Transformers/Awesome

Transformers (2007)
"1: Casually walking into an elevator, shifting to boombox mode and fooling an unsuspecting hostess. 2: Avoiding being detected when he's right next to said hostess. In robot mode. 3: Planting a virus into AF1 and the Pentagon, then single-handedly killing the guards that come to investigate. 4: Strutting right past a multitude of cops, then getting into Barricade's car mode and flipping them all off."
 * Blackout laying waste to the SOCCENT base in the beginning of the film
 * The commander of the base gets a mild one for managing to cut the information feed off from him.
 * Speaking of the Decepticons, Frenzy gets one of these, consisting of somehow hacking and sneaking off Air Force One by doing the following:

"Simmons: "I'm going to count to five." Lennox: *shoves gun against Agent's chest* "I'm going to count to three.""
 * Prime got this right about the time he killed Bonecrusher by stabbing him in the face with a sword, then decapitating him.
 * During his fight with Bonecrusher, Bonecrusher punched Optimus, who simply shrugged it off. Then, he returned with one of his own, so hard that you see in slow-motion Bonecrusher's eye popping out.
 * And killing Barricade immediately afterwards (made it into the comic and novel adaptations, but ended up getting cut somehow in the actual movie)
 * "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."
 * This exchange between Agent Simmons and Captain Lennox:

"Sam Witwicky: I'd like to introduce my friend, Optimus Prime."
 * Captain Lennox is pretty cool throughout the movie, but his CMoA is definitely during the final battle, where he charges Blackout on a motorcycle at high speed, jumps off the motorcycle and slides under Blackout to deliver a point-blank shot with a grenade launcher.
 * The fact that Shia LaBeouf as Sam improvised most of his rant about how the Autobots were messing up the backyard, and Peter Cullen, recording his lines in some studio miles away, goes 'Calm down, calm down' in perfect comedic timing.
 * Probably the moment when you realize just how insane the fights were going to be was the first robot confrontation between Bumblebee and Barracade. Bumblebee stands protecting Sam and Mikaela and Barricade leaps forward like a predatory animal and kicks Bumblebee in the face, sending him flying into the distance. Bumblebee looks up, shakes it off and rolls back to his feet and returns the favor in one swift motion.
 * Ironhide using his cannons to propel himself in the air and somersaulting in mid-air. And that was before dodging missiles from Brawl, while transforming.
 * Another one goes to Ratchet who uses a buzzsaw to cut off one of Brawl's arms.
 * The whole scene could be seen here
 * How about when the Sector Seven agents are taking the kids away, and suddenly their car is lifted several feet into the air by a 30 foot pissed off robot? While the agents can just stare up at Optimus, Prime delivers a line that would make a sane man shit himself: "Taking the children was a bad move.... Autobots, relieve them of their weapons." Prime scorning these humans who had moments before been total dicks, followed by Jazz using a massive magnet to hijack all of the Agent's weapons and reducing them to being nothing more than fleshy slag, is quite endearing to this Troper.


 * The F-22 attack on Megatron stands as Crowning Moment of Awesome for the US military. He had been in an even fight with Optimus Prime, but a single salvo of American human missiles brought him to his knees.
 * Starscream taking on several F-22s, seamlessly shifting between his jet and robot form, and destroying about half of them.
 * A few minutes earlier, Starscream plays Stepping Stones in the Sky with F-22s.
 * Any scene with Megatron in the first movie. Any.
 * Mikaela driving Bumblebee in the big finale.
 * The U.S. military gets one early in the movie with their coordinated ground forces, A-10, and AC-130, forcing Scorponok to actually retreat, leaving a piece of itself behind.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
"Optimus: "Pull Over!""
 * Optimus.


 * Just before that, Optimus.
 * Skids and Mudflap.

""Damn, I'm good.""
 * . Hell, once again the Humans in general putting up a good fight, and even taking down some Decepticons on their own.
 * Devastator itself gets one earlier on,
 * Sideswipe cutting Sideways in half.
 * For this Troper, it the fluid motion of it, his badass pose, and line afterward:

"Megatron: "Is the fate of our race not worth a SINGLE human life?"
 * Optimus Prime taking on Megatron, Starcream and Grindor at the same time, Dual-Wielding his arm blades, and.

Optimus: "You'll NEVER stop at one! I'll take you ALL on!!""

"Optimus: "Piece of tin.""
 * Don't forget about the asskicking that ensued after that. Topped off with Optimus killing and commenting on exactly what he thinks he's made of.

"Optimus: "Weak!" *Slap* "Puny!" *Punch* "Waste of metal!" *Slashes with arm sword* "Junkyard SCRAP!""
 * Nor Optimus at the beginning of the forest fight. To elaborate, Optimus was trashtalking Megatron while slapping him with a tree, abandoning it then just resorting to his fists.

"Lennox: I need you to pull the blue cord! Pull it really hard! Lennox: Not now! We're on the plane, you dumbass! Galloway: Wha- *Galloway is yanked out of the plane by his parachute*"
 * Virtually every single move Optimus Prime delivers in that fight is a CMoA. Towards the beginning, Starscream jumps at him from behind, and Optimus simply turns around and catches him by the throat in midair. Without letting go, Optimus then kicks Megatron out of the way almost as an afterthought, then lifts Starscream up to kicking height, upside-down, and gets him right in the face. As a result, every move administered to Starscream is a Crowning Moment of Funny.
 * If you watch closely, you'll notice that Optimus is using them to confuse and confound each other's attack, which is exactly what one is supposed to do against multiple assailants. Mook Chivalry is not. In effect. Optimus Prime is legitimately stomping a mudhole in all three of them at once.
 * Jetfire. Just Jetfire. Let's see now: getting the heroes halfway across the world to where they need to get to; providing the heroes with loads of useful information; swooping in during the big battle to . It's official: Jetfire is the coolest old man ever.
 * It should also be noted that.
 * Lennox giving the Obstructive Bureaucrat his just desserts by faking an emergency and getting the latter pulled out of their cargo plane by parachute drag. Also counts as a Crowning Moment of Funny.
 * Galloway yanks the cord and his parachute goes out the cargo door*

""They were your brothers too!" *Cue epic ass kicking* "You picked the wrong planet!""
 * Though a painful Epic Fail moment for fans of Devastator, it is a testament to just how brave and honorable a man Ex-Sector-Seven Agent Simmons is when he climbs right next to the 100 foot giant Decepticon so.
 * In the opening chase, the twins and Arcee are in pursuit of Sideways. As they chase him into a side street, Sideways doesn't even bother to turn. He transforms, leaps through the building directly in front of him, somersaults as he lands and transforms back into vehicle mode. Leads to a Crowning Moment of Funny as Sideways goes directly through an old man's living room, leading to nothing more then a slightly confused expression from the old man. This also leads to Arcee's CMOA, as, without skipping a beat, all of her components follow him through the building and continue firing at him.
 * After seeing Optimus come back from the dead (big shocker there), the Fallen goes berserk and throws himself at Optimus, clawing madly and shrieking that Prime will "die like [his] brothers!" Prime's response?

"Optimus Prime: Very well. Freedom is your right and I will honor it. But ask your President this, "What if we leave, and you're wrong?""
 * Every single moment of the entire 30 minute climax of RotF. Especially and the line, "GIVE ME YOUR FACE." And he isn't joking.
 * Just so we're perfectly clear, the "face" line comes in
 * Not only stabs him through the chest, he PUNCHES THROUGH HIS CHEST, RIPS OUT THE ROBOT EQUIVALENT OF A HEART, AND CRUSHES IT IN HIS FIST. As if it wasn't awesome enough already.
 * Further clarification to the spoiler above after 5 compulsive rewinds in slow motion of the DVD:
 * The HSQ for me was broken when Jolt connected Jetfire and Optimus and all that crap started slamming into position on Optimus. My jaw dropped farther with each "clang, crunch, whir, and snap". When my friends saw it, they went "Holy crap."
 * This editor and his brother refer to everything after as the "Optimus Prime Has Had Enough Of Your Shit" sequence.
 * When Galloway orders the Autobots to leave on the grounds that it's their fault Earth has attracted so many Decepticons.

"Mikaela: But I'm not not going to burn your other eye off. I'm not going to burn it off."
 * At this point, can we just say everything Optimus Prime does?
 * Hell YEAH! The big bot is made of awesome.
 * The little guys - namely the spider-like, sadistic and absolutely insane Doctor, during . He quickly notes that, to carry out his work, he needs parts to graft. How does he get them? He instantly orders the surrounding Constructicons, bots far taller and more powerful than he, to sacrifice one of their own almost casually, and they follow this instantly, brutally tearing apart one of their smaller comrades. Impressive because of the sheer pull he had over them, even if it was somewhat only implied, and the Doctor's order itself: "Kill the little one!"
 * Following up on this is 'Reedman', the unofficial name given to the near paper-thin Decepticon scout formed by Ravage's merged nanobot swarm. Upon being detected by guards after, he starts hightailing it out of the complex he's in by slicing a soldier in two after running through him. One hell of an exit.
 * Scorponok's Dynamic Entry, exploding from the ground, . This is followed immediately by Jetfire's CMoA.
 * Bumblebee's fight with Rampage (the Constructicon with the tread-whips). Bumblebee kicked Barricade's ass handily in the first movie, but that fight was almost entirely off-screen. Here, though, you get to see him beat the crap out of the 'Con, and it's an awesome beating.
 * He gets another in the same scene, wherein he grabs Ravage by the tail and slides one fist down him lengthwise, effectively wiping his body clean.
 * Made all the more spectacular when 'Bee turns and smacks down Rampage with Ravage's spine.
 * Mikaela giving a fracking Decepticon Stockholm Syndrome. Especially when it comes with this line, spoken in the sweetest, nicest voice imaginable:


 * Soundwave using Galloway's As You Know to plan the theft of their Allspark shard.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
"Megatron: "Who would you be without me, Prime?" Optimus: "Time to find out.""
 * In a recent TV spot we are treated to this line by Optimus Prime:
 * "Today, we take the battle to them!"
 * Three words: "WHERE IS SHE?!"
 * During the battle with the Dreads, Dino/Mirage uses cables to attach to Hatchet and literally road skis across the road behind the Decepticon.
 * Megatron's
 * Wheelie and Brains, the two smallest Autobots in the film, manage to
 * Optimus'

""Any moment now, you'll .""
 * At first, it seemed a tad strange that
 * Also a bit of Fridge Brilliance,
 * Or He didn't want to help Optimus at all. Megatorn just view himself as the only allowed to defeat Optimus and couldn't allow Sentinel to take the glory.
 * Sam  No seriously,
 * An even more awesome moment in the novel because  so when he stabs him in the eye, he screams "That's for   you son of a bitch!"
 * Carly gets a moment...she calmly approaches  Dang...that was pretty awesome for a Victoria's Secret Model.
 * And let's not forget that :
 * And let's not forget that :
 * And let's not forget that :

"Pilot: "Get them out," Loadmaster: "Go! Go! Go!""
 * The humans breaking through the Decipticon defenses and managing to sneak into the city.
 * On that note, the Osprey crews are certified BAMFs. Their planes are going down, they know they are going to die. Their response?

"Ironhide: "Class dismissed.""
 * Simmons, when he's not being a walking CMOF, he's usually being this...helps that he's Crazy Awesome.
 * As was his assistant, Dutch.
 * The Mexican Standoff between two Decepticon Mooks, Ironhide and Sideswipe...it ends just about as well as you'd expect for the mooks.


 * Ironhide's arrival into that fight was a CMOA in itself. He comes tearing in at full-speed in truck mode, rams both Decepticons in a head-on collision which causes him to flip over them, transforms to robot mode in mid-air, and lands on his feet with both guns already drawn and cocked at the Decepticons' heads.
 * The car chase scene, specially when Bumblebee avoids obstacles while transforming in mid air, grabbing Sam in slow mo, transforms back into car mode...Sam's reaction doubled this as a different kind of crowning moment too.
 * To save everyone the trouble...because we'd be hear all day listing this...but pretty much ANYTHING Bumblebee and Optimus did!
 * Colonel Lennox and a strike team of about twenty or so humans, working together without any vehicle or Autobot support, take down Shockwave (though it takes the Autobots and Optimus to actually defeat him), Barricade, and four other Decepticons on foot, using nothing but accurate sniper fire, parachutes, and sheer balls.
 * Not pictured on-screen; several years of refining their tactics by fighting Decepticons. Think of all the bullets fired, blood shed, and lives lost.
 * Sam: I'm just a messenger. *WHAM!*
 * For those who haven't seen it and wished to be spoiled, Sam  after saying this! It was, pretty much, Sam's response to
 * Optimus Prime. Buzz Aldrin. Meeting one another and, with the utmost humility and sincerity, saying that it is an honor.
 * Optimus Prime
 * Ummm...he defeated Megatron in the previous movie without Sam's help. Granted he got an upgrade but it still counts.
 * Prime's trailer. We've been waiting for it for two films and it doesn't disappoint. Not only does it turn into a badass flying harness, but, like the original, it opens up into a base... which is fully stocked with dozens of weapons.
 * Starscream's back to being dangerous in DotM. He drops down from low orbit to and later leaps off a building and shreds the Ospreys transporting Lennox's team with his buzzsaw hand. Also serves as a Call Back to his F-22 Stepping Stones in the Sky moment in the first film.
 * Bumblebee
 * The novelization adds a little one for Ironhide. Whereas the film had him & Sideswipe engaging the two remaining Dreads in a gunfight, the novel has five Dreads charging at the NEST base. Ironhide simply transformers, stands in their path, and becomes The Immovable Object, letting the 'Cons literally crash into him. Each of the Dreads is killed on impact, while Ironhide simply withstands the hits with little more than some scratches and being knocked back a bit. He then casually brushes Decepti-parts off of himself and quips "They just don't make them like they used to".
 * When


 * The novel also adds a for The Twins. Skids.
 * Daaaayum!
 * Basically anything the Wreckers do in the final battle. Really, there's no way that a trio of weaponized race cars tearing down the streets blowing up everything in their path can't be insanely cool.
 * Three words: "Wreckers...kill him!". The sheer brutality that the trio proceeds to unleash upon the pilot of the downed Decepticon fighter is practically a whole brand of badass unto itself.
 * Upon rewatching the movie, I found that Optimus has a very efficient way of dispatching foes that works out quite awesomely.  It's quite awesome to see the tactic play out.
 * "Today, in the name of freedom, we take the battle to them. Cue an epic Gondor Calls for Aid/Lock and Load montage of almost every Autobot transforming and gearing up for battle, while an epic rendition of 'Arrival To Earth' blares.
 * The wing suits, they prove that Badasses can look like flying squirrels and have nuts of steel
 * "Today, in the name of freedom, we take the battle to them. Cue an epic Gondor Calls for Aid/Lock and Load montage of almost every Autobot transforming and gearing up for battle, while an epic rendition of 'Arrival To Earth' blares.
 * The wing suits, they prove that Badasses can look like flying squirrels and have nuts of steel

Dreamwave Transformers comics
""Did you say TRY? We don't try around here, soldier -- do you hear me? We don't try, and we don't quit! NOW REACH! GRAB THAT DIRT! You are a lean, mean, climbing machine, and you are going nowhere but up! Sound off! I want to hear you say it -- 'Me, Grimlock, going up!'""
 * In a Transformers vs. G.I. Joe comic set in World War II, Grimlock and Roadblock are hanging onto a cliff, and Grimlock is starting to slip. He tries to get Roadblock to save himself, that he'd try to hold on long enough for him to get up, but Roadblock refuses:


 * In the second Generation 1 mini-series, Ultra Magnus takes down Menasor while still in truck mode. He does this by hurling insults to each of the Stunticons that make the Combiner. This drives Menasor insane and allows Ultra Magnus to catch air and ram Menasor IN THE FACE.

IDW Transformers comics

 * Another one for Hot Rod/Rodimus, this one from the IDW comics. Hot Rod has been tormented for years by the slaughter of his team while obtaining the Magnificence, a font of infinite knowledge. He does not know that his team was betrayed by Dealer, a Decepticon mole. Dealer finally finds a way to convince Hot Rod to lead him to the Magnificence, with himself in tow. As they approach it, Hot Rod wonders aloud how the Decepticons intercepted his team, how their mission was sabotaged, and why Dealer was captured but the others were killed. His first question to the omniscient 8-ball of the stars? "Did Dealer betray us?" "Yes!" Cue Hot Rod shooting Dealer's head off.
 * In Spotlight: Metroplex, Sixshot hunts the Throttlebots through (unbeknownst to him) Metroplex's alleyways. Just as he's about to kill off one of the Throttlebots for good, . And then Sixshot stands up again. So . (In a splash panel spanning two entire pages, no less.) At the end of the issue we see that Sixshot . Really it's a case of both the good and bad guy getting a moment of awesome at the same time.