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->''"The greatest moment in video games is when [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] -- the ''legendary'' Solid Snake, the ''icon'' Solid Snake -- is on a military base, out to stop a nuclear-armed walking battle tank; he sees a surveillance camera, and he says, '[[FauxHorrific A surveillance camera?!]]"'''

-->--'''[[{{WebVideo/Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]''', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escapist-expo/6294-My-Favorite-Game "My Favorite Game"]]

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In some cases, this is justified because Captain Obvious is also TheDitz, or so puzzled by something that he can't help but state, well, the obvious. It may also be required if someone else is being CaptainOblivious.

In some cases, this is justified because Captain Obvious is also TheDitz, or so puzzled by something that he can't help but state, well, the obvious.

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He strives to be MrExposition... But there's something wrong with his exposition. Most of the time, whatever he has to say should already be obvious -- both to the viewers and to any other character with half a brain. After saying anything, another character might state [[LampshadeHanging "Gee, you think?"]] Or if someone's attempt at humor was disrupted, they might say DontExplainTheJoke.

->''"The greatest moment in video games is when [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] -- the ''legendary'' Solid Snake, the ''icon'' Solid Snake -- is on a military base, out to stop a nuclear-armed walking battle tank; he sees a surveillance camera, and he says, "[[FauxHorrific A surveillance camera?!]]"''

->''"The greatest moment in video games is when [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] -- the ''legendary'' Solid Snake, the ''icon'' Solid Snake -- is on a military base, out to stop a nuclear-armed walking battle tank; he sees a surveillance camera, and he says, "[[TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled A surveillance camera?!]]"''

->''"The greatest moment in video games is when Solid Snake -- the ''legendary'' Solid Snake, the ''icon'' Solid Snake -- is on a military base, out to stop a nuclear-armed walking battle tank; he sees a surveillance camera, and he says, "[[TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled A surveillance camera?!]]"''

->''[[MemeticMutation "People die if they are killed..."]]''[[note]]...''[[BeamMeUpScotty "that's the way things should be."]]''[[/note]]
-->-- '''Shirou Emiya''', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' FanSub

[[DescribeTopicHere We are describing Captain Obvious here, on a trope page.]]

See also AsYouKnow, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, NarratingTheObvious, ShapedLikeItself, DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and CaptainObviousAesop. Not to be confused with CaptainOblivious. Sometimes, may be demoted to CommanderContrarian, a commander who disagrees. ItMakesSenseInContext is what fans will say when other people bring it up. ''Slightly'' [[JustifiedTrope justified]] if everybody ''else'' is CaptainOblivious.

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-->'''Bill''': (sees a guy trying to get into his car with a coat hanger) "Ya' lock your keys in your car?"
-->'''Random Guy''': (whips around) "Nope! Just washed my car, gonna hang it up to dry!"

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* [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional wrestler]]-turned-Wrestling/{{WWE}}-commentator Tazz is in the habit of calling his broadcast partners "Captain Obvious", when they sum up something that the viewers just saw fifteen seconds ago.
** The ''really'' bad ones will actually do this to ''themselves'', thanks to DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment. (MichaelCole: "[Name] has been completely embarrassed!....They're humiliated!")
* {{TNA}} commentator Mike Tenay does the same thing whenever the wrestler Rellik is mentioned ("That's 'killer' [[SdrawkcabName spelled backwards]].") Eric Young later started parodying Mike Tenay on this, referring to Rellik as Rellik-that's-killer-spelled-backwards, as if the entire thing was the guy's name.

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This trope sometimes overlaps with MathematiciansAnswer, when Captain Obvious is stating the obvious to be a smartass or to avoid giving a more helpful answer to a question. It can also overlap with NonAnswer if the answer is self-evident and clearly not what the questioner wanted to know.