Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)/Awesome
- Ed has a bevy of moments:
- The first time he performs alchemy without a transmutation circle.
- His statue pwnage of Cornello in the second episode, showing for the first time just how powerful he really is.
- The way he defeated #48 by using Scar's alchemy technique.
- There's also the Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner. Since #48 is actually the souls of two murderer brothers bound to one suit of armor (Ed defeats one by knocking off the head containing the blood seal, but his brother, whose seal is on his body, simply picks it up and replaces it). The second brother, moving in for the killing blow, yells "This is for my brother!" Ed, injured and with his automail failing, almost gives up, but then he thinks of Al (who will be stuck forever as a suit of armor if Ed dies here) and enters his Heroic Second Wind with a shout of "And this is for mine!" Asskicking ensues.
- This Troper is personally fond of the decision not to go with strangers.
- His entire battle with Greed: "Let's start!" "Let's finish!"
- Countering Scar's destruction alchemy by subtly changing the composition of his automail.
- Al, of course, isn't without his moments:
- When he gets pissed and charges down Wrath.
- When he outsmarts and defeats Kimblee. "Devious bastard", indeed.
- In the final episode, using his own Philosopher's Stone body to fuel the world's first successful human resurrection.
- How about in the fifth episode, on the train to Central where the would-be hijackers turn around. Never has the word "Welcome" been more sinister or amazing.
- This scene:
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Kimblee: At the end of the day, a human being is not much more than the components used to create a common bomb. If you think about it we're not that special, not you, not me, we're all empty. We're all worthless. |
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- He gets another great Shut UP, Hannibal moment (Al's good at these) in the final episode when he basically tells Dante to shove it when she tries to stop him from using his Philosopher's Stone to bring Ed back to life: "Stay back! You can't tell me what to do!"
- Roy vs. Pride: "I don't know how long you've lived, Fuhrer, or how many times you've cheated death, but not anymore. It's the end of the line." Badass incineration ensues.
- The Ed vs Mustang fight in episode 13.
- Ed and Alphonse making their way up to Dietline Eckhart's ship in Conqueror of Shamballa movie.
- Ed revealing his Automail to Rose and Cornello in the first episode.
- Despite mainly being a Faux Action Girl in the adaptation, Hawkeye gets one when she trips Mustang to stop him from inadvertently getting himself killed against Scar.
- Scar versus murderous biker gang. Let's just say flying limbs are involved.
- Scar's dispatching of Basque Grand is pretty awesome too. Gran is a feared hand-to-hand combatant and, when they meet, is in possession of Dr. Marcoh's powerful Philosopher's Stone copy, which previously has enabled Grand to transform into a human buttkicking machine. Scar, however, eliminates him as easily as if he's blowing his nose.
- The Scar Vs. Grand fight in Brotherhood is also quite cool for both combatants. In this incarnation, Grand's alchemy allows him to summon cannons, maces, and bladed chains to throw at Scar. When Scar sidesteps this onslaught, Grand traps Scar in a giant iron box. Against almost anyone else, this probably would've been a victory for Grand right there. Unfortunately, he doesn't actually know what Scar can do, and gets a little too close to the box, allowing Scar to just blow a hole in the cage and do his thing with Grand's head. This fight is especially nice for fans of Grand; because in the manga, he was revealed, in an Omake no less, to have been taken out in a sneak attack while walking home. In this version, at least he doesn't go out like a chump.
- I'd have to argue that Scar's CMOA is his entire final episode.
- In his fight with Wrath and Sloth at the factory, Ed does what we've all been waiting for the entire series and transmutes a BUNCH of guns onto his automail. To quote Bruce Willis, "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho." Also counts for a CMOA for Wrath, who one-ups Ed almost immediately by transmuting many more guns into * his* arm and starts shooting.
- King Bradley is stalking after a (relatively innocent) chimera, who tries to hide (at Al's suggestion) in Al's armor. Bradley walks up, sword drawn, a wide smile on his face, and greets him: "Good morning, Alphonse!" While sliding his sword down Al's neck. He pulls the sword out and walks away, leaving Alphonse dripping blood through the seams in his armor. Kick the Dog made into an art form.
- Izumi Curtis taking on the entire military including the powerful alchemist Alex Armstrong, at the same time, in order to get Wrath back from them and almost succeeding was extremely Badass.
- Ed's Final Battle with Greed is one of the best animated sequences in the show, and is very often cited when people discuss favorite anime fight scenes.
- And who can forget the moment during the warehouse battle when Edward did what fans of the series had wanted him to do since it first aired: transmute his automail arm into a freakin' Tommy Gun?
- Envy gets one in the final episode. Almost everyone is terrified of going into the Gate, where all sorts of mysterious, flesh-eating creatures dwell. However, when Envy finds out Hohenheim is on the other side of the Gate, he just strides through it like he owns the place and tells the Gate-creatures to fuck off, 'cause he's got a papa to kill.