History Awesome / StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome

* Kirk and company are approaching Earth in a rickety Klingon bird of prey, all expecting to go there and the best case scenario results in them getting drummed out of Starfleet, if not jailed, while the Klingon ambassador is calling for Kirk's head. They receive a message from the president of the Federation, telling everyone to stay away from Earth, that an unknown probe is causing devastation that will likely kill every living humanoid on the planet, and that it shuts down any ship that gets anywhere near it. Spock determines that the probe is trying to get in touch with an extinct species. Kirk decides then and there, "let's go and get some of them," meaning time travel. No hesitation, no thought given to how it would mitigate their punishment, just it's the right thing to do to save the world.

** [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "You have the right to commit murder?"]]
* Spock nerve-pinching the punk on the bus who wouldn't turn down his boombox and flipped Kirk and Spock off when Kirk told the punk to turn off his music. He even receives a round of applause by the other passengers. And everyone in the theater when this movie came out in 1986.

* Early on in the sequence at the hospital, [=McCoy=] comes across a woman in a bed receiving kidney dialysis. He remarks on the 'dark ages' of medicine he's in, then gives her a pill to take. Later, during their escape, an utterly baffled group of hospital staff are standing around the woman, now in a wheelchair and looking quite lively. If you listen to the doctors walking with her, the pill she took caused her to grow a ''brand new, fully functional kidney.'' The United Federation of Planets' medical science is ''amazing''.
** [=McCoy=] doing this gets more awesome considering how later Trek introduces the Temporal Prime Directive, about how Starfleet officers shouldn't interfere with the past. [=McCoy=] doesn't even hesitate to help this woman - he's a doctor, above all else, and will not stand by while someone is ailing and he can help.
*** Granted, considering that she's an old woman, it's probably safe to assume that her life or death isn't going to make that much difference on a large scale.
* After watching everyone else struggling, pulling favours, and outright bribing to get the supplies they need, Sulu just shows up flying a helicopter. One that he just learned to pilot '''that morning'''. No explanation given as to how he convinced owners to let him take it out. None needed, he's just that badass.
** Doubly fun because it’s a rare CallBack to one of Sulu’s established traits - he’s a FanOfThePast, including antique vehicles.

** Also note that Spock, who is not charged with any Federation crimes, does this.

* Kirk and company are approaching Earth in a rickety Klingon bird of prey, all expecting to go there and the best case scenario results in them getting drummed out of Starfleet, if not jailed, while the Klingon ambassador is calling for Kirk's head, and receive a message from the president of the Federation, telling everyone to stay away from Earth, that an unknown probe is causing devastation that will likely kill every living humanoid on the planet, and that it shuts down any ship that gets anywhere near it. Spock determines that the probe is trying to get in touch with an extinct species. Kirk decides then and there 'let's go and get some,' meaning time travel. No hesitation, no thought given to how it would mitigate their punishment, just it's the right thing to do to save the world.

--> '''Federation Council president:''' As you wish.

* Kirk and company pleading guilty at their court martial. There's no bluster or demands for special treatment despite them having just saved the lives of the President, the Federation Council, hell the entire planet. They know they did the right thing, but are still willing to face up to the consequences of their actions.

* Early on in the sequence at the hospital, [=McCoy=] comes across a woman in a bed receiving kidney dialysis. He remarks on the 'dark ages' of medicine he's in, then gives her a pill to take. Later, during their escape, an utterly baffled group of hospital staff are standing around the woman, now in a wheelchair and looking quite lively. The United Federation of Planets' medical science is ''amazing''.

* Kirk and company pleading guilty at their court martial. There's no bluster or demands for special treatment despite them having just saved the lives of the President, the Federation Council, hell the entire planet. They know they did the right thing, but are still willing to face up to the consequences fo the their actions.

--> '''Gillian''' ''[slapping him]:'' You son of a ''bitch!''

* TheReveal and launch of the new ''Enterprise''.

** '''Spock''': To hunt a race to extinction is not logical.
** '''Gillian''': Whoever said the human race is logical?

* Spock nerve-pinching the punk on the bus. He even receives a round of applause by the other passengers. And the entire theatre, for that matter.

* Spock nerve-pinching the punk on the bus. He even receives a round of applause by the other passengers.

* Spock nerve-pinching the punk on the bus. He even receives a round of applause by the other passengers.
* TheReveal and launch of the new ''Enterprise''.

* After watching everyone else struggling, pulling favours, and outright bribing to get the supplies they need, Sulu just shows up flying a helicopter. One that he just learned to pilot '''that morning'''. No explanation given as to how he convinced owners to let him take it out. None needed, he's just that badass.
* Sarek utterly destroying the Klingon ambassador's bluster and taking him down a peg.
** [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "You have the right to commit murder?"]]
* That commandeered Klingon Bird of Prey does a pretty awesome job all things considered.

** "Spock": To hunt a race to extinction is not logical.
** "Gillian": Whoever said the human race is logical?

* Sarek utterly destroying the Klingon ambassador's bluster and taking him down a peg.

* After watching everyone else struggling, pulling favours, and outright bribing to get the supplies they need, Sulu just shows up flying a helicopter. One that he just learned to pilot '''that morning'''. No explanation given as to how he convinced owners to let him take it out. None needed, he's just that badass.

* The still-cloaked ''Bounty'' interposing itself between the whaling vessel and their target, causing the harpoon to clang off their hull. Then they decloak, and the whalers freak out trying to get away.

* The Reveal and launch of the new ''Enterprise''.

* The Reveal and launch of the new Enterprise.

--> '''Gillian''' ''[slapping him]:'' You son of a ''bitch!''