Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Awesome: Difference between revisions

** "{{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.

** 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]].

** 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. [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.

{{quote|'''Envy''': (burning alive) What's wrong with you!? You didn't even hesitate to incinerate {{spoiler|your best friend}}!?!

'''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) }}

*** It's like a dead-serious version of Anime!Ed's fight with Anime!Envy. *Envy turns into Roy* "[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Funny|You couldn't have picked a better target!]]"

** Not many men can make a Homunculus look like they've just SHAT themselves. For that, there's Roy.

* "Don't worry, we have eyes of hawk watching over us."

* Marcoh revealing to Envy that since he knows how to make Philosopher's Stones, [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]].

** 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.

** 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.

*** {{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.''

** 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.]]

* Izumi is full of this.

** [[Training From Hell|Survives 6 months in Briggs,]] beat the crap of soldiers there (not just any soldiers, they're '''[[Badass Army|Briggs Bears]]''', for god's sake) and stealing their supplies, and, when she found that his supposedly teacher is ''not'' an alchemist teacher, beating the everloving crap out of him, despite [[Retired Badass|his martial artist status]]

{{quote|'''Soldier''': Point P, respond! [[Mook Horror Show|What the hell are you fighting?!]]<br />

'''Izumi''': [http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/a-housewife.html A housewife!] }}

** 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.

* 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]]!!

*** 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."]]

*** {{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.}}

** 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!"

* '''CHAPTER. 107.'''

** {{spoiler|Roy [[Took a Level In Badass|using circleless alchemy]], with Riza to judge the distance}}.

** {{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.]]

* 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]].

** 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!}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''''"YOU'VE DONE IT! THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER! GOOD JOB! YOU BEAT ME! GO AHEAD! TAKE HIM HOME! THE BACK DOOR IS RIGHT OVER THERE! GOODBYE, EDWARD ELRIC!"'''''}}}}

** 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.

{{quote|'''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.

'''Al''': I may be empty... ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|but not worthless!]]'' }}