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* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/oldtestament/ Sarah to the rescue]]
-->'''Joyce''': God sent you after me!\\
'''Sarah''': Yeah, ''[[GoodIsNotNice the Old Testament God]]''.
** [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/smash/ SPKOW!]]
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/wingman-2/ Seeing Danny grow a spine for all of thirty seconds is kinda epic.]]
* Dina [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/proven/ grows one as well]] after her BerserkButton is pushed.
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/strength/ Amber gets angry and gives a long-overdue punch.]] The hovertext sums it up: "Panel five may be the most satisfying thing I've drawn in the last fifteen years."
** Also, her BadassBoast [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/gorilla/ in the very next comic.]]
--->'''Amber''': In other words, dad, science says you can ''kiss my ass.''
** It's a small moment in that scene, [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/blood/ but kudos to Sierra's dad for stepping in between Blaine and Amber before Ruth shows up.]]
** Ruth as well. Despite being partly ''drunk'', she still was able to ''suplex Blaine to the ground''. Sadly, her drunkenness makes her horribly dizzy after pulling that off, but she still staggered him pretty good.
** [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/nothing/ It gets better]].
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/neighbor-2/ Joyce refuses and rebukes her parents]] for their hypocrisy. Bonus points for it being [[AsTheGoodBookSays based in her Christianity]], rather than in defiance of it.
-->'''Joyce''': Jesus says to love your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27. That's ''everyone''. Not just people we like. Not everyone except the Samaritans. ''Everyone.'' And so I will not act like--like a ''jerk'' to my best friend and her family. Anyway, that's what the Son of God says. ''He'' is my higher authority, my moral foundation. ''Not you.''
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/investigate/ Danny takes care of things.]] Also [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming.]]
* Sal and Marcie are friends, but Malaya is apparently TheFriendNobodyLikes and Carla has only just met them. This doesn't stop them from [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/curbstompings/ dog-piling the threatening lady in the costume]] together. Sal then chooses to just walk away, derailing whatever confrontation Amber had in mind (well, in theory).
* Dorothy figuring out Amazi-Girl's identity just by putting the evidence together is relatively impressive considering that so few others in canon saw through the ClarkKenting (Amber's roommate Dina may be the only other one to figure it out without unmasking her). The real CMOA, though, is when she decides not to expose Amber after all, and [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/rails/ her explanation is funny and a bit heartwarming to boot]].
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/curriculum/ Leslie dressing down Roz]] after [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/outrage/ Roz shamed Joyce despite Leslie's orders to stop.]]
-->'''Roz''': So Joyce just gets a ''[[EasilyForgiven pass]]'' for ignoring and shouting over gay people for the first eighteen years of her life?\\
'''Leslie''': ...said the ''straight girl'' to the ''gay girl'' [[NotSoDifferentRemark who's been asking her to shut up for the past five minutes]].
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/easiest/ Dina shows that she has learned from her past mistakes.]]
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/stringent/ "I'll cop to smart and mean."]]
* Joyce [[TookALevelInBadAss taking a level in badass]] when Becky's dad forces Becky to come back home with him at gun point. [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/language/ Joyce does not]] [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/crazy-2/ take this]] [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/escalate/ lying down.]]
* After being kidnapped, having her friends held at gunpoint, and watching a friend nearly die, Becky hasn't been having a good day. Then it's revealed she's had 911 on the whole time, and [[EngineeredPublicConfession the police know what her father's done.]] [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/restore/ Read it here.]]
* Joyce is having [[TalkToTheFist none of your bullshit.]] [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/strength-2/ Enjoy.]]
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/unlimited/ To those who'd ground me, take a message back from me!]]
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/profane/#comment Mike calls out Walky and Billie's selfish reactions]] to Joyce's despair;
-->'''Mike:''' So for the past several weeks, you've said Joyce's sunny routine was annoying and you made fun of her for it. But now that she's dropped it...[[ArmorPiercingQuestion You want it back?]]
* Joyce's confrontation with John, her older brother, in which she is letting her anger out and telling him off for his barely-disguised bigotry. Starts [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/extreme/ here]].
* After Mary deliberately misgenders Carla, Carla gets her revenge by setting up a contraption outside of Mary's room that spells out her name, because...
-->''' Carla:''' [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/ruttech/ The one thing that angers you more than anything else in the world is the fact that I exist.]]
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/remembrance/ Carol says]] that Becky doesn't have to take Communion if she's worried she's not right with God (due to being gay). After a beat, Becky points out that when her life was in danger, her girlfriend and a superhero showed up to save her, so she's pretty sure He still likes her. Then she takes Communion. Loudly.
* Hank comforting Joyce after she starts having flashbacks in church. "Never let anyone shame you for this."
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/off-limits/ Billie punching Mary]] which was long waited after all the things she has done. In fact, there're three moments within this one scene that makes it awesome. The punch comes second...
** First, there's what Billie has done to ensure that Mary can't hurt anyone else like she hurt Ruth. To elaborate, she tells everyone in the dorm that Mary blackmailed her and Ruth, so they can go to the Residence Manager with that information should Mary try to mess with them. Now Mary has no choice but to behave cordially with the other students, even 'sinners' like Roz and Carla, unless she wants to get charged with blackmail. When Mary tries to have her transgender rival Carla exempted from this by pointing out how she revealed Ruth and Billie's relationship, Billie deals the aforementioned socking:
---> '''Billie:''' I ''mean'' it, Mary. Be nice to everyone- or just, you know, leave them alone. Or else we tell the R.M. everything.\\
'''Mary:''' ''[Rolls her eyes]'' Ugh. You don't really mean that.\\
'''Billie:''' I don't?\\
'''Mary:''' Oh, I bet ''everyone'' isn't off limits. I know for a fact that we both hate Carla. Carla's the one who narced on your [[ScareQuotes "girlfriend."]] She's the reason Ruth's leaving. Let me have just [[ScareQuotes "her,"]] and I'll get your revenge for y- ''[Billie punches Mary so hard she hits the floor.]''\\
'''Billie:''' I ''do'' hate Carla. But I'd rather ''fifty'' of her than ''you''.
** Finally, in the last strip of this scene, [[SmugSnake Mary]] notices the cold glares of the other students and asks them why they're siding with Billie against her when Ruth was such a terrible Resident Assistant. Rachel makes it clear that they all consider Mary to be far worse. Mary finally realises the severity of the situation she's gotten herself into and walks away with a [[OhCrap stunned look]] on her face.
* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/trail/ Walky]] punching Sal's old partner in crime, Asher, for backstabbing her by calling the cops during the hostage robbery with Amber and Ethan.
* After Joyce is indecisive over drama, ''(and a toenail)'' [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/takeaways/ Sarah gets stuff done.]]
* Mike - who for all his magnificent bastardry, isn't much of a fighter - [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/dead/ tackles Blaine down from a high balcony]], with an IBangedYourMom one-liner.
-->'''Mike:''' Hey Ball-Peen! I fucked your mom.
-->'''Blaine:''' ...my mom is dead.
-->'''Mike:''' Then you can ''come watch''.
* The kidnapping arc in book ten gives everyone a chance to show off a little:
** Amber/Amazi-Girl and Sal get the highest action quotient, obviously, with Amber kicking the shit out of Blaine and at least a dozen other dudes, and Sal pulling some stunts that really should be impossible on a motorcycle. Joyce and Dina also manage to get some hits in with their adrenaline-fueled rage and velociraptor imitation, respectively. And, of course, Sarah [[CallBack gets a baseball bat.]]
** Dorothy puts her keen analytical mind to good use, strategically planning the group's escape ''and'' preventing anyone from putting in an assassination order for Mike (at least in the short term) by taking note of the location of Blaine's cell phone.
** Becky gets her dad to give the game away under the pretense of turning herself in, and then doxes Blaine and Ross using Representative [=DeSanto=]'s Twitter account (alongside a damn good speech encapsulating the series' themes of GenerationalTrauma and learning from experience, imploring anyone reading not to take for granted that they're the good guy.)
** Walky, "preferring [being kidnapped] to be funny" and "[refusing] to be traumatized by this", spends the entire incident ''cracking jokes'', which Sal later points out is pretty heroic in its own right.
* After Joyce's kidnapping, her parents try to reach her on her cellphone. Sarah, knowing all too well how Joyce feels about her parents and her former community, and having been herself kidnapped along with Joyce, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/03-when-it-crumbles/bzzzbzzz takes care of it in the most adequate way possible]]:
-->'''Sarah:''' ''(beep)'' [[AtomicFBomb FUUUUUCK OFFFFFFFF]] ''(beep)''
* Linda and Carol's confrontation:
** An understated one when Carol, [[TheFundamentalist as sensitive as ever]], defends their church bailing out Ross by saying "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/won/ We stand by our own]]" - her husband, Hank, snidely states "...I'll be standing over here." before walking away.
** While Linda Walkerton is by absolutely ''no'' means a good person or parent, she makes the [[JerkassHasAPoint scathingly accurate point]] over how messed up it is that Carol is defending a man who kidnapped her own daughter and won't even apologize for her actions in making this situation occur. To Carol's face.
* Although it happens off-screen, when Carol tries to force her way onto Joyce's dorm floor, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/shitty/ Ruth apparently tackled and physically dragged her outside.]]
* Walky ever-so-subtly [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/jettison-2/ sees through Raidah's attempt to emotionally manipulate him]], and instead changes the subject by further insulting [[ForgettableCharacter Carl]].
* Walky giving a ''long'' overdue [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call-out]] to Linda over her racist behavior after she drives Lucy to break up with him over it. In the process he calls ''himself'' out for always ignoring it because it never affected him until now, digging in a jab at his doormat of a father as well.
-->''"I had a girlfriend. Don't think I got one anymore, 'cuz I overcompensated in '''your''' direction for yer... '''established pattern of behavior'''. Behavior all '''three''' of yer children understand an'... maneuver around. I am -- I am '''me''', with everythin' that's '''wrong''' with me, an' yet the '''breaking point''' in our relationship for the '''sweetest girl in the world''' was '''you. You''' an'... how I turn a '''blind eye''' to you. How I always turned a blind eye to you 'cuz yer behavior never affected '''me''' much. An' even benefited from it sometimes. In that way I guess that's how I... take after my dad."''
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