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{{quote|Tiiiime! [Boom! Boom!] Is marching on! [Boom! Boom!] And tiiiime! [Boom!] [[[Beat]]] Is still marching on!}} |
{{quote|Tiiiime! [Boom! Boom!] Is marching on! [Boom! Boom!] And tiiiime! [Boom!] [[[Beat]]] Is still marching on!}} |
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* [[Lil Wayne]] seems to like being Captain Obvious. For example, in "I Can Transform Ya" he says, "I Can Transform Ya/ Like a [[Transformers|Transformer]]". In "Mrs. Officer" the guy singing the chorus sings, "I can make you say, Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-wee, Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-wee" and Lil Wayne chimes in with, "Like a cop car". |
* [[Lil Wayne]] seems to like being Captain Obvious. For example, in "I Can Transform Ya" he says, "I Can Transform Ya/ Like a [[Transformers|Transformer]]". In "Mrs. Officer" the guy singing the chorus sings, "I can make you say, Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-wee, Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-wee" and Lil Wayne chimes in with, "Like a cop car". |
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* In "Total Trash," Thurston Moore from [[Sonic Youth]] insists "it's a natural fact that I'm not no cow." |
* In "Total Trash," Thurston Moore from [[Sonic Youth]] insists "it's a natural fact that I'm not no cow." |
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* In "What I Am," from Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, the [[Unreliable Narrator]] insists "I know what I know if you know what I mean." |
* In "What I Am," from Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, the [[Unreliable Narrator]] insists "I know what I know if you know what I mean." |
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* [[Jonathan Coulton]] in "Betty and Me", on the subject of genetically engineered children: |
* [[Jonathan Coulton]] in "Betty and Me", on the subject of genetically engineered children: |
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{{quote|And although it was expensive, it was legal in the states where it wasn't banned.}} |
{{quote|And although it was expensive, it was legal in the states where it wasn't banned.}} |
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* Lee Ann Womack's song "Liars Lie", after catching her lover trying to lie, the narrator sings: |
* Lee Ann Womack's song "Liars Lie", after catching her lover trying to lie, the narrator sings: |
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{{quote|"Losers lose, winners win/ Cheaters cheat, |
{{quote|"Losers lose, winners win/ Cheaters cheat, sinners sin/ Dreamers dream, criers cry/Fools believe, and Liars Lie"}} |
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* [[Songs to Wear Pants To]] wrote a [http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/captain-obvious-theme theme song] for this character: "Captain Obvious to the rescue! / Captain Obvious: he will state the obvious". |
* [[Songs to Wear Pants To]] wrote a [http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/captain-obvious-theme theme song] for this character: "Captain Obvious to the rescue! / Captain Obvious: he will state the obvious". |
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* "If I Had $1000000" by the [[Barenaked Ladies]]; most of the song has the [[Narrator]] pondering all he could do if he had so much money, until the last line, where he simply says, "If I had a million dollars... I'd be rich!" |
* "If I Had $1000000" by the [[Barenaked Ladies]]; most of the song has the [[Narrator]] pondering all he could do if he had so much money, until the last line, where he simply says, "If I had a million dollars... I'd be rich!" |
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