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* The short-lived ''Commander-in-Chief'' may have had its issues - but '''no one''' can deny that Mackenzie Allen's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq4SkdEeiVU speech to Congress] at the end of the first episode is a CMoA for her, for Geena Davis, and for the show itself.
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' has the first season finale, for the Daily Planet crew. All year long, [[Magnificent Bastard]] Lex Luthor has been getting away with murder, literally and figuratively. At the end of every nefarious plot, Lex is still untouchable, and Superman winds up outside Lex’s window delivering an “I’ll get you someday” speech that Lex is totally unimpressed with (it’s ''not''the only Superman continuity to have these.) However, after he [[This Means War|makes the Daily Planet go boom]], Lois, Clark, Perry, Jimmy, and Cat put their investigative skills together, finding proof of Lex’s evil deeds, this and others. Clark’s only contribution as suited [[Superman]] was... getting put in a Kryptonite cage in two minutes flat. ''The Planet crew did what Supes and all his power couldn’t and took Lex down.''
* The [[I'm in The Band]] season two opener, "I'm Out of the Band". Metalwolf, rival band to Iron Weasel, is scheduled to perform in the Superbowl halftime show, and it looks like Tripp is about to sign with them and join them. Derek, Ash and Burger show Tripp that they really care about and miss him and that they can't be Iron Weasel without him. {{spoiler|Prior to this, they were about to try to get Tripp back, until they realized that he was playing in the halftime show, so they told him they were glad he was out of the band because they wanted what was best for him.}} So on the contract, Tripp signs, "Fluff your cupcakes, you sell out phonies!". Then, when Metalwolf comes back to get him over (they had him named "Scabb"), he says, "My name is Tripp, and i'm the lead guitarist of Iron Weasel." They see what he said on the contract, and feel insulted. Then, he flips a switch which sets off a giant fan, pinning Metalwolf to a speaker sack. They then perform "Never Turning Back" at the halftime show. Then we get a nice still frame before the last commercial break. After that, just before the episode ends, they give the crowd an encore by using Metalwolf's Amp Blaster 50,000 to shoot themselves in the air.
* In [[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'s first season, we see a two-part story about Rob's brother, Stacey (played by Jerry Van Dyke). He is a shy, timid fellow with a serious sleepwalking problem that turns him into the life of the party. Rob decides to {{spoiler|record Stacey in somnambulance and play it back when he wakes up.}} Later, Rob throws a party for his coworkers (including Alan Brady), and Stacey does a brilliant comedy bit. Rob talks to him in the kitchen and discovers that {{spoiler|Stacey was awake the whole time. He had listened to himself on the tape recorder and learned to channel the comedic energy while wide awake.}}
* ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'', like its parent series, had numerous cases of this. One particular one stands out for Jaime Sommers thanks to the new DVD release. In the first season episode "Winning is Everything", Jaime finds herself on foot being chased by a race car loaded with enemy agents. She breaks into her bionic sprint, and next we know the race car is unable to catch up to her and she escapes. What makes this a CMOA is ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and, indeed, bionic fandom itself, claims Steve Austin can only run between 60-66 MPH. Yet in this episode Jaime is clearly shown running greater than 100 MPH - the on-screen speed of the race car. Girl power!
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