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* Edward Elric
** Using ''Scar's'' destruction technique to defeat the Slicer Brothers.
** Figuring out how Greed's "Ultimate Shield" works and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100611090432/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/just-stay-down.html breaking it]''.
*** He does it in the first anime too, and it's still awesome.
** Managing to find a way out of Gluttony's stomach. Did I mention the fact that Gluttony's stomach is ''an entire freaking dimension unto itself?''
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** Later, he {{spoiler|responds to Envy's trying to goad him into killing everyone in the room by verbally handing him his parasitic hinder on a plate, essentially reading him perfectly, at which point Envy realizes that his entire existence has been a sick joke and destroys his own Philosopher's Stone.}}
*** Just for comparison sake, the above has no action, no real fighting, just Goddamn ''words!'' Being able to take down an opponent in a total beatdown? Awesome. Being able to take down said opponent without a freakin' blow? CMoA.
** In ''Brotherhood'', Ed manages to ''one-up the manga'' at the end of episode 26. During in the scene where he travels back from Gluttony's stomach, he sees Al's body, but is dragged back, struggling, as the Door closes. '''beat'''. He then '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140629073247/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/wait-for-me.html punches open]''' the ''DOOR OF TRUTH'' to say "Alphonse! Someday, I swear I'll come back for you. Just you wait! Just you wait!" The Manga has almost exactly the same scene, and the same lines, but what it doesn't have is Ed PUNCHING OPEN THE DOOR OF TRUTH.
*** What does it for me is the close up on Ed's face with his automail hand pointing at Al's body while the door is closing. Heck, you can ''taste'' the sheer willpower in his eyes. Not only that, the scene is backed up by ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|Let It Out]]''. For me, that scene is one of (if not ''the'') higher points of the series.
*** The idea that it's actually the Truth in Al's body makes it slightly depressing. But thinking it over, this makes The Truth's response downright fascinating. You could say it ruins the feeling that Ed is talking to his brother, but the look of shock on 'Al's' face when Ed bursts through the Gate of Truth is just so ''awesome''. He can't believe what he's seeing. I think that was the point at which the Truth knew that he had created a monster. An incredible, devoted, passionate, badass monster. Many people probably saw Al looking down with a smile, assured he'd eventually be freed. This troper sees the Truth going "You know what, Alchemist? ... I don't even doubt it." And by the end of the series, he keeps his word.
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** When {{spoiler|Kimblee blows up the ground to escape from a fight in episode 41, Ed falls through to a mine and wakes up impaled with a metal pipe. He's saved the lives of two of Kimblee's chimera soldiers, who free themselves from the rubble and go over to Ed to see if he's alive. Ed asks them to pull the pipe out so he can transmute his life to stem the flow of blood. When they do, it hurts even to watch, but it's pretty damn amazing once you realize how much pain he was in.}}
*** Which is exactly ''why'' that scene hurt so much to watch. {{spoiler|Ed's desperate screams while he struggles to hold his mind together and focus enough to transmute his own ''soul''}} caused this troper enough sympathy pain that she was immensely glad when it was over, awesome or not. (For the record, it ''was'' awesome, just hella painful.)
** The ending of Ed vs. {{spoiler|Pride, complete with [[Your Head Asplode]]}}. Strangely doubles as a crowning moment of heartwarming, when Ed not only {{spoiler|lets Fetus!Pride live, but takes off his jacket to place him on, despite what the psycho [[Grand Theft Me|just attempted]].}} Ed is pretty much the ultimate [[Jerk
*** Considering the havoc that {{spoiler|Pride}} has wrought throughout the series, this troper would like to nominate Ed for [[The Messiah|sainthood.]]
*** Also, his method to take out {{spoiler|Pride}}: {{spoiler|Using his soul as a Philosopher's Stone to force his way into Pride's consciousness and suppress his stone, severing his contact with the souls that support him. Basically, he [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|takes out Pride]] by ''[[Death
** And then in Chapter 107/episode 62, Ed pulls off the ultimate CMOA by {{spoiler|engaging Father/God in a [[Fisticuffs Boss|fistfight]] and literally ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punching out God]]''}}.
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*** Made slightly more awesome by the fact that he's echoing something he said to Father Cornello ''way'' back in chapter 1.
** Actually no, he pulls off the ultimate CMOA in the next chapter where he {{spoiler|pulls Alphonse from out of the Gate, WHOLE AND UNINJURED (bar some malnutrition), with no injuries to his own person. Do you understand? EDWARD HAS DONE SOMETHING [[Beyond the Impossible|THAT WAS CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE]] FOR OVER 107 CHAPTERS WITHOUT THE HELP OF A PHILOSOPHER'S STONE AND HE MANAGED TO DO IT WITHOUT GETTING SOMEONE KILLED!!!}}
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* Alphonse Elric:
** He manages to evade capture from the chimerae for a time by using his form to his advantage, by ''running away'' from them, planning to tire them out.
** When he [[Took a Level
** Al defends a [[Heroic BSOD|BSOD'ing]] Hawkeye [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209075236/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/sick-of-watching-people-die.html from Lust.]
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** Trapping Pride using ''himself'' as bait. Also overlaps with Hohenheim's CMOA, see below.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105032036/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/still-fighting.html The entire Al vs. Kimblee and Pride battle] is pure win.
** And in chapter 102 he {{spoiler|''refused to get his body back'', since that weak flesh and blood body cannot be used properly for combat, and he needs to be able to fight in the [[Final Battle]]}}. Yes, it's much more [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] and [[Tear Jerker|emotional]] than it seems.
** "{{spoiler|Mr. Tucker}}...if you keep talking, this time ''I'll'' shut you up."
** Al shines on more than one occasion, but his comeback against {{spoiler|Kimblee and Pride}} is probably the one where he is most badass.
*** The anime just caught up to that scene, and with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the premiered fifth ending, "Ray of Light,"]] playing in the background, [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/well-done.html it is even more awesome.]
** In chapter 107, Al {{spoiler|first [[Taking the Bullet|shielded May]] from Father's [[Wave Motion Gun]], critically damaging his blood seal. Then, when he saw that Edward was pinned with Father about to kill him, he asks Truth for a refund by ''transmuting his own soul for Ed's right arm''.}} The last part also qualifies as a [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Colonel Badass|Colonel]] [[Guile Hero|Roy]] [[Playing
** After Lust tears a water pipe and drenches Mustang, he reveals he ''isn't'' so useless with water. After all, his transmutation circle moves oxygen. And water has plenty of oxygen in it. And Havoc has a lighter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209075226/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/got-a-light.html See where I'm going with this?] [[Stuff Blowing Up|KABOOM!]]
*** Actually it seperates hydrogen from oxygen which if you have ever done that, and then tried to light it, it makes a HUGE explosion. Which is what happened to not so poor Lust.
**** Fire, or, rather, the process of combustion, is essentially the process of oxygen binding itself [[Buffy-Speak|superquickly]] to just about everything it can reach. Water doesn't burn because it's [[
*** Then Lust stabs both Havoc (paralyzing him) and Mustang and tears up Roy's gloves, leaving them both for dead. Later, with Hawkeye BSOD'ing and Al struggling before her, a sudden blast of flame blows Lust off her legs. We see Mustang, revealing that by using Havoc's lighter and his specialized circle that he ''carved into his own hand'' he was able to cauterize both their wounds. He then [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617153908/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/hot-stuff.html incinerates Lust], proclaiming that no matter how many times she regenerates he ''will'' kill her, and keeps blasting her over and over until her Philosopher's Stone runs out and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210043701/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/lusts-demise.html she dies.] With her finger-lance centimeters from his face, I might add. It looked awesome!
**** [[Shirtless Scene|Yes. Yes it did.]] I can see what Lust meant by, "It's not too bad to be killed by [[Mr. Fanservice|a man like you]]."
**** The most awesome part of that fight, when Lust asks how he can still move with his wound: "I sealed it with fire!". BAD. ASS.
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*** It actually was more of a [[Batman Gambit]]. Knox wasn't in on the plan either, but when saw that the corpse actually wasn't Maria Ross he knew that Roy was up to something, and decided to support him. Roy never directly spoke to Knox until ''after'' the autopsy report was filed.
** Mustang owns Ed and Scar by defeating the [[Nightmare Fuel|Cyclops Army]] with a single snap of his fingers. What they both couldn't manage in a couple of chapters, he did in one panel. Ed's expression of complete disbelief was absolutely priceless. Also, making [[The Stoic|Riza]] ''[[Ship Tease|blush]]'' should be considered [[OTP|an impressive feat]].
*** Even cooler in ''Brotherhood'', where he [[Kill It
** Mustang's response to finally finding the person who killed his best friend: [[Shut UP, Hannibal|"There's no need to say anything more, Envy.]] [[Prepare to Die|The first thing I'm gonna turn to ash is your tongue."]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|He then proceeds to fuck Envy up]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|fifty ways to Sunday]], including, but not limited to: evaporating the fluid in his eyes ''twice'', thanking him for turning into his monstrous true form because it makes him a bigger target, blasting his lower jaw off to shut him up (just like he promised), and torching him ''while he looked like {{spoiler|Hughes}}''.
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'''Mustang''': {{spoiler|Maes Hughes}} is dead. That's a fact. And you invoke his image? You must be a glutton for ''punishment''!! (snaps his fingers again) }}
** The anime [[Up to Eleven|takes it to eleven]] by having [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFImdakNCAU Mustang firing off his flames randomly]. It makes the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] look like it's been spiced with a dash of [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|overkill.]]
*** It's like a dead-serious version of Anime!Ed's fight with Anime!Envy. *Envy turns into Roy* "[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** Not many men can make a Homunculus look like they've just SHAT themselves. For that, there's Roy.
** And before that [[Shut UP, Hannibal|"Oh for God's sake, just shut up, idiot!"]]
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** In chapter 107 he proves that not even {{spoiler|blindness}} holds him back when he returns to the fight and repeatedly incinerates {{spoiler|Father, while Riza clings to his side and gives him directions}}.
*** Also: {{spoiler|"Defense... like this? Hmm. This clapping thing ''is'' convenient."}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210044235/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/that-hurts.html Riza to a disguised Envy]: "When we're alone, the Colonel always calls me Riza.". Then: "Just kidding. [[Bluff the Impostor|Thanks for blowing your cover]]."
** And goes [[Guns Akimbo]] to Envy (emptying two handguns and a rifle clip) while Envy can't do a shit about this. Envy can only [[Incredibly Lame Pun|turn the table]] by using his [[Combat Tentacles|tentacle]] to pull [[Super Rug Pull]].
** To clarify, she twigs that something's up, then acknowledges ''and'' subverts the [[UST]] between Roy & her to trick Envy. Awesome.
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* "Don't worry, we have eyes of hawk watching over us."
Other Characters:
* Marcoh revealing to Envy that since he knows how to make Philosopher's Stones, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815102948/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/dr-marcohs-trick.html he knows how to destroy them.] Since Homunculi are created from Philosopher's Stones, Envy is in trouble, to say the least. And by "in trouble", we mean "Marcoh blew his giant monster body apart and reduced him to a tiny, cowering tadpole-thing, with ''one transmutation''. Doubly awesome given that Marcoh is possibly the least threatening character in the story (Besides Yoki. BUT SEE BELOW). Turned him into one of this troper's favorite characters, that did.
* [[Dr. Jerk|Dr. Knox]] shows us that doctors [[Deadly Doctor|should not be messed with]]. When May Chang and Lan Fan wake up in the same room, their first respond is... to [[Succession Crisis|try to take out each other]]. Even [[Gentle Giant|Al]] can't stop them. Right before the situation became grim, the doctor appears, ''[[Curb Stomp Battle|hitting and yelling at them both]]'' and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|asking them to stay in beds like the good patients they are]]. When they refuse, the doctor yells at them ''even louder'', then [[To the Pain|reminds them that nasty things can be done to them as a doctor]]. Nevertheless, they complied. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
** A miniture CMOA hidden here: May Chang - [[Badass Adorable]] Alkhestris with an miniture army of knives and can do long range alchemy AND knows the xingese martial arts, is going against Lan Fan [[Handicapped Badass]] with just a knife and an arm that's been in a hospital bed. Lan Fan is clearly outmatched but is going to go against her anyways. That takes GUTS. CMOA right there.
** Actually, May Chang is not in better condition, since she got high fever.
* Two different Awesome Moments one right after another: Ling Yao gets his fighting King Bradley in a sword fight ''while holding Lan Fan'' after Bradley has grievously injured her. While escaping, Lan Fan tries to kill herself so that she can no longer be a burden to Ling, while Ling tries to stop her. Bradley, following her trail of blood, sees her arm attached to a dog -- Lan Fan had cut her arm off, and escaped into a sewer.
** "A king is there for his people. Without people, there's no King!" Then [[Ironic Echo|"Yes, a king cannot exist without people. But without king, people will lose guidance"]].
** Ling Yao [https://web.archive.org/web/20110824072754/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/well-played.html finishing the fight against Gluttony] by shoving a grenade into his mouth, ''blowing it'', then quickly tying him up while he's regenerating. All in less than 5 pages.
*** Another one is when he {{spoiler|[[What the Hell, Hero?|forces Greed to regain his memories after Bido dies at his hand]]}}.
** Lan Fan gets another one when she reveals that she has fulfilled her promise to get an automail arm, and be back in fighting condition in 6 months, in time to help the rebellion {{spoiler|by stopping Gluttony, [[Big Damn Heroes|just as he was about to go into "devour everything" mode]]}}.
*** Okay, let's give Lan Fan the credit she deserves here. She doesn't just ''stop'' Gluttony. She utterly ''owns'' him. Ed, Greed{{spoiler|/Ling}}, and Darius are standing in a dark forest, totally unable to see what Gluttony is doing, about to be devoured, when ''BAM'', someone sprints out of the forest so fast that at first it seems that ''Wrath'' is attacking Gluttony. The new arrival attacks Gluttony so quickly they are literally a blur of sword-strokes, and Gluttony falls backwards, spasming as all of its wounds start to crackle with regenerative energy that just ''cannot keep up'' with the amount of damage it just took. And then the figure turns around and: SHE'S BAAAAACK! Easily one of the most awesome entrances on the show.
* Wrath's [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522184958/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/the-old-mans-got-moves.html utter] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522184750/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/internal-bleeding.html pwnage] of Greed, giving him no time to shield himself and repeatedly calling him pathetic, ultimately paralyzing Greed by skewering him with his swords.
** Of course, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105032031/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/homunculi-battle.html Greed got his own in round two.] He didn't win, but he didn't lose either, since he'd clearly learned from the previous encounter.
* Father's would be when he stamps his foot, and Ed, and Al can no longer perform Alchemy until Father wishes it. The idea that the [[Big Bad]] is so powerful that even the best alchemist from Amestris are helpless against him is chilling.
** That scene did double duty. The fact that Father managed to stop the Elric brothers' alchemy was frighteningly awesome... the fact that Scar and May Chang shocked everyone, [[Big Bad]] included, by ''still being able to transmute'' was a more traditional variant of awesome.
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* In a flashback, after being ordered by his ridiculously vile superior to execute an Ishvalan peace envoy, Basque Grand informs him that many of the highest-ranking soldiers who died in the Ishbalan genocide were killed, not by Ishbalans, but by their own disgusted soldiers. Grand then walks up to his superior and [[Unfriendly Fire|does exactly that]]. Just thinking about it gives this editor chills.
** After being told that, as an officer, he should stay in the back, Grand tells his subordinate that he belongs on the front line, and [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/hell-on-earth.html alchemically slaughters the enemy.]
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* Olivier acting as the [[Reverse Mole]] in a meeting with the treacherous General Raven. You can tell that Olivier, who believes that the strength of the army lies in each individual soldier, is getting extremely angry as Raven rants on about mindless [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]], so once she gets the information she needs out of him, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110416231123/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/foundation-of-the-country.html she stabs him and shoves him into wet cement.] Ridiculously cool. [[Refuge in Audacity|And she didn't even bother to deny it when confronted by Bradley.]]
** Her introduction alone is [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. She makes Ed ''squirm in fear'' while [[Berserk Button|taunting him about his height.]] A pure [[Badass]] indeed.
** Then when Sloth appears, the scene turned into [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the ''whole Briggs brigade''. They systematically tried to eliminate him. When Ed reveals that [[Immune to Bullets|"Guns and fire won't do anything on him!"]] She retorts,
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"I'll show you the Briggs Way!"<br />
"You can hibernate there until spring, you big lummox." }}
** She continues her habit of killing members of High Command after one of the Generals holds her at gunpoint. She stabs his arm, causing him to drop his gun, and then in one smooth motion, she picks up the gun and points it at a second General. She then points out that their cause is not noble, [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/sacrifice.html nor is she like Mustang] -- and [[Boom! Headshot!|shoots him in the head.]]
*** She then [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209012144/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/i-made-a-mess.html takes the first General as a hostage], holding him at both ''gunpoint and sword point'' and orders his subordinates to call off the men defending Central. When they don't comply, she stabs his foot. After all that, {{spoiler|the General then pulls off his own moment of awesome, telling his men not to comply with General Armstrong's orders. ''While [[Four-Star Badass|General]] [[Lady of War|Olivier]] [[Iron Lady|Mira]] [[Hot-Blooded|Armstrong]] holds him with both a sword and a gun''. That takes ''guts''.}}
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** And when they revealed that they can hold her as hostage, she said, "You don't understand, do you? [[Social Darwinist|Our motto is 'survival of the fittest'.]] If I had to die here, then it's just proves that I didn't have what it takes to survive." This is what happens when you mix [[Social Darwinist]], [[Determinator]], and [[Mama Bear]].
** Then she manages to convince the Central soldiers to work with her against the Cyclops Army. Though it's granted that Central Circle is [[Bad Boss]] in general....
*** Then, after all the crap they gave to him, [[The Juggernaut|Sloth]] finally focusing his attack toward Armstrong siblings. Alex realizes this, and telling the soldiers... "Stay back. ''We'' are the targets". And what they do? These soldiers, who are less than 3 chapters before are ready to kill Olivier and Armstrong without a single thought, {{spoiler|instead pull a [[You Shall Not Pass]] to Sloth. These siblings are so awesome, their awesomeness [[Heel Face Turn|turns the opposition.]]}}
** The Briggs soldiers, taking out the head command, when the commander is about to commanding the civilian area bombardment. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120107065303/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/smug-karley.html And then...]
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** Olivier arriving on an elevator. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110326212600/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/through-the-gate.html IN A TANK.]''
* Major Armstrong and Sig Curtis instantly(and I mean ''instantly'') bonding and tag teaming on Sloth. [[Rated "M" for Manly|A manlier scene has not been seen in anime since]] ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
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* [[Cute Bruiser]] May manages to clock the utterly surprised Elric brothers in tandem and rescue Scar from military police capture with a powerful combination of long-range alkahestry and wicked martial art skills.
* The four chimera introduced in the Mt. Briggs arc have already gotten some even though they were recently introduced, and are minor characters:
** Zampano and Jerso manage to defeat Scar through careful study of his observed tactics. Later on, Zampano tricks Envy into a trap by [[Reverse Mole|pretending to betray the Elrics]]. Both of them then help Scar and May fight him.
** After Pride has captured Al for a second time its revealed that Al doesn't have the Philosopher's Stone... but Marcoh does, and he's used it to heal Heinkel. Pride then notices that the wind has changed and tries to warn Kimblee, {{spoiler|but it's too late as Heinkel chomps down on Kimblee's neck.}}
* Hohenheim: "Don't EVER insult my son." Seriously, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909112156/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/dont-ever-mock-my-son.html don't insult his son.]
** Hohenheim destroys Father's container by letting Father absorb some souls from him. How did that destroy Father's container? Hohenheim [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230135101/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/tortured-souls.html had gotten to know each and every person within his body.] Whereas Father saw the Philosopher's Stone only as a bundle of energy, Hohenheim like Al saw that the Philosopher's Stone contained people. Who were really pissed off at Father for ripping their souls out of their body and stuffing them in Hohenheim for over 500 years. The souls then rip Father apart from the inside. [[Hope Spot|Too bad]] [[Nightmare Fuel|Father no longer needed his container.]]
** Chapter 105, holy goddamn hell. {{spoiler|HE CAUGHT A GENERATED SUN. A FUCKING ''SUN''. WITH HIS ''HANDS''.}}
* Chapter 89 is pretty much nothing but awesome. In short order:
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*** "Second Lieutenant Maria Ross, returning to active duty without permission, ''sir!''"
* Kimblee gets a crowning moment of psycho-awesome when, as he's being escorted out of prison, he thanks the warden for his "kindness" with a friendly smile and a handshake... transmuting the man's watch into a bomb, resulting in general terror and panic before everyone realizes it's a fake. "Just a toy, my dear warden. A gift for your children."
** He got another one, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111208021559/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/it-isnt-fair.html during the first part of his fight with Al:]
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'''Kimblee''': I see. Experiment thoroughly enough, and you may discover new laws [besides [[Equivalent Exchange]]] that the world must then abide by. That would mean there is a ''[[Deconstructed Trope|fourth]]'' [[Deconstructed Trope|option]]: ''[[Downer Ending|"You lose your chance to return to normal, and fail to save the world."]]'' }}
** For me his crowning moment is his Hannibal Lecture to Roy and the others in the Ishval War.
** And his fight with Ed, who knows that destroying Kimblee's transmutation circles is pointless while Kimblee still has his Philosopher's Stone. So Ed disarms him of the stone, cuts Kimblee's circles, and declares victory. Kimblee simply laughs and calls Ed naive, saying something to the effect of "It never even occurred to you... that I might have ''another'' Philosopher's Stone, did it?" And he proceeds to bomb Ed, nearly killing him.
** And then, just when we think he's died in an anticlimactic, but fitting way, {{spoiler|he's back for one more EPIC gloat in 106. Helping Ed pwn Pride? T'was awesome.}}
*** {{spoiler|How about the fact that he survived out of all the souls in Pride because, as he put it, [[Loves the Sound of Screaming|"Howls of anguish...are like lullabies to my ears!"]] Along with that, the last we see of him is him waving goodbye, holding his hat in the air, and in a perfectly white suit.}} That has got to be one smooth criminal.
**** {{spoiler|It's also worth bearing in mind that he was perfectly willing to let Pride ''kill'' Ed because he simply wanted to see how Humans v. Homunculi would legitimately play out. What pissed him off was that Pride cheated. The man may be an acknowledged and completely self-aware psychopath, ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|but he's no hypocrite...]]''}} For this troper, ''CMoA of the entire series.''
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'''Kimblee''': Eh, well, if you had just stuck to your convictions and fought, I wouldn't have done anything. But in the same breath that you boasted of your "Pride as a Homunculus," you ran screaming to steal the flesh of one of the humans you look on as inferior to escape your predicament. You are...''hideous''. }}
* Sloth reveals that he is in fact the ''fastest'' of the Homunculi when he has to exert himself, attacking both Armstrong siblings, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927020744/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/weak-spots.html hitting them constantly before they have time to react.] Also hilarious when the Armstrong siblings are shocked and pointing in different directions.
* When it looks like Sloth has killed Olivier it's revealed that Alex, using nothing but pure strength, is holding back Sloth, and then punches the ground to collapse the floor to save his sister. Bear in mind that Sloth was barely perturbed by a ''tank'' crashing into him.
** "''Some minor broken bones''" was pretty awesome too.
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*** Lampshaded by Olivier. "Forget him! My brother is trained well enough to survive {{spoiler|'''[[Badass|a few of those lovetaps]]'''}}!"
** A minor one, during chapter 57.
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*** {{spoiler|Which he brings up again in chapter 96.}}
* ''[[Dirty Coward|Yoki]]'' gets a Crowning Moment of Awesome when he [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209075545/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/fuzzy-lip.html rams a car into Pride.] In his own words: "''I'm tired of you guys hogging all the cool parts! [[Lampshade Hanging|Let me be in the spotlight for once, dammit!]]''". Keep in mind that in the matter of under 10 seconds, he blocks an attack on Marcoh, rams a Cosmic Horror and liberates Al from it, and brings in an escape vehicle to get away from said Cosmic Horror and towards the bigger battle.
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* [[Famous Last Words|"It's not like]] [[Tempting Fate|they have tanks."]]
* Nobody has bothered to post it, but IMO, Ed using himself as a Stone to heal his life-threatening wounds from the battle with Kimblee (basically exchanging long-term life for short-term life) = Awesome. [[Determinator]] to the max.
** Honorable mention to Lan Fan, who got an automail implant, a painful process which normally takes ''three years to recover'', and takes [[Determinator]] Edward Elric a ''full year'' to recover. However, she was back in action only in ''six months''. "[[Lampshade Hanging|If this shrimp can do it one year, I'll do it in six months.]]" indeed.
* A bunch of bit characters get a moment of sneaky badass in chapter 94 when they throw off the Central military bosses by claiming to be hostages, while in reality, they're gleefully working ''with'' Mustang's crew to broadcast 'the most amazing scoop ever'.
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** What, blowing up Bradley's train doesn't count?
** Even better in ''Brotherhood'' ([[Adaptation Distillation|Which seems to be a common trend]]), where you can see one of them laughing his head off in the background the whole time and the look on the Central commander's face after one of them pretends to have been shot to avoid a request to talk to Mustang. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Absolutely priceless]], and if that wasn't enough, followed up quickly by a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and "[[Tempting Fate|It's not like they have tanks]]."
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*** Best part of all? Even ''[[Lady of War|Olivier]]'' is shocked; the expression on her face is ''priceless.''
** Sig shows off how his muscles are not just for show, and [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/the-pose-down.html teams up with Alex] to finally kill Sloth by throwing him into a spike that impales him.
* So, Riza and Roy sit down at a table together during lunch -- keep in mind that {{spoiler|Riza is now Wrath's bodyguard as a way of keeping Roy's crew away from him}} -- and have an innocent conversation about old friends and stuff like that. Later on, Roy goes into a bathroom stall, pulls out a pen and paper and from memory recites ''all'' the persons she named in the conversation chronologically, writes the first letter in their name down, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611054959/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/a-dull-conversation.html and gets this message]: {{spoiler|''SELIM BRADLEY IS HOMUNCULUS''}}. I bet no one saw that coming.
** It wasn't from memory, though. He was actually writing down the names as he pretended to do paperwork. Still awesome.
* The return of King Bradley. All of it. He makes [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/in-control.html his first appearance] announcing that he's going to stop the coup, he then attacks Briggs head on telling them that "What need is there for a king to enter his OWN castle through the back door?", then [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231202148/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/the-front-door.html destroys the tank by himself] in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. He then defeats Buccaneer and demands that Falman open the door.
** With a ''sword''. He destroyed the tank ''with just his sword''.
*** He did finish the tank off with a hand grenade.
**** If anything, Brotherhood makes it EVEN MORE BADASS, as he slices a Tank shell in half, cuts through an entire brigade to get to the Tank, which is backing up the passage to Central Command, while firing at him. Sweet lord.
** Falman [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230131547/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/whats-the-issue-here.html refuses Bradley's order], raises his gun and gets ready for Bradley to chop him to pieces. Falman has balls.
*** Despite crying like a little girl. {{spoiler|But it's not like we can blame him.}}
*** "Don't cry like a little girl when acting like a man!!"
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** Which is a CMOA for Bradley, too. "Dear me. I guess I'm not quite ''as'' proficient with these..."
* After finding out the truth about what High Command planned, the Central Soldiers who fought with Olivier become so disgusted [[Insignia Rip Off Ritual|they rip off the Amestris Insignia and drop them at the Brigadier General.]]
* Let's not forget Fu, who in addition to [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/overrun-by-monsters.html taking out all the guards] so quickly you can't even see him also manages to avoid a point blank stab from Bradley and chip one of his combat knives. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|It's obvious he's not happy to see the man who cut off his granddaughter's arm.]]
* Izumi is full of this.
** [[Training
** Storming Devil's Nest, filled with Chimeras, [[Badass Teacher|just to chew her late-came-to-home students.]]
*** She [https://web.archive.org/web/20100611092152/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/the-housewife-arrives.html makes her entrance] dragging the unconscious body of a man she probably beat up outside, and ignores the dozen or so Chimeras {{spoiler|and one Homunculus}} who just kidnapped her student, and instead {{spoiler|''throws the unconscious man at her aforementioned student.''}}
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'''Al''': I-I'm sorry! }}
** Lampshaded with Ed:
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'''Ed''': Nah, that's bad idea. Unless you ready to '''lose a whole army'''. }}
*** {{spoiler|Which, later, he tries. He sends the army to start looking for her somewhere around chapter 74, and ''they never find her''. In chapter 93, almost 20 chapters later, she turns up at Briggs of her own will, adding another moment to the list.}}
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'''Izumi''': [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/a-housewife.html A housewife!] }}
* Fu [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/accept-some-loss.html orders Greed to armor up to prevent Ling from moving], then announces his resignation and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806220333/http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/straight-to-hell.html tries to commit a kamikaze attack on Bradley], only for Bradley to instead ''cut the fuses off the dynamite'', and take Fu out. Buccaneer then takes out Bradley's sword and impales Bradley by going through Fu as Bradley can't see past Fu's body. Buccaneer than tells Fu that he's going to accompany him on his journey to Hell.
** But Bradley survives, though. And Lan Fan and Ling don't take it well. To give you the details, Ling is so outraged that he manages to {{spoiler|''override'' Greed's mind, uses ''Greed's diamond-hardened fist'' to break through Bradley's sword, and destroys King Bradley's Ultimate Eye.}}
*** And he one ups it the next chapter by {{spoiler|[http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/that-kinda-guy.html finally giving us the return of Greed's Ultimate Shield]}}. Cue [[Unstoppable Rage]] fueled asskicking.
*** And for those of you who liked original Greed:
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*** [[The Terminator|T-100,]] [[Shout-Out|you]] [[Unflinching Walk|can]] [[You Shall Not Pass|eat]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|your]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|gun.]] [[One-Man Army|Now.]]
*** Upon reading that page, this troper grinned from ear to ear (and in fact was going to post that moment here herself, but was glad to see that someone else a[[Incredibly Lame Pun|GREED]]). Or should I say, "Greened?" "Greedened?" Aw, never mind. You get the idea.
*** This troper can't be the only one who heard [[
*** {{spoiler|"Hey, daddio, hand the center of the world over, wouldja?"}}
* Roy's response after [[Despair Event Horizon|Riza's throat being sliced]], and [[Moral Event Horizon|being toyed with by that mad doctor]]: "I understand, lieutenant. {{spoiler|[[The Fettered|I WON'T do]] [[Iron Woobie|a human transmutation.]]}}"
** [[Stealth Hi Bye|The]] [[Vertical Kidnapping|Chimeras]] [[Big Damn Heroes|are back]]!!
** With [[The Medic|May Chang]] as well!!
*** And she chooses the lives of <s>comrades</s> [[Enemy Mine|an "ally"]] over the philosopher stone! Thank you very much, now, Riza is saved!!
** What about Riza herself? [[Badass Normal|"I won't die. I've been ordered not to die."]]
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*** {{spoiler|He later manages to deflect a blast ''with the power of a sun'' when Scar activates the Alkahestry circle.}}
** {{spoiler|Scar is able to finally defeat King Bradley by removing his arms, but Bradley is able to weaken Scar by slashing him with the sword in between his teeth.}}
*** It's like [[Monty Python and
** Ed and Al going to help and encourage Hohenheim while he's {{spoiler|deflecting Father's attack}} is both this and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], especially considering Ed hates his dad.
*** "I may have been a terrible father, but at least I can show my boys something cool!"
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** Her first Moment of Awesome was delivering Satera's baby in episode 11, and later earning enough respect from Dominic for him to recommend her to Garfiel.
* '''CHAPTER. 107.'''
** {{spoiler|Roy [[Took a Level
** {{spoiler|Al transmuting his soul for Ed's right arm}}, also a HUGE [[Tear Jerker]]. {{spoiler|And he does this as he's already falling apart because he shielded May from Father's psycho [[Beam Spam]].}} The poor kid never stops giving.
** {{spoiler|After getting his right arm back, Ed [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|GOES TO TOWN on Father]]; with the chapter ending on the same words he gave Cornello in chapter 1}}!
** Also, the Briggs soldiers. In an attempt to provide some support to the protagonists, they unload everything they have from small arms and mortars. Their response when Father doesn't even seem to be phased by their attacks? [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|They keep shooting.]]
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*** OH MY GOD. How the HELL did this troper miss that?!
* Doesn't the author herself, Hiromu Arakawa, deserve a mention for her story-telling? She took the concept of revenge, and clearly defined it, something that Masashi Kishimoto is still working on in [[Naruto]], and shows it through Roy Mustang and Scar as the story progresses.
** That, and that she [[Serial
** This editor must also give her props for her impressive use of [[Foreshadowing]]. You know your story is well-planned when ''the shape of a certain hallway'' turns out to be important.
** You know what?...I'm just gonna say it. Fullmetal Alchemist is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for ''anime and manga as a whole''.
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** {{spoiler|While Greed is sacrificing himself, Father asks why he's disobeying him. Greed replies with, "I have finally reached that rebellious age, father!" Awesome.}}
** Ed {{spoiler|punching Father through the chest}}, {{spoiler|Truth giving Father his long-awaited comeuppance}}, and let's not forget {{spoiler|Ed sacrificing his own ability to do alchemy '''by transmuting his Gate''' (and in the process impressing Truth). Hell, Truth gets his own in that scene with his [[Famous Last Words]]:}}
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*** Ed's probably one of the only people to EVER accomplish this, {{spoiler|as he needed to use Al's gate to get back}}
*** Even more awesome in the anime, as Truth ''jawdrops''.
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**** Hearing and seeing this scene in the English dub of episode 63 only drives it home even further that this was {{spoiler|God here, clearly celebrating the fact that '''someone finally got it right'''}}. ESPECIALLY with {{spoiler|the twist on Truth's [[Voice of the Legion|voice]] during that scene}} (see Funimation's crowning moments a bit lower on of the page).
** And of course, seeing {{spoiler|Father, now back to his original form as Homunculus, getting punished by all the shit he pulled thorough the series is very satisfying. Specially when Truth says [[Ironic Hell|it is exactly what he wished for]]...}}
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** What about when Lan Fan cuts off Father's arm after Greed makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]?! That was AWESOME.
* When Gluttony attacks Scar from behind and Scar ''doesn't even turn around'', just reaches behind him and manages to grab Gluttony's head and toasts it.
* Oh god NO LOVE FOR LUST?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! She's one of the most [[Badass]] characters in the series. She blows things up. Nearly oneshots Roy's ENTIRE team (sure she may have failed but she gets points there). Hell, she fuelled the awesome during her battle with Roy. She also attacked Scar and nearly killed him, sparing the Elric brothers. And winning against Marcoh and threatning him. She was a walking CMOA when she existed.
** Of the homunculi, Lust's death could be argued to be the catalyst for the breakdown of the
* Barry the Chopper barging into the prison and swatting people aside (and terrifying them!) in order to bust the innocent Maria Ross out of there.
** Also, cottoning on to Mustang's girlfriend-code-talk right away when Mustang implies that he needs to use a safer telephone line to speak, was this and a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
* [[FUNimation]] earns a CMOA for reuniting nearly the ENTIRE ORIGINAL CAST for the Brotherhood dub. Even those that are not playing who they played in the original are back. ( [[Aaron Dismuke]] playing {{spoiler|Young Hohenheim}}, [[Monica Rial]] playing May Chang, [[Troy Baker]] playing {{spoiler|the second Greed}}).
** They also earn an extra CMOA for actually accentuating a moment that's already been mentioned. Specifically, it involves Truth. Whereas in the Japanese version Truth's [[Voice of the Legion]] would be an accentuated form of whoever's voice Truth was speaking to at the time, Funimation had Truth strictly voiced by [[Luci Christian]]. {{spoiler|Except during Truth's shout of approval as Ed sacrifices his alchemy in episode 63 - [[Maxey Whitehead]] and [[Vic Mignogna]] took over as Truth right at that point in the conversation, creating the effect that Truth broke into a legion voice of Ed and Al out of sheer pleasure at seeing Ed's selflessness!}}
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* Scar {{spoiler|killing Shou Tucker.}} For
* Where's the love for Isaac McDougal? {{spoiler|Sure, he shows up ''and'' dies in the first episode, but he STILL nearly destroys the military's headquarters, which we [[Foreshadowing|later find out]] is the home of the bad guys!}} And he does it ''all by himself.''
** And he didn't just happen to {{spoiler|target and nearly destroy the home of the bad guys}}. He knew EXACTLY what was going down. {{spoiler|Albeit in cryptic language, '''he essentially said as much, and Ed figured out what he meant halfway through the story'''}}. Pretty awesome for a filler character, eh?
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