History Main / PureAwesomeness

* In {{Billy Vs SNAKEMAN}}, if a player manages to obtain trophies (ranging in difficulty from completing low-level plotlines to beating an insanely difficult, once a week minigame eleven times), Awesome points are given out which can be spent on bonus abilities. Also, certain levels of awesome are required for some quests.
* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has a section where you are battling through an city filled with demons and undead with the main leader of your faction. Their presence alone makes you nigh invincible.

* The mere presence of the Servants in ''FateStayNight'' has a little bit of this. And when a character like Lancer gets ''serious'', the pure awesome makes both you and the air freeze in fear.
* Once you get a few levels above the {{Mook}}s in an area in ''{{Earthbound}}'', running into one will appear to start a random encounter...only to end in ''instant victory.'' Why more [=RPGs=] don't do this, I will never know.
* The characters of ''SengokuBasara'' regularly cause huge explosions from the presence of their sheer manly awesomeness. Yes, even the women.

* Gildartz from ''FairyTail'' has this and it bring [[spoiler:Natsu]] to tears.

* In the 3rd edition of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' ("Epic", just because it's so Epic), many powers have the mechanical effect of bolstering allies or hindering enemies through the awesomeness of the power or the character using it.
** The infamous "arseplomancer" build for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5: the Exemplar class lets you pick one skill which can be used to impress people, and a high enough Escape Artist skill lets you pass through a space narrower than your head. The result is a character who climbs into a guy's rectum in a manner so awesome that everyone in 60 ft becomes undyingly loyal to him. Then the poor guy explodes.

* In {{Billy Vs SNAKEMAN}}, if a player manages to complete several VERY hard achievements, Awesome points are given out which can be spent on bonus abilities. Also, certain levels of awesome are required for some quests.

* Its rumored that a group of men once tried to rob a house, tying up the owner's wife. After taking one look at a picture of [[DolphLundgren the owner]], they dropped everything, untied her and ''ran''.

Normally, in order for a character to reach a CrowningMomentOfAwesome threshold, they have to do something. Even if it's something as mundane as [[MundaneMadeAwesome eating a]] [[Manga/DeathNote potato chip]]. Sometimes, however, a character is so overflowing with the awesome that they don't actually have to ''do'' anything. All they have to do is walk into the room, or in in the most extreme cases, ''stand there''. Their simple existence alone irradiates an effect of awesomeness that causes tangible physical harm to their enemies, and makes men and women fall in love with them. And all we can do is watch.

This trope (in case the multiple uses of the word "awesome" as if it has an objective meaning didn't tip you off) is by its very nature almost completely irrational and often used for comedy. Do ''not'' try to ruminate over the meaning of this trope. Either accept the physical manifestation of RuleOfCool, or watch a more logical show.

* ''{{Medaka Box}}'' has [[spoiler:Hinokage Kudo, who no one knows, remembers, or even notices despite his large size. Why does no one notice him? Because he's so damn powerful people subconsciously repress the memory of his existence out of absolute fear. His unnotability has not earned him the nickname "Mr.Unknown." He hasn't earned this nickname 'cos no one knows who he is and therefore can't address him as anything in the first place.]]

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** The infamous "arseplomancer" build for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5: the Exemplar class lets you pick one skill which can be used to impress people, and a high enough Escape Artist skill lets you pass through a space narrower than your head. The result is a character who climbs into a guy's rectum in a manner so awesome that everyone in 60 ft becomes undyingly loyal to him. Then the poor guy explodes.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' overflows with characters that through their sheer presence can invigorate allies to near-invincibility, render enemies catatonic with fear or anything in between, ranging from Tau Ethereals (members of the ruling class), Space Marine Chaplains (SuperSoldier {{Badass Preacher}}s), and fiery incarnations of the Eldar god of War and Murder.

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* In [[{{Billy Vs SNAKEMAN}} Billy Vs. Snakeman]], if a player manages to complete several VERY hard achievements, Awesome points are given out which can be spent on bonus abilities. Also, certain levels of awesome are required for some quests.

* The characters of ''SengokuBasara'' regularly cause huge explosions from the presence of their sheer manly awesomeness. Yes, even the women.

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** No, The ''Shark'' is Epicus Maximus, Paragon of Epicosity, The T-Rex is named "and a T-Rex" and the Zombie's Name is "ROCK ON!"

->'''Jack:''' "How can you make rainbows come out of zombies?"

This trope (in case the multiple uses of the word "awesome" as if it has an objective meaning didn't tip you off) is by its very nature almost completely irrational and often used for comedy. Do ''not'' try to ruminate over the meaning of this trope. Either accept the physical manifestation of RuleOfCool, or watch a more logical show. There's also a degree of {{YMMV}} to it.

This trope (in case the multiple uses of the word "awesome" as if it has an objective meaning didn't tip you off) is by its very nature almost completely irrational and often used for comedy. Do ''not'' try to ruminate over the meaning of this trope. Either accept the physical manifestation of RuleOfCool, or watch a more logical show. There's also a degree of YourMilageMayVary to it.

This trope (in case the multiple uses of the word "awesome" as if it has an objective meaning didn't tip you off) is by its very nature almost completely irrational and often used for comedy. Do ''not'' try to ruminate over the meaning of this trope. Either accept the physical manifestation of RuleOfCool, or watch a more logical show.

-->-- ''LolipopChainsaw''

->'''Po:''' "So deadly in fact, that his enemies would [[AwesomenessIsVolatile go blind]] from over-exposure to [[TropeNamer pure awesomeness]]!"
->'''Blind Gator:''' "Ahh! My eyes! ''He's too awesome!''"
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

Normally, in order for a character to reach a CrowningMomentOfAwesome threshold, they have to do something. Even if it's something as mundane as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome eating a]] [[Manga/DeathNote potato chip]]. Sometimes, however, a character is so overflowing with the awesome that they don't actually have to ''do'' anything. All they have to do is walk into the room, or in in the most extreme cases, ''stand there''. Their simple existence alone irradiates an effect of awesomeness that causes tangible physical harm to their enemies, and makes men and women fall in love with them. And all we can do is watch.

** In ''Imaginationland'', TheWoobie Butters Stotch brings an entire sub-universe back into existance after it is blasted into non-existance by a nuke. ''With nothing to work with but his own imagination.'' He even brought back his friends from '''''the real world.'''''

** In ''Imaginationland'', TheWoobie Butters Stotch brings an entire sub-universe back into existance after it is blasted into non-existance by a nuke. ''With nothing to work with but his own imagination.'' He even brought back his freinds from '''''the real world.'''''
** In the two-parter "Pandemic", Craig Tucker saves the world from giant guinea-pigs by refusing to be a plaything of the universe and thinking for himself - he accidentally steps on a special tile and stands there ''shooting paralysing lasers from his eyes.''

[[quoteright:300:[[KungFuPanda http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kung_fu_panda_intro.jpg]]]]

-->-- ''KungFuPanda''

* The TropeNamer is ''Film/KungFuPanda'', from the quote above, where the legendary warrior's pure awesomeness alone is sufficient to blind enemies. [[AllJustADream At least in his dreams]]. Also, the Sword of Heroes is [[AbsurdlySharpBlade so sharp]] you can get cut just by looking at it. An extreme case of AudibleSharpness.

** Same with the Fourth Hokage, to the point there was a Flee On Sight order to other ninjas if they merely saw him on the battlefield.
** SuperPoweredEvilSide - Evil = {{Naruto}}'s [[PowerGlows new form]].

** In ''Imaginationland'', TheWoobie Butters Stotch brings an entire sub-universe back into existance after it is blasted into non-existance by a nuke. ''With nothing to work with but his own imagination.''

*** ChuckNorris can beat all those awesome people up.

Normally, in order for a character to reach a CrowningMomentOfAwesome threshold, they have to do something. Even if it's something as mundane as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome eating a]] [[DeathNote potato chip]]. Sometimes, however, a character is so overflowing with the awesome that they don't actually have to ''do'' anything. All they have to do is walk into the room, or in in the most extreme cases, ''stand there''. Their simple existence alone irradiates an effect of awesomeness that causes tangible physical harm to their enemies, and makes men and women fall in love with them. And all we can do is watch.

* According to {{Tobuscus}}' Literal Trailer for ''AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', this is how Ezio kills a guard (it's actually an arrow, but RuleOfFunny).