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* Why has the original series not gotten enough credit? Okay, let's explain it. You...kill...God. And Satan. And pretty much everybody in your way. This is one of the original [[Omnicidal Neutral]] games.
** Considering that YHVH is depicted in this game as an S-class [[Complete Monster]], his destruction definitely warrants a spot here. From the Aeon Genesis translation:
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== [[Shin Megami Tensei III
* Thor (yes, [[All Myths Are True|that Thor]]) {{spoiler|knocking Isamu out in one strike and then ''sucking out his Magatsuhi.''}}
* When [[Alpha Bitch|weak rich girl]] Chiaki {{spoiler|fuses herself with Gozu-Tennoh, becoming a [[Nightmare Fuel|freakish version of her former self]] with a pulsating demonic arm. She then goes on to lead a massacre of the Manikins, who just happen to be the closest thing to ordinary humans in the game world}}. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH2DCsouXHs here].
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** Don't forget Cielo {{spoiler|blasting one of Bat's wings off and saving Sera, thus allowing the beating mentioned above without Bat to worry about.}}
* Gale earns his own CMoA after {{spoiler|Lupa's death, promising him to take his message to his child, and then [[Not So Stoic|breaking out]] of his usual [[Stoic|coldness]] to say:}}
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* And of course, {{spoiler|the freaking scene before the final fight! With Serph pushing himself even beyond the paralysis imposed on him by the closest thing to a god's will in that world, and still managing to transform, and reach out to Sera and Angel, breaking his comrades free of the paralysis, and cue to the final battle.}}
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** That's it? Come on! Heat has a WAY better line in that scene:
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* Two for the ''player'': {{spoiler|beating the Hitoshura and Satan}}. [[Nintendo Hard]] boss in comparison to a game series that is already [[Nintendo Hard]]? You seriously can't say that you don't feel like the biggest badass ever after kicking their asses. [[Harder Than Hard|No matter how many times it took you.]]
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* Cielo's moment to step up comes when {{spoiler|facing the leader of Tribhvana, who had gone mad enough to devour his own partners, which unleashed the [[Beware the Nice Ones|usually calm Cielo's fury]], who's ready to kick his ass, but instead of killing him, [[Shut UP, Hannibal|he ends up making him realize what he's done]], and makes him ''regret it''.}}
* The later half of the game is ''full'' of Crowning Moments of Awesome for the ''[[Big Damn Heroes|entire supportive cast!!]]'' '''And this here is getting into serious spoilers''', {{spoiler|'cause it's all about [[Heroic Sacrifices]].}}
** Argilla and Ronald {{spoiler|sacrificing themselves in order to stop the so far [[The Dragon|unstoppable beast, Meganada]]. [[Face Death
** Gale {{spoiler|, after granting his comrades an opportunity to go forth [[You Shall Not Pass|by facing Angel by himself]], reveals to her his original identity, [[Luke, I Am Your Father|that of her dead lover, David]], and [[An Aesop|gives her a speech about David's honorable intentions]], and when she attemps to kill her, he doesn't make any effort on avoiding the attack, but instead, [[Taking You
** Cielo's {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]] probably comes as [[Tear Jerker|the most touching of them all]]. After [[It Has Been an Honor|saying goodbye to Sera and promising to meet her again in Nirvana (Read: Heaven/Afterlife)]], [[Someone Has to Die|he does what he has to do]], and proceeds to charge against military jets and missiles ''[[Load-Bearing Hero|all by himself!]]'' He cuts a jet's wing with his own, flies around the missiles causing them to clash against one another, while using the final two to knock down another jet. And finally, [[How Much More Can He Take?|with his whole body bleeding and his limbs cut]], [[Self-Destructive Charge|he charges]] ''[[Self-Destructive Charge|through]]'' [[Self-Destructive Charge|the last jet]], blowing it entirely. Even if you saw it coming, the moment is still ''that'' strong.}}
*** {{spoiler|Even the fact that he could have used his lasers (which he lampshades later himself) didn't do anything to take away from the moment.}}
** Even Heat's {{spoiler|last moments come as surprising, seeing as he's about to die and can't do anything about it, he uses [[Final Speech|his last words]] to [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...|tell Serph to take care of Sera]], even to the point of demanding him to tell her he killed him, [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|so that she doesn't have to feel guilty]]. [[It Has Been an Honor|It's no surprise to see Serph carrying his corpse in his arms after that]].}}
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* The Main Character pulls one off on the third day of the Tokyo Lockdown, by beating up an (almost) immortal demon that was going to kill hundreds of people. How does he do it? {{spoiler|With a picture of mistletoe on a cellphone strap.}}
** And that doesn't mean all of his special attacks and magic suddenly started working on the demon either; The Main Character goes toe-to-toe and ''beats the demons down with his fists''. Whether he's wearing the strap on around his wrist or [[Improbable Weapon User|using his cell phone as a knuckle duster]] is totally up to whatever the player feels would be most awesome.
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* The Neutral path ending becomes a CMOA for artificial intelligences everywhere, as {{spoiler|the "enlightened" Arthur refuses to return to Earth with the crew and detonates the Schwarzwelt from within using a nuclear device strapped to the four Cosmic Eggs, both to save Earth from the Schwarzwelt as well as to prevent mankind from misusing the vast supernatural knowledge he has gained. Arthur, we [[Manly Tears|salute you]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard|Mastema]]}} as he falls, defeated, in Horologium. He curses you, and rages and screams... and then {{spoiler|[[Louis Cypher|Louisa Ferre]]}} appears, calls him out on his ridiculous pretenses and rubs on his face how low he's fallen.
* Sealing {{spoiler|[[Ungrateful Bastard|the Demiurge]]}} [[Sealed Evil in
* [[A Father to His Men|Commander Gore]], {{spoiler|restored by the power of the Ubergestalt, [[Back From the Dead|comes back]] and implores you to [[Dare to Be Badass]] and to [[Evil Is Not a Toy|ignore the temptations the demons and angels offer]] [[Take Up My Sword|to finish the mission]]. If you agree to his request, he empowers you to see Mem Aleph and ''thanks'' you and the crew, finally fading into the greater beyond}}. One of the few occasions in the series where you're praised by choosing the higher path, and a CMOH to boot.
* Watching the demon lords of each sector lose their marbles by means of a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].
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