EarthBound/Awesome


 * Ness gets another when he saves Paula from the happy-happyist cult, a bunch of loons who look like blue-clothed KKK members who are obsessed with the color blue. They even painted the whole town blue!
 * Poo suddenly swooping down from the sky against the fight with Master Barf in EarthBound, and then taking it out in a single blast with PK Starstorm. Also, the Runaway Five bursting in during the Clumsy Robot fight definitely deserves a mention.
 * Jeff's introduction in general. After Ness and Paula are captured by zombies, Jeff gets a telepathic call for help from Paula. He then sneaks out of his boarding school, armed only with an air gun, teams up with a bubble-gum chewing monkey, rides the loch-ness monster across a giant lake, adventuring through caves and forests, fighting crazed billy goats and cavemen to his father's lab, and rides a UFO all the way out to Eagle Land to save his friends. Did I mention that Jeff is the only member of the group without any psychic powers whatsoever?
 * In a funny/awesome coincidence to his lack of psychic powers, Jeff seemed to be the only one not hurt by the ManiMani Statue's attacks (they all seemed to hit psychically, so..maybe it was because of that?)
 * Who just destroyed an Eldritch Abomination that would doom an entire world to everlasting darkness? You did by praying for four kids you had never even met. You're awesome.
 * The huge level up Ness gets after defeating his nightmare in his Magicant in the Sea of Eden it just feels awesome to earn a huge reward that actually gives you a big satisfying feeling for completing all the your Sanctuarys, finishing up collecting the melodies, and taking care of the boss before the final one.
 * Early on, Ness defeats the Onett police force, healing himself from ZERO HP while he's at it.
 * Meta example: when Satoru Iwata (now Nintendo's president) singlehandedly saved the game from crashing and burning in development by sitting down and reprogramming the entire thing by himself!