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13[[Webcomic/GirlGenius Mad scientists rule the world]]. ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Spectacularly]]''.
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15'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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19!!First Journey:
20
21[[folder:Volume 1: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank]]
22
23* We should have realized this earlier, as even in his first fight, Gil not only protects Agatha but [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030120 saves the goldfish too]].
24* Even before she breaks through as a Spark, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030124 an outraged Agatha is still able to intimidate Gil, Boris and even a Jaeger.]]
25
26[[/folder]]
27
28[[folder:Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City]]
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30* ''[[OminousFloatingCastle Castle Wulfenbach's]]'' introduction. It's so big she can't even fit on one elegantly-crafted link: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030630 Bow]] > [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030702 Stern]]. Latest news is that's one ''kilometer'' of Awesome.
31* General Khrizhan stopping the flyer ''[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030709 with one hand.]]'' [[SeenItAll And he doesn't seem the slightest bit phased, either.]]
32* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030924 This.]] Even though he's pissed as hell and going to punish them, one of the first things the Baron says to the errant students is "Are you all right?!"
33
34[[/folder]]
35
36[[folder:Volume 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine]]
37
38* The Dreen were in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040702 the fight with the Slaver Wasps aboard Castle Wulfenbach]]. In the graphical version, they aren't particularly impressive, but in the novel:
39--> Deep within the enemies' midst moved the Dreen, two unearthly, terrifying creatures garbed in dark, wide-brimmed conical hats and long, obscuring veils. They killed with but a touch, and they alone seemed to scare the Slaver wasps. Everywhere they drifted, a circle of emptiness opened around them as wasps desperately tried to escape.
40** Even in the graphical version, with only had one panel with which to portray them (and one prior panel showing an additional set of other warriors to compare them to), they're the only ones on the Baron's side that are completely unharmed while remaining on the offense.
41* Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040512 holds off the Slaver Wasps while imploring Agatha to build something]], prompting a LetsGetDangerous moment from her.
42* An understated moment at the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041001 end of volume 3:]] Agatha's quiet determination as she and Krosp ride off into the sunset on a panoramic double splash page.
43-->'''Agatha:''' All right then. Let's go cause some trouble.
44
45[[/folder]]
46
47[[folder:Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus Of Dreams]]
48
49* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103 Zeetha quickly gets established]] as a OneWomanArmy as Olga recounts about the time [[GreatEscape she broke herself out of a pirate fortress]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge leaving behind a trail of blood and mayhem]] as she [[LeaveNoSurvivors slaughtered every single pirate she could find.]] Of course, she then realized that [[DidntThinkThisThrough she'd just killed everybody who could've told her how to get home.]]
50* The circus caravan [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041117 comes under attack]] by a [[AIIsACrapshoot wild]] [[KillerRobot clank.]] Agatha's first instinct is to [[ChronicHeroSyndrome rescue them]] with nothing more than her [[NervesOfSteel guts]] and her DeathRay. Heterodyne or not, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041124 she is truly her father's child.]]
51* Jenka [[ArrowCatch forgives]]. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050606 Once.]]
52
53[[/folder]]
54
55[[folder:Volume 5: Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess]]
56* Agatha [[SnipeHunt actually managed to repair]] the [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050919 Silverodeon]].
57* Upon realizing that Agatha is in trouble, Lars immediately plans to [[SuicideMission infiltrate Sturmhalten to rescue her]]. [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051125 He won't be going alone.]]
58-->'''Abner:''' There's a ''million'' reasons why that is ''not'' going to work.\
59'''[[StealthHiBye Dimo]]:''' ''Dun vorry.'' Dere's ''[[TheCavalry three]]'' reasonz it ''iz.''
60* Klaus manages to restore Olga's heavily burned corpse (in the novel Gil deems it a medical miracle), and when news comes of Aaronev Sturmvoraus' death, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis he instantly works out that Agatha is involved]].
61* Wooster is the first to find out that you should always BewareTheNiceOnes. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060306 Gil turns an experienced intelligence agent into a cowering slave with nothing more than sheer force of personality.]]
62
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite]]
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67* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061023 Agatha takes out Vrin]], who was wielding a sword at the time, with only a broom and some clever applications of her command voice.
68* And then immediately afterwards there's the arc called [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061220 Agatha Flips Out (Big Fight)]]. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
69** '''"SHOWTIME!"'''
70* In the novel Lucrezia is surprised and more than a little alarmed at how quickly Klaus recovers from being wasped; apparently victims are incoherent and dazed for a while after their infection, so it speaks volumes about Klaus' willpower that barely a minute after he's been stung, he's figured out who Lucrezia is and attempts to kill her, and he's able to take on Zeetha and ''win.''
71* Wooster gets an absolutely classic one with just two words.
72--> '''Bangladesh Dupree''': Yesssss...\
73''' Wooster''': ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070101 No]]''. [[OffhandBackhand *POW!*]]
74* Master Payne: "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070115 A good magician never reveals how a trick was done.]] An '''evil''' magician never leaves any evidence that there '''was''' a trick in the '''first place. So-''' Which am I going to have to be '''today'''?"
75* The Foglios used a pie-in-the-face gag, a [[DeadHorseTrope trope so dead, the daisies it pushed up have long since withered]]. And they ''made it work!''
76* How do you escape the Baron's troops hellbent on killing you? Easy: you use an hallucinogen and some RefugeInAudacity to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070129 have them cheer on you]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070131 while you escape]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070202 on one of their own airships]].
77* Maxim has his in a tear-jerking moment that speaks deeply to any combat veteran. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070209 "Ve don't leave our own behind."]] Which becomes even more powerful in the final panel: Maxim ''gives his hat'' to Abner so that Lars can be given [[HonoraryTrueCompanion the funeral rites of a Jaeger]].
78-->'''Maxim:''' So ven hyu bury him...make sure he gots a ''hat''.
79
80[[/folder]]
81
82[[folder:Volume 7: Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle]]
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84* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070330 "Let me tell you about]] [[TheDeterminator Airman Higgs."]].
85* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070606 Agatha]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070618 makes]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070622 coffee]]. Coffee so good that it ''stuns a Jager'' with its [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070629 incredible taste after she splashes him in the face with it.]]
86* [[CombatMedic Sun]] put the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 fear of Sun]] into the [[AxCrazy gleefully psychotic Bangladesh Dupree]].
87-->'''Dr. Sun:''' In the future, please refrain from damaging more of my staff...or else ''I'' will ''personally'' rip off your arms and ''feed'' them to you.
88* And then there's Gil with his [[ShockAndAwe zapping]] [[WeatherManipulation stick]]. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 OWNED]].
89-->'''Gilgamesh:''' [[BadassBoast This is not a]] ''[[BadassBoast trick!]]'' [[BadassBoast I did]] ''[[BadassBoast not]]'' [[BadassBoast get]] ''[[BadassBoast lucky!]]'' [[BadassBoast I am Gilgamesh]] ''[[BadassBoast Wulfenbach-]]'' '''[[BadassBoast AND]] ''[[BadassBoast I]]'' [[BadassBoast AM IN]] ''[[BadassBoast CONTROL!]]'' '''
90** Best part is the chapter title: "Gil Deals With It."
91** "[[DidntSeeThatComing Lightning. He called down the]] ''[[DidntSeeThatComing lightning]]''."
92** Plus the fact that he wasn't even certain it would ''work'' but had the guts to go through with it anyway.
93** '''"[[BringIt ANYONE ELSE?]]"'''
94* And he tops even that in the next few strips, where he bluffs the army into staying surrendered despite being out of ammunition.
95** The two above ones are actually considered InUniverse to be SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Klaus even considers them an example of the old-fashioned definition of a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome from before the definition was changed - that is, the one that marks a character's biggest accomplishment.
96--->'''Klaus: '''"Anything - being paralyzed for ''life'' - would be an acceptable price for seeing what I have seen my son do today. Oh, ''yes''.
97
98[[/folder]]
99
100[[folder:Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones]]
101
102* Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080229 beats up a]] [[FrankensteinsMonster Jagermonster]] who was introduced by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 tearing a man's arm off]].
103--->'''Gil:''' Well, you know ''what?'' I can ''do'' 'Crazy'. I '''really can'''.
104* Agatha walking triumphant from Castle Heterodyne's Chapel, suspended on a bridge [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll08_081_082.html built out of pure Awesome]].
105* Dr Sun has his moment right about [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080528 here]], wherein he casually indicates that he can easily take out the large battle-mech currently holding him in its clutches, and being piloted by the king of Europe. With his ''bare hands''. And Baron Wulfenbach's heartfelt sigh of relief upon Dr. Sun's being diverted from this goal would suggest that Dr. Sun wasn't just boasting.
106** Let's also take a moment to appreciate something else in the battle-mech page: a critically injured, nearly immobile Baron Wulfenbach somehow manages to get a giant hospital mech, piloted by [[BridgeBunnies two lovely nurses]], up and running. A three-way combo of awesome, badass ''and'' pimp.
107* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080725 This captain]]; not only does he try to warn the town of fire, like he should, but he cares much more about his crew than his pay.
108* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080804 A crowning moment for a vehicle...]] then again, this is ''Castle Wulfenbach'' we are talking about.
109-->'''Airman:''' Whoah! Captain! Clouds movin' in fast-- uh, no... Wait... oh, NO.
110* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081119 Von Pinn makes an entrance.]]
111
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder:Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm]]
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116* An enraged Agatha [[OffhandBackhand casually zaps]] the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090417 rogue deathtraps throughout Castle Heterodyne]]. It gets to the point that the ''castle'' is begging her to tone down the power on her DeathRay. And it's already on the '''lowest''' setting.
117* Agatha utterly crushes Zola's confidence, through a combination of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090424 giant robot tiger]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090429 sheer willpower]], after making a pretty [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090422 scary]] entrance.
118-->'''Agatha:''' I am Agatha Heterodyne. You are in '''my''' town. In '''my''' castle. And '''in my way'''.
119* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090504 The whole scene]] is a kind of NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech of Awesome from Agatha, ending with [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090506 "Cross me and die."]] Said with a ''smile''. Not a wicked smile, a pleasant smile. And it ''works''.
120--> '''Agatha''': ...I'm the evil madgirl with the deathray and the freakish ancestors and the town full of minions and the horde of Jaegers and the homicidal castle full of sycophantic evil geniuses and fun-sized hunter-killer monster clanks and GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT ELSE --\
121 '''Agatha''': ...\
122'''Agatha''': And you know what? I CAN WORK WITH THAT!
123* If anyone besides Zeetha REALLY tries to take Gil on? [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090522 WATCH OUT]].
124* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090713 Agatha]] outmaneuvers ''von Pinn''.
125* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091111 This comic]] shows us that a CMOA doesn't have to be huge or flashy or dramatic. It can be as simple as one word.
126-->'''Agatha:''' Are you two fighting again?\
127'''Gil & Tarvek:''' No.
128
129[[/folder]]
130
131[[folder:Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse]]
132
133* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091223 Sun wasn't boasting]]. It doesn't matter if you're ruler of Europe or not, when Dr Sun tells you that you need bed rest, ''he means it.''
134* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100210 This is why Zeetha is AWESOME]].
135** A little bit later, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100303 we get some context on just how good she is at this]].
136* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100217 Return of the Higgs]]! [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100222 Higgs takes another Level in Badass]]!
137* Another CMOA for Higgs is his ability to intimidate Tarvek. After seeing that jerk manipulate everybody and get away with it, it is immensely satisfying to see Tarvek lose confidence and actually fear somebody for once.
138* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100217 This comic]] has pretty much topped everything seen yet. Once again, [[MadeOfIron Airman Higgs]] [[MysteriousProtector comes to save the day]]. He takes a hit from the Castle-controlled robot of mass destruction and doesn't even break his stride.
139* What's strong enough for Agatha to wrestle Lucrezia down without her locket? The thought of Lucrezia letting Gil and Tarvek die. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100310 "And that is NOT going to happen in MY castle!"]]
140** And then Agatha revives Gil by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100312 SHOUTING AT HIM!]]
141* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100226 Violetta's specialties.]]
142* At the end of the Si Vales Valeo arc, Agatha [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascends]] to a new level of awesome. Higgs tricks Agatha into drinking water from the Dyne and Otilia/Der Kestle gives her an electric shock, turning her into [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100416 this]]. Before she suffers from PowerIncontinence, she splits her new found energy into Tarvek and Gil. The fragment of Castle Heterodyne in Otilia's body is so impressed by this that it finally admits that Agatha probably is a Heterodyne.
143** Followed by a combination of awesome and funny that sums up all you need to know about the Heterodynes:
144--->'''Agatha''': Oh yeah, [[WasntThatFun I have got to try that again]]!\
145'''Castle''': Yesss... most likely in/in/indeed.
146* Who is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100521 Ol' Man Death?]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100524 This guy.]] Looks unassuming doesn't he. Well first, he [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100526 casually blocks a Jager with a breadknife]]. Then, we find something out about [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 him:]]
147-->'''Ol' Man Death:''' Because I never lost a fight.\
148'''Granddaughter:''' So?\
149'''Ol' Man Death:''' No. Listen to me. [[BadassNormal I'm just a human.]] Rode with [[SuperSoldier the Jagers.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never. Lost. A. Fight.]]
150** And Maxim beats Ol' Man Death by using ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100611 "sottle!"]]''
151** And on top of that, he [[BrickJoke got Zeuxippe's number!]]
152* We knew Zola had been using ObfuscatingStupidity, but did you ''really'' just [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100709 sucker]] ''the Other''?
153* Von Pinn / Otilia [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100730 resists Lucretia's voice and scares her away]]. The best thing about this is that it ''feels'' like a HeelFaceTurn until you realise the only thing that has changed is the reader's perspective. Von Pinn is as constant as any construct, she is just protecting someone we want protected this time.
154-->'''Lucrezia:''' Ridiculous! You ''cannot'' resist me! I made sure of ''that'' when I ''built'' you! ''Stop'', I say!\
155'''Von Pinn:''' Ah, but ''you'' did not build ''me''. [[BadassBoast Even in this]] ''[[BadassBoast miserable flesh, I]]'' [[BadassBoast am]] ''[[BadassBoast Otilia]]'' [[BadassBoast — the Muse of Protection]].
156* The Baron's majordomo Boris Dolokhov beats the location of the Jagergenerals out of another Jager. This actually impresses the generals enough to hear him out.
157-->'''Dolokhov''': We need to talk.\
158'''General Khrizkhan''': Gospodin Dolokhov. Hod did hyu find us, hey?\
159'''Dolokhov''': Your messenger told me.\
160'''General Khrizkhan''': Vot? He vould not-\
161'''Dolokhov''': Oh- not right away...\
162[''tosses unconscious Jager at their feet'']\
163'''General Khrizkhan''': Whoo!\
164'''General Zog''': Oho! You haz earned the '''right''' to a talk!
165** Wooster's CMOA trumping of Boris gets better on reflection--they're on one of the dozens of auxiliary airships around Castle Wulfenbach, Boris (who was on the Castle) had to beat the location out of the Jaeger messenger, and since Agatha told everyone she was going into the Castle alone, sending Krosp, Zeetha, and Wooster away, Wooster's been, as far as we know, somewhere on the ground in Mechanicsburg. And he comes in through the generals' window. How did he even get up there in the first place? [[Film/JamesBond Steampunk Bond.]]
166* Another (potential) one for Higgs. Zeetha has been stabbed by Zola, and the pink banshee is gloating that Zeetha wasn't as good as she thought she was. Higgs' response as he cradles Zeetha? Look upset, look ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101018 mad as hell]]'', and say ''this'':
167-->'''Higgs:''' Yes, but I [[FunetikAksent vas]] starting to ''like'' her.
168* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101027 Higgs gets stabbed]] by Zola. Response is a knee and a punch to the face. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101101 Trips]] Zola and gets booted for his trouble. His response to that is "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."
169** What makes this more impressive is that is that it's the same exact wound that put Zeetha down. Higgs '''ignores''' it and just keeps attacking [[spoiler:until he remembers that he should be '''''acting''''' like he's in pain to stay in character. Even Dimo, a Jager, showed less pain resistance when he had his arm cut off than the Unstoppable Higgs did when stabbed ''in the lungs'' hinting at Higgs's true nature years before the reveal.]]
170* And despite being stabbed, beaten, and otherwise horribly injured, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110126 he's up and ready to go.]] It says something about how badass Higgs is when he turns "standing up and smoking a pipe" into an act of pure awesome.
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172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Volume 11: Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell]]
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176* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101210 Otilia, Muse of Protection.]]
177* Tarvek [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110117 flips]] [[UnstoppableRage the hell out.]]
178-->'''Tarvek:''' I have lost my ''castle!'' My ''Muses!'' My ''town!'' My hand is revealed to those ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLASTED! UPSTART! WULFENBACHS!]]'' You and Lucrezia have done ''nothing'' but ''destroy my life and my plans,'' and now you're trying to destroy the ''one bright spot left'' - '''AND THAT I WILL NOT PERMIT!'''(...) Oh, nonono''NO'', you do ''not'' "Give up!" '''YOU ''DIE!'''''
179* Barry Heterodyne got a new one just by existing. In [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110223 this comic,]] when his name is brought up in a moment of TemptingFate, both Zola/Lucrezia(?) and Anevka/Lucrezia realize what they just said and start to panic that he might show up. Keep in mind that this is the Other, one of the cruelest and most evil characters in the series and a candidate for overall Big Bad, and they're TERRIFIED that their brother-in-law might show up and ruin everything. Talk about establishing a rep.
180* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110613 A difficult obstacle is presented.]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110615 Gil and Tarvek argue over what to do.]] Agatha, meanwhile, ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110617 deals with it.]]''
181* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110713 It's harder to break things with a knife.]]
182* "And I am fond of you, Professor. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110715 Which is why I shall do this quickly."]]
183* Vole taunts Gil by saying that he only won because [[IAmNotLefthanded he was holding back and not trying to kill Gil.]] However, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110812 later on, when said Jager is trying to kill Gil.]] Vole has just simultaneously beaten him and Tarvek while scolding them for [[TalkingIsAFreeAction talking during a fight]] and not taking him seriously. Gil hits him from behind, punches Vole in the face when he starts to talk, starts silently pummeling him with a chain of blows, and ends by putting a gun under Vole's chin and pulling the trigger three times. Too bad it's empty.
184-->'''Gil:''' We'll make it a game: ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror who's the scariest monster]]?!''
185* '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111021 HA! AND THAT ONE'S FOR AGATHA!]]'''
186
187[[/folder]]
188
189[[folder:Volume 12: Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg]]
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191* Moloch von Zinzer has Fraulein Snaug, a bunch of tiny clanks, and some pulleys and leverage. He manages to put the '''''HUGE''''' waterwheel of Castle Heterodyne's Great Movement Chamber [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111107 back into place]].
192* Gil ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111123 tanks]]'' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111125 the Doom Bell]]. Even ''Mama Gkika'' is shocked. And impressed.
193-->'''Mamma Gkika:''' Hokay! Hy's gun go get my boyz! [[ShipperOnDeck De Lady Heterodyne's consort needs an]] ''[[BodyguardingABadass escort!]]''
194* The Jagers [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111212 come marching home]].
195** As well as [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll12_017_018_large.html?date=20111219 those that were being so-tell und sneaky-like]]!
196* The Castle is fixed, the Doom Bell has rung, what else can Agatha do? Wrong question-- [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111228 the correct question is, what CAN'T she do?]]
197** "Ho! Now DOT'S de right attitude, sveethot! But even ih hyu is a krezy strong spark, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111230 it never hurtz to have a nize army to back hyu up!]]"
198* Tarvek [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120125 is in charge.]] And he got that way by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120127 simply glancing at the operations table and determining an entire army unit had been subverted]]. Being GenreSavvy, the Wulfenbach planners immediately put him in charge of defense coordination.
199* Moloch [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120402 takes a level in]] [[HypercompetentSidekick Alpha Minion]].
200* The Jaeger Generals [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120521 put]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120523 in]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120525 some]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120528 work.]] RankScalesWithAsskicking or AsskickingLeadsToLeadership? Either way, a whole lot of people got ''stomped.''
201* [[MauveShirt Ruxala.]] Despite being a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120608 kindhearted... whatever-those-things-are lover]], she's still [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120611 quite]] the ActionGirl, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120622 even while injured.]]
202* Tarvek manages to kill two of the Baron's stealth fighters effortlessly, then make his escape from the burning ship carrying, in order: Brenn's notes, a (mostly) unconcious ActionGirl, at least one adult waspeater, an injured Jaeger and any number of baby waspeaters. Oh, and he also manages to outrun a ''Hive Queen,'' while ''still'' carrying all of them.
203* The action hero-ness of that scene is Crowningly Awesome in itself, but there's another aspect to it that crosses over with SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}: [[WhatYouAreInTheDark there's no one around Tarvek's trying to manipulate]]. Yes, there's big-picture strategic value in the Vespiary Squads but for that purpose Tarvek only ''needed'' to save Brenn's notes and one of the adult waspeaters. Had he chosen not to take Ruxala, Jorgi, or the rest of the weasels, no one would ever have been the wiser. Tarvek still chose to put himself at greater risk because he knew it was the right thing to do.
204* Tarvek may have just 1-uped himself [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120713 a few pages later]] with a [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn Kiss]] with Agatha followed by an OffhandBackhand to Othar Trygvassen, GentlemanAdventurer.
205** Tarvek has earned himself enough respect that, at least according to Van, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120718 he's now on equal standing with Gil for Agatha's heart.]]
206--->'''Van:''' That was before Sturmvoraus evened the odds. It's ''anyone's'' race now.
207
208[[/folder]]
209
210[[folder:Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City]]
211
212* The Dreen [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121029 showed up]] at the siege of Mechanicsburg:
213--> '''Jaeger General:''' Yeek!
214--> '''Tarvek:''' Dreen!
215--> '''Jaeger General:''' '''Run!''' Der Baron iz not foolink around anny more! Doze tings iz '''unschtoppable!''' vorse-dey's '''scary!'''
216* Agatha [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121224 restores power]] to Castle Heterodyne.
217* [[HesBack Castle Heterodyne is back online.]] And it's going to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130114 kick.]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130116 Your.]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130121 ASS.]]
218-->(Zeetha and Violetta come across a scene of [[NoodleIncident inexplicable]] [[SceneryGorn carnage]] where a unit of Wulfenbach infantry was laying down a withering barrage of suppressing fire on them a moment ago)\
219'''Zeetha''': Oh... Wow. now '''that'''- that's- That's something I'd expect the ''Castle'' to do!\
220'''[[GeniusLoci Castle Heterodyne]]:''' [[IncomingHam HELLO, LADIES!]]
221* Oggie [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130128 gives good romantic advice]]. Maxim is suitably awed.
222* '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130208 THANK YOU FOR]]''' '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130211 SHOPPING IN]]''' '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130213 MECHANICSBURG!]]''' The Castle pulls itself back together and unleashes every single clank and construct abomination within its bowels upon the Wulfenbach onslaught. The world is reminded just why Mechanicsburg is unassailable.
223* The Baron's BadassBoast [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130304 here]] is so awesome it makes the entire battle for the bridge of Castle Wulfenbach come to a dead halt.
224** A more subtle one on the same page. A random Wulfenbach Airman, not [[MemeticBadass Higgs]], proceeds to reduce a clank, made of metal, mind, to scrap with a [[BadassNormal single punch.]]
225* Using a knife when you need the person you're attacking alive? [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130605 Not quite as useless as you might think.]]
226* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130612 "Curse that girl! She's improved."]] Why, yes, Martellus, she has.
227* Agatha placates an angry monster by doing [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130710 the one thing no other spark would ever think to do]].
228-->'''Krosp:''' ''Finally'' one of you gets it ''right!''
229* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130715 Agatha reminds us once again just how much of]] [[MadScientist a Spark]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130715 she really is...]]
230* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131202 The triumphant return of Airman Higgs.]] In the same comic, the fact that "miz Zeetha" is in charge of a detachment of Jagers. They're some of the most deadly and unruly soldiers in all Europa... and Zeetha is ''clearly'' in charge of them.
231* Old Man Death's hat is so coveted among the Jaegermonsters that they had an organized list drawn up of the order of who got to fight Maxim for it. Two years later, Maxim still has that hat.
232* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131204 This]] strip reveals that Gil is in open war with the Other, the same entity which destroyed Castle Heterodyne in a single attack and went on to annihilate no less than forty-three Spark houses. And Gil is holding his own.
233* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131206 Gil has discovered a cure for wasp infection]].
234** Unclear if this is the case. Later pages indicate he simply used Tarvek's inoculation formula on everyone on the castle.
235* A bit FridgeLogic-y, but in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131209 this strip]], the construct properties of Adam and Lillith seem to have bred true in Maxina. Which means that Gil has managed to create a true new species.
236
237[[/folder]]
238
239!!Second Journey:
240
241[[folder:Volume 1: Agatha Heterodyne and The Beast of the Rail]]
242
243* As [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140407 DuPree points out]], there's a reason the title of the comic is '''''Girl''''' ''Genius''.
244* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141222 CRUNCH.]] Tweedle ''really'' had that coming.
245* The remnant of Klaus inside Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150427 managing to truly]] ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror terrify]]'' Lucrezia!Agatha when she [[PapaWolf threatens his son]].
246
247[[/folder]]
248
249[[folder:Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne and the City of Lightning]]
250
251* Overlapping with Moment of Funny, Agatha's smile in the last panel [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150810 here]], as a fragment of the Castle's personality that's essentially taken over every engine in Paris like a Trojan comes to life.
252--> '''Drusus:''' I say, what on earth is that?\
253'''Agatha:''' That's ''mine''!
254** The very fact that Agatha ''conquers Paris'' within an afternoon on the same day she arrives. The real kicker is that ''she wasn't even planning to do so''. It's little wonder that, in a world already brimming with mad scientists, the Heterodynes are still held in high regard.
255* The Dreen reveal themselves to both see the future, and to be the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] so scary they got one of the Old Heterodynes to stop their experiments. And Klaus managed to ''tame'' these things. Also worth noting in that regard, ''[[AxCrazy Dupree]]'' is afraid of them.
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder:Volume 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Incorruptible Library]]
259
260* For a long while, people thought that Violetta's claims that she's not a very good Smoke Knight were HeroicSelfDeprecation. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160506 They weren't]].
261* In [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160713 this]] page, Tarvek wakes up, and takes ''less than a minute'' to not only figure out that he was kidnapped, but to get free and turn the table on one of his kidnappers. With a '''fork'''.
262---> '''Tarvek''': (about the fork) So much more ''versatile'' than a knife.
263* Crossing over with Heartwarming: Dimo reveals the reason behind the Jägers' "absence" from the Heterodyne stories: they were hated, and the Boys wanted to break from their family's reputation. When some were caught following, they were all ordered to remain in Mechanicsburg. Dimo thinks that Agatha should think about that. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160708 Here is her reply.]]
264[[/folder]]
265
266[[folder:Volume 4: Kings and Wizards]]
267* Voltaire lays down the law very quickly by luring a lot (all?) of the Geisterdamen on the loose in Paris close together, then lifting them up and crushing them all to death with ''the pavement.'' Just in case any poor fool thought his title, Master of Paris, was hollow.
268--> '''The Master:''' '''''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170215 "VOILA!"]]'''''
269* [[BadassFingerSnap With one snap of her fingers]], [[TranquilFury Colette]] destroys all of Beausoleil's extra bodies... [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170616 and makes him feel each one.]]
270** Followed by two {{Badass Boast}}s from Colette on [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170619 one page]]: "[[SeeYouInHell The Devil may take your true body, you nasty little traitor.]]" / "[[NotWorthKilling You are not important enough to waste any more of my time.]]"
271[[/folder]]
272
273[[folder:Volume 5: Queens and Pirates]]
274* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180507 Krosp arrives in London with the bear army]], looking badass.
275* Tarvek, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180704 showing balls of steel]], implies he's figured out what Higgs really is, and then when the latter makes veiled threats, grabs his hand and puts it to his throat, telling him to "threaten me properly." Then, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180706 in the very next strip]], Higgs calls Tarvek's bluff, leaving him rather [[DidNotThinkThisThrough horrified]] when he realizes that a Jaeger General could ''very'' easily kill him right then and there, and almost ''does''.
276-->'''Higgs''': You. '''Sturmvoraus.''' Latest in a family of underhanded, devious, scheming ''serpents''. I've known them well - generation after generation - and they have ''never'' produced anyone as dangerous as ''you.'' ''({{Beat}})'' '''''Heh heh heh heh heh.''''' Yesss, I think ''you'' will serve the lady ''very well indeed.''
277[[/folder]]
278
279[[folder:Volume 6: Sparks and Monsters]]
280* A villainous one, but the revelation of just how powerful Lucrezia/The Other truly was: [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181221 able to subvert the mirror network]] and wielding [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181219 weapons]] and defenses beyond the understanding even of the Queens.
281* Dr. Vanoople [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190424 demonstrating]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190426 why]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190429 he]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190524 was]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190529 feared]] when he had his Spark.
282* Though he loses, Snackleford's achievement [[spoiler:of having his second break through]] is quite the accomplishment. [[spoiler:Besides for Lucrezia,]] we don't know anyone who has ever managed to achieve that since the time of the Queens. He may even be the first male to do so ''ever'' whereas even a Heterodyne died in the attempt and another, using similar machines, freaked out while summoning similar (though more powerful than Snackleford's) monsters and ditched the research. Though what Snackleford did was pretty wrong, he did get himself in perfect position to achieve what very few have done before and was only beaten due to being drunk on his new power. Given enough time, he probably could have been incredibly dangerous [[spoiler:and may still be given that Dr. Vanoople implies Snackleford would be gaining an enormous amount of power in the other dimension.]]
283[[/folder]]
284
285[[folder:Volume 7: The Exorcism Engines]]
286* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191014 This page]] is one for Tarvek on multiple levels, counting off:
287** First of all, he inserted an override command into Anevka's body, either when he transferred Lucrezia into it or well before, at all. While this is remarkably obvious for someone as used to schemes and plots as Tarvek, it's still an impressive display of saviness in a world where one of the most common forms of death for [[MadScientist sparks]] is [[HoistByHisOwnPetard death]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong by own]] [[GoneHorriblyRight Creation.]]
288** Secondly, Lucrezia did not know about the override, or thought she had bypassed it. Tarvek managed to pull one over on the BigBad in the middle of an arc revealing just how dangerous and powerful she really is.
289** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Finally,]] [[MagnificentBastard he did in style.]] Justifiably proud indeed.
290** For reference, the override was indeed [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060906 part of Anevka's original body]] ... and was only used just ''before'' he installed Lucrezia's consciousness into the same body, so it's very possible she had no idea that it existed.
291* Lucrezia-in-Agatha [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191021 achieving the second breakthrough and becoming a queen]]. Is it RootingForTheEmpire? Yes. Does Lu-Agatha's OneWingedAngel Queen-mode look awesome as hell? ''Yes!''
292* Wooster gets one [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191104 here.]] He's faced with an ascended Lucrezia in Agatha's body, demanding to know who just who is Queen. His reply? [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner "Albia... is eternal..."]] He is killed for it, as he almost certainly knew he would be, but he [[DefiantToTheEnd upheld his Queen's honour,]] dying as he lived and [[InspirationalMartyr inspiring Albia's troops]] to attack.
293* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191111 After thirteen years of comic time,]] Lucrezia is ''finally'' driven out of Agatha's head. Complete with the furious daughter choking her mother.
294** The best part is that Lucrezia ''[[AintTooProudToBeg begs]]'' for Agatha to spare her. To see her pride so thoroughly broken that she's reduced to begging is just so satisfying.
295*** Perhaps even more satisfying is Agatha's rather succinct response: '''[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191113 she punches Lucrezia in the face.]]'''
296---->'''Lucrezia:''' Daughter! Wait! Let me ''stay!'' I can ''teach you!''\
297'''Agatha:''' You've taught me ''plenty'', mother-- and I'm ''not very happy'' about that!
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder:Volume 8]]
301* After ''years'' of strips required to get the Baron and Lucrezia out of their heads so they could even have such a moment, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200525 Gil and Agatha share a romantic dance, much to Tarvek's consternation]].
302* Agatha [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200928 putting the fear of God]] in ''Bangladesh Dupree'', paralyzing her and giving her a whispered warning.
303--> '''Agatha:''' You will touch none of my people. ''None'' of my friends. ''Cross me, and I will end you.'' Blink if you agree. ''[feigning surprise]'' Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot! ''You can't''. You can't move ''at all'', can you? Don't worry, it will wear off. ''Eventually''.
304[[/folder]]
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306[[folder:Volume 9]]
307* When a Revenant tries to take control of the airship the group is on, Bang immediately leaps into action, subduing the Revenant and taking command of the ship, immediately giving out orders to minimize the damage the Revenant caused and ensure no other Revenants are aboard.
308* Madwa gets the drop on Hadrian and a large group of monsters with Prende's Lantern, which causes anything hit by its light to freeze in time. She notices that Violetta is there as well and dismisses her... [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20211222 and then she realizes that Violetta isn't actually in the light.]] Violetta had to ''stay perfectly still'' the entire time until she had the opportunity to strike, and ''successfully fooled a master Smoke Knight long enough to make her drop her guard'', even if Madwa, by her own admission, was exhausted.
309** Though, as a professional Smoke Knight, Madwa should've easily seen through this. For misdirection it's one of the OldestOnesInTheBook, the fact that Violetta managed to fool Madwa so completely with one of the simplest forms of misdirection until Madwa realized her mistake not only speaks of Madwa's exhaustion but also how she was becoming dependent on Prende's lantern. On top of that Violetta recognized this with very little warning to pull off the deception.
310* [[MalevolentMaskedWoman Dr. Monahan]], who so far had appeared to be little more than another [[QuirkyMinibossSquad bit-part evil Spark]], [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220323 turns out to be working against her old pal "Luci"]], [[TheStarscream attempting to destroy her clank body]] while delivering a ''brutal'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
311--> '''Doctor Monahan:''' Did you ''really'' think ''I'' would tamely let you use ''me'' the way you use ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder everyone]] and everything''? [-Tch--] You ''honestly did believe'' it was [[ItsAllAboutMe all about you]], ''didn't you''?
312** She also seems to be the second person on screen going for the [[spoiler:Second breakthrough]] meaning that she along with Snackleford are both more capable of handling such power than Agatha. So few sparks make it that far that only [[spoiler:Lucrezia and the Queens]] have been known to achieve it while at least one Heterodyne has exploded in the attempt.
313** And while Lucrezia ''does'' survive, the fact that Monahan has now triggered the second breakthrough surely throws a wrench into her plans.
314[[/folder]]
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316[[folder:Volume 10]]
317* The fight between Monahan and Clank!Lucrezia escalates until they're both ''kaiju-sized''.
318* Their fighting attracts the attention of [[AlwaysABiggerFish the Song Keeper]], the corrupted Great Cetacean mentioned by Ahnkokanth, who sends an army of monsters to attack ''everyone''.
319--> '''Rakethorn:''' ''Now'' you see why Albia takes the Great Cetaceans ''seriously''.
320** The double-page spread [[SarcasmMode helpfully]] provides a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/doublespreads/ggcoll23_041_042.html size comparison]].
321* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220720 Surrounded by a looming Lucrezia and an army of giant monsters]], princess Neena panics and [[SummonBiggerFish calls]] for [[IWantMyMommy Albia]]. ''[[MamaBear She]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220722 answers]]''.
322* In a desperate bid to stop Lucrezia, the gang [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220729 rams their ship's jumping engine]] [[{{Telefrag}} directly]] into [[BoomHeadshot her head]], where it promptly [[YourHeadAsplode explodes]]. If Lucrezia's resulting scream is any indication, she most certainly felt it.
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:Side Stories]]
326* Agatha's awesome even in the ''side comics''. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081205 This is a quote people will remember.]]
327* In another side comic, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081215 Agatha makes quite an entrance]].
328** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081217 Literally]].
329* In a side comic dealing with the Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters, it is revealed that the guildmaster at the time of the Boys, Jorbelox, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20211011 fought to stop the guildhall and fleshyards from being demolished]] to the point of ''killing six Jaegers'' and ''breaking Bill Heterodyne's arm'' before managing to flee for his life...to become an advisor to the Pope of Rome itself for twenty years!
330* Franz finds himself challenged to a fight by none other than [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20221005 Humongulus!]]
331** Rather than fight [[LightningBruiser Humongulus]] in a drawn-out brawl, [[CombatPragmatist Franz]] forces him to surrender not with brawn, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20221019 but with guile and cunning.]] For his part, [[GracefulLoser Humongulus congratulates Franz on a fair victory.]]
332[[/folder]]
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