History Awesome / GrrlPower

* We get to see what happens when Maxima [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1582 actually maxes out an attribute]]. As DaveB commented, it's a tribute to Vehemence's current toughness that his head didn't simply pop off with that neck punch!

-->'''Sydney''': Please don't kill me.

* In a [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1572 moment of heart-stopping bravery]], Sydney uses her own shield to stop Vehemence's aggression aura in order to save Maxima. Of course, because she has to be inside her own shield, this puts her, an essentially normal human, in reach of the man who's looking at killing ''[[Maxima]]'', who up until this point hasn't been seen having any trouble with anyone.

* In a moment of heart-stopping bravery, Sydney uses her own shield to stop Vehemence's aggression aura in order to save Maxima. Of course, because she has to be inside her own shield, this puts her, an essentially normal human, in reach of the man who's looking at killing ''[[Maxima]]'', who up until this point hasn't been seen having any trouble with anyone.
-->'''Sydney''': Please don't kill me.
Whatever happens next, it was an awesome move on her part.

* Vehemence is, as of comic #273, actually overpowering Maxima, who up to this point has been completely invincible.

* Arianna easily predicting exactly how the press will react to what she's saying on [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/953 page 144]]. It's rather terrifying along with being impressive.
* We learn that prior to her position as the head of ARC-Swat, Maxima was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan for a number of classified operations along with supporting the troops via mine-sweeping, scouting, providing aerial support, and dealing with indigenous supers. This of course prompts the obvious question:

* #207 has Harem's teleport blitz to arm Archon. She shows surprising efficiency for someone who usually acts flirty and chill.

* Sydney beats a man with [[NighInvulnerable indestructible skin]] and [[AbsurdlySharpBlade unstoppable claws]] with logic: [[spoiler: by bitch-slapping his own claws into his neck.]]

* Arianna easily predicting exactly how the press will react to what she's saying on page 144. It's rather terrifying along with being impressive.

* Maxima gets another one when she decides to take Vehemence on, one-on-one. He punches her with his full strength, which was sufficient to move a man who (thanks to his powers) ''weighed as much as a space shuttle.'' She [[NoSell is forced to take]] [[NighInvulnerable one step back.]]

* Vehemence throws Anvil into the sky so hard, she estimates 10 seconds before she'll land. She's proven wrong when Sydney's Lighthook grabs her and flings her straght back down onto Vehemence's head with enough force to knock him to the ground.

* Both Atomic Bombshell and Maxima get one on [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1443 this]] page, Bombshell for her explosion actually surprising Maxima in how it worked and managing to slightly hurt her, and Maxima for managing to still act completely unharmed and continue relaying orders in order to contain Bombshell.

** Achilles then blocks her energy blade ''with his eyeball'' and admits he did so intentionally to make heavenly drop her sword out of shock...which she did.

** Achilles them blocks her energy blade ''with his eyeball'' and admits he did so intentionally to make heavenly drop her sword out of shock...which she did.

* One for the bad guys when Heavenly Sword bests Dabbler in swordplay and even deconstructs her sword skills as being too amateur.

-->'''Sydney:''' What? [[FridgeLogic Clearly one of those statements was false.]]

-->'''Halo:''' That move was hella sweet, but there's no way she heard [[BondOneLiner that second part]].

-->'''Math:''' Let me tell you something, lady. There's no such thing as ''"just human."''

-->'''Math:''' Let me tell you something, lady. There's no such thing as ''"just human."''

** In the background we see Achilles yawning and blocking EyeBeams with his hand at point blank range. Badass.

* Sydney invokes BlindWithoutEm to trick the supervillain into thinking she's an easy target [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1290 and then hits him with the orbs]], in [[GroinAttack his]] orbs. Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny since she does it by channeling [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma]] in her act.

* Sydney invokes BlindWithoutEm to trick the supervillain into thinking she's an easy target [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1290 and then hits him with the orbs.]] Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny since she does it by channeling [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma]] in her act.

* [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1271 Nose Boop of DOOM]] aka Anvil steps up to the awesome plate.

** Minor one for Achilles when it's shown that he is also outside the forcefield with Maxima in the inferno, and all he's concerned about is that the marshmallows he brought along aren't surviving the explosion with him. .

--->'''Maxima:''' -They say superheroes are best defined by their gallery of rogues... I can promise you that our rogues will either be incarcerated... In traction... [[SlasherSmile Or ]]''interred.''

* [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1138 "OH, AND ONE MORE THING..."]] Maxima follows up previous massive explosion with an ''even bigger explosion''--she might literally have ''nuked the test area''. Sydney casually keeps the press and other supers safe inside her expanded shield. Maxima is ''outside'' the shield.

''[cue '''MASSIVE''' explosion]''

* During the press conference, Ariana explains supers have been around since the Lincoln Presidency. Sydney's ImagineSpot does the idea justice in awesome-levels: http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/942

* During the press conference, we learn that prior to her position as the head of ARC-Swat, Maxima was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan for a number of classified operations along with supporting the troops via mine-sweeping, scouting, providing aerial support, and dealing with indigenous supers. This of course prompts the obvious question:
-->'''Reporter:''' They have supers in Iraq and Afghanistan?
-->'''Maxima:''' [[SlasherSmile Hmh.]] Not as many as they used to.
** [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1123 Maxima gets another one later on during the demonstration of each of the ARC-Swat team members powers.]] As they're about to wrap things up- with her demonstration being the last- she takes a moment to deliver a message to any would-be super villains out there who think that their powers give them the right to do whatever they want, hurt or rule over others, or that they make them unstoppable. She emphasizes just how wrong they are with a punctuating blast of plasma energy that utterly ''atomizes'' the ''' ''tank'' ''' she had just shot-putted like it was a styrofoam football.
--->'''Maxima:''' Since we're almost done here, I want to be sure I emphasize this. Superpowers are rare, and if you have them, chances are you're the only person you've ever met who has them. That isolation may have made you feel like you're the most powerful person on Earth. That you're unstoppable. That your power gives you primacy to hurt or rule over others. Well, I promise you...
--->''Chucks plasma ball at tank like a professional baseball pitcher.'''
--->'''[[SlasherSmile Maxima:]]''' We're more powerful.
--->''Cue '''MASSIVE''' Explosion.''

** Maxima gets another one later on during the demonstration of each of the ARC-Swat team members powers. As they're about to wrap things up- with her demonstration being the last- she takes a moment to deliver a message to any would-be super villains out there who think that their powers give them the right to do whatever they want, hurt or rule over others, or that they make them unstoppable. She emphasizes just how wrong they are with a punctuating blast of plasma energy that utterly ''atomizes'' the ''' ''tank'' ''' she had just shot-putted like it was a styrofoam football.

-->'''Maxima:''' [[SlasherSmile Hmh.]] Not as many as they used to.

* Ariana easily predicting exactly how the press will react to what she's saying on page 144. It's rather terrifying along with being impressive.