Line #16 Awesome/ValkyriaChronicles


1	!! The Game
2	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2019_05_13_at_201308_copy.png]]
3	[[caption-width-right:350:"[[OhCrap Uwaurgh!]] [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame T-tank!]] [[BigDamnHeroes It's a Gallian Tank!]]"]]
4	* The first launch of the Edelweiss. (right) Many a fist was pumped into the air.
5	** Made even more awesome by the fact that it manages to arrive while Alicia and the Town Watch were heroically holding the line on foot against an imperial tank to allow the Bruhl citizens to evacuate safely (which is a CMOA for Alicia).
6	** It's also one for Isara specifically, because she is doing three extremely complicated tasks - driving the Edelweiss, handling the radio net, and ''delivering a baby'' - perfectly, without any training, and doesn't even sound ''slightly'' flustered.
7	** It's even better if you look from the perspective of the Empire; they just spent some time attacking Alicia's faction with their own tank, only for a Gallian tank to just show up and shoot it to pieces.
8	* Before the above example, Isara is cornered by two Imperial soldiers who hold her and Martha at gunpoint and mock both of them. Isara's reaction? She immediately ''grabs the nearby rifle and aims it at one of them, demanding that they leave.''
9	--> '''Isara''': I will thank you to watch your tongue in this house. You have to leave. ''Now''.
10	** When Welkin arrives to defend her, she doesn't hesitate to shoot and kill one of them. And all this was '''before she drove the tank, mind you.'''
11	* All of Operation Cloudburst. When Largo and Rosie pick on Isara simply for [[FantasticRacism being a Darcsen]], Welkin makes a bet with them: He retakes the bridge in 48 hours, and they listen to his orders whether they like it or not. Welkin then proceeds to drive his tank ''through the freakin' RIVER'' to the enemy camp on the other side. The fact that he learned the appropriate spot where the water is the shallowest "by observing some weeds in the river", gives it a bonus multiplier. In less than two days, Welkin manages to lure every imperial Soldier to the drawbridge and dump all of them in the drink, cementing Welkin's position as THE Squad 7 Commander.
12	* And Welkin again, in the ending. With the Marmota in flames and no way out for him and Alicia, and his troopers refuse to leave them and get to safety. His response?
13	--->"You're going to leave now. That's an order!"
14	* Alicia vs. Selvaria, anyone?
15	* Rosie singing at Isara's funeral. It doubles as a TearJerker, and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap fully redeems Rosie's character.]]
16	* Alicia punching a hole in the Marmota's armor by ''throwing her Valkyrian lance'' while screaming, "''I never wanted this!''" It makes Welkin's CooldownHug and proposal of marriage all the more poignant.
17	* Squad 7 defeating [[OneWingedAngel Artificial Valkyria]] [[FinalBoss Maximilian]] qualifies as well.
18	* Alicia in general is a Crowning Character of Awesome. In addition to the story examples above, for most of the maps throughout the game the best strategies involve moving Alicia all over the place, shooting down bad guys and occupying camps and clearing pathways for the rest of your squad. She’s basically the entire game’s MVP, and it gets even better as all of her Potentials are unlocked. ActionGirl to the max.
19	* In the ''Behind Her Blue Flame'' {{DLC}}; Johann running out into the battlefield under heavy fire to save Selvaria when she's been incapacitated by poison gas, ''[[HeroicResolve in spite of his fears of being on the front lines]]''. This action gets him promoted to an ace, and he becomes known as Oswald the Iron.
20	* Edy in her DLC, first her decision to help defend the town, despite being outnumbered, and then later running from one side of the map to the other, through enemy lines, in order to save her [[UnknownRival "rival"]], Rosie, who's been injured.
21	** In the same DLC, Homer actually pulls a subverted CooldownHug on her by slapping her in the face when she has one of her famous panic attacks when she learns that Rosie's in a bad way. How does Edy repay him? Slugging him in the chin, and then thanking him. Absolute genius.
22	* Selvaria destroying Ghirlandaio using the Valkyria's Final Flame, blowing herself up along with an entire fortress and a good chunk of Gallia's main army in the process. It doubles as a TearJerker, and triples as a DyingMomentOfAwesome.
23	** Selvaria gets another one earlier, when she ''effortlessly deflects a tank shot with her weapon''.
24	** Selvaria is all ''kinds'' of awesome in her DLC, "Behind her Blue Flame." Here, you get to play as her in all her glory; she's basically a tanky shocktrooper with a scout's movement, meaning she can - and ''will - singlehandedly wipe the floor with every opponent she comes across. How fitting that her [[ADayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] cements her as a OneWomanArmy. And this is all without her Valkyrur powers.
25	* Squad 7 retaking [[DoomedHometown Bruhl]], Welkin's hometown. Also a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} and TearJerker, as they did it in Isara's memory. There were more important battles in the game, but none were more personal.
26	* Bringing down the Batomys super-heavy tank in Chapter 7, forcing the Imperials (including Selvaria in Valkyria mode) to retreat. Squad 7 does this by first destroying its MG turrets, then ''climbing onto it'' and blowing up its radiators to disable it.
27	** Let's not forget the snipers in that same chapter, who are capable of wiping out all of the starting foot soldiers on the first turn, as well the fact that they could wipe out Selvaria's squad in a single turn as well (not including her, of course.)
28	* It is actually possible to pull off some awesome moves in-game, though a lot of luck or LevelGrinding is required to do so. This can range from scouts slipping behind enemy lines to take their camps or take out groups of unsuspecting enemies with a well-placed grenade, shocktroopers charging in and killing entire rows of enemies, lancers actually managing to snipe the radiator of an enemy tank, oneshotting even heavy tanks, or snipers taking out entire platoons.
29	* If every class in the game reaches Level 20, the Drill Instructor drops his DrillSergeantNasty act and delivers a RousingSpeech in congratulations of Squad 7's achievement.
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31	!! The Anime
32	* Welkin's submarine tank drive is repeated in Episode 3 (with water leaking worryingly into the passenger compartment), he and Isara then top it by driving the tank right up the incredibly steep embankment.
33	* The events of Episode 11. Welkin, Faldio, Ramal, and Isara teaming up with Selvaria, Jaeger, and Karl who would rescue Alicia and Cordelia from the kidnappers. Take note that these groups are on the opposing sides of the war. And they're badass in their own rights so when they team up, you know epic beat down will ensue on the kidnappers.

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