Tropescilloscope: Captain Obvious

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

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