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Any line in a movie or show that tells us what it was we just saw. "He got away!" "It's a trap!" "They are shooting at us!" Distinct from As You Know in that everyone in the audience and the cast do, in fact, know this. This is also seen in Reality Shows, when participant monologues are interspliced with clips of the events they are talking about: Perhaps writers do this because they assume that Viewers Are Goldfish. See also Captain Obvious, Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me. Contrast Unreliable Voiceover. Examples of Narrating the Obvious include:

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  • Any line in a movie or show that tells us what it was we just saw. "He got away!" "It's a trap!" "They are shooting at us!" Distinct from As You Know in that everyone in the audience and the cast do, in fact, know this. This is also seen in Reality Shows, when participant monologues are interspliced with clips of the events they are talking about: Perhaps writers do this because they assume that Viewers Are Goldfish. See also Captain Obvious, Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me. Contrast Unreliable Voiceover. Examples of Narrating the Obvious include:
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  • Any line in a movie or show that tells us what it was we just saw. "He got away!" "It's a trap!" "They are shooting at us!" Distinct from As You Know in that everyone in the audience and the cast do, in fact, know this. This is also seen in Reality Shows, when participant monologues are interspliced with clips of the events they are talking about: Possibly a holdover from the days of radio, where it was necessary for characters to describe the action for the audience. The radio play (and subsequent versions) of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy played with (and Lampshaded) this by using Arthur's tendency for this kind of talk to demonstrate the primitiveness of the human mind. Perhaps writers do this because they assume that Viewers Are Goldfish. See also Captain Obvious, Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me. Contrast Unreliable Voiceover. Examples of Narrating the Obvious include:
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