History Awesome / Gargoyles

** He defeats them again in "Avalon Part Three" when he's a much older man. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:he's not as strong as he once was, and he's without the Grimorum, so the magic he uses against the Sisters drains all his energy, and ends up killing him]].

** This also counts for the series and production team, and it's best summed up by Hakon (the Viking leader) in ''Gargoyles Abridged''.
-->'''Hakon''': ''(seeing Goliath's hand cut after Goliath catches his sword)'' Wait - he's bleeding ... in a Disney series? That means normal rules don't apply here!

* [[DeadpanSnarker Reynard]] gets one in "Outfoxed". After Goliath goes into angry gargoyle mode after receiving a lecture from him, what does he do? Why, he shoots him of course. Made even more badass by the fact that he used a gun built into ''[[HandicappedBadass his wheelchair]]''.

*** The gargoyles save a train full of people (including the police chief) and finally gain the acceptance of the New Yorkers? ''Awesome''.

* Gruoch standing up to Demona and admonishing her for her paranoia and betrayal which only led to the extermination of the remaining gargoyles in Scotland by those she trusted over her long-time ally.

* "Awakening, Part 1: What does the enemy viking general do when Goliath awakens just as he's climbing the castle's highest tower, the general swings his sword at Goliath while being dangled over the ledge and Goliath ''stops it with his bare hands''? He doesn't cower, he doesn't despair, he sees that his attack still drew a trickle of blood, and he roars to his soldiers: "FIGHT, MEN! THEY ARE NOT INVINCIBLE!"

* The entirety of "Eye Of The Beholder" deserves a mention in Xanatos' Moments of Awesome. The most romantic ''un''-romantic marriage proposal ever, Going through plans A, B, C, and D, throwing all his efforts behind finding and helping the werewolf'd up Fox, all while doing his best [[HiddenHeartOfGold not to let on just how much he cares for her]] until it becomes an asset, rather than a liability. Someone give that millionaire a medal. Or a hug. Or both!
** Xanatos has a Moment of Awesome in "The Cage" when he double whammies Talon for almost turning him into a [[AntagonistInMourning bored and sad villain]] by killing his [[FoeYay one and only]] ArchEnemy, Goliath: he shoots the floor when Talon tries to attack him and boasts at him, "He's the scientist, you're just the experiment".

* "Eye of the Beholder," where Goliath catches Xanatos in one of his trademark gambits (in this case, tricking the Clan into doing what he wants). "I don't suppose you have a {{Plan}} D?"
** And Xanatos, of course, ''does''. [[PolitenessJudo He asks politely.]]

* Another awesome moment from Chronicles series came near the end of the episode "Genesis Undone". When [[spoiler:Thailog of all people shows up for a VillainousRescue / BigDamnHeroes moment near the end of the episode, awesome]]!

* Goliath himself has an awesome moment in the first story, "Awakening" when Demona has a rocket launcher pointed at him and ranting about how she betrayed the castle and her reasons for it. Even though the safe thing would be to placate the lunatic by agreeing with her, Goliath does not hesitate for a second to stand up to her and refute her hate with reason and moral authority with "There is good and evil in all of us, human and gargoyle alike. You should know that more than anyone!" He then turns around, and points out, for the first time, and not the last, that it was all Demona's fault.

* In "The Gathering Part One", the first confrontation between Xanatos and Oberon is absolutely awesome, with Xanatos whipping out a laser [[CrazyPrepared from behind the bed]] to [[PapaWolf keep Oberon from taking away his son]]. Oberon proceeds to (in a completely bored tone) order Boudicca the gargoyle beast to restrain Xanatos, which he does, at which point Oberon [[InnocentlyInsensitive tries to console Xanatos by pointing out that he was at least brave in his utterly futile attempt to save his son]]. What does Xanatos do? He ''knocks Boudicca, a gargoyle beast built like a cross between a wolf and a wild boar, clean off of him and flying away with a single goddamned punch.'' Oh, and not only that, he's not even in his mecha Goliath suit!
* In "The Gathering Part Two", Owen gets his other major moment when [[spoiler:he reveals himself to actually be Puck in disguise]]. And then proceeds to casually beat up the King of the Fey, while engaging (or pretending to engage) in casual exposition.
** Puck himself has an extended sequence of Crowning Moments of Awesome in his first appearance, "The Mirror", based on his continual 'inability' to understand what Demona is asking of him, [[JackassGenie ruining all her plans and twisting the city around just for his own amusement]]. Best of all, of course, is his absolutely delicious 'reward' to Demona at the end of the episode. (Brent Spiner is awesome. ^_^)

** Also in "The Mirror" when Elisa gets turned into a Gargoyle while the Manhattan Clan in turn get turned human, making them vulnerable to Demona. Before Demona could try to take horrible advantage of the new power difference between her and the now human Clan, Elisa jumps in and [[CurbstompBattle easily beats the crap out of her]] to protect them.
* Broadway's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome occurs any time he sees someone use a gun after the episode where [[spoiler: he shoots Elisa, accidentally]].
--->'''Broadway:''' What's this?! A new kind of gun? A new way to KILL PEOPLE?
** An Elisa Moment of Awesome may be when she admits (despite all of the above) that she erred in leaving her service weapon [[WhatAnIdiot in its holster]] ''[[WhatAnIdiot hanging on a stand in another room]]'' and will be more safe with it in the future.
*** A SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the show as well since she does in all episodes afterwards.
*** Second SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the show; they could have gone the whole "Guns are bad and we should be terrified of them!" route...but they didn't. Instead they chose to have the lesson be "Guns are dangerous if you don't know how to use them and should only be used by people who know what they're doing."

* After seeing the StableTimeLoop in "Vows" that shows how Xanatos used one antique coin to start his fortune, Xanatos' father Petros gets one of the most awesome [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speeches]] anywhere and the only one in the series that really seems to get through to Xanatos and make him doubt his values and methods rather than smugly dismiss his critic.

* David Xanatos' moment is in "The Price" when he has Hudson held captive to test a magic cauldron that could make him immortal. When Hudson observes that Xanatos is terrified of growing old, Xanatos responds with a brilliant mix of his monumental arrogance and hidden mortal fear: "Nothing terrifies me, because ''nothing'' is beyond my ability to change!"
** It's also a moment for Hudson because by asking a simple question, Hudson does what no other character had done up until that point: he pushes one of Xanatos's buttons.

* Petros deserves one for the wedding episode. After all that happens, he simply snarks, "Well riddle me this, Mister Big-Shot Time Traveller. How are we going to get home?" (Unsurprisingly, Xanatos has a plan for this.)
** The entirety of "Eye Of The Beholder" deserves a mention in Xanatos' Moments of Awesome. The most romantic ''un''-romantic marriage proposal ever, Going through plans A, B, C, and D, throwing all his efforts behind finding and helping the werewolf'd up Fox, all while doing his best [[HiddenHeartOfGold not to let on just how much he cares for her]] until it becomes an asset, rather than a liability. Someone give that millionaire a medal. Or a hug. Or both!

** Xanatos' gets kudos in "The Gathering" Part One. In their first confrontation, Oberon complements Xanatos on fighting to keep his son against 'impossible odds.' Xanatos' response? An angry yell as he punches the gargoyle dog pinning him down and ''sends it flying'', all so he can try and charge Oberon again. His PapaWolf moment is cut short as Oberon immediately turns him to glass.

** This is a man who managed to get a whole [[XanatosGambit trope]] named after him, and the line that set him apart from all of the other villains (ComicBook/LexLuthor, Doctor Doom, etc) like him.
---> "Revenge, as they say, is a sucker's game."

* Hudson has one that takes up most of the episode "Long Way to Morning," in which he spends a night holding Demona off of himself and the badly-injured Goliath by the use of clever tactics.
** Hudson's {{Determinator}}-like qualities are best shown in his response to Goliath's protest that he can't face Demona (who at this stage has a ''laser rifle''). His response? "Oh, I can face her. I just can't ''beat'' her." On paper, it sounds dull, but then he reveals that the whole thing was just to stall her long enough for dawn to come, freeze them all in stone for the day, and heal the incapacitating wound she dealt Goliath earlier.
---> "But I know something you don't, something that comes only with age. I know how to ''wait''."
** "The Price" was another long CMOA for Hudson. Xanatos captures him, expecting him to be exactly like the younger gargoyles, and starts trying to manipulate him. Only for Hudson to slam the door on his face with an ArmorPiercingQuestion, causing Xanatos to snap for the first time in series. Then he outgambits him (see below). To crown it all, when Xanatos loses, he supposes that Hudson will destroy the Cauldron now. Hudson leaves him to it, and hands out another ArmorPiercingQuestion on the way out. Xanatos is visibly disturbed by this. Basically, the entire episode is Xanatos trying to be his usual MagnificentBastard self, and Hudson deconstructing him and getting under his skin in a way that no other character had been able to do.

*** When Hudson is about to be dunked in the cauldron and Xanatos claims he's helpless without his sword, Hudson responds "Swordless maybe, but helpless ''never''!" He stabs a Steel Clan guard with a concealed shard from his own skin, then jumps on the rim of the cauldron, tackles Xanatos to get his sword and then immediately makes the charging Owen Burnett back off with a condescending "Behave yourself, boy!"

** Another Lexington moment is that scene in "Leader of the Pack" where a huge hole is shot ''through'' Coyote, and we see Lex through the hole holding a big ass gun, asking "Who's next?"
** Repairing the Pack's helicopter, and building a motorcycle out of spare parts. Pretty awesome for someone that has been sleeping since the Middle Ages.
* ''Everyone'' gets one in the battle with Oberon but overarching it all is that Titania hints that it all might have been ThePlan on her part.

* "Awakening, Part 1: What does the enemy general do when Goliath awakens just as he's climbing the castle's highest tower, the general swings his sword at Goliath while being dangled over the ledge and Goliath ''stops it with his bare hands''? He doesn't cower, he doesn't despair, he sees that his attack still drew a trickle of blood, and he roars to his soldiers: "FIGHT, MEN! THEY ARE NOT INVINCIBLE!"
* "Awakening, Part 2" - The moment where the gargoyles awaken from their 1000-year sleep in Manhattan. As a [=YouTube=] comment put it; "most epic yawn ever." What's ''really'' awesome about it? This is a moment of awesome for Xanatos as well for his sheer audacity: after hearing the legend about the curse on the gargoyles and its escape clause, he bought up the castle with its gargoyles and had multiple helicopters transport everything up to his corporate skyscraper in New York stone by stone ''just to see if that would work''; and it did. [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Screw you, "impossible"]] CurseEscapeClause, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Xanatos has money!]]

** One of his definitive moments is in the second episode - where he travels to the UK, disassembles an entire castle, transports it across the ocean, and mounts it atop the biggest skyscraper in the world (so tall it ''reaches above the clouds''). Why? Just to see if an old legend might be true. ''Because he's David Xanatos, and he freaking can.''

** Hudson's {{Determinator}}-like qualities are best shown in his response to Goliath's protest that he can't face Demona (who at this stage has a ''laser rifle''). His response? "Oh, I can face her. I just can't ''beat'' her." On paper, it sounds dull, but trust me.
*** He gets another when he reveals that the whole thing was just to stall her long enough for dawn to come, freeze them all in stone for the day, and heal the incapacitating wound she dealt Goliath earlier.

* One for the series and production team, from the pilot, which is best summed up by Hakon (the Viking leader) in ''Gargoyles Abridged''.
-->'''Hakon''': ''(seeing Goliath's hand cut after Goliath catches his sword)'' Wait - he's bleeding ... in a Disney series? That means normal rules don't apply here!

* "The Reckoning" gives one to Angela. Demona has always been a sadistic, selfish, conniving bitch who looks down on others not sharing her world views, but she gets [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech epically chewed out]] by a furious Angela when Thailog revealed Demona had been playing her to earn her trust. Angela effectively tore down Demona's poor excuses, bluntly saying it was all just for petty vengeance. Just from that and the hateful tone she said it in, Angela made Demona cow down.

* Brooklyn had an earlier moment where his talent for tactics arises when he is fighting both Demona and a mind controlled Goliath. After wrestling for the Grimorum Arcanorum, Demona orders Goliath to kill Brooklyn but even though she holds the book necessary to make that command, he does not respond. Brooklyn instantly quips, "You hold the book, but I hold ''the spell''" as he reveals that he tore out the exact page for that spell while Demona just fell into his trap to make herself vulnerable to Goliath.
** In that same episode, Elisa gets one of her own, when she frees Goliath from the spell despite there being no way to break it: "All right, big guy. I'm holding the spell. That means you have to do what I say. [[TakeAThirdOption I order you to act for the rest of your life exactly as you would if you were not under a spell.]]"

** If anything that's a CMOA for Hudson, because by asking a simple question, Hudson does what no other character had done up until that point: he pushes one of Xanatos's buttons.
** The moment that gains Xanatos genuine respect and loyalty from the viewer like a good [=CMOA=] should is protecting Owen from Demona in "City of Stone."
** You know you're dealing with a MagnificentBastard when a conversation revealing that he created his own fortune with a StableTimeLoop is treated as an aside.
** His father deserves one for the same episode. After all that happens, he simply snarks, "Well riddle me this, Mister Big-Shot Time Traveller. How are we going to get home?" (Unsurprisingly, Xanatos has a plan for this.)

** Xanatos' best SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome has probably got to be in the episode "The Gathering" Part One. In their first confrontation, Oberon complements Xanatos on fighting to keep his son against 'impossible odds.' Xanatos' response? An angry yell as he punches the gargoyle dog pinning him down and ''sends it flying'', all so he can try and charge Oberon again. His PapaWolf moment is cut short however as Oberon immediately turns him to glass.

* I know, I know - [[FanonDiscontinuity we're not supposed to talk about the Goliath Chronicles]] - but the last episode, in which the gargoyles save a train full of people (including the police chief) and finally gain the acceptance of the New Yorkers? ''Awesome''.
** Especially Goliath's final line to Castaway: "Go ahead, coward...show me ''exactly'' how you feel about Gargoyles! This is your big chance....''SHOW ME!''"
** Brooklyn's idea to save all the people aboard the train counts as a CrazyAwesome moment. Using the Quarrymen’s jet packs like retro-rockets by jamming them into the side of the second car, while defying a few laws of physics was inspired.

* Even if it's from the non-canon ''Goliath Chronicles'' season, it's pretty cathartic to see David Xanatos chew out Doyle for kidnapping his son Alex and trying to pin the blame on the Manhattan Clan in "Ransom".

* Even if it's from the non-canon ''Goliath Chronicles'' season, it's pretty cathartic to see David Xanatos chew out Doyle for kidnapping his son Doyle and trying to pin the blame on the Manhattan Clan in "Ransom".

* Gruoch standing up to Demona and admonishing her for her paranoia and betrayal which only led to the extermination of the remaining gargoyles in Scotland by those she trusted over her long-time ally.

* Goliath and Xanatos' [[InsideAComputerSystem VR battle]] in the [[spoiler: AllJustADream]] episode "Future Tense". [[spoiler: Xanatos [[CueTheSun Cues the Sun]], triggering the gargoyle's natural [[TakenForGranite stone sleep]]. Goliath realizes that it's not the real sun, and doesn't even bother shedding the stone, he just attacks. Xanatos fights back with a jackhammer, reducing Goliath to a [[LosingYourHead disembodied stone head]] and a cloud of rock dust. Xanatos hold up the head and says [[AlasPoorYorick "Alas, Poor Goliath"]], and is taken by surprise when Goliath [[{{Troperithmetic}} combines]] PullingHimselfTogether [[{{Troperithmetic}} with]] ReverseShrapnel, winning the fight, and ''then'' he strikes a VictoryPose by breaking free of his stone skin.]]

** He defeats them again in "Avalon Part Three" when he's a much older man. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:the magic he uses against the Sisters drains all his energy, and ends up killing him]].

** Also in "The Mirror" when Elisa gets turned into a Gargoyle while the Manhattan Clan in yarn get turned human, making them vulnerable to Demona. Despite that, Elisa [[CurbstompBattle easily beats the crap out of Demona]] to protect them by her lonesome.

* Gruoch standing up to Demona and admonishing her for her foolish paranoia and defection which only led to her own betrayal and the loss of the remaining gargoyles in Scotland.

** In that same episode, Elisa gets one of her own, when she frees Goliath from the spell despite there being no way to break it: "All right, big guy. I'm holding the spell. That means you have to do what I say. [[TakeAThirdOption I order you to act for the rest of your life exactly as you would if you were not under a spell]]."

** Puck himself has an extended sequence of Crowning Moments of Awesome in his first appearance, "The Mirror", based on his continual 'inability' to understand what Demona is asking of him, [[JerkassGenie ruining all her plans and twisting the city around just for his own amusement]]. Best of all, of course, is his absolutely delicious 'reward' to Demona at the end of the episode. (Brent Spiner is awesome. ^_^)

** You know you're dealing with a {{Magnificent Bastard}} when a conversation revealing that he created his own fortune with a {{Stable Time Loop}} is treated as an aside.

** Xanatos' best SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome has probably got to be in the episode "The Gathering" Part One. In their first confrontation, Oberon complements Xanatos on fighting to keep his son against 'impossible odds.' Xanatos' response? An angry yell as he punches the gargoyle dog pinning him down and ''sends it flying'', all so he can try and charge Oberon again. His {{Papa Wolf}} moment is cut short however as Oberon immediately turns him to glass.

* Matt Bluestone's {{Batman Gambit}} against Mace Malone, though it takes a turn to {{Nightmare Fuel}} at the end.

* Goliath and Xanatos' [[InsideAComputerSystem VR battle]] in the [[spoiler: AllJustADream]] episode "Future Tense". [[spoiler: Xanatos [[CueTheSun Cues The Sun]], triggering the gargoyle's natural [[TakenForGranite stone sleep]]. Goliath realizes that it's not the real sun, and doesn't even bother shedding the stone, he just attacks. Xanatos fights back with a jackhammer, reducing Goliath to a [[LosingYourHead disembodied stone head]] and a cloud of rock dust. Xanatos hold up the head and says [[AlasPoorYorick Alas Poor Goliath]], and is taken by surprise when Goliath [[{{Troperithmetic}} combines]] PullingHimselfTogether [[{{Troperithmetic}} with]] ReverseShrapnel, winning the fight, and ''then'' he strikes a VictoryPose by breaking free of his stone skin.]]

* Vinnie in "Vendettas." While it was a {{Big Lipped Alligator Moment}} and a BreatherEpisode, Vinnie definitely got his crowning moment here. He buys a {{BFG}}, hauls it halfway across the city, gets in a variety of unfortunate mishaps, and all to [[spoiler: shoot Goliath in the face with a banana cream pie to get revenge for the ways that the gargoyles affected his life, though they weren't aware of it]]. Sure, it may not sound like much, but remember--he's the only one to ever swear revenge on Goliath and then succeed in carrying it out. Not only that, but the episode shows that he can be quite a {{determinator}} when he wants to be.

* Another awesome moment from Chronicles series came near the end of the episode "Genesis Undone". When [[spoiler:Thailog of all people shows up for a VillainousRescue / BigDamnHeroes moment near the end of the episode, awesome!]]

* Gruoch standing up to Demona and admonishing her that her foolish paranoia and betrayal has only led to the loss of the remaining gargoyles in Scotland.

* The last quote of "A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time". Just the way that it's read and ''written'' gets across the episode's literacy aesop perfectly.

*** When Hudson is about to be dunked in the cauldron and Xanatos claims he's helpless without his sword. Hudson responds "Swordless maybe, but helpless ''never''!" and then stabs a Steel Clan guard with a shard from his own skin, then jumping on the rim of the cauldron, tackling Xanatos to get his sword and then immediately making the charging Owen Burnett back off with a condescending "Behave yourself, boy!"

** As a Scottish noblewoman of the tenth century she had never seen, let alone handled, any kind of modern weaponry before the Archmage's minions attacked and Demona is a heck of a StarterVillain but maternal instinct is a great motivator.

** Hudson's {{Determinator}}-like qualities are best shown in his response to Goliath's point that he can't face Demona (who at this stage has a ''laser rifle''). His response? "Oh, I can face her. I just can't ''beat'' her." On paper, it sounds dull, but trust me.

* Gruoch standing up to Demona for her betrayal and admonishing her that her foolish paranoia has only led to the loss of her new clan and her downfall.

* "The Silver Falcon" gives one to Broadway when he awakes from his stone slumber, finds that everyone is gone, and (because he is still semi-literate) can barely read the discarded note that is the only clue as to where they went. ''And he does!''

* "Heritage" gave one to Bronx when he saves Elisa from a bear and, after a brief scuffle, '''sends it running.''' Even if he doesn't get much screen-time compared to the other Gargoyles, it still shows that Bronx is a capable fighter on his own.