History Awesome / KamenRiderKuuga

* While it's played for horror and somewhat sad, [[spoiler: Kuuga's final transformation into Ultimate Form and battle against N-Daguva-Zeba is also one of these. The lack of music with the only and the feeling of intimacy with the only ambience being the cold wind blowing makes this scene feel less like a true final battle between two warriors. Godai stares down his final opponent in the snow. Both combatants at their strongest. Their powers can barely even hurt one another so they both resort to a fistfight. What comes is truly shocking to any Kamen Rider fan. Kuuga manages to destroy Daguva's armor so Daguva actually aims a punch at the Arcle(Kuuga's belt) breaking it! Despite both being left in human form powerless, they both refuse to let up so they get right back up and resume fighting! Both are running on the last of their strength, Godai pushes through while Daguva continues to laugh at him. Soon enough the snow is dyed red by their blood as they clash one last time. All falls silent. The characters later point out anyone else would have given up, but not Yusuke, not when everyone needs him so badly.]]

* While it's played for horror and somewhat sad, [[spoiler: Kuuga's final transformation into Ultimate Form and battle against N-Daguva-Zeba is also one of these. The characters later point out anyone else would have given up, but not Yusuke, not when everyone needs him so badly.]]

** Ichijo deserves a mention for his sheer dedication to his job, even when badly injured. He also is the only normal human in the series to take out ''any'' Grongi.

*** Transforming to Mighty Form after a rousing speech about [[ForHappiness what he's decided to fight for]] as a church burns down around him, Ichijo, and the Grongi they're fighting. It was the first time he made his legendary BadassBoast, and when he told everyone to [[CatchPhrase witness his henshin]], we ALL listened.

*** Showing off some impressive moves combined with acrobatic skill when he finally learns he needs the rod for Dragon Form.
*** Mastering Pegasus Form by snatching the MonsterOfTheWeek's stinger-like projectile out of midair, ''then'' one-shotting it with his own Pegasus weapon. The Grongi ''screams like a little girl in fear''.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic NO FEAR! NO PAIN!]]]]

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*** Transforming to Mighty Form after a rousing speech about what he's decided to fight for as a church burns down around him, Ichijo, and the Grongi they're fighting. It was the first time he made his legendary BadassBoast, and when he told everyone to [[CatchPhrase witness his henshin]], we ALL listened.
---> '''Yusuke''': I fight to protect people's smiles, so that nobody will have to cry! So please witness... my transformation!
*** Showing off some impressive moves combined with acrobatic skill when he finally learns he needs the rod for Dragon Rorm.
*** Mastering Pegasus Form by snatching the MonsterOfTheWeek's stinger-like projectile out of midair, ''then'' one-shotting it with his own Pegasus weapon. The Grongi ''screams like a little girl in fear.''
*** Titan Form's debut features Kuuga no-selling the monster's explosive spitting attack while slowly advancing on it, stopping the last one ''with his hand'', then running the bastard through with his sword.
** Episode 35. Kuuga delivers an unbelievable smackdown to Go-Jaraji-Da, a monster that really, ''really'' deserved it.
*** To wit: After finding the Grongi in the hospital, Yusuke transforms while running at it, tackles it out the window, and then just starts ''pounding'' its head into the pavement, screaming the whole time. Once it starts to fight back, he summons the Gouram and then rams it, driving Jaraji all the way to the lake on the front of his bike. ''En route'', Jaraji tries to kill Kuuga by stabbing him close-range, but Kuuga sees it coming and switches to Titan Form, shrugging the attack off. When he gets to the lake, Kuuga comes to a screeching stop, throwing the Grongi into the water. Then he draws his sword and [[UnflinchingWalk slowly walks toward Jaraji]] (who is ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror whimpering in terror]]'' at this point), silently transforming to Rising Titan, then slashing the Grongi and finally knocking it on the ground and finishing it off with a ''brutal'' Rising Calamity Titan, after screaming during ''that'' curbstomp as well.

* Merely existing. Look at it this way: Kuuga was able to bring back the ''Kamen Rider'' brand out of limbo and help launch it into the mega franchise it is today. Only a truly awesome show could do that.
* Another meta example: The Kuuga Curse (in which any attempt at translating the series gets cancelled sometime after the tenth episode) being broken by Midnight Crew Subs after 10 years of being subbed. This even prompted TV-Nihon to resume their long-abandoned translation.

** Kuuga's bike-on-bike battle with Go-Badaa-Ba. Or really, any time he uses bike fu because he's one of the best Riders at using it.

*** Transforming to Mighty after a rousing speech about what he's decided to fight for as a church burns down around him, Ichijo, and the Grongi they're fighting. It was the first time he made his legendary BadassBoast, and when he told everyone to [[CatchPhrase witness his henshin]], we ALL listened.
---> '''Yusuke''': I fight to protect people's smiles, so that nobody will have to cry! So please watch... My henshin!
*** Showing off some impressive moves combined with acrobatic skill when he finally learns he needs the rod for Dragon form.
*** Mastering Pegasus by snatching the bee-like sniper monster's projectile out of midair then one-shotting it with his own blaster. The Grongi ''screams like a little girl in fear.''
*** Titan's debut features Kuuga no-selling the monster's explosive spitting attack while slowly advancing on it, stopping the last one ''with his hand'' and then running it through with his sword.
** Episode 35. Kuuga delivers an unbelievable smackdown to Go-Jaraji-Da, a monster that really, really deserves it.
*** To wit: After finding the Grongi in the hospital, Yusuke transforms while running at it, tackles it out the window, and then just starts pounding its head into the pavement, screaming the whole time. Once it starts to fight back he summons Gouram and then rams it, driving Jaraji all the way to the lake on the front of his bike. Jaraji tries to kill Kuuga by stabbing him close-range but Kuuga sees it coming and transforms to Titan, shrugging the attack off. When he gets to the lake he comes to a screeching stop, throwing the Grongi into the water. Then he draws his sword and slowly walks toward Jaraji (who is ''whimpering in terror'' at this point), silently transforming to Rising Titan, then slashing the Grongi and finally knocking it on the ground and finishing it off with a ''brutal'' Rising Calamity Titan, after screaming during ''that'' curbstomp as well.
*** It also dips into NightmareFuel, as the scene is meant to draw concern for Yusuke's psyche. Up until this point, we never really saw Yusuke actually get ''angry''. He's always nice and likes to make people smile. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Then he got pushed too far]].
** Ichijo deserves a mention for his sheer dedication to his job even when badly injured. He also is the only normal human in the series to take out any Grongi.

* Yuusuke's Rider Kick up until his confrontation with Zu-Zain-Da were mostly incidental at best (a simple side kick or a jump kick). However, after being defeated by him, he practices his Rider Kick until it becomes the memorable flying side kick we all know and love.
* When Godai appears as Kuuga in ''[[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard's]]'' epilogue, he is capable of using Rising Ultimate (a previously Decade-only final form for Kuuga) without any issues unlike his AR counterpart Onodera, who struggled with Rising Ultimate the first time he uses it.

* When Godai appears as Kuuga in Wizard's epilogue, he is capable of using Rising Ultimate (a previously Decade-only final form for Kuuga) without any issues unlike his AR counterpart Onodera, who struggled with Rising Ultimate the first time he uses it.

* Yuusuke's Rider Kick up until his confrontation with Zu-Zain-Da were mostly incidental at best (a simple side kick or a jump kick). However, after being defeated by him, he practices his Rider Kick until it becomes the memorable flying side kick we all know and love.

** Episode 16: Kuuga does a finishing move on a ''truck'' so hard that it [[RuleOfCool somehow]] kills the Grongi driving it!

---> '''Yuusuke''': I fight to protect people's smiles, so that nobody will have to cry! So please watch... My henshin!

*** It also dips into NightmareFuel, as the scene is meant to draw concern for Yuusuke's psyche. Up until this point, we never really saw Yuusuke actually get ''angry''. He's always nice and likes to make people smile. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Then he got pushed too far]].

--> '''Yuusuke''': I fight to protect people's smiles, so that nobody will have to cry! So please watch... My henshin!

** Kuuga's bike-on-bike battle with Go-Badaa-Ba.

*** Transforming to Mighty after a rousing speech about what he's decided to fight for as a church burns down around him, Ichijo, and the Grongi they're fighting.

*** To wit: After finding the Grongi in the hospital, Yusuke transforms while running at it, tackles it out the window, and then just starts pummeling its face in, screaming the whole time. Once it starts to fight back he summons Gouram and then rams it, driving the Grongi all the way to the lake on the front of his bike. The monster tries to kill Kuuga by stabbing him close-range but Kuuga sees it coming and transforms to Titan, shrugging the attack off. When he gets to the lake he comes to a screeching stop, throwing the Grongi into the water. Then he draws his sword and slowly walks toward the monster (who is ''whimpering in terror'' at this point), silently transforming to Rising Titan, then slashing the Grongi and finally knocking it on the ground and impaling it there, after screaming during ''that'' curbstomp as well.
*** It also dips into NightmareFuel, as the scene is meant to draw concern for Yuusuke's psyche. Up until this point, we never really saw Yuusuke actually get ''angry''. He's always nice and likes to make people smile. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Then his button got pressed]].

** Episode 35. Kuuga delivers an unbelievable smackdown to a monster that really, really deserves it.

* Another meta example: The Kuuga Curse (in which any attempt at translating the series gets cancelled sometime after the tenth episode) being broken by Midnight Crew Subs after 10 years of being subbed.

*** To wit: After finding the Grongi in the hospital, Yusuke transforms while running at it, tackles it out the window, and then just starts pummeling its face in, screaming the whole time. Once it starts to fight back he summons Gouram and then rams it, driving the Grongi all the way to the lake on the front of his bike. The monster tries to kill Kuuga by stabbing him close-range but Kuuga sees it coming and transforms to Titan, shrugging the attack off. When he gets to the lake he comes to a screeching stop, throwing the Grongi into the water. Then he draws his sword and slowly walks toward the monster, silently transforming to Rising Titan, then slashing the Grongi and finally knocking it on the ground and impaling it there, after screaming during ''that'' curbstomp as well.

** Ichijo deserves a mention for his sheer dedication to his job even when badly injured. He also is the only normal human in the series to take out any Grongi.

* Another meta example: The Kuuga Curse (in which any attempt at translating the series gets cancelled sometime after the tenth episode) being broken after 10 years of being subbed.

* Many of Kuuga's fights deserve mention here, but a few take the cake.

*** To wit: After finding the CompleteMonster of a Grongi in the hospital, Yusuke transforms while running at it, tackles it out the window, and then just starts pummeling its face in, screaming the whole time. Once it starts to fight back he summons Gouram and then rams it, driving the Grongi all the way to the lake on the front of his bike. The monster tries to kill Kuuga by stabbing him close-range but Kuuga sees it coming and transforms to Titan, shrugging the attack off. When he gets to the lake he comes to a screeching stop, throwing the Grongi into the water. Then he draws his sword and slowly walks toward the monster, silently transforming to Rising Titan, then slashing the hell out of the Grongi and finally knocking it on the ground and impaling it there, after screaming during ''that'' curbstomp as well.

** Episode 35. Kuuga delivers an unbelievable smackdown to a monster that really, really deserves it.

** Kuuga's bike-on-bike battle with Go-Badaa-Ba.

* Merely existing. Look at it this way: Kuuga was able to bring back the Kamen Rider brand out of limbo and help launch it into the mega franchise it is today. Only a truly awesome show could do that.