Final Fantasy XIII/Awesome


 * This scene. Just...everything about that scene.
 * Moms are tough.
 * To clarify, Hope's mom saved Snow from a gunship by firing a rocket launcher up it's laser's ass. Hence the above line.
 * Big Damn Snow's epic save in Palumpolum. Check it out.
 * When the party first goes to . l'Cie also appear to be expert acrobats.
 * The ending, which also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
 * How about the one scene with Sazh and Vanille, the two comic relief characters . In FFXIII, you don't mess with the comic relief.
 * The scene shortly before  - you know, the scene where   is a more meta CMOA for Vanille's (English) voice actress. Up until then, Vanille's voice acting was the weakest in the game - too chirpy, shrill, unrealistic and obnoxious. Then came this one scene, and I forgave her everything.

"Vanille: (broken voice) "It's not over..." Sazh: (fires over Vanille's shoulder) "Okay, fine! You want me? Come and get me!""
 * It's also a crowning moment for the characters themselves. These lines may not seem impressive, but in context, they rival Assault On Eden in terms of awesomeness.


 * Lightning on the Purge train at the beginning of Chapter 1. the train hits a bump in the tracks, and without a weapon, she bashes the guard and then takes over the train.
 * In the second cutscene of Chapter 12, when Lightning leads everyone in jumping off of the Grand Prix track. She falls maybe 500 feet, makes the landing, and kills about a dozen Homeguard and PSICOM soldiers before Vanille lands.
 * Lightning's attitude is a Crowning Moment of Awesome. Especially in the first half of the game, where she blows up trains, armies, aircrafts, zombies, and a god like being with a casual self-assurance that makes her act like she's just going to pick up some bread from the store.
 * A prime example of the above. Do not try to take Lightning prisoner.
 * This troper is already congratulating Lightning for doing what no other Final Fantasy protagonist has done so far, regardless of how practical and reasonable it would have been: Picking up a rocket launcher and blasting the enemies with it! Oh, Selphie would be proud.
 * Lightning shouting "I'm No One's Slave!" when she uses Army of One in the final battles of the game, especially against the final boss' first form.
 * Army of One alone is awesome. Push an entire into Stagger and watch as the percentage skyrockets easily to 999%.
 * Hope, in Chapter 7.

"Hope: You say you want your Day of Wrath, do you? Well it's coming right up!"
 * Even the interface gets a CMOA here.
 * And then? . And suddenly a Hopeless Boss Fight becomes a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
 * Hopeless Boss Fight? With careful management of the Paradigms Hope could Cherry Tap the thing to death all by himself.
 * Hope gets another one just before the final battle:


 * Snow has a lesser Big Damn Heroes moment in the very first chapter:


 * I completely agree with the above. You initially dismiss and  makes you think this could be interesting. Seeing him become   pretty much makes you go Oh Crap... the epic quote he says, along with our heroes similataneous Oh Crap, makes it even better.

""Find your own road to hell!""
 * Lightning's final speech to Orphan before initiating the final battle.
 * Capped off by the opening line in said battle (provided she's the party leader):


 * "You want quiet? Wait for the next train."
 * Hope is an instant away from . Then there's an explosion, and Hope   What's Snow's response? Without even thinking about it, he   That is what it means to be a hero:  . Then, when Snow recovers, despite being so badly wounded he can barely walk,   That is where, in my eyes, Snow went from a well-intentioned idiot to a true hero worthy of the title. See the whole scene here.
 * Completely agreed. And adding onto it, he's shown at one point to be scaling a building rung by rung. Despite being badly wounded and carrying Hope on his shoulder, this guy will NOT GIVE UP.
 * Yaag Rosch's You Shall Not Pass moment. Before that, cementing himself as A Father to His Men.
 * Any time Fang ends a battle with Highwind, due to the impossibly cool animation of the move multiplied by her own awesomeness (and hotness). Especially if it's a Boss Battle. Doubly so if the boss was about to finish off the party with a One-Hit Kill move.
 * A truly underrated example in Chapter 10: As you waltz through the Fifth Ark, you come across . Shortly afterward, Lightning assumes he's a traitor and attacks him. And by this point, Lightning has proved herself as a very capable Action Girl. However, when she attacks, he stops her strikes barehanded (he has gloves, but still), briefly takes her gunblade, and sent her flying. In other words... he just curbstomped Lightning.
 * In addition,