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-->-- '''Barry Burton''' handing Jill acid rounds for a grenade launcher, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''[[labelnote: Although...]] seeing how they're facing both the undead and living enemies like giant snakes, giant sharks, and genetically-engineered lizard-men, he might have to make that distinction.[[/labelnote]]

Incidentally, do not confuse this trope with LampshadeHanging. In the case of a Captain Obvious, a character notes something that is self-evident to the characters as well as to the audience (us). A Lampshade Hanging occurs when something that is obvious to us but should go unnoticed by the characters, ''is'' noticed by the characters. Note that you can click on the words in blue, and they will take you to a new article.

[[TheStinger This is the end of the article. There is nothing more for you to read on this page. Except for these links to similarly-themed pages. (We call them categories.)]] Oh, and by the way, you just read Captain Obvious trope! On Wiki/TVTropes! With your eyes! On a screen! On a computer or phone! (Probably!) [[OverlyLongGag Now you're really sick of the joke!]]

-->-- '''Barry Burton''' handing Jill a grenade launcher, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''

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* ''WebVideo/EchoRose'': Carma starts "the truth" by informing the viewers that what they are watching is a YouTube video she is filming at that moment.

* Tim Hawkins [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IC9O98PybQ does a bit]] in which his mother gave him good advice as a kid--after the fact. She tells him to be careful (''after'' hitting his head on the table), and tells him his wallet must be ''somewhere'' (yes, yes it is) and that he should look in the place he left it last (when he was looking in the place he left it [[SuddenlyShouting FIRST!!!]]).

->''"In the silent movie, there's no talking."''
-->-- '''Natasha Bedingfield''', ''Silent Movie''

* WebVideo/TheTRYChannel, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin YouTube channel where people try things]], has an early video ("Irish Craft Beers"), where one person says the beer "Tastes like beer".

See also AsYouKnow, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, NarratingTheObvious, ShapedLikeItself, DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, CaptainObviousAesop, CaptainObviousReveal. 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.

!!Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly: (The folders below contain examples of this trope.)

* [[CaptainObvious/ComicStrips This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Comic Strips]]

* [[CaptainObvious/{{Pinball}} This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Pinball]]
* [[CaptainObvious/{{Podcasts}} This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Podcasts]]
* [[CaptainObvious/{{Radio}} This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Radio]]
* [[CaptainObvious/TabletopGames This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Tabletop Games]]
* [[CaptainObvious/{{Theatre}} This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Theatre]]

* [[CaptainObvious/WebAnimation This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Web Animation]]

* [[CaptainObvious/NewspaperComics This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Newspaper Comic Strips]]

* [[CaptainObvious/WebComics This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Web Comics]]

* [[CaptainObvious/{{Theater}} This Sub-Page Contains Examples of this Trope in Theater]]

* Dara O'Briain has a bit making fun of a cover story in the London Examiner titled "10 Symptoms You Should Not Ignore". The first 3 symptoms listed were rectal bleeding, loss of height, and sudden blindness.

* [[https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/개그콘서트 Gag Concert]] may do this trope for laughs.
** One example is notably is [[http://pann.nate.com/video/215581427 Poncho Siblings/Raincoat Siblings]][[note]]Ran in early 2003~fall 2003, featuring Park Joon-hyung, Kim Darae and Kwon Jin-yeong[[/note]], which Park and Kim mainly lampshades this trope.[[note]]In the beginning, he says "We~ are the Poncho Siblings" then Kim and Kwon says "Wow~" in a annoying yet cute voice.[[/note]]
-->'''Park Joon-hyung''': This is a candle[[note]]He may say another object's name[[/note]].\\
'''Kim Darae & Kwon Jin-yeong''': Wow~
** This trope also appears in [[https://namu.wiki/w/아무%20말%20대잔치 Say Anything Big Contest]], which it might be inverted or played straight.

'''Behrendt:''' Okay, stop right there and repeat that back to yourself.

->"In the silent movie, there's no talking."
-->--'''Natasha Bedingfield''', ''Silent Movie''

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

** One example is notably is [[http://pann.nate.com/video/215581427 Poncho Siblings/Raincoat Siblings]][[note]]Ran in early 2003~fall 2003, featuring Park Joon-hyung, Kim Darae and Kwon Jin-yeong[[/note]], which Park mainly lampshades this trope.[[note]]In the beginning, he says "We~ are the Poncho Siblings" then Kim and Kwon says "Wow~" Moe in a annoying yet cute voice.[[/note]]

** This trope also appears in [[https://namu.wiki/w/아무말_대잔치 Say Anything Big Contest]], which it might be inverted or played straight.

* [[https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%9C%EA%B7%B8%EC%BD%98%EC%84%9C%ED%8A%B8 Gag Concert]] may do this trope for laughs.
** One example is notably is [[pann.nate.com/video/215581427 Poncho Siblings/Raincoat Siblings]][[note]]Ran in early 2003~fall 2003, featuring Park Joon-hyung, Kim Darae and Kwon Jin-yeong[[/note]], which Park mainly lampshades this trope.[[note]]In the beginning, he says "We~ are the Poncho Siblings" then Kim and Kwon says "Wow~" Moe in a annoying yet cute voice.[[/note]]

** This trope also appears in [[https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%84%EB%AC%B4%20%EB%A7%90%20%EB%8C%80%EC%9E%94%EC%B9%98 Say Anything Big Contest]], which it might be inverted or played straight.