Game of Thrones/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* Tyrion slapping the hell out of Joffrey for refusing to give Catelyn his condolences about Bran's injury.<ref> Also a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], as Joffrey is twice Tyrion's height.</ref>

** THREE TIMES. Who else was itching for him to do it just once more?

'''Tyrion:''' Do you understand? }}

** It's a gif now. [http://i.imgur.com/a1ZES.gif Behold it in its infinite glory.]

* Daenerys finally stands up to her brother Viserys. She's not the weak, hopeless girl we saw in episode 1 anymore.

** Earlier that scene:

'''Daenerys:''' Not a queen. A khaleesi. }}

** In the next episode, she tops it by taking down Viserys herself, and making very clear to him where he stands now. "[[Badass Boast|I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki. I am the wife of the great Khal, and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands!]]"

** And the nicest thing about it? It is ''canon'', GRRM was present at its filming and said he gave the fight his green light because he approved of it. That's right, Lord Eddard Stark can match blades with Jaime 'The Kingslayer' Lannister. Jaime also walks out with a great deal of respect for the guy, as is evidenced on how he references him when Tywin receives order to appear at court to explain Gregor Clegane's un-knightly actions.

* Arya gets confused for a beggar by two palace guards. This is her response:

* Sandor and Gregor Clegane are ordered by Robert to stop fighting, but Gregor takes another swing at Sandor's head. With less than a second to react, he figures out the one way to both obey his king and save his life, and kneels to Robert so the sword passes over his head.

* Bronn's fight to win Tyrion's freedom, followed by casually accepting that he doesn't fight with honor...which is why he won.

* Robert finally has enough of Cersei's bull and slaps her. Misogynistic, yet gratifying.

* Khal Drogo's [[Rousing Speech]] declaring that he'll cross the ocean, conquer the Seven Kingdoms, crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations of the women. Do not anger the [[Papa Wolf]].

* Cersei Lannister {{spoiler|ripping up Robert's will and managing to secure [[The Caligula|Joffrey]] as king and herself as [[God Save Us From the Queen|queen regent]].}} Though this made fans hate her more than love her...

* Syrio Forel takes a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and a [[Tear Jerker]], ties them up with a bow, and smacks them into the middle of next week ''with a wooden sword''.

'''Syrio:''' ... and you will be speaking to me with more respect. }}

* Drogo killing a horde member who insulted Dany by slicing his throat open ''and ripping his tongue out of the hole'', refusing to let getting sliced across the chest interrupt his [[Badass Boast]] in the process.

** The guy pulls out a [[BFS]] and Drogo pulls out knives then he drops them because he wants to kill the guy with his bare hands.

* Robb letting a captured Lannister spy go - not as an act of mercy, but so that he can deliver a message to Tywin Lannister:

** Becomes even more awesome once it's revealed that this seemingly straightforward [[Badass Boast]] is actually part of an enormously clever plan: {{spoiler|it makes Tywin think that he's bringing the whole army down to face him, when in reality Robb sends only two thousand men to meet Tywin and takes the rest around to surprise Jaime, managing to capture [[Memetic Badass|the freaking Kingslayer himself]] in the process.}} Hell. ''Yes''.

** He also manages to completely shatter the 30,000 strong army that Jaime had with him. Precisely half of the Lannister army's standing manpower.

* [[Badass Grandpa|Barristan Selmy]] chewing out {{spoiler|King Joffrey}} and the Kingsguard after {{spoiler|his forced retirement}} and [[The Ace|accurately]] stating that he "[[Badass Boast|could carve through the five of you like carving a cake]]".

* The Greatjon gets uppity at Robb. [[Big Badass Wolf|Grey Wind]] takes him down a peg.

* When Tyrion and Bronn are ambushed by the hill tribes. They're out numbered, surrounded, and only Bronn has a sword. Tyrion first talks the hill tribe out of killing him with a joke. Then saves Bronn's life and turns the hill tribes to his own personal army, just by talking.

* Tyrion gets a small one when he gives a [[Rousing Speech]] to the hill tribes just before they go into battle. By the end of it, they're cheering him.

* Sansa finally grows a backbone and tells Joffrey that Robb might give her his head. And then she's prepared to push him off a bridge until the Hound stops her.

'''Sansa''': Or maybe he'll give me yours. }}

** The sheer [[Tranquil Fury]] in Sophie Turner's voice, as well as the [[Kubrick Stare]] she gives Joffrey, really sell this scene, and raised Sansa's stock with a lot of people. Especially since immediately after she tries to shove Joffrey off the balcony, and even though it doesn't work it proves once and for all that Sansa really is a Stark.

* Sam {{spoiler|refusing to get out of Jon's way when he rides out of Castle Black}}.

* Jeor Mormont's speech after telling Jon they'll be {{spoiler|riding beyond the wall.}}, after Jon has spent the whole season whining about his problems and how no one can understand them.

* Jon Snow, intending to desert the Night's Watch to ride beside his brother, being caught and reminded in no uncertain terms by his friends Pyp and Grenn and even self-avowed coward Sam Tarly that he took an ''oath''. Nicely summed up by Commander Mormont in the following scene, in which Jon objects to Mormont's statement that honor brought him back.

'''Jeor Mormont:''' I didn't say it was ''your'' honor. }}

* Sansa gets a quiet, subtle one in the final episode-- after bowing and scraping to {{spoiler|the Lannisters}} for much of the season, she shows the first act of defiance when {{spoiler|Joffrey shows her the castle wall adorned with the heads of her father and the members of her House.}} It's clear that {{spoiler|Joffrey}} is very disappointed by her reaction:

* Septa Mordane gets a very subtle one when {{spoiler|the Lannister troops begin killing all of the Stark household}}. She hears them coming, tells Sansa to hide, and then calmly advanced toward them. The real amazing part is that {{spoiler|in spite of there being four of them, with bloody swords in hand, when they see this single old, unarmed woman calmly striding toward them, the four soldiers ''stop'' and start very slowly ''backing away''}}. Though {{spoiler|she still ends up getting killed, the fact that her silent acceptance and defiance actually gives ''armed soldiers'' who were butchering others before her pause is pretty damned awesome}}.

* THE KING IN THE NORTH!

* Tyrion gives Janos Slynt a brief [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] over his honorless {{spoiler|betrayal of Ned Stark}} and his part in [[The Purge]] at the end of the previous episode, then reveals that he's replaced him as Commander of the City Watch with Bronn, before having him dragged off by his own former soldiers to be [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|shipped off to the Night's Watch]]. Bonus points for never raising his voice or losing his calm during any of this.

** Summed up best with one line:

** Bronn gets his own moment during this; first, he pulls a [[Stealth Hi Bye]] on Janos, followed by him nonchalantly giving the order to have him dragged off.

** Tyrion has another moment earlier in the episode. He walks into his private chambers, only to find Varys there, chatting up Shae. Varys comments on how lovely Shae is, and what a [[Shame If Something Happened|shame it would be if Tywin found out about her]] -- at which point Tyrion coolly reminds Varys that unlike Ned Stark, Tyrion understands how the backstabbing politics in King's Landing work, and if Varys threatens him again, Tyrion will make him pay.

*** Varys gets a bigger one as his [[Take That]] he calmly tells Tyrion that other men have tried to kill him before and reminds him that no matter what political or violent turmoil happens in King's Landing he always survives

* After the awesomeness of Tyrion giving Joffrey a well-deserved smacking in season 1, how does he follow up? By making a ''huge'' splash as Hand of the King in the King's Landing political scene, simultaneously showing [[Refuge in Audacity|balls]] and a sharp mind by outperforming the three resident [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]] at their own game and outright defeating one of them (Pycelle).

* Yoren's [[You Shall Not Pass]] against Amory Lorch's men, starting with killing the guy who shot him.

** Followed by a very impressive piece of quick thinking by Arya to keep Gendry hidden.

* Theon's scenes following the revelation that he must choose his loyalties swiftly because the Ironborn are going to war {{spoiler|against the North and House Stark}} with or without him. Not particularly an awesome moment for Theon, but a brilliant piece of cinematography, acting and storytelling (and perhaps the highlight of the episode):

** {{spoiler|It begins with Theon sitting at a table having written a warning letter to Robb Stark of the impending Greyjoy invasion. The entire room is pitch dark, save for Theon himself and the writing table, illuminated by a single candle. Theon stares at the letter as he weighs his decisions to either support his adopted family or his biological family while a somber rendition of the Stark theme plays in the background...to be abruptly interrupted by the beginnings of the Greyjoy theme as Theon's gaze falls on the candle. Theon proceeds to burn the warning letter as darkness envelopes the scene until only he is visible, holding up the burning paper as if watching his years spent in Winterfell turned to ash. The Greyjoy theme rises and stands strong in the next scene as we see Theon at his "baptism" of the Drowned God on the windswept shores of Pyke, surrounded by his father, his sister, his uncle Aeron/a Drowned God Priest and attending bannermen as he takes his place in the war to come, noticeably conflicted but resolute in proving to Balon that he truly belongs with House Greyjoy.}}

* Brienne thinking outside the box, and fighting dirty to win her duel with Loras.

* Theon [[Calling the Old Man Out]]. True, it didn't accomplish much, but it's the one time we actually see Balon Greyjoy show any kind of remorse for his actions.

* Catelyn putting all of Renly's knights, along with Ser Loras, in their place with one line. And best of all, judging by Renly's smile, he ''agrees''.

* A hidden one for Sansa during her dinner with Cersei and her two children. Cersei asks her what she will do once the war is won and Sansa responces she will meet the king happily and show her love for him. Read between the lines and you notice she never says Joffrey. She is clearly thinking of her brother Robb, the King in the North. But since she never says it Cersei can't accuse her of anything infront of her two children.

* Tyrion has several of them in ''Garden of Bones'': calling out Joffrey for his mistreatment of Sansa and putting Ser Meryn squarely in his place. And then doing the same to haughty little Lancel later on, by revealing he knows Lancel is Cersei's glorified bed warmer, and threatening to spill the beans to Joffrey. He gets the lad down on his ''knees'' and essentially tells Lancel "you're my bitch now".

** The whole scene where Tyrion saves Sansa is truly epic. He shuts down Joffery simply by ''showing up'', making the bastard recoil in worry, warns him that being a king is no source of protection (citing the moment when Jaime murdered the Mad King) and when Ser Meryn tries to accuse him of threatening the King, his simple response that confirms the little man is the most powerful person in the room:

* Daenerys has finally had enough, and outright threatens the Thirteen of Qarth to let her khalasar into the city - impressing Xaro enough to vouch for her.

* Catelyn pulling a knife on Littlefinger.

** Not to mention calling out his men for wasting perfectly good workers for the sake of pointless torture. Tywin may be evil, but at least he has a [[Pragmatic Villainy|brain in his skull.]]

* Sansa walking out of the throne room with her head held high after being beaten and stripped in front of everyone there. Even Tyrion is impressed.

* Robb winning at Oxcross. Though we don't actually see it, when several thousand Northmen scream '''THE KING IN THE NORTH!''' in unison, you know asses are about to be kicked.

* One for the opening credits: after twelve straight episodes of that same pan to King's Landing and then Vaes Dothrak (which wasn't even accurate for more than half of them) it's quite something to see the camera instead swoop high above the map, pass over the sun astrolabe, and land on Qarth.

* Also in ''Garden of Bones'', Hot Pie looking [[Complete Monster|Gregor Clegane]] in the eye as he picks who gets tortured to death. Yes, he had been told that it could save his life, but still, that took guts.

* Arya, incognito as [[Big Bad|Tywin Lannister's]] serving girl, is grilled by him for the Northerners views on Robb Stark, during which she, a girl not even in her teens, gets a solid serve on the most fearsome man in the kingdoms.

'''Tywin''': Fetch that water. }}

** Double props for Maisie Williams being good enough to act opposite to a veteran like Charles Dance.

* Brienne cutting down three soldiers with ease when they attack her {{spoiler|believing her to have killed Renly, and she's still in shock from his death. Not only that, but she keeps a clear enough head to know the best way to get out of the camp and make a clean getaway}}.

* Even after Joffrey had at least one subject mutilated for publicly insulting his family, a street preacher is seen publicly shouting out much worse for all to hear, even the guards and passing Lannisters.

'''Street preacher''': A dancing king! Prancing down his blood-stained halls, to the tune of a twisted DEMON MONKEY! }}

* Tyrion setting things up for the future:

* Jaqen H'ghar giving Arya her first death. Specifically, the knowing look he gives her afterward.

* Loras has this moment even when he's grieving over the death of Renly, who was killed by Melisandre's shadow demon but only Catelyn and Brienne witnessed it. Margaery is quick to accuse Brienne because she fled but Loras defends her even though he felt humiliated being defeated by her in the tournament that made her a king's guard. He knows Brienne would have never hurt Renly and rightfully puts the blame on Stannis.

* Tyrion, seeing that a riot is imminent at a glance, instantly spins around and orders the gold cloaks to get Tommen out of there, immediately.

* Tyrion's blistering tirade against Joffrey, culminating in another slap just as good by itself as the ''three'' last time.

** Even more awesome, he does it right in front of the Kingsguard, who just stand and watch. You can almost see them thinking: "the little guy has a point".

** And one to the random peasant who hit him in the face with a horse turd.

* From the preview of the penultimate episode "Blackwater", it appears that [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|King]] [[The Strategist|Stannis]] [[Warrior Prince|Baratheon]] will [[The Leader|personally lead his army in the Battle of Blackwater]] [[Colonel Badass|on foot]], with [[Authority Equals Asskicking|himself in the vanguard]], conspicuously without a [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic|helmet]] or [[Shields Are Useless|shield]], [[Rain of Arrows|straight through a hail of]] [[Holy Shit Quotient|flaming arrows]] and [[Up to Eleven|wildfire]], and [[Four-Star Badass|manages to reach the wall on the far side of the landing zone well enough to take part in the siege at close proximity]].

* Sansa's conversation with Tyrion before the Battle of Blackwater, in which she lets the only Lannister smart enough to pick up on it know exactly what she thinks of him:

'''Sansa''': Yes. Just as I pray for our king. }}

* As "Blackwater" consists mostly of a huge battle sequence where most of the season's special effects budget went into, it has a lot of these:

** Hearing 'The Rains of Castamere' sung both by the Lannnister soldiers and over the credits as an end to an amazing episode.

* Theon's amazing speech to his men. {{spoiler|Even though they betray him right after he finishes.}}

** Dagmer even notes that {{spoiler|the reason they didn't immediately turn on Theon was because it was a good speech and he didn't want to interrupt.}}

* Dany's dragons, {{spoiler|breathing deadly fire for the first time, killing the real Pyat Pree and freeing themselves and Dany.}}