History Awesome / TheHeroesOfOlympus

* Percy managed to save the ''Argo II'' and its crew from dolphin pirates with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments diet Cone and a little acting?]]

* One of the Ares kids saying they want a weapon like Jason's after seeing him demonstrate how to activate it.
* Leo taking out two cyclops with a robot crane, and then a third one by dropping an engine block on it.

* Jason 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.

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

--> '''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?"

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

--> '''Frank:''' Here's a tip, Alcyoneus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only ten miles wide. [[BondOneLiner Welcome to Canada, idiot.]]
* 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.]] This was as a 13-year old girl, with no explanation of her powers, and no explanation of what was happening, other than if she didn't stop it, [[CrapsackWorld Things Would Be]] [[TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt Bad]].

* Though the circumstances were... odd, Percy, who had trained only in summers since he was twelve, manages to match Jason, who had trained year-round since he was TWO.

* 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. A little spacey, maybe, but IdiotHero Percy is not.
* Let's not forget his initial moment of awesome in the Roman camp, where he 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.''

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

* 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}}.

* Can we talk about how Percy managed to save the Argo II and its crew with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments diet coke and a little acting?]].

** 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!!
** 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.

* 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 knocks 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.

* Heck, why just heroes? Give it up for the bad guys too! Tartarus! DAMN. [[OneSceneWonder 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.
* Speaking of bad, Percy snapping during his fight with Akhlys and laying the smack down, turning her own poison against her, [[ForceChoke drowning her on dry ground]], and deadpan-taunting all the while. One of his most brutal moments, sure, but also one of his most powerful. CreepyAwesome, meet Percy Jackson.

* 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.

* The Hermes kids stealing the live land mines around the Ares cabin to defend the camp

-->'''Leo:''' WHAT’S UP, ENCHILADAS?! NICE DAGGER IN YOUR FOREHEAD!

** No love for telling off Octavian, in front of the entire First Legion no less?

** And retroactively, Nico's trip through there is this, and even more so since he went in '''ALONE'''. [[UpToEleven And even more so]] since Percy speculates that Nico, being a son of Hades, ''didn't have the luxury of [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm only seeing what he could comprehend.]]''

--> '''Frank:''' [[BondOneLiner Welcome to Canada, idiot.]]

* Percy's BatmanGambit against Phineas. He uses himself as blackmail against Gaea [[spoiler: to force her to influence Phineas to choose the wrong vial of gorgon blood.]] A little spacey, maybe, but IdiotHero Percy is not.

* Percy is on an I.V. of CrazyAwesome with hints of badass mixed in. Let's start with the fact that he [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu talked nothing]] ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu but]]'' [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu 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.

Leo's entrance takes the cake for funny and awesome:

* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[ThanatosGambit dying]] [[HeroicSacrifice heroically]] into his plan to rescue Calypso from Ogygia. [[LoopholeAbuse You can only see go there]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse once a lifetime]]''. [[LoopholeAbuseBut if you died then got revived...]]

* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[ThanatosGambit dying]] [[HeroicSacrifice heroically]] into his plan to rescue Calypso from Ogygia. [[LoopholeAbuse You can only see go there ''once a lifetime''. But if you died then got revived...]]

--> “Potty Sludge! Dirt Face! THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER, ESPERANZA VALDEZ!”

** 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, Scipio. She's the daughter of war goddess, and yet [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower she managed to conquer an immortal's favor by sheer kindness and loyalty.]]
* You also have to give Leo credit for successfully incorporating [[ThanatosGambit dying]] [[HeroicSacrifice heroically]] into his plan to rescue Calypso from Ogygia.

* 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.]] This was as a 13-year old girl, with no explanation of her powers, and no explanation of what was happening, other than if she didn't stop it, [[CrapsackWorld Things Would Be]] [[TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt Bad]]

* Sammy stopping Rufus from bothering 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?]]

** 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

** Her ShutUpHannibal moment against Orion, who mocks her about Jason not really being interested in her and Percy letting her down

* One of the Ares kids saying they want a weapon like Jason's after seeing him demostate how to activate it

* Jason 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.]

* One for Rick Riordan: 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!

** 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 an openly accepted gay major character in a children's book.

** 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 Scipio. She's the daughter of war goddess, and yet [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower she managed to conquer an immortal's favor by sheer kindness and loyalty.]]

** 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 [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower she managed to conquer an immortal's favor by sheer kindness and loyalty.]]

* Reyna gets a string of them in the climax. She throws herself on an explosive arrow fired by Orion to protect the Athena Parthenos, a bunch of pegasus, and some nearby sleeping mortals, 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.

* 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.

* Percy 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.

* 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.]] A little spacey, maybe, but IdiotHero Percy is not.