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[[caption-width-right:350: [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Let's get dangerous.]]]]

* Lucy, on a plane to Australia, [[LoveEpiphany realizes she's in love with Gru.]] She promptly ''leaps out of the plane, pulls a hang-glider out and flies off to be with him.''
* The way in which El Macho faked his death is both this and ''hilarious''. He jumped out of a plane on a shark, strapped to several rockets, wearing a belt loaded with dynamite and grenades, and hurtling into a powerful volcano.
* Some people have given Lucy a lot of flak because of her being used as a DamselInDistress in the climax. But, she isn't one by nature, just in that one instance. If you look more carefully at how she was captured, she was in a crowded area with civilians, most of them children. She was dealing with the BigBad who was well known for his CharlesAtlasSuperpower. To avoid collateral damage, Lucy let herself get taken to avoid innocent people getting hurt. And even with being strapped onto a rocket strapped onto a shark, Ms. Wilde still remained calm and her usual self. This woman is not only braver than people may think, this woman does the thing that most impulsive {{Action Hero}}es don't consider: The consequences of their choices. She chose to be taken so others wouldn't be endangered.
* Gru jumping onto the rocket that Lucy's been tied to (El Macho planning to kill her in the same manner he fake-died) and managing to stay on while it flies off, sawing through the ropes with one hand while holding on with the other. Pret-ty cool.
** Gets even more cool when you think about way the rocket was flying. Gru kept his cool. All he can think is getting the woman he loves out of danger.
* The whole bit where Gru and company shoot the jelly antidote at the mutated minions to turn them back to normal.
* Ninja Edith. She plays Ping-pong with Nun-chucks! It's an easily missed scene when mutated Kevin attacks the house. Later, when Kevin is preparing to attack, Margo and Agnes are cowering in fear, but Edith is swinging her nunchucks even as she backs away, determined to go down fighting if it comes to it.
* One that's easy to miss, but when Gru finds out that the Fairy Princess he hired for Agnes' birthday party won't be coming, he sucks it up and puts on the dress himself to fulfill his promise to Agnes. [[RealMenWearPink It takes a lot of guts to do that.]]
* [[PapaWolf Gru]] blasting Antonio with his Freeze-Ray after Antonio breaks Margo's heart. No CallingYourAttacks anymore.
* To save her beloved unicorn, Agnes lets loose a scream so loud it is able to ''shatter solid rock''.
** At the same time, Margo keeping her cool and doing her best to get her younger sisters to safety in a situation where it would've been easy for anyone to panic, much less a preteen home alone with younger siblings. Notably, when Evil!Kevin first breaks in, the ''first thing'' Margo does is throw Agnes behind her in a protective stance.
* The girls helping return the Mutated Minions back to normal! Now remember, all of them are quite young with Margo at about 12, Edith around 9, and Agnes is 6. And yet, all of them are taking on creatures that are indestructible and can eat through anything. Then, recall what happened earlier with Mutated Kevin and that incident should have made the girls too scared to encounter more of them; but that doesn't stop them from going to help Gru and the other Mutated Minions. If these girls can do that at their age, imagine what they'll be when they get older: Even more awesome!
* Early in the film, Dr. Nefario realizes that Gru's HeelFaceTurn is permanent; as an EvilGenius and MadScientist, he decides to take a new job, as he's still committed to taking over the world. As it turns out, the job is developing the Evil Minion serum, and he's largely OK with that...but then El Macho sends the Minions after Gru and the girls. Dr. Nefario, without a ''moment's'' hesitation, concocts an antidote to reverse the serum, gets to Gru's lab, and saves them JustInTime. He then lets go of his plans for global conquest--which were about to succeed--to mass-produce the antidote and undo all of El Macho's schemes. The mad doctor gave up EVERYTHING he ever wanted to protect his old boss and his daughters--there's very little more awesome than that.
-->'''Dr. Nefario''': I mean, I'm happy to create an evil army to destroy the world--but ''nobody messes with my family.''
** FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that Dr. Nefario must have created the antidote within the few ''hours'' between El Macho starting to launch his plan and sending Evil!Kevin after the girls. He likely didn't have it on hand already (as someone who's AlwaysChaoticEvil, he wouldn't have seen a need to undo the effects of the serum in any circumstance), so he had to work as fast as possible, and he still managed to succeed. For as eccentric and slow as he is, the man is truly a genius!
* Seeing Margo with her first heartbreak is sad, especially considering how much it looked liked Antonio was smitten with Margo. She's upset, but we don't see her cry over him or ask Gru what she did wrong. All this girl does is give Antonio a deadly glare before she leaves; next day comes and Margo looks like she's over Antonio and she is. It's a subtle SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, but Margo's whole attitude after her first heartbreak is nothing short of inspiring. She teaches everyone that even though a first heartbreak can hurt, that doesn't mean to whine over it. Margo did something in minutes that most people couldn't do: She moved on.
* How about when Lucy kidnapped Gru? He's one of the most famous and skilled villains in the world. The man who stole the moon! A guy who once punched a shark! Then, newbie AVL Agent Lucy Wilde, was only equipped with her flamethrower and lipstick taser; not only made Gru's FreezeRay unusable, but in a mere five seconds, this girl tasered a villain of Gru's reputation and abilities. And she's a newbie. But, she doesn't stutter or look intimidated by THE FELONIUS GRU! She's just her usual quirky and polite self. No wonder [[AmazonChaser Gru falls for this woman.]]
* During their fight with El Pollito, Lucy shows her natural athleticism. While Gru was being beaten up by the chicken, Lucy got the job done. She hops on a table, lands squarely on Gru's shoulders, and FLIPS him over. Now remember, Gru is more bulkier and muscular than Lucy, but she still was able to flip him over almost effortlessly.
* Even thought it was {{played for laughs}}, Shannon gets props for doing a short, intense workout while in a dress.
* Gru being introduced as a BadassBiker.
* El Macho's defeat coupled with this dialogue:
-->'''El Macho''': I am not afraid of your jelly guns.\\
'''Dr. Nefario''': Oh, this ain't a jelly gun, sunshine!\\
(''Uses the FART gun on El Macho, knocking him out from the stench'')
** Counts as a massive BrickJoke as well, as in the first film, Dr. Nefario had wondered under what circumstances they would need it.
* Agnes' unexpected ArmorPiercingQuestion to Gru about what ''he'' can do to show his feelings to Lucy.
* When sneaking into El Macho's lair, Gru accidentally sets off all of the traps...and manages to ''survive'' every single one.
* Gru effortlessly smashing a glass cup when Antonio gives a smug look.
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