History Awesome / ModernWarfare

** Bonus points for Pelayo, the Cobra pilot you save, in the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]]. After you put her down in the Sea Knight, what did she do? Continue sitting down while painfully holding her injured leg? NO. [[TookALevelInBadass She got back up, ''pulls out an MP5,'' and proceeds to rain fire on the OpFor firing on the Sea Knight.]]

--> '''Price:''' (to Waraabe, holding a canister of the same gas used in the chemical attacks) Look familiar?
--> '''Waraabe:''' ''(panicked, as Price opens the cannister)'' No, no! Please!
--> '''Price:''' (holding a gas mask out of Waraabe's reach) Where's Makarov? Tell me and it's yours.
--> '''Waraabe:''' (reaching for the mask) Our contact was a man named Volk! We never met Makarov-!
--> '''Soap:''' (pressing down on Waraabe's injured leg) Where's this Volk? (Waraabe screams in pain) Time's running out, mate...

--> '''Price:''' (hands Waraabe a mask, then draws his gun) Right, then. [[AndThisIsFor This is for]] the boys at Hereford.

--> '''Price:''' Right, then. [[AndThisIsFor This is for]] the boys at Hereford.
--> '''Waraabe:''' Wait-! ''(BANG)''

--> '''Price:''' Right then. [[AndThisIsFor This is for]] the boys at Hereford.

* Along the same lines as the venerable Reznov, Sgt. Foley puts the badass into AuthorityEqualsAsskicking and then some. To start he's voiced by [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Keith]] [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Fucking ]] [[Franchise/MassEffect David]]. Then he's got a slew of awesome lines from "Get a grip, Corporal! Our weapons still work, which means we can still kick some ass!" when the EMP starts dropping helicopters down around them like hail and they're still outnumbered by the opposing Russians to "Take us up! If we're going down, we're taking those SAM sites with us!" when the chopper your squad is riding in is critically damaged, instead of trying to limp away. But the most awesome aspect of this truly awesome individual is how he takes his soldiers through one nightmare scenario after another and somehow manages to keep his men together and motivated throughout, and continually puts himself and his squad on the line to defend others. When a squad of Russians are bearing down on the weapons cache he's taken, and Command is telling him to get the hell out of Dodge, what does he say? "Forget saving ourselves, we're going to stay here and provide support for the fleeing civilians for as long as possible!" If Shepherd wanted to inspire the American people to stand up and fight, he should have just cloned a bunch of Sgt. Foleys and put them in command of every front-line unit; almost every moment in his presence is a Moment of Awesome.

** Made even more awesome when a random NPC delivers the following simple line at the resolution of the above-mentioned Moment of Awesome: "So when we goin' to Moscow?" Corporal Dunn, who, up until this point, had been your obligatory DeadpanSnarker and apparent {{Expy}} of Hudson from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', responds to that line with this one: "Not soon enough, man. But I know we're gonna burn it down when we get there." It's also a meta-SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} for anyone who recognizes that Dunn's voice actor is Barry Pepper, whose last notable videogame role was [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} someone who could single-handedly accomplish this in bloody fashion.]]
*** When the EMP hits, and choppers start falling like deadly hailstones, one explosion sends the burning chassis of a motorcycle straight at Dunn. He ''dive-rolls'' over it and gets on his feet running. Even when hell is literally raining down, he never misses a beat.

* A minor meta one in the downloadable Spec Op "Kill Switch"; when you start the mission, you see you have support in the distance, then you see the name...OZONE! Then you hear Baseplate talking....SCARECROW! Yup, the two [[MauveShirt Mauve Shirts]] from "Loose Ends" are getting ADayInTheLimelight!

** Yuri gets a lot of disrespect, but he gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome right before and during the [[MoralEventHorizon "No]] [[KillEmAll Russian"]] flashback. He is being held by two Russian insurgents before Makarov pulls a gun on him. Yuri had [[HeelFaceTurn tried to tell as many authorities as possible]] what was going to happen at the airport, but Makarov found out and shoots him right before the airport massacre began. The CMOA comes in when Yuri, with a .50 caliber bullet in his upper torso, ''[[HeroicResolve gets the]] [[HeroicSecondWind hell]] [[TheDeterminator up]]'' and ''limps'' after Makarov as fast as he can, with the mission objective being simply "Stop The Massacre." He is unsuccessful, but damn if he didn't try.

** It's incredibly satisfying seeing the evil bastard Warrabe turning into an absolute sniveling coward once Price starts torturing him, even better is when Warrabe is begging him for a gas mask, [[ExactWords Price gives him one and then casually shoots him to death while he's begging for his life]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheCaptain John Price]] and [[TheLancer Soap MacTavish]]. Two dangerous [[HeroWithBadPublicity war criminals]], and two of the most badass BashBrothers in gaming history.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheCaptain John Price]] and [[TheHero Soap MacTavish]]. Two dangerous [[HeroWithBadPublicity war criminals]], and two of the most badass BashBrothers in gaming history.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Even after [[UpdatedRerelease nine years,]] [[TheCaptain Captain]] [[ColdSniper MacMillan]] is ''still'' pretty much a legend.]]

** Another one occurs in the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], in which the lack of knife twirl is made up by Soap throwing the knife to Shepherd's eye with ''such force'' that the knife blade is seen to be ''[[EyeScream fully embedded in his eye, with only the hilt of the knife being visible]]'', definitely killing Shepherd before he even touches the ground.

*** When the name fades in, you're playing as Price. For the first time in two and a half games, you get to kick so much ass.

--->'''Nikolai''': Makarov's got a small army in there!
--->'''Price''': ''[[BadassBoast It won't help him.]]''

** In the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], in which the lack of knife twirl is made up by Soap throwing the knife to Shepherd's eye with ''such force'' that the knife blade is seen to be ''[[EyeScream fully embedded in his eye, with only the hilt of the knife being visible]]'', definitely killing Shepherd before he even touches the ground.

** Downplayed in the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], in which the lack of knife twirl is made up by Soap throwing the knife to Shepherd's eye with ''such force'' that the knife blade is seen to be ''[[EyeScream fully embedded in his eye, with only the hilt of the knife being visible]]'', definitely killing Shepherd before he even touches the ground.

* Endgame, the climax. Your PlayerCharacter and his partner, "Soap" [=MacTavish=] and John Price, who have been betrayed and tossed around by BigBad General Shepherd, now branded as international criminals, with their high rank as Captains ripped off of them, finally gets one last chance of hunting him down and get their revenge. What follows is one of the most intense missions in the game.

** Taken UpToEleven in the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], in which the lack of knife twirl is made up by Soap throwing the knife to Shepherd's eye with ''such force'' that the knife blade is seen to be ''[[EyeScream fully embedded in his eye,]] [[UpToEleven with only the hilt being visible]]'', definitely killing Shepherd before he even touches the ground.

*** In the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], Price delivered a coup de grace to the Pave Low with a ''grenade launcher''.
*** The [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]] clearly shows how much Soap is fed up with Shepherd's crap, perfectly shown as he proceeds to get up, after hearing Price's voice in his head, and proceed to slit the throat of a Shadow Company soldier crawling towards him, and embedding the knife in the neck of the Shadow Company mook trying to shoot him with an empty gun.

** Taken UpToEleven in the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], in which the lack of knife twirl is made up by Soap throwing the knife with ''such force'' that the knife blade is seen to be ''[[EyeScream fully embedded in his eye,]] [[UpToEleven with only the hilt being visible]]'', killing Shepherd before he even touches the ground.

*** The [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]] clearly shows how much Soap is fed up with Shepherd's crap and proceeds to slit the throat of a Shadow Company soldier crawling in front of him, and embedding the knife in the neck of the Shadow Company mook trying to shoot him with an empty gun.

** In the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], Price delivered a coup de grace to the Pave Low with a ''grenade launcher''.

-->'''Disciple 9''': Not possible. We just cleared that area. Nobody's that goo-
-->'''Shepherd''': [[TheAce It's Price.]]
* Endgame, the climax. Your PlayerCharacter and his partner, Captain "Soap" [=MacTavish=] and Captain Price, who have been betrayed and tossed around by BigBad General Shepherd, now branded as international criminals, finally gets one last chance of hunting him down and get their revenge. What follows is one of the most intense missions in the game.

** Near the end of the river, Shepherd manages to get himself on board a Pave Low helicopter. Does he get away? Captain Price quietly expresses his disagreement...by shooting off the helicopter's fuse line, pretty much ''exploding'' the aircraft to the ground. This is even more impressive than how he shot down a helicopter back in Prypiat, considering that fuse line is much smaller than cockpit and that he was using only an assault rifle, rather than a sniper rifle. And he did this in just three shots. Unfortunately, they are unable to stop the boat because of the current and falls off a waterfall. Soap wakes up, his vision all hazy and his guns gone. Even this does not stop him, who just coughs up a bit and gets his knife out and staggers his way to Shepherd.
** Now, Shepherd deserves a massive props, not only surviving a helicopter crash, but also for when your character lunges at him, he proceeds to curb-stomp you, who are by now one of the deadliest soldiers in the world. Then he stabs you with his own knife, and gives a little speech while loading his revolver:
--->'''Shepherd:''' Five years ago, I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye, and the world just [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] watched. But, tomorrow, there will be no shortage of patriots, no shortage of volunteers. I know you understand.

** With Soap lying helpless with a knife stuck in his chest and Shepherd performing a facial surgery on Price with his fists, all hopes seem to be lost. Then Soap takes a look at the knife stuck in his chest. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_htk-E1nk&t=46s With one of the most intense soundtrack in the game blaring]], he pulls the knife out of chest in a painfully agonizing way, with blood getting out of his body like a small red fountain. When he finally pulls it out, he gives it a playful twirl...and throws it at Shepherd's eyes, finishing him off for real. Let's repeat: Soap just pulled out a knife out of his chest and killed the BigBad by throwing it at his face. Glorious.

* In the [[UpdatedRerelease Remastered version]], aside from the amazing graphics and animations, keen eyed players, during the sniping section of One Shot, One Kill, aside from Zakhaev himself, would notice a couple of familiar figures in a car to his left. Yuri and Vladimir Makarov. And as icing on top of the cake, you get to kill the BigBad of the series before he even started his diabolical plot to start World War 3, essentially creating a TimeParadox.

[[caption-width-right:300:Even after [[UpdatedRerelease nine years,]] [[TheCaptain Captain]] [[BadassInCharge MacMillan]] is ''still'' pretty much a legend.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Even after [[UpdatedRerelease nine years,]] Captain MacMillan is ''still'' pretty much a legend.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Captain [=MacMillan=] is very much a legend.]]

** Yuri and Price storm the hotel where Makarov is hiding while Juggernaut armor and wielding heavy machine guns. After a full two games worth of feeling dread whenever one of those NighInvulnerable armored behemoths appear, now it's the bad guys' turn to run for their lives as their bullets bounce off harmlessly off of you while you rain a hail of death upon them with near impunity, the only tangible threats being the occasional RPG wielders that you can pick off with ease.