Red Cliff/YMMV
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: It'd be easier to list what isn't.
- Crowning Moment of Funny: True to his historical depiction, Zhang Fei delivers a few.
- When the straw boat ruse is underway, Zhuge Liang says nothing of the details, or much of anything for that matter, to Lu Su as they sail into enemy lines, while Zhuge Liang calmly sips his tea. Lu Su turns to one of the straw effigies for companionship...
- Shangxiang meets Liu Bei for the first time...and knocks him out via a Tap on the Head.
- Only because her brother's unbelievably inconsiderate... and drunk.
- Couple with Mood Whiplash in the first part, where the Shu-Wu tortoise maze proves effective and the Wei soldiers are mown down in the most bloody fashion imaginable - cut to a lone cavalryman wondering where everyone else has gone, seconds before a noose from nowhere pulls him in.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: The entire soundtrack.
- "Da Jiang Dong Qu" is one of the most emotional and epic ending themes there are to a movie out there. In an entire soundtrack filled with spectacular music, this one stands out from all the others (which is saying a lot).
- Ho Yay: Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang make beautiful music together... and sometimes stand really, really close to each other. The movie is more or less Zhou Yu And Zhuge Liang's Epic Bromance, And Also Some Battles Happened.
- Zhuge Liang seems to bring the Ho Yay with him everywhere really.
- Japanese Love Lin Chiling: Originally a model and appearing in advertisements, Lin Chiling struck a high chord with Japanese audiences for her Yamato Nadeshiko portrayal as Xiao Qiao...and this was her debut film role.
- Magnificent Bastard: Cao Cao... as always.
- Moral Event Horizon: Lampshaded when Cao Cao starts sending the plague-ridden corpses across the river.
- Narm: The last scene has Zhuge Liang wearing a Nice Hat for a change, but his strut combined with the long tassels from the ears make him look like he's listening to an iPod...
- Romantic Plot Tumor: The romance subplot is also a comedic plot tumor woefully out of place in an otherwise serious movie.
- Rule of Cool: Each and every battle sequence. Gold-plated shields, people catching a spear in mid-air and throwing it at somebody else before landing, generals running around on top of shields...