History Awesome / MobileSuitGundamWing

* Episode 10 was the first real [=CMoA=] for Heero: when his sole reason for fighting was threatened if he doesn't surrender, his superior announced that they do surrender but they won't hand over the Gundam. Heero pulled out a self-destruct switch, whispered "[[CatchPhrase Mission accepted]]" and promptly blew himself up. And he survived the explosion without any lasting injuries (so did his Gundam, for that matter).

*** And props to Wing Gundam for SURVIVING A SUPERLASER TO THE FACE. Sure, it totaled the mech, but props the designers for pilot safety. Seriously.

** Then, when Relena was "forced" to join [[WarForFunAndProfit Romefeller Foundation]] [[HostageSituation for the safety or Sanc Kingdom.]] Everyone thought that they had the RebelliousPrincess under their thumb, and could finally use her for publicity and whatsnot. [[ShootTheDog Heero was ready to shoot her]] for this. Then, Relena showed her [[TheHighQueen High Queen in training]] ID and [[PatrickStewartSpeech calmly made a speech about how they should abdicate war and promote peace.]] ''In her first appearance in public,'' and knowing full well that Heero was ready to kill her right there. No wonder [[SmugSnake that the one who had her for this]] was completely dejected, and most members of Romefeller, touched by her speech, [[HeelFaceTurn decides to stop their effort toward war.]]

* Episode 18 has Trieze deliver a magnificent demonstration of the value of human soldiers above that of mobile dolls. In a Leo, he challenges three Leos piloted by mobile dolls to a duel. When Chief Engineer Tsubarov orders the dolls to kill him, ''Treize'' orders the MissionControl soldiers to kill ''him''. Three soldiers immediately leave their terminals and pull guns on him. Then Trieze effortlessly destroys all three mobile doll Leos.
-->'''Trieze''': It's over. Chief Engineer Tsubarov, there's a lot more to wars than simply fighting with mobile suits. We claim victory. I retract my order. [[KirkSummation Mobile dolls and humans both take their orders from humans.]] I ask that you place more value on them and love them, Tsubarov.

* Episode 48 sees Wufei accusing Trieze of being heartless, and fighting just to feed his ego. "How many people have died for you?! HUH?!" Trieze responds with "Do you really want to know?" then he lists the total up until yesterday. Then he contacts Lady Une for the list of people who had died ''up until that minute''. The grand total is in the thousands and includes both sides. Then he counts off ''the names'' of everyone who ever died for him, from the leaders of the Earth Alliance to rank and file OZ soldiers.

** A retroactive moment for Trieze; even after he has been dead a full year, just sharing his name is almost enough to allow Mariemaia and Dekim Barton to conquer the world. The only reason it doesn't work is because Trieze's soldiers are so loyal to his vision that when Dekim oversteps that vision they kill him. How many characters can claim to nearly take over the world from '''beyond the grave'''?

* ActionGirl Lucrezia Noin gets a more subtle one right after Heero [[SpannerInTheWorks pwns OZ]] by [[TakeAThirdOption blowing himself and his Gundam up rather than surrender]]. When Lady Une is ''very'' pissed off and about to send OZ to attack the colonies anyway, Noin remarks on that. Une is about to [[ArmorPiercingSlap bitchslap her]] into submission (which she did earlier in the episode, when Noin openly [[WhatTheHellHero called her out on the plan]]), but Noin calmly blocks her slap and says "You certainly should be more graceful, ''Lady Une''".

** Relena intercepting Lady Une's ArmorPiercingSlap for Mariemaia and delivering one herself.

** Also, Relena gets one that overlaps with TearJerker and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} in the end of the series, when she refuses to kill Lady Une as punishment for her father's death, [[CryCute driving until then either bitchy or serene Une to tears]].

* Relena's first Crowning Moment came in the school ball episode. [[spoiler: Heero has her at gunpoint at school, but Relena doesn't blink and basically tells him: "You'd like to kill me, Heero? Try it. But let me warn you, it would be stupid to do so when everyone's at school and enjoying themselves... Shall we dance, instead?" She utterly and completely ''pwns'' him and even ropes the cold assassin into dancing with her. That requires balls, er, boobs.]]
** Then, when Relena was "forced" to join [[WarForFunAndProfit Romefeller Foundation]] [[HostageSituation for the safety or Sanc Kingdom.]] Everyone thought that they had the RebelliousPrincess under their thumb, and could finally use her for publicity and whatsnot. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog Heero was ready to shoot her]] for this.]] Then, Relena showed her [[TheHighQueen High Queen in training]] ID and [[PatrickStewartSpeech calmly made a speech about how they should abdicate war and promote peace.]] [[spoiler:''In her first appearance in public,'' and knowing full well that Heero was ready to kill her right there. No wonder [[SmugSnake that the one who had her for this]] was completely dejected, and most members of Romefeller, touched by her speech, [[HeelFaceTurn decides to stop their effort toward war.]]]]
** Also, Relena gets one that overlaps with TearJerker and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} in the end of the series, [[spoiler: when she refuses to kill Lady Une as punishment for her father's death, [[CryCute driving until then either bitchy or serene Une to tears]].]]

* Quatre's CMOA comes in the series when [[spoiler: he goes after the maddened Trowa who's using the Wing Zero and is driven mad by the Zero System. He knows ''too horrifyingly well'' the effects of the System, yet he doesn't hesitate to try de-brainwashing Trowa before he blows up the colony he wants to protect. And ''he succeeds''.]]

* Otto [[spoiler: piloting the Tallgeese in a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* Treize challenge Zechs [[HonorBeforeReason to a duel of honor]]. Zechs response: "NO. [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism There's no honor in war]]." Then [[CombatPragmatist shoots Libra's]] {{BFG}} toward Treize. Also counts as CMOA for Treize, [[spoiler: who had the same goal as Zechs, ready to accept the blast, just to prove to the world how meaningless war is]].
** Followed immediately by [[spoiler:Lady Une finally waking from her coma]], commandeering the Wing Gundam, and making it up to space ''just in time to make a DivingSave''.
*** And props to Wing Gundam for [[spoiler:SURVIVING A SUPERLASER TO THE FACE. Sure, it totaled the mech, but props the designers for pilot safety. Seriously.]]

* Lady Une pulls an Awesome moment early in the series. [[spoiler: After General Septum gives his speech, Une tells him "[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ... we won't be needing you any further.]]" Then the floor under Septum drops open , causing him to fall out of the airplane. Une smirks, then swipes out a pistol - ''and shoots the falling Septum in the head''.]] A moment so awesome, the Toonami trailer used it.
* For an OZ pilot, Walker deserves mention. After providing Zechs with Tallgeese, Walker goes into battle to buy him some time and gather data on the Gundams. He saves an Alliance general and surrounds Heavyarms with his troops. However, [[spoiler: Quatre and the Magnac Corps show up, shooting up the Aries. Utterly outnumbered and outmatched, Walker charges at Sandrock, shouting "Come get me, you monster!" Quatre catches the Aries in his heat shotels. As his mobile suit is being crushed, Walker calmly muses "Well, I always wanted to know how much this thing can take" before he dies.]] Not bad for a guy with one name.

* Episode 49, the series finale: when Heero [[spoiler:fires his BFG at the giant space fortress hurtling towards earth as he begins to burn in the upper atmosphere while yelling "I will... I will... I will survive!" Not to mention when he appears moments later flying away from the massive blast in his jet mode in ultra dramatic style]]. This is amazingly awesome because of the fact he pretty much '''screams''' it (at least in Japanese); this is coming from a guy who has [[TheStoic never raised his voice prior]]. To top it off, for the majority of the show he didn't care whether he lived or died as long as his mission was completed. Watching that scene was so... {{squee}}.

** A scene not too long after Quatre and Heero escape to Earth after Quatre's SanitySlippage and Quatre holds up several men at gunpoint with a machine gun

** Also, Relena gets one that overlaps with TearJerker and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in the end of the series, [[spoiler: when she refuses to kill Lady Une as punishment for her father's death, [[CryCute driving until then either bitchy or serene Une to tears]].]]

* The Gundam Wing Zero, blowing up an ''entire space colony'' in one shot.

* Treize challenge Zechs [[HonorBeforeReason to a duel of honor]]. Zechs response: "NO. [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism There's no honor in war]]." Then [[CombatPragmatist shoots Libra's]] {{BFG}} toward Treize. Also counts as CMOA for Treize, [[spoiler: who had the same goal as Zechs, ready to accept the blast, just to prove to the world how meaningless war it is]].

* In one episode, a group of former OZ soldiers have taken a colony, including Catherine Bloom, hostage. Quatre and Trowa are outside, with Quatre having just talked Trowa down from Zero System induced madness, and the leader of the OZ group orders that Taurus Mobile Dolls be positioned around every one of the colony's entrance points to intercept them. The orders have barely left his mouth when a Taurus falls apart. Cue several Taurus Mobile Dolls falling to bits, and then Deathscythe Hell emerging from the smoke. Duo, holding the edge of his beam scythe to the OZ soldiers, who don't even have the benefit of being in mobile suits, notes that he's very good at getting in and out of places unnoticed. Which is saying something, given he's in a giant robot.

* Episode 18 has Trieze deliver a magnificent demonstration of the value of human soldiers above that of mobile dolls. In a Leo, he challenges three Leos piloted by mobile dolls to a duel. When Chief Engineer Tsubarov orders the dolls to kill him, ''he'' orders the MissionControl soldiers to kill ''him''. Three soldiers immediately leave their terminals and pull guns on him. Then Trieze effortlessly destroys all three mobile doll Leos.

--->'''Heero:''' [[ScrewYourUltimatum Roger that.]] (fires {{BFG}}.) '''BOOM'''

--->'''Heero:''' Your shelter is secure, is it?

* Treize challenge Zechs [[HonorBeforeReason to a duel of honor]]. Zechs response: "NO. [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism There's no honor in war]]." Then [[CombatPragmatist shoots Libra's]] {{BFG}} toward Treize. Also counts as CMOA for Treize, [[spoiler: who had same goal with Zechs, ready to accept the blast, just to prove to the world how meaningless war it is]].

* For for a OZ pilot, Walker deserves mention. After providing Zechs with Tallgeese, Walker goes into battle to buy him some time and gather data on the Gundams. He saves an Alliance general and surrounds Heavyarms with his troops. However, [[spoiler: Quatre and the Magnac Corps show up, shooting up the Aries. Utterly outnumbered and outmatched, Walker charges at Sandrock, shouting "Come get me, you monster!" Quatre catches the Aries in his heat shotels. As his mobile suit is being crushed, Walker calmly muses "Well, I always wanted to know how much this thing can take" before he dies.]] Not bad for a guy with one name.

* Episode 18 shows Trieze deliver a magnificent demonstration of the value of human soldiers above that of mobile dolls. In a leo, he challenges three leos piloted by mobile dolls to a duel. When the Chief Engineer Tuborof orders the dolls to kill him, ''he'' orders the MissionControl soldiers to kill ''him''. Three soldiers immediately leave their terminals and pull guns on him. Then Trieze effortlessly destroys all three mobile doll Leos.
-->'''Trieze''': It's over. Chief Engineer Tuborof, there's a lot more to wars than simply fighting with mobile suits. We claim victory. I retract my order. [[KirkSummation Mobile dolls and humans both take their orders from humans.]] I ask that you place more value on them and love them, Tuborof.

* The scene of Zechs reappearance after his assumed death. "Zechs Marquise?! I thought you were dead!" "That's right, I was. But I found that I cannot quietly sleep in my grave, while Treize's spirit is still roaming among us."
** "This is Wind. I'm destroying MO-3."

* Duo Maxwell was faced with two Gundam-class machines, each using AI based on his friends Heero and Trowa. He takes both of them down at the same time with little effort, pausing only to coolly comment "Maybe next time you should use '''my''' data."

* Heero in ''Endless Waltz'' having finally arrived, with Wing Zero, at the compound where Relena and Mariemaia are:
--->'''[[TheStoic Heero]]:''' Let me confirm: your shelter shields are activated?
--->'''Dekim:''' What are you planning?!
--->'''Heero:''' Your shelter is secure, is it?
--->'''Mariemaia:''' [[TemptingFate Of course it is! See for yourself how powerless you are!]]
--->'''Heero:''' [[ScrewYourUltimatum Roger that.]] (fires {{BFG}}.) '''BOOM'''
--->''(Cue to Mariemeia's OhCrap mugshot)''
* Relena intercepting Lady Une's ArmorPiercingSlap for Mariemaia and delivering one herself.
* A retroactive moment for Trieze; even after he has been dead a full year, just sharing his name is almost enough to allow Mariemaia and Dekim Barton to conquer the world. The only reason it doesn't work is because Trieze's soldiers are so loyal to his vision that when Dekim oversteps that vision they kill him. How many characters can claim to nearly take over the world from '''beyond the grave'''?

* Episode 48 sees Wufei accuses Trieze of being heartless, and fighting just to feed his ego. "How many people have died for you?! HUH?!" Trieze responds with "Do you really want to know?" then he lists the total up until yesterday. Then he contacts Lady Une for the list of people who had died ''up until that minute''. The grand total is in the thousands and includes both sides. Then he counts off ''the names'' of everyone who ever died for him, from the leaders of the Earth Alliance to rank and file OZ soldiers.
* Episode 18 shows Trieze deliver a magnificent demonstration of the value of human soldiers above that of mobile dolls. In a leo, he challenges three leos piloted by mobile dolls to a duel. When the Chief Engineer Tuborof orders the dolls to kill him, ''he'' orders the MissionControl soldiers to kill ''him''. Three soldiers immediately leave their terminals and pull guns on him. Then Trieze effortlessly destroys all three mobile doll Leos.
-->'''Trieze''': It's over. Chief Engineer Tuborof, there's a lot more to wars than simply fighting with mobile suits. We claim victory. I retract my order. [[KirkSummation Mobile dolls and humans both take their orders from humans.]] I ask that you place more value on them and love them, Tuborof.

** The final duel between Heero and Zechs. There's really nothing more epic than seeing two rivals still going at it on an exploding piece of a space station heading towards Earth.

* The final episode when Heero [[spoiler:fires his BFG at the giant space fortress hurtling towards earth as he begins to burn in the upper atmosphere while yelling "I will... I will... I will survive!" Not to mention when he appears moments later flying away from the massive blast in his jet mode in ultra dramatic style]]. This is amazingly awesome because of the fact he pretty much '''screams''' it (at least in Japanese); this is coming from a guy who has [[TheStoic never raised his voice prior]]. To top it off, for the majority of the show he didn't care whether he lived or died as long as his mission was completed. Watching that scene was so... {{squee}}.

* The end of Episode 39, Trowa and Quatre are being attacked by Mobile Dolls, the former is out of ammo and the latter is piloting a Sandrock Gundam that hasn't been properly customized for space combat yet, when out of nowhere the Deathscythe Hell deactivates its cloacking system and proceeds to destroy all the Mobile Dolls in a few seconds. Really any time that the modified Deathscythe does this qualifies.

* Episode 32, Deathscythe Hell vs Wing Zero, with Deathscythe coming out on top.

-->'''Trieze''': It's over. Chief Engineer Tuborof, there's a lot more to wars than simply fighting with mobile suits. We claim victory. I retract my order. [[KirkSummation Mobile dolls and humans both take their orders from humans.]] I ask that you place more value on them and love them, Tuborof.

--->'''Mariemaia:''' [[TemptingFate Of course it is! See for yourself how helpless you are!]]

* To some extent, Quatre had one when he actually piloted Wing Zero without the Zero System driving him permanently insane. He's one of only three pilots who ever managed that stunt but even he was sufficiently intimidated by it that he never sat in the cockpit again.
** Unlike [[TheStoic Heero]] who routinely does it because he has so much emotional self-control that ''the Zero System simply can't use anything to MindRape him''.

** Addendum: "This is Wind. I'm destroying MO-3."
* The ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' TV series' CrowningMomentOfAwesome has to be the first appearance of the Gundam Wing Zero, blowing up an ''entire space colony'' in one shot.
* The Series has more [=CMoA=] than can possily be listed, but of particular note is the final episode when Heero [[spoiler:fires his BFG at the giant space fortress hurtling towards earth as he begins to burn in the upper atmosphere while yelling "I will... I will... I will survive!" Not to mention when he appears moments later flying away from the massive blast in his jet mode in ultra dramatic style]]. This is amazingly awesome because of the fact he pretty much '''screams''' it (at least in Japanese); this is coming from a guy who has [[TheStoic never raised his voice prior]]. To top it off, for the majority of the show he didn't care whether he lived or died as long as his mission was completed. Watching that scene was so... {{squee}}.

** A scene not too long after Quatre and Heero escape to Earth after Quatre's SanitySlippage and Quatre holds up several men at gunpoint with a machine gun. Sure it's small and somewhat pointless, but considering Quatre is considered weaker than the other pilots, he's still pressuring the soldiers to surrender ''while holding a machine gun''.
**** Weaker? The same several episodes show Quatre supporting Heero several times, up to and including snapping the other pilot out of his own Zero SanitySlippage, piloting a (stolen) jet, taking over an entire battleship ''without any casualties'' and culminating in him pushing Heero into going to Sanc which is where they're needed. Physically weaker perhaps, but from this point and onwards pretty much every moment is a CMOA of Quatre's abilities as a soldier and a leader.

*** Which is then flipped on its head when Treize reveals during his duel with Wufei, who accuses him of being heartless, giving him a ShutUpHannibal by counting off the names of everyone who ever died for him. Seconds later he jumps Wufei, only to be fatally stabbed. Cue TearJerker moment as Wufei gives a manly cry "I didn't think I'd win..."

--->'''Heero:''' Roger that. (fires {{BFG}}.) '''BOOM'''

* The ''GundamWing'' TV series' CrowningMomentOfAwesome has to be the first appearance of the Gundam Wing Zero, blowing up an ''entire space colony'' in one shot.

* Episode 18 shows Trieze deliver a magnificent demonstration of the value of human soldiers above that of mobile dolls. In a leo, he challenges three Leos piloted by mobile dolls to a duel. When the Chief Engineer Tuborof orders the dolls to kill him, ''he'' orders the MissionControl soldiers to kill ''him''. They do. Three soldiers immediately leave their terminals and pull guns on him. Then Trieze effortlessly destroys all three mobile doll Leos.
--'''Trieze''': It's over. Chief Engineer Tuborof, there's a lot more to wars than simply fighting with mobile suits. We claim victory. I retract my order. [KirkSummation Mobile dolls and humans both take their orders from humans.]] I ask that you place more value on them and love them, Tuborof.

* Fan-favorite Duo Maxwell ''finally'' got his own CMOA late in the series when he was faced with two Gundam-class machines, each using AI based on his friends Heero and Trowa. He takes both of them down at the same time with little effort, pausing only to coolly comment "Maybe next time you should use '''my''' data."

* Dorothy gets an understated moment when Quinze sends a legion of Virgo Mobile Dolls to attack the Gundam pilots in Peacemillion. She predicts a total loss for the White Fang. Quinze chastises her for trying to give him orders, stating that this is not some kid's game. When the Gundams proceed to mop up every last one of the Virgos, Dorothy calmly notes that it was precisely the outcome she'd predicted, leaving the bridge, while Quinze just shudders in disbelief and terror at what he's just witnessed.