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** And ''again'' in chapter 294 {{spoiler|Ala Alba almost got through army of [[Airborne Mook|Airborne Mooks]] but their path got blocked by two [[Giant Mook|Giant]] [[Airborne Mook|Airborne Mooks]]. Just as they are about to bring the ships down BAM! Negi comes back and one-shots Mooks by piercieng them both with his Titanslayer spear.}}

** [[Meta Guy|Chisame]] recently lampshaded it.

** In chapter 322, done by '''{{spoiler|Ayaka}}''', [[Locked Out of the Loop|of all people]]. Atop of a [[Spider Tank]] and with [[Little Miss Badass|Evangeline]] in tow.

** Chapter 330 {{spoiler|After getting thoroughly stomped by everyone who was ever in KE, Negi and Fate are both down and about to get finished off by Secundum, when in a glorious callback to chapter 51 Eva arrives and stops his attack}}

* ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' was a master of these kinds of moments, as even his debut was a major one. During the final episode (and its extended movie version) of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', a new enemy army appears and proceed to completely overwhelm Kouji. As the Mazinger barely holds itself even a tiny bit together, the Great Mazinger shows up just before the final blow is struck and proceeds to absolutely dominate the new foes. Also something he's fond of doing in remakes, often with a nice big '''THUNDER BREAK''' to blast any number of enemies ready to swarm his allies. Also some really nice descending from the clouds shots.

** A good example of this can be seen in the final episode of ''[[Mazinkaiser]]''. Kouji and Mazinkaiser are trapped in the reactivated Mt. Fuji, Boss Borot is destroyed, Venus Ace is a Mechanical Monster and the Photon Power Plant is lost. Just as the beast that took out Mazinkaiser is about to go after the rest, his wings are clipped by a red streak. The Japanese version pussyfoots around it, but the English dub goes straight to the point:

*** Cue the reappearance of Great Mazinger (who had been out since episode 2) and shows how powerful he is with a ''Double Thunder Break''.

** ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' was also fond of those moments. In the first episode, Duke pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to save Kouji, deploying Grendizer for first time. In another episode, [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] Hikaru Makiba (who had not been an [[Action Girl]] until that moment) pulls another to save Duke.

** In the Dark Tournament arc, Yusuke's newfound demon allies Chu, Rinku, Jin, and Touya get not one but ''two'' such moments.

** Yusuke, exhausted from {{spoiler|his trial with absorbing Genkai's Spirit Orb}}, is sleeping on Keiko under a tree during the Semifinal matches against Team Uraotogi. Three lower-class demons show up and start perving all over Keiko, amping up their threats when they realise that she has Yusuke with her. Just as one of them is about to rip Keiko and Yusuke apart, a yo-yo (Rinku's signature weapon) comes flying out of nowhere and pastes him in the face. The two left standing are left with a resounding [[Oh Crap]] moment when they see Rinku and Chu standing there, ready to defend the unconscious Yusuke. As they wet themselves in fear and turn to run the other way, a particular pair of Demon World ninjas appear and block their path. ''None of the four of them say a single word'' until after the lower-class demons have run away. What follows doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMoH]].

'''Chu:''' *kneels down in front of Yusuke and Keiko* "Nah, love, your boy did all right by me, and I don't forget." }}

** After the tournament is over, {{spoiler|Toguro is dead, Sakyo has detonated the stadium}}, and Yusuke just snapped Keiko out of her [[BSOD]], our heroes are trying to find their way out of the stadium when they come to a dead end that's been completely blocked off by rubble. Our heroes are drained, exhausted, and really probably shouldn't be standing. It seems like they're trapped, when all of a sudden the rubble cracks and then ''splinters into dust''. When the dust clears, four of the most badass minor characters in the series are standing on the other side. The grins on Kurama and Yusuke's faces when they see just who saved their collective behinds are priceless.

** Two different non-typical examples occur in the team's match against Team Masho. In the first, Yusuke was disqualified from the last of the five fights on a technicality due to the opposing team's manager bribing the officials, Hiei and The Masked Fighter have been trapped behind a barrier throughout the entire match and, thus, are disqualified as well, and Kurama lost his (third) match [[It Makes Sense in Context|thanks to the life-sucking plant growing in his bloodstream.]] The only option left to them seems to be [[Token Evil Teammate|Hiei's]] killing spree idea. They are saved from that by [[Determinator|Kuwabara]], who had previously let three [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] fighters beat him senseless to snap them back to normal, draging his broken and bloody body into the ring so that a trained fighter can make it more broken and bloody. The second example occurs during this fight. Kuwabara is rather predictably not doing well. Risho happily informs Kuwabara that his body is tapping into his spirit energy just to keep him moving, meaning he can't summon his spirit sword. Kuwabara takes this in stride and [[Cast From Hit Points|decides to use his own life energy]] to end the match with a double kill, which will count as a win for his side. He says goodbye to his friends, charges in screaming, and grapples Risho in mid-attack. Before Kuwabara can off himself, his love intrest Yukina arrives. [[Power of Love|This give him the strength to]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|bitch-slap Risho across the whole damn stadium.]]

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' manga Chapter 80 shows us that pretty much the ENTIRE cast of side characters is damn awesome. Of course, the main cast also demonstrated their awesomeness, too.

* ''[[.hack]]'': This is basically Balmung's MO. He does it CONSTANTLY, in every installment of the series, in suitably epic fashion. In .hack//SIGN, Balmung rescues Subaru, Mimiru, and Bear from {{spoiler|One of the Phases, which puts people into comas}}. In Legend of the Twilight Bracelet Manga, Balmung swoops in and saves Rena from getting destroyed by a high level monster and teaches Shugo to use the Bracelet. It happens over a dozen times in the games, most notably the first time in Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, before Kite has activated his Bracelet. This tendency of his is parodied in the GIFT bonus episode.

* Basically happens [[Once an Episode]] in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]], usually done by Homura.

* If you are watching anything from [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and there seems to be no hope for the heroes, expect [[Captain Harlock]] to show up out of freaking nowhere and [[Ramming Always Works|ram the bad guy with his spaceship]]. [[Continuity Cameo|Even if he's not a major character]].

* Captain Falcon gets a VERY badass one in episode 47 of the ''[[F-Zero]]'' anime.