History Awesome / ReadyPlayerOne2018

* The reveal trailer is about fifty shades of awesome, with jaw-dropping visuals and a bevy of [[FreezeFrameBonus Freeze-Frame Bonuses]]. Highlights include ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} exiting the Distracted Globe (and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] among the airborne dancers), Parzival standing in a snowy landscape with [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant the Iron Giant]], a gigantic battle that includes VideoGame/DukeNukem and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] fighting Aech, who's wielding a Franchise/{{Halo}} assault rifle, while someone [[NapoleonDelusion dressed as Napoleon]] rides [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Scorponok]] into battle against [[{{VideoGame/Joust}} an army of ostrich-riding knights]], and a huge chase between the Sixers, Aech driving a VideoGame/TwistedMetal-inspired Big Foot monster truck, [=Art3mis=] riding [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda's bike]], and Parzival driving the freaking [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] (you can also see [[Series/TheATeam the A-Team Van]] and a [[Literature/{{Christine}} 1958 Plymouth Fury]] among all the cars at the start, in addition to [[Film/MadMax the Interceptor]] during the chase). All set to an epic orchestral piece that sounds like ''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Pure Imagination]]'' and Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s]] ''[[Music/RushBand Tom Sawyer]]''.

* The reveal trailer is about fifty shades of awesome, with jaw-dropping visuals and a bevy of [[FreezeFrameBonus Freeze-Frame Bonuses]]. Highlights include ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} exiting the Distracted Globe (and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] among the airborne dancers), Parzival standing in a snowy landscape with [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant the Iron Giant]], a gigantic battle that includes VideoGame/DukeNukem and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] fighting Aech, who's wielding a Franchise/{{Halo}} assault rifle, while someone [[NapoleonDelusion dressed as Napoleon]] rides [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Scorponok]] into battle against [[{{VideoGame/Joust}} an army of ostrich-riding knights]], and a huge chase between the Sixers, Aech driving a VideoGame/TwistedMetal-inspired Big Foot monster truck, [=Art3mis=] riding [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda's bike]], and Parzival driving the freaking [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] (you can also see [[Series/TheATeam the A-Team Van]] and a [[Literature/{{Christine}} 1958 Plymouth Fury]] among all the cars at the start, in addition to [[Film/MadMax the Interceptor]] during the chase). All set to an epic orchestral piece that sounds like ''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Pure Imagination]]'' and [[Music/{{Rush}} Rush's]] ''[[Music/{{Rush}} Tom Sawyer]]''.

** The official trailer reveals even ''more'' characters! Seen racing into battle with a lot more characters includes Film/KingKong, the [[Anime/SpeedRacer Mach 5]], the ''[[Series/Batman1966 Batmobile]]'', [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], [[Franchise/MassEffect FemShep]] and the VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} leading [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts an army of skeletons]], [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chuckie]] lunging at an enemy and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 Gundam materializing and joining the fray]]!''

* Wade using [[spoiler: a Rubik's cube artifact, deemed a Zemeckis Cube in-universe, to essentially rewind enemies by about sixty seconds,]] giving himself and [=Art3mis=] some borrowed time to escape. What makes it even better is Spielberg himself told Alan Silvestri, the original scorer on ''BTTF'', that he didn't want that moment to just sound like ''Back To The Future'', he wanted it to BE ''Back To The Future.'' Suffice it to say, he succeeded.

* [[spoiler: Toshiro taking out the IOI drone with a baseball bat. What's more, his using it with the skill of a samurai sword is how you know he's Daito in real life.]]
* [[spoiler: Using every detail he remembered about Sorrento's personal War Room and rig (which is ''[[ExactWords every]]'' detail), Parzival, Daito and Aech recreate that room to convince Sorrento that Wade and Toshiro have him at gunpoint, and therefore extract information from him.]]
* Everything involving the final battle on Planet Doom. Really, until the [[spoiler: Cataclyst explodes]], the entire battle is one SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome after another.
** Wade's epic speech to [[spoiler: ''everyone'' in the OASIS, rallying them to battle the Sixers.]]
** Sorrento and crew don't believe anyone will come to his aid. [[spoiler: They are ''very'' wrong. Countless players come to aid them. The Sixers bust out every weapon they have, but Sorrento stays locked behind his shield.]]

** Wade hoisting his boombox over his head, playing "We're Not Gonna Take It". [[spoiler: As his BadassArmy charges behind him.]]

** We briefly cut to the real world to show Aech throwing Wade a weapon. We then cut back to the game to see what was handed over: [[spoiler: [[Film/ChildsPlay THE CHUCKY DOLL!]] Parzival and [=Art3mis=] have to dodge his indiscriminate knifing themselves before throwing him out of the Delorean where he proceeds to absolutely shred his way through a bunch of Sixers.]]
-->'''Sixer:''' (about to be killed) IT'S [[spoiler: [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] CHUCKY!!!]]
** Sorrento's last resort? [[spoiler: Mechagodzilla. Complete with the theme "Godzilla's March".]]
** Daito's arrival in response, [[spoiler: with the Gregarious Gauntlet. He proceeds to transform into a Gundam and fight Mechagodzilla one-on-one. What ensues is an all-out brawl between an iconic mecha and a mechanical kaiju.]]

** Even as Daito [[spoiler: loses Gundam form,]] he still takes the time to flip Sorrento off [[spoiler: [[DefiantToTheEnd before being vaporized.]]]]
** The Iron Giant, on its last legs, [[spoiler: still distracts Mechagodzilla long enough for [=Art3mis=] to use a grenade, bringing it down and temporarily killing Sorrento.]] Also, [=Art3mis'=] avatar is shown to now have the same birthmark she was so ashamed of, indicating that she's getting over that lifelong insecurity.

** The Iron Giant becoming a bridge, [[spoiler: allowing Parzival and Sho to pass.]]
** Parzival wiping out an entire legion of Sixers. [[spoiler: With the Holy Hand Grenade, no less.]]

** Credit where credit's due: That Sixer at the end [[spoiler: still beat ''Adventure'' in the midst of a massive battle. He was wrong about it being the path to the Easter egg, but it's still impressive.]]

** Wade surviving the [[spoiler: Cataclyst wiping everything out, because the quarter the Curator tossed him was an extra life. Doubly so with TheReveal that the Curator was Og, helping them uncover Halliday's egg all along.]]

** This then gives Sho, [[spoiler: an 11-year old boy with no hope in a straight fight]], the opportunity to fling a heavy oxygen cylinder directly into F’Nale’s gut, winding her and utterly wrecking her hopes for a quick, clean win.

* Bordering on Heartwarming and [[TearJerker poignant]], [[spoiler: Parzival deciding against signing the OASIS to himself and no one else. Why? Because he understands that was Halliday's biggest regret, cutting Og out of his partnership. So he's going to share the OASIS with his friends. As it turns out, [[SecretTestOfCharacter that was the correct response]].]]
* [[spoiler: Sho turns out to actually be an [[TheReveal eleven-year-old boy]]. The awesomeness lies in that he's perfectly aware of his reputation as "the biggest badass in the OASIS" and happens to ThinkNothingOfIt. Though he brushes them off, Wade and later Samantha are no less starstruck.]]
* [[spoiler: Og revealing he was the museum curator simply by tossing a quarter to Wade. When Wade guesses his identity, Og even does it in style when he imitates the curator's butler-like mannerism and compliments "[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Well played, Parzival]]."]]
* [[spoiler: One of Wade's rules for the OASIS is to close it on certain days. Unlike the book where the future was just hand-waved, it shows Wade actively doing something to fix the world so it's not destroyed by its inactivity and addiction to the OASIS. After what Halliday told him, he has a better understanding that people need to stop escaping life and start fixing their reality. Not only does he do it, he does it despite the fact that the populace objects to it. He's just bravely lead a war like a real leader, and like any real leader, he's not going to shrink away from doing the right thing for his people.]]
* While the book made it vague that Sorrento and [=IOI=] was going to be punished for their crimes, at the end of the film [[spoiler: the first thing the High Five did with their ownership of the [=OASIS=] is ban all loyalty centers (i.e. the places where gamers in debt are forced into indentured servitude) from accessing the [=OASIS=]. Since the loyalty centers can no longer turn a profit, they have no option but to shut down.]]
** Just the fact that [[spoiler: Sorrento (and his assistant F'nale) go to prison. What's more, Aech got his confession recorded, meaning they have sound evidence of what he did. And the cherry on top is when she flashes her trademark cheshire-cat-smile from the book.]]

** Just the fact that [[spoiler: Sorrento (and his assistant F'nale) go to prison. What's more, Aech got his confession recorded, meaning they have sound evidence of what he did. And the cherry on top is when she flashes her trademark cheshire-cat-smile from the book.]]

!!Meta
* The fact that Steven Spielberg was able to take the [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement very divisive]] book and was able to create an awesome movie for him out of it. One that seems he had a lot of fun doing, given the level of detail put into things that no one needed to give that much effort to. From the placement of the RX-78 Gundam's cockpit, to keeping the ding in the Iron Giant's head to putting in more modern references from the players and letting the 80's/early 90's come from Halliday to the sheer fluidity of the visuals, there was work done that just didn't need to be done, but they did it anyway to provide the high-gloss finish the movie has.
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* The reveal trailer is about fifty shades of awesome, with jaw-dropping visuals and a bevy of [[FreezeFrameBonus Freeze-Frame Bonuses]]. Highlights include ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} exiting the Distracted Globe (and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] among the airborne dancers), Parzival standing in a snowy landscape with [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant the Iron Giant]], a gigantic battle that includes VideoGame/DukeNukem and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] fighting Aech, who's wielding a Franchise/{{Halo}} assault rifle, while someone [[CrazyAwesome dressed as Napoleon]] rides [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Scorponok]] into battle against [[{{VideoGame/Joust}} an army of ostrich-riding knights]], and a huge chase between the Sixers, Aech driving a VideoGame/TwistedMetal-inspired Big Foot monster truck, [=Art3mis=] riding [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda's bike]], and Parzival driving the freaking [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] (you can also see [[Series/TheATeam the A-Team Van]] and a [[Literature/{{Christine}} 1958 Plymouth Fury]] among all the cars at the start, in addition to [[Film/MadMax the Interceptor]] during the chase). All set to an epic orchestral piece that sounds like ''[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Pure Imagination]]'' and [[Music/{{Rush}} Rush's]] ''[[Music/{{Rush}} Tom Sawyer]]''.

** Samantha then jumps in, despite having no real-world combat skills whatsoever. While RealityEnsues and she gets her ass kicked for her trouble, she occupies F’Nale for a good few moments and stops her from attacking Wade.

** Just the fact that [[spoiler: Sorrento (and his assistant F'nale) go to prison. What's more, Aech got his confession recorded, meaning they have sound evidence of what he did.]]

** Likewise, ninja Sho taking I-R0k and his terrifying screaming-skull weapon out of the action by cutting his arm off at the shoulde. With [[Film/{{Krull}} the Glaive]].

* When the High Five play through Steven King's "The Shining". Just about every inch of it is faithful to the Kubrick movie. Well, except for the zombies, but [[JustifiedTrope that can be expected from Halliday's Easter Egg]].

** The official trailer reveals even ''more'' characters! Seen racing into battle with a lot more characters includes Film/KingKong, the [[Anime/SpeedRacer Mach 5]], the ''[[Series/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]'', [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], [[Franchise/MassEffect FemShep]] and the VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} leading [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts an army of skeletons]], [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chuckie]] lunging at an enemy and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 Gundam materializing and joining the fray]]!''

* [[spoiler: Sho turns out to actually be an [[TheReveal eleven-year-old boy]]. The awesome lies in that he's perfectly aware of his reputation as "the biggest badass in the OASIS" and happens to ThinkNothingOfIt. Though he brushes them off, Wade and later Samantha are no less starstruck.]]

** The official trailer reveals even ''more'' characters! Seen racing into battle with a lot more characters includes Film/KingKong, the [[Anime/SpeedRacer Mach 5]], the ''motherfucking [[Series/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]'', [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], [[Franchise/MassEffect FemShep]] and the VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} leading [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts an army of skeletons]], [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chuckie]] lunging at an enemy and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 Gundam materializing and joining the fray]]!''

** The official trailer reveals even ''more'' characters! Seen racing into battle with a lot more characters includes Film/KingKong, the [[Anime/SpeedRacer Mach 5]], the ''motherfucking'' ''[[Series/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]'', [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]], [[Franchise/MassEffect FemShep]] and the VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} leading [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts an army of skeletons]], [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chuckie]] lunging at an enemy and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 Gundam materializing and joining the fray]]!''

** Just one part of the licensing to make this film would be potentially expensive. About half the franchises listed in the first paragraph aren't even major parts of the narrative, BUT THEY GOT THEM. Also, considering that either Series/SpiderManJapan or Series/{{Ultraman}} had to be replaced due to known licensing issues, to see a ''freaking'' '''Gundam''' (Moreso the ''original RX-78'', albeit looking more like the real-life 1/1 Gundam erected in Japan years ago) appear is pure awesome in itself.

** Just one part of the licensing to make this film would be potentially expensive. About half the franchises listed in the first paragraph aren't even major parts of the narrative, BUT THEY GOT THEM. Also, considering that either Series/SpiderManJapan or Series/{{Ultraman}} had to be replaced due to known licensing issues, to see a ''freaking'' '''Gundam''' appear is pure awesome in itself.

* The fact that Steven Spielberg was able to take the [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement very divisive]] book and was able to create an awesome movie for him out of it. One that seems he had a lot of fun doing, given the level of detail put into things that no one needed to give that much effort to. From the placement of the cockpit of the White Gundam to keeping the ding in the Iron Giant's head to putting in more modern references from the players and letting the 80's/early 90's come from Halliday to the sheer fluidity of the visuals, there was work done that just didn't need to be done, but they did it anyway to provide the high-gloss finish the movie has.

** How did he know Sorrento was faking? He asked him what Halliday would've done. The moment Sorrento coldly responds "Halliday is dead", that's when Wade deduces this business man is just a fraud, because no OASIS nerd worth their haptic gloves would've [[SpeakIllOfTheDead trivialized Halliday's memory so readily]].
* Samantha is enough of a leader to have assembled a RagTagBunchOfMisfits to oppose IOI's combined efforts to find all the keys. Think of them as the GoodCounterpart to IOI's unfeeling corporate machine.

* [[spoiler: Using every detail he remembered about Sorrento's personal War Room and rig (which is ''[[ExactWords every]]'' detail), Parzival, Daito and Aech recreate that room to convince Sorrento that Wade and Toshiro have him at gun point, and therefore extract information from him.]]
* Everything involving the final battle on Planet Doom. Really, until the [[spoiler: Cataclyst explodes,]] the entire battle is one SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome after another.

* The fact that Steven Spielberg was able to take the [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement very divisive]] book and was able to create an awesome movie for him out of it. One that seems he had a lot of fun doing, given the level of detail put into things that no one needed to give that much effort to. From the placement of the cockpit of the White Gundam to keeping the ding in the Iron Giant's head to putting in more modern references from the players and letting the 80's/early 90's come from Halliday to the sheer fluidity of the visuals, there was work done that just didn't need to be done, but they did it anyway to provide the high-gloss finish the movie has.