History Awesome / PuellaMagiMadokaMagica

-->'''Madoka:''' [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice "I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.]] [[IronWoobie All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches.]] [[TheMessiah I want them to live on with smiles on their faces.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I will destroy the rules]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight that prevent that]]. [[ScrewDestiny I will change them]]]]. [[BadassBoast This is my prayer.]] [[HellYesMoment This is my wish]]. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu Fulfill it]], [[spoiler:[[EvilCannotComprehendGood Incubator!"]]]]

** And then, Kyuubey shows Homura [[spoiler:how Madoka will meet her end. From her comet-like Soul Gem, an enormous shadowy form engulfs the Earth and begins to destroy it. In bringing enough hope to create a new universe, in the end, she will release enough despair to destroy the universe]]... '''NOT!''' [[spoiler:Madoka then appears, and takes aim at even ''that'' shadow of despair, and utterly destroying it]].

-->'''Sayaka''': I've... misjudged you in a lot of ways. And I apologize for that. Sorry. But... I have absolutely no regrets about making my wish for someone else. I also don't think I paid too high a price for it. With our power, we can accomplish any number of amazing things depending on how we use it.

* Episode 10, When Homua Akemi was revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex-ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]]. In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]'']]
* After watching [[TheLoad Madoka]] putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to [[spoiler:the [[BadassAdorable Madoka of the first alternate timeline]], who makes a stand alone against Walpurgis despite Homura's pleading for the two to flee together. She apparently succeeds off-screen, only to be shown having [[HeroicSacrifice died in the fight]]]].

-->'''Madoka''': I...*takes a deep breath* I want to [[spoiler:erase every witch. Every witch from every world, from the past and the future. With my own hands]].
-->'''Kyubey''': That wish..If your wish is fulfilled, it'll surpass even space-time interference! It violates the law of causality itself! Do you really want to [[spoiler:become a god]]?
-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.]] [[IronWoobie All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches.]] [[TheMessiah I want them to live on with smiles on their faces.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I will destroy the rules]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight that prevent that]]. [[ScrewDestiny I will change them]]]]. [[BadassBoast This is my prayer.]] [[HellYesMoment This is my wish]]. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu Fulfill it]], [[spoiler:[[EvilCannotComprehendGood Incubator]]]]!

** And then, Kyuubey shows Homura [[spoiler:how Madoka will meet her end. From her comet-like Soul Gem, an enormous shadowy form engulfs the Earth and begins to destroy it. In bringing enough hope to create a new universe, in the end, she will release enough despair to destroy the universe]]... '''NOT!''' [[spoiler:Madoka then appears, and takes aim at even ''that'' shadow of despair, destroying it utterly]].
-->'''Madoka:''' My wish was to [[spoiler:destroy every witch before they were born]], and if that wish is truly granted, then even ''I'' can have no reason to despair! ''Ever!''

* Kyoko's introduction to Madoka and Sayaka was this for her. She displays the skills of a veteran Puella Magi, [[CurbStompBattle outclassing Sayaka in fighting strength, speed, and skill]], utilizing the abilities of her [[WhipSword whip spear]] in the restricted alley way. Homura may have saved her, but Sayaka realizes well enough how Kyoko was ''way'' above her.

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry. All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I will destroy the rules]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight that prevent that]]. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. [[BadassBoast This is my prayer. This is my wish]]. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

* Mami's first battle scene in Episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... Her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''hundreds'' of floating [[MoreDakka magic muskets]], all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of [[ItGotWorse everything that happens afterward]], this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring.

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.]] All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I will destroy the rules]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight that prevent that]]. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.]] All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I will destroy the rules]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight that prevent that]]. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.]] All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeEm I will destroy the rules]] [[RightMakesMight that prevent that]]. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice I don't care what I become.]] [[TheMessiah I don't want to let all those girls cry.] All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeEm I will destroy the rules]] [[RightMakesMight that prevent that]]. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:I don't care what I become. I don't want to let all those girls cry. All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. I will destroy the rules that prevent that. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

* Episode 10, When Homura Akemi was revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex-ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]]. In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]'']]

* Mami's first battle scene in episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... Her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''hundreds'' of floating [[MoreDakka magic muskets]], all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of [[ItGotWorse everything that happens afterward]], this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring.
* Mami's fight against Gertrud in episode 2 is pretty cool too, especially when she whips out [[{{BFG}} Tiro Finale]].

* When Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her in episode 7. The CrowningMusicOfAwesome definitely helped. It's a shame about the [[YankTheDogsChain rest]] [[FeelNoPain of]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend the]] [[LaughingMad episode]]...
* Whenever Homura uses her abilities, awesomeness tends to ensue. The most notable one would be in episode 8 where she [[spoiler: used TimeStop magic to riddle Kyubey with a clip full of bullets ''instantaneously'', just before Madoka can seal a DealWithTheDevil]]. That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey, [[KickTheSonOfABitch which is pretty much everyone at this point]].
* Major props to the animators at the end of episode 8. [[spoiler:Even if you already knew magical girls became witches, the pure impact drawn when you see Sayaka's Soul Gem explode into a Grief Seed and [[EldritchLocation the world reformat]] before your very eyes is still massive. Would anyone have imagined that becoming a witch would look like ''that?'']]

* After watching [[TheLoad Madoka]] putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to [[spoiler:the [[BadassAdorable Madoka of the first alternate timeline]], who makes a stand alone against Walpurgis despite Homura's pleading for the two to flee together. She apparently succeeds offscreen, only to be shown having [[HeroicSacrifice died in the fight]]]].
* Yeah, you know how it says above that Homura [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass]]? Well, her fight against Walpurgis Night in Episode 11 epitomized this, with her [[spoiler: shooting it with a few hundred rocket launchers, hitting it with a semi truck (which, naturally, [[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]), and summoning a battleship to catch her fall into the ocean and blast away at the witch. In short, Homura stole the entire fucking military. [[StuffBlowingUp And landmines]]. [[BigBulkyBomb Lots and lots of landmines]]. ]]
* On episode 12 [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/WDD6e.gif The glorious big shoot of Madoka]] to the witch that nearly ate the earth.]]
* Heck, the entire episode 12 was a crowning moment of awesome [[spoiler:for Madoka]].
* The way the showrunners used the opening song, Connect, qualifies. It is a normal bouncy magical girl opening, which seems to become SoundtrackDissonance as the series gets darker. In episode 10, the viewer gets the impression that [[spoiler: Homura]] is singing it, which makes it a [[spoiler: huge tearjerker, since it emphasizes her despair.]] Then this gets turned on its head in episode 12, when it seems as if [[spoiler: Madoka and/or Homura]] is singing it as an affirmation that [[spoiler: they will never give up, and the new universe will never fall into despair (Madoka), and/or the people of that universe will be protected (Homura.)]] And the lyrics ''make sense'' no matter which way you're looking at them.
* In Ep 12, the Madoka of the current timeline [[TookALevelInBadass shows that she's going to protect everyone]] with one last heroic speech right before she makes her wish.

* When Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her in episode 7. The CrowningMusicOfAwesome definitely helped. It's a shame about the [[YankTheDogsChain rest]] [[FeelNoPain of]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend the]] [[LaughingMad episode]]...

* Episode 10, When Homura Akemi was revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]]. In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]'']]

-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:I don't care what I become. I don't want to let all those girls cry. All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. I will destroy the rules that prevent that. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!

* [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} This Troper]] nominates Mami's first battle scene in episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... Her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''hundreds'' of floating [[MoreDakka magic muskets]], all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of [[ItGotWorse everything that happens afterward]], this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring.
** Mami's fight against Gertrud in episode 2 is pretty cool too, especially when she whips out [[{{BFG}} Tiro Finale]].
* The fact that Madoka never lost hope for a happy ending. Even when the audience already had (Gen Urobuchi isn't known for his happy endings).
* When Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her in episode 7. The CrowningMusicOfAwesome definitely helped. It's a shame about the [[YankTheDogsChain rest]] [[FeelNoPain of]] [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend the]] [[LaughingMad episode]]...
* Whenever Homura uses her abilities, awesomeness tends to ensue. The most notable one would be in episode 8 where she [[spoiler: used TimeStop magic to riddle Kyubey with a clip full of bullets ''instantaneously'', just before Madoka can seal a DealWithTheDevil]]. That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey, [[KickTheSonOfABitch which is pretty much everyone at this point]].
* Episode 10, When Homura Akemi was revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]].
** In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]'']]
* After watching [[TheLoad Madoka]] putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to [[spoiler:the [[BadassAdorable Madoka of the first alternate timeline]], who makes a stand alone against Walpurgis despite Homura's pleading for the two to flee together. She apparently succeeds offscreen, only to be shown having [[HeroicSacrifice died in the fight]]]].
* Yeah, you know how it says above that Homura [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass]]? Well, her fight against Walpurgis Night in Episode 11 epitomized this, with her [[spoiler: shooting it with a few hundred rocket launchers, hitting it with a semi truck (which, naturally, [[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]), and summoning a battleship to catch her fall into the ocean and blast away at the witch. In short, Homura stole the entire fucking military.]]
** [[spoiler: [[StuffBlowingUp And landmines]]. [[BigBulkyBomb Lots and lots of landmines]]. ]]
* On episode 12 [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/WDD6e.gif The glorious big shoot of Madoka]] to the witch that nearly ate the earth.]]
** Heck, the entire episode was a crowning moment of awesome [[spoiler:for Madoka]].
* The way the showrunners used the opening song, Connect, qualifies. It is a normal bouncy magical girl opening, which seems to become SoundtrackDissonance as the series gets darker. In episode 10, the viewer gets the impression that [[spoiler: Homura]] is singing it, which makes it a [[spoiler: huge tearjerker, since it emphasizes her despair.]] Then this gets turned on its head in episode 12, when it seems as if [[spoiler: Madoka and/or Homura]] is singing it as an affirmation that [[spoiler: they will never give up, and the new universe will never fall into despair (Madoka), and/or the people of that universe will be protected (Homura.)]] And the lyrics ''make sense'' no matter which way you're looking at them.
* In Ep 12, the Madoka of the current timeline [[TookALevelInBadass shows that she's going to protect everyone]] with one last heroic speech right before she makes her wish.
-->'''Madoka''': I...*takes a deep breath* I want to [[spoiler:erase every witch. Every witch from every world, from the past and the future. With my own hands]].
-->'''Kyubey''': That wish..If your wish is fulfilled, it'll surpass even space-time interference! It violates the law of causality itself! Do you really want to [[spoiler:become a god]]?
-->'''Madoka''': [[spoiler:I don't care what I become. I don't want to let all those girls cry. All those Magical Girls that believed in their hope and fought against witches. I want them to live on with smiles on their faces. I will destroy the rules that prevent that. I will [[ScrewDestiny change them]]]]. This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, [[spoiler:Incubator]]!
** And that's also considering that she just hoisted Kyubey by his own petard, to quote troper Tibetan Fox:
--->"YOU CREATED A [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds WOOBIE DESTROYER OF WORLDS]], YOU INSCRUTABLE EMOTIONLESS DUMBFUCK!"
** And to quote a few friends from outside TV Tropes:
--->"The {{troll}} [[TheDogBitesBack got trolled.]] Big time. Checkmate, Madoka wins."
--->"Madoka took The Devil, fired him from his job, and made him work as a garbageman."
** In addition to the above, this is also the first time we hear Madoka speak with complete authority, no hesitation whatsoever. She KNOWS what she's doing and she KNOWS Kyubey has no choice but to help.

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