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== David Rossi ==

* Just Rossi's scene in "About Face," when he's preparing to return to the BAU -- might not have seemed as cool when we were first watching it, but seeing it again later, knowing Rossi, seeing him get ready to return to the job with the CM background music (DUNDUN DUN DUN!)... it's simply awesome.

* Rossi's [[Shut UP Hannibal|response]] to Rothchild's [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Masterpiece" about destroying Rossi's ego and killing his "family" and that he was going to get away with it: ''"Did you get all that, Garcia?"''. Followed by Rossi offhandedly mentioning that the confession will make "a good teaching aid" - oh, wait, did he forget to tell Rothchild that he [[Lying to The Perp|teaches interrogation at Quantico]]?

* Rossi's [[Shut UP, Hannibal|response]] to Rothchild's [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Masterpiece" about destroying Rossi's ego and killing his "family" and that he was going to get away with it: ''"Did you get all that, Garcia?"''. Followed by Rossi offhandedly mentioning that the confession will make "a good teaching aid" - oh, wait, did he forget to tell Rothchild that he [[Lying to The Perp|teaches interrogation at Quantico]]?

* In "Omnivore", after The Reaper has taken out an entire bus full of people in response to Hotch turning down a deal, Hotch is suffering from a severe crisis of faith and believes [[~~Its~~ All My Fault|it's all his fault]]. What does Rossi do? [[Crazy Awesome|He holds out his gun to Hotch.]]

* In "Omnivore", after The Reaper has taken out an entire bus full of people in response to Hotch turning down a deal, Hotch is suffering from a severe crisis of faith and believes [[It's All My Fault|it's all his fault]]. What does Rossi do? [[Crazy Awesome|He holds out his gun to Hotch.]]

{{quote| '''"Well here, use mine. You've convinced me. No, no, you hung up on him, you practically killed them yourself. Go ahead, get it over with. Don't worry about us, we'll get this guy without you... Look, if you want to end up like Shaughnessy, like Gideon, blaming yourself for everything, you go ahead. But that voice in your head? It's not your ''conscience'', it's your ''ego''."''}}

* Rossi gets another one in "Exit Wounds" - Hotch, Reid, and the Alaska sheriffs are facing off with a virtual lynch mob over the UnSub. Hotch and Reid are trying to defuse the situation, and the leader of the mob wants to know who Hotch thinks has the high ground.

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** He also helped take care of Angel in the episode "Foundation". Angel escaped from the UnSub and Morgan got him to talk and interact again. When they finally catch the UnSub, Morgan was able to punch him a couple of times before being stopped by Rossi. [[Complete Monster|The UnSub]] deserved it. {{spoiler|There were ''bite marks'' on Angel. Worst part, there were ''more victims before him''.}}

* Morgan walking into a Congressional candidate's fundraiser in "25 to Life" and ''accusing him of murder'' after repeatedly being told by [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Strauss]] that his job is on the line if he so much as looks at the man wrong. Morgan - with Rossi and Prentiss for backup - strides right up to the guy and [[Guile Hero|baits the guy into confessing]] in front of a ballroom full of guests, then handcuffs him and leads him out.

* In "Lauren," he arguably saves [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|a grievously injured Prentiss]] (at least until the paramedics can get there) by [[No One Gets Left Behind|forcing her to stay conscious]], despite her [[I Cannot Self Terminate|entreaties to let her slip away]]. His plea of "if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand" doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]].

* In "Lauren," he arguably saves [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|a grievously injured Prentiss]] (at least until the paramedics can get there) by [[No One Gets Left Behind|forcing her to stay conscious]], despite her [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|entreaties to let her slip away]]. His plea of "if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand" doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]].

* Chased a minivan off the side of the road into a lake in "Out of the Light." He then dives in to pull the victim out of the car and resuscitates her. (Possibly [[My Greatest Second Chance|having flashbacks to "losing" Prentiss]]).

* His epic "screw you" response to a [[Conspiracy Theorist]]'s [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Identity."

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* In another "victims fight back" example, in "Compromising Positions", one of the male victims, even though he is handcuffed and the murderer has a gun, manages [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|to kickbox the everloving shit out of him]] for several minutes before getting killed.

* "100". It wound up not mattering in the long run, but U.S. Marshall Kassmeyer deserves some credit. Even after he's been shot in both legs and one foot, had a finger or two cut off, and given a serious beating by one of the most sadistic [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] we've ever seen on the show, he does his job to the end. Not only does he not give up the Hotchners' location, but you can see him try to get up at least twice, presumably to go for his gun. Fairly badass, all things considered.

* "Mosley Lane". The female kidnapper {{spoiler|is about to cremate the kidnapped children, chasing down the middle child}} when the oldest, Charlie/David {{spoiler|pulls a gun, telling her to let them go}}. She laughs at him and says he's got to be kidding. {{spoiler|[[Killed Mid Sentence|He wasn't]].}}

* "Mosley Lane". The female kidnapper {{spoiler|is about to cremate the kidnapped children, chasing down the middle child}} when the oldest, Charlie/David {{spoiler|pulls a gun, telling her to let them go}}. She laughs at him and says he's got to be kidding. {{spoiler|[[Killed Mid-Sentence|He wasn't]].}}

* In "The Longest Night" we get another one for one of the victims. In one night, Ellie Spicer has seen {{spoiler|her aunt raped and beaten (giving her injuries she later dies from), a cop who came to save her beaten up and tied up, and her father shot to death in front of her by a [[Complete Monster]] [[Serial Killer]]}}. Said [[Complete Monster]] then kidnaps her, and starts bringing her to houses where he's forcing her to be his "helper" with killing families. So what does she do when he tells her to go get the child of one family he's planning to do this to so he can experience this same thing? She finds that the family has two kids, and sends one brother out to tell the neighborhood that the guy is there so that the neighbors will find them and stop him. She totally isn't scared of the guy, and is going to do whatever it takes to survive and save as many people as she can. She not only calmly ''tells'' him what she's done, but that she's given the boy instructions to not stop going door to door, because there's no way he can possibly kill enough people to stop the alert from going out. [[Little Miss Badass|Did we mention she's only 8?]]

** The CMOA extends to the residents of the neighborhood, who turn up en masse to surround the home where the killer is brandishing guns, baseball bats and whatever other weapons they can improvise. "Even California has its moments", indeed.