History Awesome / PitchBlack

* Fry all out assaulting Riddick instead of abandoning Jack and Imam and screaming that she is the Captain and he had to follow orders. Her bravery actually changes his mind because it impressed him, which is a pretty damn hard thing to do.

** What makes this more brave is remembering that he actually let himself see what was going to kill him. That takes some guts when he could have curled up and gotten on with the screaming.

* Even earlier, when Riddick is still in chains and Johns has a shotgun pointed ''at his head!''

-->'''Riddick:''' ''(shrug)'' [[ExactWords I said]], it ''looks'' clear.

--> '''Riddick:''' Ghost me, motherfucker. I'd do the same to you.

* "We can't leave..." * aliens approach the ship from the rear* "...Without saying goodnight." * Riddick fires ship's thrusters, incinerating the aliens behind them and ramming the ones in front of them*

--> '''Riddick:''' C'mon, ghost me, motherfucker. I'd do the same to you.

--> '''Riddick:''' Come on! Ghost me, mother fucker! I'd do the same to you!

* Hell, even Paris gets one in the end. Surrounded by creatures, realizing that he'll never even ''see'' Paris, let alone live out his plan of dying there, his final act is one last recital of his BoozeFlamethrower party trick as a dying fuck you to the things surrounding him. Arguably made all the more awesome by his being a regular decidedly non-action guy with not much in the way of courage to work with.

--> Johns takes a step forward, and a creature flies out towards them. They duck and it flies into the night.
--> '''Johns:''' You said it was clear!
--> '''Riddick:''' I said it "looked" clear.
--> '''Johns:''' Well, how does it look now?
--> '''Riddick:''' Looks clear.

* "You do NOT know WHO you are fucking with!"

* Even earlier, when Riddick is still in chains and Johns has a shotgun pointed '''at his head!''

* Even earlier, when Riddick is still in chains and Johns has a shotgun pointed ''''at his head!'''

--> '''Riddick:'' Come on! Ghost me, mother fucker! I'd do the same to you!

* Just like ''The Dark Knight'' Joker and Anton Chigurh, everything Riddick says or does is a crowning moment of AWESOME!!!!

* [[Film/PitchBlack You do NOT know WHO you are fucking with!]]
** "I'll kill you with my teacup."
** "We can't leave..." * aliens approach the ship from the rear* "...Without saying goodnight." * Riddick fires ship's thrusters, incinerating the aliens behind them and ramming the ones in front of them*
** Just like ''The Dark Knight'' Joker and Anton Chigurh, everything Riddick says or does is a crowning moment of AWESOME!!!!
** This editor, (not at all a fan of ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'') freely admits that Riddick ''swinging out into killer sunlight'' to rescue Kyra with nothing but the contents of a water bottle for protection was seriously {{Badass}}.
*** Even more so because Riddick is [[spoiler:effectively blind in normal light, thanks to his eyeshine, and Crematoria's sunlight is not only deadly but intensely brilliant as well.]]
** And, just to prove that other characters in the series can have their own crowning moments, the Purifier [[GoOutWithASmile happily walking to his death]] and not stopping until most of his [[StrippedToTheBone flesh has melted away]] in Crematoria's lethal sunlight.

** This editor, (not at all a fan of ''TheChroniclesOfRiddick'') freely admits that Riddick ''swinging out into killer sunlight'' to rescue Kyra with nothing but the contents of a water bottle for protection was seriously {{Badass}}.

* [[PitchBlack You do NOT know WHO you are fucking with!]]

** "We can't leave..." * aliens approach the ship from the rear* "...Without saying goodnight." * Riddick fires ship's thrusters, incinerating the aliens*
** Just like The Dark Knight Joker and Anton Chigurh, everything Riddick says or does is a crowning moment of AWESOME!!!!

*** Even more so because Riddick is [[spoiler: effectively blind in normal light, thanks to his eyeshine, and Crematoria's sunlight is not only deadly but intensely brilliant as well.]]