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When [[Sturgeon's Law|you come across the ten percent of fanfiction that's worth dying for]] (and even some that falls squarely under [[Poe's Law]]), there ''will'' be awesome.

 

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* ''[[The Adventures of Irving and Friends/Awesome|The Adventures of Irving and Friends]]''

* ''[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War/Awesome|Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]''

* ''[[All Things Probable Series/Awesome|All Things Probable Series]]''

* ''[[Another Brother/Awesome|Another Brother]]''

* ''[[Azula Trilogy/Awesome|Azula Trilogy]]''

* ''[[Better Off Alone/Awesome|Better Off Alone]]''

* ''[[Blood That Flows/Awesome|Blood That Flows]]''

* ''[[Blue Sky (fanfic)/Awesome|Blue Sky]]''

* ''[[Connecting the Dots/Awesome|Connecting the Dots]]''

* ''[[Crisis Equestria/Awesome|Crisis Equestria]]''

* ''[[The Dark Lords of Nerima/Awesome|The Dark Lords of Nerima]]''

* ''[[DC Nation/Awesome|DC Nation]]''

* ''[[Deliver Us from Evil Series/Awesome|Deliver Us From Evil Series]]''

* ''[[The Detective and The Diplomat/Awesome|The Detective and The Diplomat]]''

* ''[[A Different Lesson/Awesome|A Different Lesson]]''

* ''[[Divine Blood/Awesome|Divine Blood]]''

* ''[[Grand Tour Series/Awesome|Grand Tour Series]]''

* ''[[The Harmon Verse/Awesome|The Harmon Verse]]''

* ''[[The Hill of Swords/Awesome|The Hill of Swords]]''

* ''[[In Flight/Awesome|In Flight]]''

* ''[[Its a Dangerous Business Going Out Your Door/Awesome|Its a Dangerous Business Going Out Your Door]]''

* ''[[Magica Madoka Veneficus Puella/Awesome|Magica Madoka Veneficus Puella]]''

* ''[[The Magic of Torchwood/Awesome|The Magic of Torchwood]]''

* ''[[Memoirs of a Master/Awesome|Memoirs of a Master]]''

* ''[[Mighty Morphin Mecha Rangers/Awesome|Mighty Morphin Mecha Rangers]]''

* ''[[My Immortal/Awesome|My Immortal]]''

* ''[[My Little Avengers/Awesome|My Little Avengers]]''

* ''[[Once More with Feeling/Awesome|Once More With Feeling]]''

* ''[[Past Sins/Awesome|Past Sins]]''

* ''[[Sailor Moon Z/Awesome|Sailor Moon Z]]''

* ''[[The Second Try/Awesome|The Second Try]]''

* ''[[Skin (fanfic)/Awesome|Skin]]''

* ''[[Streets of Rage Saga/Awesome|Streets of Rage Saga]]''

* ''[[A Sticky Situation/Awesome|A Sticky Situation]]''

* ''[[Thawing Permafrost/Awesome|Thawing Permafrost]]''

* ''[[They Shook Hands/Awesome|They Shook Hands]]''

* ''[[ToyHammer/Awesome|Toy Hammer]]''

* ''[[Turnabout Storm/Awesome|Turnabout Storm]]''

* ''[[Twila the Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre/Awesome|Twila the Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre]]''

* ''[[A Very Muppets Mystery/Awesome|A Very Muppets Mystery]]''

* ''[[Walking in the Shadow of Dreams/Awesome|Walking in The Shadow of Dreams]]''

* ''[[When There Was a Tomorrow/Awesome|When There Was a Tomorrow]]''

* ''[[YuYuGiDigiMoon/Awesome|Yu Yu Gi Digi Moon]]''

 

* If you don't gain a profound sense of respect and awe for Aziraphale after reading the ''[[Good Omens]]'' fanfic ''[http://community.livejournal.com/lower_tadfield/428364.html Be Ye Therefore Merciful]'', you aren't entirely human. Standing between Death and your 6000-year-old demon friend, preventing the first from getting to the latter by sheer willpower alone? And then persuading Death to overlook your friend because of the giant bureaucratic headache you'll cause for him if he decides to take you first or charge you with protecting the Enemy? ''That's'' the ultimatest sign of true friendship (love?) if there ever was one.

** Definitely love. "''[[Shout-Out|And who could say?]] [[The Lord of the Rings|Beyond the circles of the world, there might indeed be more than memory, even for creatures not designed to die]]''" is straight out of ''The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen''.

** Aziraphale gets another moment of awesome at the climax of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3547876/1/When_Summoning_Please_Watch_The_Wording When Summoning, Please Watch The Wording]''. Long story short, some wannabe Satanists have crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] in truly nasty fashion and then mock Zirah for being the "pathetic lackey of a dead god". At which point Zirah [[Beware the Nice Ones|shows them exactly how "pathetic" good can be]]:

** There are a lot of them in ''[http://icarus-chained.livejournal.com/159049.html Arrangements]'', but this troper's favorite has to be when {{spoiler|Crowley and Gabriel are trapped by Lucifer and left to the mercy of a group of human demons. Aziraphale, Castiel, Sam, and Dean are in the same building and fighting hordes of other human demons to get to them, but will never get there in time. Crowley, who at this point is trapped by holy fire and unable to help Gabriel physically, promptly flips out and stops the human demons by transforming into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and [[Mind Rape|driving pure, unadulterated terror straight into their minds]]. He then goes on to do the same thing to ''every single human demon in the building'', effectively ending the fight without ever leaving his prison. And this is after he'd spent most of the fic being the [[Non-Action Guy]].}} The chapter is very aptly titled [[Big Damn Heroes]].

{{quote|Fear was something else. Fear was something uniquely, terribly ''human'', an immovable part of the psyche. And Crowley was the Serpent of Eden. The first demon humanity ever met. The only reason they ''had'' primal fears was because he'd ''put'' them there.}}

* I'm surprised ''[[Fairly English Story]]'' isn't here. Episode 72 is where it kicks into overdrive.

** Hell, he even faced {{spoiler|the Hermit Arcana when he turned into the Chou Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!!}}

** For a specific example, Shinji gets one when he consecrates EVA-01 as his personal Titan.

{{quote|'''Shinji:''' "Cast in the shape of man! Made to fight humanity's enemies! You shall carry our will unto eternity! I NAME YOU!" ''He leaned over the railing.'' "EVANGELION! I NAME YOU; TITANICUS! ''PRINCIPIO ETERNUS!''"}}

*** Don't forget the {{spoiler|'effing Grey Knights, even if it was a suicide mission.}}

** ''Kensuke'' gets one during the battle against Matariel and its Angelspawn in Chapter 19.3. When the school is under attack, he sighs in vexation, goes to where his supplies are squirreled away, retrieves some armor plates from hidden caches, pulls on some goggles and a breathing mask, and slowly, deliberately straps on equipment until he {{spoiler|completes his transformation into a full-blown Techpriest. Then he picks up two bolt pistols and goes Angel hunting. "Don't worry about this one. I'll buy you time."}}

{{quote|"I propose we level this city section by section until we find him. I am capable of this and can begin within the next hour. I estimate it will only take me two days and four hours until it is completely assured that I have isolated where Ikari-kun may be."}}

** Chapter 2.2. "THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!" This troper happened to own the ''[[Dawn of War]]'' soundtrack and was listening to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LWGnkCYprU the Space Marines' theme] when he read that part, which combined with the [[Tear Jerker|narrative]] made him shed [[Manly Tears]].

*** His best moment by far isn't any of the later stereotypically badass accomplishments. It's in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4320933/31/The_Open_Door Chapter 31], when he listens to Keiichi's account of his life. He says, before showering him with praise, what every fan of AMG has been thinking:

{{quote|"Marry her, and make sweet, sweet love until the Grim Reaper himself taps you on the shoulder to let you know that you should take a break before overdoing it."

**** [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|And he does]].

*** This is followed by Lars giving Skuld a much needed [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]. Again, nothing many of us in the AMG fandom haven't been thinking'...

** The ''Stiletto'' {{spoiler|blowing up two [[Battlestar Galactica|Resurrection Ships]] with a single shot}}. After taking city-killer nukes without shields or damage.

** {{spoiler|People of Nesme, I present to you [[This Is My Boomstick|the Kalashnikov!]]}}

** Skuld {{spoiler|stealing the Shadow Weave from Shar}}.

** Washal the Pale {{spoiler|taking a [[Humongous Mecha]] into battle against Marella's silverfire golem.}}

** Rei confronting Gendo in episode 3:4:

{{quote|'''Rei''': {{spoiler|I'm unarmed. I have no armor, no defenses. If you want DJ and Asuka dead, then kill me.}}}}

{{quote|"Crap like this is why I don't let pilots live with me anymore?"}}

** And then of course there's the part where {{spoiler|we learn that Third Impact was averted not by Shinji, but ''Gendo. Ikari.'' "Get away from MY SON!" has often been a standard cry for a CMOA, but considering who says it, and who he says it ''to'', makes it even more so.}}

{{quote|'''Ianto:''' "I'm not in your jurisdiction. I came here of my own free will, and I can leave of it as well." }}

 

 

{{quote|'''Graveyard Hag:''' "You have no power here."

'''Jack''': *draws revolver furiously* "Wanna bet? You wanna fight a man who can't die? Seriously? You may be a god, but let me tell you something; fighting me is the worst idea you could possibly have." }}

{{quote|"My name is Misato Katsuragi," she says, "Lieutenant Colonel of NERV. Daughter of Shiro Katsuragi, the stupid son of a bitch who woke you up. I am the daughter of a murdered man and the only human being to look on you with their own eyes and live to tell about it. I am the right hand of retribution and the last human being you will ever see, you glow in the dark mother f___er. Now smile asshole. Because this, is my seventeen years of f[[Sound Effect Bleep|___]]ing ''payback!''"}}

** {{spoiler|Asuka}} gets the second half of chapter 24 and all of chapter 25 as a protracted CMOA. Having been thoroughly [[Break the Cutie|broken]] by parental neglect and emotional/mental abuse before the fic began, and spending much of the fic itself as a [[Shrinking Violet|stammering, timid]] [[The Woobie|wreck]] - [[It Makes Sense in Context]] - her rampage of awesome begins in a deliciously just fashion when she '''''chairshots''''' {{spoiler|Kyoko}}, the parent in question. And then she ''really'' gets started....

** She tops this one in ch. 38 (at least in a teaser) when {{spoiler|her various personality splits come to life to help her fight the Angel Iruel.}}

* The amazing, albeit unfinished ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/456898/1/Human_Saiyajin A Human Saiyajin]'' gives Ranma a brilliant one when he {{spoiler|comes amazingly close to beating Imperfect Cell. It gets underlined when Cell flat out tells Trunks that for all their powers, none of the Z crew were as much a danger to him as Ranma. Even after becoming Perfect Cell, Ranma gives him a good fight}} Then he and Vegeta spend a year in the Hyperbaric Time Chamber {{spoiler|and Ranma learns to master the power of the Nekoken}}

** Picard's "The colors must not be struck" reply to Palpatine's demand for the Federation's surrender.

** Thrawn being revealed as {{spoiler|the advisor of the Borg.}}

** Chapter 48 of part six could be considered one for the author, as all of a sudden {{spoiler|we enter Crisis Crossover mode, with the characters rapidly moving through the worlds of ''[[Halo]]'', ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'', ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'', ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', the [[Marvel]] Universe, ''[[Transformers]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, ''[[Alien]]'', and ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''}}...and it all feels ''completely natural''.

** Janeway becomes quite the {{spoiler|Magnificent Bitch}} after {{spoiler|becoming the Sith Lord the Oracle}}. Her fight with Ben Skywalker is definitely the high point.

{{quote|{{spoiler|"Yes, I think war is a fool's game. Yes, I believe life - all life - is precious. But tell me something, Vharaj - did you ever listen to my ''enemies''' tales of me? If you did, it's obvious you weren't paying attention. The Daleks do not have emotion, Vharaj. They don't know fear. But do you know what they called me? ''Ka Faraq Gatri''. It means 'Destroyer of Worlds'. I am the Bringer of Darkness, Vharaj. The Oncoming Storm. I've watched worlds and galaxies fall, and rise, and fall again. I fought the Vampires at the dawn of Creation, and I may yet witness the end of the Universe. I brought about the destruction of my own race, the deaths of my children, my grandchildren, my siblings, my friends, all in the name of peace, to save this Universe. So you tell me, Vharaj: ''what do you think I am capable of?''"}}}}

* A crowning moment of awesome for the author, who managed to fit well over a hundred 'Emergency!' episode titles into the text of [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7087792/1/Mystery_at_the_Ridfell_Swoop_Carnival this ] Doctor Who fanfic.

** [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] and resident [[Badass Bookworm|Badass Bookworms]] Michael Corner and Terry Boot have many throughout the novel. In fact, as soon as one (or both) of them make an appearance in the novel, you know that something is going to happen. And it's going to be awesome. {{spoiler|Pity that neither of them [[Kill'Em All|survived]] the final battle}}.

** There's also poor Dennis Creevey, who never said a word after [[Break the Cutie|realising his parents were dead]], until one of the Death Eaters, Rudolphus Lestrange, killed his older brother, Colin. Dennis then proceeds to {{spoiler|put his wand [[Eye Scream|through Lestrange's eye]], and yell [[Unstoppable Rage|"AVADA KEDAVRA YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!]]}}

** Ah, hell, the entire story is just packed with Crowning Moments for just about all of the characters involved.

*** Its very ''existence'' is a Crowning Moment for the author, who began writing in April 2008. Yes, that's right, Thanfiction wrote over half a million words in just under eight months. That's the equivalent of the Harry Potter series up to the halfway point of Half-blood Prince. If he finishes the proposed last book of the trilogy at his previous pace, he will, with three novels and various oneshots, have equaled ''and surpassed'' JK Rowling's length in one-tenth the time.

*** He was living in his car when he wrote it.

*** Also, he didn't plan anything out, or edit. ANYTHING!

**** ... ''[[Unreliable Narrator|Maaaybe]]''.

* In Burger Becky's ''Ranma 1/2/Sailor Moon/Terminator'' crossover fic''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/979911/1/Sailor_Ranko_Tunnel_Vision Tunnel Vision],'' there is a truly great [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when {{spoiler|Ryoga}} takes down Skynet. Actually, creating a readable story from that mashup, let alone the tour de force that is ''Tunnel Vision'', is a ''CMoA'' for the author herself.

** There are plenty of character CMoAs, though. Like when {{spoiler|The OC Savior stabs himself through the heart with a magic sword in order to activate its true power and banish Trigon back to hell.}}

** The canon characters get them too. In one story, after defeating a crazed Knight Templar, Beast Boy {{spoiler|who is a catholic, as in the comics, tells the religious fanatic that he's only going to hear four words when he meets God: "I don't know you."}}

** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151472/1/Land_Before_Time_War_of_the_Worlds Land Before Time: War of the Worlds] has a few CMOAs. The most memorable involved an ''amphibious assault'' [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151472/9/Land_Before_Time_War_of_the_Worlds combined with Littlefoot, Ali and Shorty parachuting] into an enemy held island for a commando raid.

** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4044080/1/Land_Before_Time_Twilight_Valley Land Before Time: Twilight Valley] also has some CMOAs. One of which was [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4044080/12/Land_Before_Time_Twilight_Valley Ducky's mother beating the crap out of a stone knife wielding Hadrosaur] with [[Dual-Wielding|twin sticks]].

* Naruto gets quite a few in S'tar'kan's epic series [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2731239/1/Team_8 Team 8]. This troper's favorite is his battle with Neji, where he {{spoiler|uses the Kyuubi's chakra to blow open his closed tenketsu points and beat Neji black and blue in taijutsu.}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Neji:''' That's impossible.}}

* "[[Roku Naruto]]". Chapter 13 gets a Crowning moment of awesome for the conclusion of the first fight against Zabuza. {{spoiler|Naruto and his clones threw several giant kunai filled with 900 kilos of rubhidium into the lake Zabuza is standing on. Zabuza later swore never to fight Naruto over water.}}

* Nigh everything written by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1308758/lord_of_the_land_of_fire lord of the land of fire]. While I can't endorse the sex scenes, he manages to make some very awesome scenes that readers often fail to fully appreciate the Awesomeness of. "A Few Angry Words" contains a paralel to [[The Bible|Revelation Chapter 19 (Yes, that's the Second Coming of Jesus)]], while "The True Monster" contains a rather thorough paralel to World War II! Just when you think this guy has written himself into a corner, he comes out with something even more awesome as a resolution.

* An OC named Philip gets one in the W.I.T.C.H. Fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134487/5/WITCH_POWER_The_Dream_Comes_Real WITCH POWER] by Xen Kenshin when he completely DESTROYS {{spoiler|Nerissa's demonic minions Shagon and co.}} because of an unstoppable rage.. downside? He kills his love interest {{spoiler|Irma.}}

* In ''[[Daria]]'' fanfic, two OC's are living, breathing CMOAs every time they show their faces! ''Jim Vitale'' (especially when written by Scissors MacGillicutty) and ''Black Majesty'' (when written by Roentgen). The pinnacle of the [[Big Bad]], both are superb examples of the [[Manipulative Bastard]] who lives by [[The Plan]]- and while Black Majesty is probably [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]], Vitale is a fusion of [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] and [[Badass Normal]] with his own [[Catch Phrase|CatchPhrases]] (anyone who he calls 'asshat' is in for a world of 'ow', people he calls 'sport' should watch their backs, and as he says, 'the law is just what lawyers do with it'), his own version of the [[Kubrick Stare]], a [[Compelling Voice]] and takes any woman in sight that he wants - because [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]], and he's a amped-up version of [[Draco in Leather Pants]].

** [[Deadpan Snarker]] Jane Lane (who has magnetic powers) despite being seriously wounded, manages to go toe-to-toe with a young woman with ''Kryptonian powers'' and at one point, nearly tears her skeleton from her body by giving the woman's ''body'' and ''skeleton'' differing charges, allowing the Earth's magnetic field to do the heavy work... Ouch.

** Subverted brutally when resident [[Butt Monkey]] Tom Sloane, who has powers equal to a Kryptonian, charges the other side's resident [[Flying Brick]] and dials it [[Up to Eleven]] with ''a punch that actually causes nuclear-level effects in a straight line behind the girl for over a mile...'' [[The Worf Effect|and when the smoke clears, she is standing there, unaffected.]] To cap off the [[Humiliation Conga]], she drop-kicks him over the nearert river, almost as an afterthought.

** Even though the entire battle happens in [[Cyberspace]], and nobody really got hurt, doesn't make it all any less awesome.

* In ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Redemption'' by Chris & Alex Voutsis, Rei Ayanami, piloting a Unit-00' with only ten minutes of battery power, is forced to fight alone against the USAF-operated Unit-04' (codenamed MARI) when Shinji and Asuka are incapacitated. Normally, this would be impressive though not quite a Crowning Moment of Awesome. What kicks it over the top? The USAF has upgraded Unit-04's Dummy Plug and can remotely pilot the Eva themselves, meaning that, unlike the Angels who just blast things at random, Unit-04 is ''smart''. Worse, it's armed with a jet pack, an S2 engine, a laser rifle, and stealth armor -- all of which it just used to destroy three military bases in France, steal eight other Evas for the US, and take on the UN. The situation looks so bad, even Misato thinks they're all probably screwed. After all, how can you fight an intelligent enemy that's just going to circle around above, taking out your support network (because it knows everything about you from spies in NERV), and you can't even paint it on radar? Rei's answer? {{spoiler|Link with the Dummy Plug clone's mind to locate its position and then use her positron rifle to destroy its jet pack -- without even bothering to turn on her targeting computer. Then engage in a bloody, knock-down drag-out fist fight that levels half of Tokyo-3, goes down the Eva elevator shafts, into NERV itself, and ends with Rei beating Unit-04 to death in a berserker rage just before it destroys Unit-01 (and a Shinji trapped inside) even after Unit-00 is crippled and has taken a full gun clip to its head.}}

* Post's gigantic ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' fic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4778437/1/These_Black_Eyes_A_Re_Post_Ing These Black Eyes] is pretty much comprised of CMOA but my favorite is his OC Noir, who has at this point been {{spoiler|kicked out of the Titans after Slade framed him as his Third Apprentice and had been marked with a microchip which Slade could activate and easily kill him at any time, going in to save the Titan's asses. When Slade tries to activate the chip, Noir shows how he got rid of it: by slicing off his own arm. He then proceesed to kill the bastard and save his friends. Hell Yeah.}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3258280/1/ Soldier of Spira] has far too many to count, but several events come to mind. First, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Operation Ratcatcher]] in its entirety, just for the build up and how Auron was written (Whose portrayal in itself is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the writer; few can claim to write an [[Badass|Auron]] who surpasses the original). Second, Starfall in its entirety, for Auron ''and'' Rikku. Third? Auron more or less holds the entire world at ransom just by making a promise. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, in Spira and beyond knows not to goad/enrage/bother Auron. If he makes a promise, then no matter how impossible it seems, [[Magnificent Bastard|he]] [[Determinator|will]] [[Implacable Man|keep]] [[One-Man Army|it]].

** Here's the absolutely epic speech Auron makes, in its entirety:

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4821971/1/Edward_meets_Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes defeating Edward Cullen.]'' Without any special powers. It just proved that [[Sherlock Holmes]] is a [[Badass Normal]]. Edward Cullen, the Vampire from ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''. Getting his ass kicked by Sherlock Holmes. I can't stress that point enough.

* ''Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past,'' chapter 27. Lucius Malfoy has just lost his house-elf Dobby and is pissed at Harry because of it. He spins towards Harry, ready to curse him with his wand...and stops. "Because an inch from the end of his nose was the end of Harry's wand, rock steady even with his arm at full extension. Five other wands were out as well, as a handful of children silently threatened to hex him and his son if they made another move." There are several others throughout the series, but that one always stands out to me.

** When Grovyle, the resident [[Battle Butler]], gets into a fencing duel with a Scyther Mook and channels Leaf Blade through a broomstick. And wins. Then later he gets a motorcycle and a real sword... all he's missing are the [[Cool Shades]]

** At the end of the crossover with [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3173119/1/Anomaly Anomaly] where Scyther gets fed up with Mewtwo's attitude problems and shoots him with an Air Cutter. In the face. And hits. ''Actually making the legendary bleed!''

* From chapter 13 of the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4574288/1/Altered_Destinies Altered Destinies], where Shinji forces Gendo to de-activate the Dummy Plug before it kills the pilot of Unit Three {{spoiler|who in this AU is a de-aged Misato}} ''by arming Unit One's self-destruct system and threatening to nuke himself if Gendo doesn't back down''. Made doubly awesome in that Shinji is not only standing up to his father, but epically [[Calling the Old Man Out|calling him out]] on an open broadcast frequency with all of NERV listening in.

** Shinji essentially does the same thing to save Touji in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1413558/1/The_2nd_try The 2nd Try], though technically less awesome {{spoiler|because he already knew that Gendo needed Unit 01 for his plans.}}

** And again, in Laocoon's Children Book Two, where {{Spoiler|Tonks gives Tom Riddle a verbal whipping while standing in the Chamber of Secrets. Puny Half-Blood indeed.}}

* ''[[The Shocker Legit|The Shocker: Legit]]'' is one great big long Crowning Moment for C-List supervillain Herman Shultz, aka the eponymous Shocker. Particularily memorable moments include:

** Herman's assessment of superhero banter from the viewpoint of a many-time loser supervillain.

** Herman himself states that The Rhino once had one when he told The Kingpin that [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|he refuses to act as an assassin]].

** This troper thinks the moment that Shocker proves he really did invent his suit and gauntlets to Tony Stark was awesome. Stark and Reed Richards spent pretty much the entirety of their appearance up to then convinced that Shocker couldn't possibly have really invented the suit and gauntlets, that he MUST have stolen them from someone smarter. The moment that Stark realises that Shocker did actually invent them, and Shocker replies with a smug smile "That's right" was just great to see.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2600412/5/The_Hollow_Halloween This chapter] of this ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' fic, ''The Hollow Halloween'' by AmandaArtiste, presents one for Remy Buxaplenty, in which he shows us all that you simply should '''not''' try to brainwash Trixie Tang (and her friend) while he's around.

* The Master has many in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' AU Fic ''[http://dwseason4.livejournal.com/4776.html Season Four]'', but his finest moment is in Chapter 13, {{spoiler|where he and the Doctor confront the Rani - who plans to establish a New Gallifrey for the currently human Time Lords in her possession at a psychiatric ward with the help of the Doctor and Master.}} The Master laughs hysterically at this and has this brilliant rebuttal:

{{quote|{{spoiler|"Oh, come ''on'', a Time Lord empire? Founded by the three of ''us''? There goes ''that'' policy of neutrality! No, wait, I've got it! I can make more black hole converters, you know. I can be Rassilon. Lucy, my dear, you get to be Omega, that would be fitting. Oh, Doctor, that leaves you as the Other. Yes, that sounds about right. I can rule for a thousand years of terror and the new Eye of Harmony will have all sorts of gadgets to keep it in check and they'll all be named after me! The Sash of the Master and the Key of the Master and the Seal of the Master. While we're at it we might as well have a bloody Trouser Press of the Master. Does that sound nice? Does that sound fun? Yes, come on, let's build a new Time Lord empire!"}}}}

{{quote|"I won't let you fight alone! This time, we're not going to be picked off one by one! NOT THIS TIME!" (...) "I won't lose again! THIS I DO SWEAR! We will defeat you and protect those we love! FOR I AM THE BATTLE PRINCESS OF THE WIND STORM! AND TOGETHER WE WILL DEFEAT YOU!"}}

** From the same series, "Afraid To Fly Part 2" gives us Shiho's moment of awesome. Her regret over how she used her Child in the original ''Mai-HiME'' has meant she's been unable to summon it ever since, but when someone else tries to summon her own Child against her, she reclaims control of it by confronting and overcoming her own past negative feelings.

''As the old man stood back up, a loud laughter filled the air and every looked over to see Naruto rolling on the ground holding his sides. "I...I can't...believe you...replaced yourself..with...the old man!" Naruto wheezed out as he laughed.''

''"I can't believe you replaced yourself with me, you little bastard!" Jagaa said heatedly from next to Kakashi. Naruto started laughing harder and Jagaa glared at him. Kakashi was using every ounce of will power he had not to join the sunny blonde. Seriously, how often does one see the most powerful man in the village get used as a replacement and then glomped? It was certainly a first for him.'' }}

{{quote|"What the hell!?!?!?!" Sakura shouted, almost causing the boy to lose his balance and fall over. "How the hell can you walk on water!?!?!?!" Naruto just shrugged his shoulders before scratching the back of his head with embarrassment.

"Ehehehe... well, the thing is I can't really swim that well." He mumbled sheepishly, somewhat embarrassed by his own "shortcomings". The pink haired girl just deadpanned.

** Yeah, it has to be said. Two squads of Cogs are pinned in a room and being overrun by a literal army of wretches. The Chief literally drops in by crashing through the ceiling, and retrieves a flamethrower from a nearby weapons rack. [[Kill It with Fire|Cue massive asswhooping.]]

** Master Chief kills a Berserker barehanded. By ''dropkicking it in the face.''

* [http://www.dotmoon.net/library_storyview.php?chapterid=296 She's Come Undone], an AU ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' where Usagi is placed in a mental asylum for the criminally insane by the government because her senshi battles were embarrassing them. She's given the choice of being set free but renouncing the fact she really was Sailor Moon, and staying in the hospital she's been confined in since forever and remaining a persona non grata and possibly never getting out alive. Her response: {{spoiler|giving them a figurative middle finger by ripping up the papers she's given that would have had her saying she wasn't really Sailor Moon but just crazy, and stomping on them. Followed by saying she will ''always'' be Sailor Moon with a smile on her face, even while she's being dragged and ''beaten'' by the nurses for not doing what she was told.}} The {{spoiler|Maya Angelou poem}} just enhances the awesome for me.

* Nazo Unleashed. The first episode opens with {{spoiler|Nazo nabbing a Chaos Emerald, then destroying the city it was located in}}. Then {{spoiler|it goes into a three-minute brawl as Nazo beats the crap out of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles}}, followed by Sonic {{spoiler|turning into Dark Sonic.}} Episode two kicks the action up even further as {{spoiler|Super Sonic}} and {{spoiler|Super Shadow go two-on-one against Nazo}}. Finally, in the third Episode, {{spoiler|Nazo uses the Chaos Emeralds AND the Master Emerald to go Super himself, then beats the ever-loving crap out of Super Sonic and Super Shadow. [[Rule of Cool|Then both hedgehogs turn the Emeralds into Super Emeralds so they can go Hyper, and then FUSE into Hyper Shadic]]. What follows next is a one-on-one battle across Angel Island, into SPACE, then back to the island, before Nazo uses the Super Emeralds to go Hyper as well, followed by what can only be described as a Dark Spirit Bomb versus a Wave Motion Cannon}}. It's basically to Flash what [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] is to anime.

* Elle Bishop gets a crowning moment in Creedog VanDrey's ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' series ''The World Entire''. Gabriel Gray has been [[Mind Rape|mentally tormented]] back to his serial killing Sylar persona, where he has returned to Primatech to steal the powers of the dangerous inmates there. He comes up Elle, his wife, leaving him a series of vitriolic voice mails. Upon seeing him, she is immediately realived until he telekinetically throws her into a wall in preparation to open up her head and steal her electrical abilities. {{spoiler|Without missing a beat, she attempts to seduce her [[Ax Crazy]] husband. When that fails, she berates him for even wasting his time on her dinky sparks. She then leads him on a tour of the cells, enticing him with the various superpowered inmates as if she were a waitress reading daily specials off a menu. The final "item" is ''their four-year-old son'' Noah, who has the one ability Sylar is most desperate for: immortality. The gambit works, while trying to kill his son, he has an emotional breakdown. He falls to his knees, seeing Elle only seconds away from electrocuting him. Later, when he asks her why offer up their son, she admits that [[Mama Bear|she needed to be alive to protect Noah]]. She then reveals what her plan was had electrocuting Sylar not worked while pulling out a pistol from the back of her jeans: she would have, without hestitation, shot him in the sweet spot that negates his healing abilities... then followed it up with [[No Kill Like Overkill|a dozen more bullets]] around the crown of his skull, followed by bashing his head against the cement wall until his brain fell out, which, if it wasn't in enough pieces for her liking...well, they have a "woefully underused blender". After making this point, she then proceeds to initiate sex.}}

** Lina Inverse: nuking down a big chunk of the enemy force, including two members of the God Hand, with a single spell.

*** Nanoha's reaction to said spell made that moment even more awesome.

* [[Halo]]: [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3162975/26/ Combat Evolution] has several, but Wa, the Spartan Shock Trooper, gets one just by existing. Everything about his weapons and tactics is designed to scare the Covenant. He is to the covvies at large what the Chief is to the Covenant rank and file, and to the Spartans what the Spartans are to everyone else. He demonstrates this in chapter twenty-five by {{spoiler|walking into a combat situation, saving his teammate, taking a hit from a ''Brute Hammer'' and getting right back up, then tearing the Brute's midsection out. Then he '''rips the top of its skull off'''. The oncoming brutes ''stop dead''.}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3756274/1/The_Faltering_of_Suzumiya_Haruhi The Faltering of Suzumiya Haruhi] is a CMOA in itself, because the writing style is so ridiculously close to Baka-Tsuki's translations of the original work, that it could be a lost original short story or something like that...

* There are several by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/8744/Thrythlind Thrythlind]:

** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5175006/16/Divine_Blood Divine] [[Divine Blood|Blood]] Chapter 11. {{spoiler|Ranma "Braiding Tornadoes"}}

''"He grows on you." Fate smiled and had Bardiche load another cartridge.'' }}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2277668/1/Kingdom_of_Chaos Kingdom of Chaos], a ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fic set after ''Chain Memories'' (written before ''Kingdom Hearts 2'') has a wonderful Crowning Moment at the hands of {{spoiler|Larxene. The Organization has been betrayed and hung out to dry by Axel (whose convoluted plot to restore his heart to him has just succeeded) and most of their members have been killed by a [[Deadly Upgrade|Deadly Upgraded]] Sora. About all that's left is Marluxia, who takes Axel to task for his betrayal and starts kicking his ass. Finally Axel is on his last legs and, as Marluxia delivers the killing blow, Larxene, combining a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and a CMOA teleports into the space between Axel and Marluxia's scythe, saving him at the cost of her own life. Marluxia is so astonished that he actually offers Axel an elixr that can save her life en exchange for his surrender.}}

* [[With Strings Attached]] has a ton of these, including:

** When each of the four gets his magic, particularly when John flies.

** When Ringo puts Sarekyl in a tree, when he first reaches across miles to grab John, and when he almost single-handedly captures the thirty Brothers of Doom.

** And collectively, the battle on the Plains of Death.

* There's at least one per chapter in ''People Lie'', a ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic by Nugar, but the one that stands out to me the most combines not only awesome, but heartwarming and funny. Naruto and Hinata are nearly half-dead and unconscious after {{spoiler|defeating a [[Cosmic Horror|Shoggoth]] and destroying an evil cult.}} That's the awesome. Sasuke {{spoiler|carries Hinata and Naruto all the way back to Konoha}}, being severly beaten up himself when only a few days before, there were mutual death threats between him and Hinata. That's the heartwarming. The funny comes from {{spoiler|all three of them being entirely ''naked'', and references to fangirls attempting to make Naked Sasuke Day a national holiday.}}

* ''[[Those Lacking Spines]]'' contains a truckload deal of these. This troper's personal favorite is Larxene's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5210983/1/Fates_Gambit Fate's Gambit] by robst, a nine year old Harry leaves the Dursley's with the help of Fate ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]). However, no one knows where he's gone and so both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds assume the Dursley's killed him. It soon gets out that Dumbledore is the one who put Harry there in the first place, causing him to fall HARD from grace. Cue eight year old Ginny Weasley, who is in Diagon Alley at the same time as Dumbledore to return a book of falsified stories about Harry Potter's supposed real life adventures. However upon seeing Dumbledore, Ginny proceeds to, as the text says, 'express the wizarding world's opinion of Dumbledore' by hurling the hardcover book at him with enough force to ''break his nose''. Even though Harry's not actually dead, it's still pretty awesome.

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2378918/1/Malign_Contingency Malign Contingency] by Edcrab, the author has essentially taken the Half-Life setting and introduced so many additional factions that it borders on original fiction. The story waddles along sedately and inconsistently until the finale, when the grand plan becomes clear, including a segment where {{spoiler|Forty the Combine Elite finally does something remotely relevant and slaughters the alien assassin that's been stalking the main characters since the outset, and then proceeds to murder his way through the crew of an entire starship to demonstrate to his superiors that he's not a failed project. Part of it is the sheer relief that he didn't deliver the smackdown to the good guys...}}

* ''Sailor Moon: Millennials'' by The Judge seems determined to give a couple dozen of these to each of the Senshi, but one that stands out in particular comes from ''Hotaru'' of all people. During a sequence in which the Senshi are scattered across time and space thanks to a mishap with the Gates of Time, Hotaru finds herself alone in a tropical jungle in the Jurassic period, and the situation is ''testing her patience''. She's tired, she's sweating buckets, and she's quite thoroughly pissed off about the whole incident, so when a T-rex decides to take an interest in her, little firefly snaps and gives it a DEATH GLARE FROM HELL.

{{quote|'''Saturn:''' Don't. Even. Think. About. It.

{{quote|'''Light:''' It says "George Taurus: orders his men to write their names down in a book, will succumb to an overwhelm fear for his own life and will follow any command given in order to save himself, dies in 30 minutes."}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2586094/1/Harry_Potter_Raven Harry Potter: Raven,] a crossover fanfic of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', has one in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2586094/14/Harry_Potter_Raven Chapter 14,] when the demon Axilano, who has unleashed an army of demons in Jump City and has been attempting to capture Harry Potter/Raven Azar for his master Trigon, finds himself on the receiving end of a massive ass-kicking. The original Titans, Terra, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Dr. Light, Zatanna, Doctor Fate, Hawkgirl, Batman, Etrigan, and a Harry ''from another universe'', most of them ''very'' pissed off at him for picking on Raven, proceed to beat on him like he owes them money. And who gets the final blow? Harley Quinn. The Omakes at the end of the same chapter probably qualify as [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

{{quote|'''Edward Cullen''': I'm practically perfect in every way.

'''Edward Elric''': I don't NEED to be perfect for people to like me. OR fall in love with me.

{{quote|'''Edward Cullen''': Pfft. You're just a dumb anime character...

'''Edward Elric''': Well you're just a fake vampire - no, strike that. You're a carnivorous disco ball. }}

{{quote|'''Armstrong''': FOOL! These sparkles and this godlike figure have been [[Memetic Mutation|PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!]] This was my shtick before you even EXISTED, lover-boy!}}

* From ''The Hokage's Will'' by Airhead dude, we have the long anticipated Naruto vs Sasuke match. {{spoiler|Naruto basically outclasses Sasuke in taijutsu-with Sasuke having no defense against Sage Mode Phantom Punches, so Sasuke amps up the ally by going fully incomplete Susano'o, thinking he has it won now. Know what Naruto does? Toss the Rasenshuriken into the Susano'o...and completely and utterly SHATTERS it like glass.}} So. Awesome.

* The ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' Western fic (That's right, you heard me!) ''[[The Swordsman and The Gunslinger]]'' is made of this, and gives each protagonist a CMOA. The first one is when Kyo Sohma, the titular swordsman, takes out three gunmen win thirty seconds, armed only with a ''katana''. This establishes him as the premier [[Badass]] of the fic.

* Latias from ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2053520/5/Latias_Journey Latias' Journey]''. She's depicted mostly as a gentle, somewhat timid and fearful Pokémon. That changes ''big time'' in Chapter 5. {{spoiler|After watching a bunch of evil bird Pokémon butcher a bunch of baby Flying and Bug types in Wing Fortress, she goes completely apeshit. The end result: a bunch of enemy Flying types lying in pieces in nursery, followed by a Psychic attack so powerful that it could best be described as a [[Fantastic Nuke|psychic nuke]]. ''That'' is followed up with an even more ''obscenely'' powerful Fire (or Dragon) attack that completely ''obliterates'' Wing Fortress and a large piece of the surrounding forest.}} It is ''[[Nightmare Fuel|utterly terrifying]]'' but at the same time [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].

** Also, we have one for Sohm Vekt, a person who is normally considered a [[Red Shirt]], being able to gun down multiple [[Super Soldier]] [[Space Marines]] while his team is dying all around him... he's barely able to stand or crawl afterwards, sure, but this guy just punched out several guys way above his pay grade.

** Chapter 21: Chaos forces seem to be winning but the {{spoiler|GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND}} shows up in the very ticked of and very powerful flesh, and basically has the Chaos forces all void their bowels, by just appearing there.

* In Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality(Chapter 10), the raised by rationalist/scientist Harry meets the first challenge that is able to seriously oppose him mentally, {{spoiler|the Sorting Hat. Why? Because the Sorting Hat runs off the consciousness of the person who wears it, meaning that the Hat has all of his smarts but retains its own goals.}} The resultant battle of wits has to be seen to be believed, being both tense, intelligent, and hilarious. The crowning moment of the scene is {{spoiler|the Hat's last laugh, where even after failing to convince Harry to join Hufflepuff or Gryffindor, briefly declares him Slytherin before saying "kidding, Ravenclaw". This finally gets through to Harry the danger he incurs by relying excessively on his intellect without any consideration to his or other's wellbeings, and ensures that his stay in Ravenclaw will be properly tempered.}}

* The lack of Digimon Tamers AU Inner Demons Phase One[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1524630/1/Inner_Demons_Phase_One_Rising_Shadow\] offends me. For optimum awesome, please see Takato's speech and the subsequent evolution from chapter 20. Fore warning, the fic is being rewritten, so updates won't be for a time.

** To start, the event that kicks off Shocker's face turn, when he and the Rhino save a group of three people from a besieged 7-11 AND manage to escape from Hawkeye, who thought they were taking hostages. And the whole thing is caught on tape, uploaded to [[YouTube]] to get around a media blackout orchestrated by Norman Osborn. Later in the story, Shocker finds out that his and Rhino's video inspired other villains to do the same thing, forgoing attempts to take advantage of the chaos and working to save civilians.

*** See Chapter 21, "One Shots," for examples of Doctor Octopus, the Wizard, Deadpool, and many more doing just this.

'''Fuyutsuki''': By your command. }}

* The Evangelion/DBZ crossover fic [[Eva Possibilities and Fusion Pandemonium]] has a few good ones, such as Vegeta utterly dominating Shamshel and then making a one-Saiyan siege to rescue his captive son from Gendo's clutches. Also, {{spoiler|Gogeta vs. Bardiel}}.

* These two stories, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3293585/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Unexpected_Visitor Harry Potter and the Unexpected Visitor] and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3664961/1/Prodigy Prodigy] (yep, he is a big fan of the Harry Potter Canon couples). The author, despite not being a native, can nonetheless write with better grammar than many English and American people in Fanfiction.net, and has managed to write two scenes which are quite good [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in my opinion:

** In The Unexpected Visitor, chapter 25, Dementors and Death Eaters attack Hogsmeade while the students are there. Harry Potter takes charge of the situation while the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry Aurors arrive, and he contributes quite a lot to the defence of the town. However, the CMoA comes when, after realising that there are very few Patroni (plural of Patronus) still around and several hundreds of Dementors, he [[It Makes Sense in Context|makes up a charm on the spot]] that absorbs the still living Patroni and transforms them into creatures of fire of different colours that utterly destroy the Dementors, freeing all the souls they have Kissed.

** In Prodigy, chapter 11, Quirrell decides, instead of freeing the troll on the dungeons, to send it directly into the Great Hall to cause as much harm as possible as well as distracting Dumbledore. The troll arrives just when Harry and his friends (Ron, Hermione and Neville) are getting out of the Great Hall, thus encountering him right on the door (this scene is told from Harry, Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black and Molly Weasley). Just when the troll is going to smash them with its club, Harry, on instinct, manages to cast a magical shield that not only stops the club, but utterly destroys it into tiny pieces, and then gets his friends to scatter. Then, the troll charges Hermione, but Ron manages to push her to a side just in time for the troll to go head on the wall, although Ron breaks his leg in the process. Neville uses a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Jelly-Legs Jinx]] on the troll powerful enough to affect it, and then Harry manages to turn the troll into tiny chunks of burned out flesh and blood using one charm. But the CMoA hasn't finished yet! Later, Voldemort (who is now wandering around in spirit form, Quirrell having been killed by Fluffy) attempts to possess Harry, trying to steal his body. However, Harry, aided by Magic (a personification of all the magic in the world, acting much like Gaia would do) and by the Sorting Hat, manages to keep Voldemort out of his mind and then, confronting him, kicks him out of his mind in [[Groin Attack|a move]] that also doubles as [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

** For exapmle; in Chapter eleven Victor Von Doom is covered in third degree. And when the Hulk attacks him, what does he do? Why, he taunts him about how pathetic he is while holding his own against him! Of course, Hulk eventually manages to punch him across the country. Eventually. And that's just one of the CMOAs in that chapter.

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5706942/5/MWDC_Harry_Potter_and_the_Guardians_Light Harry Potter and the Guardian's Light], a troll is attacking Hermione, and what does Harry do? He climbs onto its back and cuffs it in the ear. And the troll feels it! Better, it's implied that Harry learned to hit from his abusive uncle!

* The ''Zelda'' FanFic ''[[Exoria|The Legend of Zelda: Exoria]]'': Link, a member of Hylian Joint Intelligence, needs to find a vehicle which he can use to get Princess Zelda out of the city. He finds the MRX402A ULATRV, codename Epona, and proceeds to avoid two road blocks (blowing up one and avoiding the other by getting up on the curb and turning into an alley), outrun or lose a total of Humvees, outrun the crumbling of a highway cause by one of two attack helicopters shooting out the support with a missile, trick one attack helicopter into crashing into a building, ''drive up a breaking tree to get on the upper level of a highway'', fend off two gunsword wielders ''also'' on motorcycles, jump off one end of a drawbridge to land on the other, dodge a missile of the remaining helicopter whose blast cloud destroys said helicopter, and outrun a fricken' ''' ''spider mecha'' '''.

* ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' has Kyon vs [[Yakuza]], numerous times. All of them count: one was a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, another was with Nagato and they beat ''24'' Yakuza, and the third is another [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment [[Time Travel|that hasn't happened yet.]] It's Kyon on his own against 12 [[Yakuza]].

** Then there was what he did to intimidate Mori... [[Dynamic Entry]] involving jumping from thirty feet up unharmed, handing an eavesdropper to the Organisation, and blackmailing her. With no prior planning.

** Earlier on, Black Adam fights every member of CP9 and slaughters them with ease.

** In the same fic, When grimmjow blows up part of a building to distract Superman, who has to hold it up, he continues to wail on Supes, proclaiming he's helpless. Then superman tells him he doesn't need just his fist, and blast him away with his heat vision.

* In Chapter 34 of [http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=156439 Task Force 43], the titular Starfleet task force aides the Earth Alliance in fighting off the Minbari at Proxima. The Minbari later get a crowning moment of awesome when Delenn helps Mars by not allowing Earth Force from attacking them after Mars had joined the Federation.

* Avengers fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6199168/1/Legends Legends] is made of this. Every time somebody dies, or almost dies, or dies in a flashback, is either this or a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]]. [[Stan Lee]] gets one in the first chapter without even appearing, and then in the last chapter [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Alan Moore]] get theirs, {{spoiler|Beating up [[Joe Quesada|Quesada]]}}. But it really picks up in the climax, starting in Chapter Six; In Which Things Get Serious, and ending in Chapter Nine; In Which It Is Clobbering Time. The alternate title is Chapter Nine; In Which There Is Much Awesomeness. I'm not kidding you here, and niether is the title.

** Daredevil {{spoiler|killing the Kingpin [[Eye Scream|WITH HER EYES!]]}}

** [[Famous Last Words|IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIIIIIIIIME!]]

** {{spoiler|Thunderstrike}} calls in the [[The Cavalry|Cavalry]]

* [http://www.mgcomics.com/GOTF/index.php?ep=1216609140 Ghosts of the Future], a [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] fan-comic gets one around the Secret Rings arc with [http://www.mgcomics.com/GOTF/index.php?ep=1239517972 "I'm the ghost writer of this story"]. (Another bit of awesome, look at the improvement in the art) There was also "[[Shout-Out|Let's]] [[Darkwing Duck|get]] [[Let's Get Dangerous|dangerous]]", but that was great for different reasons.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3735743/1/The_Moment_It_Began The Moment It Began] by Sindie can be a bit polarizing, but then you get to the end: Tobias Snape {{spoiler|kills Voldemort by [[Just Shoot Him|shooting him in the back of the head]].}} [[Papa Wolf|Hol. Lee.]] ''[[Let's Get Dangerous|Shit]]''.

{{quote|'''Marlene:''' Where did they take my son?

'''Kidnapper #1:''' Bite me.

'''Marlene:''' Where did they take my son? }}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6266421/1/FATE_Holy_Grail_War_of_2814 FATE/Holy Grail War of 2814], an offshoot story of [[Takamachi Nanoha of 2814]], has Archer fighting the Wolkeritter by himself. Through a combination of Tracing, emotional manipulation based on his memories, and Unlimited Blade Works, he starts creating [[Green Lantern|power rings]]. He starts with enraging the Wolkenritter by threatening Hayate, using their rage to make a Red ring (and making a giant angry construct of Rin), drawing on their love for her to make a Violet ring, and using Signum's will, Vita's hope, and Zafira's compassion to make Green, Blue, and Indigo. Despite bleeding from everywhere from the strain, he blasts them all with a Ring-Construct [[Lyrical Nanoha|Starlight Breaker]] big enough to be seen from orbit and uses their fear to make a Yellow ring.

** {{spoiler|Of course, all of that was to free them and the Book of Darkness from Angra Mainyu's corruption, upon which he willfully surrenders his Linker Core to help save Hayate's life. Even if you don't like him, you have to admit he always has style.}}

* A series of novelisations of the ''[[Half-Life]]'' games, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3147068/1/The_Black_Mesa_Incident The Black Mesa Incident]'' and ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4389329/1/Welcome_to_City_17 Welcome to City 17]'', are full to the brim with this trope, mostly by virtue of [[Badass Bookworm|Gordon Freeman]] being [[One-Man Army|Gordon Freeman]]. Even by his standards there are plenty of exceptional moments, including Gordon destroying a Gunship by dropping a piece of a bridge on it, destroying another Gunship by directing it into a Strider's warp cannon, then destroying that same Strider by ''riding on top of it and jamming a grenade into it'', and killing the Nihilanth using nothing but his trusty crowbar, driving it straight into its brain.

{{quote|'''The Silent Ones''': You are advised to stand aside, human.

'''Rick''': And what if I don't? Can’t do much to me in my own mind, can you? That’d really screw up the tenets of the Sleepwalker race, wouldn’t it?

'''Rick''': It happened, alright? My fusion with Terren’sk, Mom and Dad’s deaths, all of it! It happened, and I wish it hadn’t, but it did! There’s nothing that’ll change it, and it’s a part of who I am now. Besides, who’s to say there isn’t a way to break the bond? Kill Terren’sk, and you lose a warrior, you lose someone who’s put his life on the line against Cobweb time and again, you lose someone who’s saved who knows how many lives, both in the Mindscape and on Earth! Besides, you think of all the criminals he’s iced, they’re not going away on their own! ''(To Sleepwalker)'' Until you can return home, we still need you. }}

* ''ALL'' of <s>Chapter</s> Episode 15 of ''[[Power Rangers GPX]]''.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4949127/1/Deterioration_of_Reason Deterioration of Reason] features an OC!Gabriel fighting a demon who had kidnapped, tortured and humiliated Castiel. Gabriel's [[Berserk Button]] was [[Big Brother Instinct|already pushed]] and he was already [[Curb Stomp Battle|beating the crap]] out of the demon. But the moment the demon implied that he did [[Rape as Drama|something else]] to Castiel, even '''God himself''' has had enough. This sentence said it all.

{{quote|It was the response of [[Papa Wolf|an incensed Father]] to the torture and ridicule of one of his sons, it was the vengeful mark of the Lord himself.}}

** This is followed by Spider-Man, who was {{spoiler|hit with the same gas as everybody else}}, perserveres through sheer force of will and {{spoiler|beats up almost every super villain in 42}}. He proceeds to go on for another chapter, sustained solely by concern for his family.

** In earlier chapters, the author decides to provide his definition of awesome. {{spoiler|Wolverine proceeds to grow sixty feet tall and eat Nitro.}} You have to admit, that was pretty awesome.

*** To clarify, {{spoiler|Speedball beats Dr. Doom into a bloody pulp, and then takes out the Sentry with a tape recorder.}}

** Namor broke his hands. How did he break his hands? He punched the Sentry's head into non-existence, that's how he broke his hands.

* In the [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5086723/1/Stahlkonigin Stahlkönigin]: Nanoha using full power, blaster-3 Starlight Breaker to destroy a target with MASSIVE magic defense? Business as usual. Vivio {{spoiler|withstanding the same attack for a minute or more in order to block it from hitting civilian buildings}}? Epic.

* In Silens Cursor's fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4714715/1/Renegade_Cause Renegade Cause], Chapter 35 {{spoiler|(the invasion of Azkaban by Voldemort's amassed army)}} is rife with Moments of Awesome. Between {{spoiler|Tonks' brutal and bloody battle with a traitorous Auror, Sirius 300-kicking Bellatrix down a flight of stairs, the desperate charge of the Azkaban guards against a horde of escapees and werewolves led by Fenrir Greyback himself, and the epic stalling fight between Voldemort and a vastly-outclassed Kingsley Shacklebolt}}, it's a chapter to be remembered as epic and awesome.

* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfiction [[We're All Doomed|Were All Doomed]] has many, so I'll just list a few:

** Chapter 9: Tavros out-raps Dave. That is all.

** Chapter 12: All {{spoiler|eleven}} trolls team up to beat {{spoiler|Gamzee}} AND THEY MANAGE TO DO IT WITHOUT A SINGLE PERSON GETTING KILLED.

** Sue Sylvester {{spoiler|takes a bullet for Becky. And lives.}}

** But the trophy goes to Finn and Puck, who {{spoiler|take down both shooters in the music room, stopping them from killing Kurt and Eric, or anyone else. Finn then goes on to keep Puck and Eric alive until the paramedics get there.}}

* Chapter 16 of the Code Geass fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4994784/16/ Code Geass Megiddo]. The Ikaruga is about to be destroyed by the Avalon. In response Kallen {{spoiler|using her geass to spot the shield weak points}} declares, "Lelouch... This is my miracle!" and attacks and shoots down the Avalon by herself.

* The Family Guy fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5961606/1/ Payback from a Pipe] has Stewie beats up Quagmire after he [[Kick the Dog|beat Brain in Quagmire's Dad]] then he calls Glenn out on his hypocrisy over the stuff he said to Brain and deals him a [[Reason You Suck Speech]] and makes Quagmire apologize to Brain. Fro those who hate how Glenn has been treating Brian lately this is perfect for you.

* In a cutway in ch.38 of [[Family Guy]]'s [[The Spellbook]] which a I call "Aquaman's Revenge"

{{quote|'''Peter dressed as Black Manta''': Surrender, you fool! We all know that you have no powers out of water!

'''Peter''': Ohhhhhhhhhhh shi- }}

* An AU story set during Marvel's [[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]], "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3179790/1/Addition_to_the_Fray Addition To The Fray]" by Adrian Tullberg, has [[Doctor Doom]] confront [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]], via hologram, to find out why he has chosen to side with [[Iron Man]], given his more liberal views in the past. Reed reluctantly informs Doom that SHIELD had sent spy-bots to infiltrate the Baxter Building, take photos of Franklin and Valeria and sent them to Reed, with an implied threat that he should side with them to keep his children safe. Doom, recalling that he had declared Valeria to be under his protection, decides to take matters in his own hands, and a Doom-hologram suddenly appears at SHIELD headquarters.

* Poland, in the Hetalia fanfiction ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5352659/1/1940_Lithuania 1940: Lithuania]''. He spends the first two thirds of the story alternating between being forced to work in a factory making uniforms for German soldiers and getting beaten up by Russia and locked in his room for several days at a time for not knowing when to shut up. Then Lithuania sneaks into Poland's room and finds out that Poland has been ''running an organized resistance movement from his closet this whole time'' and mailing instructions to his rebel forces by climbing out of his second story window and sneaking off to the post office, mailing the coded letters, then climbing back into his room, despite the fact that he is ''seriously'' weakened because Germany and Russia are killing so many of his people. Also, he blew up one of Germany's ammunition factories offscreen.

* Fate/Black Reflection. [[Bleach|Ichigo Kurosaki]] vs. [[Fate/stay night|Saber]]. [[Sword Beam|Getsuga Tenshou]] vs. [[Wave Motion Gun|Excalibur]]. {{spoiler|The end result is a stalemate.}}

* In the [[Lucky Star]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6783865/1/ The Day Everything Changed], after seeing Kagami be mercilessly attacked and laughed at by the fanfic's [[Ax Crazy|main]] [[Complete Monster|antagonist]], Konata decides that the time has come to take a stand against her friend's attacker. Despite being a foot shorter and about 75 pounds smaller, she ends up winning. What makes it even more awesome is the fact that she herself was badly beaten up during the scuffle but she still kept fighting, determined to protect Kagami from any more harm. Well done, Konata. My hat goes off to you.

* The scene where {{spoiler|Kirby destroys Dark Matter}} in ''[[The Dream Land Story]]'' is undeniably awesome. {{spoiler|Kirby manages to catch ''Dark Matter'' (which had previously shown itself to have almost perfect reaction time) off guard, giving it a ruthless beatdown with the Star Rod.}}

{{quote|''Your passion has done little to change my perception of you, young man, other than to make me realize that you truly believe in foolishness. That is a shame all the more; your father said you were intelligent. You have said enough. I have a high tolerance, but my patience is depleted in the case of your "righteous" crusade. You claim of yourself what you like, but you are no different than the myriad of children that have preceded you. I am well aware that the passion for academics does not exist in the vast majority of my students; not even those before me now. But the difference between them and those that are like you is that they live their life with their own purpose and meaning, no matter the pointlessness of that goal. There have been many like you, Atticus, and you are not the last that will come to me before I pass on. They may lack your details, your acuity, even your bravery, but they all have one thing in common: their dissatisfaction. Boys like you exist for no other purpose than crush the beliefs of others, to make them squirm with gifts of intellect or courage. It may work with the young men that surround you, but not with me, and not with my brothers in Christ. We know who we are; that is a solidarity that you will never touch."}}

** Atticus is left utterly speechless.

{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Roy Earle}}''': Los Angeles is a big city, Jack. The police will find you, I swear it!

 

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