History Awesome / ChronoTrigger

* The first time you meet Ayla, she singlehandedly beats the crap out of several Reptites that have your party cornered. As {{Establishing Character Moment}}s go, it doesn't get much better than that for a rough & tumble girl like Ayla.

* Marle gets one in a sidequest. Her father is about to be convicted unjustly by the EvilChancellor. She's locked out of the courtroom, despite having found evidence to prove his innocence. It's all over for the king? Hell no. Instead Marle solidifies her {{Determinator}} status once and for all, by ''[[SuperWindowJump breaking through the stained glass window into the courtroom,]] bailing her father out, and kicking ten kinds of shit out of the so-called Chancellor.''

* The first time you meet Ayla, she challenges you to a DrinkingContest for a PlotCoupon. The next morning, your Gate Key is missing, so she joins up with you to storm a nearby Reptite lair to get it back. Once you get it back, she sinks to her knees and... throws up. How awesome is she? She can whip the ass of an entire ''race'' of hyperintelligent dinosaurs... ''while hung over.''

** Even more awesome, Sakaguchi's successor, Yoshinori Kitase, ''also'' worked on ''Chrono Trigger''!

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** Or when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3CKb3FuG4E&fmt=18 Frog's theme]] plays. Or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCV1bVOiGc&fmt=18 Magus' theme]]. Or [[strike:Rick Astley's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmY2wf7T428&fmt=18 Robo's]]. Or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzKsYNe3iu4&fmt=18 Ayla's]].

* When the cast discovers that the world will end 1000 years after they were born. They, their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren don't have to worry about it. Is it [[BystanderSyndrome somebody else's problem]]? ...hell no. They can travel through time; that EldritchAbomination is going ''down.''

** Not only does he take the guy on solo, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome their entire battle plays out entirely through sound effects over the end credit screens]] implying their fight was too awesome for the SNES to render. Frog wins, as once the credits finish rolling, you see him stand alone atop Magus's Castle, framed by moonlight. If one listens carefully to the sound effects throughout the duel, Magus tries to overpower Frog through sheer quantity, getting off several spells for every spell or attack Frog can get out. But Frog goes for QualityOverQuantity, and Magus can't even finish his LastBreathBullet; the duel ends after Magus's spell-cast sound effect and Frog stands victorious.

* Creator/AkiraToriyama, Creator/YujiHorii, Creator/NobuoUematsu and Creator/HironobuSakaguchi... Two people synonymous with Franchise/DragonQuest, and two people synonymous with Franchise/FinalFantasy, and bitter rivals in gaming in the 90's... all worked on this one game.
** Even more awesome, Sakaguchi's successor Creator/YoshinoriKitase ALSO worked on Chrono Trigger!
** ...and all of this began over a decade before Creator/SquareEnix was formed.

---> ''Frog:''' No. Vanquishing thee will neither return Crono nor Cyrus.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Excuse me while I cut this mountain in half.]]

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--> '''Frog:''' Cyrus... I HATH AVENGED THEE!

---> '''Frog:''' No. Vanquishing thee will neither return Crono nor Cyrus.

'''Marle:''' This is Crono's and ours...Leene's and Doan's...everyone's...and I mean, EVERYONE's world!!\\

--->''[Queen Zeal has been defeated inside the Black Omen and the Mammon Machine smashed. The Black Omen projects Queen Zeal and the party atop the fortress. No music, other than the warbling of the Black Omen itself]''\\

''[Magus's theme begins to play]''\\

''[Magus casts back his cape]''\\

* Flying the Epoch to 1999 AD and choosing to fight Lavos allows the party to skip straight to Lavos's second phase... '''''By ramming through the shell'''''. This destroys the Epoch, but you can't save after this anyways, so it is pretty much there just for the alternate endings.

** Lavos gets to respond via the Time Devourer in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', and is absolutely ''pissed'' that a bunch of livestock (seeing as he essentially bred humans for his own purposes) dared to kill him in what he seems to consider a grievous case of CarnivoreConfusion. If they can get to declare him evil just because he happens kill them as part of his spawning process, then to hell with it, he'll stop people from being able to hurt lesser animals through eating and living themselves, ''by ending all of time.'' That'll show those hypocritical bastards. Seeing as this is about the only thing that Lavos/Time Devourer openly states in the entirety of the series, it's funny how often that bit gets glossed over.

* Any boss battle where the "secondary" boss theme plays, such as Black Tyranno. The song that lets you know that this boss isn't like the bosses you've been fighting, this one's gonna pound you.

'''Marle:''' ''(turns around looking rip-roaring pissed)'' You cocky buckets of bolts!! [[ThisIsUnforgivable You won't get away with this!]]

'''Marle:''' ''(turns around looking rip-roaring pissed)'' You lousy buckets of bolts!! [[ThisIsUnforgivable I won't let you get away with this!]]

* Lucca gives a pretty good line if you take her with Crono and Robo to the factory, after Robo's brethren dismantle him, complete with [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the boss theme]] starting up in mid-line.

'''Lucca:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner No! Let's take care of YOU!]]

** The scene is awesome even if you decide ''not'' to fight Magus. Frog, who had made vengeance for Cyrus against Magus his mission in life, has come to realize that ultimately, as long as Guardia Kingdom is safe, ''his vengeance doesn't matter''. So, he just sheathes his sword and effectively tells Magus he isn't worth it.

** After this, Frog just walks away. The whole scene demonstrates a tremendous amount of character growth and maturity.