Line #63 Awesome/SuperDimensionFortressMacross


1	Awesome moments in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''. See [[Awesome/MacrossDoYouRememberLove here]] for moments from [[Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove the film version]].
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3	* Typical reaction upon first seeing the Daedalus Attack: "Dude, did the ''Macross'' just ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks punch a battleship in the]] '''[[AttackItsWeakPoint face]]'''''?" Considering that the arms of the SDF-1 are spaceships, it's literally punching battleships with battleships.
4	** Interestingly, we know that ''Vrlitwhai and Exedore had that same reaction''. Followed by summoning reinforcements.
5	* Misa gets her tactical moment, coinciding with the Macross' super robot moment in Ep 06 "Daedalus Attack". After the main gun fails to fire due to the interference from the pin-point barrier system, Misa gets the pin-points to concentrate on the bow of the Daedalus (right arm) and punch through the bow of Zeril's battleship. The Daedalus opens up and all 587(!!!) Destroids open fire into the innards of Zeril's ship. The battleship ''literally begins swelling up'' before exploding. No other anime has this and no other should.
6	* Captain Global shutting Kaifun up in episode 26 without even raising his voice
7	* Hikaru's moment comes during the epic [[strike:"Force of Arms"]] "Love Slips Away" episode, which starts with the near-destruction of Earth and ends with the destruction of the main Zentradi fleet. While his Valkyrie disintegrates, he returns to Earth to rescue Misa.
8	** And don't forget his moment in "Big Escape," when he and Misa are surprised by a Zentradi in an armory. He takes a kick in the face from a 40-foot giant into a rack of huge rifles (which promptly collapse on him) and Misa is captured, yet he manages to dig his way out, haul a rifle five times his size into position, and ''score a perfect headshot.''
9	* Breetai gets thrown into space in the episode where Hikaru boards his ship. Breetai manages to walk across the ship to another airlock and then beat down two Valkyries with a pipe.
10	* A UN Spacy Zentradi infiltrator soldier makes a fake distress call to Kamjin and gets his cigarette lit up by allowing a Valkyrie fire his assault rifle in order to use the muzzle flash as light.
11	** Right before that we have Kaifun, taken hostage by Kamjin, [[DefiantCaptive calling him a coward who only fights because he's too scared of change and peace]] ''[[DefiantCaptive to his face]]''.
12	** How does Kamjin respond to the fake distress call? He leads a group of battlepod riding ''on top of a captured Destroid Monster''.
13	* For all of her undeserved fame as TheObstructiveLoveInterest, Minmei actually earns one that crosses into SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} when she ''does'' acknowledge in the end that Misa and Hikaru are in love, [[IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy and very gracefully and calmly wishes them well]]... while acting ''way'' more mature than [[DieforOurShip the whiny fans]].
14	* The first, and last, stand of the Grand Cannon lives up to its name even if it was to be useless in the long run. The novelization makes it a little more delicious by stating that the Zentradi never lost so many ships so quickly.
15	** Even better, that one shot was ''not'' useless: the loss of so many ships, and the immense shock, is what allowed the ''Macross''[='=] charge against the Zentraedi home base to happen and be successful, keeping them distracted long enough for the ''Macross'' and its allies to set up their attack and, once the initial effect of the culture attack waned, leaving them without enough ships in position to stop it.
16	* The ''Destroid Monster''. Infamous for the fact it's one of the biggest robots in the UN Spacy's arsenal, having effectively ''battleship guns'' on a giant robot.
17	** Even more terrifying is it's successor, the New UN Spacy's ''König Monster''. You see a shuttlecraft flying down towards the battlefield with a fighter escort. Not too much of a problem... until the cargo area of the shuttle opens up and reveals that they turned one of the most terrifying weapons of the UN Spacy '''''into a variable geometry craft'''''.
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19	[[AC:[[TheAce Max Jenius]]]]
20	* Maximilian Jenius' first battle. When Kakizaki fails to live up to his boasts and has to be rescued by Hikaru, the two lose track of the more modest Max. They find him destroying battlepods left and right with deadly ease.
21	** It should be noted that the above battle was Max's first ever combat mission, and yet he downed nearly twice the number of enemies as his commanding officer, series protagonist Hikaru Ichijo.
22	** Let's not forget that in-universe, Max is the first person to marry a hot alien babe, and had seven(!) daughters with her by the start of ''Anime/Macross7''.
23	*** The way he proposed to said wife also counts, she attacks him with a knife and Max disarms her and then asks her to marry him.
24	*** Don't forget their marriage either. Remember the scene at high-profile marriages where a line of guys cross their swords above the couple? ''Macross'' does it with '''Valkyries in Battroid mode crossing their guns' muzzle flashes'''. And don't forget about the [[CrazyEnoughToWork Macross-shaped cake]] either.
25	*** Oh, and the jaw-dropping dogfight with Milia (the hot alien babe mentioned above). Max comes out on top, proving that by beating the best Zentradi fighter pilot, he's technically the best pilot in all the ''Macross'' universe.
26	** This is more of a FridgeLogic [=CMoA=], but the time Max managed to use his Valkyrie to [[MuggedForDisguise mug a Zentraedi guard and steal his uniform]]. The ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' novelization devotes an entire EncyclopediaExposita {{Epigraph}} to lampshading exactly how many impossible things this involved, and just how awesome that was. And Max ''Sterling'' had a mental interface to help out[[note]]at least in the novels.[[/note]] -- Max ''Jenius'' had to improvise all of this with manual controls clearly not designed for this kind of thing.

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