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* Gilgamesh Wulfenbach with his zapping stick. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 OWNED].

*** 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].

*** 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.....]

** 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.

*** 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.

''' 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]].

** 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.

** 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:]

Ol' Man Death: No. Listen to me. I'm just a human. Rode with the Jagers. [[This Is Sparta|Never. Lost. A. Fight.]] }}

** Maxim wins by using ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100611 "sottle!"]''

** [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.

** This whole scene. Just read on. I think that the ending is going to blow our minds.

'''Agatha''': "And you know what? I CAN WORK WITH THAT!" }}

*** ...[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090713 and then] she outmaneuvers ''von Pinn''.

''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''.

* 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]]:

'''Castle''': Yesss... most likely in/in/indeed. }}

 

*** {{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.

'''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.

'''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.

* [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.

** 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]?

* 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'':

** 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."

* 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.]]

* 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.

** "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.

* 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]]