Super Robot Wars Z/Awesome

Super Robot Wars Z

 * The game itself is considered one for:
 * 1) Turning the events of Gundam Seed Destiny into something believable and justified.
 * 2) Resolving The Big O's plot, which didn't get a proper closure in its original series, and Baldios, which gets its Downer Ending that was the result of the anime getting cut short fixed.
 * 3) Delivering the  scenario, which is built up for the entire first act of Z, while making the scenario completely controllable by the player (resulting in a very high HSQ when the player realizes this is actually going to happen and it's fully playable).

Super Robot Wars Z 2.1 Hakai-Hen
"Lordgenome: This man... the essence of the sun! Strength... spirit... he surpasses all others!"
 * In scenario 18-A of the third route split in SRW Z2, which takes place during a concert in the Macross Frontier storyline, Sheryl Nome's song "Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late" pumps up the heroes so much that they all instantly shoot to 130 morale. After defeating the initial enemies, Baron Ashura arrives with some Kikaijuu; this causes Ranka to take the stage and sing her song "What 'bout my star?", which pumps Simon and Kamina up even further, to the point that Kamina debuts Gurren Lagann's most famous attack, the Giga Drill Break(er), nearly obliterating the Kikaijuu Taros D-7 with it.
 * Asakim spends the first half of the game trying to do to Crow what he did to Setsuko and Rand. Before he gets the chance, Amuro, who was just teleported to the Z2 universe shows up and shoots the Shuroga in the face, screwing over Asakim's plan to betray Crow right there.
 * Haran Banjou, with his heartfelt declaration that he would never forgive anyone who would steal the sun from the people, becomes the only member of ZEXIS to succeed in frightening Lordgenome.


 * When Rose tries to kill Takeru, ZEXIS appears and ruins their day in separate teams. From the Kurogane House, to the hot bloods (Ryouma, Hayato, Mushash, and Kamina), to the snipers (Yoko, Lockon, Michael, and Gain), and ending with Chirico shooting down their escape ship with his handgun.
 * Hayato even gets a bit of a Mythology Gag / Shout Out in this scene, where he starts yelling "Eyes! Ears! Nose!" A reference to a scene in the original manga.
 * A crowning moment that has to be seen: Dancouga Nova is suddenly attacked from behind by two monsters. In that very moment, Shinobu and Final Dancouga arrive and intervene, instantly killing the two monsters and giving their enemy target a demonstration of the Dan-Cou-Ken slash. Bonus points for being only Shinobu and for the excellent animation.
 * Simon and the Getter Team getting their midseason upgrades in Scenario 40. This event also allows Mushashi the chance to pilot Shin-Getter 3, which is in itself a moment of awesome for both Musashi and Banpresto as this has never happened in the 20 years of the franchise.
 * Elgan Laudic, a supporter of ZEXIS who

Super Robot Wars Z 2.2 Saisei-Hen
There is another CMOA by Banpresto that is related to this. Note that the above paragraph mentions that scene as the "Apollo(nius): "Ba'al... you really are beasts. You who cannot fathom the love and compassion of Man do not deserve to exist beneath the Sun. Ba'al, the Mechanical Angel Aquarion hereby refutes your existence! Behold! The power of mankind... and the power of life!""
 * In one of the early stages, Setsuna in the broken down Gundam Exia goes up against multiple A-LAWs and Suzaku on his own. After Suzaku critically disables the Exia, things look bleak until ZEXIS shows up, and Setsuna relaunches in the brand new 00 Gundam. Poor Spinzaku has nothing on the Twin Drive...
 * Lelouch gets one on his own, not as Zero, but as normal student Lelouch. Terrorists have a large portion of the student body held hostage, during the Couple Event along with Lelouch. What does he do? Distracts them long enough for everyone to get away, leaving him alone with a bunch of angry terrorists. Then he gets saved when several members of ZEXIS burst in from the window.
 * He later gets one as Zero. [[hottip:spoiler:When Esther is turned into a Dimensional Beast for the first time, Lelouch takes it upon himself to stop her (either launching from the Ikaruga if he is not deployed or moving himself in Esther's path if he is deployed in the Shinkiro), using a Geass on her to stop her from attacking. Even more than that: Lelouch didn't even think of doing it - he was pretty much just trying to stop something over fifty times heavier than him from hurting his friends and allies, and was lucky enough to accidentally Geass her successfully.
 * Elgan Laudic gets another one:
 * The debut of Dynamite Explosion on
 * When Schneizel reveals who Zero really is, the Black Knights are considerably concerned with the revelation. Also doubles as Shown Their Work for Banpresto
 * When Schneizel reveals who Zero really is, the Black Knights are considerably concerned with the revelation. Also doubles as Shown Their Work for Banpresto
 * Ryouma, Hayato and Benkei get trapped in the Mind Rape dimension and are forced to confront their sins. (Musashi is confirmed to have died off-screen). With Michiru's help, they escape being finished off by Saotome. The Invaders wonder aloud what could be interfering with the space that they created when... both Saotome and Nia suddenly scowl with hatred at the Aquarion.

- *Cue Aquarion manifesting the true Wings of the Sun and one-shotting Saotome's Metal Beast Dragon upside the head with the Infinite Sword.*


 * Stage 54, full stop. What happens you might ask? Well, you're facing Nia in her mech and things are looking grim, she's about to drop the moon to Earth when suddenly
 * The IF route version is even better. Nia's gonna drop the moon, but then Holland (who's been absent all game) shows up. Not much help but hey every little bit counts, except Holland can't even finish his big damn heroes speech before Suzaku's buddies Gino and Anya show up on the other side of the map, deciding they'll stick with their friend after all. Then Ozma Lee and Luca appear in yet another corner of the map, finally catching up the Frontier fleet after their adventures looking for Space Whales. Awesome. Now the whole gangs back toget....wait... That's 4 simultaneous Big Damn Heroes at once, which is probably a new record for SRW.
 * (Believe it or not, Gen Fudou and Klein Sandman are made even more awesome than they already were, especially for Fudou, who reaches Memetic Badass levels. For the original characters, Rand seems to be this if one considers his approach to solving problems combined with him being an out-and-out Badass Normal)
 * Sandman's awesomeness is lampshaded in-game by giving him overblown versions of the Gravion's attacks for his God Sigma Gravion, complete with In the Name of The Moon speeches for the simplest Rocket Punch ("Spin, drill, to break their evil ambitions!") and a shot of the Meido squad in full Squee mode if you manage to land a Dynamic Kill with the drill punch.
 * Elgan Laudic, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.