Line #1 Awesome/MadnessCombat


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5	* The intro to ''Apotheosis'' marks the beginning of [[ArtEvolution a more cinematic Madness Combat]]. The previous two episodes are concisely summarized with Hank's injuries, Tricky's signature mask is introduced, and it ends with Hank firing his guns at the viewer, the muzzle flashes forming a capital letter H. The whole sequence is set to some of the series' [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic most captivating music]].
6	* In ''6.5'', Jebus retrieves the top half of his own head from where Tricky left it, and reattaches it with his halo's healing power. He then walks out of the room, leaving a note on the wall saying that he's quitting. This itself doesn't really stand out in the Madness Combat universe, except that [[FridgeLogic the note had been written before he put it up.]] Jesus somehow wrote that note while missing the top of his head.
7	* Jebus' BigDamnHeroes moment in ''Consternation''. Hank has spent the entire animation fleeing from Tricky. The most he's able to do is to get Tricky to temporarily retreat. Then, when Hank looks like he's finally out of luck, the Savior shows up, and completely wins the fight within ten seconds of appearing. Not only does he kill both Hank and Tricky, he does it with one sword strike and one bullet apiece.
8	* ''Inundation'' [[ADayInTheLimelight sees Jebus going full out]] after he pulls a HeelFaceTurn, and we see how much he's been really holding back this whole time. [[ADeathInTheLimelight Not even dying at the end of the episode takes away the awesomeness]]. There is also his BadassBoast at the beginning of the episode:
9	--> ''I purge the wicked. The impious madness must end. I shall be the instrument of Armageddon. It has gotten out of hand. The end has begun.''
10	* Regardless of how tough any given protagonist is, they typically end up feeling a fresh wound pretty badly unless they're going absolutely insane. Sanford was no exception, starting off ''6.5'' limping along after getting shot by an Engineer. Come ''Aggregation'', his official debut in a mainline installment, he gets stabbed in the gut with a combat knife, ''down to the hilt'' and he proceeds to just stare blankly at the Engineer who did it, furrow his brow in mild annoyance and kill the bastard while his weapon's lodged in Sanford's ribs.
11	* Hank outfighting the Halo-empowered Auditor at every turn in Abrogation, even when the Auditor grows to about ten times normal size and dwarfs Hank. Especially satisfying, given how often and how painfully he's been at the mercy of monsters like Tricky.
12	** The ''Abrogation'' theme features parts of ''Consternation'', ''Depredation'' and ''Inundation''. Fittingly, the episode itself brings the events of these past ones to closure.
13	* Pretty much ''the entirety of Expurgation'' counts, as it has some of the best animation, sounds and music ''by far'' out of the entire series.
14	** The climax certainly counts as the crowning moment. After Tricky steals the show and takes the Auditor's body for himself, Hank and Sanford fight through the Auditor's hell to wipe out the clown once and for all. When they're at the very cusp of it, warring against a giant skeleton and various {{Elite Mook}}s, Hank decides to ''[[LetsGetDangerous go apeshit]]'', giving the final push the two of them need to not just beat Tricky again.
15	-->[[AC:Violence Required]]
16	-->[[AC:Violence ACQUIRED]]
17	** Tricky's grand return, emerging in another OneWingedAngel form, literally ''roaring out'' Hank's name in what can only be bloodthirsty rage.
18	--->"HANK! '''''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!'''''"
19	** A moment that deserves mention: When Hank is given his arm back by the Auditor, he proceeds to give Tricky a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, crushing him with a stone platform, tossing corpses at him, and obliterating his body with his own LMG. Tricky only manages to survive because he can make himself new bodies. Hank's certainly learned not to take the clown lightly.
20	** The Auditor also deserves mention as to how cunning he is in the episode. Even after having his body hijacked by Tricky, he meets a weakened Hank, grants him a new arm and then some new weapons...''just so that they can live long enough to unwittingly give him back control.'' After Tricky's seemingly final death, the Auditor immediately rises out of the skeletal corpse, whipping the halo back on as Hank and Sanford's unconscious bodies lay before him. In short: the Auditor finally did what the thousands of his {{Mook}}s, Jebus and ''Tricky'' could not do: '''[[TheBadGuyWins he won]]'''. With Tricky dead, Sanford knocked out and Hank's fate unknown, it seems no one is left to stand against him. Tricky and Jebus may have killed Hank before, but the Auditor netted himself a ''complete'' victory with no effort at all.
21	** One has to be given to Sanford as well; not only does he manage to survive everything Tricky throws at him and more, at one point he very nearly defeats Tricky outright by knocking the halo off of him while he's distracted; if he'd been even just a little bit quicker in trying to grab it, he could have very well ended things right there.
22	* [=DedmosRebuilt.fla=]
23	** Deimos, torn to shreds, seems to hack ''Hell itself'' to rebuild himself using the rock around him. From this point on, not only is he caving in the skulls of all the hostiles he comes across, even at twice his size, the chains that constantly dug into him and pulled him around can hardly even ''touch'' him.
24	* Dissenter:
25	** The protagonist of the short, [=2BDamned=], tricks the Soldat rocketman into killing most of his own team, finishes off the remaining member with a grenade, then takes out the rocketman with a sniper shot that goes [[EyeScream straight through the Soldat's eye]]. It's surprisingly cool to see a protagonist win a fight with sheer tactic skills.
26	* Episode 9.5
27	** ''Antipathy Hank'' calmly outmaneuvers the deranged flesh Tricky, treating his rampaging charges like a BullfightBoss, flipping away at the last second, before leaving him to crash into the walls. He even shoots off Tricky's entire face off with a whole mag full of Desert Eagle rounds. It's impressive that this aggressive S-3LF of Hank is the one that calmly dispatches foes without any trace of fear, with ingenuity to boot!
28	** The second half of the episode features the ultimate throwdown: ''[[MirrorMatch Antipathy Hank vs. Consternation Hank]]'', duking it out in Hell itself the moment they lay eyes on each other. Yes, not even Hank is safe from Hank.
29	** The Retainer that curbstomped Hank within a minute of meeting him, and shrugs off anything he does to it? Tricky turns that same Retainer into something resembling a deli platter in ''seconds'' after it got in his way.
30	** Another one for Doc and his crew; They've been resurrecting Hank despite the ''active efforts'' of the Higher Powers to keep Hank retained.

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