History Awesome / TheDarkCrystal

* The Skeksis Emperor [[{{Determinator}} spending his last seconds of life in holding on to his scepter]] when the Chamberlain tries to take it from him.

* The Trial by Stone, settling a long feud between the Chamberlain and the Garthim Master.
* The Landstriders put up quite a fight against the dreaded Garthim, which were virtually unopposed up to this point. Even though they are ultimately outnumbered.

* Kira's WingPull, which saves her and Jen from falling off a cliff during a Garthim attack.

-->'''Aughra:''' What was sundered and undone / Shall be whole: the two made one! The wound of the world is closed.

* As the Skeksis Scientist tries to drain Kira's essence in the laboratory, Kira (encouraged by Jen and Aughra) rallies the animals in the cages, urging them to break free and attack the Scientist, which they eagerly do, and he ends up falling to his death at the fiery bottom the Crystal's shaft. Unfortunately (though inevitably), this also causes his Mystic counterpart to die as well.

* As the Skeksis Scientist tries to drain Kira's essence in the laboratory, Kira (encouraged by Jen and Aughra) rallies the animals in the cages, urging them to break free and attack the Scientist, which they eagerly do, and he ends up falling to his death at the fiery bottom the Crystal's shaft. Unfortunately, this also causes his Mystic counterpart to die as well.

* The entire movie's set design. Absolutely ''nothing'' in this movie is even remotely recognizable as an Earth-based organism. And it was all done with puppets - no CGI at all.
* The music score by Trevor Jones. Especially in the climax.

'''Aughra:''' ''"Lords"?! Not for long!!'' What about TheProphecy?! That a Gelfling will end Skeksis power?! He'll come! Make you ''crawl!'' Like the ''worms you are!!''

'''(skekEkt whimpers and looks away)'''

* As the Skeksis scientist tries to drain Kira's essence in the laboratory, Kira (encouraged by Jen and Aughra) rallies the animals in the cages, urging them to break free and attack the Scientist, which they eagerly do, and he ends up falling to his death at the fiery bottom the Crystal's shaft.

* Aughra, having been mistaken by the mindless Garthim for a Gelfling, is taken before the Skeksis as presentation. Is she frightened by the presence of the genocidal tyrants? Does she plead for their mercy or her freedom? No, instead, she without hesitation ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu goes on a blistering tirade, calling them idiots, insulting their brainless soldiers, lambasting them for burning her home, and not giving a single shred of care of who they are while telling them right to their faces that their days are numbered.]]''
-->'''Aughra:''' Fools!! Skeksis fools!! What do you want from me?!\\

* As the Skeksis scientist tries to drain Kira's essence in the laboratory, Kira (encouraged by Jen and Aughra) rallies the animals in the cages, urging them to break free and attack the scientist, which they eagerly do and he falls to his death into the shaft.

* Jen and Kira riding Landstriders.
** The Landstriders put up quite a fight against the dreaded Garthim, which were virtually unopposed up to this point. Even though they are ultimately outnumbered.

For ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', see [[Awesome/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance here]].
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* The Mystics chant in unison to call for Jen. True to their name, there is something mystical about it.

* The entire climax. Jen puts the shard back into the Crystal following Kira's HeroicSacrifice. The castle is suddenly [[LightEmUp struck by light and openings are blasted everywhere to let the light in]], making the Skeksis' dark interior fittings crumble and returning the castle to its original crystalline shapes. The Skeksis are hopelessly panicking, the Garthim fall apart into hollow shells and the zombified Podlings are returned to their normal state. The chanting Mystics enter the castle and gather around the restored Crystal, start emitting rays of light through their eyes that pull the Skeksis to them and stand up, and both species then [[FusionDance merge]] into the single entities they were before the Crystal was broken, the [=UrSkeks=].
-->'''Aughra:''' What was sundered and undone / Shall be whole: the two made one!
-->'''[=UrSkek=]:''' And now... the Prophecy... is fulfilled. We are again... one.
** Then the [=UrSkeks=] resurrect Kira.

* The Skeksis Emperor [[{{Determinator}} vspending his last seconds of life in holding on to his scepter]] when the Chamberlain tries to take it from him.