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* At the very beginning, Big Boss throws his cigar on the floor before he stands up to parajump. He then takes an single step towards the hatch, extinguishing the cigar as it flies towards the door. Awesome!
** Snake isn't the only one here, everytime The Boss appears is a Crowning Moment of Awesome for her, successively topping the previous ones. And the battle against The End is a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the series in general.
*** For example, while in {{spoiler|1=''MGS4'' Big Boss prevents Snake from firing his Operator pistol at close range pistol during the final graveyard scene, in MGS3 when The Boss and the future Big Boss (then Naked Snake) have a confrontation, during her weapon grab she actually ''disassembles'' his [[M 1911 A 1]]M1911A1, and only after he draws it does he realize that she left him only the frame (including the grip) and took the barrel, slide, and probably the other internal components with her}}.
*** What's even more impressive is that The Boss has her single greatest crowning moment of awesome {{spoiler|posthumously!}}
** Despite being a straight male, Big Boss's crowning moment of awesome was the [[Ho Yay]] Revolver Ocelot. He was so [[Badass]] [[Even the Guys Want Him]], WITHOUT REALIZING IT. (Not coincidentally, when {{spoiler|he left the Patriots, both EVA/Big Mama and Ocelot sided with him}}.)
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* For gameplay [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments]], in MGS4 it'd have to be the Big Boss Emblem, which if achieved gives you the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Patriot]]... whose own trope is subverted by the BBE's requirements (instead of going off and grinding, you have to play the "ultimate" MGS game on the hardest difficulty). In fact, there are online guides and a section in the official paperback strategy guide just about achieving the BBE.
* This troper feels that {{spoiler|Roses plan revealed}} in MGS4 {{spoiler|1=would definitely be a crowning moment of glory. Hear me out - after MGS2, it was pretty much confirmed that the Patriots would stop at nothing to get what they wanted - kidnapping children had worked so well, that it was pretty clear that since Raiden had proven himself such a great fighter, all they needed to do was take one hostage and they'd have their own private supersoldier. Rose knew this, and knew there would be no way to hide their child from the Partiots. The only option would be to make their child useless to the Patriots, by making Raiden think the child was dead - if the Patriots contacted Raiden and told him they had his child, he's just laugh at them. She could tell that Raiden had his doubts about her immediately after the GW tried to get into his brain and make him question reality, so if she gave him one last push, he'd be sent over the edge. She made him crazy to protect him.}}
* In ''Guns of the Patriots,'' the Missouri's Marines are hella awesome, if you think about what's actually going on here. By the final act, we know that many soldiers from non-Outer Heaven-owned [[PM Cs]]PMCs as well as state militaries are deserting because of SOP withdrawal, and those are the ones who ''aren't'' so slammed with battlefield trauma they're permanently broken or suffering heart attacks. Thus, the Missouri's Marines [[Fridge Logic|must all come from two groups]]; either combat veterans who are in the minority of those able to ''barely'' hang on without SOP, or total rookies who have ''never seen combat,'' let alone ''ever fired their weapon at an enemy'' since getting out of basic training. And they ''still do their job,'' holding the line long enough for Snake to get the job done despite being overwhelmed in numbers and firepower, by an enemy with more experience and the advantages of SOP, watching each other be gunned down by Haven troopers left and right. ''Semper Fi.''
* It might not seem like much, but for this troper, there's another one at the end of MGS4, when Snake {{spoiler|''finally'' gives up his smokes.}}
* "That takes care of the cremation." Sure, Liquid showed up alive again afterward, but Snake's nonchalantly taunting a guy after shooting him down was badass. Especially since Liquid had previously taken down two jet fighters with his gunship/transport helicopter.
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