History Awesome / Gargoyles

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** 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 they should only be used by people who know what they're doing."

** 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 careful with it in the future.

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The sheer nerve of Elisa to pull her sidearm on Oberon in "Ill Met By Moonlight". What's more, it ''works''. She threatens an all-powerful deity with an empty handgun and ''he actually backs down''.

* "Possession" has a slew of CMOA's for characters, especially ones who normally don't receive one (I.E. ''[[spoiler:Lexington's rather epic {{plan}} at the end]]'', the fact that Xanatos's still-infant child finally TookALevelInBadass, to a ridiculous extreme, Coldstone's (as well as the other {{Cyborg}} gargoyle's alliances drawn permanently), and Puck going from chaotic to true neutral at the end, [[spoiler: actually helping the FiveManBand out for a change]] is rather epic.

* 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".

** "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 (above), 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. Instead, 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.

** Goliath himself has an awesome moment 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 both 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.

*** 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.

* "Possession "has a slew of CMOA's for characters, especially ones who normally don't receive one (I.E. ''[[spoiler:Lexington's rather epic {{plan}} at the end]]'', the fact that Xanatos's still-infant child finally TookALevelInBadass, to a ridiculous extreme, Coldstone's (as well as the other {{Cyborg}} gargoyle's alliances drawn permanently), and Puck going from chaotic to true neutral at the end, [[spoiler: actually helping the FiveManBand out for a change]] is rather epic.

* 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."

* The moment that gains Xanatos genuine respect and loyalty from the viewer like a good [[Momentofawesome "CMOA"]] should is protecting Owen from Demona in "City of Stone."

* The moment that gains Xanatos genuine respect and loyalty from the viewer like a good [[Momentofawesome"CMOA"]] should is protecting Owen from Demona in "City of Stone."

* 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."

* 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."

* "Awakening, Part 1": What does Hakon 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!"

** On that note, [[Creator/BrentSpiner]]'s vocal performance as Puck is awesome, too; you might say that he was channeling [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lore]] when reading the part.

* "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!"
* "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, disassembles it, and had multiple helicopters transport everything up to his corporate skyscraper (so tall it ''reaches above the clouds'') 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!]]
** Goliath himself has an awesome moment 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.
* "Awakening, Part 4": Elisa proving beyond any doubt that she can hack it as the Gargoyles' ally by not only leading a trio of goons away from the currently-turned-to-stone Goliath, but also single-handedly defeating them through the use of wits and deception.

* Broadway's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome occurs any time he sees someone use a gun after "Deadly Force" where [[spoiler: he shoots Elisa, accidentally]].

** 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. Furthered since it proves a moment for Broadway as well- any time he's confronted with guns in the future, he deliberately destroys them. It becomes part of his character, and isn't just forgotten.
** 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."
** Make that ''the'' Moment of Awesome for the whole Disney enterprise! They combined DarkerAndEdgier with BloodierAndGorier and made it clear ''why'' they did it.
* In ''Temptation''
** Brooklyn has a 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.

* 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.
** On that note, Puck's VA 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.

** A SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the show as well since she does in all episodes afterwards.

* "Awakening, Part 4": Eliza proving beyond any doubt that she can hack it as the Gargoyles' ally by not only leading a trio of goons away from the currently-turned-to-stone Goliath, but also single-handedly defeating them through the use of wits and deception.

* 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. (

* 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.

** It's also a moment for Hudson. Even mores for him than Xanatos, 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.

-->'''Xanatos:''' ''(confidently)'' Well, Pop, did you have a good time at the wedding? ''(his father flips him a coin from his pocket)'' What's this?
-->'''Petros:''' A simple American penny. [[IronicEcho It's not worth much now, but in a thousand years, who knows?]] It's my wedding present to you -- [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney because it's all you seem to care about]].

** 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."