Super Robot Wars/Awesome: Difference between revisions

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* We should probably first point out that many units' strongest attacks or [[Combination Attack|Combination Attacks]] are actually taken from a Crowning Moment in their own series.

** Special mention goes to the Go Nagai team of Grendizer, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and Getter Robo performing the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfEIAKpJP14 Final Dynamic Special].

* A behind-the-scenes one: during negotiations to license ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' for SRW, some Gainax executives were reluctant to give permission because they were worried having Eva [[Super Deformed]] would be bad for its image. When Hideaki Anno, Eva's director, learned of this, he got pissed and delivered a verbal bitchslap to the execs along the lines of "No one is going to prevent ''my'' Eva from fighting alongside the likes of ''[[Mazinger Z|Mazinger]]'' and ''[[Getter Robo|Getter]]''!"

* A behind-the-scenes one: during negotiations to license ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' for SRW, some Gainax executives were reluctant to give permission because they were worried having Eva [[Super-Deformed]] would be bad for its image. When Hideaki Anno, Eva's director, learned of this, he got pissed and delivered a verbal bitchslap to the execs along the lines of "No one is going to prevent ''my'' Eva from fighting alongside the likes of ''[[Mazinger Z|Mazinger]]'' and ''[[Getter Robo|Getter]]''!"

** Anno got another one more recently: As soon as ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' became available, he called up SRW director Takanobu Terada - at roughly 2 in the morning - and asked "So, do you still have any room left for ''Gurren Lagann'' in your games?" Seriously.

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** In ''Alpha 1'' Asuka gets to beat the crap out of the Titans, and when the MP EVA's show up, Londo Bell gets a kickass [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment where they proceed to utterly [[Curb Stomp Battle]] the final EVA enemy, ''with Shinji Ikari leading the charge!''.

** In ''Alpha 3'', the moment belongs to Shinji Ikari again. When the events of End of Evangelion play out, we get to the point where {{spoiler|humanity is melting into goo}}, but instead of going screamingly insane, Shinji gets ''royally pissed off'', marches down to [[Elaborate Underground Base|Terminal Dogma]] and gives his father a piece of his mind. And by "piece of his mind", this troper means a "robot-sized katana to the face".

*** The whole level is pretty much a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the Alpha Numbers (protagonist group in the Alpha games), as they're effectively <s>kicking</s> ''[[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|Bright Slapping]]'' the crap out of the merged Shinji/Eva Unit-01/MP Evas + Tree of Life, also known as [[God]]. This is while, by all rights, they ''ought'' to be melting into LCL, but they're just too damn [[Hot Blooded]] to turn into goo.

*** The whole level is pretty much a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the Alpha Numbers (protagonist group in the Alpha games), as they're effectively <s>kicking</s> ''[[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|Bright Slapping]]'' the crap out of the merged Shinji/Eva Unit-01/MP Evas + Tree of Life, also known as [[God]]. This is while, by all rights, they ''ought'' to be melting into LCL, but they're just too damn [[Hot-Blooded]] to turn into goo.

** After watching End of Evangelion and seeing how nigh indestructible and horrific the MP Evas were, who doesn't get satisfaction out of seeing them in a SRW game get utterly ripped to shreds by Mazinkaiser's Fire Blaster, Shin Getter's Shin Spark, SRX's Buster Cannon, [[Gao Gai Gar]]'s Goldion Hammer, Sanger's Zankantou etc.

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* 'SRW @3'. During the [[Gao Gai Gar]] Final storyline, everybody was under the influence of the 11 Lords of Sol's chemicals, causing them to feel relaxed to the point where they don't care about anything, even if Guy is getting his ass handed to him by Palpelapa(or however you spell it). Some people were immune to this though, the GGG mechs (who were switched off), Hiroshi Jeeg (who's a cyborg), Rei (who's.....an emotionless clone I guess) and the Virtual On guys (fourth wall breakers and ''maybe'' robots themselves). But one person was not only immune to these chemicals but actually manages to get the rest of the group to snap out it.....with his rock music! His name? Nekki Basara of 'Macross 7'! Why could he resist the chemical? Uh....because he's too hotblooded I guess.

** Actually, Basara resisting the stuff may be because he has {{spoiler|the Anima Spiritia}}. Depending on your perspective, that might as well translate into "too [[Hot Blooded]]."

** Actually, Basara resisting the stuff may be because he has {{spoiler|the Anima Spiritia}}. Depending on your perspective, that might as well translate into "too [[Hot-Blooded]]."

** Basara gets another moment of awesome during the Information High level. {{spoiler|Sharon Apple}} had already screwed over your team by effectively nullifying and locking all unit abilities and seishins. [[Luck Based Mission|After barely killing a few Ghost X-9's]], he shows up, plays "Holy Lonely Light", and suddenly your team is charged with so much [[Hot Blood]] the Battle 7 is free {{spoiler|from Sharon Apple and ZAFT's control}}, and you team is back to normal, and much [[Badass]] ensues.

** Basara gets another moment of awesome during the Information High level. {{spoiler|Sharon Apple}} had already screwed over your team by effectively nullifying and locking all unit abilities and seishins. [[Luck-Based Mission|After barely killing a few Ghost X-9's]], he shows up, plays "Holy Lonely Light", and suddenly your team is charged with so much [[Hot Blood]] the Battle 7 is free {{spoiler|from Sharon Apple and ZAFT's control}}, and you team is back to normal, and much [[Badass]] ensues.

* General Bat gets his in ''Alpha Gaiden'' by fighting the Preventers/Irregulars in Shin Getter Robo, despite the fact even sitting in the pilot seat is slowly killing him despite the use of a device to lessen the getter rays effects on him but shin getter still emits so much getter energy that it is still harming him, but he doesn't give a shit as long as he gets to take the Getter Team with him, and manages to survive ''point blank getter ray poisoning'' afterwards so he can make a defiant last stand in front of Machineland when you have to fight him and [[That One Boss|Emperor Gore]], pretty much establishing himself as [[Crazy Awesome|insanely]] [[Determinator|determined]] [[Badass]].

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** The Radam path was pretty badass too - you go through the Tekkaman Blade finale mostly keeping to canon (with the usual accounting for SRW craziness)... but when D-Boy loses his personality and memories, running purely on hatred for the Radam, leaving Aki to mourn his cruel fate to fight alone... Ruri chimes in out of nowhere with a "He's not alone." and jumps down with the rest of the gang, ready to rip Omega and the Radam remnants a new one. They then all proceed to call out to D-Boy, and end up dodging the Bad End the anime had by having D-Boy reclaim himself and then proceed to beat the living shit out of Omega.

** Also, Blade and Evil having a final duel in Stage 50. Alone. Kill him and he transform into Blaster form, and so does Blade. And they have a second duel. All while [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Masquerade]] is playing as the BGM. Its as awesome as it sounds. {{spoiler|It's also a [[Tear Jerker]] since, having a twist from the anime, Shinya/Evil is able to revert back to his own personality ''and'' helps D-Boy/Blade to break out from surrounding Radam Beasts, ending the stage by [[Heroic Sacrifice|blowing himself up along with all "enemies" around him]].}}

** ZAFT route is no slouch either. {{spoiler|[[Gundam SEED Astray|Gai Murakumo]]}} breaks into the bridge of ''Dominion'' in Stage 50, delivers an epic beatdown to Azrael (including a [[Shout Out]] to Rom Stoll), and evacuates everyone (including Flay and Natrale) from the ship, leaving Azrael to die alone. Due to this twist, Mu's life is also spared and directly leads to [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Colbert]]'s death.

** ZAFT route is no slouch either. {{spoiler|[[Gundam SEED Astray|Gai Murakumo]]}} breaks into the bridge of ''Dominion'' in Stage 50, delivers an epic beatdown to Azrael (including a [[Shout-Out]] to Rom Stoll), and evacuates everyone (including Flay and Natrale) from the ship, leaving Azrael to die alone. Due to this twist, Mu's life is also spared and directly leads to [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Colbert]]'s death.

* Stage 53. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnH4bSj2DP8 The Goldion Crusher and Orgun's Grand Cross Attack] that took out the Soul Lords and Evoluders once and for all. Yes, the Goldion Crusher is so bright that Orgun can even use it as a substitute for the Sun for his final attack.

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** Bonus points to this scene for explaining ''why'' 99% of the pilots who execute that move give such a ham-tastic battle cry: ''The command console tells you to do it!''

** Earlier, Rai and Latooni are trying to evacuate Shine when they run into Archibald and his Bioroid [[Elite Mooks]]. They're cornered... and then Gilliam tosses smoke grenades to cover their exit, and leads them to a balcony, revealing that he was snooping around because he [[Genre Savvy|suspected this would happen]]. Archibald and his forces smugly corner them... and Gilliam calmly smirks, tells Shine's party not to worry, and jumps off the balcony... into the arms of his Gespenst Type-R, turning the tables on Archibald, who's shocked that Gilliam was [[Crazy Prepared]] enough to hide a PT right under everyone's noses. For bonus style points, Gilliam is rocking the [[Sharp Dressed Man]] and [[Badass Longcoat]] looks, and his Gespenst showing up is a shoutout to how he used to show up and ruin the heroes days when he was an enemy Boss.

** Earlier, Rai and Latooni are trying to evacuate Shine when they run into Archibald and his Bioroid [[Elite Mooks]]. They're cornered... and then Gilliam tosses smoke grenades to cover their exit, and leads them to a balcony, revealing that he was snooping around because he [[Genre Savvy|suspected this would happen]]. Archibald and his forces smugly corner them... and Gilliam calmly smirks, tells Shine's party not to worry, and jumps off the balcony... into the arms of his Gespenst Type-R, turning the tables on Archibald, who's shocked that Gilliam was [[Crazy Prepared]] enough to hide a PT right under everyone's noses. For bonus style points, Gilliam is rocking the [[Sharp-Dressed Man]] and [[Badass Longcoat]] looks, and his Gespenst showing up is a shoutout to how he used to show up and ruin the heroes days when he was an enemy Boss.

* Episode 8: Ryoto, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|*ahem*]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQCvVzKxeEs&feature=sub docks with Rio with his Boxer(s) still on]

* Episode 9 has two standouts: first, Ratsel's [[Big Damn Heroes]] with Trombe override, dominating Vigagi. Second, the launch of the Astelion.