Gravity? What gravity? ... and then he uses the motorcycle as a bludgeoning weapon. Oh, Dante.

In the third game he had this. And that's just the opening. Also the best way to introduce a game mechanic ever (surfing on fallen enemies.)

For this troper, there has been no better moment at all than the second half and ending of the battle agaisnt Arkham: Dante and Vergil team up to kick his ass, fighting as a real team despite having been trying to kill one another not long ago, and their moves synchronize, they even exchange weapons to show even further levels of skill and badassery. Finishing with a dual attack which also works as reminder of a C Mo A in the first game. One word summed up pretty well the whole thing: Jackpot!

Playing the first Devil May Cry, the opening cutscenes give you a good deal to go off of. Okay, sure, this guy is a Badass Longcoat, I get it. Nigh invulnerable, uses two guns, nice... It's all very nice, seems like it is ramping up to be a cool action game. Then you see this scene. There's a point during it when you think to yourself, "No, he's not going to do that!" But he does. This was the make-or-break moment: if you weren't mesmerized by the sheer coolness of that scene, chances were this wasn't the game for you.

Even while getting absorbed by a giant statue after falling for the Big Bad's plan, Nero flips Dante off.

In 3, Dante's epic wall run down the tower just before mission 8 starts. Jumping off the mooks and shooting, breaking out of being surrounded by doing some sort of spinny attack, then throwing his sword and nailing it with a bullet to increase the speed at which it impales the mooks.

"Mary died a long time ago. My name... is Lady."

Let's not forget..."Anything to protect her."

Right before the first fight against Mundus: 1:25 in, full stop. After about twenty levels worth of Badass taunts and one liners, we get to see what Dante's like when he's really pissed off. No joking, just a Berserk Button being pushed and a badass, three-part fight following.

And let's not forget the Lucifer cutscene, which also counts as a Crowning Moment Of Funny (and for some, a Crowning Moment Of Fanservice).

Vergil's awesomeness is confirmed when he puts down a Hell Vanguard with an inhumanly fast Diagonal Cut. Behold.

Pinned to the wall by a big freakin' sword/demon and half-dead, Nero spits blood in Agnus's face. Take that, creeper!

Lady takes Made Of Iron to insane new heights by climbing up a freaking tower after being stabbed through the thigh with her own enormous bayonet.