Captain Obvious/Playing With
Basic Trope: Stating the obvious.
- 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: ???
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