History SugarWiki / MoodOfWin

* CowboyBebop - There are a ton of great ambience scenes in the show thanks to YokoKanno's absolutely amazing soundtrack, but one standout is the end of episode 5 with Green Bird playing during Spike's fall from the church.

* Of all ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episodes, "Open Season" is one of the most memorable ones to this troper, partly for a certain poignant scene right before the obligatory jet ride home - the intended victim of two brother unsubs gets ahold of a knife and repeatedly stabs one of them, and the other finds him and leaves him alone by a fire while he goes to finish her [[ItsPersonal now for a reason besides the lulz]]. The fire draws the team, and Gideon crouches beside him trying to calm him down and gently interrogating him. Even when he realizes who he is and what's going on and most of the team has gone after his brother, [[TeamDad Gideon]] stays with him while he dies (mind you he went from a ''DeadRising''-esque AxeCrazy to a pathetic kid who doesn't want his brother to leave him shortly after being jumped), comforting him, calling him "son" and repeating "It's okay..." It doesn't help that right before he finally dies he's officially broken down when he hears Morgan shooting his brother to death. YouAreNotAlone, indeed, done [[TearJerker bizarrely heartbreakingly]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming touchingly]] and just well all at once.

* The final two intervals of the original FirstEncounterAssaultRecon. The game throws at you all the DemonicSpiders NightmareFuel, and absolutely insane MindScrew. You're running full speed at an objective beating down everything in your way, trying to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and nothing, no matter how derranged, powerful, or numerous, can stop you.

* ''DoubleIndemnity'': When it is revealed that [[spoiler: Keyes has been listening in on Walter's confession the whole time]].
* ''FightClub'' - The twist, with the perfect timing of the monologue and the climatic scene before the twist. Also the "plane crash sequence" at the beginning.

* MadMax . The scenes where [[spoiler: Max volunteers to drive the tanker in Mad Max 2]] and in Beyond Thunderdome when [[spoiler: Max sacrifices his chance of escape for the passengers of Jedediah's plane.]]

* ''{{Half-Life}} 2: Episode 2'' - The tunnel fight against the Antlions. When all seems lost, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the Vortigaunts show up...]]it's incredibly inspiring and completely does away with any frustration you felt from fighting bugs for the last ten minutes.
** Also, for this troper at least, the final battle against the Striders threatening the base. You fight wave after wave of enemies that keep on coming even though ti takes an insane amount of effort to kill even one of them, and they keep advancing and forcing you to fall back until you are at the very entrance of the base, and just when you think that the next wave will finally overwhelm you, you hear a loud horn and an excited voice shouting "We did it!".

** MadMax . The scenes where [[spoiler: Max volunteers to drive the tanker in Mad Max 2]] and in Beyond Thunderdome when [[spoiler: Max sacrifices his chance of escape for the passengers of Jedediah's plane.]]

* MadMax . The scenes where [[spoiler: Max volunteers to drive the tanker in Mad Max 2]] and in Beyond Thunderdome when [[spoiler: Max sacrifices his chance of escape for the passengers of Jedediah's plane.]]

* HarryPotter - The third book. When Harry grabs Sirius and roughs him up. Sirius's response is a calm but surprised "Are you going to kill me Harry?" whose bluntness in forcing the question onto the hero, really helps it pop out.
** In the fifth book, the chapter "The Department of Mysteries". This chapter is not the battle, but the entrance into the Department. We are given so much to wonder at, it's like being taken into another magical world inside the magical world, in an atmosphere of awe and utter silence. Heart-chilling.

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* The use of Pulp's "Like a Friend" in the season four finale of ''TheVentureBrothers''. Does a good job setting the fast pacing for Brock's race down the hill to get to the bunker in time, makes for an oddly sweet (albeit [[LyricalDissonance lyrically dissonant]]) track as the leads happily dance with their hooker-dates, and then creates a great bit of comedic SoundtrackDissonance when the song continues as [[spoiler:the hookers are turned into mutant Spanish flies and start spitting acid everywhere.]]

* [[MetalGearSolid The microwave]] [[TearJerker hallway.]] Nothing more needs to be said.

* In Film/OverTheHedge there is a brief scene of the animals having fun at birthday party, to the tune of Heist by Ben Folds. At one point RJ the Racoon plays air guitar with a Spuddies container. For some reason that one scene seems genuinely fun, and the awesome fun-ness of that very moment never fails to put a huge grin on my face.
* In the film of {{Watchmen}}, at the very end we see New York being rebuilt after the Ozymandias attack on a clear sunny day, with epic music playing. The whole scene lasts, at most, about 15 seconds, but it's a TearJerker nonetheless.

* In {{Rumblefish}}, at the very beginning, we see a sign saying The Motorcycle Boy Reigns as the clouds move at a hyper-fast speed through the sky and shadows stretch and bend across the sign. It's trippy-awesome.
* DoubleIndemnity: When it is revealed that [[spoiler: Keyes has been listening in on Walter's confession the whole time]].
* FightClub - The twist, with the perfect timing of the monologue and the climatic scene before the twist. Also the "plane crash sequence" at the beginning.

* Sunrises in both ''[[{{TheElderScrollsIV}} Oblivion]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. It's an incredible moment when, after traveling through the night, the sky begins to gently glow from the east as the dawn begins to break. The entire world around you is quiet. And then the sun crests over the horizon, and any nearby water sparkles and shimmers. There's gentle swelling music in the background, and the world around you seems to burst forth with untapped possibilities.

* {{Basilisk}} - In the near finale of the series. [[spoiler: Right before Kagerou dies in the arms of Gennosuke. She meets face to face with Oboro, the other woman who was vying for Gennosuke's love, this is the only time they meet in the series. Made even more powerful by the fact that it inadvertently prevents Kagerou from killing Gennosuke]]

* The intro of ''Film/{{Coraline}}'', which set up the CreepyAwesome atmosphere of the movie with shots of a metallic hand crafting a doll while one of the absolute best music track known to mankind plays on the background. But the whole movie counts, really. The way the script, cinematography, lighting, music, sounds, voice acting and editing work together to change the mood from sweet and funny to dark and chilling throughout the movie is just beautiful.

* Sunrises in both ''[[{{TheElderScrollsIV}} Oblivion]]'' and ''[[{{Fallout3}} Fallout 3]]''. It's an incredible moment when, after traveling through the night, the sky begins to gently glow from the east as the dawn begins to break. The entire world around you is quiet. And then the sun crests over the horizon, and any nearby water sparkles and shimmers. There's gentle swelling music in the background, and the world around you seems to burst forth with untapped possibilities.

* ''Dollhouse'': "Epitaph One" is a brilliant piece of storytelling in general, but the last five minutes in particular, with the [[spoiler:shot of Whiskey quietly falling as the ruins of the Dollhouse is gassed]] and [[spoiler:shots of post-apocalyptic LA, mixed with the survivors' reactions]] and ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome that song]]''? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDO1BEx9iM Just watch it]].
* Of all ''CriminalMinds'' episodes, "Open Season" is one of the most memorable ones to this troper, partly for a certain poignant scene right before the obligatory jet ride home - the intended victim of two brother unsubs gets ahold of a knife and repeatedly stabs one of them, and the other finds him and leaves him alone by a fire while he goes to finish her [[ItsPersonal now for a reason besides the lulz]]. The fire draws the team, and Gideon crouches beside him trying to calm him down and gently interrogating him. Even when he realizes who he is and what's going on and most of the team has gone after his brother, [[TeamDad Gideon]] stays with him while he dies (mind you he went from a ''DeadRising''-esque AxeCrazy to a pathetic kid who doesn't want his brother to leave him shortly after being jumped), comforting him, calling him "son" and repeating "It's okay..." It doesn't help that right before he finally dies he's officially broken down when he hears Morgan shooting his brother to death. YouAreNotAlone, indeed, done [[TearJerker bizarrely heartbreakingly]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming touchingly]] and just well all at once.

** The scene where Coraline lists various stuff around the house. Way BetterThanItSounds, thanks to the epic music and the creative way the scenes are shot. Keep in mind, all of it was done in stop-motion.

* In the film of {{Watchmen}}, at the very end we see New York being rebuilt after the Ozymandias attack on a clear sunny day, with epic music playing. The whole scene lasts, at most, about 15 seconds, but it's a TearJerker nonetheless.** The intro. The way the amazing visuals are combined with fantastic editing and the best usage of a country music in a movie ''ever'' makes up an immensely beautiful scene.

* The intro to TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker. The part where the music fades with the hope of Hyrule...then that theme we all know and love kicks in.

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* The final two intervals of the original FirstEncounterAssaultRecon. The game throws at you all the DemonicSpiders HighOctaneNightmareFuel, and absolutely insane MindScrew. You're running full speed at an objective beating down everything in your way, trying to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and nothing, no matter how derranged, powerful, or numerous, can stop you.

* All of Firestar's nine lives ceremony in ''WarriorCats'', but especially these few lines:

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpDRl2uD3_c This.]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmCHTxnnsuk This]] as well