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5	->''"Aww, yes yes! Hell yeeaah! We're alive! We're actually alive! Yeeeaaahh! Hey, why are the two of you just standing there?! Guys, it's 1/216! We just got a miracle!"''
6	-->-- '''Junpei''', ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''
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8	The moment at which a character who was in big trouble realizes that the tide is about to turn in their favor. Perhaps it seemed that the only option was a OneWayTrip or a HeroicSacrifice, but suddenly TheCavalry appears on the horizon. They might not say anything in particular, but the look on their face is priceless.
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10	The effectiveness of this moment can be affected by their change in confidence. An [[MagnificentBastard arrogant, so far unbeatable supervillain]] suddenly realizing he's got the ace in the hole he'd been hoping for is difficult to make this trope work with, but a downtrodden hero or IneffectualSympatheticVillain who has faced hellish adversity at every turn can usually pull it off with little difficulty.
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12	Basically the InvertedTrope of OhCrap. It can often be an OhCrap moment for the opponents of the character having a Hell Yes Moment. Optionally enhanced by a well-placed ThemeMusicPowerUp. Sometimes leads to a TearDryer moment.
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14	Some situations where this commonly occurs:
15	* BigDamnHeroes
16	* ChangedMyMindKid
17	* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind
18	* EleventhHourSuperpower
19	* ForgottenSuperweapon
20	* GiantFlyer
21	* GunshipRescue
22	* IGotYouCovered
23	* JustInTime
24	* LetsGetDangerous
25	* MisfitMobilizationMoment
26	* StolenMacGuffinReveal
27	* VillainousRescue
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29	Not to be confused with BigYes, SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced or SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, although a Hell Yes Moment can and often does precede the latter. Do not be surprised if [[ThemeSongPowerUp the series theme song begins to play.]]
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31	When this is subverted, it is a HopeSpot.
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33	'''Warning: As this trope commonly relates to important plot twists, expect major spoilers.'''
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36	!!Examples:
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39	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
40	* If you're an innocent being abused in the ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' world and you know who he is, you will weep [[TearsOfJoy joyful tears]] when Kenshiro shows up.
41	* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', pretty much anytime Eren shows up [[spoiler:in Titan form. A particularly special case occurs at the end of episode 24, when he shows up and punches the Female Titan right in her face, after suffering a humiliating defeat during their first fight in episode 21.]]
42	* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Nia has this reaction when she realizes her ring is glowing.
43	** Much earlier in the series, Rossiu has one as Simon shows up for his epic HesBack moment.
44	* In the GrandFinale of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood'', during Ed's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown against [[BigBad Father]], every one of Ed's allies start to cheer him on.
45	** Inverted during the events at Laboratory Five. Ed finds himself cornered by Envy and Lust and claps his hands together, ready to fight-- only for his Automail arm to [[PhlebotinumBreakdown go "pop" and fall limply to his side.]] While Ed is still stuck in OhCrap mode, Envy cheerfully pats Ed on the back over his bout of good luck [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown before kneeing him in the gut and kicking his ass twelve days to Sunday.]]
46	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', whenever Nanoha gears up to fire Starlight Breaker. It's especially encouraging when the letimorf starts playing.
47	* In ''Manga/MaidenRose'', Klaus has one of these moments during the night training exercise at Luckenwalde. Early on Taki is knocked unconcious and Klaus carries him away from the combat, his trauma from losing his former comrades surfacing as he just waits for Taki to wake up. When Taki finally comes to he acts cold and aloof as usual and they go over how bad their situation is, made worse when they hear the barking of dogs. Then Taki stands up, pulls out his knife, and the following conversation ensues:
48	-->'''Taki:''' "Klaus von Wolfstadt, I ask you to join me."
49	-->'''Klaus:''' "There we go."
50	* In Chapter 698 of ''Manga/OnePiece'', just when everything looks like it's going to end horribly, [[spoiler:Former Admiral Kuzan, also known as Aokiji the Blue Pheasant, shows up to put a stop to the beatdown Doflamingo has been laying on Smoker.]]
51	** The Straw Hats themselves are prone to causing this. Nearly every time a major villain is beating someone up, one of them, nearly always Luffy, turns it around.
52	** The most awesome by far has to go to Usopp/Sogeking in Enies Lobby: despite the crew's best efforts, Robin was about to be dragged through the Gate of Justice by Spandam, and therefore lost forever, and their main hope of stopping this, Franky, had just apparently been blown up by a landmine. And then out of nowhere, Spandam is shot. Cue Sogeking standing atop the tower of justice, singing his theme tune as he shoots down everyone near Robin, at a range that no gun could reach, and Franky walking out of the smoke to pick Robin up.
53	** During the Marineford arc, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Whitebeard]] joins the battle. TREMENDOUS amounts of awesomeness and butt-kicking ensue.
54	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': When [[MachoCamp Charlotte]] is about to defeat [[AlmightyJanitor Yumichika]], he explains that his FinishingMove will kill Yumichika inside a barrier that cuts him off so completely from the outside world that none of his friends and allies will be able to know he's died. Unfortunately for Charlotte, he had no idea that Yumichika was hiding a CoverblowingSuperpower that he had been [[WillfullyWeak refusing to use]] because he didn't want his friends and allies to know he possessed it. For a moment there's an incredible expression of raw disbelief on Yumichika's face before his gentle "[[PreAssKickingOneLiner thank you]]" reveals Charlotte has just [[CurbStompBattle handed him the fight]] on a silver platter. The Anime milks this moment even more by adding in a DramaticPause and GlowingEyesOfDoom as well.
55	%%* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
56	%%--> [[spoiler:'''[[ApocalypseMaiden Madoka]]''']]: [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu "I want to erase every witch. Every witch from every world, from the past and the future. With my own hands."]]
57	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' has one in episode 6. When Captain Otto is about to be forced by Angelo to [[spoiler:open fire on a friendly ship to keep it from giving away the Neo-Zeon task group's location or witness his captured crewmembers being executed]], the formerly ineffective and bumbling captain finally snaps and tells Angelo just where to stick it. One of the BridgeBunnies even visibly fistpumps in the background.
58	--> "I '''DARE''' you to lay a single finger on them and if you do, I'll rip your head off, '''BOY!!!'''"
59	* ''Manga/DragonBall''
60	** Goku gets this all the time when his friends realizes that he's on his way or finally arrives on the battlefield. The most standout examples: Tien's reaction when Goku saves him from Drum, Piccolo and the surviving Z-Fighters sensing Goku's energy during the battle with the Saiyans, Goku arriving to fight Frieza, him finally recovering from his heart virus, and him teleporting just in time to stop Super Buu from blowing up the Earth.
61	** Goku has this reaction when he sees Gohan ascends to Super Saiyan 2.
62	** The Buu Saga, Goku nearly jumps for joy when he senses Vegeta, who has been killed by Buu earlier. With Vegeta, he finally had someone he can fuse with.
63	* This is a common occurrence on ''Anime/YuGiOh'' whenever Yugi (or sometimes Joey) is on the verge of losing a duel but manages to draw the one card to turn things around. This starts with the very first episode when Yugi is facing Kaiba's three Blue-Eyes White Dragons with nothing on the field to defend himself, but he's holding four of the five cards of Exodia. The next card he draws...is the final card, allowing him to summon Exodia the Forbidden One and destroy all three dragons in one blast.
64	* ''Manga/OnePunchMan'': Whenever [[InvincibleHero Saitama]] arrives on the battlefield. A very notable example was when he saved Suiryu from Bakuzan.
65	* Akira is absolutely estatic in ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'' once he realizes now that a zombie apocalypse has hit, he won't have to go back to his SoulCrushingDeskJob. Many fans with similar jobs will empathize with his joy.
66	-->'''Akira:''' I'm...I'M FREEEEEEEEE!
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69	[[folder:Comic Books]]
70	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' arc ''ComicBook/IfThisBeMyDestiny'' has the most iconic example in comics history. Spider-Man lifting himself out of a pile of heavy machinery in a flooded room: "I did it! I'm free!"
71	* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': After a pair of fiascos, Spider-Man gets the [=CDs=] that will incriminate the Kingpin, and manages to stand his ground to Electro and the Enforcers all at the same time. His confidence in himself starts to recover as a result, just in time to fight the Kingpin himself.
72	* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': The series has a very dark take on this. Ozymandias who thinks he's the hero saving the world comes up with a byzantine scheme to end the Cold War by staging a fake alien invasion that murders millions of New Yorkers. His former friends and the superhuman Dr. Manhattan corner him at his lair and he's about to be wiped out. At the last minute, finds his TV Remote and turns on his monitors and he and the rest of the room are stunned to hear in utter disbelief that his crazy scheme worked. Ozymandias' reaction is to cry tears of relief as he calls out, "I did it!" while raising his arms high.
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75	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
76	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': After a fight over the Transmogrifier Gun, it stops working, and Calvin is stuck as an owl. Calvin's reaction comes after Hobbes comments that owls never go to school. (This doesn't last though, because when he is relieved to return to his normal self in the next strip, he realizes that now he has to get ready for school again.)
77	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie brown had a rather exuberant reaction [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/05/26 to the birth of his sister Sally.]]
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80	[[folder: Fan Works]]
81	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': The human characters have a couple moments of this during the battle against [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]], when things in the battle look like they're going in Godzilla, Mothra, [[AdaptationalHeroism Monster X]] and the other benevolent Titans' favour.
82	* Chapter 39.5 of ''Fanfic/MiraculousEscalation''. The Fallen are attacking Arcadia to capture Rena Rouge, and the defenders are getting overwhelmed by numbers. Then Nino begins to hear a buzz coming from a moving cloud... and Regent starts laughing, as the cloud is a enormous mass of insects, commanded by Khepri to utterly ''rout'' the Fallen.
83	* In chapter 6 of ''Fanfic/WhatTomorrowBrings'', Temrash 114 tries to lure Jake into the Sharing despite [[HelplessObserverProtagonist Tom]]'s constant pleas... But it turns out the other Animorphs are waiting in the house to capture them, much to Tom's delight.
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86	[[folder:Films — Animated]]
87	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'':
88	** Quasimodo has been humiliated and tortured by the mob, tied up and pelted with fruit and eggs (with Frollo refusing to stop it). Esmeralda however steps onto the platform, the crowd going silent, to comfort him. Frollo tries to order her to stop, but she calls him out on his horrific actions. It's prone to giving goosebumps.
89	--->'''Esmeralda:''' You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!\
90	'''Frollo:''' Silence!\
91	'''Esmeralda:''' JUSTICE!
92	** And when Esmeralda is about to be burned at the stake, Quasimodo chained up seemingly giving up all hope, the gargoyles' YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech doesn't look like it's having an effect. Then he smells the smoke from the pyre, lets out an almighty BigNO, rips the chains off and dives down the cathedral on a rope to rescue Esmeralda. This then leads to Phoebus rallying the rest of the citizens to fight back against Frollo's soldiers.
93	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Dash giggles excitedly when he realizes that he can sprint on water while running from Syndrome's EliteMooks. Bob is just as excited when he sees Dash demonstrate this ability to grab Syndrome's remote.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Po returns and absolutely destroys the wolves on the boat as he goes to free the Five. Monkey, Viper, and Crane all look happy, but Tigress has a particularly awesome look on her face that's a mix of "I'm so proud of you" and "Shen, you are so fucked."
95	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Mulan has completely failed at her training, unable to complete even the most basic of tasks. Shang sends her home, saying she's unsuited for the army. Then Mulan looks to the pole with an arrow on top of it - a challenge Shang had set to retrieve using two weights representing strength and discipline. Mulan tries throughout the whole night to climb the pole, and finally succeeds just as the sun is rising. The entire camp wakes up to see her climbing to the top, and Shang walks out of his tent to see the arrow landing at his feet. This is then followed by Mulan mastering the various exercises she had failed at before.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'':
97	** John Smith shows his prejudices by referring to the Powhatans as "savages" (after claiming he and the settlers will 'improve' their land by imposing the English way of life), Pocahontas responds with "Colors of the Wind"; both a ReasonYouSuckSpeech in song form, and a demonstration of how beautiful and awesome her own culture is.
98	** John is about to be executed and the English are prepared to slaughter the Powhatans in retaliation. Pocahontas runs through the crowd, throws herself on top of John and declares that her father will have to kill her first. When her father orders her to stand back, she shouts that she loves John, also ShamingTheMob for their prejudices.
99	---> "Look around you! This is where the path of hatred has brought us! ''This'' is the path I choose, father. [[ArmourPiercingQuestion What will yours be?]]"
100	* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Rex has one when he enters Al's Toy Barn with the others and he sees the video game strategy guide revealing secrets on how to defeat Zurg.
101	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when Mei changes her mind about turning into a panda for Tyler's birthday party, her friends go from sad to shocked to ecstatic.
102	* This happens several times in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'':
103	** First, after [[spoiler:the escape pod explodes]], EVE is relieved to discover that WALL·E survived, and then [[spoiler:he reveals that he [[StolenMacGuffinReveal managed to save the plant.]] ]]
104	** Later on, when [[spoiler:the captain realizes that EVE and WALL·E still have the plant and are moving in his direction.]]
105	* A great one occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}},'' with Judy and Nick's smug smiles when they reveal to [[spoiler:[[BigBad Bellwether]] how they faked Nick going [[TheBerserker savage]] and [[CaughtOnTape recorded her gloating confession]]]].
106	-->"It's called a hustle, sweetheart. Boom!"
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109	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
110	* In ''Film/Armageddon1998'' Harry Stamper has this reaction when he cheers at the (unexpected) arrival of the other Armadillo carrying A.J., Bear, and Lev to the drill site.
111	* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', [[spoiler:Franchise/{{Batman}} stopping the Tumbler gunfire from hitting the police in the Bat is what leads to the police force attacking the mercenaries for one last time.]]
112	* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon\|1980}}''
113	-->'''Monitor:''' Hail Flash Gordon. You saved your Earth.\
114	'''Flash:''' ''(tossing away his sword)'' '''YEAH!!!!!!!!'''
115	* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'':
116	** When the Ghostbusters get their first call, their previously-apathetic secretary Janine Melnitz happily shouts "WE GOT ONE!", then smashes the BigRedButton turning on the alarm.
117	** At the end of the movie, Winston Zeddemore throws his arms into the air and cheers, "I LOVE THIS TOWN!"
118	* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'':
119	** Pretty much all of Monarch have this reaction to discovering Godzilla is still alive, meaning there's still hope of taking their planet back from King Ghidorah before he wipes them all out.
120	** This is written all over Madison's face when [[spoiler:Godzilla shows up to battle King Ghidorah at Boston]].
121	* ''Film/HomeAlone1'': When Kevin wakes up and finds the family missing, after he flashes back to bad things the other family members said about him, he has one of these, consisting of him gleefully saying, "I made my family disappear!", and an eyebrow raise.
122	* ''Film/Howl2015'': All members of the cast who are still alive (except maybe Billy with the position he's currently in) have one when [[spoiler:the train's power is restored and it starts moving out of the woods. It doesn't last long though]].
123	* The ending of ''Film/{{Ink}}'' gets two of these: when Ink [[spoiler: realizes who he is and delivers an enormous can of whoopass]] and when [[spoiler:enough Storytellers show up to drive off the attacking Incubi from the hospital]].
124	* Waylander has this reaction in ''Film/JasonX'' when he sees the upgraded android [[RobotGirl KM-14]] about to fight Jason Voorhees.
125	* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
126	** ''Film/JurassicPark'': The remaining heroes appear to be cornered by the lead ''Velociraptor'' and one of her packmates. All seems lost and it appears that our human protagonists are about to be shredded...right before the ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' shows up and devours the vicious raptors as [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the film's theme song]] plays triumphantly in the background.
127	** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has that very same ''T. rex'' being brought in to stop the film's saurian BigBad, only to be defeated... and then, the heroic lead raptor shows up to give her some HeroicSecondWind.
128	* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': Conrad, Mason, Slivko, Marlow and Nieves are all jubilant when they re-establish contact with the soldiers and look set to get evacuated off the island. [[spoiler:A horde of Leafwings abducting Nieves a second later and tearing him apart in the sky kills the mood a little, though]].
129	* In ''Film/LastActionHero'', Danny has one of these when Whitney escapes her captors and pulls a gun on the guys holding him. Everyone notices.
130	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Plenty of them. When Gandalf and Éomer arrive at Helm's deep, both Aragorn and Théoden make those. [[NeutralNoLonger When the Ents decide to join the war]], Merry and Pippin make it. When The Rohirrim arrive on the Pelennor fields, Gandalf makes it. When Sauron explodes, all the fellowship makes it.
131	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
132	** In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': When Rocket gets his hands on a [[{{BFG}} gun that is as big as he is]], the soundtrack cuts off with a {{Dramatic Gun Cock}} followed by a quiet, if wickedly excited utterance:
133	-->"Ohh...''yeah''..."
134	** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': Thor has been dumped on the planet Sakaar and is forced to duel against the Grandmaster's champion. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0029.PNG He lets out the mother of all]] BigYes-es when he discovers said champion is the Hulk.
135	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Avengers are being overwhelmed by Thanos' forces, Cap, Black Panther and Banner are all pinned down and being torn apart, not able to do anything but scream... until a beam of bifrost light hits the battlefield, and then a hammer flies out of it and knocks aside the mooks, and then returns to the hand of Thor as he steps out of the light, crackling with lightning as the Avengers' theme music swells. It induced cheering both in the film, and in the audience, as can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW33GaleP-U&t=89s seen here]].
136	** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'':
137	*** Steve, Tony, and Thor are struggling against Thanos, [[spoiler:Mjölnir flies through the air and into the hands of ''Captain America'']].
138	---->'''Thor:''' [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron I knew it!]]
139	*** Later, it looks like Captain America is on his own against all of Thanos's forces. He tightens the strap on his broken shield, gets ready to face them, and then... [[spoiler:Falcon's voice on the comm says, "[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier On your left.]]" Cue the sorcerers opening giant portals to summon ''every single hero'' in the MCU to fight Thanos, ''including the ones killed in the Snap'']]. The icing on the cake is [[spoiler:Steve finally saying "Avengers, assemble" before the armies clash.]]
140	* Throughout ''Film/{{Power Rangers\|2017}}'', the main characters slowly come together from dysfunctional teens grappling with their own issues to a group of friends willing to trust and rely on each other, but despite all their bonding moments they're never able to function as an effective team of Rangers. They repeatedly get beaten down in training, they can't summon their signature armour, and when they try to go up against Rita she effortlessly defeats them singlehanded and breaks their spirit. But after the shared experience of [[spoiler:Billy dying and coming back]], they're try to connect with the grid and each other again, and...
141	-->'''Jason:''' It's morphin' time.
142	* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Layla won't use her powers except in self-defense. One of the villains, believing their side has already won and that Layla's a wimp anyway, attacks her just to be petty. "Big. Mistake." Also counts as a LetsGetDangerous moment.
143	* ''Film/TheMatrix'': When Neo [[spoiler:comes back to life after dying in the Matrix]] and suddenly realizes he can see the code behind everything, and stop bullets in mid-air.
144	* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Steve tells Diana that they can't save a village being held hostage because anyone who storms No Man's Land will be killed. Diana goes up, uses her gauntlets and shield to take the fire, and makes steady ground. On realizing she's taking the German fire, Steve grabs a gun and yells at everyone to follow. His friends, and the trapped British soldiers, manage to cross No Man's Land for the first time in a year and take back Veld.
145	* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has a DarkestHour, where it looks like Apocalypse will defeat everyone and successfully take over Professor X's body to continue his immortality. Mystique's attempted sneak attack is stopped easily, but it brings about a HeelFaceTurn for both Storm and Magneto, who join the fight on the X-Men's side. Jean likewise unleashes the Phoenix force to kick Apocalypse's ass.
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148	[[folder:Literature]]
149	* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' / ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'':
150	** Percy deftly outsmarting Luke and tricking him into admitting he poisoned Thalia's tree. [[HiddenDepths Spacey he may be]], but IdiotHero Percy is not. Extra points for holding his own long enough to do it against a swordsman much older than him, and skilled enough that he used to ''teach'' Percy.
151	--->'''Percy:''' You poisoned the tree, you betrayed Thalia, you set us all up - all to help Kronos destroy the gods.\
152	'''Luke:''' You know that! Why do you keep asking me?\
153	'''Percy:''' Because I want everyone in the audience to hear you.
154	** Percy reaching deeper than ever during the Battle of Manhattan until he could casually stroll on the surface of a lake and created a hurricane barrier between himself and his opponent subconsciously.
155	** The Fifth cohort after Percy, Hazel, and Frank storm the defenders' fortress during the war games. The entire legion, especially Reyna, when they pull a BigDamnHeroes during the invasion. Not to mention "TWELFTH LEGION FULMINATA."
156	*** In the same book, after Frank and Hazel drag Alceyonus out of Alaska, where he was invincible.
157	---->'''Frank''': Welcome to Canada, idiot.
158	** Percy forcing control of Akhlys' own poison away from her and coldly curb-stomping her was awesome [[CreepyAwesome in a brutal way.]] Shy, compassionate MommasBoy Percy made a hell-goddess ''beg him'' for mercy.
159	--->'''Akhlys:''' What is this?\
160	'''Percy:''' Poison. That's your thing, right?
161	** Frank taking charge of a ghostly Roman army in the House of Hades after an emergency promotion to freaking ''praetor''.
162	--->'''Nico:''' "Now that's more like it. Let's turn this tide!"
163	** In ''The Blood of Olympus'', after Leo realizes his insane plan to defeat Gaia and then [[spoiler: come back to life to rescue Calypso]] has worked, he takes a moment to proclaim his awesomeness.
164	--->'''Leo:''' YEAH! WHO [[spoiler:DIED]]? WHO [[spoiler:CAME BACK]]? WHO'S YOUR SUPER-SIZED MCSHIZZLE NOW, BABY? Woooo!
165	* In Evil Star, the gate to free the Old Ones is opened, and Matt is facing their armies by himself. Then he remembers that one of the Five is with him, and their combined power just might be enough to put up a fight. The effort nearly kills him, but Matt manages to send them down to the last running for the hills and cripple their leader Chaos.
166	* In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'', when Aragorn's banner unfurls over the corsairs, it triggers a simultaneous Hell Yes Moment from the defenders of Gondor and an OhCrap from Sauron's forces.
167	-->''"And the mirth of the Rohirrim was a torrent of laughter and a flashing of swords, and the joy and wonder of the city was a music of trumpets and a ringing of bells. But the hosts of Mordor were seized with bewilderment...and a black dread fell upon them."''
168	** A little earlier, the Witch King handed one to Éowyn:
169	--> '''Witch King:''' Thou fool. [[ExactWords No living man may hinder me!]]
170	--> '''Éowyn:''' (''Laughs'') [[NoManOfWomanBorn But no living man am I!]] You look upon a woman.
171	* This happens in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' #45, when [[DeadpanSnarker Marco]] is fighting aliens who look like a cross between LizardFolk and razor blades, giving us this priceless quote:
172	-->'''Marco:''' <[[{{Telepathy}} It's been fun boys, but now I have to go home]].>
173	-->'''Marco''' (Narrating): They had exactly one second to think I was insane. Gigantic paws, armed with claws that can gut a salmon before you could say "lox" knocked their heads together.
174	** Rachel then proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] the Hork-Bajir.
175	* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' book ''Owl Knight'', Darian and his companions are up against a snow-drake when heading northwest to find his parents. Things seem impossible, until Healer Keisha fires an arrow hitting it at the right spot. To Darian's amazement, Keisha runs right up to face the snow-drake, followed by younger sister Herald Shandi who shouts the Trope expression.
176	* In the ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'' duology, there is one of those for Oreg when [[spoiler: he realizes that he can solve the problem by a HeroicSacrifice. He is suspiciously calm and relaxed afterwards.]] Of course, the beginning of the novel may also count; Ward's father dies, which is a big relief for more or less everyone, ''including'' the horse.
177	* In ''With a Bullet'', the third ''Literature/ShadowOfTheTemplar'' novel, [[BoisterousBruiser Mike]] has this reaction when Johnny shows up in a ''glorious'' DynamicEntry[=/=]BigDamnHeroes moment.
178	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has a ton of these. The most powerful being when it turns out Harry is less alone than he (or sometimes just the reader) thought. Some particularly notable ones:
179	** At the end of ''Literature/TurnCoat'', it looks like Harry and his dog are standing alone against the council's inertia, and then Ancient Mai, who has tried to kill Harry twice before, stands up and exclaims "That is a Foo dog." And the balance shifts.
180	** At the darkest moment in ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', when Harry's back is broken and his apartment building is on fire, his landlady calls out "God help us!" and Sanya comes running around the corner as naturally as if he'd been in the book before that scene.
181	*** The entire climactic battle of ''Changes'' is a series of these, starting when Murphy pulls out Fidelacchius and spouts an Archangel-fueled, then continuing with the arrival of the Grey Council, and then when they in turn bring Kenku in as back-up. And it ends on a subversion--Harry's inner monologue is going Hell Yes when he sees [[spoiler:Martin coming up behind the Red King, only for it to be reversed when Martin reveals he was TheMole.]]
182	** When TheCavalry shows up in Raith Deeps.
183	** In ''Literature/SkinGame'', just when things are at their bleakest, and it seems like Harry has done exactly the wrong thing to end up on the bad end of 3 to 1 odds, he says something simple, and all hell breaks loose in the best possible way.
184	** In this book, the broken Sword of The Cross Fiddlicious ends up in the hands of Butters, of all people, and his faith in good triumphing over evil allows him to reforge the broken holy sword...into a friggen’ lightsaber! Then he breaks old Nicky’s profane blade (complete with a pre asskicking one liner), breaks the cult's will, and forces them into a retreat.
185	* ''Literature/{{Eludoran}}'' presents us with a few: Llane's [[BigDamnHeroes rescue]] of his sister, Morwenna's [[FaceHeelTurn sacrifice]] and Arulaine's assault on the Crystal Spire.
186	* The Devil Himself is about to do something unspeakable to the main characters of Marc Cabot's novel ''Give The Devil Her Due'' after escaping from Hell, but it turns out that [[spoiler:that’s against the Rules, and the Archangel Michael himself comes to the rescue.]]
187	* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': The goblins all have a moment of joy and delight when they realize the human they've brought to their king is not an invader but William of Toad-in-a-Cage Castle, their liberator and the hero of the goblins.
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192	* Series/{{Angel}} gets this while fighting an opponent who was able to knock out ''[[WorfEffect Illyria]]''. The opponent's {{badass boast}}ing [[NiceJobFixingItVillain reveals the source of his power]] to the vampire.
193	-->'''Hamilton:''' Let me make this as clear as I can. You cannot defeat me. I am part of them, the [[BigBad Wolf, the Ram, and the Hart]]. Their strength flows through my veins! My blood is filled with their ancient power!\
194	'''Angel''': ''(grins and pops his fangs)'' Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn't have said?
195	** In the very first episode, Cordelia is being threatened by a vampire when Angel arrives just in time.
196	--->'''Cordelia: '''[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You don't know who he is, do you?]] Oh ''boy!'' [[LampshadeHanging You're about to get your ass kicked!]]
197	* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "Severed Dreams": as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoVxwW5LTGQ here]], after just ''barely'' managing to defend the station against the attacking forces sent by [[PresidentEvil President Clark]], the heroes don't even get a chance to catch their breath before a ''second wave'' of Clark's forces shows up. Just as things can't seem to get any worse, a ''third'' group of ships suddenly shows up... [[spoiler:except these are Minbari ships coming to defend the station, led by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Delenn]], and she is ''[[LadyOfWar pissed]]''.]]
198	* The new series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' has had a love affair with "Hell Yes" Moments since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose grabbed a chain and took a flying leap over a pit containing the Nestene Consciousness]]. Most episodes have at least one when the heroes manage to prevail, often accompanied by whatever the current "action music" or Doctor's {{leitmotif}} is.
199	* Invoked by ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' hero John Crichton in some of his more impressive moments:
200	-->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI89TD66CT8 Can I get a HELL YEAH?]]''
201	** Made even better the first time he says it, when [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall an unseen audience]] ''actually responds "Hell yeah!"''
202	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': The part in "Safe" that gives the BigDamnHeroes [[TropeNamers trope its name]], as Simon and River are rescued.
203	-->'''River:''' Time to go.
204	* The [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E22 season four finale]] of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', when the Machine helps Reese escape from the Brotherhood:
205	-->'''[[BigBadWannabe Dominic]]:''' What the hell is that?\
206	'''[[TheDragon Floyd]]:''' Old fax machine.\
207	'''Dominic:''' What does it say?\
208	'''Floyd:''' [[spoiler:"Sharp right leg. Left knee ACL. Tactical blade. Glass jaw."]]\
209	''(Reese takes out the guard closest to him, and activates his earwig.)''\
210	'''The Machine:''' [[AC:Can. You. Hear. Me?]]\
211	'''Reese:''' Hell yes.
212	* TheFederation has this during the FinalBattle of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' when the Cardassians pull a mass HeelFaceTurn on [[TheEmpire the Dominion]]. (For the Dominion, of course, this is a serious OhCrap moment.)
213	--> '''Odo:''' Captain, the Cardassians! They're attacking the other Dominion ships!\
214	'''Dax:''' They've switched sides.\
215	'''Nog:''' ''[[BigYes Yes!]]''\
216	'''Sisko:''' The timing couldn't be better.
217	* ''Series/ThisIsGoingToHurt'': After screwing up with Erika and her pre-eclampsia, Adam becomes overly cautious about patients who are in any kind of pain and insists on keeping too many of them in for observation. He becomes obsessed with the idea that one patient might have an ovarian torsion, and opens her up to have a look, but can't find anything. He has an OhCrap moment, because he's just carried out an expensive procedure for nothing. Things get worse when Lockhart strides in to tell him off, and Lockhart demands that the equipment be turned off and the mother closed up--and then he puts on his glasses and looks at the screen and says "Hang on a minute." It turns out that the patient does have a torsion and Lockhart congratulates Adam for spotting it. Adam proceeds to have this trope.
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221	* Near the beginning of the endgame for ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', the previously pacifistic Pascal you’re fighting alongside goes to enact a plan, and after a few minutes an army of machines, including a Goliath-class Engels, shows up to fight A2. Cue Pascal coming back and having hacked an Engels of his own. One you get to control!
222	-->'''Pascal:''' Fear not, A2... I can handle this!
223	* There's a moment in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' during the Neutral Route FinalBoss battle against [[spoiler:Omega Flowey]]. The human [=SOULs=] he's wielding shatter his defenses bit by bit until it reaches 0, allowing you to finally fight back.
224	** There's also a moment during [[spoiler: [[BadassPacifist the True Pacifist]] route's FinalBoss, Asriel Dreemurr.]] "But maybe... with what little strength you have left... [[spoiler:you can SAVE something else]]." The ACT option in the combat menu turns into a rainbow-colored option named SAVE just to emphasize how badass this is.
225	* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', a hostage of one of ComicBook/TheJoker's thugs has this reaction when he sees Batman sneaking up behind the thug.
226	* At one point in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare 4:]] VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', after the player's squad links up with another one trapped behind enemy lines, a trio of enemy helicopters show up to drop more troops. [[BigDamnHeroes Then Deadly comes back and shoots them all down.]]
227	--> '''Deadly:''' Outlaw, this is Deadly, refit and fully loaded. You guys miss me?\
228	'''Marine:''' HELL YEAH!
229	* In the second scene of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', [[GentlemanThief Locke]] is up against a whole squadron of baddies to save a distressed [[PhlebotinumGirl Terra]], and a squadron of Moogles arrives to aid him. Can I get a Hell Yeah? Served with a ThemeMusicPowerUp.
230	* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Cerberus ninja Kai Leng has spent the last few hours of gameplay taunting Shepard, having spent nearly all of his screen time [[DynamicEntry stabbing the engines of Shepard's vehicles,]] [[CombatPragmatist running away after completing his objective]], [[spoiler:or being [[AssassinOutclassin forced into a fight with]] [[SacrificialLion Thane Krios/hitting Kirrahe by]] [[InvisibilityCloak mistake]]]]. [[LetsYouAndHimFight calling in squads of Cerberus troops and a gunship]] to divert the straight-combat specialist and his/her [[OverratedAndUnderleveled team]] from his [[FragileSpeedster assassin self]], and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy trying to sell the galaxy out]] to the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]]. After pinning him into a LastStand, shooting him full of holes in a boss fight and likely having to deal with his signature sword a couple of times, he [[{{Determinator}} drags himself to his feet]] and tries to stab Shepard InTheBack. The Renegade [[ActionCommands Interrupt]] that every Paragon Shepard took: (admittedly because it looks like a PressXToNotDie moment despite [[SubvertedTrope not being one]]) [[spoiler: [[CutscenePowerToTheMax shattering that damn sword]] with the ''back of your hand,'' before gutting the bastard with the omni-blade with a AndThisIsFor PreMortemOneLiner. Significantly less badass if [[HeroKiller Kai]] didn't kill anyone Shepard knew, though. The [[PreMortemOneLiner one-liner]] makes Shepard sound like a {{scrub}} in this case - "No gunship this time, you son of a bitch."]]
231	** [[spoiler:[[EveryoneLives "All ships...]] hold fire." For context, this phrase ends a RobotWar of over three centuries, prefaced by atrocities from both sides such as [[FantasticRacism shooting geth for questioning their existence]] or [[DisproportionateRetribution massacring quarian civilians and forcing the species from their planet]].]]
232	** James Vega's EstablishingCharacterMoment, after spending most of the Mars mission as TheGenericGuy. Eva Core has gotten to a shuttle just ahead of Shepard and is in the [[TheBadGuyWins middle of taking off with priceless data on the Crucible]], when James comes soaring out of the sky in his own shuttle and ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks rams hers]]'' out of the sky.
233	* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', typically any time you win a mission, especially one with a difficult objective. But one particular scene comes to mind, [[spoiler:when Alicia first awakens as a Valkyria. Up until this point, Selvaria, one of the enemy generals, was thought to be the only one capable of wielding those ancient weapons, and was also invincible. But once Alicia shows up, she delivers such a swift CurbStompBattle to Selvaria that it just turns into this trope. Made much more notable by the fact that Alicia at this point isn't in control of her powers and was essentially working on instinct, while Selvaria had full control of her body.]]
234	* Boss gets three of these in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV''. The first is when Kinzie introduces them to the mech they salvaged. The second is [[spoiler:upon seeing Johnny for the first time since his apparent death/abduction in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'']]. The third is [[spoiler:finding the power suit that grants you superpowers outside of the simulation.]]
235	* ''Any'' time Link finds something new in a chest in a ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' game, he dramatically shows it off with an expression of joy, clearly a Hell, Yes Moment for him ''and'' the player.
236	* About halfway through ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', [[spoiler:a lone rogue Omi Alliance member tries to run down his leader, Watase, with a dagger after he and Daigo Dojima announced the simultaneous dissolution of the Omi and the Tojo Clan. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, ''Kazuma Kiryu'' arrives and socks the would-be assassin in the face. Majima is beside himself with glee at Kiryu's return, Saejima welcomes him back, Daigo is shocked to see Kiryu still alive, and [[TheHero Kasuga]] -- who has no idea who Kiryu is -- compliments his way of making an entrance.]]
237	* The darkest moment of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' is when [[spoiler:[[TheMole Goro Akechi]] shoots the protagonist in the head in police custody in order to fake the protagonist's suicide. The suicide is reported on Japanese media, and [[TheLancer Ryuji's]] reaction is not horror but ''joy'' - because this means that they successfully faked the protagonist's death using the Metaverse. The game immediately cuts to the protagonist alive, well and [[GrinOfAudacity grinning]] in the police interrogation room.]]
238	** The moment when Joker summons [[spoiler:[[InfinityPlusOneSword Satanael]]]] for the first time. Ultimate Personas of protagonists have always been powerful, but this one is [[spoiler:'''the size of a skyscraper'''.]] The entire city of Tokyo has a Hell Yes! reaction at the sight of it.
239	* The last stages of the Babylonia singularity in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' confront the PlayerCharacter with the direst situation they've faced up to that point; despite massive sacrifices, everything they've tried has barely slowed the enemy down. Just when it seems like even their last-ditch desperation ploy is failing, Merlin - apparently killed earlier in the singularity just when everything started going to hell - reappears, and brings with him what he describes as a "powerful ace" he's kept up his sleeve... none other than [[spoiler:the original Old Man of the Mountain]], Grand Assassin [[spoiler:King Hassan]].
240	-->[[spoiler:'''First Hassan''']]: Child of Chaldea, wouldst thou welcome an Assassin's aid?\
241	'''Protagonist:''' Oh, hell yes!
242	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has this in one of its reveal trailers: when [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo and Kazooie]] make their debut, [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and even King K. Rool]] go absolutely bananas and cheer their return.
243	* At the end of ''VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect2'', [[spoiler:as the party confronts Regret they inform her of the demise of Bluffman. However rather than having any kind of breakdown or the like, she breaks out a huge "Hell Yeah!" of pure catharsis. As it turns out, Bluffman was extremely controlling of her and she felt forced into the role of a messianic figure that he had prepared for her. The supposed BigBad was really just a lonely and socially awkward girl who at that moment had a massive weight lifted off her shoulders]].
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247	* In ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', when C-Team finishes exploring the Rec Room, they are suddenly made to roll three six-sided dice and are given one chance to roll three ones in order to escape or be shot to death. When they inevitably make the miracle roll[[note]]The roll is rigged to the player's benefit by automatically succeeding on the third try[[/note]], Junpei goes wild with elation, happily screams about how lucky they are, and runs off to get smashed.
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251	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
252	** The Order finds themselves completely surrounded by Tarquin's army, near death, and completely out of ways to heal themselves. Suddenly, the smell of bat poop and burning flesh informs them that their arcane caster, [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0919.html Vaarsuvius]] is finally back after being MIA for a while, and Roy has the hell yes moment as this gives them a much better chance of survival.
253	** A bit later, the Order is about to get finished off by Tarquin (except for Elan, whom Tarquin wants to [[INeedYouStronger level up]] for an epic confrontation). He's interrupted by [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0930.html an airship showing up]] and Elan's cries of "Look! Roy, it worked! It worked!" [[note]]The airship belonged to Elan's mentor/good father figure, [[LovableRogue Julio Scoundrel]], whom Elan convinced to come back them up.[[/note]]
254	** Downplayed in an earlier arc when a druid has the team on the ropes thanks to his army of tree-men that have been immunized to any type of damage but Sonic. Vaaruvius smiles as s/he realizes that Durkon sent a massive thunderbolt four miles out to sea. [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0352.html Four seconds later...]]
255	* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': After Becky has been kidnapped and is being driven away, she has resigned herself to staying put for now. Then she sees Amazi-Girl in the mirror and quietly buckles up her seat belt.
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259	* Aquerna's combat final in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. She's outclassed by a brutal opponent who is not only more powerful than her, but who gets stronger the more punishment he takes. Aquerna's only power is a connection to squirrels (squirrel speed, squirrel strength, talking to squirrels - she's a campus joke). And then she finds the testers have put a big park in the middle of the battlezone. ''A park full of squirrels.''
260	* The ending of the "Crushed" arc in ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. [[OmnicidalManiac Behemoth]] has shrugged off every hit that the heroes have delivered, even after they've done more damage to him in the past few hours than in twenty years of fighting him. Then [[spoiler: [[KnightInShiningArmor Chevalier]] wakes up in the hospital, grabs his sword, and charges Behemoth, even though he's still [[YouCanBarelyStand recovering from major surgery.]] Chevalier's HeroicSacrifice is able to force Behemoth to retreat back underground, having come closer to killing him than anyone else in history...and then [[PhysicalGod Scion]] finally shows up, ''drags'' Behemoth out of the ground, and ''vaporizes'' what's left of him, finally managing to kill one of the Endbringers.]]
261	* ''WebVideo/FreemansMind:'' Freeman finding the rocket launcher very much counts as one from his perspective, especially since an armed helicopter had been chasing him the entire time. His tone is almost enlightened in its calm while he's picking it up, and it leads him to later revise his previous stance on the entire universe wanting him dead; if that was so, the rocket launcher would never had happened.
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265	* The first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' had this with the team fighting a losing battle against "THOUSANDS of [[MechaMooks Sentinels!]]", and Professor Xavier's jet crashing to what looked like a fiery death... only to stop falling a foot above the ground and be righted by a [[VillainousRescue magnetic field.]]
266	-->'''ComicBook/{{Magneto}}:''' Did you think I would let you die ''alone,'' Xavier?
267	* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', after Beast Boy and his RagtagBunchOfMisfits have all been captured, almost a dozen other Titans we thought were captured suddenly burst in.
268	* Optimus Prime from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' returns to the battle [[spoiler:after everyone thought he was dead]]. Ratchet thanks the Allspark while Jack, Miko, Raf, and Fowler all cheer and shout for joy.
269	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Pretty much any time Fred Flintstone shouts "Yabba-Dabba-DO!" is a Hell Yes Moment.
270	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': In "[[Recap/WorkItOutWombatsS1E30HarvestDayThankfulnessStew The Treeborhood Thankfulness Stew]]," Mr. E is ''ecstatic'' when he gets picked to be the taste tester, and jumps several feet into the air. It's one of his happiest moments in the show.
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