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* "Awakening, Part 2" - YMMV as always on if this goes into [[Mundane Made Awesome]], but the moment where the gargoyles awaken from their 1000-year sleep in Manhattan. As a YouTube comment put it; "most epic yawn ever."
* This troper just rewatched the [[Disney XD]] brodcast of "Posession", and ''hooo'' '''''boy''''', does it '''''ever''''' have a slew of CMOA's for characters, especially ones who normally don't receive one (I.E. ''{{spoiler|Lexington's rather epic [[Plan]] at the end}}'', the fact that Xanatos's still-infant child finally [[Took a Level
* "Kingdom" - when you realize it's the climax of a [[Story Arc]] of the "boy" Brooklyn becoming a "man" in the best possible sense of accepting his responsibilities as a leader. For instance, you see him wrestle with a powerful temptation to turn down Maggie's plea for help after rejecting his love, only to make the right choice even as he growls "This has nothing to do with what I want!" This especially applies at the episode's climax where the master tactician Brooklyn shows he's perhaps the only hero who could turn his own romantic jealousy into an ''advantage'' to resolve a hostage situation.
** This episode also has Owen's awesome moment when he slugged Talon with his stone fist, while Xanatos compliments him on making the best of his disability.
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* Of course, Goliath himself has an awesome moment in the first story, "Awakening" when Demona has a rocket launcher pointed at him and ranting about how she betrayed the castle and her reasons for it. Even though the safe thing would be to placate the lunatic by agreeing with her, Goliath does not hesitate for a second to stand up to her and refute her hate with reason and moral authority with ""There is good and evil in all of us, human and gargoyle alike. You should know that more than anyone!"
* There's also Oberon's assault on Xanatos Enterprises, where he stands up against the combined resources of the gargoyles, Xanatos, Xanatos' father, Fox, Renard and Puck. He throws out every bad guy battle line in the book, and makes every one of them cool.
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I ''am'' vulnerable to iron. You have hurt me. Hurting me was a MISTAKE!!
This altercation is OVER!
You cannot thwart the will of Oberon! }}
* David Xanatos' moment is in "The Price" when he has Hudson held captive to test a magic cauldron that could make him immortal. When Hudson observes that Xanatos is terrified of growing old, Xanatos responds with a brilliant mix of his monumental arrogance and hidden mortal fear: "Nothing terrifies me, because ''nothing'' is beyond my ability to change!"
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*** His father deserves one for the same episode. After all that happens, he simply snarks, "Well riddle me this, Mister Big-Shot Time Traveller. How are we going to get home?" (Unsurprisingly, Xanatos has a plan for this.)
** The entirety of "Eye Of The Beholder" deserves a mention in Xanatos' Moments of Awesome. The most romantic ''un''-romantic marriage proposal ever, Going through plans A, B, C, and D, throwing all his efforts behind finding and helping the werewolf'd up Fox, all while doing his best [[Hidden Heart of Gold|not to let on just how much he cares for her]] until it becomes an asset, rather than a liability. Someone give that millionaire a medal. Or a hug. Or both!
** Xanatos has a Moment of Awesome in "The Cage" when he double whammies Talon for almost turning him into a [[Antagonist in Mourning|bored and sad villain]] by killing his [[Foe Yay|one and only]] [[Arch Enemy]], Goliath: he shoots the floor when Talon tries to attack him and boasts at him, "He's the scientist, you're just the experiment".
** Xanatos' best [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] has probably got to be in the episode "The Gathering" Part One. In their first confrontation, Oberon complements Xanatos on fighting to keep his son against 'impossible odds.' Xanatos' response? An angry yell as he punches the gargoyle dog pinning him down and ''sends it flying'', all so he can try and charge Oberon again. His [[Papa Wolf]] moment is cut short however as Oberon immediately turns him to glass.
** Arguably, one of his definitive moments is in the second episode - where he travels to the UK, disassembles an entire castle, transports it across the ocean, and mounts it atop the biggest skyscraper in the world (so tall it ''reaches above the clouds''). Why? ''Because he's David Xanatos, and he freaking can.''
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* Broadway has always been this troper's favorite Gargoyle, but his [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] occurs any time he sees someone use a gun after the episode where {{spoiler|he shoots Elisa, accidentally}}.
** My favorite line:
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** An Elisa Moment of Awesome may be when she admits (despite all of the above) that she erred in leaving her service weapon [[What an Idiot!|in its holster]] ''[[What an Idiot!|hanging on a stand in another room]]'' and will be more safe with it in the future.
*** A [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] for the show as well since she does in all episodes afterwards.
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** And Xanatos, of course, ''does''. [[Politeness Judo|He asks politely.]]
* Reynard gets one in "Outfoxed". After Goliath goes into angry gargoyle mode after receiving a lecture from him, what does he do? Why, he shoots him of course. Made even more badass by the fact that he used a gun built into ''his wheelchair''.
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'''Goliath:''' A gargoyle doesn't whine. He ROARS!
''[proceeds to break out of the cell and smash a security cybot]''
'''Renard:''' I am ''trembling'' in my chair. }}
* Many consider the [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] of the whole series is the last two minutes of the last episode of season 2, "Hunter's Moon", when Elisa jumped up to Goliath and kissed him on the lips.
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* ''Everyone'' gets one in the battle with Oberon but my favorite is when Titania hints that it all might have been [[The Plan]] on her part.
** Titania's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] is definatly the following exchange:
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'''Kathrine:''' Does that mean he's always right?
'''Titania:''' Not while he's married. }}
* After pretending to be willing to work for the mobster Tony Dracon in "Protection", Goliath carries hm into the sky after Dracon tries to kill Elisa, then drops him, only to catch him at the last moment.
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* Although it probably was crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] for some, This Troper started to find Jackal from the Pack awesome when he became the avatar of Anubis in "Grief", aged Goliath, Angela and Elisa, destroyed Coyote, turned Wolf and Hyena into babies and destroyed an entire town. He gets a similar moment in the episode "The Green" where he fantasies about shattering the Mayan gargoyles during the day and reshaping Goliath's stone face to look like his.
* Princess Catherine entering [[Mama Bear]] mode, and fighting off the Archmagus' forces with a laser gun. Seriously, is this the same woman who used to be such a prejudiced spoiled brat toward gargoyles? I guess, like her friend the Magus, she [[Took a Level
* "The Hound of Ulster" gives one to Bronx, with his attack on the Banshee's [[One-Winged Angel]] form. Eventually he gets a death grip on her nostrils and forces her to open her mouth, leaving her vulnerable to a magic spear attack.
* Matt Bluestone's [[Batman Gambit]] against Mace Malone, though it takes a turn to [[Nightmare Fuel]] at the end.
* Vinnie in "Vendettas." While it was a [[
** Also, Vinnie standing up to John Castaway in "The Journey" and telling him flat-out that "this isn't right...this just isn't right."
* After seeing the [[Stable Time Loop]] in "Vows" that shows how Xanatos used one antique coin to start his fortune, Xanatos' father Petros gets one of the most awesome [["The Reason You Suck" Speech
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'''Petros:''' A simple American penny. [[Ironic Echo|It's not worth much now, but in a thousand years, who knows?]] It's my wedding present to you -- [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|because it's all you seem to care about]]. }}
* Constance's "delimbification" of a Steel Clan robot in the comic. "Like I need the gun."
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