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* An overlooked but nonetheless awesome moment occurs for the USS Missouri and her crew at the beginning of Act 5: {{spoiler|1=The [[Big Bad]]'s massive floating fortress launches a [[Macross Missile Massacre]] at them as they approach. What do they do? They shoot down the entire swarm and destroy the launch pods. ''With World War 2-era naval weaponry''.}} Although, considering the {{spoiler|lack of electronic warfare systems combined with the hijacking of SOP, that's all they had to do it with}}.
** Then again, in Metal Gear Solid 4, there are a LOT of Crowning Moments of Awesome to be had by all.
*** Hell, Metal Gear Solid 4 manages to pull one off in ''[[Crowning Moment/Super Smash Bros|another game entirely]]''....
** This is also counts as CMoA for Mei Ling. If you remember, Otacon makes fun of her position in Missouri, joking that she used a "special arrangement" and has a "thing for older guys". Otacon, we wouldn't care how she got into position, but she ''definitely'' [[Took a Level In Badass|had her homework done]].
* 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.}}
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* 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.
* Another subtle one happens during {{spoiler|Snake and Ocelot's CQC fight}} at the end of [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]. {{spoiler|Ocelot grabs Snake and attempts to poke him in the eye...only for him to poke into Snake's eye patch. Given that Ocelot is responsible for Snake's missing eye, it's an awesome [[Call Back]] to their previous encounter. The grin on Snake's face when he realizes the irony of the situation makes it even better.}}
* Both {{spoiler|Johnny Sasaki and Meryl}} get one the moment they become a {{spoiler|[[Battle Couple]]}}. Cue countless faceless [[Mook|Mooks]] getting mowed down by their combined awesome... and then in the ending {{spoiler|everyone except the suicidal Snake, Raiden and Rose, attends their happy wedding, where ''everyone'' has a great time}}.
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