History Awesome / MadnessCombat

** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he meet a weakened Hank, grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's unconscious bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. With Tricky dead, Sanford knocked out and Hank's fate unknown, it seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.

** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he meet a weakened Hank weakened, grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's unconscious bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. With Tricky dead, Sanford knocked out and Hank's fate unknown, it seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.

* Pretty much ''the entirety of Expurgation'' counts, as it has some of the best animation, sounds and music ''by far'' out of the entire series, but the ending certainly counts as the crowning moment. After Tricky steals the show and takes the Auditor's body for himself, Hank and Sanford fight through the afterlife to wipe out the clown once and for all. When they're at the very cusp of it, warring against an undead MAG Agent and various {{Elite Mook}}s, Hank decides to ''[[LetsGetDangerous go apeshit]]'', giving the final push the two of them need to not just beat Tricky again.

** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he made his way into the afterlife and happens to see Hank weakened before him. He immediately grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's unconscious bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. With Tricky dead, Sanford knocked out and Hank's fate unknown, it seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.

* These can be subjectively found pretty much all over the place in the animations' usual violence. Whether it's BadassNormal teamwork at its best, or spectacularly bloody use of telekinetic powers, or just our protagonist Hank Wimbleton tearing his enemies apart with his bare hands, awesome moments are never hard to find.

** ''Antipathy Hank'' calmly outmaneuvers the deranged flesh Tricky, treating his rampaging charges like a {{BullfightBoss}}, flipping away at the last second, before leaving him to crash into the walls. He even shoots off Tricky's entire face off with a whole mag full of Desert Eagle rounds. It's impressive that this aggressive S-3LF of Hank is the one that calmly dispatches foes without any trace of fear, with ingenuity to boot!

* ''Antipathy Hank'' calmly outmaneuvers the deranged flesh Tricky, treating his rampaging charges like a {{BullfightBoss}}, flipping away at the last second, before leaving him to crash into the walls. He even shoots off Tricky's entire face off with a whole mag full of Desert Eagle rounds. It's impressive that this aggressive S-3LF of Hank is the one that calmly dispatches foes without any trace of fear, with ingenuity to boot!

* ''Antipathy Hank'' calmly outmaneuvers the deranged flesh Tricky, treating his rampaging charges like a [[BullfightBoss]], flipping away at the last second, before leaving him to crash into the walls. He even shoots off Tricky's entire face off with a whole mag full of Desert Eagle rounds. It's impressive that this aggressive S-3LF of Hank is the one that calmly dispatches foes without any trace of fear, with ingenuity to boot!

* Episode 9.5 brings us the ultimate throwdown: ''[[MirrorMatch Antipathy Hank vs. Consternation Hank]]'', duking it out in Hell itself the moment they lay eyes on each other. Yes, not even Hank is safe from Hank.

* [=DedmosRebuilt.fla=]: Deimos, torn to shreds, seems to hack ''Hell itself'' to rebuild himself using the rock around him. From this point on, not only is he caving in the skulls of all the hostiles he comes across, even at twice his size, the chains that constantly dug into him and pulled him around can hardly even ''touch'' him.
* Dissenter: The protagonist of the short, Doc, tricks the Soldat rocketman into killing most of his own team, finishes off the remaining member with a grenade, then takes out the rocketman with a sniper shot that goes [[EyeScream straight through the Soldat's eye]]. It's surprisingly cool to see a protagonist win a fight with sheer tactic skills.

* In 6.5, Jesus retrieves the top half of his own head from where Tricky left it, and reattaches it with his halo's healing power. He then walks out of the room, leaving a note on the wall saying that he's quitting. This itself doesn't really stand out in the Madness Combat universe, except that [[FridgeLogic the note had been written before he put it up.]] Jesus somehow wrote that note while missing the top of his head.

* Regardless of how tough any given protagonist is, they typically end up feeling a fresh wound pretty badly unless they're going absolutely insane. Sanford was no exception, starting off 6.5 limping along after getting shot by an Engineer. Come Aggregation, his official debut in a mainline installment, he gets stabbed in the gut with a combat knife, ''down to the hilt'' and he proceeds to just stare blankly at the Engineer who did it, furrow his brow in mild annoyance and kill the bastard while his weapon's lodged in Sanford's ribs.

* [=DedmosRebuilt.fla=]
** Deimos, torn to shreds, seems to hack ''Hell itself'' to rebuild himself using the rock around him. From this point on, not only is he caving in the skulls of all the hostiles he comes across, even at twice his size, the chains that constantly dug into him and pulled him around can hardly even ''touch'' him.
* Dissenter:
** The protagonist of the short, [=2BDamned=], tricks the Soldat rocketman into killing most of his own team, finishes off the remaining member with a grenade, then takes out the rocketman with a sniper shot that goes [[EyeScream straight through the Soldat's eye]]. It's surprisingly cool to see a protagonist win a fight with sheer tactic skills.

* Jesus' BigDamnHeroes moment in ''Consternation''. Hank has spent the entire animation fleeing from Tricky. The most he's able to do is to get Tricky to temporarily retreat. Then, when Hank looks like he's finally out of luck, the Savior shows up, and completely wins the fight within ten seconds of appearing. Not only does he kill both Hank and Tricky, he does it with one sword strike and one bullet apiece.
* Inundation [[ADayInTheLimelight sees Jesus going full out]] after he pulls a HeelFaceTurn, and we see how much he's been really holding back this whole time. [[ADeathInTheLimelight Not even dying at the end of the episode takes away the awesomeness]]. There is also his BadassBoast at the beginning of the episode:

** Tricky's grand return, spoiler:emerging in another OneWingedAngel form, literally ''roaring out'' Hank's name in what can only be bloodthirsty rage.
-->"HANK! '''''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!'''''"

** The Abrogation theme features parts of Consternation, Depredation and Inundation. Fittingly, the animation itself brings these past animations' events to closure.

* The intro to Apotheosis marks the beginning of [[ArtEvolution a more cinematic Madness Combat]]. The previous two episodes are concisely summarized with Hank's injuries, Tricky's signature mask is introduced, and it ends with Hank firing his guns at the viewer, the muzzle flashes forming a capital letter H. The whole sequence is set to some of the series' [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic most captivating music]].

** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he made his way into the afterlife and happens to see Hank weakened before him. He immediately grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. He seemingly killed Hank ''and'' Sanford, It seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.

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* Jesus' BigDamnHeroes moment in ''Consternation''. Hank has spent the entire animation fleeing from Tricky. The most he's able to do is to get Tricky to temporarily retreat. Then, when Hank looks like he's finally out of luck, the Savior shows up, and completely wins the fight within ten seconds of appearing. [[spoiler: Not only does he kill both Hank and Tricky, he does it with one sword strike and one bullet apiece.]]

* Inundation [[ADayInTheLimelight sees Jesus going full out]] after he pulls a HeelFaceTurn, and we see how much he's been really holding back this whole time. [[spoiler:[[ADeathInTheLimelight Not even dying at the end of the episode takes away the awesomeness]].]] There is also his BadassBoast at the beginning of the episode:

* Pretty much ''the entirety of Expurgation'' counts, as it has some of the best animation, sounds and music ''by far'' out of the entire series, but the ending certainly counts as the crowning moment. [[spoiler:After Tricky steals the show and takes the Auditor's body for himself, Hank and Sanford fight through the afterlife to wipe out the clown once and for all. When they're at the very cusp of it, warring against an undead MAG Agent and various {{Elite Mook}}s, Hank decides to ''[[LetsGetDangerous go apeshit]]'', giving the final push the two of them need to not just beat Tricky again.]]

** [[spoiler:Tricky's]] grand return, [[spoiler:emerging in another OneWingedAngel form]], literally ''roaring out'' Hank's name in what can only be bloodthirsty rage.
-->[[spoiler:"HANK! '''''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!'''''"]]
** A moment that deserves mention: [[spoiler: When Hank is given his arm back by the Auditor, he proceeds to give Tricky a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, crushing him with a stone platform, tossing corpses at him, and obliterating his body with his own LMG. Tricky only manages to survive because he can make himself new bodies. Hank's certainly learned not to take the clown lightly.]]
** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. [[spoiler:Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he made his way into the afterlife and happens to see Hank weakened before him. He immediately grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. He seemingly killed Hank ''and'' Sanford, It seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.]]
** One has to be given to Sanford as well; [[spoiler: not only does he manage to survive everything Tricky throws at him and more, at one point he very nearly defeats Tricky outright by knocking the halo off of him while he's distracted; if he'd been even just a little bit quicker in trying to grab it, he could have very well ended things right there.]]

** One has to be given to Sanford as well; [[spoiler: not only does he manage to survive everything Tricky throws at him and more, at one point he very nearly defeats Tricky outright by knocking the halo off of him while he's distracted; if he'd been even just a little bit quicker in trying to grab it, he could have very well ended things right there. This seems to genuinely impress Tricky, who gives him a gun and a sword before leaving him to fight his clones. The only other opponent to earn Tricky's respect enough for him to play fair to any degree? ''Hank.'' BadassNormal indeed.]]

** One has to be given to Sanford as well; [[spoiler: not only does he manage to survive everything Tricky throws at him and more, at one point he very nearly defeats Tricky outright by knocking the halo off of him while he's distracted; if he'd been even just a little bit quicker in trying to grab it, he could have very well ended things right there. BadassNormal indeed.]]

* Pretty much ''the entirety of Expurgation'' counts, as it has the best animation, sounds and music ''by far'' out of the entire series, but the ending certainly counts as the crowning moment. [[spoiler:After Tricky steals the show and takes the Auditor's body for himself, Hank and Sanford fight through the afterlife to wipe out the clown once and for all. When they're at the very cusp of it, warring against an undead MAG Agent and various {{Elite Mook}}s, Hank decides to ''[[LetsGetDangerous go apeshit]]'', giving the final push the two of them need to not just kill, but ''annihilate'' Tricky for good.]]
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** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. [[spoiler:Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he made his way into the afterlife and happens to see Hank weakened before him. He immediately grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. He seemingly killed Hank ''and'' Sanford, It seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all; had "Dedmos" stayed that way, it would also have been permanent.]]

** The protagonist of the short, 2 B Damned, tricks the Soldat rocketman into killing most of his own team, finishes off the remaining member with a grenade, then takes out the rocketman with a sniper shot that goes [[EyeScream straight through the Soldat's eye]].