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5	* Season 1, Episode 9: When teleporter Kuroko fights a thug, whose power make her own useless. Her response: Lure him into an abandoned building and [[DroppedABridgeOnHim let it collapse about both of them]]! By [[TeleFrag cutting the support columns with glass plates]]!
6	* In the climax of the Level Upper arc, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkbQoXNusc Mikoto battles a creature]] formed from the AIM Dispersion fields of ten thousand individuals, which Kiyama dubs "AIM Burst". After the AIM Burst loses its HealingFactor, she proceeds to cut loose and use her full power, releasing a blast of electricity so intense that, even though the creature blocks it with a barrier, the heat generated from all of the electricity is still more than enough to ''completely burn its skin off and roast it alive''. Then she uses magnetized iron sand to block whatever attacks it throws at her, ripping multiple limbs apart in the process, then finishes it off with her [[SignatureMove Railgun]].
7	* ''Every single time'' [[BadassNormal Wataru Kurozuma]] kicks ass.
8	* Season 1, Episode 23: Mikoto is outnumbered and outmatched by a company of PowerArmor mooks. [[BigDamnHeroes Kongou arrives]] and gives them a single warning to withdraw. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome In the time it takes to cut to the next scene]], the BigBad learns that the [[CurbStompBattle entire company has been wiped out]] by their new opponent.
9	* In Episode 24 of Season 1, Mikoto takes down a HumongousMecha piloted by Telestina by latching onto its RocketPunch, ripping the projectile to pieces, and then with Kuroko's help, using a large chunk of debris as ammo for a ''huge'' Railgun.
10	* Saten gets her moment near the end of Episode 24 when she saves Mikoto and the others by smashing Telestina's [[PowerNullifier Capacity Down]] machine with a baseball bat.
11	** And just to add to her moment of awesomeness, she delivers a short but sweet ShutUpHannibal to the villains endless ranting about regarding the whole city as her guinea pigs. "Guinea pig or not, I don' really give a damn! You keep your hands off of my friends!" SMASH.
12	* During the first Railgun SS, Mikoto takes Flight using her power and all but destroys the magicians' ships to protect Liberal Arts City before the lifeboats could escape.
13	* Mikoto's BigDamnHeroes moments saving Lessar in the second Railgun SS.
14	* Episode 1 of Railgun S:
15	** Mikoto stops a helicopter from taking off by pinning it down with magnetism.
16	** Saten catches Erii when the thugs throw her out of the helicopter, nearly dislocating her arm in the process.
17	** Kuroko teleports Mikoto several times in a row so she can catch up to the helicopter. Mikoto destroys it with her railgun upside down while falling from the sky. Kuroko teleports all the thugs to the ground.
18	* Episode 2 of Railgun S: We find out that Shinobu is the one placing cash cards in alleyways and is eventually confronted by a gang of Skill Out thugs who are trying to rob her. With only a dramatic performance, two vials of local anesthesia and some improvised props, she bluffs them into thinking that she has a deadly esper ability that allows her to kill anyone she has ever touched with a thought, and frightens them into leaving her alone.
19	* The end credits of Episode 5 of Railgun S may count as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
20	* Misaka's entire fight against ITEM on August 19th, but special bonus points for outsmarting the [[EnergyWeapon Meltdowner]] by using her [[StuffBlowingUp bomb happy]] companion's own traps against her twice when the constant battles had worn her down.
21	* Railgun S Episode 15-16: Touma vs Accelerator. Though this was already shown in [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]] season 1, the battle here is much more beautiful. After the latter has been driving Misaka to despair through the Level 6 Shift experiments and boasting of his near-infinite power, Touma decides to take on the strongest Level 5 by himself. Accelerator goes for a final double-handed strike... only to receive the mother of all punches from Touma, and the Level 5 is laid out on his backside in the gravel. Cue freak-out, and a desperate attack. The fight continues on for a few moments with Touma having the upper hand until Accelerator begins to gather the plasma ball.
22	** After the Sisters halt Accelerator's attempt to form the plasma ball, a half-dead Touma stands back up, ready to end the fight. Accelerator is so frightened by Touma's determination that he unconsciously attempts to run away. Accelerator proceeds to go for the kill, only for Touma to break his fingers and finish him off with one last punch.
23	--->'''Touma:''' Clench your teeth, strongest, my weakest is going to ring out just a little.
24	* Mikoto's exploits in Episode 23 of Railgun S are impressive. She got injected with something that shut off her voluntary nervous system, so she proceeds to use her electrical powers to emulate nerve signals, then goes to meet up with her friends who are raiding the warehouse she's held in because she implanted herself with a TrackingDevice in case she got captured.
25	* Most of the finale for Railgun S: First with many Judgment members coming to help take down the armored suits, and using Kuroko's catchphrase, Mugino and the rest of ITEM lend a hand, Misaka does [[Franchise/MassEffect a vanguard charge]] to stop the BigBad from shooting himself, then Saten and Uiharu pilot a HumongousMecha made by Kongou Airlines, Mitsuko launches said HumongousMecha into space with her wind powers, and finally Misaka uses said HumongousMecha as ammo for a '''huge''' Railgun to take down a missile IN SPACE.
26	** Kuroko in particular deserves a special mention. During the Silent Party attack, pretty much all of Judgment is focused on just drawing the powered suits' attention and keeping the 20,000 strong army contained. Cue Kuroko teleporting around like a madwoman, one shotting dozens of powered suits at a time with friggin' ''javelins''. After all, they're a threat to onee-sama, and robots are acceptable targets!
27	** Saten takes on the powered-suits with her baseball bat, until everyone's favorite Anti-Skill officer Yomikawa shows up with an even bigger powered suit, which Saten had spent the night before learning to pilot. She then proceeds to kick much robot butt.
28	** ITEM shows up, with Mugino furious that STUDY had sent them around on a number of pointless errands to analyze their abilities, AND copied her powers for their latest robots.
29	** Mikoto stopped the bullet from Arotomi Haruki's gun, but took some damage from it. What does she do? Slaps Arotomi with her wounded hand, leaving her blood on his face. She never once mentions the obvious pain she must be in.
30	* Railgun T, Episode 3:
31	** Misaka 10032 ends up subbing in for Mikoto during balloon hunter. When the opposing team finally corners her with enough firepower for her more talented sister, 10032 shows off her impressive acrobatic skills, taking down at least 4 opponents before being eliminated. And her elimination was at least partially due to the shock of a tranquilizer dart.
32	--> '''10032:''' "Misaka has fought in over 10,000 battles against someone who could take her life with a single touch. [[BadassBoast Catching her will not be a simple matter]]
33	** Baba Yoshio's school handing Tokiwadai Middle School their first defeat in the Daihasei Festival by using their weaknesses against them.
34	* Railgun T, Episode 5-6:
35	** One of the Sisters gets kidnapped for reasons unknown, and Mikoto is forced to stay behind while her friends do all the work, since mind-controlled minions are keeping a close eye on her, and she's not willing to kill them to escape. That is until one of said friends gets hurt, then she just walks right past, in a straight line, towards her goal.
36	--->'''Misaka:''' "Unless you are prepared to kill me to stop me...''Then move''."
37	** [[TheDividual Wannai and Awatsuki]] completely out maneuvering Baba and his robots leading to his first defeat.
38	** Later on, Mikoto obliterating Baba's giant mantis robot, tracking down his location, and putting him to rout by sheer intimidation.
39	* Railgun T, Episode 7: In the face of a girl who is threatening her, Kuroko (who is in a wheelchair) teleports out of the wheelchair, over the girl, and throws the damned thing at her!
40	* Railgun T, Episode 11 sums up why it's awesome during the episode: "The unprecedented combo of Touma and number seven act to stop Mikoto's rampage!!"
41	** To put it into perspective, this is the first time the two of them ever meet. At first, Gunha dismisses Touma as another normal until the both of them NoSell Mikoto's beams mid-conversation, which then leads the two of them to team up. The fact they are very similar means Touma befriended another Level 5.
42	** To get around Touma's [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]], Angel!Mikoto starts flinging massive piles of scrap metal in all directions. And just before she can connect with a large ball of it, Gunha does a BigDamnHeroes and obliterates the scrap ball.
43	*** Hell, he even headbutted a metal bar thrown at him without a scratch.
44	* Railgun T, Episode 13:
45	** Kuroko blocks a knife... by letting it embed into her palm. She doesn't even show a twinge of pain and then proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp Mitori]].
46	** Misaki tricking Gensei into entering Exterior's self-destruct code by switching her own concepts of it and the limiter release code, along with erasing her own memory of doing so. The failed Graviton Panel plan was just a ruse to make Gensei think he had won.
47	* Railgun T, Episode 14: Touma takes charge of the situation and has Gunha clear a path for him while he runs up to Mikoto. Her out of control powers obliterate his right arm, only for 8 dragons to come out and eat the giant black sphere she created, finally changing her back to normal. His arm grows back and he nonchalantly says saving her was no big deal before covering up her naked body with his jacket.
48	* Railgun T, Episode 20: The battle with Frenda against Rakko Yumiya, the sniper of SCHOOL. The dropkick when Frenda found her is awesome. She even used her bombs as a trap for the sniper to open her mouth to breathe, and to shove her bombs inside Rakko's mouth and blasted her, ending it with a foreign way of saying goodbye.
49	* Railgun T, Episode 22: Scavengers facing off the Doppelganger, an android with the ability to project its soul into, and thereby take control of, any nearby physical matter. This makes the battle in the episode both awesome and creepy, and also shows the amazing teamwork of Scavenger that most dark side organizations do not have.
50	* Railgun T, Episode 23-24: Mikoto finally faces off against the Doppelganger. After some back and forth, she managed to counter its attacks with her powers, but the android decides to escalate things and rips up half a city block, becoming a kaiju-sized engine of destruction. So how does Mikoto respond? By creating her own kaiju-sized monstrosity out of an equivalent amount of iron sand! The CGI of the latter episode is also top notch, making it one of the best animated fights in ''Toaru'' series.
51	* The Jailbreak Arc seems to be a series of "Uiharu's Moments Of Awesome". First, while everyone else involved in the competition try to make it past the jammers and break out the target by using brute-force, Uiharu simply hacks her way in and walks out with the target as if it was no big deal. Then, later, when she is captured and forced to assist her captors, her "Thermo-Hand" ability is finally revealed after over 100 chapters, when she drastically increases the room-temperature, causing the guards to pass out from heatstroke, while keeping an ice-cube hidden under her clothes, allowing her to remain mostly cool, with Thermo-Hand causing the ice-cube's temperature to remain constant. And most recently, in Chapter 126, after it is revealed that no Esper who can potentially stop [[ArcVillain Kimi]] exists, Uiharu concludes that to save Saten, she just has to create an Esper who has the necessary power, after which she starts to take on a form quite similar to Mikoto's Level 5.1 Form from the Daihaseisai Arc.
52	** In probably one of the most BeyondTheImpossible moments in the ''franchise'', Uiharu's strange new power isn't even a natural state or something deep within herself like a Level 5 might pull out. She instead straight up hacked AIM Jammers and then ''modified her own AIM field in real-time'', essentially producing an impossible Esper with the exact means to be able to cut off Kimi's power source from her black hole generation, presumed to be by somehow digitizing space around herself to modify it precisely. This is not only something not a single person nor computer in Academy City, or the entirety of the Science side in general, has ever managed to do, but just through her hacking abilities that have to make her mind one of the most advanced in the planet, she effectively became a '''RealityWarper''' to be able to accomplish this feat, even if only temporarily. And all on a spur of the moment IndyPloy with absolutely no hesitation nor any backup plans, all to bail her friends out of an otherwise completely unwinnable battle.
53	* Clique Wars:
54	** Mikoto is falling upside down through the air during a fight with another student, and a carbon-fiber windblade is falling on the spectators. Mikoto pulls out a coin and uses her signature railgun successfully for the first time.

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