Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)/Awesome


 * Chamber of Secrets, in the dueling club. Lockhart's been talking non-stop with his usual self-importance and highly-inflated opinion of himself... and then he asks Snape to help him demonstrate a duel. Snape (who at this point has just been standing back and letting Lockhart make a fool of himself) casts Expelliarmus and not only disarms him, but smashes him into a wall - and what's even better, he actually impresses Harry "I hate them both. Malfoy and Snape" Potter. And, of course, gives Harry his signature spell.
 * Harry in the Chamber of Secrets.
 * Tom Riddle sneered that all Dumbledore could give Harry was "a songbird and a old hat". However, it was those two things that guaranteed Harry's victory against the Basilisk.
 * Mrs. Weasley's Howler definitely counts.
 * Dobby pwning Lucius Malfoy: "You shall not harm Harry Potter!"
 * All of Mrs. Weasley's sons were taller than her, but they cowered as her rage broke over them. It's a sign of things to come.
 * Harry telling off Tom Riddle about how his "filthy Mudblood mother" saved him, then killing off the basilisk and stabbing the diary.
 * When the basilisk emerges out of the statue's mouth, ready for battle.
 * Phoenix vs. Basilisk. And the crown goes not to the 60-foot snake with the killing stare, it goes to the "songbird".
 * We are introduced to the "songbird" first as Dumbledore's dying pet, then a feeble newborn. Months later, it reminds us that it is in fact, an immortal legend and one of the main reasons why Harry survives for so long.
 * Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy's brawl in Flourish and Blotts. Words can't describe how much this troper wanted to see that get into the movie.
 * "Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer that ever lived!" Also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
 * Also, Harry's Crowning Shut UP, Hannibal Take That to Tom Riddle: "I've seen the real you. You're nothing! You're ugly! You're foul!".
 * Mr. Weasley's car saving Harry, Ron and Fang from Aragog and his children, even though it abandoned them after getting beat up by the Whomping Willow.