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* Even in the instruction booklet for the original ''[[Metroid]]'' game, Samus Aran was played up to be a man...or at the very least, a cyborg, with such lines as, "Even the Space Pirates fear ''his'' armor." But beating the game in a very short amount of time treats players to Samus stripping away said armor to reveal...[[Samus Is a Girl|a chick in a bikini]]. take that, [[Distressed Damsel]] archetype!
** This Troper still remembers how ecstatic she was when she finished the game as an eleven-year-old girl and found out that.... [[Samus Is a Girl|You know]]. The ending of Metroid was huge CMOA for female gamers everywhere, even if it did involve a PG-rated striptease.
* Super Metroid has two characters get a CMOA in the same scene. The fight with Mother Brain isn't going too well--she transforms from a helpless brain in a jar to a towering, drooling, screeching beastie and has Samus at her mercy. Just as Mother Brain's charging up for the final blow, {{spoiler|the Metroid hatchling Samus saved from Metroid II shows up all grown up and drains Mother Brain into submission, then transfers the energy to Samus while taking heavy fire. It brings Samus back to full health before one last shot from Mother Brain kills it. After its heart-rending death squeal, Samus stands up. Hello, [[Eleventh
{{quote| [[Metroid Other M|"Mother. Time to GO."]]}}
** This scene is even ''visually'' awesome: {{spoiler|Before, your most powerful weapons were barely scratching Mother Brain. The Hyper Beam, on the other hand, ''[[Curb Stomp Battle|sends her reeling with each hit.]]''}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFz3aF1kw5k Here] is a link to watch the battle.
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