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[[caption-width-right:346:[[EstablishingSeriesMoment Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first five minutes of the show.]]]]

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By the duo who give us ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''... This here show has a badass {{Action Girl}} with a genuine badass [[BadassAdorable loon of a best friend]] taking on another {{Action Girl}} with a group of other [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Badasses]] with badass fighting, badass animation and badass music (Seriously, the music has a [[AwesomeMusic/KillLaKill page of its own]]), and it just keeps going for each episode, excluding the breather ones. So just read the moments of badassery of this show. It will blow you away.
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[[folder: Episode 1 ]]

* Pretty much everything Ira Gamagoori does in the first episode. Probably the best is when the unnamed student in the beginning is fleeing down the stairs, and through windows in the stairwell you can see Ira simply ''falling'' while laughing like a madman. When the kid reaches the bottom and flings open the doors, Gamagoori is ''already there''. Remember, folks: you ''cannot'' escape the Disciplinary Committee.
** An analysis of the show pointed out that the sequence would, in any other show, be sufficient for ''two'' separate action sequences, or that most companies would just animate one or the other: the student fleeing or Gamagoori dropping to the ground. Kill La Kill gives us ''both''.
* Our very first taste of Satsuki's entrance: her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction is]] [[DramaticHighPerching her standing on top of the school's main building]], DramaticWind blowing, [[SwordPlant sword planted in front of her]], [[HitlerCam looking down on the clothes-wearing pigs that are the students of her school]]. She then delivers the first (of many) EvilOverlord speeches. She's so badass that [[HolyBacklight light inexplicably shines from behind her]], so anyone would have a hard time looking at her directly. This happens every time she appears, even in flashbacks. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aweHmowmtVo Take a look for yourself]].
** And all of the above happened only in the [[EstablishingSeriesMoment first five minutes of the series.]]
* Ryuko's fight with Boxing Club Captain Takaharu is pretty much set up entirely to prove that Ryuko is a badass. First she shrugs off every single one of Takaharu's hits, even ''after'' he takes off his "soft gloves". Then she dodges right through a storm of jabs and unleashes a brutal combo on the poor guy that destroys his uniform, finishing it all off by using the Scissor Blade to fling him at Satsuki, who is way up at the top of a nearby several-story building. Despite a wall of One-Stars ''and'' three of the Devas leaping in front of her, a splat of blood still manages to get through and mar her cheek.

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[[folder: Episode 2 ]]

* How does Ryuko defend herself against the serve of every member of the tennis team? ''She cuts every single ball into ribbons in the blink of an eye!''
* Ryuko defeating the powered up tennis team captain with her scissors and some string from her uniform as an improvised racquet. Why does she even need that? She kept disintegrating her actual racquets by the sheer brute force of her serves.
* Satsuki proves that she doesn't even need a uniform to keep up with a fired up Ryuko. Her one slash deflected was enough to send dozens of people flying. And her katana Bakuzan is ''sharper'' than Ryuko's scissor blade.

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[[folder: Episode 3 ]]

* We start off the moments with Satsuki controlling the Kamui Junketsu and achieving its ultimate form through [[{{Determinator}} the sheer force of her will]].
** ''"[[BadassBoast ASK NOT THE SPARROW HOW THE EAGLE SOARS]]!"''
* Just what you expect from the creators of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', AwesomenessIsVolatile. Ryuko and Satsuki already cause huge explosions and send people flying away by ''staring at each other''.
* Satsuki defeats Ryuko.
* In a twist of fate, it's Mako who comes in to save Ryuko and unknowingly reveal the secret to unlocking the full potential of Senketsu.
** Ryuko returns the favor by blocking a killing blow from Satsuki without the help of her Kamui! Backed by this line which doubles as a ShutUpHannibal: 'It isn't nonsense!"
** And of course: Ryuko finally accepting the pervy nature of her costume and finally have the ability to fight Satsuki on equal grounds!
* Ryuko officially challenging Satsuki, and by extension, the entire school. The epic orchestral arrange of her theme that plays during the scene is just the icing on the metaphorical cake.
* Ryuko's Scissor Blade freaking ''evolving'' mid-battle.
* Satsuki gets one when she's driven back by Ryuko's HeroicSecondWind and comes narrowly close to being defeated. Even as she bends all the way back, you can see her ''smile''. And then she says that fight has finally gotten interesting and fights right back, matching Ryuko blow for blow until Ryuko finally collapses from blood loss.

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[[folder: Episode 4 ]]

* Mako standing up to Gamagoori when he is yelling at Ryuko for not being properly dressed. Not only does he back down and allow Ryuko to [[PajamaCladHero continue wearing her PJs]] at the moment, it is implied that Gamagoori gained a little respect for Mako in the process, showing this by saying that he would remember her name in the future (in spite of being a No Star). Also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} with Mako's argument.
* The entire sequence on the bus, with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mako]] manning a mounted turret against a mob of armed civilians. Easily doubles as a [[Funny/KillLaKill funny moment]].
* The woman with a baby pulling out a tommy-gun. And the little old ladies firing a rocket-launcher.

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[[folder: Episode 5 ]]

* [[WakeUpCallBoss Tsumugu]] putting Ryuko against the ropes not once, [[CurbStompBattle but twice!]] The second time, he even lets her transform!
* Even after getting shot and tattered, Senketsu musters the strength to jump up to Tsumugu's face and tell him at point blank:
--->'''Senketsu''': Don't you dare lay a finger on Ryuko. Do, and I'll make you pay.
** Again, he stares dead in the eyes of the man who has the very weapon to destroy him (and has already heavily weakened him, mind you) and, giving absolutely zero fucks, threatens him in earnest. Even better? Tsumugu actually ''hears'' him and is convinced that Senketsu ''isn't'' just some parasite.

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[[folder: Episode 6 ]]

* Sanageyama gets many points in this episode worth mentioning:
** He gets to show off his skills for the first time by transforming his uniform into a huge suit of armor.
** The determination he shows by [[EyeScream sewing his eyes shut]] just so Ryuko won't beat him the same way again takes guts. It even impresses Satsuki, who had just dismissed him for his lack of resolve.
** What really sells the reveal is that there's a brief DramaticPause where all the music comes to pause and Sanageyama just mutters [[LetsGetDangerous Engarde]].
** In his rematch with Ryuko, Sanageyama becomes the first ever character to utterly ''destroy'' her at her full strength and not even suffer a single scratch. The only reason she gets away is because his own uniform overheated, but only because Sanageyama was far too powerful. In short, he becomes a rare ''second'' consecutive WakeUpCallBoss after Tsumugu from the previous episode.
* Ryuko manages to outsmart Sanageyama's Tengantsu by [[DeliberateInjuryGambit deliberately slicing off part of Senketsu]] and using its sheets to blind him. It doesn't work quite so well the second time, but still.

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[[folder: Episode 7 ]]

* On a philosophical level, Satsuki and Ryuko both come across very well.
** Satsuki, for starters, shows off her brilliance when she manages to make a pretty good argument for her [[SocialDarwinist misanthropy]] while simultaneously adapting Ryuko's attack on the system into her plans. The moment Ryuko and Mako agree to make a club and play the game at Honnoji Academy, they're smoothly brought into the system, and everyone except Ryuko is almost immediately corrupted by luxury and greed and starts acting exactly like the pigs that Satsuki argues that humans are. When Ryuko decides to cut and run, Satsuki gives Mako a Goku Uniform and pits them against each other - and whether Mako or Ryuko won, either outcome would prove her argument.
** At the end, Ryuko manages to TakeAThirdOption, and she and Mako refuse to play the game, [[EasyComeEasyGo going back to No-Star housing]] to prove that they value friendship more than greed.
* Ryuko endures a beating from Two Star Mako for hours just so that she would come back to the light, refusing to fight her best friend for both her own reasons and to not prove Satsuki right.
* Mako dons a Two Star Goku uniform. Even before Ryuko transforms out of Senketsu, she gets quite the beating.
** Don't forget, despite the massive beating Ryuko got, Mako was ''holding back'' all along, as revealed at the end of the fight when she punches the ground out of frustration and creates a HUGE crater.
** The sheer power of Mako's uniform utterly '''dwarfs''' the average Two-Star uniform, which by this point [[DegradedBoss have turned into little more than]] EliteMooks if even that, being curbstomped by Ryuko left and right in seconds. Not bad for an "underachiever", no?
* Satsuki by enacting a BatmanGambit with Ryuko being her UnwittingPawn by weeding out ''all of the weaker clubs'' just so she can enact her next plan.

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[[folder: Episode 8 ]]

%%* Gamagoori shows off the powers of his uniform in a scene ripped straight out of Inazuman.
* Ryuko climbs up one of the five towers laid out by Satsuki by running straight up it without having transformed. Take note that other students with one-star uniforms are shown as being unable to reach the top. The only other students able to reach the tops of the other towers are the Elite Four.

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[[folder: Episode 9 ]]

* Gamagoori's flashback shows him trying to battle Satsuki, declaring that he will never kneel to her. When Satsuki attacks him, it's revealed that Gamagoori [[ProperlyParanoid covered himself in steel armor beforehand]]. Satsuki then proceeds to defeat him anyways, [[http://i.imgur.com/tBiLoWI.jpg but Gamagoori keeps himself from kneeling by propping himself on Satsuki's sword sheath]], so even when he's ''unconscious'' he would not submit. This is what convinces her to recruit him.
-->'''Gamagoori:''' I can't defeat you, but I won't lose to you, either!\\
'''Satsuki:''' What did you say?\\
'''Gamagoori:''' You can't make me kneel before you. If you intend to use force to conquer this school, I'll take all of it on myself. I will show you that there are those who will never yield to force. That is my resolve!
** Just before the fight between Gamagoori and Satsuki, it is shown that Gamagoori skipped his own graduation ceremony to confront her, for which Satsuki berates him. Gamagoori replies that if she intends to rule his school by force, he will stop her at all costs, for that is his task as StudentCouncilPresident, even on the last day of school and even if it means skipping his own graduation.
* Senketsu demonstrating that Three Star Goku Uniforms aren't the only clothes that can get secondary transformations!
** Simply the fact that Ryuko managed to defeat the NighInvulnerable Gamagoori by combining the above-mentioned secondary transformation with the EatMe trope!
** Even better, Senketsu didn't ''know'' if he could transform. He just reasoned that he ''could'' and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Ryuko trusted him enough to play along with his plan]].

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[[folder: Episode 10 ]]

* The end of the fight against Inumuta. He's pushed back Ryuko to the edge of the ring, since Ryuko is unable to find him because of his {{Invisibility}} ability. So what does Ryuko do if she can't go up to her enemy and beat the tar out of him? Why, attack the ENTIRE arena at once, of course!
-->'''[[SmugSnake Inumuta]]''': [[OhCrap Evasion... Impossible?!]]
* The whole following battle against [[MusicalAssassin Jakuzure]]. The transformation of her "uniform" is a giant weapons platform '''that can fly.''' We get such gems as machine-gun music notes and huge flute missiles, all set to weaponized classical music scores.
* And right at the end, Senketsu one-ups himself from the previous episode and develops the ability to fly, [[HighAltitudeBattle bringing the battle to the skies]] and [[BerserkButton royally pissing off Jakuzure.]]
-->'''Nonon:''' The sky is ''mine'' goddamnit, so now the gloves are coming off, '''''[[SuddenlyShouting YOU STINKING]] [[PrecisionFStrike BITCH!!]]'''''

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[[folder: Episode 11 ]]

* Ryuko and Jakuzure's BeamOWar battle. Said beams are [[{{Pun}} composed of]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic a thundering rock track VERSUS Beethoven's freaking "Fifth Symphony"]]. It's pretty much SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic ''weaponized''.
** Ryuko overpowering Jakuzure's final move through sheer power of will.
** Senketsu's transformation from a super powered school uniform of awesome to a super powered school uniform of awesome ''that flies''.
* [[TheDragon Nui Harime]] makes her arrival and proceeds to steal the show by taking down Sanageyama with [[CurbStompBattle her pinky fingernail]].
** She even makes [[PerpetualFrowner Satsuki]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely lose her cool]].
** The fact that she can locate a Goku uniform's Life Fiber, the one that powers the entire thing at that, ''with a glance'' is awesome enough on its own. She even comments about the uniform's poor stitching because of this.
* Ragyo Kiryuin's introduction. It shows us where Satsuki got her deep, sexy voice from, while Ragyo gave off a CONSTANT blinding ''rainbow-colored'' light. It also showed us that Ragyo has a closet ''full'' of apparently-sentient clothing, [[ScarsAreForever Goku Uniform Star-shaped battle scars]], [[{{Leitmotif}} all while playing what is quite possibly the most]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic badass OST in the entire series so far]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0fdLdgpd8E Take a look for yourself]].
* Ryuko completely [[UnstoppableRage losing it]] at the end of the episode, while both terrifying and sad considering [[YouKilledMyFather the circumstances]], is a sight to behold. She is so enraged that the pin in her glove simply shoots out without her even touching it.

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[[folder: Episode 12 ]]

* The final moments of Isshin Matoi, Ryuko's father. Nui had ran him through with the Scissor Blade he developed and was about to finish the job, when she got distracted by Ryuko's arrival. In that single moment, Isshin detaches half of the blade and retaliates, cutting out Nui's left eye. This is the only time so far where she hasn't been sporting a sickening smile.
* Satsuki sees the hell being raised by the battle between Nui and Berserk Ryuko, and then orders the Elite Four to evacuate the students while she intervenes.
** Satsuki also delivers a scathing verbal beatdown to Nui by implying that she still hasn't gotten over getting her eye cut out by Isshin and is projecting her desire to get revenge by targeting Ryuko. Afterwards, Satsuki banishes Nui from the school without hesitation.
** This really is Satsuki's episode. While Nui spends the entire fight against Berserk Ryuko dodging and defending, Satsuki goes on the offensive almost immediately, matching all of her power blow-for-blow, eventually expending enough raw strength combined to evict the five stone pillars directly through Honnouji's walls. This is implied directly afterwards to not even be her full power, as she then goes into a blue-aura power-up sequence to counteract Ryuko's red. We haven't even gotten started on these two as far as their power is concerned.
* Mako delivers perhaps the most epic CooldownHug ever when she swims through... weird star stuff and hugs, then slaps the shit out of a berserk Ryuko.

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[[folder: Episode 14 ]]

* Anything to do with Ryuko's RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but special props to saving Mako (once more) by giving her assailant a face full of bike tire.
* The Osakan Student Council President, Kaneo Takarada, refusing to give Sanageyama an inch, physically or philosophically, all while being a hammy over the top goofball.
* [[MoneyFetish Mako]] threatening a Takarada trooper to shoot her with [[AbnormalAmmo Takarada Conglomerate bonds]] and catching every single one of them shot at her in midair. In ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken]]'' fashion! Made even more impressive by the fact that she is a No-Star while the money guns proved effective against One-Star Uniform users. She then spends the rest of the episode using the money that was shot at her to have the nice big spending spree throughout Osaka that she really wanted.
-->'''Mako''': Don't you dare get between Mankanshoku Mako and something she wants!

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[[folder: Episode 15 ]]

* Ryuko gets to fight Satsuki again, without wearing a properly transformed kamui, attacking Satsuki while her hand is glowing a ''molten yellow'' from the sheer heat. She then takes back her glove, and it takes both Satsuki and Jakuzure to fight her. Oh, and at that point, Ryuko doesn't have her scissor blade any more, so she's still not at full power. She compensates by spraying ''her own blood'' in Satsuki's face to distract her, disarming her and pointing her own sword against her.
** To drive the point home, Ryuko was able to hold her own against a transformed Satsuki ''without'' Senketsu. Then, even after she finally got Senketsu back, Satsuki still had a rather clear advantage...and yet, with some quick thinking on Senketsu, she was able to make a comeback at the last second and end the fight with a draw. This officially makes her the only character to come even ''close'' to giving Satsuki a hard time in a battle, let alone actually have a chance of winning.
** Plus, the fact that she actually LANDED A DIRECT PUNCH on Satsuki's face! AND Satsuki is '''forced''' to create a MexicanStandoff just to make the fight a draw.
* In the meantime, Aikuro and Tsumugu are fighting Sanageyama and Inumuta respectively (though it's not shown in great detail, Aikuro, a NonActionGuy until now, manages to survive a fight with Sanageyama, the ''strongest'' of Satsuki's henchmen). Gamagoori doesn't get to do much, because he's too busy [[DavidVersusGoliath glaring at Mako]].
** The fact that Mako was able to stare down Gamagoori, who was now in an upgraded version of his Three-Star uniform, and not even flinch is many levels of badass on its own.
** Not only does Mako stare Gamagoori in the eye without flinching, ''she actually moves closer to him'' so she can give the mummy-looking giant of a man a good hard stare.
* Satsuki agrees to end the fight and order her brigades to stand down, ending the MexicanStandoff. She offers her sword to Ryuko as a good-faith gesture, but Ryuko refuses because she knows that Satsuki [[IGaveMyWord wouldn't go back on her word]]. And yet, while Satsuki had ordered her men to stand down, she knew that one of her Elite Four was currently incommunicado and on course to complete the destruction of Nudist Beach anyway. She did what she [[ExactWords said she would]] and Nudist Beach's base was destroyed anyway, so her objectives were fulfilled regardless.

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[[folder: Episode 16 ]]

* Senketsu rapidly narrating the "recap episode" in less than a minute.
* Doubles as NightmareFuel, but the pilot of Satsuki's helicopter is suddenly revealed to be Nui Harime. When asked how she got there, she simply states that she goes wherever she wants, and nobody can stop her.
** Made more frightening by the fact that she was present during the whole Satsuki-Ryuko fight. We get to see her only after she reveals herself because she only came as a spectator. Given that she was dressed as Satsuki's helicopter pilot, [[NightmareFuel she probably was there since the beginning.]]

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[[folder: Episode 17 ]]

* It's Mako to the rescue again, issuing a long-winded, tangentially-related speech that pretty much [[MomentKiller kills Tsumugu's urge to shoot Ryuko.]]
* Ragyo gets hers ''big time'' when Satsuki shoves Bakuzan ''straight through her heart'' mid-rant, crucifies her on the stadium roof, and [[HeelFaceTurn announces a grand-scale rebellion against her]] that she's been planning since she was a child.
-->'''Satsuki:''' Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world, and ''you'' will surrender to them, ''you '''pig''' who fawns over clothing!''
** To elaborate even further, we get to see Satsuki ''angry'' and just the amount of rage is compelling. Ragyou ''REALLY'' got hers.
* Barazo and his family [[TookALevelInBadass Take A Level In Badass]] by confronting Gamagoori right on his speech podium and demand to know what happened to Mako and Ryuko. Barazo even suddenly gets an ArtShift to a much cooler-looking design and his voice changes with it when he demands to know if they're alive or not -- and if there's going to be a catering at the Grand Festival.
** Barazo's glare actually makes Gamagoori step back! Quite an achievement for the, until now, comic relief character.
** Remember, Barazo Mankanshoku has done things like steal blood from his patients and is reputed to have more deaths than recoveries under his belt. Gamagoori should be afraid.
* [[http://postimg.org/image/6aee4nalj/ This shot]]. It has to be one of the most effective uses of GlowingEyesOfDoom ever, not to mention the use of shadows. It... It just looks ''so'' badass.

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[[folder: Episode 18 ]]

* Nui Harime serves as an excellent foil to the rest of the gang, showing how far they've grown. Not only can Ryuko now match her pound for pound, to the point where she's genuinely worried, but the Elite Four actually manage to get a hit or two on her themselves, making her choose to use her doppleganger ability to keep them occupied since her real interest lay elsewhere.
* Ragyo shows how much of a threat she is. Not only does she survive Satsuki's attempted assassination, she ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the ever loving shit out of her]]''. Satsuki had never lost a fight before this episode, at worst tying with Ryuko back in their fight from Episode 16, so seeing her utterly trashed is a sight to behold.
* Before Ryuko managed to break out of Ragyo's mind control, she was fighting on equal footing against a transformed Satsuki without activating Senketsu. Apparently, the mind control undid some sort of mental limiters she was putting on her natural power.
* Ryuko breaking out of Ragyo's mental control. Her red forelock ''cuts off the Life Fibers binding her brain!''
** That's just the start for that scene, Ryuko then proceeds to fracture her own skull to tear the thread out of her brain. There is blood running down that side of her face afterwards.
** And then we learn that she lived through Ragyo subjecting her to ridiculously grotesque medical experiments and then leaving her for dead not long after her birth. If anyone's the {{Determinator}} here, it's ''her.''
* It may not appear as much considering the superpowered stunts other characters pull but Soroi, an elderly man, carrying the entire strike force sent to Kiryuin manor on his back was pretty badass.
** Also, the Mankanshoku family continues eating after being un-cocooned as if nothing happened. This is pretty telling since ''everyone else in the stadium was a zombie at that point.'' Clearly Mako, along with Matoro, got their unique, loony brand of badassery [[InTheBlood from their parents.]]
* Mako's evacuation efforts: When just telling everyone to leave doesn't work, she jumps in the family truck and puts her beloved snacks on the line to lure the civilians away. Since when could she drive, anyway?
* Satsuki definitely deserves a mention. This episode is a culmination of a lifetime of preparations, gathering allies, equipment and manipulating herself into the perfect position to overthrow Ragyo. She had all her bases covered and was prepared for pretty much everything. The only reason she failed was because she didn't realize just how much of an inhuman monstrosity her mother was.

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[[folder: Episode 19 ]]

* Continuing from the end of the previous episode, a battered and Junketsu-less Satsuki shows that she's not defeated even when all her plans are in shreds - she blows up the stadium and sends Ragyo and Ryuko flying from the explosion, stopping Ragyo from capturing Ryuko or the Elite Four right there.
* Nonon Jakuzure appearing in the standard-issue outfit of Nudist Beach, wielding half of Satsuki's Bakuzan to save Mako's younger brother.
* Uzu Sanageyama overseeing the evacuation of his former delinquent cohorts. Even though his efforts cost him his Goku Uniform.
* Isshin Matoi is Soichiro Kiryuin. Faking his own death from an '''RPG blast''' then completely changing himself, all the way down to his ''posture.''
* Gamagoori rescues Mako from a COVER with a vacuum fist, which results in an [[RuleOfCool unnecessary yet awesome]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]]. [[BadassCreed "In Heaven's stead, I smite clothing!]]"
* Satsuki has been enduring a month-long torture session. The stinger shows that she has had a way to escape the whole time. She just wanted some info on what Ragyo was planning.
* A minor one, but Mako's brother staying in town in hopes of trying to save Mako and surviving for a month on his own is nothing to sneeze at.
* When Mako is eaten by a COVERS, it becomes ginormous as a representation of her inherent power.
* A group of Kanto delinquents letting COVERS eat them on purpose to wreak havoc from inside. Even if they failed, it was still a great show of badassery and courage.
* The first major thing Ryuko does in this episode? She obliterates an entire army of COVERS with a single stroke of her Scissor Blade WITHOUT wearing her Kamui, AND managing to rescue the people stuck inside the COVERS at the same time.

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[[folder: Episode 20 ]]

* How does Ryuko get into the Honnouji Academy? Using a cable car ([[CallBack again]]) to fling herself over the walls, burst out of the car with her motorcycle and destroy any COVERS waiting for her.
* Ryuko manages to catch and fatally impale Nui, while wearing a [[SlasherSmile huge grin]]. Nui makes a pained, scared expression and seems to be dying, but then laughs it off to reveal her [[HealingFactor ability]] to Ryuko. "Just kidding"!
* Satsuki can take down COVERS while naked, with her hands tied and using only her sharpened toe nail as a weapon.
* The Elite Four and Satsuki manage to silently communicate which makes their eyes glow.
** Followed by an awesome rescue.
* Satsuki puts on Senketsu in order to stop her sister who's been brainwashed by Ragyo and Junketsu.
* Ragyo casually dodges a ''missile'' by tilting her head.
* The reveal that Nudist Beach has their own goddamn ''aircraft carrier''. Its launch sequence is awe-inspiring, with Nudist Beach's leitmotif playing throughout, hitting its crescendo as the ''Naked Sun'' emerges and transforms.
* A retroactive one for Satsuki considering the revelations of this episode. Every time Satsuki fought Ryuko with Junketsu active she was essentially fighting two battles. The one against Ryuko and the one against Junketsu trying to MindRape her into obedience.

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[[folder: Episode 21 ]]

* Nonon performs a ShutUpHannibal on Ryuko. [[StuffBlowingUp With rocket launchers!]]
** Hell, the entire [[BadassCrew Elite Four team attack]] is pretty damn awesome!
** Of course it was [[ThePlan all because of Satsuki's planning.]]
* Ryuko ''finally'' snaps out of her HeroicBSOD and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed state]], then throws her Scissor Blade, impaling Nui, launching her several meters into the air, and ultimately suspending her from the deck by her ribcage. She's just as stunned as you are.
** She then essentially rips her own skin off in order to remove Junketsu so that she can put Senketsu on again. The last shot of the episode has her drenched in her own blood, with more of it raining down on her, and pure determination in her eyes.
* Satsuki gets Nui '''angry'''. How? By asking that if Ryuko ''was'' completely on their side like she claims, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion then why is Nue still holding onto the other Scissor Blade, the only weapon that can truly oppose Life Fibers?]]
** Naked Satsuki is also able to fight Nui on the same level as she last fought Ryuko while both were using their Kamui. Regular human she may be, but the girl has resolve, just like she says.
** All of five minutes after putting on Senketsu for the first time, Satsuki fights Ryuko by using both of Senketsu's Senjin and Shippu forms... and then combines them into Senjin Shippu.
** The fact that Satsuki was able to synchronize with Senketsu at all is pretty awesome in itself, considering the strain it puts on her, as well as their mutual desire to save somebody they care about, that is, Ryuko.
* Ryuko wearing Junketsu is terrifyingly awesome. Satsuki lands two blows the whole fight, and neither does more than make Ryuko angry. She effortlessly destroys Satsuki's transformations while delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown on Satsuki far surpassing the one Ragyo laid on her. She deconstructs Satsuki's entire life and attitude. She even [[NoSell ignores]] the Elite Four's strategy because she was sewn into Junketsu. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking She even dodges Mako.]]
* Despite being cut to shreds with the Sword Scissor, Senketsu was still able to pull himself together and throw himself back into the fray when he sees Mako in danger.
** When Ryuko is advancing murderously on Mako, her family all assemble to form a human shield.
** [[NonActionGuy Mako]] ''punches'' Senketsu into the wound that Satsuki inflicts on Ryuko, physically forcing him into her body so that he can separate her innate Life Fibers from those of Junketsu.

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[[folder: Episode 22 ]]

* Ryuko's synchronization with Senketsu looks like a ''gattai'' right out of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. And in true ''TTGL'' style, the power of her transformation literally blows Nui away. Most breathtaking is the shot right after she transforms - a brilliant light shining from behind her, her and Senketsu's eyes glowing bright, all while the orchestral version of "Before My Body Is Dry" hits its triumphant crescendo.
-->'''Senketsu:''' ''Here we go, Ryuko! '''LIFE FIBER SYNCHRONIZE!!'''''
** Not only that, Senketsu gets one alone. After Mako gives him a lift so he can synchronize with Ryuko, Nui moves in to eviscerate him with both Scissor Blades. He responds by detaching his skirt to let the attack fly through him, and leapfrog off her head.
* At first it looks like bad news because Nui now has both Scissor Blades, but Ryuko turns the situation around in mere seconds: she avoids all of Nui's attacks, brutally counterattacks her, claims both Scissor Blades back and then uses them to slice off both of Nui's arms, absorbing them into Senketsu.
** Nui's initial attack of using both Scissor Blades to shoot an X-shaped SwordBeam is easily deflected with a single, unflinching backhanded block... as in, Ryuko doesn't forcefully backhand it away, but the simple act of raising the back of her hand is enough to deflect it into the water.
** For a more personal moment of awesome, Ryuko determining that Nui is NotWorthKilling and telling her to surrender instead. Through the whole series thus far, Nui has gleefully taken advantage of Ryuko's [[YouKilledMyFather blind, vengeful, murderous rage toward her]] to manipulate her, hurt her, and generally make her look pathetic. But now, Ryuko finally determines that Nui simply isn't worth the emotional energy anymore. As a result? ''Nui'' [[VillainousBreakdown becomes the one consumed by a blind, vengeful, murderous rage]], and ''she'' is now the pathetic one.
* The counterattack against the COVERS, during which Gamagoori takes DualWielding up a notch by using ''NINE'' Vacuum Fists at once... and getting off a pretty epic series of "''kyu''" puns[[note]]The words for "nine", "rescue", "vacuum", and others in the [[CallingYourAttacks attack name]] he comes up with all contain the "''kyu''" syllable in Japanese.[[/note]] in the process!
** It's easy to miss, but after the Elite Four do their job and suck out the people trapped in the COVERS, Satsuki recognizes Omiki, Takahara, and so forth as the school's club presidents and immediately calls for medics. Said medics are the Mankanshoku family (minus Mako), and Matori complains that they have nothing to steal, before Sukuyo scolds him into helping... then for barely a second, we see that Matori's carrying Omiki the Tennis Club president, a girl more than twice his age and weight, ''by himself''. And not even with both hands!
* Satsuki agreeing to take a punch from Ryuko at full power, despite the fact that, because she has no uniform, the hit could kill her. Gamagoori and Sanageyama then take those punches, yelling at Ryuko for disrespecting their Lady Satsuki by not using her full power.
-->'''Gamagoori''': Such half-assed punches are not worthy of Lady Satsuki!
* The Elite Four defending Satsuki and their epic speech of their UndyingLoyalty.
-->'''Jakuzure''': Our face is Lady Satsuki's face! Our limbs are Lady Satsuki's limbs! For her, we could be smashed or sliced off and have no regrets!
-->'''Inumuta''': However, these limbs have a mind of their own, so we can be quite obstinate!
-->'''Sanageyama''': We, the Honnouji Academy Elite Four, are Lady Satsuki's irresistible spear! Her unyielding shield!
-->'''Gamagoori''': If you want to strike Lady Satsuki, strike us! But you'll find that we don't yield easily!
* Hououmaru even gets a moment, being able to speak so calmly while a geyser of blood spurts into her face, and talking down to a complete psychopath who just went off her rocker, at that.
* Finally getting to see Sewing Club President Iori Shiro transform into his Three-Star(!) Goku Uniform, Tailor's Regalia.
* Fight Club President Mankanshoku Mako is back.
* Ryuko and Satsuki's synchronized sisterly Kamui transformation, accompanied by the triumphant return of "[[HesBack DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY]]".
** Junketsu has copied all of Senketsu's transformations, allowing Satsuki to fly with Ryuko as equals. They're even both DualWielding; Satsuki with the reforged pieces of Bakugan, Ryuko with the two Scissor Blades.

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[[folder: Episode 23 ]]

* Fight Club President Mako tops Gamagoori's 9 Vacuum Fists with ''999'' of them, and adds even more "''kyu''" puns!
* Iori making damn good on his statement from the previous episode that he alone is enough to provide Goku Uniforms for a whole army.
* The Elite Four get their ultimate Goku Uniform upgrades and kick tons of ass.
** Sanageyama's Secret Unleashed-- HE'S NO LONGER BLIND!
*** Sanageyama deserves special mention here. He managed to HIT RAGYO. Keep in mind that Satsuki and Ryuko were unable to land a hit when double teaming her earlier. His status as the strongest of the Elite Four is NOT for show.
** Inumuta making a glorious return to the frontlines, at last!
** Gamagoori prevents Ragyo's swords from hurting Satsuki by blocking the attack with his arms.
* In order to get to the Original Life Fiber, Ryuko [[DeliberateInjuryGambit lets herself get cut in half]] by Ragyo, giving just enough defense so that her Life Fibers aren't completely severed. Then Satsuki continues fighting Ragyo in order to buy time so Ryuko can heal and dive into the Original Life Fiber.
* In a last ditch effort, Aikuro turns the Naked Sun into a GIANT NAKED DAGGER, bent on stabbing right through the Primordial Life Fiber. But unfortunately, the ship's losing power fast. The only functioning turbine left isn't spinning too quickly and they can't accelerate fast enough. How does this get fixed? Through sheer HeroicWillpower courtesy of Mako Mankanshoku and the other Club Presidents, they all run and spin the turbine to power up the ship, even to the extent of leaving the water and rocketing through the air. With their forces and Ryuko's power combined, they all destroy the Primordial Life Fiber!
** Break that sequence down for a second, because there is an even more subtle moment of both awesome and badassery for Mako. Remember, only turbine 2 was functioning, and the engine room shot shows the normal humans couldn't hack it. Mikisugi even says so the very next line. The next engine room shot, you see Mako running in the turbine. The next scene, the ship sparkles up, jumps to warp and flies up to the Primordial Life Fiber and stabs it (just like Dai-Gurren in episode 15. Interestingly enough, that scene too was set to similar sounding insert songs, see entry below)! Cue the cute dialogue that shows Mako first spinning fast, then really fast as if she lost control, then back to normal with the addition of all of the Two Stars (Well played joke, by the by, for having the Two-Stars on number 2 turbine. Wink wink, nudge nudge). Think about that for a moment. That very clearly means that for the first half of the Naked Sol's attack run, up to and including the stabbing, Mako was POWERING THE ENTIRE SHIP! BY! HER! DAMN! SELF!
** [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Sanbika"]], the insert song from a few of the bigger moments in the first 12 episodes (namely the Episode 3 Satsuki fight, the Fight Club montage, and Senketsu Mubyoshi/Sound Negation), makes one last appearance during this scene.
** And to top it all off, when Ragyo is going off on ThisCannotBe, Ryuko retorts by saying something fairly close to what [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann the Team Dai-Gurren]] would say, all while she, Satsuki, Mako and the Elite Four replicate the AsskickingPose from the final episode.
--->'''Ryuko:''' Cause being incomprehensible is kinda our thing!\\
'''Dub!Ryuko:''' That's what you get when you cross us; it's WTF all the way!
* Ryuko, Satsuki, the Elite Four, and the Two-Star Club Presidents face-off against Ragyo to reclaim Honnouji Academy.
** The accompanying shot of ''' ''EVERY SINGLE LIVING PROTAGONIST'' ''' (including all of Nudist Beach and Honnouji Academy's generics, numbering in what must be the ''thousands'' ) standing together at full power, ready for the final battle to save the world. This is Gurren Lagann at a whole other level.

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[[folder: Episode 24 ]]

* The entire episode qualifies, as it is simply one long, extended, continuously escalating battle after the fashion of the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Anti-Spiral King fight]].
** First off, Ragyo has everyone paralyzed due to Shinra-Kotetsu's Absolute Domination... except Gamagoori, who moves despite this, all while carrying Mako and rest of the Elite Four to the battlefield. Then, when Nui attempts to kill Mako, he [[TakingTheBullet takes the blow]] for her, screaming his title as the Academy's shield and growing in size with every punctuation.
** After Gamagoori falls by Nui's hand, she attempts to go for the finishing blow before being stopped by an underwear-clad Ryuko, also breaking free of Absolute Domination. Because she's neither human, nor Life Fiber.
** Ryuko then directs her attention to Ragyo, and tries to take her on by herself to no avail, as everyone is absorbed into the revived Original Life Fiber. When Ragyo gloats about all of this, she's suddenly impaled by Senketsu, who's also able to move for similar reasons to Ryuko. He then activates Shippu Senjin of his volition, and turns into what couldn't be more of a ShoutOut to the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann ''Giga Drill Break'']] and removes Rei from Ragyo's body, stopping Absolute Domination in the process.
** It's at this point the full version of the second opening "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Ambiguous]]" begins playing. Ryuko walks up to the weakened Ragyo donning Senketsu. Both of them declare in unison that the real power behind their Life Fiber Synchronize is that they are neither human nor clothing, and give Ragyo the most epic headbutt ever. Then Satsuki tosses her one half of the Scissor blades, while she wields the other and they do an ''epic'' AssKickingPose before cutting Ragyo down together. It has to be seen to be believed.
** While this is going on however, Mako and the rest of the Elite Four try to destroy the transmitter before the Life Fibers cover the planet. Nui tries to intercept them... until familiar maniacal laughter descends from the sky. Gamagoori, surviving his apparent death, proceeds to leave his last mark on the series nearly the same way he debuted back in the first episode: he rips open the barrier covering the transmitter with his bare hands, and ''grows a second face on his stomach'' through the power of his Goku Uniform, and gives the opening for Aikuro and Tsumugu to blow it up.
*** Gamagoori ripping the barrier open counts for some extra awesome for Iori by proxy. This is the same type of barrier as the one Satsuki used during the Naturals Election. Mikisugi stated that it is so powerful that even a Kamui user going at full power would find it hard to pierce it. That's right, Iori finally created a uniform capable of reaching the power output of a Kamui.
* Through ThePowerOfFriendship, Ryuko and Senketsu absorb the Life Fibers from everyone's Goku Uniforms and turns into his ultimate form: Senketsu-Kisaragi. Senketsu finally opens his right eye as well.
** Ragyo is defeated by a ChekhovsGun first fired back in the '''FIRST EPISODE''': The real reason that Senketsu had been absorbing Life Fibers all this time was to increase his absorption ability, in order to steal Absolute Submission from Ragyo.
* A dark example, but Ragyo choosing to end her own life and stay true to the path she chose rather than surrender is pretty damn awesome in its own way.
** Before that, Nui also goes out on her own terms by cheerfully ''decapitating herself'', reverting to a mass of Life Fibers and ''merging with the Original Life Fiber in order to power up Ragyo.'' Everyone was expecting her to be killed by an opponent, so for her to pull a stunt like this is her final grand moment of {{Troll}}ing. [[note]]Alternatively though, Nui did conclusively lose to Ryuko two episodes ago and thus her spirit was what died then. She was just running on auto-pilot and pure rage up until the above moment. Unlike before, she never fully went back to being that same SmugSnake that cheerfully told Ryuko she killed her dad many episodes ago. Thus, this final act could be more of Nui (indirectly) pulling a RageQuit as she refused to accept her loss.[[/note]]
* Satsuki solidifies her position as the mightiest CoolBigSis by catching Ryuko falling ''from orbit'' at terminal velocity in mid-air, and managing to safely slow her down together with the rest of the cast.
* Every named character alive at the beginning of the series other than [[HeroicSacrifice Senketsu]], [[DevourTheDragon Nui]] and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Ragyo]], '''[[EveryoneLives is alive at the end]].'''

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[[folder: Episode 25 ]]

* A villainous example. Rei Hououmaru, a single non-powered woman nearly killing most of the cast with her EvilPlan. You have to give props for her tenacity.
* One tiny little moment. Ryuko orders the Elite Four to help evacuate the school, and they IMMEDIATELY agree and comply. After everything they've been through, after all of the fighting they did, first against each other, and then together against a common enemy, all five respect each other as equals. FireForgedFriends indeed.
* A weaponless, Senketsu-less Ryuko managing to hold her own against the past selves of the Elite Four.
* Mako hijacking the The Honnouji robot despite being kidnapped in order to deliver a RousingSpeech. She even forces the robot arms into her classic "Hallelujah" position!
* The Elite Four defeating their Goku Uniform wearing past selves without the help of any Life Fibers whatsoever.
** Nonon creates the same sort of nullification wave that Ryuuko used against her using her heart alone.
** Ira punching his past self in the gut and then pulling out and severing the banshii.
** Houka simply walks up to his past self's blind spot and hit the power button on his uniform.
** Uzu proclaiming how his heart, mind, and eyes are all open as he proceeds to get past his old suit's defenses and then cutting it in half.
* Ryuko calling back her Scissor Blades. A massive OhCrap moment for Rei, and a fittingly awesome way to end the series.
* Ryuuko creating giant size modes for her Scissor Blades. It should be noted that each of these scissors is ''bigger than the S.S. Naked Sun.''
** SCISSOR BLADE, FINAL ADDRESS MODE!
** SCISSOR BLADE, DECOMMISSIONING MODE!
*** To put it into perspective ''exactly'' how big the scissors are, Ryuuko '''''cuts the whole school in half with them'''''.
** Naturally, this epic moment has a fitting song to go along with it. The triumphant and final return of "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY]]".
* Satsuki gets one of her own in a way that doesn't involve combat. Satsuki had spent the greater part of the episode with [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow a severe loss of purpose]] after Ragyo's defeat. After getting cut by an enraged and knife-wielding Rei, she understands the horrors Rei has gone through and fearlessly asks her to join in creating a better world. The HolyBacklight generated by her intense willpower shines at last, showing that [[HesBack the Satsuki we know is back]] and has a new purpose in life.
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