Mostly it was due to an incomplete translation, though. And then Transformers: Energon came along.April does it twice when first meeting the Turtles in the 80's cartoon.Īlexis, (to Rad and Carlos, who are standing right next to her and watching the same fight) Oh, no! You guys, Optimus is down! Raphael would sometimes call him out on that. Donatello seemed to be the appointed Captain Obvious of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, at least in the '80s-'90s cartoon.

Jimmy Olsen helpfully remarks that it looks like a man flying. In the origin story opening of Superman: The Animated Series, Perry White looks at a picture of the strange new figure in the sky and asks what it is.This is the third post in a row about Robin. In early Super Friends episodes, Robin had a way of pointing out the obvious, usually in the form of his overtly religious catchphrase.In Steven Universe, Padparadscha is a Sapphire with flawed future vision, which causes her to predict things which just happened and apparently can't be turned off as a result, she frequently blurts out descriptions of recent events, which almost never contain any information which wasn't already obvious.Yularen responds that he believes that's too obvious, and they would have already been caught if that was the case. He then clarifies that they might be in the communications division. Kallus responds that, given the traitor obviously has access to high-level intel, it must be an officer. Star Wars Rebels: In 'Through Imperial Eyes', Colonel Yularen, brought in to help search for a traitor in the Imperial ranks, asks Agent Kallus his opinion on who the traitor might be.Gill Gilliam announces in the sombrest of ways that Gary is, most definitely, a snail. Invoked on one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, where Dr.This in itself is a parody of news media, which in the aftermath of major disasters is often quick to give a thorough autopsy of what went wrong, well after such knowledge would have been useful. This being the world of South Park, where all idiocy is immediately embraced by the larger public, Captain Hindsight is considered a legitimate and indispensable hero. Usually the rescue workers then pack up and leave as well. The Coon and Friends saga has an actual super hero, Captain Hindsight, who arrives at the scenes of disasters to point out that the accident could have been prevented and then leaves.Randy: If we're still alive in the morning, then we'll know that we aren't dead.

Also, a slightly subtler example from the episode 'Bart's Inner Child', overlapping Exposition:.

Don Vittorio in 'Homie the Clown': 'To murder a funny man of such genius would be a crime!' Although he may have meant a crime by mafia standards.

Bart: 'What good's a credit card if you can't even use it?' As opposed to what else you'd do with it?.

After Lisa's goalkeeping results in a shining victory for her team, Marge praises her performance: 'By blocking the net, I really think you helped your team!'.

In one episode, Homer's own brain has to remind him 'Money can be exchanged for goods and services.'.

Dignity': When Homer in the panda suit is repeatedly shocked with a cattle prod, Lisa exclaims, 'Something's wrong! Terribly wrong!' No, really?

There was also a scene in the episode 'Homer vs.

His theory: 'The subject will be socially malajusted, and will harbor a deep resentment towards me'. Marvin Monroe proposed an experiment wherein he would raise a baby to adulthood in a sealed box, providing it only with basic nutrition, along with the occasional icy shower or electric shock.

Another Ralph gem: 'All my friends have birthdays this year'.

This is the man who brought us ' Fun toys are fun!'

Ralph Wiggum is, naturally, a goldmine of these.

And one can't forget, Ralph Wiggum's 'My cat's breath smells like cat food.'.

His advice? 'When the race starts, run real fast!'

One episode of The Simpsons had Homer attempting to play 'Horse Whisperer'.

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