain Ron, Captain L. Ron, Captain Universe, Captain Ultra, Captain Avenger, Captain Avalon, Captain Marvel, and various others before finally giving up.
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* The Captain from {{Nextwave}}. He's an idiot from Brooklyn that recieved superpowers [[TouchedByVorlons from aliens]] while stumbling home drunk, decided to become a superhero wearing a mask, and went through several names such as Captain ☠☠☠☠, Captain Power, Captain Ron, Captain L. Ron, Captain Universe, Captain Ultra, Captain Avenger, Captain Avalon, Captain Marvel, and various others before finally giving up.
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* The Captain from ''NextWave''''NextWave''. A straight-up parody, as he kept trying to find things to put after "Captain" but kept encountering trouble with it. He went with "Captain ****" at one point, but got his mouth washed out with soap by CaptainAmerica.
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The notoriety of this naming convention also named the tropes CaptainEthnic, CaptainGeographic, CaptainPatriotic, CaptainObvious (which was named outside this wiki), CaptainOblivious, and several other members of the TVTropesSuperheroTeam.
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The notoriety of this naming convention also named the tropes CaptainEthnic, CaptainGeographic, CaptainPatriotic, CaptainObvious (which was named outside this wiki), CaptainOblivious, CaptainErsatz, and several other members of the TVTropesSuperheroTeam.
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The notoriety of this naming convention also named the tropes CaptainEthnic, CaptainGeographic, CaptainPatriotic, CaptainObvious (which was named outside this wiki), even CaptainOblivious, and several other members of the TVTropesSuperheroTeam.
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The notoriety of this naming convention also named the tropes CaptainEthnic, CaptainGeographic, CaptainPatriotic, CaptainObvious (which was named outside this wiki), even CaptainOblivious.
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** Not to mention Captain Hero of SimCity
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--> ''"I wonder what you're captain of..."''
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* Captain Falcon of {{F-Zero}}. '''[[SuperSmashBros YES!]]'''
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** Major Glory of ''[[DextersLaboratory The Justice Friends]]'' is a spoof of this (major being a rank above captain in army ranks).
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** Major Glory of ''[[DextersLaboratory The Justice Friends]]'' is a spoof of this (major being a rank above captain in army ranks).the U.S. Army).
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* ''How To Be A Superhero'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero''': Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official''': Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero''': Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official''': Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero''': Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real Captain.
-->'''Superhero''': Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bank official''': Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero''': Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bank official''': Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero''': Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real Captain.
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* ''How To to Be A a Superhero'' has several. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the section explaining why superheroes shouldn't try to fund their career with bank loans:
-->'''Superhero''': -->'''Superhero:''' Good morning. I want to apply for a loan.
-->'''Bankofficial''': official:''' Certainly sir. And what is your name?
-->'''Superhero''': -->'''Superhero:''' Captain Whirlwind.
-->'''Bankofficial''': official:''' Ah, a captain. Well, we offer peferential loans for veterans. What part of the forces did you serve in?
-->'''Superhero''': -->'''Superhero:''' Er ... well ... I didn't ... I'm not actually a real Captain.captain.
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* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "CaptainSuperhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her Cheerleadra
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* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 This]] ''ElGoonishShive'' features Catalina suggesting a "CaptainSuperhero" "Captain Superhero" rename of Cheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed herCheerleadraCheerleadra.
-->'''Susan:''' Cheerleadra... I can't ''believe'' they dubbed her
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* Captain Hammer in Doctor Horrible's Singalong Blog. Lampshaded when Penny asks (in song) "I wonder what he's captain of."
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* Another is WonderWoman foe Captain Nazi.
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* Captain Crandall from TeamoSupremo.
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The notoriety of this naming convention also named the tropes CaptainEthnic, CaptainGeographic, and CaptainPatriotic, CaptainObvious (which was named outside of this wiki), even CaptainOblivious.
