Because HumongousMecha are [[RuleOfCool awesome all by themselves]], we had to split up the anime section of "Awesome Moments" just for them. [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR Chicks dig giant robots]], you know.

Please move series with large number of examples to their own page. Or folder them.
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'''Examples''':
[[index]]
* Awesome/AldnoahZero
* Awesome/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS
* Awesome/AuraBattlerDunbine
* Awesome/{{Betterman}}
* Awesome/TheBigO
* Awesome/BlueGender
* Awesome/{{Bokurano}}
* Awesome/BraveExkaiser
** Awesome/GaoGaiGar
* Awesome/CodeGeass
** Awesome/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled
** Awesome/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection
* Awesome/CombattlerV
* Awesome/{{Daimos}}
* Awesome/DarlingInTheFranxx
* Awesome/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden
* Awesome/DieBuster
* Awesome/DualParallelTroubleAdventure
* Awesome/EurekaSeven
** Awesome/EurekaSevenAO
* Awesome/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor
* Awesome/FullMetalPanic
* Awesome/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet
* Awesome/GenesisOfAquarion
** Awesome/AquarionEvol
* Awesome/GetterRobo
* Awesome/GiantRobo
* Awesome/GunBuster
* Awesome/{{Gundam}}
** Awesome/GundamBuildDivers
** Awesome/GundamBuildDiversReRise
** Awesome/GundamBuildFighters
** Awesome/GundamBuildFightersTry
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundam
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO
** Awesome/MobileSuitVictoryGundam
** Awesome/MobileSuitZetaGundam
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack
** Awesome/MobileFighterGGundam
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamWing
*** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz
** Awesome/AfterWarGundamX
** Awesome/TurnAGundam
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamSEED
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundam00
*** Awesome/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamAGE
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans
** Awesome/SDGundamForce
** Awesome/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury
* Awesome/GunXSword
* Awesome/KnightsOfSidonia
* Awesome/KotetsuJeeg
* Awesome/MartianSuccessorNadesico
* Awesome/MatchlessRaijinOh
* Awesome/{{Mazinger Z}}
** Awesome/GreatMazinger
** Awesome/{{UFO Robo Grendizer}}
** Awesome/ShinMazingerZero
* Awesome/MegasXLR (While more [[WesternAnimation westernized]] than others it DESERVES its place HERE.)
* Awesome/MetalArmorDragonar
* Awesome/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse
* Awesome/NeonGenesisEvangelion
** Awesome/RebuildOfEvangelion
* Awesome/NekketsuSaikyoGosaurer
* Awesome/NeppuKairikuBushiRoad
* Awesome/PacificRimTheBlack (It's a Japanese–American anime based on ''Film/PacificRim'', it deserves to be here!)
* Awesome/RahXephon
* Awesome/{{Raideen}}
* Awesome/{{Robotech}}
* Awesome/SuperDimensionFortressMacross
** Awesome/MacrossDoYouRememberLove
** Awesome/MacrossPlus
** Awesome/Macross7
** Awesome/MacrossZero
** Awesome/MacrossFrontier
** Awesome/MacrossDelta
* Awesome/StarDriver
* Awesome/SuperRobotWars
* Awesome/{{Symphogear}}
* Awesome/TekkamanBlade
* Awesome/TengenToppaGurrenLagann
* Awesome/{{Transformers}} (again, much like Megas above, a (mostly) [[WesternAnimation Westernized]] example that still deserves its' rightful place here)
* Awesome/{{Vandread}}
* Awesome/TheVisionOfEscaflowne
* Awesome/VoltesV
* Awesome/{{Voltron}} (as well as its Japanese progenitor and counterpart series Anime/GoLion)
* {{Awesome/Zoids}}
** Awesome/ZoidsChaoticCentury
** Awesome/ZoidsNewCentury
[[/index]]

'''Mecha Anime with no page'''

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[[folder: Anime/Heroic Age ]]

* Age and [[{{Kaiju}} Bellcross]] get one at the end of the first episode, by ''jumping'' into ''orbit'' to attack the Bronze hive ship.
** Their BigDamnHeroes moment in episode 20. Cerbios fires a black hole at the human fleet. Bellcross dives in front of the fleet and stops the gravitational distortion, ''by [[MegatonPunch punching]] it.'' Let me repeat that. He ''punched'' a ''black hole.''
* Talking about the black hole weapon, during the epic battle between four of the five Nodos (which played out, iirc, over the course of ''three'' episodes), Bellcross' punch proves ineffective against a supercharged black hole, which begins to pull him in, along with several asteroids and a small moon. So, a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment]] for Cerbius? No - for Artemia and especially its ''alter ego'' Mehitak. Artemia coolly flies in and ''simply pulls Bellcross out''. Which, considering Artemia's weakness against ''gravity based weapons'' and Mehitak's only recent emergence from a HeroicBSOD, is pretty special indeed.
* Or how about when Bellcross kicks Lernaea ''through a freaking moon?''
* Getting away from the Nodos for a moment, let's not forget that Iolaous kills ''an entire Bronze anthill'' on his own during the invasion of the Bronze homeworld. Not just an ordinary anthill either, but a super-sized one that dwarfs even Bronze Battleships. How does he accomplish this in that mech of his? One automated laser drone, one teleportation, and one weak spot in the center of the planetoid. One has to wonder why he doesn't do this more often...
* ''Dhianelia'', of all people, gets one of these moments: early in the series, Phaetho O is bearing down on the Argonaut, and Age is busy fighting another Nodos, so he can't save them. So who stops Phaetho from destroying them? Dhianelia. ''By [[MindRape Mind Raping]] him.'' Though she gets flung into a brief HeroicBSOD because of it, this instills in Phaetho a deep fear of humanity that sticks with him for the rest of the series, despite Prome's attempts to purge it from him.

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[[folder: Anime/Bubblegum Crisis ]]

* Largo's confrontation with Quincy in episode 6, where he demonstrates what he can do with the [[KillSat satellites]]. Quincy finally realizes Largo isn't human:
-->'''QUINCY''': ''Are you a super[[KillerRobot boomer]]?''
-->'''LARGO''': Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Largo. I am the maker of the new world.
* Also, the introduction of Priss' new Motoslave, where, shortly after Largo's hyperboomers destroyed the old one, pays them back in full by taking two of them out ''all by itself'' before Priss even gets ''into'' it.

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[[folder: Anime/Overman King Gainer ]]

* After the Overdevil has either defeated (Gain) or turned the entire main characters into its slaves (Gainer, Cynthia. and Sara, the minor characters and army of Yapan City Units show up and start blasting the Overdevil, and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwash and Crazy]] members away.
* Asuham Boone gets his when he gets in the boxing ring, and just destroys Gain, and captures Gain.
** Which leads to Hughes Gouli revealing that he's a ninja and starts killing Siberian Railroad officials with shurikens while CallingYourAttacks.
* The Students get one when they help Adette raid a Siberian Railroad train while only Sara and Gainer are actual soldiers.

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[[folder: Anime/The Girl Who Leapt Through Space ]]

* In episode 7, when Nerval {{Colony Drop}}s (actually, [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Colony Suplexes]]) Leopard.
** In the same episode, Takane gets one by saving Akiha-tachi [[WithMyHandsTied with her hands shackled]]... and then tops it by slicing an asteroid in half.
* In episode 15, Nami is kicking Akiha's butt (despite Akiha being in her QT-ARMS), ranting about how their family didn't care about her and how she hates Akiha. She tries to smash Akiha over the head with her staff-thingie... and Akiha [[BarehandedBladeBlock ''catches'' it]], and tells her, "Nami, shut the hell up!"
* Imo-chan gets one in episode 21 by [[HeroicSacrifice kamikaze-ing herself into an antimatter missile heading for Kirkwood.]] Also a TearJerker.
* In episode 22, After Benkei decides to turn against our heroes, Tsutsuji (who was implied to have been blown out of the colony during their trip to the sun) reappears, ''kicks'' him (activating his chainsaw in Xanthippe's face), and verbally browbeats Benkei into staying on the heroes' side. Who knew henpecking could be awesome?
** Also, Takane gets another BigDamnHeroes moment.
* In the finale, Akiha [[Anime/GunBuster Inazuma kicks]] Leopard to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan break him out of]] [[IKnouYouAreInThereSomewhereFight his possession]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other ]]

%% Zero-context example with a broken link. * A mention must also be given to ''Anime/CombatMechaXabungle'' and its infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVauhgm06k ICBM catch]].
* In ''Anime/{{Gravion}} Zwei'', a trip to a hot springs resort is interrupted by a Zeravire attack. As the team scrambles to take it on, Sandman has the maids [[ThemeMusicPowerUp sing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZAJ68Vat1w&feature=related&fmt=18 the transformation theme]] as Gravion dives down into a volcano, fights the Zeravire, throws it ''out'' of the volcano (the ''hard'' way), and finishes it off.
** He actually preceded it... When [[MsFanservice Mizuki]] has been dominating a ping pong match with [[MauveShirt Alex]]... there comes Sandman challenging them, with just Leele as his assistant... except she's just there for formalities of a match. Sandman then goes on to completely beat them with perfect score... while [[CallingYourAttacks calling out attack names of his strikes]]... using SANDALS. That episode certainly shows that even without mecha, he gets one soon, though, Sandman is ''beyond'' awesome.
* In ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Dolores, I'', when [[BadAssFamily the Link]] arrived at Earth Orbital Elevator, the situation had turned grim, while the officer in charge can't do anything since he didn't get any order. [[ActionMom Rachel]] explains the situation, that they had to give up most elevator structure to preserve it. While the officer still in doubt, (well, it is a several million dollar infrastructure being sacrificed in process) they decide to take matters into their hands: [[InItsHoursOfNeed They wrestle their control from said officer]], who can't do or say shit. Then, Rachel gives her speech:
--> "If any of you wants to evacuate, go right now. BUT REMEMBER, between them and us is the life of more than 6 billions of people on Earth. If we failed, there's no more Earth we know. Now, what's your choice now?!"
:::Needless to say, all the officers choose to stay behind.
* The end of ''[[Anime/{{Iczer}} Fight! Iczer-One]]'', when Iczer-One and Nagisa finally synchronise with one another, and proceed to unleash massive amounts of butt-kicking. By the way, this was over twenty years before ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' did the same thing.
** Iczer-2 gets one in ''Iczer-3''. After she utterly curbstomps Iczer-3 (with not even a ThemeMusicPowerUp being able to help), TheDragon Golem bombards the area and says that that makes the victory ''hers''. Iczer-2 confronts Golem, who says that Neos only needs her, and fires a shot. Iczer-2's response? She tells Golem that she's a loser, dodges the shot, and neatly bisects her.
* In ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'', we have the last scene of Episode Seven. The previous episode and a half had been focusing on MagnificentBastard James Lowe's plan to sterilize Street Bigfoot Basketball with rules, referees and lines. To make matters worse, when the fan response is a little less than lukewarm, his only notion is wanting to train them to accept and like these new rules. Cue Sela and Haruka's plan to start disrupting things by distributing scandalous pics of themselves... followed promptly by Dunk Mask, previously in a funk being torn over joining this new league to get the money he needs to make it to the moon and cure his sister and playing the game that fulfills him, showing up to completely disrupt the farce. [-CUE OPENING THEME AND FOUR MINUTES OF BASQUASH AT ITS ABSOLUTE FINEST.-] It concludes with Dunk Mask heaving a basketball filled with the diamonds offered to him by Lowe in the most outrageous rebound pattern barrage yet, bouncing every which way until it shatters the glass office that Lowe is watching from. '''KICK. ASS.'''
** James recently had his own SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} ''at the same time''. After Dunk Mask gets arrested and thrown into jail (again), James realizes that he is unable to get Dan out of prison through official channels. Everyone, even those who know him well, think he's running out of ideas. What does he do? He [-DRESSES UP AS A HILARIOUSLY COSTUMED SUPERHERO NAMED "MISTER PERFECT" AND BUSTS JD OUT WITH A ROCKET LAUNCHER-], that's what he does! ''Awesome.''
* ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'': "My name is NOT Barius! I... I'M PAI THUNDER! AND YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!"
* Strange as it may seem, ''Literature/MayoiNekoOverrun'' has something that belongs in this section. Episode 7, ''The Stray Cats Rode'', is an episode that amounts to an AffectionateParody of the ''Anime/BraveSeries'', complete with a new ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYx0e3cQC44 Opening Theme]]'' by Yoshiki Fukuyama of Music/JAMProject, that even follows [[http://fudoushin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/rules.jpg the Rules of Super Robot Anime]], right down to the ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' ones.
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