History Awesome / Runaways

** Followed by Molly's tearful wail of remorse once she realizes she really hurt him: "How could I know he didn't have ''[[NonPoweredCostumedHero powers?]]''"

-->'''Chase:''' (the group has just detained Victor) Don't worry this psycho killer ain't going anywhere.

-->'''Chase:''' A poor upbringing. (brandishing knife)

-->'''Punisher's War Journal''': "Hhhhhhhhhhhh... Got Past me... so little... Don't fall down. [[{{Determinator}} A soldier doesn't fall down. A soldier stands]]."

-->'''Klara''': Grow! (''A bunch of palm trees spring up and break the guy's fall.'') Lie down. Thank you.

-->'''Leslie (Karolina's mom)''': You think you've beaten us? We haven't even used a fraction of our strength against you. One the kid gloves come off, your parents will annihilate you. We brought you children into this world...
-->'''Alex Wilder''': And ''we'' can take you out. (knocks her out with a big magic stick.)

-->'''Alex''': The mole? Call me whatever you want but I just saved you two from getting offed by a few of your so called friends. It's a long story, but like I said it's about to end. I'll explain everything after we finish the rite of thunder.
-->'''Geoffrey Wilder''': But Alex, the rest of the pride.
-->'''Alex''': you don't need them anymore Dad. You've got me. Aren't you proud?

* Villainous example: [[spoiler:Alex Wilder's]] revelation at the climax of the first volume of his excellent EvilPlan, as well as gaining the powers of half the titular team. Granted, it doesn't last, but it was pretty awesome.
** The cherry on top of this being [[spoiler:The full page shot of Alex with the fistagons, Chase's goggles, the Staff of One and Old Lace behind him, giving a KubrickStare after giving one hell of a BadassBoast. As evil as betraying his friends was, you have to admit he did it with style.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Alex]]''': The mole? Call me whatever you want but I just [[spoiler: saved you two from getting offed by a few of your so called friends.]] It's a long story, but like I said it's about to end. I'll explain everything [[spoiler: After we finish the rite of thunder.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Geoffrey Wilder]]''': But [[spoiler: Alex, the rest of the pride]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Alex]]''': you don't need them anymore [[spoiler:Dad]]. You've got me. Aren't you proud?
* Nico's followup to the above's full explanation, as simple as it was, did even more. [[spoiler:After being offered so much by Alex and hearing the full explanation of his evil plan, including his wish to be with her forever in the paradise the Gibborim promise, she just punches him in the face.]]
--> '''Nico''': [[spoiler:Not if you were the last boy on earth. Loser.]]
** And following that [[spoiler:The quick turnaround the team makes: Karolina, upon being informed of the situation, blasts Alex. Alex quickly chains her up with the staff of one and plans to have Old Lace dispose of her.. only to find out Gert's woken up, taken control back, and is none too pleased about the betrayal, having Old Lace return the staff of one, which Nico promptly uses to destroy the fistagons.]]
* The team's break-in to rescue Old Lace from an old West Coast Avengers storage unit following [[spoiler:the deaths of their parents and Alex, and all of them being remanded to foster care]], taking out a bunch of security robots with ease and then deciding to run off together afterwards.

* Chase stopping [[spoiler:the Yorkes]] from stealing the Leapfrog using their own tech, getting [[spoiler:a new set of fistagons]] in the process.

* In the first issue, [[spoiler:Nico manages to prevent Gert's death]].
* In the fifth issue, Molly reminds everyone she's smarter than she lets on when [[spoiler: she reveals to Gert she knew all along her grandmother's cats have been engineered to read minds and keep tabs on them, and she was the one who gave her parents their powers. Molly managed to fool her grandmother for months into thinking she didn't know she was being watched the whole time and is prepared to run away with Gert to save her from being experimented on.]]

** Followed by Molly's tearful wail of remorse once she realizes she really hurt him: "How could I know he didn't have ''[[NonPoweredCostumedHero powers!]]''"

* In the first New York arc, Molly punches Wolverine out of a church and into a snowbank across the street. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

** Which is followed by a CrowningMomentOfFunny as Frank recovers:

* In the fifth issue, Molly reminds everyone she's smarter than she lets on when [[spoiler: she reveals to Gert she knew all along her grandmother's cats have been engineered to read minds and keep tabs on them, and she was the one who gave her parents their powers. Molly managed to fool her grandmother for months into thinking she didn't know she was being watched the whole time and is prepared to run away with Gert to save her from being experimented on.]]

* In the fifth issue, Molly reminds everyone she's smarter than she lets on when [[spoiler: she reveals to Gert her grandmother's cats have been engineered to read minds and keep tabs on them, and she was the one who gave her parents their powers. Molly managed to fool her grandmother for months into thinking she didn't know she was being watched the whole time and is prepared to run away with Gert to save her from being experimented on.]]

* In the first issue, [[spoiler:Nico manages to prevent Gert's death]].

** And following that [[spoiler:The quick turnaround the team makes: Karolina, upon being informed of the situation, blasts Alex. Alex quickly chains her up with the staff of one and plans to have Old Lace dispose of her.. only to find out Gert's woken up, taken control back, and is none too pleased about the betrayal, having Old Lace return the staff of one, which Nico promptly uses to destory the fistagons.]]

* A shopkeeper accidently becomes a huge destructive giant through some magical artifact. When its determined that they can't beat the giant through simple head-on combat, the team uses the voice and image of the shopkeeper's dead wife to convince him to stop the violence and change back to normal.

** Victor and Molly using the FastBallSpecial to save an unconscious Nico from beign eaten by the Gibborim.

** Klara's leap in character growth may be considered one too. Despite initially being freaked out by Xavin and Karolina's lesbian relationship, here she thanks the former, and acknowledges that the former had saved her. And Klara cheers Nico on for using mnagic, despite coming from an ultra conservative Christian traditionalist background.