History Awesome / BlackLagoon

** Despite his foolishness and idealism, he's competent enough and is so far the only character who indulges in protection like bulley-proof vests; he may as well be an ordinary RedShirt if he isn't clever.

** Despite his foolishness and idealism, he's competent enough and is so far the only character who indulges in protection like bulley-proof vests; he may as well be an ordinary RedShirt if he isn't GenreSavvy.

** The ''El Baile de La Muerte'' manga arc shows provides her with several Moments of Awesome, but the cake goes to the time where she stops [[ChainsawGood Sawyer the Cleaner]] and promptly destroys her Chainsaw using her gun barrel. Then kicks Rotton the Wizard in the balls, through his groin protector, and she makes little Fabiola cringe in fear simply by [[BreakingSpeech talking to her about their master.]] And in the start of that scene, she catches Shenhua's throwing blade, and SNAPS IT WITH HER TEETH (while wearing a SlasherSmile from hell)! Eat your gun out, [[strike:John Rambo]] [[ImplacableMan Terminator!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"YEAAAH!'' YOU GOT ''FUCKED!"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"YEAH!'' YOU GOT ''FUCKED!"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yeah!'' YOU GOT ''FUCKED!"'']]

->'''Mother Yolanda:''' ''Eda! What have I told you about drinking inside the chapel?''
->'''Sister Eda:''' ''Ah! Sister -''
->'''Mother Yolanda:'''''We'll talk later! First things first...'''[[BadassPreacher we'll deal with these nonbelievers the same way we dealt with the people of Bethshemesh]]'''.''

-> '''Sister Yolanda''': ''Eda! What have I told you about drinking inside the chapel?''
-> '''Eda''': ''Ah! Sister -''
-> '''Sister Yolanda''':''We'll talk later! First things first...'''[[BadassPreacher we'll deal with these nonbelievers the same way we dealt with the people of Bethshemesh]]'''.''
->-- Greenback Jane, part 1 (yes, she does wield [[HandCannon that]] one-handed)

->-- [[http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/127/black_lagoon/chapter.45882/page.20/ Greenback Jane, part 1]] (yes, she does wield [[HandCannon that]] one-handed)

* Revy had already been set up as a maniac GunsAkimbo DarkActionGirl early in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' but the moment that clearly established her true level of badassness was when Dutch casually asks her to take on several boats full of heavily armed pirates. By herself. Leaping from one to the other while they're bouncing along at high speed. Rock can only stare in shocked disbelief as she wipes out the entire fleet, finishing off the last one with a grenade from an M79 grenade launcher as it tries to get away.

* The Gray Foxes deserve a spot here for not only surviving all Roanapur could throw at them and more, but also being the only thing in the series [[spoiler: to hurt Roberta in a significant fashion]].

** [[ImprobableWeaponUser Rescuing Yukio by hitting an armed man in the head with a bowling pin.]]

** It says something where she's not only able to go toe-to-toe with Revy, but ''win'' as well

* Roberta, an ex-FARC-agent-turned-maid, is basically the Terminator. But this is cemented when, after having busted out her ''shotgun umbrella'' on a group of thugs, she turns to them, curtsies...and lets a dozen or so grenades fall from her petticoats. Outside, the Lagoon crew watch the bar explode. Minutes late, backlit by flames...Roberta emerges, unscathed.

**** And who could forget the time he defended himself from Sawyer the Cleaner's three-foot long chainsaw with a metal shelf?

*** And we thought that was the best [[AxCrazy (or worst)]] of her.... watch until she arrives in Golden Triangle. To cut it short, she took out the whole army of Golden Triangle warlords [[spoiler:with nothing but a musket and flintlocks. Yes. You read it. MUSKET AND FLINTLOCKS. In MAID DRESS.]]
**** Of course [[spoiler:that Musket & Flintlocks is actually modified & loaded with SABOT rounds, capable of burning through body armor & steel like a hot knife through butter, but that just increase Roberta's awesomeness. HOW'S THAT for improvisation??!!]]
** What, no mention of the fact that in Chapter 15 of the ''El Baile de La Muerte'' she fires a Barrett M82 sniper rifle with attached grenade launcher ONE-HANDED? REPEATEDLY?!!! If that's not badass, I don't know what is.
***** Now, now, we can't forget about Miss Fabiola Iglesias herself. She may not be on Roberta's level, but when she gets out of being held down by boot-knifing a guy in the balls, then cleaning out the bar in the same manner Roberta did before casually pulling a grenade launcher out the [[HammerSpace back of her dress]] (and even Revy had to ask "the FUCK is that?!" at this point) and blowing the reinforcements and their .50 caliber machine gun to hell. Not bad considering this was her FIRST real battle.

* Hansel and Gretel themselves have many moments that would be listed on this page if the awesomeness weren't trumped by the terror aspect. I mean, they're [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] who do in fact, casually and giggling, take out a bar full of people without breaking a sweat, including some of the above-mentioned Balalaika's men (who, you recall, could fight and win World War III), and almost any other pair of people who sound ''turned on'' by the [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence idea of everyone coming to kill them]] would be on this page, not to mention their successful BatmanGambit to divert almost all of the bounty hunters...the fact that they're [[ChildSoldiers maybe ten at the oldest]] transforms the awesome into freaky, though.

*** This sentiment is echoed by Rock's VA, BradSwaile, who claims this line to be his favorite in the series.

* Rock himself actually got one or two. His first was his deft negotiation with the Church of Violence, netting Lagoon Company the entirety of their requested items and showing that he was just as dangerous as anyone else on the crew, merely in a different way. His second was just a few minutes later, standing up to [[{{DarkActionGirl}} Revy]], verbally tearing her to shreds, and proving that [[BadassPacifist he had more spirit and determination than anyone up to that point had ever given him credit for]].
** This troper would argue that Rock got his first CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the second episode, when he comes up with the plan for torpedoing a battle helicopter mid-air -- which is then ''pulled off'', with Rock giving the helicopter the finger with a smile as the Lagoon sails on by. [[PrecisionFStrike "You got FUCKED!"]]

* [[SociopathicHero Balalaika]] gets hers when she "deals" with Hansel. This troper first thought the couple would be another "super human terminator," but was delighted by the fact that Balalaika simply did her ShutUpHannibal to Hansel's AxCrazy talk and signaled her sniper to blow his extremities off. And watched him die. "I said [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ116EVYVP4 'KNEEL!']]"
** This Troper considered it a Crowning Moment because of the reaction Balalaika had while Hansel was dying. She didn't express any sympathy for the twins, but... "You don't even understand, do you? ... I'm... feeling a bit tired." Balalaika is a {{Badass}} for sure, even when she's not actively kicking it.

* [[HeroicSociopath Balalaika]] gets hers when she "deals" with Hansel. This troper first thought the couple would be another "super human terminator," but was delighted by the fact that Balalaika simply did her ShutUpHannibal to Hansel's AxCrazy talk and signaled her sniper to blow his extremities off. And watched him die. "I said [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ116EVYVP4 'KNEEL!']]"

* Hansel and Gretel themselves have many moments that would be listed on this page if the awesomeness weren't trumped by the NightmareFuel aspect. I mean, they're [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] who do in fact, casually and giggling, take out a bar full of people without breaking a sweat, including some of the above-mentioned Balalaika's men (who, you recall, could fight and win World War III), and almost any other pair of people who sound ''turned on'' by the [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence idea of everyone coming to kill them]] would be on this page, not to mention their successful BatmanGambit to divert almost all of the bounty hunters...the fact that they're [[ChildSoldiers maybe ten at the oldest]] transforms the awesome into freaky, though.

* In the omake where everyone's telling ghost stories [[spoiler: Rock's]] story was the one that scared everyone. INCLUDING [[NightmareFuel HANSEL AND GRETEL]]. [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny It also]] frightened [[MagnificentBitch Balalaika]] so much that she asks [[TheDragon Boris]] to accompany her to the bathroom.]]

** The ''El Baile de La Muerte'' manga arc shows provides her with several Moments of Awesome, but the cake goes to the time where she stops [[ChainsawGood Sawyer the Cleaner]] and promptly destroys her Chainsaw using her gun barrel. Then kicks Rotton the Wizard in the balls, through his groin protector, and she makes little Fabiola cringe in fear simply by [[HannibalLecture talking to her about their master.]] And in the start of that scene, she catches Shenhua's throwing blade, and SNAPS IT WITH HER TEETH (while wearing a SlasherSmile from hell)! Eat your gun out, [[strike:John Rambo]] [[ImplacableMan Terminator!]]

-> '''Sister Yolanda''':''We'll talk later! First things first...'''[[Main/DeaderThanDead we'll deal with these nonbelievers the same way we dealt with the people of Bethshemesh]]'''.''

*** A banter of HannibalLecture.

* Revy had already been set up as a maniac GunsAkimbo DarkActionGirl early in ''BlackLagoon'' but the moment that clearly established her true level of badassness was when Dutch casually asks her to take on several boats full of heavily armed pirates. By herself. Leaping from one to the other while they're bouncing along at high speed. Rock can only stare in shocked disbelief as she wipes out the entire fleet, finishing off the last one with a grenade from an M79 grenade launcher as it tries to get away.