History Awesome / TheHeroesOfOlympus

--->"She forced herself to meet the giant's gaze. "I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me."

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect.]] He takes no lip from them.
* When the amnesiac Percy and Nico first meet. Hazel had been convinced that Jason was the most powerful demigod she knew, until she met these two, and when they first encounter one another, she was terrified of what would happen if they started a fight. Percy was tensing up because he couldn't remember Nico and he knew he ''should'' remember him, while Nico was tensing up due to the fact that until then, Percy was M.I.A., and he suddenly showed up in one of the worst places for him to be be. Added to the fact is that he's running into his crush after so long, both of which made it seem like they were sizing each other up. Hazel did ''not'' want to be anywhere nearby if the two drew weapons. It's pretty awesome when you can make a trained soldier cower with a ''handshake.''
* Similarly, Percy's arrival to CJ, and him accidentally broadcasting it in a big way. He smashed two gorgons to death with fists formed of water and dissipated their essence in the river so they couldn't reform anytime soon, demonstrating a power that the Romans haven't seen in ages, and consider fearsome. And later, when we get Hazel's POV, she admits the reason she didn't immediately try to kill him was because she thought she was experiencing a Greek-style AngelUnaware. That's right, Percy's auto-aura of power is so obvious, even when he's been on the run for months and is exhausted, she thought he was a god.

* Sammy stopping Rufus from bothreing Hazel by pretending to be a film director

* Can we talk about how Percy managed to save the Argo II and its crew with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments diet coke and a little acting?]]
* Give one up to Chrysaor too! The guy just walks up onto ''Argos II'' and [[MemeticBadass Percy Jackson]] takes out his sword ready for a big battle. What does Chrysaor do? He literally knock it out of his hands in one blow! Not even Luke or Ares have been that good! Percy had one heck of an OhCrap look when he realized his InvincibleHero streak just went down the drain.

* Can't believe nobody remembered to mention the way Percy just wiped the Romans after Annabeth threw her knife in the water in Charleston. Doubles as SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
--> All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor. Percy stood on the dock, holding Annabeth’s dagger.
--> '''Percy:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue You dropped this.]]
--> '''Annabeth:''' I love you!

** Piper hypnotizing the last earthborn, then cutting it's arms off. Also doubles as a [=CMOF=] due to the Earthborn's MajorInjuryUnderreaction.

** Whatever the Goddess of the Hunt is up to, we can assume it's pretty big.

* Frank upon luring Alcyoneus back into the realm where the gods have influence.
--> '''Frank:''' [[BondOneLiner Welcome to Canada, idiot.]]

* Percy using the Twelfth Legion's eagle standard to wipe out a chunk of Polybotes' army

** And just before that:
---> [[BadassArmy Romans!]] Rally to the eagle!

---> Jason:"I'm the son of Jupiter! I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster. I toppled the the black throne of Kronos, and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hands. And now I'm going to destroy you Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves."
---> Leo:"Have you been eating red meat?"

--->'''Juno/Hera:''' Romans, I present to you [[TitleDrop the son of Neptune.]] For months he has been slumbering, but now he is awake. His fate rests in your hands.

--->'''Hazel:''' I will never cooperate with you. LET-US-''GO''!

--> [[BadassArmy Romans!]] Rally to the eagle!

-->'''Piper''': Still underestimating me, I see? You need to work on that.

-->"She forced herself to meet the giant's gaze. "I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me."

-->'''Will:''' ''[[ShutUpHannibal I]]'' [[ShutUpHannibal am a son of Apollo,]] ''[[TakeThat you anemic loser!]]''

* "Again, Frank waited for the god to strike him (Percy) down, but Mars just grinned like they were two old buddies talking trash." That's some WorthyOpponent vibe going on there. It also counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* A CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and a TearJerker, Percy deciding to fall into Tartarus with Annabeth was undeniably awesome. YouAreWorthHell, indeed.
* Can we talk about how Percy managed to save the Argo II and its crew with [[CrowningMomentOfFunny diet coke and a little acting?]]

* Can't believe nobody remembered to mention the way Percy just wiped the Romans after Annabeth threw her knife in the water in Charleston. Doubles as CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* Crossed with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:

* Hazel finding out what was actually happening on the island and [[HeroicSacrifice killing herself and her mother so it wouldn't work, as well as destroying the island.]] Then, once she gets to the Underworld, [[HeroicSacrifice she gives up Elysium so her mother won't go to the Fields of Punishment.]]

** Credit where it's due, the editors, publishers, and various in-between people could have edited it out. I don't know if they fought it or helped it along, but in the end they allowed Riordan to put [[spoiler:an openly accepted LGBT character]] in a children's book.
* Percy and Annabeth manage to [[spoiler:go through [[NightmareFuel Tart]][[NauseaFuel arus]],]] and come out not just ''alive, but with their sanity intact.'' Though it probably help that they had a Titan AND a Giant on their side, who both know the way around.

* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[ThanatosGambit dying]] [[HeroicSacrifice heroically]] into his plan [[spoiler:to rescue Calypso from Ogygia.]]

** To put it clearly, seven demigods attacks the giants and their whole army, and even if they are clearly outmatched (and incapable of killing the giants) they give them one hell of a fight. Then, just when the tide is turning against them, [[spoiler: thanks to Reyna restoring peace between the two camps and healing the gods' split personalities]], [[TheCavalry ''all'' the Olympians]] comes out to battle (preceded by a PreAssKickingOneLiner from Nike, in all caps), and each of the seven is joined by his/her divine parent. [[spoiler: Cue an epic curbstomp.]]
** The Moirai joins the fight, too. Thoon was the giant meant to slay them. Instead, they kill him by [[CrowningMomentofFunny beating him to death in their old ladies' form.]]

** The Moirai joins the fight, too. Thoon was a giant meant to slain them. Instead, they kill him by [[CrowningMomentofFunny beating him to death in their old ladies' form.]]

** And later on, he fights a goddess. Not a demigoddess, a full blown goddess. Granted, she wasn't exactly high level, but still, THE MAN FOUGHT A GODDESS ONE ON ONE. Still not as impressive as Percy who fought and defeated an Olympian though...

** And later on, he fights a goddess. Not a demigoddess, a full blown goddess. Granted, she wasn't exactly high level, but still, THE MAN FOUGHT A GODDESS ONE ON ONE.

** And later on, he fights a goddess. [[spoiler: Not a demigoddess, a full blown goddess. Granted, she wasn't exactly high level, but still, THE MAN FOUGHT A GODDESS ONE ON ONE.]]
* Piper [[spoiler: using Charm Speak to break Leo and Jason out of Medea control.]]
* Jason [[spoiler: defeating King Midas's son in hand to hand combat. Then bringing down a lighting bolt that caused rain to fall in the house, freeing all the people that Midas had turned to gold.]]

** Jason finally [[spoiler: finishing off Enceladus with a lighting bolt from Zeus.]]

* Piper [[spoiler: standing up to [[AlphaBitch Drew]] and taking her place as senior counselor, through sheer force of personality and charm, proving herself a true daughter of Aphrodite]].

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he[[spoiler: [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect.]] He takes no lip from them.]]
* When [[spoiler: the amnesiac Percy and Nico first meet.]] Hazel had been convinced that Jason was the most powerful demigod she knew, until she met these two, and when they first encounter one another, she was terrified of what would happen if they started a fight. [[spoiler: Percy was tensing up because he couldn't remember Nico and he knew he ''should'' remember him, while Nico was tensing up due to the fact that until then, Percy was M.I.A., and he suddenly showed up in one of the worst places for him to be be. Added to the fact is that he's running into his crush after so long, both of which made it seem like they were sizing each other up.]] Hazel did ''not'' want to be anywhere nearby if the two drew weapons. It's pretty awesome when you can make a trained soldier cower with a ''handshake.''

* [[spoiler: "Again, Frank waited for the god to strike him (Percy) down, but Mars just grinned like they were two old buddies talking trash"]] That's some WorthyOpponent vibe going on there. It also counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* Percy's BatmanGambit against Phineas. [[spoiler: He uses himself as blackmail against Gaea to force her to influence Phineas to choose the wrong vial of gorgon blood.]] A little spacey, maybe, but IdiotHero Percy is not.
* Let's not forget his initial moment of awesome in the Roman camp, where he [[spoiler: broke through a ''legion'' of Roman demigods through sheer speed, strength, agility, and his less organized, wilder combat style. Sure, he wasn't there alone, but Frank stated that Percy was part of the problem keeping the Romans from organizing to fight. The other part of that problem was a ''war elephant.'']]

* [[spoiler: Percy in the climax of ''Son of Neptune''. He holds off an entire army of immortal ghost soldiers by creating a hurricane and sheer badassery until Frank can free Thanatos, then ''breaks a freaking glacier'' and survives the resulting fall no problem. He then rides to Camp Jupiter and manages to take down a giant with nothing but his sword and a statue's head scarcely an hour later.]]
* [[spoiler: Frank rendering Alcyoneus NotSoInvincibleAfterAll by dragging him across the border to Canada. While smacking him with a shield, all the way. In the ''face''.]]
* [[spoiler: Hazel finding out what was actually happening on the island and [[HeroicSacrifice killing herself and her mother so it wouldn't work, as well as destroying the island.]] Then, once she gets to the Underworld, [[HeroicSacrifice she gives up Elysium so her mother won't go to the Fields of Punishment.]]]]
* Frank upon [[spoiler:luring Alcyoneus back into the realm where the gods have influence.]]

* [[spoiler:Tyson]] during the battle.
--> [[spoiler:'''Tyson:''']] Bad Cyclops Lady! [[spoiler:General Tyson]] says GO AWAY!
* [[spoiler: Percy using the Twelfth Legion's eagle standard to wipe out a chunk of Polybotes' army]]

--> [[BadassArmy Romans!]] Rally to the [[spoiler: eagle]]!

* One for Rick Riordan: [[spoiler: the revelation that Nico di Angelo is gay (or bi) and has/had feelings for Percy. In a series most associate with being for kids.]] Uncle Rick fears no MoralGuardians!

* Piper having to face [[spoiler:Khione]] on her own after all her friends are incapacitated. She not only manages to [[spoiler:curb-stomp Khione by ''reviving a mechanical dragon'' with some hyper-drive charmspeak]], she delivers a memorable PreAssKickingOneLiner before she does it, too.
** It gets better. [Khione is gripping her arm shortly afterward, about to freeze her over... however, Piper proves that ThePowerOfLove is more than just Charmspeak; she literally melts the ice with her willpower.

* Frank versus [[spoiler:''every monster in Venice at once'']]. Frank wins.

* [[spoiler: The true meaning of 'foes bear arms at the Doors of Death'. A Giant and a Titan fighting with Percy and Annabeth against an entire ''army'' of monsters accompanied by the avatar of Tartarus.]]

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he[[spoiler: [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect.]] He takes no lip from them.]]

* [[spoiler:Frank [[ScaledUp Turning into a]] ''[[ScaledUp Dragon]]''.]]
* [[spoiler: Percy and Jason [[CombinationAttack combining their powers]] to push back the Romans.]]
* [[spoiler: Annabeth finding the statue of Athena and outwitting Arachne, especially considering she did so on a broken ankle.]]
** [[spoiler: And the fact that she was terrified to her absolute limit.]]
** [[spoiler: Let's make it clear on how she outwitted Arachne. She made her weave something that was just a bigger version of a Chinese finger trap and then tricked her into getting inside of it, causing her to be trapped inside. DOWNRIGHT HER AWESOMEST MOMENT EVER]]
** [[spoiler: And let's not forget that the underlying reasoning for this plan was that Annabeth and Arachne share the same fatal flaw, hubris, and Annabeth recognized this and played Arachne accordingly. Essentially, Annabeth turned her own greatest weakness into the lynch-pin that ultimately took her enemy down.]]
** [[spoiler: Annabeth gets one earlier while defeating a gang of nine ghosts solely through her powers of observation and knowledge of architecture]]
* [[spoiler: A CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and a TearJerker, Percy deciding to fall into Tartarus with Annabeth was undeniably awesome.]]

* Frank [[spoiler:becoming a praetor and leading a legion of undead Romans against Gaea's army. Getting the blessing of Ares/Mars was just the icing on the cake.]]

** It gets better. [[spoiler:Khione]] is gripping her arm shortly afterward, about to freeze her over... however, Piper proves that ThePowerOfLove is more than just Charmspeak; she literally melts the ice with her willpower.

** [[spoiler: Bob's development too. He struggles with the clash between his new self and his past as Iapetus, unsure of who he should be, until finally he decides who he truly is and chooses to fight Tartarus despite knowing he can't win, just to let Percy and Annabeth escape.]]

* [[spoiler: Piper is prepared to take on all of the Giants gathered in the Parthenon by herself, armed only with a jagged metal sword and her charmspeak.]]
* [[spoiler: Reyna gets a string of them in the climax. She throws herself on an explosive arrow fired by Orion to protect the Athena Parthenos and a bunch of sleeping Greek demi-gods, unsure if her body will contain the blast. Doing so gains her the blessings of both Bellona and Athena, who transforms Reyna's cloak into an aegis. Reyna then uses it to strangle Orion to death.]]
-->[[spoiler: "You will die at the hands of a girl."]]
** [[spoiler: Her ShutUpHannibal moment against Orion, who mocks her about Jason not really being interested in her and Percy letting her down]]
-->[[spoiler:"She forced herself to meet the giant's gaze. "I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me."]]
** It's stated over and over that giants can only be killed by a god and demigod working together. This is bent several times-- Polybotes is defeated by Percy using Terminus' statue, while Bacchus and Hecate both wait for the demigods to beat the giant into submission before delivering the final blow. When [[spoiler:Reyna fights Orion, the "working together with a god" clause is stretched to its thinnest. No god appears to help her. The only assistance she gets is Athena turning her cloak into an ''Aegis'' and Bellona sharing her strength]]. Granted, Orion is the smallest of the Giants and, by that notion, the physically weakest, but considering he was able to tank a car...

* During the final battle, [[spoiler:Leo manages to ''turn the entire framework of the damaged Argo II'' '''into a new metal body for Festus.''']]
* [[spoiler: Leo blasting Gaea with fire, after she made him kill his mother by accident, trying to dissuade him from joining the quest to destroy her. HoistByTheirOwnPetard indeed]]
-->[[spoiler: “Potty Sludge! Dirt Face! THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER, ESPERANZA VALDEZ!”]]

* Nico [[spoiler: forcibly turning Bryce into a ghost and sending him to the underworld ''just by talking'' was this as much as it was NightmareFuel.]]

* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[HeroicSacrifice dying heroically]] into his plan [[spoiler:to rescue Calypso from Ogygia.]] Not many teenagers could pull off a [[spoiler: ThanatosGambit]].

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he[[spoiler: [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthullu talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect.]] He takes no lip from them.]]

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he[[spoiler: talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect. He takes no lip from them.]]

--> "I think I like capture the flag."

--> '''Frank:''' Welcome to Canada, idiot.

* Give one up to Chrysaor too! The guy just walks up onto ''Argos II'' and Percy Jackson takes out his sword ready for a big battle. What does Chrysaor do? He literally knock it out of his hands in one blow! Not even Luke or Ares have been that good! Percy had one heck of an OhCrap look when he realized his InvincibleHero streak just went down the drain.

--> '''Percy:''' You dropped this.

* Heck, why just heroes? Give it up for the bad guys too! Tartarus! DAMN. He only shows up in one scene but man does he manage to leave a mark. Let's just say that while the books are filled with gods and superpowers, Tartarus is the first being to show to be "god-like", as in he took out two titans with just a blow! The ONLY reason he didn't kill Percy and Annabeth is because he hasn't gotten use to his physical form yet... let's just say that Typhon really is a chip off the old block.

* What does Claymore do when his gun proves ineffective and a monster is burning his only friend to death and the building their in? Despite being an ordinary person not a demigod, he punches the monster into a pile of dust with his bare hands!

** And Pegasus himself (as in, the immortal father of pegasi) joins them, but he doesn't come for hedge. He comes for Reyna, as a reward for how well she treated her own pegasus. She's the daughter of war goddess, and yet she managed to conquer an immortal's favor by sheer kindness and loyalty.
* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[HeroicSacrifice dying heroically]] into his plan [[spoiler:to rescue Calypso from Ogygia.]]

** To put it clearly, seven demigods attacks the giants and their whole army, and even if they are clearely outmatched (and incapable of killing the giants) they give them one hell of a fight. Then, just when the tide is turning against them, [[spoiler: thanks to Reyna restoring peace between the two camps and healing the gods' split personalities]], [[TheCavalry ''all'' the olympians]] comes out to battle (preceded by a PreAssKickingOneLiner from Nike, in all caps), and each of the seven is joined by his/her divine parent. [[spoiler: Cue an epic curbstomp.]]

** Yikes, just...yikes.

* [[spoiler: Leo, being the one to destroy Gaea, after she made him kill his mother by accident, trying to dissuade him from joining the quest to destroy her. HoistByTheirOwnPetard indeed]]

** It's stated over and over that giants can only be killed by a god and demigod working together. This is bent several times-- Polybotes is defeated by Percy using Terminus' statue, while Bacchus and Hecate both wait for the demigods to beat the giant into submission before delivering the final blow. When [[spoiler:Reyna fights Orion, the "working together with a god" clause is stretched to its thinnest. No god appears to help her. The only assistance she gets is Athena turning her cloak into an ''Aegis'' and Bellona sharing her strength]].

* Percy in ''Son of Neptune'' is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of {{Badass}} mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he[[spoiler: talked nothing ''but'' smack to Mars/Ares, in front of the Roman Camp, of which he's the second most powerful god. The next time he meets Juno/Hera in a dream, he dunks her in the river, mouthed off, and showed no respect. He takes no lip from them.]]

* Percy proving that sometimes amnesia is incapable of eliminating how {{Badass}} you are, especially when you have monsters after you.

* [[spoiler:Percy proving that sometimes amnesia is incapable of eliminating how {{Badass}} you are, especially when you have monsters after you]].
* Anytime Percy is doing his awesome sauce son of Poseidon thing, opening a can of whoop-ass and drinking it down.
* [[spoiler: Percy's BatmanGambit against Phineas. He uses himself as blackmail against Gaea to force her to influence Phineas to choose the wrong vial of gorgon blood.]]

* Heck, why just heroes? Give it up for the bad guys too! Tartarus! DAMN!! He only show up in one scene but man does he manage to leave a mark. Let's just say that while the books are filled with Gods and superpower, Tartarus is the first being to show to be "god-like", as in he took out two titans with just a blow! The ONLY reason he didn't kill Percy and Annabeth is because he hasn't gotten use to his physical form yet... let's just say that Typhon really is a chip off the old block.

** Leo hitting Enceladus in the chest with a bulldozer shovel.

* How about all the gods and goddesses finally getting their shit together and helping the demigods save the entire world from the giants?

* Will Solace calling Nico out on his self-inflicted emo bullshit.

---> ason:"I'm the son of Jupiter! I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster. I toppled the the black throne of Kronos, and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hands. And now I'm going to destroy you Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves."

* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[HeroicSacrifice dying heroically]] into his plan [[spoiler:to rescue Calypso from Ogygia.]]