Metal Gear/Awesome

Revolver Ocelot

 * It's extremely difficult to pick a single crowning moment for Revolver Ocelot, as nearly his every appearance (with a few notable exceptions) is followed by awesome. Whether it's, , , the after credits conversations of the first and third games, , or his constant manipulation of everyone and everything seemingly for the sheer fun of it, Ocelot challenges even Snake for the title of most awesome character of the games.
 * By far the most Crowning Moment-worthy Ocelot moment is in MGS4, when

Metal Gear Solid 2

 * Solid Snake's stupendous character traits are comprehensively demonstrated when you rush in with the computer virus, covering a range from "We're counting on you" to "Change sides? I don't recall ever saying I was on yours."
 * Supposedly this is why Hideo Kojima had Raiden be the playable character for most of the game... because it was only through a rookie's eyes that you could really feel the awesome.
 * In MGS2, Ocelot steals Fortune's
 * Regardless of how other fans perceive Raiden, to me, he established his Badass cred in MGS2. That no one has bothered to mention how he took on multiple RAY units, three at a time, before the final showdown with Solidus in a sword fight? I'm disappointed. Heck, an option he has available to make his fight with the RAY units even more Badass is taking them out with the Grenade Launcher instead of the Stingers! For being a rookie compared to Solid Snake, he can hold his own!
 * Sometimes it's the simple things, like the Power Walk moment in MGS2 with Otacon (and his sister's parrot) leading Snake and Raiden. Or Snake and Otacon's bro-tactular fistbumping right before it. A friend of mine, who loves nerds and soldiers in equal measure, found herself positively squeeing at those moments.
 * This troper also felt the 'power walk' on the USS Missouri was awesome given that it was Meryl, Johnny, and a guy who's chemically approaching his late 70's. Give it up!

Metal Gear Solid 3

 * At the very beginning, Big Boss throws his cigar on the floor before he stands up to parajump. He then takes an single step towards the hatch, extinguishing the cigar as it flies towards the door. Awesome!
 * Snake isn't the only one here, everytime The Boss appears is a Crowning Moment of Awesome for her, successively topping the previous ones. And the battle against The End is a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the series in general.
 * For example, while in.
 * What's even more impressive is that The Boss has her single greatest crowning moment of awesome
 * Despite being a straight male, Big Boss's crowning moment of awesome was the Ho Yay Revolver Ocelot. He was so Badass Even the Guys Want Him, WITHOUT REALIZING IT. (Not coincidentally, when .)
 * Then again, that latter was almost certainly an allusion to the unignorable difference between those who coordinate military actions from a comparative emotional distance and those who actually fight in the field. No matter how much Sigint and Paramedic liked Snake/Big Boss, it wasn't the same as what the other two went through with him.
 * Also from MGS3, the entire fortress escape. It's a Crowning Moment for just about everyone involved.
 * It's this troper's belief that anything to do with EVA's bike is crowning moment of awesome, particularly when she backflipped off a ledge onto said bike and then proceeded to drive it up young Ocelot's FACE. (And yes, Ocelot DID end up with tire tracks on his face for the rest of the scene.)

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
"You fought for our Motherland! Now let us help fight for yours!"
 * What? No love for Portable Ops? Anyone remember the soldiers that you recruited throughout the game repaying Big Boss' loyalty throughout the game by sacrificing their own safety Chars Counterattack style by shooting the shit out of the Metal Gear in the Launch Control Base. In fact, they even say, despite Big Boss' protests not to throw away their lives:


 * Awesome, and a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
 * Gene gets a CMOA for his sheer badassery by his effortless asskicking of Null at one point, ending with a one sentence command that basically amounted to Kneel Before Zod
 * Elisa gets a CMOA by using Car Fu to kick Cunningham's ass so Snake and crew can avoid getting shot to death.
 * Hell, Colonel Skowronski gets a small CMOA by damn near killing Gene and Large Hamming his brief moment of Captain Ahab style glory when he temporarily hijacks Metal Gear RAXA. Bonus points for giving Big Boss, Elisa, and Gene a massive WTF reaction.
 * In game, Big Boss gets a CMOA from all the soldiers present for kicking Metal Gear RAXA's ass, more or less reinforcing his Badass reputation.
 * Hell, the player can easily give Big Boss CMoAs which are never, technically, in continuity. This MGS fan once went into the Town to get recruits, and decided to capture every single soldier as Big Boss. I'm sorry, I should have said Big Boss once captured an entire town full of soldiers, and convinced every single one of them to join his personal army. By himself. Big Boss, you are indeed worthy of your reputation.
 * Speaking of Portable Ops; the stats that your soldiers get when you recruit them is more or less up to chance. For example, it's highly likely to recruit a politician who is absolutely crap at fighting, but a total dead-eye (s-ranked) with a sniper rifle. But you can go further. This troper recently recruited a female glasses-wearing scientist with an A-rank in CQC and handguns with a B in shotguns. And sixteen HP. This troper proceeded to deck her out in body armor, a shotgun, an M1911 and a MK 22 and unleash her upon the unsuspecting enemy.

Metal Gear Solid 4

 * Otacon gets laid. Inside a helicopter. Inside a plane. In mid-flight.
 * The performance of Patric Zimmerman. With incredible finesse and talent, he is able to mimic the speech patterns of Cam Clarke's Liquid Snake expertly, while balancing it out with his own Revolver Ocelot voice. The end result is enough to convince anybody that Ocelot is truly possessed by Liquid. which . Not only that, but the sheer quality of his acting is outstanding. It isn't much of a stretch to say that Patric Zimmerman gave the greatest performance of the series in Metal Gear Solid 4, and one of the best performances period in the history of video gaming.
 * Metal Gear Solid 4, one word. It's sort of still being debated on what the Crowning Moment was, but later on, it seems to be a mix of . Or, perhaps it was  If these scenes, among with others unmentioned don't get his Scrappy title out of the way, I don't know WHAT will.
 * "I am lightning. The rain transformed." This troper got shivers.
 * This troper was convinced that he'd end up as a limbless torso bouncing around, before finally just rolling along the floor as a head nipping soldiers ankles. For the first time in a straight 27 hours of gameplay he had to put the controller down and go outside to stop himself from laughing.
 * It might sound kind of weird, but this one felt his old persona was only completely done away with in the epilogue, when the woman he once thought had major-mindscrewed him.
 * All the above counts, but this troper was seriously impressed when after Raiden says "I just don't fear death," and escapes, he performs a copecera spin with two Gekkos attached to his legs.
 * The in Metal Gear Solid 4 is both this and a Tear Jerker, as.
 * I remember thinking, when the scene ended and the cutscene started "This is either one of the most brilliantly made cutscenes I have ever seen, or the most depressing game over screen in history"
 * is so incredible and heartbreaking, that is quite possibly Snake's most awesome moment in the entire series. Yeah, it's really that powerful.
 * Either Snake vs. Ocelot battle in Metal Gear Solid 4. and  were enough to make Manly Tears flow like rain.
 * What bugs me is that no one mentioned the EPIC fight between
 * To this day, this troper is incensed that it was his friend's turn to play the game when it came time for.
 * Let's not forget
 * Three words from MGS4: . Also, the entire chase scene that ensues, especially when Raging Raven shows up.
 * An overlooked but nonetheless awesome moment occurs for the USS Missouri and her crew at the beginning of Act 5:  Although, considering the.
 * Then again, in Metal Gear Solid 4, there are a LOT of Crowning Moments of Awesome to be had by all.
 * Hell, Metal Gear Solid 4 manages to pull one off in another game entirely....
 * This is also counts as CMoA for Mei Ling. If you remember, Otacon makes fun of her position in Missouri, joking that she used a "special arrangement" and has a "thing for older guys". Otacon, we wouldn't care how she got into position, but she definitely had her homework done.
 * For gameplay Crowning Moments, in MGS4 it'd have to be the Big Boss Emblem, which if achieved gives you the Patriot... whose own trope is subverted by the BBE's requirements (instead of going off and grinding, you have to play the "ultimate" MGS game on the hardest difficulty). In fact, there are online guides and a section in the official paperback strategy guide just about achieving the BBE.
 * This troper feels that  in MGS4
 * In Guns of the Patriots, the Missouri's Marines are hella awesome, if you think about what's actually going on here. By the final act, we know that many soldiers from non-Outer Heaven-owned PMCs as well as state militaries are deserting because of SOP withdrawal, and those are the ones who aren't so slammed with battlefield trauma they're permanently broken or suffering heart attacks. Thus, the Missouri's Marines must all come from two groups; either combat veterans who are in the minority of those able to barely hang on without SOP, or total rookies who have never seen combat, let alone ever fired their weapon at an enemy since getting out of basic training. And they still do their job, holding the line long enough for Snake to get the job done despite being overwhelmed in numbers and firepower, by an enemy with more experience and the advantages of SOP, watching each other be gunned down by Haven troopers left and right. Semper Fi.
 * It might not seem like much, but for this troper, there's another one at the end of MGS4, when Snake
 * "That takes care of the cremation." Sure, Liquid showed up alive again afterward, but Snake's nonchalantly taunting a guy after shooting him down was badass. Especially since Liquid had previously taken down two jet fighters with his gunship/transport helicopter.
 * Another subtle one happens during  at the end of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
 * Both get one the moment they become a . Cue countless faceless Mooks getting mowed down by their combined awesome... and then in the ending.
 * Both get one the moment they become a . Cue countless faceless Mooks getting mowed down by their combined awesome... and then in the ending.

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

 * While there are plenty of awesome moments in Peace Walker, one of the most memorable is the entirety of the  If that's not enough,   It is probably one of the most intense and awesome moments of the game, possibly even of the entire Metal Gear series, especially when the player.
 * Taking down Metal Gears is always awesome,
 * And to make it even better, It's such a moment of glory.
 * Mixed with Crowning Music of Awesome, the background music while you fight
 * The QTE at the end of Infiltrate the Underground Base. The prompts are so fast it's borderline impossible to avoid losing (and continuing to the next mission), but Big Boss' CQC Foe-Tossing Charge (not to mention stealing Strangelove's ID card to escape later on upon completion) is totally worth it.
 * Mixed with Crowning Music of Awesome, the background music while you fight
 * The QTE at the end of Infiltrate the Underground Base. The prompts are so fast it's borderline impossible to avoid losing (and continuing to the next mission), but Big Boss' CQC Foe-Tossing Charge (not to mention stealing Strangelove's ID card to escape later on upon completion) is totally worth it.


 * Meta: Kojima refuses to communicate with Uwe Boll. At all.