Tropescilloscope: Captain Obvious

States what is blatantly obvious. (That just explained the trope!) (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes "Shaggy Dog" Story Ascended Extra Small Name, Big Ego Double-Meaning Title Fat Bastard Thriller Animated Credits Opening Sequel Escalation Brainless Beauty In the Back Training Montage Early-Bird Cameo Jerk Jock Rule of Cool Hope Spot Kick the Son of a Bitch Pre-Mortem One-Liner Good Is Not Nice Beware the Nice Ones Arranged Marriage Faux Affably Evil Big-Bad Ensemble Wounded Gazelle Gambit Rule of Funny The Ace Nice Hat Vomit Discretion Shot Henpecked Husband Big "NO!" The End... Or Is It? Jump Scare Black Best Friend Anyone Can Die It's All About Me Works Set in World War II Lighter and Softer Meet Cute Ugly Guy, Hot Wife The Ghost All Men Are Perverts Car Fu Card-Carrying Villain Our Zombies Are Different Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Pragmatic Villainy Mystery and Detective Films Your Cheating Heart Redshirt Army Chuck Cunningham Syndrome "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Retirony Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Mood Whiplash Throwing Your Sword Always Works Wrong Genre Savvy Creative Closing Credits Motor Mouth Attempted Rape Serious Business Deliberately Monochrome Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Reasonable Authority Figure Hero of Another Story Novelization Superhero Twist Ending Never Trust a Trailer Artistic License – Geography Contrived Coincidence The Voiceless Badass Normal Redemption Equals Death Department of Redundancy Department Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Dark Action Girl Ass Shove Hair-Trigger Temper The Film of the Book Insult Backfire Does This Remind You of Anything? Casting Gag Would Hurt a Child Adaptation Distillation Those Wacky Nazis One Steve Limit Blatant Lies '80s Hair Leaning on the Fourth Wall Kubrick Stare Make It Look Like an Accident "Awesome McCool" Name Manipulative Bastard Unusually Uninteresting Sight Dropped a Bridge on Him Random Events Plot Manic Pixie Dream Girl Australian Movies Straight Gay Knife Nut Politically Incorrect Villain Fourth Date Marriage Villain Song Taking You with Me Catch-Phrase Heroes Want Redheads He Knows Too Much Film Noir Index Mercy Kill Captain Ersatz Word of God Very Loosely Based on a True Story She Cleans Up Nicely In Medias Res It Will Never Catch On Betty and Veronica 20 Minutes into the Future No Name Given Psycho for Hire The Place Closed Circle Eureka Moment Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Covers Always Lie Even Evil Has Loved Ones Distracted by the Sexy Scare Chord Deal with the Devil Hoist by His Own Petard Red Herring Made of Iron O.O.C. Is Serious Business Mad Scientist Left the Background Music On Berserk Button Offscreen Moment of Awesome Double Entendre Black Comedy Rape Narrator Serial Killer Mama Bear Crucified Hero Shot Batman Gambit Rewatch Bonus Cold-Blooded Torture Overly Long Gag The Hero Demonic Possession Only a Flesh Wound Belligerent Sexual Tension Adaptation Name Change Morality Pet Italian Films Did Not Get the Girl Meaningful Echo Men Are the Expendable Gender The Reveal Hollywood Law Spanner in the Works My Beloved Smother Slashed Throat Establishing Character Moment Reality Has No Subtitles Face Death with Dignity Rule of Three Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Outrun the Fireball Yandere As Himself Really Gets Around More Dakka Undying Loyalty Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Artistic License – Law Call-Back Hypocrite Diabolus ex Machina Badass in a Nice Suit Bond One-Liner Air-Vent Passageway BFG Poor Communication Kills A Father to His Men Dying Moment of Awesome Humiliation Conga Time Skip Kids Are Cruel Camera Abuse Dual Wielding Deconstruction Spared by the Adaptation Spell My Name with an "S" Informed Ability Frame-Up Names to Run Away from Really Fast Dull Surprise Self-Deprecation The Alleged Car Artistic License – Biology Older Than They Look Never My Fault The Musical Horror Films Beauty Is Never Tarnished An Aesop Flashback Suspiciously Specific Denial Gory Discretion Shot Corpsing Real Life Writes the Plot Adapted Out Chekhov's Skill Author Avatar Up to Eleven Only Sane Man Imagine Spot Disguised in Drag Plot Hole Parental Neglect Soundtrack Dissonance Bottomless Magazines Bullying a Dragon Shown Their Work Guns Akimbo Vomit Indiscretion Shot Intergenerational Friendship Arch-Enemy Children Are Innocent Logo Joke Reality Is Unrealistic Driven to Suicide Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Celebrity Paradox Anachronism Stew Ambiguous Ending Brother–Sister Incest Even Evil Has Standards Ghost Fiction Wretched Hive Wham Line Overprotective Dad Beta Couple Crapsack World Foil War Is Hell Becoming the Mask Book-Ends All Girls Want Bad Boys Artistic License – History Cloudcuckoolander Bare Your Midriff Cat Scare Trailers Always Spoil Ripped from the Headlines Fire-Forged Friends Corrupt Corporate Executive Evil-Detecting Dog Mr. Exposition Faking the Dead Killed Mid-Sentence Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Male Gaze Bad "Bad Acting" Daddy's Girl Disney Death Failed a Spot Check Posthumous Character Villainous Breakdown Improvised Weapon Spiritual Successor Psychological Thriller Comically Missing the Point Paper-Thin Disguise No-Sell Fun with Acronyms The '50s Breaking the Fourth Wall Epic Movie Decoy Protagonist Visual Pun Hate Sink Setting Update Bound and Gagged Fanservice Idiot Ball Black Dude Dies First Continuity Nod The Quiet One Anti-Hero Have a Gay Old Time Big Fancy House Manchild Almost Kiss Downer Ending Stuff Blowing Up Jerk with a Heart of Gold Protagonist Title Death of a Child Badass Bookworm Taking the Bullet Character Development Sadistic Choice The Atoner Big Eater Historical-Domain Character Show Within a Show Implacable Man German Films Soft Glass Camp Gay Historical Hero Upgrade Artistic License – Military Totally Radical I Want My Beloved to Be Happy French Films Action Survivor Empathic Environment No Antagonist Not So Above It All Grey and Gray Morality Affectionate Parody Despair Event Horizon Missing Mom The Stinger Unspoken Plan Guarantee The Cameo Karma Houdini Only One Name The Vamp Important Haircut Darker and Edgier Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Non-Indicative Name The Ditz Sexy Discretion Shot Dogged Nice Guy Authority Equals Asskicking Russian Films British Films Your Head A-Splode Say My Name Conspicuous CG No-Holds-Barred Beatdown The Load Everyone Has Standards Light Is Not Good Villain Ball Creator Cameo Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Bloodier and Gorier Manly Tears Animal Motifs Does Not Like Shoes Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Animal Title Index Easily Forgiven Love at First Sight The Bad Guy Wins Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Foreshadowing Obviously Evil Bilingual Bonus World of Ham Kick the Dog Hero Antagonist And I Must Scream Improbable Aiming Skills timeperiod Butt-Monkey I Did What I Had to Do Rape as Drama Genre Savvy Determinator Biopic Laser-Guided Karma Madness Mantra Heroic Sacrifice You Have Failed Me Flipping the Bird Tempting Fate True Companions Brutal Honesty Dwindling Party Unreliable Narrator Pretty Little Headshots Interrupted Suicide Greater-Scope Villain Television Movie Index Scary Black Man Blackmail Getting Crap Past the Radar Dutch Angle As Long as It Sounds Foreign Red Oni, Blue Oni Properly Paranoid Fatal Family Photo Scenery Porn Big Bad This Is Gonna Suck Here We Go Again! Only in It for the Money Canadian Movies Bland-Name Product Horror Comedy folderlabel Abusive Parents Rule of Symbolism Combat Pragmatist Award-Bait Song Victoria's Secret Compartment The Smurfette Principle Dark Is Not Evil Zombie Stories Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The Dog Bites Back Jerkass Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Evil Sounds Deep Retcon Ominous Latin Chanting Death Glare Running Gag Skewed Priorities Armor-Piercing Question Romantic False Lead Cassandra Truth Drill Sergeant Nasty A Minor Kidroduction Pragmatic Adaptation Made of Explodium Obfuscating Stupidity Meaningful Name Refuge in Audacity How We Got Here La Résistance Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Reality Ensues Famous Last Words Ambiguous Disorder Humans Are Bastards Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping For Want of a Nail Reckless Gun Usage Tranquil Fury Storming the Castle Slasher Smile Historical In-Joke Better to Die than Be Killed Sir Swears-a-Lot Mr. Fanservice Silent Movie Chewing the Scenery Playing Gertrude Stock Footage In Name Only Black and Gray Morality Cool Old Guy Put on a Bus Gone Horribly Right The Brute The '70s Kill 'em All Well-Intentioned Extremist Market-Based Title Mundane Made Awesome Disproportionate Retribution Token Minority Laughing Mad Vampire Fiction Documentary Bait-and-Switch Badass Grandpa Silence Is Golden Bond Villain Stupidity Deus ex Machina Black Comedy Developing Doomed Characters Adorkable Sealed Evil in a Can Not So Stoic "The Reason You Suck" Speech Domestic Abuse Badass Longcoat Death Seeker Genre Throwback Boom, Headshot! Destination Defenestration Too Dumb to Live Villain with Good Publicity Fake Shemp Shower Scene Christmas Movies Index Groin Attack Death by Sex Determinator aka: The Determinator Stepford Smiler Author Appeal The Oner Green-Eyed Monster Rated M for Manly Jerkass Has a Point Advertised Extra Psychopathic Manchild Index of Film Westerns Product Placement Body Horror No Celebrities Were Harmed Unresolved Sexual Tension Bald of Evil Police Brutality Cool Old Lady Smug Snake Fate Worse than Death Super Strength Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Big Applesauce Call-Forward Stylistic Suck Parental Abandonment Villain Opening Scene Naïve Newcomer Four-Temperament Ensemble Race Lift Room Full of Crazy Every Car Is a Pinto B-Movie Japanese Films Adaptation Dye-Job Major Injury Underreaction Enemy Mine Dies Wide Open Line-of-Sight Name Whole Plot Reference Neck Snap Meaningful Background Event Sanity Slippage Exact Words Break the Cutie From Nobody to Nightmare A Date with Rosie Palms Chekhov's Gun Femme Fatale Adaptational Badass Punny Name Ax-Crazy Martial Arts Movie Married to the Job Hong Kong Films Kill It with Fire Cruel and Unusual Death Bavarian Fire Drill Hollywood Darkness Lampshade Hanging Dirty Old Man Evil Plan Eyepatch of Power Adaptational Heroism Dramatic Irony Title Drop Fish out of Water Freudian Excuse Tap on the Head A God Am I Our Vampires Are Different Together in Death Adult Fear Amoral Attorney Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Bloodless Carnage Happily Married Precision F-Strike You Killed My Father The Un-Reveal All for Nothing Not So Different Cluster F-Bomb Shipper on Deck No Ending Rich Bitch Death by Adaptation Composite Character Plucky Comic Relief Adaptational Attractiveness Improbable Weapon User Heel–Face Turn Sacrificial Lion Ambiguously Gay Curb-Stomp Battle The Casanova Asshole Victim Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Starscream The Alcoholic Defiant to the End Parental Incest Disney Villain Death Truth in Television Loophole Abuse Revenge Grievous Bottley Harm Accidental Misnaming Adaptational Villainy Worthy Opponent Not Using the "Z" Word Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? MacGuffin The Smart Guy Heel Realization What the Hell, Hero? Pimped-Out Dress An Arm and a Leg Would Hit a Girl Last-Name Basis My God, What Have I Done? Malevolent Masked Men Chiaroscuro All Just a Dream Artistic License – Physics Off-into-the-Distance Ending Science Fiction Films Alliterative Name "Well Done, Son!" Guy The Lost Lenore Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Hidden Depths Stalker with a Crush Pay Evil unto Evil Knight Templar Same Language Dub Shut Up, Hannibal! Funny Foreigner Broken Bird Gilligan Cut Oh, Crap! Smoking Is Cool Agony of the Feet There Is No Kill Like Overkill Cowboy Cop Man on Fire N-Word Privileges Mooks Dirty Cop Evil Brit Bury Your Gays Stealth Pun Canon Foreigner Accidental Murder Film Series Neck Lift Gender Flip Shirtless Scene Arc Words Be Careful What You Wish For My Greatest Failure Country Matters Once More, with Clarity! Cat Fight Sci-Fi Horror Military and Warfare Films Let's Get Dangerous! Defrosting Ice Queen The Great Depression Earn Your Happy Ending Fingore Gratuitous English Abhorrent Admirer Slasher Movie The Cavalry As the Good Book Says... Costume Porn The Bully Red Right Hand Pretty in Mink The Dragon Villain Protagonist Creepy Child Papa Wolf Dirty Coward Anti-Villain Stealth Hi/Bye Wham Shot Those Two Bad Guys Bittersweet Ending Crazy-Prepared Fantasy Films I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Race Against the Clock Calling the Old Man Out Nice Guy Brick Joke Tagline Insistent Terminology Drowning My Sorrows Romantic Comedy Sequel Hook Awesome, but Impractical Captain Obvious Disappeared Dad Crazy Jealous Guy The Chessmaster Drugs Are Bad Damsel in Distress And Starring Suspiciously Similar Substitute Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Not Quite Dead Annoying Younger Sibling The Mole Alas, Poor Villain Evil Cannot Comprehend Good He Who Fights Monsters Facial Horror The Big Guy Get Out! The '80s Dramedy You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Re-Cut Babies Ever After Public Domain Feature Films Bloody Hilarious Moment Killer Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Badass Boast Recycled IN SPACE! Ragtag Bunch of Misfits The Faceless Actor Allusion Central Theme Intrepid Reporter Woman in White Drives Like Crazy Chekhov's Gunman Homage Anachronic Order Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Those Two Guys Guile Hero Pyrrhic Victory Final Girl Extreme Doormat Darkest Hour Needs Wiki Magic Love Deadpan Snarker One-Word Title Fanservice Extra Mighty Whitey Bolivian Army Ending The Chick Music Stories From Bad to Worse The Lancer Scenery Gorn Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Dark Reprise Off with His Head! Antagonist Title Leitmotif Credits Gag Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Sports Stories Didn't Think This Through Took a Level in Jerkass I Have Your Wife Dressing as the Enemy Mind Screw All There in the Script Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Film Noir Ironic Echo Early Installment Weirdness Epic Fail Expy Deliberate Values Dissonance Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Framing Device Demoted to Extra Chase Scene Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Suddenly SHOUTING! Adults Are Useless Jitter Cam Five-Man Band Peek-a-Boo Corpse Sole Survivor Lock and Load Montage Funny Background Event Dramatic Gun Cock Fantastic Racism The Sociopath Eye Scream Vacation Films Cool Guns Immune to Bullets Red Eyes, Take Warning Dumb Blonde Fatal Flaw An Axe to Grind Blood Knight Cain and Abel The X of Y Mugging the Monster Broken Aesop A.I. Is a Crapshoot As You Know Fainting Pet the Dog Slap-Slap-Kiss It Can Think Spiteful Spit The '60s Evil Is Hammy One-Man Army Half the Man He Used to Be Alpha Bitch Bi the Way Wicked Cultured Dissonant Serenity Amusing Injuries The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Evil vs. Evil Hooker with a Heart of Gold Police are Useless What Happened to the Mouse? Break the Haughty Riddle for the Ages Cool Shades Depraved Bisexual Actually Pretty Funny Handicapped Badass Genre Shift Unusual Euphemism After the End Cool Car For the Evulz What You Are in the Dark Not What It Looks Like Hell Is That Noise Sassy Black Woman Only Known by Their Nickname Age Lift Insane Troll Logic Obstructive Bureaucrat Star-Crossed Lovers The Power of Love Nothing Is Scarier Unwitting Instigator of Doom Mythology Gag Extremely Short Timespan Video Credits The Hero Dies Naked People Are Funny Rousing Speech Evil Is Petty Auto Erotica Loads and Loads of Characters Shoot the Shaggy Dog Ms. Fanservice Action Girl Big Damn Heroes Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy All There in the Manual Face–Heel Turn Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Eagleland I Need a Freaking Drink Honor Before Reason Daylight Horror Blood from the Mouth Rasputinian Death Leave the Camera Running Monumental Damage Shout-Out Beard of Evil Male Frontal Nudity Exactly What It Says on the Tin Bar Brawl Gold Digger Historical Villain Upgrade Bowdlerise Match Cut Heroic BSoD Parental Substitute Curse Cut Short Affably Evil Mexican Standoff Danny Peary Cult Movies List NO INDOOR VOICE Took a Level in Badass Based on a True Story Eldritch Abomination Death by Irony The Mafia Bring My Brown Pants Dark and Troubled Past Heterosexual Life-Partners The Dreaded Big Brother Instinct Aside Glance Action Genre Back from the Dead Woman Scorned Evil Counterpart Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Never Found the Body Bad Boss And the Adventure Continues Foregone Conclusion Take That! Aluminum Christmas Trees Gainax Ending Shell-Shocked Veteran Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! May–December Romance Punch-Clock Villain The Stoner Artistic License – Gun Safety Anguished Declaration of Love It's Personal Large Ham Coming-of-Age Story The Stoic Adaptation Expansion Sinister Minister Bunny-Ears Lawyer Friend to All Children Catapult Nightmare Fan Disservice Freeze-Frame Bonus Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Mistaken for Gay Big Bad Duumvirate No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Not Even Bothering with the Accent Red Shirt Expository Hairstyle Change Translation Convention The Remake Toplessness from the Back Instant Death Bullet Irony Evil Laugh The '90s Eiffel Tower Effect Offscreen Teleportation Action Prologue Ungrateful Bastard Vitriolic Best Buds Maybe Ever After I'm a Humanitarian Take a Third Option Real Life Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! She's Got Legs Broken Pedestal Karmic Death Noodle Incident Hypocritical Humor Gorn Apocalypse How Due to the Dead Retired Badass Fiery Redhead Ship Tease Love Triangle No OSHA Compliance