History Awesome / Planetes

* After being denied a good, long smoke for a very long time (oxygen is a commodity inside a space station, after all) and being thwarted by everything from automatic sprinkler systems to an actual terrorist attack, Fee Carmichel, captain of the Toy Box, sees that the terrorist organization Space Defense Front is about to ram a rogue satellite into the station which houses the last available Smoking Room. She then helms her ship at full thrust and rams it head-on to the satellite, causing it (and herself) to plummet harmlessly into the atmosphere, leaving the station's crew in utter awe and admiration at her "noble sacrifice." The fact that she had saved the entire planet from a devastating KesslerSyndrome hadn't even occurred to her, all she wanted was revenge for being denied her smokes... which she finally got, drifting at sea on her inflatable raft (the fact that she survived and used her emergency pod was a miracle in itself.)

* After being denied a good, long smoke for a very long time (oxygen is a commodity inside a space station, after all) and being thwarted by everything from automatic sprinkler systems to an actual terrorist attack, Fee Carmichel, captain of the Toy Box, sees that the terrorist organization Space Defense Front is about to ram a rogue satellite into the station which houses the last available Smoking Room. She then helms her ship at full thrust and rams it head-on to the satellite, causing it (and herself) to plummet harmlessly into the atmosphere, leaving the station's crew in utter awe and admiration at her "noble sacrifice." The fact that she had saved the entire planet from a devastating [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome Kessler Syndrome]] hadn't even occurred to her, all she wanted was revenge for being denied her smokes... which she finally got, drifting at sea on her inflatable raft (the fact that she survived and used her emergency pod was a miracle in itself.)

* For a series that is, basically, about garbage men, ''Manga/{{Planetes}}'' had more than its share of awesome:
** After being denied a good, long smoke for a very long time (oxygen is a commodity inside a space station, after all) and being thwarted by everything from automatic sprinkler systems to an actual terrorist attack, Fee Carmichel, captain of the Toy Box, sees that [[spoiler: the terrorist organization Space Defense Front is about to ram a rogue satellite into the station which houses the last available Smoking Room. She then helms her ship at full thrust and rams it head-on to the satellite, causing it (and herself) to plummet harmlessly into the atmosphere, leaving the station's crew in utter awe and admiration at her "noble sacrifice." The fact that she had saved the entire planet from a devastating [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome Kessler Syndrome]] hadn't even occurred to her, all she wanted was revenge for being denied her smokes... which she finally got, drifting at sea on her inflatable raft (the fact that she survived and used her emergency pod was a miracle in itself.)]]
*** Speaking of Fee: her [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan epic smackdown]] of Hachi in ep seven following his [[IJustWantToBeNormal "omg space hates us"]] bitchfest.
** Everything Hachi does during the Von Braun crew selection trials, but especially his EVA tests.
*** Hachimaki [[CallingTheOldManOut confronting]] Hakim for [[spoiler:betraying his trust and trying to sabotage the mission]] is a favorite. And he saw that coming by plain observation, to boot.
** Anime only: Ai Tanabe's unbelievable [[spoiler:sacrifice in order to save Claire from suffocating when stranded on the surface of the Moon. More poignant because, all throughout the series, Ai's ideals of love had been mocked left and right by everyone in the cast, but Claire herself had ripped into her viciously and mercilessly. In the end, although she survived (but with severe nerve damage,) Ai proved that she was willing to live up to her ideals to the ultimate consequence]].
** Ai Tanabe's amazingly passionate, and well-performed speech in episode three, accompanied by a rising, deep male-voiced chorus. Beyond epic.
** Every single thing Werner Locksmith says or does. Ever.

* Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff Edel. [[spoiler:She get away from her trash of a no-good husband Sasha, her life of 'selling her body' to earn a living, and focus herself on studying while taking on multiple part-times jobs all the while with punctual efficiency to her work, hoping to become a full Technora employee herself. Threatening to shoot Sasha with anchor gun meant to used with ''ship hull'' is just icing on the cake, even though she didn't really mean to do it.]]

* Dolf, who has comparably less screen time in the anime version, gets one in the end where he successfully guides ''Von Braun'' project to it's completion, [[spoiler:and then decided that he'd rather cut ties and stay a president for the project's front company Galileo, essentially told off Technora's board in the face!]] Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:''Werner freaking Locksmith'' is still collaborating with him!]] [[SelfMadeMan Dude came a long way.]]

* Dolf, who has comparably less screen time in the anime version, gets one in the end where he successfully guides ''Von Braun'' project to it's completion, [[spoiler:and then decided that he'd rather cut ties and stay a president for the project's front company Galileo, essentially told off Technora's board in the face!]] Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:''Werner freaking Locksmith'' is still collaborating with him!]] [[SelfMadeMan Dude came a long way.]]

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* Hachimaki's EVA tests deserve special mention. This troper ''cried'' when he saw it the first time.

* Dolf, who has comparably less screen time in the anime version, gets one in the end where he successfully guides ''Von Braun'' project to it's completion, [[spoiler:and then decided that he'd rather cut ties and stay a president for the project's front company Galileo, essentially told off Technora's board in the face!]] Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:''Werner freaking Locksmith'' is working with him!]] [[SelfMadeMan Dude came a long way.]]

* Dolf, who has comparably less screen time in the anime version, gets one in the end where he successfully guides ''Von Braun'' project to it's completion, [[spoiler:and then decided that he'd rather stay a president for the project's front company Galileo, essentially told off Technora's board in the face!]] Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:''Werner freaking Locksmith'' is working with him!]] [[SelfMadeMan Dude came a long way.]]

* Hachimaki's EVA tests deserve special mention. Utterly flawless high-speed zero G maneuver. This troper ''cried'' when he saw it the first time.

*** Hachimaki [[CallingTheOldManOut confronting]] Hakim for [[spoiler:betraying his trust and trying to sabotage the mission]] is a favorite.

* Arrogant of him as it is, Hachimaki correct suspicion that [[spoiler:Hakim plans to sabotage the ''Von Brau'']] by plain observation is an awesome display of hidden depth.

* Arrogant of him as it is, [[spoiler:Hachimaki correct suspicion that Hakim plans to sabotage the ''Von Brau'']] by plain observation is an awesome display of hidden depth.

* Hachimaki's EVA tests deserve special mention. This troper ''cried'' when he saw it the first time.

* Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff Edel. [[spoiler:She get away from her trash of a no-good husband Sasha, her life of 'selling her body' to earn a living, and focus herself on studying while taking on multiple part-times jobs all the while with punctual efficiency to her work, hoping to become a full Technora employee herself. Threatening to shoot Sasha with anchor gun meant to used with''ship hull'' is just icing on the cake, even though she didn't really mean to do it.]]

* Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff Edel. [[spoiler:She get away from her trash of a no-good husband Sasha, her life of 'selling her body' to earn a living, and focus herself on studying while taking on multiple part-times jobs all the while with punctual efficiency to her work, hoping to become a full Technora employee herself. Threatening to shoot Sasha with anchor gun meant for ''ship hull'' is just icing on the cake, even though she didn't really mean to do it.]]

* Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff Edel. [[spoiler:She get away from her trash of a no-good husband Sasha, her life of 'selling her body' to earn a living, and focus herself on studying while taking on multiple part-times jobs, hoping to become a full Technora employee herself. Threatening to shoot Sasha with anchor gun meant for ''ship hull'' is just icing on the cake, even though she didn't really mean to do it.]]

* Everybody in Debris Section gets one, even the clerk staff.

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* For a series that is, basically, about garbage men, ''{{Planetes}}'' had more than its share of awesome:

** At least, for this troper, what really clinched the series for him and made him want to watch the rest of it was Ai Tanabe's amazingly passionate, and well-performed speech (might I even say HotBlooded?)in episode three, accompanied by a rising, deep male-voiced chorus. Beyond epic.