History Awesome / YuGiOhGx

* O'Brien simply ''walking away'' after playing his last card of his duel against the Mask of Laughter. ''No one'' in either it or the [[Anime/YuGiOh original anime]] ever did that, which came to a shock for this editor when it happened here. The fact that Mask of Laughter had to ''read the card's effect himself'' to realize that he had lost makes the scene even sweeter. For those who never got to see the scene (which is both a [=CMoA=] and a CrowningMomentOfFunny) in question:

* Hayato gets his time in the sun just before he leaves Duel Academy to be a card designer for Maximillion Pegasus himself. He had to duel Professor Crowler in order to get the school's permission. Chumley, a mediocre duelist at best, got to summon his most powerful creature and power it up ''with a card he himself designed'' (Chumley being an exceptional artist), but was countered by Crowler's face-down card and defeated. But Crowler's still impressed with Chumley's performance, and the school allows him to pursue his dream job anyway.

* Beating X, the deck destruction expert, by ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame decking him out]]''. Also, when he did this, Judai had ''zero'' cards left in his deck.

* Chazz somehow conjuring up lightning whenever he yells his CatchPhrase.

* Jaden beating the final big bad with Elemental HERO God Neos.

** When Aster first summons Plasma, the Ultimate D card stolen from his father, he pushes Sartorius into a corner by [[VampiricDraining stealing the World]] and stating with D-Force[[AntiMagic all effects don't work against Plasma.]]

--->'''Aster:''' ...turn you into star dust.

** Summoning Chaos Neos which negates the Sacred Beast Combo, and destroys one of the Sacred Beasts Uria.

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* The final match between Crowler and Jaden was a hell of a fight, both emotionally and strategically.

* Judai vs. Yugi in the final two episodes of GX. They match each other move for move throughout the entire duel, and in the end [[spoiler: Judai loses, but he loses with ''style,'' choosing to attack Osiris with Neos even though he knows he'll lose because of it. He got back his joy of dueling with that and he ''earned '' it.]]

* The series's first ED theme is a [=CMoA=] on its own: "Genkai Battle" is performed by JAM PROJECT, the most HOT-BLOODEDLY AWESOME J-Pop/Rock band ever, known for providing the assorted theme songs of SuperRobotWars.

* You can't forget Sho/Syrus' duel against the Psycho-style user, after merging his deck with that of his brother, Kaiser Ryo's, he proceeds to duel against someone that would have beaten his brother, only to pull out a card designed to perfectly take advantage of Cyberdark Dragon's effect and be able to bypass the card preventing dragon monsters from being sent to the graveyard, and Sho finally steps out of his brothers shadow with 3 words, Full Darkness Burst!

** Actually, he could still win it, as he could still play [[spoiler: Honest]].

** Amon's BatmanGambit also qualifies: When Cobra figures out Amon is on to him and hasn't participated in a single survival duel, Cobra threatens to expel Amon from the academy, bringing a major scandal to his family in the process. Amon then finds out the truth about the Des Band and decides to turn the scheme back on Cobra by hosting a "Duels for Jewels Tournament" and inviting all of Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue.Cobra had just turned the Des Bands UpToEleven, amplifying their exhaustion effects. Amon is banking on Cobra not risking so many people at once. The look on Cobra's face when he finds out what Amon has done is priceless.

** Manja!Manjoume's [[TheStoic character]] ''[[AdaptationalBadass alone]] is a CMOA. ButtMonkey? ''[[{{Deuteragonist}} No.]]''

* O'Brien simply ''walking away'' after playing his last card of his duel against the Mask of Laughter. ''No one'' in either it or the [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh}} original anime]] ever did that, which came to a shock for this editor when it happened here. The fact that Mask of Laughter had to ''read the card's effect himself'' to realize that he had lost makes the scene even sweeter. For those who never got to see the scene (which is both a [=CMoA=] and a CrowningMomentOfFunny) in question:

** Amon's XanatosGambit also qualifies: When Cobra figures out Amon is on to him and hasn't participated in a single survival duel, Cobra threatens to expel Amon from the academy, bringing a major scandal to his family in the process. Amon then finds out the truth about the Des Band and decides to turn the scheme back on Cobra by hosting a "Duels for Jewels Tournament" and inviting all of Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue. This way even if Amon goes down, so does most of the student body. To make matters worse for Cobra, Cobra had just turned the Des Bands UpToEleven, amplifying their exhaustion effects. The look on Cobra's face when he finds out what Amon has done is priceless.

* Despite his status as TheWesley, Johan still gets an undeniably awesome moment in his first duel: He uses Ruby's effect to bring out every last one of his crystal beasts to kick Jaden's ass. Granted Jaden still wins but it's an undoubtedly cool moment.