History Awesome / ItsAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia

--> '''Charlie''': Don't screw you? Oh, I'm sorry, Dee, let me try and remember something. Let's see, was it, did Dee write a musical and come to Charlie with it? No! Charlie wrote a musical and came to Dee with it, and the gang. And the gang likes to screw it up and make it about themselves, and take it away from Charlie, and ruin his hopes and dreams. So let me tell you something, Dee, let me break down a scenario for you. I could cut the song, OK, because I wrote it. I could have Artemis do the song, OK, because you did not write it. Or I could strap on a wig and I could do the song myself. So you tell me, Little Miss All That, what do you want to do? Song or no song?

* Another meta example: In the first season, Dee was pretty much TheStraightMan than the rest of the Gang and often served as [[WomenAreWiser the voice of reason]] when they did ridiculous things. But Kaitlin Olson, who plays Dee, was GenreSavvy enough to know that this made her character far less funny than the rest of the group. Olson actively campaigned to make Dee just as horrible as Charlie, Mac, and Dennis; the writers listened and, in the second season onward, made her character equally (or perhaps more!) selfish, cruel, and prone to breaking the law. It's made her character a pathetic mess, but it's awesome that Olson was willing to play TheUnfavorite to make sure that her character could be funny. And it works.

* Meta example: Creator/DannyDeVito joining the show a season in, working with actors 30 years younger than him and managing to become a vital part of the show. Have respect idiots, the man is a goddamn legend.

** Given the things the gang has done its a miracle any of them haven't been arrested for their actions.

* In "The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore," Dennis and Dee end up doing angel dust with a bunch of violent thugs and get stuck with them during a wild crime spree, including robbing a liquor store, getting shot by said liquor store's owner, going to a back-alley doctor to fix the wound, and [[CrossesTheLineTwice killing the doctor]] to prevent him from talking. The two are pretty much terrified witnesses the entire time, until the leader of the thugs forces them, at gunpoint, to dig a grave on the beach for the surgeon. In the middle of digging, though, Dee grabs some sand and ''hurls it in the leader's face'', blinding him and allowing her and Dennis to escape. Considering that she was high out of her mind and facing certain death, that took major guts.

* "Being Frank" has Frank getting Dennis' car out of impound, and he didn't even know that's what the plan was.

** In a later episode, Charlie does this again, but Dennis proves to be GenreSavvy and realizes Charlie would pull this, and has the brakes fixed.

* In "Reynolds vs Reynolds: The Cereal Defense", Mac manages to convince Charlie and Dee that evolution isn't real.

** Dennis has a moment of maturity and [[spoiler:decides to leave for California to be his illegitimate child's father]].

* "Dennis' Double Life": Charlie [[spoiler: BANGS THE WAITRESS]]

* "[=McPoyle=] vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century" has the Lawyer [[spoiler: ''lose'' the case to the Gang after Charlie successfully uses [[ChekhovsSkill bird law]] to prove that the Gang weren't responsible for Liam losing his eye]].

* "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century" has the Lawyer [[spoiler: ''lose'' the case to the Gang after Charlie successfully uses [[ChekhovsSkill bird law]] to prove that the Gang weren't responsible for Liam losing his eye]].

* In "Hero or Hate Crime?" Charlie saves Mac's life by kicking him out of the way of a falling piano, saving his life. Also counts as a heartwarming moment, as it was clear that everyone was concerned for Mac.

* Charlie gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in "The Waitress Is Getting Married". [[spoiler:After finding out that the guy she was engaged to was only doing it as part of a [[RevengeOfTheNerd revenge plot]] to get back at all of the girls who dumped him in high school (he'd get engaged to the girls, then dump them right before the wedding), Charlie gives the guy a heartfelt gift--a box full of hornets]].
** Granted, [[spoiler:[[IfICantHaveYou he was going to give him the box regardless]], so in that light it's a bit less noble.]]

** Granted, [[IfICantHaveYou he was going to give him the box regardless]], so in that light it's a bit less noble.

* The entirety of "Charlie Work" is an absolute tour de force for Charlie. Against all odds Charlie has managed to get perfect scores from the health department every inspection, and this episode shows how. Charlie manically directs the gang to seemingly ridiculous tasks that turn out to perfectly hide any of the bars glaring code violations and simultaneously manages to pull off the rest of the gang's stupid scam involving airline miles, [[ItMakesSenseInContext beef and about twenty chickens]], and after Dee spends the whole episode being unhelpful and not doing the one task that would have gotten them a perfect score, [[spoiler: he rigs her barstool to collapse under her, his sabotage of which had been a RunningGag throughout the episode.]]

* In ''The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby'' Dennis creates an elaborate plot to get back at a smug environmentalist by sleeping with his girlfriend and having the guy willingly tie himself to a tree overnight during a storm. Then he informs the guy about the girlfriend-banging after letting a bulldozer destroy the tree he was trying to protect.
* In ''The Gang Finds A Dead Guy'', Mac gets back at Dennis for usurping his chance at sleeping with a grieving granddaughter of a dead bar patron and then taunting Mac about it by revealing that [[spoiler:Dennis' grandfather was one of ThoseWackyNazis back in the big one]].

* Dennis' big damn speech to the nurse in Dee Gives Birth. Even he was impressed about it, and dismayed that he can't recapture the moment.

-->'''Mac:''' *suddenly realizes the brakes of the van aren't working* Why aren't the brakes working?\\
'''Charlie:''' Because I CUT THE BRAKES! WILD CARD, BITCHES! YEEEEEEHAAAAAW! *kicks back doors and dives out*
** In a later episode, Charlie does this again, but Dennis proves to be GenreSavvy and realize Charlie would pull this, and had the brakes fixed.

* The gambit used in the flipcup competition
* In "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom", Dennis threatens to have sex with the waitress unless Charlie stops making him do the grunt work (AKA "Charlie Work") at the bar. Charlie responds with a glorious BatmanGambit wherein he convinces Mac to... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bang Dennis' mom]], gets the waitress to witness Dennis trying to cheat on her, and very nearly manipulates her into having sex with him instead. This plan would be impressive for anyone, but for ''Charlie'', it's downright amazing.
* Mac telling off Dennis and Dee for pretending to be drug addicts to get welfare checks. It's surprising given his usual self-righteous and hypocritical attitude.

** Then, Dennis is confronted by an angry man, whose Fiancee Dennis has been dancing provocatively with. Dennis calms the man down, and offers to help with his dancing. While showing him how to dip, he lets go of the man, and drops him to the floor, then turns the man's fiancee against him by pointing out how angry the man is.
** Later in the episode, Dennis is annoyed that Charlie is dancing with The Fiancee (a woman named Gloria) in a gambit to make The Waitress jealous. (As The Waitress is dancing with a homeless man to make Dennis jealous.) The resulting sequence is both hilarious and awesome.
-->'''Dennis''': You know what? You leave me no choice. [walks over to Waitress]
-->'''The Waitress''': Hey Asshole.

** Charlie tries to get back at Dennis for eliminating The Waitress, and Dennis again ends up on top.

-->'''Dennis''' (Ignoring Charlie):_ I was getting somewhere with you though, wasn't I?

* Country Mac, when encountered by two angry men; does a successful ocular patdown, takes the knife out of the guy's shoe, and calmly tells him to back off.

** Dennis does get one as a result of Mac's bragging: After an entire "Mac Day" (each member of the gang gets one day to do whatever they want and the Gang has to go along with it or add another day on. ) of dealing with Mac's pieous, self congratulating bullshit, Dennis has enough, calling Mac on getting only one point on the guy, and pointing out to the gang when they try to stop him that Mac will likely never shut up about this if he's not stopped.

* Mac's fight scene dream sequence in "The Gang Saves the Day", sure it was AllJustADream, but it was incredibly well choreographed and legitimately badass.
* ''Reynolds vs Reynolds: The Cereal Defense'' Mac manages to convince Charlie and Dee that evolution isn't real.
* Charlie not only breaking the Wade Boggs drinking record he managed to hit a home run, while being completely wasted. After being the butt monkey for ten straight seasons its nice to see him beating the rest of the gang at something.

* The entirety of "Charlie Work" is an absolute tour de force for Charlie. Against all odds Charlie has managed to get perfect scores from the health department every inspection, and this episode shows how. Charlie manically directs the gang to seemingly ridiculous tasks that turn out to perfectly hide any of the bars glaring code violations and simultaneously manages to pull off the rest of the gang's stupid scam involving airline miles, [[ItMakesSenseInContext beef and about twenty chickens]], and after Dee spends the whole episode being unhelpful and not doing the one task that would have gotten them a perfect score [[spoiler: rigs her barstool to collapse under her, his sabotage of which had been a RunningGag throughout the episode.]]