History Awesome / CSIMiami

** Then there's the time RealityEnsues: in "Guerrillas in the Mist," the bad guy has a weapon that's a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalstorm#Products Metal Storm]] with the SerialNumbersFiledOff. In TheTeaser, it ''vaporizes'' three men. Horatio tracks the baddies down at the airport and comes riding in in his Hummer, which the bad guy destroys. Caine gets out of the burning car and takes aim at just outside of point-blank range. A staredown ensues.

** Then there's the time RealityEnsues: in "Guerrillas in the Mist", the bad guy has a weapon that's a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalstorm#Products Metal Storm]] with the SerialNumbersFiledOff. In TheTeaser, it ''vaporizes'' three men. Horatio tracks the baddies down at the airport and comes riding in in his Hummer, which the bad guy destroys. Caine gets out of the burning car and takes aim at just outside of point-blank range. A staredown ensues.

** There is also the episode "Gone Baby Gone" Where Horatio's FriendToAllChildren thing comes into play when he and his team saves a young 10 month old from being kidnapped and kills the kidnapper.
* In the episode "On The Hook" a corrupt parole officer is just about to rape one of his clients in his trailer, but then Horatio comes in and rips him off of her before pointing his gun at the guy. The guy mockingly asks Horatio if he's going to kill him. Horatio replies, saying that while it's tempting, he'd rather give the guy a taste of what the rest of his life would be like, and promptly throws the parole officer out of the window.

* In the season one finale, Horatio and Calleigh each get one. There's been a jail break, and two of the escaped cons have vendettas against the team (Hank Kerner is after Calleigh because she could put him in the electric chair with her testimony, and Stewart Otis is a child molester/killer who wants to hurt Horatio). The moments are as follows:

** As for Horatio, first he rescues Otis' initial target (she had been buried alive but he got her out just in time), and then he manages to find Otis at the aquarium, where he was going after his second target. There's an excellent shot of Otis watching a shark with a dreamy-eyed expression... and then he turns to see Horatio glaring at him in a way that would make a Great White envious. After a brief chase, Horatio manages to catch Otis, who falls over the edge during the scuffle. Horatio pulls the guy to safety, even after Otis slashes his hand twice. As Otis is being arrested, he tells Horatio that he'll get out again, because it's his nature. Horatio replies "And I'll be waiting, because that's my nature."
* In Season 3's ''Crime Wave'', a Tsunami hits Miami while Horatio and Delko are dealing with a planned heist. They are able to save the hostages and lock themselves into a vault to protect themsleves from the dangerous waves. The awesome part? Horatio was able to outrun the wave right when the Tsunami was within a good few inches while carrying an injured woman.

* ''Series/CSIMiami'': Horatio Caine spends most of his screen-time trying to pull these off. [[{{Narm}} Most would dispute that he succeeds all that often]], though one time he does: "All In": Cornered by four gangsters with automatic weapons in Brazil, Horatio, who speaks fluent Spanish, responds "Como?" to their Portuguese threats. In the instant their leader turns to share a taunt about the stupid ''gringo'', Horatio has already shot three of them dead, then proceeds to cut a trail of death and destruction clean back to Florida.

* In the season 10 opener, Horatio ([[spoiler:while dealing with a shot to the stomach]]), manages to stop an escaping criminal by means of an elbow to the face.
* In the season 9 finale, Horatio has an opportunity to take revenge on the guy who [[spoiler: shot his late wife, Marisol]]. He looks like he's going to send the guy to his maker, then manages to calm himself down enough to turn the guy over to the proper authorities.

** Then there's the time RealityEnsues. See trope entry.

** As for Horatio, first he rescues Otis' initial target (she had been buried alive but he got her out just in time), and then he manages to find Otis at the aquarium, where he was going after his second target. There's an excellent shot of Otis watching a shark with a dreamy-eyed expression... and then he turns to see Horatio glaring at him in a way that would make a Great White envious. After a brief chase, Horatio manages to catch Otis, who falls over the edge during the scuffle. Horatio pulls the guy to safety, even after Otis slashes his hand twice. As Otis is being arrested, he tells Horatio that he'll get out again, because it's his nature. Horatio replies "And I'll be waiting, because that's my nature."

--> '''[[BadAss Horatio]]:''' Burn, baby, burn.

** Calleigh refuses to sit out of the investigation, and instead catches Kerner at an ammunition store, managing to sneak up on him and disarm him. After he drops his gun, she presses hers into his temple and snarls "How does it feel?" Quite the {{badass}} moment for such a normally sunny and cheerful character!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgXrbdkPxc In that same episode]], the guy who took Calleigh hostage takes her to the illegal poker game he's planning on robbing. He shouts at the players to hand over the money, only the camera pans around to show Delko, Wolfe and Tripp... who draw their own guns. The guy threatens to shoot Calleigh, but a ClickHello from Horatio ends the standoff.
*** Calleigh used her forensics knowledge to lead the others there too.

* ''CSIMiami'': Horatio Caine spends most of his screen-time trying to pull these off. [[{{Narm}} Most would dispute that he succeeds all that often]], though one time he does: "All In": Cornered by four gangsters with automatic weapons in Brazil, Horatio, who speaks fluent Spanish, responds "Como?" to their Portuguese threats. In the instant their leader turns to share a taunt about the stupid ''gringo'', Horatio has already shot three of them dead, then proceeds to cut a trail of death and destruction clean back to Florida.

** As for Horatio, first he rescues Otis' initial target (she had been buried alive but he got her out just in time), and then he manages to find Otis at the aquarium, where he was going after his second target. There's an excellent shot of Otis watching a shark with a dreamy-eyed expression... and then he turns to see Horatio glaring at him in a way that would make a Great White envious.

* In the season 9 finale, Horatio has an opportunity to take revenge on the guy who [[spoiler: shot his late wife, Marisol]]. He looks like he's going to send the guy to his maker, then manages to calm himself down enough to turn the guy over to the proper authorities.

* In the episode "On The Hook" a corrupt parole officer is just about to rape one of his clients in his trailer, but then Horatio comes in and rips him off of her before pointing his gun at the guy. The guy mockingly asks Horatio if he's going to kill him. Horatio replies, saying that while it's tempting, he'd rather give the guy a taste of what the rest of his life would be like. Horatio promptly throws the parole officer out of the window.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_3rnN9nXV4&feature=channel_page In that same episode]], the guy who took Calleigh hostage takes her to the illegal poker game he's planning on robbing. He shouts at the players to hand over the money, only the camera pans around to show Delko, Wolfe and Tripp... who draw their own guns. The guy threatens to shoot Calleigh, but a ClickHello from Horatio ends the standoff.

* In the episode "On The Hook" a corrupt parole officer is just about to rape one of his clients in his trailer, but then Horatio comes in and rips him off of her before pointing his gun at the guy. The guy mockingly asks Horatio if he's going to kill him. Horatio replies, saying that while it's tempting, he'd rather give the guy a taste of what the rest of his life would be like. Horatio promptly throws the parole officer out of the window.

* ''CSIMiami'': Horatio Caine spends most of his screen-time trying to pull these off. [[{{Narm}} Most would dispute that he succeeds all that often]], though one time he does: "All In": Cornered by four gangsters with automatic weapons in Brazil, Horatio, who speaks fluent Spanish, responds [[strike:"Que?"]] "Como?" to their [[strike:Spanish]] Portuguese threats. In the instant their leader turns to share a taunt about the stupid ''gringo'', Horatio has already shot three of them dead, then proceeds to cut a trail of death and destruction clean back to Florida.
** Correct me if I'm mistaken, but they speak ''Portuguese'' in Brazil, do they not?
** This troper's Brazilian friends assure him that Portuguese and Spanish are similar enough to be mutually intelligible.
*** This Hispanic troper once traveled to Brazil thinking so and had a better time understanding English than Portuguese :/

* In the episode "On The Hook" a corrupt parole officer is just about to rape one of his clients in his trailer, but then Horatio comes in, rips him off of her before pointing his gun at the guy. The guy mockingly asks Horatio if he's going to kill him. Horatio replies, saying that while it's tempting, he'd rather give the guy a taste of what the rest of his life would be like. Horatio promptly throws the parole officer out of the window.