History Main / AwesomeMomentOfCrowning

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Chapter 69 has[[spoiler: Historia crowned the new queen within the Walls.]]
* Happens in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' at the end of the Millennium Falcon arc, where Griffith, the general BigBad of the series proper, after defeating Emperor Ganishka and fusing the astral and mortal worlds together, has recently claimed the throne of his new kingdom of Falconia. Though the actual ceremony hasn't happened yet, the Pope fully intends to both conduct his marriage to princess Charlotte and place the crown on his head.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** In R2, Lelouch managed to kill his father and named himself the emperor of Britannia. There were many who refused to acknowledge him, but that was before he showed them his Power of the King. In the end, after Lelouch's death, his younger sister Nunnally is crowned as the 100th Empress of Britannia.
** In ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'', this happens with Euphemia. She makes her moment even better by delivering a surprisingly good [[RousingSpeech rousing]] DawnOfAnEra speech [[BackToBackBadasses that is implied to being spoken by both her and Zero at the same time, in completely different locations, with pretty much the same wording.]]
* At the end of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' Louise is bestowed with a Royal title and becomes second in line for the throne by Queen Henrietta, becoming her "Sister".
** If one considers that Saito and Louise have been "married", this could technically mean that Saito has become a Prince and is now 3rd in line for the throne. Even then, it's pretty obvious they'll get married for real. He also gets his own version when he becomes a Knight Chevalier and therefore nobility. Which has the added bonus of her father cannot complain anymore about whom she marries.
* At the end of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Ling Yao goes back to Xing with a philosopher's stone and becomes emperor. Unfortunately we don't see his crowning but we get a final shot of him on the throne in the photo collage at the end of the series.
* [[spoiler:Rumaty]] has one in ''Manga/HanasakeruSeishounen.''
* The last shot of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Part 5'' is literally this for [[spoiler: Giorno, as he becomes The Don of the Passione Mafia in a tribute to the final scene of The Godfather.]]
* [[spoiler: Anna awakens as the new Red King]] in ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Missing Kings]]'', in the middle of a battle. The lead trio of the Clan emerge from the building where the battle had taken place, and are greeted by a sword salute from the Blue Clan.
* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' when Reinhard von Lohengramm is crowned Kaiser Reinhard I of the Galactic Empire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQl-KSIwVY Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!]]
* Subverted horribly in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. A clone of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Sankt]] [[GodEmperor Kaizer]] gets a CoolStarship, [[BoobsOfSteel a body to die for]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction and incredible magical powers]]. She also happens to be a BrainwashedAndCrazy little kid who's fighting her adoptive mother. Just to crown the subversion, she ''loses'' all these things, reverting to the little kid and taken back home by her mommy. She happy about that though.
** In the ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]]'' SpinOff Manga, where said girl is the main character, her mommy gives her this power back! Have we mentioned that said mommy is a weird combination of MagicalGirlWarrior and CombatPragmatist?
* In the end of the ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' manga, considering how mermaid politics work. Aqua Regina gives her throne and powers up so that Lucia can be the new Aqua Regina.
* ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' features this in a metaphorical way when Ali shoots Setsuna on Ribbons' behalf when Setsuna attempts to shoot him. This gives Setsuna GN radiation poisoning until it becomes apparent that the 00 Raiser's ability was to use this and turn it into the completely opposite effect of grooming Setsuna into the first TRUE innovator. Cue massive BSOD for Ribbons when he realizes that the 00 Gundam can only achieve its maximum potential when it is placed in the hands of a True Innovator. In other words, not only did Ribbons fail in his scheme to obtain the 00 Gundam's GN drives, but he literally [[NiceJobFixingItVillain CROWNED]] the king himself.
* In ''Anime/MyOtome'', Mashiro is crowned Queen of Windbloom in Episode 3. In [[Manga/MyOtome the manga]], Manshiro's coronation happens midway through the story, [[spoiler: but it's also when Sergay sets his plans into motion, making it a WhamEpisode]].
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Tsunade is crowned Hokage near the end of Part 1.
** Kakashi's and Naruto's inaugurations as Hokage remain off-screen, but in the tie-in chapter for the ''Boruto'' movie, Naruto's inauguration is finally shown. [[spoiler:While preparing to head there, Naruto gets knocked out by his squabbling children and a transformed Konohamaru has to take over his place in the ceremony. [[EpicFail Yes, that just happened!]]]]
* A variant of this is seen at the end of ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: the Inner Chambers'' vol. 3. The ritual ceremony of fealty had been set since the rein of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and did not greatly change even as a [[{{Gendercide}} mysterious plague began felling the boys of Japan]] save for [[ElCidPloy the shadowed form of Ieyasu's reclusive grandson Iemitsu muttering acknowledgement from behind a screen]] and ever more aging vassals [[SweetPollyOliver presenting delicate-featured youths in looser-than-needed robes as their heirs]]. One year, after the most severe outbreak yet of the 'Red-Faced Pox' brought the male population to new lows and famine made things yet more worrisome, a command for the ceremony's attendees to raise their eyes rings out as the screen is raised to reveal a young woman in female garb standing in the place of the Shogun commanding all to acknowledge her as shogun. [[TimeSkip By the time of the fealty ceremony the following year,]] female lords are acknowledged.
* Lucia's in ''Manga/RaveMaster''. Which includes everyone dressed elegantly and a speech about how [[ThePowerOfLove love is great and all]] but screw it anyway.
* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': Starscream draws power from the stolen Cyber Planet Keys and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grows to the size of a skyscraper]], bursting out of the top of a volcano. And then, he places upon his head a massive crown identical to the one G1 Starscream wore in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' and declares that he will conquer the universe. He is armyless by now, but it doesn't matter.
* Esther at the end of ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood''
* In the manga ''Manga/VampireGame'', everything is leading up to the princess marrying the Captain of the Guard. Which actually happens, but he gives up the throne and just stays a military man. He leaves the ruling and the title to her.
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', the king has been trying to eliminate Prince Canute from contention for the throne, one way or another. After threatening to attack Wales unless the prince was killed, Askeladd beheaded the king, killed about a dozen soldiers, and then allowed Canute to stab him, thus "avenging" his father. The prince, bleeding from the face, dons the crown and takes control of an army whose leader had wanted him dead minutes before. Badass.
* Early on in the ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'', Van Fanel is crowned king just moments before TheEmpire invades his kingdom.
* Happens in ''Anime/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', with Sion Astal leading a revolution.
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* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', Liana and Alexa are crowned "Princesses of Music" for defeating the [[VainSorceress villain]] and restoring the muses to their rightful place. Not only that, their '''dogs''' get crowned too.
* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', when the RightfulKingReturns. There's no actual crown, but he does ascend his father's throne.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', Anya receives her crowning moment from her grandmother despite running off with her LoveInterest and no longer having a country to rule.
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': most princesses from animated Disney movies normally do not become queens, but Kida is crowned in place of her father.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', the crowning of Queen Elsa is a major part of the first act. The Awesome Moment part is dampened, however, when it's clear she's absolutely terrified of accidentally revealing her powers to the crowd.
* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' with [[spoiler:Elsa's sister Anna, after Elsa decides to AbdicateTheThrone and go to live in the Enchanted Forest, giving the crown to her sister instead.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', after injecting himself with a large amount of chemical X, and [[OneWingedAngel turning himself into a giant monstrous ape]], Mojo Jojo then proceeds to rip off the dome of Townsville City Hall and places it on his brain as both a replacement for his brain cap and a crown.
-->'''Mojo Jojo:''' Now as I was saying before I was so ''rudely interrupted'', I, Mojo Jojo, have succeeded in my first, greatest, and most brilliant plan ever. And I, Mojo Jojo, '''SHALL BE KING!!!'''
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', Wart is crowned King of England. It's not that awesome, though, because the crown is far too big for his head and being a young boy, he is pretty much lost in his new position. Fortunately, Merlin comes back from his time-travel-trip to Bermuda and gives him some advice.
* At the conclusion of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', outcast Vanellope Von Schweetz finally crosses the finish line in her car, which resets the game and places her as she was intended--princess of Sugar Rush. She then subverts it, choosing her regular clothes and the (self-appointed) role as president.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'':
** Hiccup becomes Chief of Berk following the death of his father. He kneels before the village Elder, and she draws the Chief's symbol on his forehead. As he rises, Gobber cries out: "The Chief has come home!" and the villagers all chant "Long live the Chief!"
** Additionally, Toothless becomes the Alpha of the dragons after challenging and defeating [[BigBad Drago]]'s enormous Bewilderbeast, basically, bitchslapping the Godzilla-sized monster with his plasma blasts. The other dragons (and Vikings) bow down to him, including Valka's dragon Cloudjumper, who has until then considered Toothless a child (Toothless ''is'' a child compared to Cloudjumper, age-wise).
* The four Pevensie siblings at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe1979''. Aslan crowns the children before the population of talking animals, and Lucy jumps for joy, appreciating their approval.
* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' ends with the queen crowning her elder daughter Princess Atta the new queen. Atta then gives her princess crown to her younger sister Dot.
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* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', Liana and Alexa are crowned "Princesses of Music" for defeating the [[VainSorceress villain]] and restoring the muses to their rightful place. Not only that, their '''dogs''' get crowned, as well.

The title is derived from "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]" (and they are very likely to intertwine), the Administrivia/{{Renamed Trope|s}} of SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims, then the Sikhs. After the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs came a panoply of smaller religious communities, of which the Christians were probably the largest. However, the great bulk of Indian Christians had nothing to do with the Brits and their Anglicanism, try as they might. The biggest sects in India were the [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]] churches of the St Thomas Christians of South India, whose community stretches back to the earliest days of Christianity. A not insignificant number of Indians had been brought in to the Latin-Rite Roman Catholic Church through various missions, most especially around Goa (with its heavily Portuguese-influenced culture). Protestantism was strong in the northeast of India, but these were generally old Dissenting sects like the Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists that had made a point of ''not'' being Church of England. Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims, then the Sikhs. After the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs came a panoply of smaller religious communities, of which the Christians were probably the largest. However, the great bulk of Indian Christians had nothing to do with the Brits and their Anglicanism, try as they might. The biggest sects in India were the [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]] churches of the St Thomas Christians of South India, whose community stretches back to the earliest days of Christianity. A not insignificant number of Indians had been brought in to the Latin-Rite Roman Catholic Church through various missions, most especially around Goa (with its heavily Portuguese-influenced culture). Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

* Mia is crowned as Queen of Genovia in the end of ''[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries Princess Diaries 2]]''.

* A variant of this is seen at the end of ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: the Inner Chambers'' vol. 3. The ritual ceremony of fealty had been set since the rein of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and did not greatly change even as a [[{{Gendercide}} mysterious plague began felling the boys of Japan]] save for [[ElCidPloy the shadowed form of Ieyasu's reclusive grandson Iemitsu muttering acknowledgement from behind a screen]] and ever more aging vassals [[SweetPollyOliver presenting delicate-featured youths in looser-than-needed robes as their heirs]]. One year, after the most severe outbreak yet of the 'Red-Faced Pox' brought the male population to new lows and famine made things yet more worrisome, a command for the ceremony's attendees to raise their eyes rings out as the screen is raised to reveal a young woman in female garb standing in the place of the Shogun.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims, then the Sikhs. Afte the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs came a panoply of smaller religious communities, of which the Christians were probably the largest. However, the great bulk of Indian Christians had nothing to do with the Brits. The biggest sects in India were the [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]] churches of the St Thomas Christians of South India, whose community stretches back to the Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims; there were also large contingents of Sikhs in the Indian Empire, plus some smaller religious groups, of which Christians were actually a sizeable and long-standing contingent (probably in fourth place after the Sikhs, and probably having been in India for nearly as long as Christianity had existed). Among the Christians, the largest sects were [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]]; Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

* The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise notably does this for [[FanNickname Rexy]], the ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' of Isla Nublar:

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims; there were also large contingents of Buddhists and Sikhs in the Indian Empire, plus some smaller religious groups, of which Christians were actually a sizeable and long-standing contingent (probably in fourth place after the Sikhs, and probably having been in India for nearly as long as Christianity had existed). Among the Christians, the largest sects were [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]]; Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was an Anglican Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions, and even the Christians mostly weren't Anglican[[note]]To wit: A plurality if not a majority of His Majesty's Indian subjects were Hindu, closely followed by Muslims; there were also large contingents of Buddhists and Sikhs in the Indian Empire, as well as Jains and Christians. Among the Christians, the largest sects were [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Eastern Catholic and Oriental Orthodox]]; Anglicanism was at best an also-ran.[[/note]]) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

** Averted after the queens and kings of the United Kingdom became Empresses and Emperors of India starting with Queen Victoria (i. e. from 1876 to 1948). George V eventually had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India an Imperial Crown]] made to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 when he was proclaimed emperor, but there was no coronation (to hold such a ceremony was considered too problematic given that the British king was Christian but the population of his Indian Empire overwhelmingly consisted of adherents of non-Christian religions) and after George V complained about the crown being too heavy and uncomfortable to wear, neither of his two successors as king-emperor ever put it on.

** Philip's coronation as Prince is arranged at his insistence, solely to give him a prestigious enough title to force British nobility to take him seriously, and is marked by his smug DeathGlare at the assembled peers whom he's being elevated above.

* The coronation of Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the psychotic dictator of the Central African Republic from 1966-1979. In 1977 he decided to crown himself Emperor of his country, and replicated the coronation of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte as best he could. It ate up a third of the nation's GDP, many in and out of Africa thought he was nuts, and several foreign leaders even ignored his invitations. Like Bonaparte, he also tried to get the Pope to crown him, but this was also unsuccessful. Bokassa replicated everything from the robes he wore to the ceremonial carriage, and like Napoleon, seized the crown and placed it on his own head. The excesses of Bokassa's coronation, combined with growing dissent against his rule and an incident where 100 children were killed by his goons for refusing to wear government-required school uniforms with his image on them, eventually led to his overthrow in 1979.

* [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]]'s coronation culminated in his taking the crown from [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Pius VII]] and crowning himself. He was just that good.
** That gesture had actually been arranged beforehand, as a way of stating his right to rule derived from his merits and the will of the people rather than the DivineRightOfKings.
* Ukrainian weddings involve bride and groom wearing and swapping symbolic crowns for portions of the ceremony. It's really cool to watch.
** As well as any other Orthodox Christian weddings.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', the ending involves the crowning of either Eliwood as Marquess Pherae (in Eli's route) or Hector as Marquess Ostia (in Hector's). Also used in the prequel ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', which includes in the epilogue mentions of Roy's friend and protegee Princess Guinivere becoming Queen of Bern after her older brother Zephiel's death.

* The British coronation ceremony is pretty boss. Especially Elizabeth II's, which was commemorated by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit of Mt Everest.

* King Gerard in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Clockwork Smurf", gets one after he returns to the kingdom in his princely outfit to expose his aunt Imperia's plan of taking over his kingdom.

* The ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' movie was supposed to end with a solemn knighting scene, but apparently they decided it wasn't terrible enough yet.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'': In the SeriesFinale, a machine is lowering the crown on [[TheUsurper Yzma's]] head when Kuzco shows up, pushes Yzma out of the way and finally reclaims his rightful position as the Emperor.