History Awesome / BlackLagoon

** After the gunman and his brother put up a decent fight for a couple chapters each, their third brother (a ColdSniper) will surely give Rock and Revy some trouble right? Nope. As the man lines up his shot on them, Rock reveals he's already taken care of things as [[IKnowYoureWatchingMe he looks right at the sniper]]. To top it off, Rock even does a FingerGun gesture at the man, giving him just enough time to realize something's wrong before Eda, who has casually strolled up completely unnoticed behind him (with a huge shit-eating grin on her face and listing to "[[Music/TheGoodies Wild Thing]]" on her walkman), knocks him off the roof with a baseball bat to his head.

* In the omake where everyone's telling ghost stories Rock's story was the one that scared everyone. Including Hansel and Gretel. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It also]] frightened [[MagnificentBitch Balalaika]] so much that she asks [[TheDragon Boris]] to accompany her to the bathroom.

*** "There are two things to remember when you're begging for your life; one is to entertain the person who hold the gun, the two is to give them enough reason to be convinced. Now, you don't have fullfiled any of this two yet. Now, dance! What obligation do I have to save you?" "...You're mistaken. It's not an obligation. [[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism "Justice" is just means.]] I only have one reason: [[ChaoticGood It's MY HOBBY.]]" "Hobby?" "Yeah. If some folks enjoying dying in gutter, there also people with hobby like mine. [[NotSoDifferentEemark I'm just the same with you."]]

** 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 completely WRECKS the deadly trio of [[KnifeNut Shenhua]], [[ChainsawGood Sawyer the Cleaner]] and Rotton the Wizard. It starts when Shenhua goes after Roberta, only to have one of her kukris caught in Roberta's teeth before she SHATTERS IT TO BITS with an absolutely terrifying SlasherSmile. Then Sawyer comes in and tries to chainsaw her, only for the Bloodhound to destroy the chain with her gun barrel, leaving both women utterly ''petrified'' (it doesn't help that Roberta is in full bore [[AxCrazy Mad Dog mode]], best shown in the anime where she is snarling like a GOD DAMN WOLF). Rotton comes in and just barely stops her from finishing Shenhua and Sawyer, only to get kicked square in the balls through his groin protector. And just to put the icing on the cake, when little Fabiola tries to make her see reason, she makes the poor girl cringe in fear simply by [[BreakingSpeech talking to her about their master]] in the most [[DissonantSerenity dissonantly serene]] voice. Holy Shit does not even ''begin'' to describe it.

** 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 '''China Lake grenade launcher''' out the [[HammerSpace back of her dress]] (and even Revy, who generally knows her guns, 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.

* [[CriticalHit Revy killing Torch.]]

*** "There are two things to remember when you're begging for your life; one is to entertain the person who hold the gun, the two is to give them enough reason to be convinced. Now, you don't have fullfiled any of this two yet. Now, dance! What obligation do I have to save you?" "...You're mistaken. It's not an obligation. [[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism "Justice" is just means.]] I only have one reason: [[ChaoticGood It's MY HOBBY.]]" "Hobby?" "Yeah. If some folks enjoying dying in gutter, there also people with hobby like mine. [[NotSoDifferent I'm just the same with you."]]

** Basically everything Revy does is emblematic of this trope.

* While Chang can easily out-GunsAkimbo ''Revy'' (with infinitely more [[RuleOfCool style]]), the real reason his spot here's overdue is because he manages to keep the peace between the other crime heads. (Read: the Columbians forcing and bungling their own agenda, the Italians who apparently have a tradition of antagonizing everyone else, and [[AxCrazy Balalaika]].) Without him playing the role of OnlySaneMan, there's a good chance a typical meeting would end up sparking World War III.

*** Another one during Fujiyama is when he makes Chaka slip on the floor with cleaning fluid and then proceeds to bash the asshole in the head. With a bowling pin and a PrecisionFStrike: "Fuck you!"

** And then there's the crazy chase scene where Roberta manages to overtake the Lagoon company's car, which has to be traveling at upwards of 60-70 MPH, ''on foot''. Before leaping onto the trunk with a ''trench knife''.

** As well as his {{plan}} used to stop Roberta's rampage in ''El Baile de La Muerte''. It doesn't go off without a hitch, but Rock manages to manipulate the events of the arc to a degree that Eda is honestly impressed. [[spoiler: She even lets him go when Rock reveals he's onto the fact that Chang holds so much power because somebody allows him - impressive, considering what happened to the last guy who was onto something there.]]

*** And just when 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.]] [[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??!!]]

** Or when she stops Revy and [[{{Battle Butler}} Roberta]] from continuing their fight to the death, prompting Dutch to say that the three scariest women on the face of the Earth were in a confrontation and he had no desire to get in the middle of it.
** Or her confrontation with [[spoiler:the leader of the Washimine-gumi]]. He attacks her; she easily grabs him, tells him -- with a smile -- that yeah, they ''could'' cooperate, but that is for pencil pushers; she just wants to rule. Then she ''[[NeckSnap snaps his neck]]'', thus putting any lingering doubts about her [[LawfulEvil evilness]] to rest.

** The small BatmanGambit they used to get away from their pursuers (via [[spoiler: bribing two local orphans to dress like them and take their places, using them as decoys and getting them killed instead of themselves]]) was rather smart, too. [[KickTheDog If pretty cruel.]]

* Eda gets hers in the manga, when she becomes the first character to ''really'' [[spoiler: make Mr. Chang lose his cool]].

** [[spoiler: Up to this point, it's been hinted that Eda is working as an undercover CIA agent. Chang has just gotten through telling Eda that his organization are neither allies or lapdogs of the American government, and that the only reason he's working with them is to get something in return. Eda turns it around instantly, by reminding Chang that, not only does she '''not''' represent a "holier-than-thou" mentality, but that all of the agencies like hers and the states themselves collectively are the United States; a hydra. To top it, Eda reminds Chang that, where he can bring gangs and companies to heel, Eda has the ability to bring entire ''nations'' to ruin. Not only is it awesome because it puts Chang in his place, it also shows who the truly dangerous people are in Black Lagoon.]]
* It's combined with MoodWhiplash and SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} but let's hear it for [[JokeCharacter Rotton]], [[spoiler:distracting [[ImplacableMan Roberta]] long enough that she ''DOESN'T'' shoot Shenhua and Sawyer to death.]]

* In the omake where everyone's telling ghost stories [[spoiler: Rock's]] story was the one that scared everyone. Including Hansel and Gretel. [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It also]] frightened [[MagnificentBitch Balalaika]] so much that she asks [[TheDragon Boris]] to accompany her to the bathroom.]]

* 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, more precisely in the OVA (in the manga this was not the case) [[spoiler: to hurt Roberta in a significant fashion]].

** 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 '''China Lake 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.

** After the gunman and his brother put up a decent fight for a couple chapters each, their third brother (a ColdSniper) will surely give Rock and Revy some trouble right? Nope. As the man lines up his shot on them, Rock reveals he's already taken care of things as he looks right at the sniper. To top it off, Rock even does a FingerGun gesture at the man, giving him just enough time to realize something's wrong before Eda, who has casually strolled up completely unnoticed behind him (with a huge shit-eating grin on her face and listing to "[[Music/TheGoodies Wild Thing]]" on her walkman), knocks him off the roof with a baseball bat to his head.

** 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!"]]

*** This is followed by Dutch's great line: "Amen, Hallelujah, and peanut butter." Both a Crowning Moment of Awesome and a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
*** The line was so awesome that, when the show was aired on Toonami, the line was used in one of the bumpers for the show (which doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny).

* It's combined with MoodWhiplash and CrowningMomentOfFunny but let's hear it for [[JokeCharacter Rotton]], [[spoiler:distracting [[ImplacableMan Roberta]] long enough that she ''DOESN'T'' shoot Shenhua and Sawyer to death.]]

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

** After the gunman and his brother put up a decent fight for a couple chapters each, their third brother (a ColdSniper) will surely give Rock and Revy some trouble right? Nope. As the man lines up his shot on them, Rock reveals he's already taken care of things as he looks right at the sniper. To top it off, Rock even does a FingerGun gesture at the man, giving him just enough time to realize something's wrong before Eda, who has casually strolled up completely unnoticed behind him (with a huge shit-eating grin on her face and listing to "[[Music/TheGoodies Wild Thing" on her walkman), knocks him off the roof with a baseball bat to his head.

** After the gunman and his brother put up a decent fight for a couple chapters each, their third brother (a ColdSniper) will surely give Rock and Revy some trouble right? Nope. As the man lines up his shot on them, Rock reveals he's already taken care of things as he looks right at the sniper. To top it off, Rock even does a FingerGun gesture at the man, giving him just enough time to realize something's wrong before Eda knocks him off the roof with a baseball bat to his head.

** After the gunman and his brother put up a decent fight for a couple chapters each, their third brother (a ColdSniper) will surely give Rock and Revy some trouble right? Nope. As the man lines up his shot on them, Rock reveals he's already taken care of things as he looks right at the sniper. The man has just enough time to realize something's wrong before Eda knocks him off the roof with a baseball bat to his head.

* While Chang can easily out-GunsAkimbo ''Revy'' (with infinitely more [[RuleOfCool style]]), the real reason his spot here's overdue is because he manages to keep the peace between the other crime heads. (Read: the Columbians forcing and bungling their own agenda, the Italians who apparently have a tradition of antagonising everyone else, and [[AxCrazy Balalaika]].) Without him playing the role of OnlySaneMan, there's a good chance a typical meeting would end up sparking World War III.

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** Also, 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.

** 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 one of Shenhua's kukris in her teeth before SHATTERING IT TO BITS WITH THEM (while wearing a SlasherSmile from hell)! Eat your gun out, [[strike:John Rambo]] [[ImplacableMan Terminator!]]
*** 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.]] [[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??!!]]

** 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.

** As well as his {{plan}} used to stop Roberta's rampage in ''El Baile de La Muerte''.