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

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality/Awesome|Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]''

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

* ''[[Hooker!Verse/Awesome|Hooker!Verse]]''

* 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."}}

*** 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'...

** 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."

** 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!!!]]}}

**** ... ''[[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]].

* The ''Wordverse'' is a giant crossover fanfic on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021183610/http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?t=22367 The Atomic Think Tank] boards. The first story's final fight is John Preston (''[[Equilibrium]]'') and ''[[Batman]]'' vs ''[[V for Vendetta|V]]'' vs {{spoiler|the League of Shadows and Ras Al-Gul}}. And that's the initial story, it gets better later on.

* 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.}}

* "[[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.

* [[Harry Potter/Fanfic Recs|Sluagh]], the sequel to the above mentioned "Dumbledore's Army..." has more Crowning Moments of Awesome than the original Harry Potter series combined. Seamus Finnigan, in particular, has become a serious [[Anti-Hero]], as well as [[Took a Level in Badass|Taken A Level In Badass]] to a whole new degree. For anyone who was disappointed by the Big Bad of the original series being taken down with an Expelliarmus, {{spoiler|this time the - much nastier, IMHO - bad is taken out in a last-ditch wager where the fate of the world rests on a knife fight to the death. "You want to live, I just want you to die." Made of Win.}}

* 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.}}

** [[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.

** [[Little Miss Badass]] Sandi Griffin (who [[Took a Level in Badass]] during the course of the series and is actually now the team's ''resident'' [[Badass]] - though Tiffany Blum-Deckler, while seeming to compete for the [[Badass]] title, is more of a [[Heroic Sociopath]]) gets ''two''. First, when facing off against the other teams best fighter - a girl who's also a ''ninja'' - [[Reality Ensues]] when, instead of fighting her, she simply triplicates and shoots her in the face three times - each of her three bodies fires. Later, when surrounded by four of the most powerful and dangerous members of the other team, the ninja says to her, 'Don't you know that when you're surrounded by four people like us, it means that you should give up right then and there?' Her response - just before detonating her weapon (thereby blowing up herself, her adversaries and a ''BIG'' chunk of the mall they're fighting in), is '' 'Don't you know that when you hear the sound of my zipper unzipping, '''it means that you can suck my-!''' ' ''

** 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/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.}}

''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.''

*** ... This troper has never read this story... but thinks teh Burmak deserves one for ''surviving two spartan laser shots and needing a third to die.'' Because i presume that all three were to the head.

* [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.

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

* The Harry Potter/Lovecraft crossover "Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod" has some good moments, but the true CMoA that comes to mind is when Harry explains his plan for dealing with C'thulhu's half-brother coming for him;

* 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]].

{{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.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Marlene [[Pink Mist|shoots him in the face]], and casually points her gun at Kidnapper #2.

'''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.}}