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The highly stylized nature of [[Anime]] (or [[Manga]]) allows room for really cool things to happen. Here are some of the more memorable of those scenes.

Remember...the ''spoiler tag'' is your friend. If saying too much would ruin the surprise, '''leave it in spoilers'''.

 

* [[Drama Con/Awesome|Drama Con]]

* [[Main/Fafner/Of the Azure/Awesome|Awesome]]

* [[Kure-nai/Awesome|Kure-nai]]

* [[Monster Rancher/Awesome|Monster Rancher]]

 

* If anyone ever has to know why people are willing to pay millions of yen to Dr. Black Jack just for the privilege of having him slice you open, here is why: The man once successfully operated on his ''own intestines while lying in the middle of the Austrailian outback and surrounded by rabid dingos.'' Hol-Ay ''[[HSQ|Shit]]!''

* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' has a Moment of Awesome in the second movie, ''Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato'' not in a specific action, but by its pure inspiration. After watching the entire, built in the last 2 years, Earth Defense space navy get devastated on live TV, the alien Comet Empire demands Earth's surrender. Just before the surrender, the ''Yamato'' warps in between the Empire and Earth, and '''everyone on the planet''' says "It's ''Yamato!'' We still have the ''Yamato!'' We're gonna ''win!''". Keep in mind we're talking about a SINGLE SHIP apprearing as a reinforcement after an entire FLEET was almost effortlessly destroyed by the enemy.

** FOLGORE earns one when {{spoiler|Kanchome begins abusing his power, wanting to crush Goomu with his new found Mind Rape powers. Folgore blocks a punch from a now Faudo level Kanchome, and talks down a now psycho demon.}} Chapter 300 has turned the simple pop star into pure awesome. Also, his badass normal status for being being every bit the Determinator as Kiyo and Sherry, and a bit of Made of Iron for never seeming to get more than cut up for all the attacks he takes for {{spoiler|and from}} Kanchome.

*** I also liked Folgore's Badass metaphor thing (not sure if there is a trope for that), that he used to convince Kanchome to stop (I'm paraphrasing but this is the main conversation the two have, minus the flashback).

'''Folgore:''' "Kanchome... I forgot to tell you that night... but the hippo is strong... especially when it's protecting it's children... IT CAN EVEN DEFEAT A LION!!!" }}

** Won Lei is plenty awesome, but especially when {{spoiler|after being separated from the rest of the group by a nigh impenetrable wall, he gets the living crap utterly beat out of him by Unko Tin-tin, until his partner Lee Yen powers him up from the other side (while BLINDFOLDED) and he turns the tables by beating him to a point where Unko decides to self destruct in order to have the last laugh, with a blast powerful enough to destroy above mentioned impenetrable wall and kill everyone on the other side of it. Won Lei, whilst in the process of being sent back to the Demon World, resolves himself to protect those on the other side of the wall by STANDING BACK UP and [[Heroic Sacrifice Using Himself And The Awesome Of His Presence As A Shield]]]. By the time the self destruction is over, all that's left of the wall is HIS SILHOUETTE, behind which Lee Yen and the others were hiding.}}

** Just about ''anytime'' that [[Finishing Move|Baou Zakeruga]] is used.

* The doujin manga ''Nami S.O.S.'' is a Hentai parody of magical girl stories. It focuses on a team of super-powered heroines, but by far the most memorable character is the main girl's [[Badass Normal]] brother. In one issue, the girl he's hot for is attacked by a pair of winged tentacle demons and winds up being molested by the two of them in midair. The guy picks up a big pole from I-can't-remember-where and tries to ''pole vault'' over to her from the roof of a skyscraper. He falls short and looks to be about to fall to his death, but instead manages to ''grab some of the beast's dangling tentacles'' and pull him off her from the force of his own falling through the air. This leads to ''a bout of fisticuffs in free-fall'' that ends with the guy using the side of a nearby skyscraper to ''scrape the demon's skull apart''. Meanwhile, the girl polishes off the other beast and arrives just in time to pluck him out of the air and carry him to a safe landing. This being a hentai manga- well, let's just say it's good times for him next issue...

** Also, the dance number in the final episode.

** And don't forget Akira finally letting her inner professional shine through for just a little bit when singing ''Misoji Misaki'' in the karaoke box.

*** And her [[Testosterone Poisoning|Testosterone Poisoned]] fantasy of [[Humongous Mecha|giant mecha]] dentists with [[This Is a Drill|drills]].

** The moments that concern the songs are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wfdCE3Obcg very] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEIgbH3Rx58 much] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK5m9ygwy5w topped] in the concert.

* In one chapter of ''[[Franken Fran]]'', Fran ends up getting her throat viciously slit open by a hitman hired by her client. Rather than die like any other person understandably would, she sits back up, with her head hanging off the back of her neck, pulls out her tools and gargles '''[[Catch Phrase|"BEGIN... OPER.. ATION"]]''' She then ''reattaches her own head'' with barely any repercussions aside from some uncoordinated eyes and lots and lots of blood.

** In the final episode, Honoka {{spoiler|wipes out an entire army with a single sword-stroke}}.

** Miura gets her moment of awesome as well, in the procession for a local shrine's [[Festival Episode|festival]] -- so awesome, Yotsuba tries to imitate her.

* In ''[[Nana]]'', Yasu decking one of the [[Paparazzi]].

* ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'': Rock and Fireman are trapped in a giant cage of vines protected by pure evil. As the villain Plantman gloats, Fireman turns to Rockman and declares: "Rockman, trust what I say. There's nothing I can't burn... no, there's nothing ''we'' can't burn!" This leads to Rockman gaining the Soul Unison: Fire Soul and proceeding to launch a combination attack with Fireman that completely incinerates all of Plantman's defenses and the bastard himself.

** The 2 parter where <s>[[Dragon Booster|Kitt Wonn]]</s> [[Mega Man NT Warrior|Roll.EXE]] knocks the stuffing out of <s>[[Dragon Booster|Phistus]]</s> [[Mega Man NT Warrior|Mega Man.EXE]]

* ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' has Misao, for the first time ever, transforming into Pixy Misa with the use of a baton, along with the magic words, "Pixy Mutation! Magical Recall!".

** On the top of that, she gives a speech to Rumiya to encourage herself:

* May Wong in ''[[Kaleido Star]]''. Two words. "DEEEEEEMONIC SPIRAAAAAAAAAL!"

* ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'': Ashitaka watches Sen's attack on Eboshi's people for a while, then finally has enough. He marches straight to where the two of them are fighting, effortlessly bending Ganza's sword on the way, then holds both Sen and Eboshi at bay as his cursed wound reveals itself to everyone. He proceeds to let everyone know just what will happen to them if they let this war continue.

** How has the climax of NEXT not been mentioned yet? Lina has been spending the entire season doing everything she can ''not'' to use the Giga Slave after finding out that making a single, tiny mistake in the casting of it would destroy the universe, so naturally Hellmaster Fibrizzo has been spending the entire season trying to force her to use the Giga Slave so that he can make it go out of control. At this point, he's easily withstood two simultaneous Dragon Slaves, one of which was amplified, and Lina's second strongest spell, the Ragna Blade. When Fibrizzo is about to kill Gourry right before her eyes, however, Lina finally cracks and uses the Giga Slave... and her wish to save Gourry winds up being so strong and pure that it amplifies the spell to the point of actually summoning the Lord of Nightmares ''into Lina's body'' instead of just calling on her power. The Lord Of Nightmares proceeds to mop the floor with Fibrizzo with pretty much zero effort. After finding out that Lina has been absorbed into the chaos that makes up the Lord of Nightmares, Gourry chases her ''into another dimension'', giving up the Sword of Light and pleading for Lina to come back to him, and just when it looks like she's gone for good the Lord of Nightmares recreates Lina right in Gourry's arms, and the two of them share their first kiss. They both return to reality holding each other and with no memory of what happened.

* ''F-Zero Falcon Densetsu'': The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw Falcon PUUUUNNNNNNCH!] scene from the final episode.

* ''[[Mnemosyne]]'''s Rin probably had a lot of these along the way but her ''true'' moment of awesomeness happens when she confronts Apos for the final time in the last episode. {{spoiler|Having returned from the depths of Yggdrassil, she simply refuses to be affected by Apos' angelic presence (immortals like her are overcome with uncontrollable sexual desire when angels are around) but instead, grows ''her own wings'' and makes Apos shiver with paralyzing desire for her, easily kicking his butt. Not only is that scene an awesome turning of the tables but her wings look sooo much prettier than angels'. And that she is nude at that point and hot as ever, doesn't help ''any''.}}

** Am [[Shay Guy|I]] the only one who's actually ''disturbed'' reading that? At best, such a tactic would strike me as a [[Shoot the Dog]] moment. The last two sentences somehow make it creepier, like they're saying "beauty makes right."

* ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' is largely a string of Moments of Awesome for the main character, Ogami Itto. Simply hearing his name is enough to make a grown man scream in terror. But the epic nature of the series leads up to one of the most Awesome endings ever printed. {{spoiler|His quest has led him to battle the Kurokuwa ninja many times throughout the series. By the time the final battle with his nemesis, Retsudo, rolls around, Itto has quite literally killed his way through '''every ninja in Japan.''' Most of them in the last couple of chapters.}} Also worth mentioning is the episode ''Will of the Fang'', where Itto is forced to fight Masatsune, one of his old sword students who never quite finished his studies. Now the local lord, Masatsune leads his whole army against Itto. After hacking his way through them all, Itto kills Masatsune in a [[Single Stroke Bat]]

 

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