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** That is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for copy protection EVERYWHERE. [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Fuck crippleware, fuck securom, fuck starforce, fuck Sony rootkits]], THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE! To this date, this troper has only seen this implemented once before. In the GBA Samurai Deeper Kyo game, if you've dumped it or are playing the ROM or are playing a copied cart on the DS, the second boss will regenerate health faster than you can deal damage. [[Did Not Do the Research|LEARN YOUR CRAFT YOU RETARDS]], and then you won't have piracy problems ever again.

*** [[Ghostbusters the Video Game]] does this a well. Pirate it, and the little candelabra ghosts will have a hitbox of exactly one pixel, rendering the hotel level completely unwinnable.

** That said, the game has several CMOAs all its own. This troper's personal favorite is in the final boss fight where Batman ''smears explosive gel across his knuckles'' to give his final punch a little extra kick. Hard. Core.

** Damn, the most awesome line in the game came right before that:

'''Batman''': I'll never let you win. ''Never''. }}

** Scarecrow has a few CMOAs at various points throughout the game for how ''completely and utterly'' he'll mess with not only Batman's, but ''your'' mind in some seriously epic [[Mind Screw|Mind Screws]]. Let's tally them up (but seriously, do ''not'' look at these if you haven't beaten the game!):

*** The first time, he tricks Batman into thinking Commissioner Gordon is dead, and when Batman radios in to Oracle to tell her the bad news, she gives a canned "your call could not be completed as dialled!" message, cluing Batman - and you - in to the fact that something's up. Then [[Nightmare Fuel|the doors in the morgue start flying open and Batman finds his parents' corpses]]. Meep.

*** The third and final time will severely disappoint me if it doesn't end up as one of ''the'' greatest examples of [[Fission Mailed]] ever: the console "glitches up" and "reboots" (which hit [[Omega Blade|me]] particularly hard, since I played the PC version and that used to be [[Truth in Television|an actual problem with my computer]]), starting up the introduction sequence from the beginning of the game... except {{spoiler|[[And Now for Someone Completely Different|you're playing as the Joker]] escorting BATMAN into Arkham Asylum.}} And then {{spoiler|your point of view switches back to Batman just as the Joker [[Just Shoot Him|takes out a gun and shoots him.]]}} You then get {{spoiler|the game over screen with the [[Have a Nice Death]] tip telling you [[Mind Screw|"Use the middle stick to dodge Joker's bullet." (or on the PC, "Tilt the mouse")]] [[Not Quite Dead|And then Batman rips himself out of an illusory grave.]]}} Then Scarecrow injects him with a crap-ton more toxin. Of course, the goddamn Batman isn't inconvenienced by this. He even wakes up amid the unconscious bodies of about six thugs and a Titan henchman... which, coincidentally you had just beaten up in skeleton form in the Scarecrow nightmare.

***** Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally discovered what ''Scarecrow'' fears.

** That inspired this troper to loudly state, to the screen, "I'm Batman."

*** Anyone who DIDN'T say that had to be thinking it.

*** This Troper settled for a loud, well-placed "I AM THE NIGHT!"

*** What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? What the hell do you think you should tell him? "I'm the goddamn Batman."

*** Again a Moment for the developers is in the third scene with Scarecrow. It's completely debatable exactly why [[Demonic Dummy|Warden Scarface]] was added, but I'm quite sure any reactions ranged from 'oh, well that's interesting' to 'oh hell yes'.

:::Basically, the Scarecrow's sections of the game are like playing the most memorable parts of ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' as Batman. And it's ''awesome.''

** Another moment that shines comes at the very end. Batman and the authorities have subdued all of Arkham's inmates and thus the nightmare comes to a close. Gordon tells a bloodied, surely sore Batman to go home and take a deserved rest when, moments later, a nearby radio police unit says that Two-Face has just robbed a bank. The Batwing then swoops mightily and Batman rides on, heading for what is definitely NOT Wayne Manor to take a nap. [[The Dark Knight Saga|As Bruce Wayne put it so wisely, "Batman has no limits."]] ''Indeed''

** The [[Car Fu]] on Bane.

'''Batman''': No, Bane! This time I BREAK YOU! }}

** Prior to the final battle with the Joker, the guards will remark that you're the "party's guest of honour". The mooks lined up on both sides of the room will applaud and cheer as you walk through (looking like a badass, naturally) to confront the Joker.

*** And then you can get an achievement for ''beating them up''.

*** Called "Party Pooper" naturally. And I counted, it's a 25 on one fight.

** Though certainly not a scripted event, This Troper once popped up behind three unsuspecting inmates. After triple bataranging all three to the ground, Batman pounces on one guy and knocks him out and proceeds to pounce the next guy to knock him out too. By this point, the third had gotten to his feet and had his bat raised over his head ready to smack Batman in the back of the head... when the counter signal appeared and Batman proceed to give the guy a [[Offhand Backhand|Backhand]] to knock ''him'' out too in mid-swing.

** Heck, the WHOLE GAME counts as a crowning moment of awesome for Batman, licensed games, and the DC universe in general.

* Any time you clear out a room full of mooks armed to the teeth with just your fists, feet, wits, and gadgets - and three of them you don't even need. Particularly when you do so without them ever once noticing where you are ''and'' the Joker repeatedly has to point out that there are fewer men on the job than punched in on the time sheet.

* Scarecrow's fifth and final interview tape. It starts with Scarecrow bragging about his ultimate fear gas, and you hear some of the victims, but then Batman bursts in. Scarecrow asks how Batman is affected by the gas; however, he replies by saying he is affected but it ain't stopping him and that he and another doctor already made an antidote to the fear gas, then Batman delivers this awesome line:

* In one of the early stealth missions, you can begin by adding gel the wall behind a mook, gel the ceiling above another mook, then perch yourself on a gargoyle above a third. Then you can blow up the gel and do an inverted takedown within less than a second of each other, taking out three mooks at once before they even know you're there!

** Alternatively, spray the gel on the back of the wall, then land on and knock out the guy in front. When the others go to investigate him, then detonate the gel, knocking them all out and, if someone wasn't quite in range, scaring the everloving daylights out of him.

*** Also, when playing as the Joker presumably 'escaping' from Arkham, the only person he threatens and views as the only real threat to his fun? Not Sharpe, but Cash.

* Whenever a player completes all 240 of Riddler's challenges without resorting to the internet or the strategy guide, or any other kind of outside help.

* Killer Croc's introduction while you're still escorting Joker into Arkham. You see the elevator coming up, and you notice that there seems to be something in it. Wait a minute...that's...HOLY CROCODILIANS, BATMAN, HE'S FREAKIN' HUGE!!!

* Freakshow Rodeo. That is all.

 

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