History Awesome / MaxPayne

--> '''Max''': *after killing Mugnaio* Punchinello's Trio was ''done for.''

-->'''Neves''': What the fuck is your problem, man?
-->'''Max''': My ''problem''? My '''''problem'''''!? Wanna know what my problem is!? '''''[[spoiler: You're turning humans into GLUE]]'''''! '''That's''' what my [[UnstoppableRage fucking problem is!'']]

--> [[spoiler: You'll walk...''WITH A '''LIMP!''''' ''(He [[KickTheSonOfABitch stomps on Victor's exposed shinbone]] hard enough to '''break it.''')'']]

* Max defying all the odds to give [[CompleteMonster Nicole Horne]] the fate she deserves.

* Vinnie Gogetti be able to outrun Max with a bullet in his gut, AND BE ABLE TO RIDE ON TOP OF A FUCKING TRAIN!

** Props for Da Sliva [[spoiler: for being GenreSavvy enough to send Max in instead of himself.]]

* Max taking down dreaded underworld boogeymen like hitman Rico Muerte, mob enforcer Frank Niagara and Don Punchinello's infamous, psychotic assassins Pilot Providence, Joe Salem and Vince Managna, aka The Trio, people who have terrorized the East Coast for god knows how long. While for gameplay reasons they're only EliteMooks, in-universe they're among the most dangerous, bloodthirsty psychopaths to ever walk the Earth.
--> '''Max''': *after killing Managno* Punchinello's Trio was ''history!''
** Killing Jack Lupino takes it even further, as Lupino is AxCrazy and hopped up on Valkyrie, giving him some of the highest hit-points in the game. In the following cutscene, Max unloads all his remaining bullets into Lupino's body to make sure he ''stays'' dead.

* '''[[BigBad Nicole Horne]]''': "What do you mean he's [[OneManArmy unstoppable]]? [[EliteMooks You are superior to him in every way that counts]]. You are better trained, better equipped, [[JustOneMan you outnumber him at least 20 to 1]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do... your... job]]!"

* [[spoiler: Max blows up Victor's jet with a grenade launcher. As he stumbles out of the wreckage, Max turns a gun on him, Da Silva pleads with Max not to kill him, since they have enough evidence to indict him. Max obliges. Then Victor [[TemptingFate then taunts Max]] by saying, "You know I'll walk." Max's response is this:]]

* After being betrayed by [[spoiler: BB]] Max is dumped into the frigid lake with two vials of V to make it look like a drug killing. Max manages to climb out and to keep from dying of hypothermia he takes the V. The hallucinations start immediately, Max falls to his knees screaming and THE SNOW CATCHES ON FIRE.

--> [[spoiler: You'll walk...''WITH A'' '''''LIMP!''''']][[spoiler: ''(He [[KickTheSonOfABitch stomps]] on Victor's exposed shinbone hard enough to '''''break it.''''')'']]

* '''[[BigBad Nicole Horne]]''': "What do you mean he's [[OneManArmy unstoppable]]? [[EliteMooks You are superior to him in every way that counts]]. You are better trained, better equipped, you outnumber him at least 20 to 1. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do... your... job]]!"

--> [[spoiler: You'll walk...''WITH A '''LIMP!''''']][[spoiler: ''[He then [[KickTheSonOfABitch stomps]] on Victor's exposed shinbone hard enough to '''''break it.''''']'']]

* Max's [[ShutUpHannibal utter rejection]] of Neves attempt to throw MightyWhitey accusations his way, also neatly proving that, for all his world-weary cynicism, he's still a decent man in the end.

* [[spoiler: Max kills Becker by shooting a grenade in mid air while jumping off ramp stairs, causing it to blow up in his face and critically injuring him. Afterwards, the player has the choice of either [[MercyKill ending Becker's suffering]] or [[CruelAndUnusualDeath letting him succumb to his injuries]].]]
* [[spoiler: Max blows up Victor's jet with a grenade launcher, as he stumbles out of the wreckage Max turns a gun on him, Da Silva pleads with Max not to kill him since they already have enough evidence to indict him. Max obliges. Then Victor taunts Max that he'll walk away. Max's response:]]
--> [[spoiler: You'll walk...''WITH A'' '''''LIMP!''''']][[spoiler: ''[He then stomps on Victor's exposed shinbone hard enough to '''''break it.''''']'']]
* The entire last level is one, but the most standout moment is when CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEH_LSL4rVw Tears]] kicks in during a shootout in the airport lounge.

** To elaborate [[spoiler: [[OneManArmy THAT'S ENTIRE U.F.E. BATTALION.]]]]
** After a particularly intense shootout (in a shooting range, no less) towards the end of the game, a [[spoiler: U.F.E]] mook drops to his knees, puts his hands on his head and ''begs'' Max [[VideoGameCaringPotential for]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential mercy]]. An EliteMook, cowering in fear from a fat, bald ex-cop with a painkiller addiction ''and rightly so.''

* Max managing to play [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall his own theme music]] on piano. Like the music coming together, he's finally beginning to get a grip on his situation and assert a semblance of control over his life in general and the various plots taking place around him specifically.

* [[spoiler: Max kills Becker by shooting a grenade in mid air while jumping off ramp stairs, causing it to blow up in his face and critically injuring him]]

-->'''Max''': My ''problem''? My '''''problem'''''!? Wanna know what my problem is!? '''''[[spoiler: You're turning humans into GLUE]]'''! '''That's''' what my [[UnstoppableRage fucking problem is!'']]

** His entire episode in ''Max Payne 3'' is one. There's ''nothing'' left for him to care anymore. But some evil you just never let it pass, so he got up and decide to end it the only way he knew. [[CatharsisFactor And it was awesome.]]

** His entire episode in ''Max Payne 3'' is one. There's ''nothing'' left to care for him anymore. But some evil you just never let it pass, so he got up and decide to end it the only way he knew. [[CatharsisFactor And it was awesome.]]

-->'''Max''': My ''problem''? My '''''problem'''''!? Wanna know what my problem is!? '''''[[spoiler: You're turning humans into GLUE]]'''! '''That's''' what my fucking problem is!''

--> [[spoiler: You'll walk, ''with a'' '''''limp!''''']][[spoiler: ''[He then stomps on Victor's exposed shinbone hard enough to '''''break it.''''']'']]

--> [[spoiler: You'll walk, ''with a'' '''''limp!''''']][[spoiler: ''[He then stomps on Victor's injured leg so hard that '''''the bone sticks out.''''']'']]

* Max managing to play [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall his own theme music]] on piano.

* Max's utter rejection of Neves attempt to throw MightyWhitey accusations his way, also neatly proving that, for all his world-weary cynicism, he's still a decent man in the end.

* Max managing to play [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall his own theme song]] on piano.

** After a particularly intense shootout (in a shooting range, no less) towards the end of the game, a [[spoiler: U.F.E]] mook drops to his knees, puts his hands on his head and ''begs'' Max [[VideoGameCaringPotential for]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential mercy]]. An EliteMook, cowering in fear from a fat, bald ex-cop with a painkiller addiction ''and rightly so.''

* Da Silva sending Max into [[spoiler: U.F.E's building. [[CatharsisFactor No police are going to show up for a while.]]]]

* Da Silva sending Max into [[spoiler: U.F.E's building. [[CatharsisFactor No police aren't going to show up for a while.]]]]

* After a particularly intense shootout (in a shooting range, no less) towards the end of the game, a [[spoiler: U.F.E]] mook drops to his knees, puts his hands on his head and ''begs'' Max [[VideoGameCaringPotential for]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential mercy]]. An EliteMook, cowering in fear from a fat, bald ex-cop with a painkiller addiction ''and rightly so.''