Captain Hindsight meme template

What it means

Captain Hindsight is the South Park superhero whose superpower is arriving after a disaster to explain, with heroic confidence, exactly what everyone should have done: the fire victims should have purchased ladders, the crash victims should have built their cars differently, and then he flies away, having helped no one. The character, introduced in the 2008 episode The Coon, became the internet's favorite mascot for Monday-morning quarterbacking. The caption describes the incident, and the template voices the expert analysis that was nowhere to be found until the outcome made it obvious. It is aimed at armchair critics, retrofit consultants, and every comment section where the solution arrives one disaster too late.

When to use it

• Mocking advice that only arrives after the disaster
• Armchair experts explaining what should have been done
• Retroactive solutions delivered with heroic confidence