History Awesome / Astroboy

* At one point during the show's title sequence, Astro Boy [[AcceptableTargets is seen taking down a group of]] [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan KKK members]] ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/astroboy1963.jpg at least people resembling them]]). Considering the series was made during the height of UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, this made many African-Americans extremely happy back when it was airing on American television in the early 60s. Especially knowing Creator/OsamuTezuka strongly supported the Civil Rights Movement and hated segregation.

* Volume 15: Astro Boy smashes through a ''triple layered'' safe to get to criminal Skunk.

--> '''Astro Boy:''' Who're you calling a monster?

* When Pluto and Astro Boy first fight, Professor Ochamizu intervenes by telling Pluto, a two-story tall metal behemoth, that if he wants to fight Astro Boy, he has to go through him first. When Pluto rises to Astro Boy's taunt, the professor headbutts his leg to get his attention, and tells him very firmly that he's not allowed to fight Astro Boy. ''Pluto listens''.

* Dr O'Shay's secretary Yoko gets one when she disregards his orders to evacuate, and returns to save him from Tenma's robot dog. With a laser gun.

* After spending almost the entire show as a KarmaHoudini, in the second-to-last episode Mr. Drake makes one last attempt to destroy Astro by stealing a HumongousMecha and then crosses the MoralEventHorizon (for the umpteenth time) by trying to shoot Astro's friends out of the sky. This manages to jog enough of Astro's memory to reactivate his powers and dish out an ''effortless'' CurbStompBattle to Drake in a matter of seconds. Followed by Drake ''finally'' being arrested for his crimes.

* After [[spoiler: Astro is captured and deactivated, Dr. Tenma suddenly turns on Stone and, with Dr. Elefun's help, snatches the Blue Core so he can reactivate Astro, assure him that despite not being Toby Astro is still Tenma's son, and send Astro off to escape while Tenma and Elefun face the military]]. The interaction between [[spoiler:Astro and Tenma]] makes this the SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} too.
* Astro [[spoiler:defeats a coliseum full of robots, slows a falling island enough to minimize damage and casualties, and flips a ''skyscraper-sized'' baddie that has absorbed most of the air force's weaponry over his head.]] Astro is BadassAdorable, plain and simple.

* The reveal that [[spoiler: Cora came from Metro City like Astro/Toby]] becomes pretty awesome when you realize [[spoiler: Cora must be pretty stalwart to go from a pampered, run-away kid rebelling her parents to this street-smart, street-wise surface-dweller. And no one was the wiser.]]

* At one point during the show's title sequence, Astro Boy [[AcceptableTargets is seen taking down a group of]] [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan KKK members]] ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/astroboy1963.jpg at least people resembling them]]). Considering the series was made during the height of UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, this made many African-Americans fans extremely happy back when it was airing on American television. Especially knowing Creator/OsamuTezuka strongly supported the Civi Rights Movement.

* After [[spoiler: Astro is captured and deactivated, Dr. Tenma suddenly turns on Stone and, with Dr. Elefun's help, snatches the Blue Core so he can reactivate Astro, assure him that despite not being Toby Astro is still Tenma's son, and send Astro off to escape while Tenma and Elefun face the military]]. The interaction between [[spoiler:Astro and Tenma]] makes this the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming too.

** The fact that he's voiced by Creator/SamuelLJackson probably made it far more BadAss than it would be if it were anyone else.

* "Escape From Volcano Island" When Astor spins with his ArmCannon and generates a giant shield to protect the boat from the erupting volcano.

** The fact that he's voiced by SamuelLJackson probably made it far more BadAss than it would be if it were anyone else.

* After spending almost the entire show as a KarmaHoudini, in the second-to-last episode Mr. Drake makes one last attempt to destroy Astro by stealing a HumongousMech to destroy him and then crosses the MoralEventHorizon (for the umpteenth time) by trying to shoot Astro's friends out of the sky. This manages to jog enough of Astro's memory to reactivate his powers and dish out a CurbStompBattle to Drake in a matter of seconds. Followed by Drake ''finally'' being arrested for his crimes.

* The scene where Astro learns to fly and then spends a few minutes playing in the clouds, with the scene culminating in his iconic tunnel-through-the-mountain. Whatever your overall opinion of the movie is, if you didn't find this sequence thrilling something is wrong.

* The scene where Astro learns to fly and then spends a few minutes playing in the clouds, with the scene culminating in his iconic tunnel-through-the-mountain. Whatever your overall opinion of the movie is, if you didn't find this sequence thrilling something is wrong.
!!! ''2003 series''
* Astro is getting his butt badly kicked by a mind-controlled Atlas. Pavlos, creator of the mind-control chip, is closing in for the kill, when suddenly Atlas is no longer responding to his commands...

-->'''Pavlos:''' I don't understand. I must have tested that chip a hundred times.
-->'''Tenma:''' ''(taking over his screen)'' Then you should be happy to know it's still functional. But I am blocking its signal.

[[VillainousRescue Then he destroys all of the chips with a long range wave. Effortlessly.]]

* Dr O'Shay's secretary Yoko gets one when she disregards his orders to evacuate, and returns to save him from Tenma's robot dog. With a laser gun.
--> '''Yoko:''' Put a muzzle on it, Tenma.

[[VillainousRescue Then he destroys all of the chips with a long range wave. Effortlessly.]]

--> '''Zog:''' I'm Old School.

* Zog, the giant robot Astro revived, is about to crush Hammegg who wronged them underneath his foot. Hammegg protests that he can't, due to the laws of robotics, which have apparently been in use for 50 years. Zog, who was built far earlier than that (100 years earlier), simply says:

* Zog, the giant robot Astro revived, is about to crush a human who wronged them underneath his foot. The human protests that he can't, due to the laws of robotics, which have apparently been in use for 50 years. Zog, who was built far earlier than that, simply says: