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1	An index depicting tropes about all that is blatant and obvious.
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3	Contrast StealthTropes and TheSecretIndex. Compare to RuleOfPerception. May overlap with StupidityTropes and IgnoredIndex.
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7	!!Tropes
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9	[[index]]
10	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: CGI effects in otherwise two-dimensional animation will stick out like a sore thumb if they aren't blended in well enough.
11	* BadLiar: Someone tries to tell a lie, but is very bad at making the fabrication sound believable.
12	* BlatantBurglar: Burglars and thieves always wear clothing that give away that they intend to rob people.
13	* BlatantLies: Statements that are obviously not true.
14	* CaptainObvious: A character who has a tendency to point out the obvious.
15	* CaptainObviousAesop: The moral of the story is something the audience already knows.
16	* CaptainObviousReveal: Revealing a secret long after the audience has already figured it out.
17	* ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun: A character explains their deduction by listing minor details that made them suspicious, then mentioning a clear giveaway that makes the other clues unnecessary.
18	* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: In animated cartoons, it's easy to distinguish objects the characters interact with from the parts of the background that remain stationary.
19	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Repetitively needless repetition that is done needlessly is played for humor, with the humor done in the form of needlessly done repetitively needless repetition.
20	* DevilInPlainSight: It's clear as day that this person can't be trusted, but no one seems to notice.
21	* DodgyToupee: It's obvious that this bald character is wearing a wig to cover up their baldness.
22	* DoomedByCanon: The character is dead in the installments that take place afterwards, so it's obvious that the prequel won't prevent their death even if they make it out unscathed.
23	* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: An obvious issue that everyone present is going out of their way to avoid addressing.
24	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's claimed that two people being in love is obvious to everyone who knows them.
25	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title or name tells you everything you need to know.
26	* ExpositionAlreadyCovered: A character tries to explain something, but finds to their frustration that someone else already beat them to it.
27	* ForegoneConclusion: The audience already knows how the story is going to end even if they haven't seen it before and haven't heard any spoilers.
28	* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Hesitating before answering is a dead giveaway that you are not telling the truth.
29	* HughMann: A non-human tries to impersonate a human, but it's very obvious that they are not human.
30	* IdealHero: It's very obvious that this person is the genuine good guy/role model by just observing them.
31	* ImplausibleDeniability: Claiming to be innocent when you're obviously guilty.
32	* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: A character disguising themselves as a member of the opposite gender doesn't do a good job of hiding their real gender.
33	* IncrediblyObviousBomb: When explosives are to be used, no effort whatsoever is made to conceal them.
34	* IncrediblyObviousBug: A listening or tracking device that isn't disguised well and therefore easily noticeable.
35	* IncrediblyObviousTail: A character who is trying to secretly follow someone utterly fails at being subtle about it.
36	* NarratingTheObvious: The narrator points out stuff that should be obvious to the audience.
37	* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: The most famous actor is obviously playing the secret villain.
38	* NeonSignHideout: A secret lair for some reason has a big neon sign or other conspicuously identifying feature pointing out its location.
39	* ObliviousAdoption: A child remains unaware that they're adopted even though it's incredibly obvious.
40	* ObviousBeta: It's blatant that the video game's developers haven't quite finished making the game.
41	* ObviousObjectCouldBeAnything: A character gets a gift that is shaped in a way that it is (supposedly) obvious what is inside the package.
42	* ObviousPregnancy: It's obvious a woman is pregnant because she shows a baby bump the instant she's been impregnated.
43	* ObviousStuntDouble: The work clearly uses a stunt double that hardly looks anything like the actor they're substituting for in the more dangerous scenes.
44	* ObviouslyEvil: You can tell this person is the bad guy just by looking at them.
45	* ObviousJudas: It is blatant which of the characters' friends or associates will end up betraying them.
46	* OpenSecret: It's officially a secret, but everyone knows it anyway.
47	* PaperThinDisguise: Someone manages to fool everyone by wearing a disguise that does a piss-poor job of hiding their identity.
48	* SavedByCanon: Because the character is still alive in the series' other installments, it's obvious that they will survive the events of the prequel no matter what perils they may end up in.
49	* ShapedLikeItself: Describing something as being like itself (e.g. a house shaped like a house, bread that tastes like bread, silk that feels like silk).
50	* SherlockCanRead: A character is praised for making a brilliant deduction, which the character then clarifies was only them noticing the obvious.
51	* SchmuckBait: Someone falls for an obvious trap.
52	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: If you deny doing something that the other person hasn't even accused you of doing, you're only making it obvious that you actually did do it.
53	[[/index]]

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