History Awesome / ThePrinceOfEgypt

*** Furthermore, at the end of the Final Plague, when the Angel of Death and/or souls of the dead firstborn dissipate into the sky, the constellation we know as Orion is shown prominently in the night sky. [[GeniusBonus To ancient Egyptians, that constellation was associated with Osiris]], their god of life and death and judge of the underworld. ''That'' is [=The Hebrew God=]'s final assault on the gods of Khem: He declares "''Even Life itself is mine and mine alone to give and rescind.''"

* The plagues is one for God. For once, He lets loose with His full power. And there is not a thing the Egyptians can do to stop Him. The climax would be the scene where God kills all of the firstborns of Egypt--[[spoiler: including Rameses' own son, which is finally what breaks Rameses and causes him to free the Hebrews.]]

* Can we talk about Miriam for a second? She is awesome personified. I mean, she is a Hebrew slave, somebody with zero power or agency. Yet she is able to channel the only resource she has -- her faith (and not just the spiritual kind) -- and uses it not only to rise above the despair of her own situation, but she also uses it to push her brother into liberating an entire people. She constantly lifts everyone else's spirits, no matter how badly they treat her. She is Moses' first supporter, the only one who has never doubted him or his mission, and often it seems her unshakeable belief in her brother is what keeps Moses from giving up. No wonder he pulled her aside and thanked her at the end of the movie.

* Yocheved. Just Yocheved. While she didn't have a major crowning moment, her MamaBear instinct to save her youngest child (Moses) from death is not only beautifully heartwarming, but pure awesome.

* The entire burning bush scene, especially when God comforts Moses and says that he will ''smite Egypt with all My wonders''. The music, the effects, everything about this scene gives me chills every time.
** And afterward when Moses runs back to Zipporah to tell her what happened. No dialog at all for a full 30 seconds, but the joy of one man telling of his experience of God is conveyed utterly and emotionally all in that wonderful music and the way Moses moves to tell the story of his new divine calling. That gives me the chills every time. Just [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Hans Zimmer's sweeping score]] and Moses telling what happened through gesture.

* A smaller one: while it's usually a bad idea to read YouTube comments, the ones featured on clips from the film are almost universally positive. Viewers of all belief systems, including atheists, all openly talk about their respect and love for the movie, and even seem to have an unspoken agreement ''not'' to let the comments section devolve into arguing and fights. Any movie that can tame the Internet must be doing something right.

*** Furthermore, at the end of the Final Plague, when the Angel of Death and/or souls of the dead firstborn dissipate into the sky, the constellation we know as Orion is shown prominently in the night sky. [[GeniusBonus To ancient Egyptians, that constellation was associated with Osiris]], their god of life and death and judge of the underworld. ''That'' is [=The Hebrew God's=]'s final assault on the gods of Khem: He declares "''Even Life itself is mine and mine alone to give and rescind.''"

*** Furthermore, at the end of the Final Plague, when the Angel of Death and/or souls of the dead firstborn dissipate into the sky, the constellation we know as Orion is shown prominently in the night sky. [[GeniusBonus To ancient Egyptians, that constellation was associated with Osiris]], their god of life and death and judge of the underworld. ''That'' is [=YHWH=]'s final assault on the gods of Khem: He declares "''Even Life itself is mine and mine alone to give and rescind.''"

*** The staff-to-cobra transformation caused such a panic because it's a symbol of two goddesses: Meretseger, the guardian of the royal tombs, and, most importantly, Wadjet, the ''symbol of the royal power of life and death'' (hence why the pharaohs and a few other members of the royal family wore a stylised cobra on their heads). That's also why Hotep and Huy could pull it: they ''are'' the court mages, playing with cobras is part of their job. Not only that, but Moses' staff-turned-snake manages to consume the other two cobras whole;
*** The First Plague, transforming the Nile in a river of blood, is a mockery of a good omen: the Nile would become red ''once'' per year, filled with the fertile silt that the incoming flood would deposit on the earth. And yet, this time not only the red waters appeared at the wrong time of the year and brought no silt, but they also caused the death of all the fish of Egypt. [[FridgeBrilliance And comes to think, silt is probably how Hotep and Huy 'replicated' the trick on smaller scale]]';
*** The Second Plague, the frogs overrunning Egypt, continues the mockery of a good omen: the frog is a symbol of fertility and the god Hapy, a personification of the flooding of the Nile and its fertile silt, and smaller 'invasions' of frogs would come right after the flooding;
*** The Third and Fourth Plagues, the mosquitoes and the fleas, are a direct consequence of the end of the Second: there were no frogs to eat them anymore. What's worse, the Egyptians were used to dealing with them, but this time there were too many;
*** The Fifth Plague, the disease of the livestock, hits a soft point of the Egyptian believes: the cult of Apis, intermediary between men and gods, with a living incarnation as a bull (the Egyptians also built graves for these bulls). Because now Moses is the intermediary, Apis dies, and no other bull with the proper markings shall be found;
*** The Sixth Plague, the boils, hits particularly hard: boils and other illnesses fall under the dominion of Thoth, the God of Science and Knowledge, Medicine and, what's worse, the ''Arbitrator of the Gods'', who would bring justice and properly administer the law. Between the epidemics and the priests having no knowledge on how to cure this, this one is a warning that Egypt has brought itself outside of the law of Maat, its greatest moral value;
*** The Seventh Plague, the storm of fire, is personal for the Pharaoh and the royal family: storms are the dominion of Seth. In this time not only Seth is not yet demonized (that would happen only from the Twenty-First dynasty, and the names of the Pharaohs indicate the Nineteenth), but it's ''one of the most important gods'', with Rameses's own father being named after him and the current capital of Pi-Ramses (cited by name in the Bible as the starting point of the Exodus) is a center of Seth's worship. Ouch...;
*** The Eight Plague, the locusts, is pure nightmare: while in small numbers they were considered symbols of luck alongside grasshoppers, in large numbers they were rightly feared, and by being brought by the wind this plague entered the dominion of one of the most important gods, Amon;
*** The Ninth Plague, the Darkness, is again personal with the Pharaoh and his family: not only the authority of the Pharaoh is associated with the Sun God Ra and the Sky God Horus, but the reigning Pharaoh is ''Ra''meses, meaning "Born from Ra". A message of paternal and divine rejection?;
*** The Tenth Plague is linked to a specific Egyptian myth, the Eye of Ra. In that myth, the men had disrespected Ra and planned to rebel and kill him, so he sent his Eye (identified with either the war goddess Sekhmet or the [[BewareTheNiceOnes gentle Hathor]] [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Version]]) to punish them with a slaughter... And in one day she killed ''half of mankind'', all the guilty and many innocents, and to stop her from finishing the job, the gods had to get her drunk. The message here is: "Let My people go, for if you continue to sin all of Egypt shall die in a heartbeat". No wonder Rameses finally relented...
*** And the worst part of it all? ''It's during the day'' one of the most important parts of the Egyptian Mythology is how Ra governs during the day, and when night falls he fights against Apophis, so that he won't consume the world, this isn't even remotely subtle from God's part, he is directly saying "''your greatest protector is'' '''nothing''' ''compared to'' '''''Me'''''"
*** Furthermore, at the end of the Final Plague, when the Angel of Death and/or souls of the dead firstborn dissipate into the sky, the constellation we know as Orion is shown prominently in the night sky. [[GeniusBonus To ancient Egyptians, that constellation was associated with Osiris]], their god of life and death and judge of the underworld. ''That'' is [=YHWH=]'s final assault on the gods of Khem: He declares "''Even Life itself is mine and mine alone to give and rescind.''"

!!Movie

** And afterward when Moses runs back to Zipporah to tell her what happened. No dialog at all for a full 30 seconds, but the joy of one man telling of his experience of God is conveyed utterly and emotionally all in that wonderful music and the way Moses moves to tell the story of his new divine calling. That gives me the chills every time. Just [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Hans Zimmer's sweeping score]] and Moses telling what happened through gesture.
* The parting of the Red Sea is a MomentOfAwesome for both Moses ''and'' the animation studio.

* The animation in this movie is flawless, not just in its appearance but in it's implementation, with every scene being framed perfectly. The direction of this movie is ''masterful''.

*** The Tenth Plague is linked to a specific Egyptian myth, the Eye of Ra. In that myth, the men had disrespected Ra and planned to rebel and kill him, so he sent his Eye (identified with either the war goddess Sekhmet or the [[BewareTheNiceOnes gentle Hathor]] [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Version]]) to punish them with a slaughter... And in one day she killed ''half of mankind'', all the guilty and many innocents, and to stop her finishing the job the gods had to get her drunk. The message here is: "Let My people go, for if you continue to sin all of Egypt shall die in a heartbeat". No wonder Rameses finally relented...

*** the First Plague, transforming the Nile in a river of blood, is a mockery of a good omen: the Nile would become red ''once'' per year, filled with the fertile silt that the incoming flood would deposit on the earth. And yet, this time not only the red waters appeared at the wrong time of the year and brought no silt, but they also caused the death of all the fish of Egypt. [[FridgeBrilliance And comes to think, silt is probably how Hotep and Huy 'replicated' the trick on smaller scale]]';
*** the Second Plague, the frogs overrunning Egypt, continues the mockery of a good omen: the frog is a symbol of fertility and the god Hapy, a personification of the flooding of the Nile and its fertile silt, and smaller 'invasions' of frogs would come right after the flooding;
*** the Third and Fourth Plagues, the mosquitoes and the fleas, are a direct consequence of the end of the Second: there were no frogs to eat them anymore. What's worse, the Egyptians were used to dealing with them, but this time there were too many;
*** the Fifth Plague, the disease of the livestock, hits a soft point of the Egyptian believes: the cult of Apis, intermediary between men and gods, with a living incarnation as a bull (the Egyptians also built graves for these bulls). Because now Moses is the intermediary, Apis dies, and no other bull with the proper markings shall be found;
*** the Sixth Plague, the boils, hits particularly hard: boils and other illnesses fall under the dominion of Thoth, the God of Science and Knowledge, Medicine and, what's worse, the ''Arbitrator of the Gods'', who would bring justice and properly administer the law. Between the epidemics and the priests having no knowledge on how to cure this, this one is a warning that Egypt has brought itself outside of the law of Maat, its greatest moral value;
*** the Seventh Plague, the storm of fire, is personal for the Pharaoh and the royal family: storms are the dominion of Seth. In this time not only Seth is not yet demonized (that would happen only from the Twenty-First dynasty, and the names of the Pharaohs indicate the Nineteenth), but it's ''one of the most important gods'', with Rameses's own father being named after him and the current capital of Pi-Ramses (cited by name in the Bible as the starting point of the Exodus) is a center of Seth's worship. Ouch...;
*** the Eight Plague, the locusts, is pure nightmare: while in small numbers they were considered symbols of luck alongside grasshoppers, in large numbers they were rightly feared, and by being brought by the wind this plague entered the dominion of one of the most important gods, Amon;
*** the Ninth Plague the Darkness, is again personal with the Pharaoh and his family: not only the authority of the Pharaoh is associated with the Sun God Ra and the Sky God Horus, but the reigning Pharaoh is ''Ra''meses, meaning "Born from Ra". A message of paternal and divine rejection?;
*** the Tenth Plague is linked to a specific Egyptian myth, the Eye of Ra. In that myth, the men had disrespected Ra and planned to rebel and kill him, so he sent his Eye (identified with either the war goddess Sekhmet or the [[BewareTheNiceOnes gentle Hathor]] [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Version]]) to punish them with a slaughter... And in one day she killed ''half of mankind'', all the guilty and many innocents, and to stop her finishing the job the gods had to get her drunk. The message here is: "Let My people go, for if you continue to sin all of Egypt shall die in a heartbeat". No wonder Rameses finally relented...

*** the staff-to-cobra transformation caused such a panic because it's a symbol of two goddesses: Meretseger, the guardian of the royal tombs, and, most importantly, Wadjet, the ''symbol of the royal power of life and death'' (hence why the pharaohs and a few other members of the royal family wore a stylised cobra on their heads). That's also why Hotep and Huy could pull it: they ''are'' the court mages, playing with cobras is part of their job. Not only that, but Moses' staff-turned-snake manages to consume the other two cobras whole;

*** And the worst part of it all? ''It's during the day'' one of the most important parts of the Egyptian Mythology is how Ra governs during the day, and when night falls he fights against Apophis, so that he won't consume the world, this isn't even remotely subtle from God's part, he is directly saying "''your greatest protector is'' '''nothing''' ''compared to'' '''''me'''''"

* The plagues is one for God. For once, He lets loose with His full power. And there is not a thing the Egyptians can do to stop Him. The highest point would be the scene where God kills all of the firstborns of Egypt--[[spoiler: including Rameses' own son, which is finally what breaks Rameses and causes him to free the Hebrews.]]
** [[TearJerker Highest?]]

** A little digging into Egyptian beliefs brings out a new level to this. God isn't just using generic plagues to attack the Egyptians. He is mocking the Egyptian gods in the process, who tended to be patterned after animals, as well as the concept of Pharaoh being a god himself since this entire time he is powerless. Essentially, he is breaking the Egyptians by saying "See how your gods tremble before me?" in addition to suffering.

** The result is so accurate, and so respectful, that the movie is widely regarded as a better representation of the story than ''' ''TheTenCommandments'' '''.

*** Furthermore, at the end of the Final Plague, when the Angel of Death and/or souls of the dead firstborn dissipate into the sky, the constellation we know as Orion is shown prominently in the night sky. [[GeniusBonus To ancient Egyptians, that constellation was associated with Osiris]], their god of life and death and judge of the underworld. ''That'' is [=YHWH=]'s final assault on the gods of Khem: He declares "Even Life itself is mine and mine alone to give and rescind."

*** And the worst part of it all? ''It's during the day'' one of the most important parts of the Egyptian Mythology is how Ra governs during the day, and when night falls he fights against Apophis, so that he won't consume the world, this isn't even remotely subtle from God's part, he is directly saying ''your greatest protector is'' '''nothing''' ''compared to'' '''''me'''''

*** And the worst part of it all? ''It's during the day'' one of the most important parts of the Egyptian Mythology is how Ra governs during the day, and when night falls he fights against Apophis, so that he won't consume the world, this isn't even remotely subtle from God's part, he is directly saying ''your greatest protector is '''nothing''' compared to '''''me'''''

*** And the worst part of it all? ''It's during the day'' one of the most important parts of the Egyptian Mythology is how Ra governs during the day, and when night falls he fights against Apophis, so that he won't consume the world, this isn't even remotely subtle from God's part, he is directly saying ''your greatest protector is '''nothing''' ''compared to'' '''''me'''''