* The very first book (''The Capture'') has Hortense reveal that she's been infiltrating St. Aegolius for a long time, helping eggs and owlets escape by giving them to eagles to take them back to their homes. She's been there for so long that she forgoes flying for a very long time, yet she carries this duty with a sense of pride. What appears to be her death turns out to be the eagles saving her and taking her to Ambala, where she's regarded as a hero and many owlets are named after her. Her bravery is noted by Soren.
--> "For this was an owl who wanted only to do good, who clung to dreams of freedom while giving up her own and, from a stony perch in a lawless place, she did find a way to wage her own war."
** Later in the book, the Band fight against Jatt and Jutt in the Kuneer desert. Jutt and Jatt (along with a moonblinked owl) ambush Soren and his friends, but it's thanks to [[BigDamnHeroes the arrival of the eagles Streak and Zan]] that they turn the tables on the bad owls. This is a fight that Jutt and Jatt don't escape from.
* ''The Journey'' has a moment where Soren and the Band rest with masked owls and explain that they're finding the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The female masked owl sneers at them and tells Soren that his parents would be ashamed of him for believing in the Guardians...until [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Plithiver]] intercedes that she's ashamed that owls like her are blind spiritually.
* "Well, [[PrecisionFStrike SPRINK]] ON YOUR SPRONK!!!" Said by ''Otulissa''. ''Twice''.
* ''The Burning'' also has Soren fighting against his brother [[BigBad Kludd]] for the last time. Soren's been cornered by Kludd and realizes that he has to kill the Pure Ones leader if they were to save all the owls, but he's also scared of killing his own flesh and blood. But he doesn't have to do it: Twilight does it for him.
* Coryn's AwesomeMomentOfCrowning in ''The Outcast''.
** Not long after that, Uglamore saves Coryn from a rabid wolf by [[HeroicSacrifice flying between the new king and the wolf]].
* The War Of The Ember in the titular last book, no doubt. It has all kinds of animals in the kingdoms fighting against the Pure Ones in one last fight for justice. Especially when Soren offs both Nyra and Striga when the latter kills Coryn.
** Even the puffins (birds who were seen as TooDumbToLive to the owls) TookALevelInBadass by using frozen fish as weapons!