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For all the [[Awesome Moment|Awesome Moments]] in this [[Girl Genius|Gaslamp Fantasy.]]

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* Gilgamesh Wulfenbach with his zapping stick. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 OWNED].
{{quote|'''Gilgamesh:''' "This is not a ''trick!'' I did ''not'' get ''lucky!'' I am Gilgamesh ''Wulfenbach-'' AND ''I'' AM IN ''CONTROL!''}}
*** Best part is the chapter title: "Gil Deals With It."
** Plus the fact that he wasn't even certain it would ''work'', and having the guts to go through with it anyway.
** Just a bit later, he [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080229 beats up a] [[Frankenstein's Monster|Jagermonster]] who was introduced by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 tearing a man's arm off].
{{quote|'''Gil:''' Well, you know ''what?'' I can ''do'' 'Crazy'. I '''really can'''.}}
*** Said Jagermonster taunts Gil by saying that he only won because [[I Am Not Left-Handed|he was holding back and not trying to kill Gil.]] However, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110812 later on, when said Jager is trying to kill Gil.....]
{{quote|'''Gil:''' We'll make it a game: ''who's the scariest monster?!''}}
** Another possibility for the moment of awesome: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060306 converting a trained agent into his slave through nothing but sheer force of personality.]
** Let's face it, any time Gil appears is pretty much a Crowning Moment [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090522 waiting to happen]. Especially if someone (besides Zeetha) tries to take him on.
** '''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111021 HA! AND THAT ONE'S FOR AGATHA!]'''
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070330 "Let me tell you about Airman Higgs."].
* And then there's the arc called [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061220 Agatha Flips Out (Big Fight)]. It's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
** This troper feels that Agatha's Crowning Moment came [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061023 a bit earlier], when she took out Vrin, who was wielding a sword at the time, with a broom and {{spoiler|some clever applications of her command voice}}.
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070525 Agatha Makes Coffee.]
*** You're doing it wrong; it's: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070606 Agatha] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070618 makes] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070622 coffee].
*** The coffee is so good that it ''stuns a Jager'' with its [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070629 incredible taste after she splashes him in the face with it.]
** Agatha walking triumphant from Castle Heterodyne's Chapel, suspended on a bridge [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll08_081_082.html built out of pure Awesome].
** Does it still count if it's in one of the side comics, not the official story? If so, then [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081205 this page right here.]
*** Yes, that definitely counts. That's a [[Do We Have This One?|Crowning Quote of Awesome]] right there. People will remember that one.
* Wooster gets an absolutely classic one with just two words.
{{quote|'''Bangladesh Dupree''': Yesssss...
''' Wooster''': ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20070101 No]''. [[Offhand Backhand|* POW!* ]] }}
* Dr Sun has his moment right about [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080528 here], wherein he casually indicates that he can easily take out the large battle-mech currently holding him in its clutches, and being piloted by the king of Europe. With his ''bare hands''. He also put the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 fear of Sun] into the [[Ax Crazy|gleefully psychotic Bangladesh Dupree]].
{{quote|'''Dr. Sun:''' In future, please refrain from damaging more of my staff...or else ''I'' will ''personally'' rip off your arms and ''feed'' them to you.}}
** And Baron Wulfenbach's heartfelt sigh of relief upon Dr. Sun's being diverted from this goal would suggest that Dr. Sun wasn't just boasting.
*** For that matter, why hasn't anyone mentioned the fact that a critically injured, nearly immobile Baron Wulfenbach manages to get a giant Hospital Mech up and running, piloted by two lovely nurses? A three-way combo of awesome, badass ''and'' pimp.
** Note that Doctor Sun not only can take out the large battle-mech that were holding him in its clutches, and being piloted by the supreme overlord of all Europa, with his bare hands, but he [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091223 did so]
** And when Dr Sun has to follow through on his threats, oh boy. It doesn't matter if you're ruler of Europe or not, when Dr Sun tells you that you need bed rest, ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091223 he means it]''
** In his place patients ''will'' follow the ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 doctor's advice]''... [[The Easy Way or the Hard Way]].
* Who is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100521 Ol' Man Death?] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100524 This guy.] Looks unassuming didn't you. Well first, he {{spoiler|1=[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100526 casually blocks a Jager with a breadknife].}} Then, we find something out about [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 him:]
{{quote|Ol' Man Death: Because I never lost a fight.
Granddaughter: So?
Ol' Man Death: No. Listen to me. I'm just a human. Rode with the Jagers. [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Never. Lost. A. Fight.]] }}
** Maxim wins by using ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100611 "sottle!"]''
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081119 Look at this.] Just try to tell me that's not awesome.
** Okay, it's not. </blatantlies>
* Once again, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081215 Agatha makes an entrance].
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081217 Literally].
* Agatha utterly crushes Zola's confidence, through a combination of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090424 giant robot tiger] and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090429 sheer willpower], after making a pretty [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090422 scary] entrance.
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' I am Agatha Heterodyne. You are in '''my''' town. In '''my''' castle. And '''in my way'''.}}
** This whole scene. Just read on. I think that the ending is going to blow our minds.
{{quote|'''Agatha''': "..."
'''Agatha''': "And you know what? I CAN WORK WITH THAT!" }}
*** ...[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090713 and then] she outmaneuvers ''von Pinn''.
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' You're prepared to die to protect me.
'''von Pinn:''' Whether I want to or not, so -
'''Agatha:''' Fine.
''Agatha death-rays the floor...'''s''''' }}
**** Ending with: "Cross me and die." Said with a ''smile''. Not a wicked smile, a pleasant smile. And it ''works''.
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100217 Return of the Higgs]! [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100222 Higgs take another Level in Badass]!
** Another CMOA for Higgs is his ability to intimidate Tarvek. After seeing that jerk manipulate everybody and get away with it, it is immensely satisfying to see Tarvek loose confidence and actually fear somebody for once.
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100226 Violetta's specialties.]
* Agatha: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100310 "And that is NOT going to happen in MY castle!"]
* The end of the Tarvek gets sick arc. {{spoiler|1=Higgs tricks Agatha into drinking water from the Dyne and Otilia/Der Kestle gives her an electric shock, turning her into [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100416 this]. Before she suffers from [[Power Incontinence]], she splits her new found energy into Tarvek and Gil. Otilia is so impressed by this that she finally admits that Agatha probably is a Heterodyne.}}
** Followed by a combination of awesome and funny that sums up all you need to know about the [[Crazy Awesome|Heterodynes]]:
{{quote|'''Agatha''': Oh yeah, i have got to try that again!
'''Castle''': Yesss... most likely in/in/indeed. }}

* Then there's Master Payne: "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070115 A good magician never reveals how a trick was done.] An '''evil''' magician never leaves any evidence that there '''was''' a trick in the '''first place. So-''' Which am I going to have to be '''today'''?"
* Oh my ''God'', Zola! We knew {{spoiler|1=you'd been [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], but did you ''really'' just [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100709 sucker] ''the Other''? You did! You out-Lucrezia'd Lucrezia!}} ''[[Magnificent Bastard|You magnificent bitch!]]''
* Von Pinn / Otilia [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100730 resists Lucretia's voice and scares her away].
** The best thing about this is that it ''feels'' like a [[Heel Face Turn]] until you realise the only thing that has changed is the reader's perspective. Von Pinn is as constant as any construct, she is just protecting someone we want protected this time.
***  {{spoiler|1=[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101210 Case. In. Point.] }}
* The Baron's majordomo Boris Dolokhov beats the location of the Jagergenerals out of another Jager. This actually impresses the generals enough to hear him out.
{{quote|'''Dolokhov''': We need to talk.
'''General Khrizkhan''': Gospodin Dolokhov. Hod did hyu find us, hey?
'''Dolokhov''': Your messanger told me.
'''General Khrizkhan''': Vot? He vould not-
'''Dolokhov''': Oh- not right away...
[''tosses unconscious Jager at their feet'']
'''General Khrizkhan''': Whoo!
'''General Zog''': Oho! You haz earned the '''right''' to a talk!  }}
** And a few pages later, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100830 Wooster's exit]. While reading this, this troper inevitably heard the [[James Bond]] theme in his head!
*** Wooster's CMOA trumping of Boris gets better on reflection--they're on one of the dozens of auxiliary airships around Castle Wulfenbach, Boris (who was on the Castle) had to beat the location out of the Jaeger messenger, and since Agatha told everyone she was going into the Castle alone, sending Krosp, Zeetha, and Wooster away, Wooster's been, as far as we know, somewhere on the ground in Mechanicsburg. And he comes in the generals' window. How did he even get up there in the first place? [[James Bond|Steampunk Bond.]]
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091111 This comic] shows us that a CMOA doesn't have to be huge or flashy or dramatic. It can be as simple as one word.
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' Are you two fighting again?
'''Gil & Tarvek:''' No. }}
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100217 This comic] has pretty much topped everything seen yet. Once again, [[Made of Iron|Airman Higgs]] [[Mysterious Protector|comes to save the day]]. He takes a hit from the Castle-controlled robot of mass destruction and doesn't even break his stride.
* Agatha reviving Gil by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100312 SHOUTING AT HIM!]
* '''Showtime!'''
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100611 Hy vants a "Prince ov Sturmhalten's Big Bet."]
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080804 A crowning moment for a vehicle...] then again, this is ''Castle Wulfenbach'' we are talking about.
{{quote|'''Airman:''' Whoah! Captain! Clouds movin' in fast-- uh, no... Wait... oh, NO.}}
** The ''Castle'' gets an earlier moment, and is so big she can't even fit on one elegantly-crafted link: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030630 Bow] > [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030702 Stern]. Latest news is that's one ''kilometer'' of Awesome.
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 No] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071128 love] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071130 for] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 Gil]?
** Especially [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030120 here].
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100210 This,] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 this] (crosses with Funny), and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 this].
* General Khrizhan stopping the flyer ''with one hand.''
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030924 This.] Even though he's pissed as hell and going to punish them, one of the first things the Baron says to the errant students is "Are you all right?!"
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080725 This captain]; not only does he try to warn the town of fire, like he should, but he cares much more about his crew than his pay.
* Von Pinn  {{spoiler|''scared Lucrezia away''}}. She's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|MADE]] of Awesome.
* Every single appearance of Othar Trygvassen, [[Gentleman Adventurer]]. No exceptions.
* Another (potential) one for Higgs. Zeetha  {{spoiler|has been stabbed by Zola}}, and the pink banshee is gloating that Zeetha wasn't as good as she thought she was. Higgs' response as he  {{spoiler|cradles Zeetha}}? Look upset, look ''mad as hell'', and say ''this'':
{{quote|{{spoiler|Yes, but I [[Funetik Aksent|vas]] starting to ''like'' her.}}}}
** Higgs just busted out  {{spoiler|the Jager accent}}. Prepare for awesome. He's now [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 busted out Zola's knee, as well.]
*** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101027 Get's stabbed]  {{spoiler|by Zola.}} Response is a knee and a punch to the face. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101101 Trips]  {{spoiler|Zola}} and gets booted for his trouble. His response to that is "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."
*** And now despite being stabbed, beaten, and otherwise horribly injured, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110126 he's up and ready to go.]
*** It says something about how badass Higgs is when he turns "standing up and smoking a pipe" into an act of pure awesome.
* "Well, tiny minion, am I not Otilia, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101210 the muse of protection ]?"
* An enraged Agatha [[Offhand Backhand|casually zapping]] the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090417 rogue deathtraps throughout Castle Heterodyne]. It gets to the point that the ''castle'' is begging her to tone down the power on her [[Death Ray]]. And it's already on the '''lowest''' setting.
* Tarvek [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110117 flips] [[Unstoppable Rage|the hell out.]]
{{quote|"I have lost my ''castle!'' My ''Muses!'' My ''town!'' My hand is revealed to those ''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|BLASTED! UPSTART! WULFENBACHS!]]'' You and Lucrezia have done ''nothing'' but ''destroy my life and my plans,'' and now you're trying to destroy the ''one bright spot left'' - '''AND THAT I WILL NOT PERMIT!'''(...) Oh, nonono''NO'', you do ''not'' "Give up!" '''YOU ''DIE!'''''"}}
* The Foglios used a pie-in-the-face gag, a [[Dead Horse Trope|trope so dead, the daisies it pushed up have long since withered]]. And they ''made it work!''
* Barry Heterodyne got a new one just by existing. In [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110223 this comic,] when his name is brought up in a moment of [[Tempting Fate]], both Zola/Lucrezia(?) and Anevka/Lucrezia realize what they just said and start to panic that he might show up. Keep in mind that this is the Other, one of the cruelest and most evil characters in the series and a candidate for overall Big Bad, and they're TERRIFIED that their brother-in-law might show up and ruin everything. Talk about establishing a rep. 
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110613 A difficult obstacle is presented.] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110615 Gil and Tarvek argue over what to do.] Agatha, meanwhile, ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110617 deals with it.]'' 
* Jenka forgives.[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050606 Once.]
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110713 It's harder to break things with a knife.]
** "And I am fond of you, Professor. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110715 Which is why I shall do this quickly."]
* Maxim has his in a tear-jerking moment that speaks deeply to any combat veteran. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070209 "Ve don't leave our own behind."] Which becomes even more powerful in the final panel: Maxim  {{spoiler|''gives his hat''}} to Abner so that  {{spoiler|Lars}} can be given the funeral rites of a Jaeger.
{{quote|'''Maxim:''' So ven hyu bury him...make sure he gots a ''hat''.}}
* Moloch von Zinzer has Fraulein Snaug, a bunch of tiny clanks, and some pulleys and leverage. He manages to put the '''''HUGE''''' waterwheel of Castle Heterodyne's Great Movement Chamber [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111107 back into place].
** Moloch [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120402 Takes a level in] [[Took a Level In Badass|Alpha Minion]]
* Gil [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111123 tanks] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111125 the Doom Bell]. Even ''Mama Gkika'' is shocked.
* Jaegers are [http://girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll12_017_018.html sottle].
* Gil's third fight with Vole. Vole has just simultaneously beaten him and Tavrek while scolding them for [[Talking Is a Free Action|talking during a fight]] and not taking him seriously. Gil hits him from behind, punches Vole in the face when he starts to talk, starts silently pummeling him with a chain of blows, and ends by putting a gun under Vole's chin and pulling the trigger three times.  {{spoiler|Too bad it's empty}}.
* The Castle is fixed, the Doom Bell has rung, what else can Agatha do? Wrong question-- [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111228 the correct question is, what CAN'T she do?]
* Tarvek [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120125 is in charge.] And he got that way by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120127 simply glancing at the operations table and determining an entire army unit had been subverted]. Being [[Genre Savvy]], the Wulfenbach planners immediately put him in charge of defense coordination. 
* The Jaeger Generals [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120521 put] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120523 in] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120525 some] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120528 work.] [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] or [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]? Either way, a whole lot of people got ''stomped.''
* Madwa Korel takes on Violetta, while armed with a time-stop weapon that could helplessly freeze a small army. [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20211222 And she never had a chance.]

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