History Awesome / BurnNotice

-->''I own you.''

* Maddie in 7x03 "Down Range", when Nate's bookie tries to get $80,000 from her. With help from Fiona, she steals the bookie's safe, creates "The Charlie Westen College Fund" with bookie's money, and then blackmails him into leaving her alone by holding his ledger as collateral. She even tops it off with an awesome IronicEcho.

* Maddie in 7x03 "Down Range", when Nate's bookie tries to get $80,000 from her. Not only does she get ger money back, but she also creates "The Charlie Westen College Fund" with "donations" from the bookie.

* An OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for a villain in 4x03, "Made Man." Team Westen needs to bring down a mob boss named Tony, so they convince the boss they've got an army to back him up, so he goes after his rival Gio. They ambush the rival's car, and Tony gets out and confronts Gio and three of his bodyguards. Midway through the confrontation, the "army" packs up and drives off, leaving Tony standing there alone facing down four men with guns and strong opinions. The scene ends with [[BolivianArmyEnding Tony raising his weapon and opening fire in a blaze of enraged defiance.]] And at the end of the episode, it is said that Tony was arrested for killing Gio, meaning that he ''survived'' a gunfight with four armed opponents by himself with no vehicle, backup, or cover.

* In "Turn and Burn" Michael walks into a situation where his client, a hostess [[spoiler: and undercover DEA agent]] who is being stalked by a cartel soldier is beating her and holding both Michael and the client at gunpoint, thinking from some phone records that they're sleeping together. The soldier is in a savage rage and close to shooting both of them. With a few sentences and [[RefugeInAudacity playing his role even harder]], Mike ends the conversation with the cartel soldier frantically apologizing to his "girlfriend" and arranging for a face-to-face meeting with the cartel boss himself.

* In the Season 2 premiere, "Breaking and Entering," Michael's Plan B, complete with a sudden burst of heavy rock as he pulls out a gigantic shotgun from the bag and just begins blasting up the the room.

* In the Season 5 episode "No Good Deed", Michael is trying to escape from the cops, who are searching the building he's in one room at a time. He says, "When your back's against the wall and time is running out, there's nothing like [[YouAreNotAlone seeing an old friend.]]" Cue the arrival of the beautiful black 1973 Dodge Charger that Michael, Fiona, and Mike's brother Nate have been restoring since the beginning of the season. Its enough to give you goose bumps...

* In the Season 5 episode "No Good Deed", Michael is trying to escape from the cops, who are searching the building he's in one room at a time. He says, "When your back's against the wall and time is running out, there's nothing like seeing an old friend." Cue the arrival of the beautiful black 1973 Dodge Charger that Michael, Fiona, and Mike's brother Nate have been restoring since the beginning of the season. Its enough to give you goose bumps...

Come on guys, it's ''BurnNotice''. It has BruceCampbell and StuffBlowingUp! What's more awesome than that?

* In the Season 5 episode "No Good Deed", Michael is trying to escape from the cops, who are searching the building he's in one room at a time. He says, "When your back's against the wall and time is running out, there's nothing like seeing an old friend." Cue Fiona arriving on scene in that beautiful black 1973 Dodge Charger that Michael, Fiona, and Mike's brother Nate have been restoring since the beginning of the season. Its enough to give you goose bumps...

* Jesse resisting interrogation by Riley, though it's also a bit of a TearJeaker. She uses information on his past to try and turn him - information he hasn't even revealed to Team Westen. He remains adamant, even calling the others his family, despite the very obvious temptation to break his morals. Often times in these sorts of situations, Team Westen knows what the captive is risking... but here is a moment of WhatYouAreInTheDark where only Jesse and Riley will know what he gave up to protect his family.

* Michael Westen leads a motorcycle chase from the CIA on foot IN A HOSPITAL!

* One for the "bad" guys: Olivia Riley, Intelligence Expert, comes out of nowhere, blows into the situation, and [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] Team Westen at every turn, very nearly managing to bring them down - something no other antagonist, not even [[MagnificentBastard Anson]], has been able to do.

** Sam's scenes under torture in the season one finale. Every time they hit him, he keeps giving them pointers on what they're doing wrong and mouthing off. His plan is to piss them off further, knowing that a quick death by shooting is better than a slow death by other methods. He even gets a [[SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay coded message]] to Michael and Fiona in his proof-of-life picture . . . telling them NOT to rescue him.

* Team Westen's rescue of a [[HeroicSacrifice reformed]] DirtyCop in the 2012 fall premere. Mike, over radio, demands the thugs assaulting the officer back off. He then identifies himself. "My name is *hits detonator, making a nearby car explode* and I'm with the department of *hits detonator, making another car explode*" Then the whole of Team Westen lays down fire on the thugs to pin them down while the police race to the scene.

-->'''Bly''': "How can you tell?"
-->'''Fiona''': "Because I know explosions. And I know Michael."

* Team Westen's rescue of a [[HeroicSacrifice reformed]] DirtyCop in the new season premier. Mike, over radio, demands the thugs assaulting the officer back off. He then identifies himself. "My name is *hits detonator, making a nearby car explode* and I'm with the department of *hits detonator, making another car explode*" Then the whole of Team Westen lays down fire on the thugs to pin them down while the police race to the scene.

* Michael and Fiona gathering intelligence on a mark while ballroom dancing in 5:11 was pretty awesome...

* Nate Westen and his DynamicEntry when apprehending Anson. "Hey asshole, Michael Westen says hello!"

** Let's not forget about Nate Westen in the A-plot either -- first hotwiring and driving off with a stolen [[CoolCar '69 GTO]] [[BigDamnHeroes just in time]] to keep both Michael and the [[VictimOfTheWeek Client of the Week]] from being executed, '''then''' [[spoiler: disassembling said car, and ''reassembling it, piece by piece, right in the VillainOfTheWeek's own backyard'' in order to [[FramingTheGuiltyParty frame the guilty party]]]]. {{Badass}} takes on many different forms.

-->'''Michael''': You never heard of me because I've never been caught. I've never been caught because I'm careful. That means if a junkie loser comes to me with a deal, I'm smart enough to kill him before he starts jawing off. Just like when a dirty cop comes to me with a deal, that dirty cop doesn't get to walk away! ("Tosses lighter into a ring of gasoline, surrounding the pair within a wall of fire.

-->'''Michael''': You never heard of me because I've never been caught. I've never been caught because I'm careful. That means when if a junkie loser comes to me with a deal, I'm smart enough to kill him before he starts jawing off. Just like when a dirty cop comes to me with a deal, that dirty cop doesn't get to walk away! ("Tosses lighter into a ring of gasoline, surrounding the pair within a wall of fire.

* Michael retrieving the "package" for Ayn is equal parts awesome and completely terrifying. ''Do not mess with Michael Westin's family.''