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* Fluttershy showing Fluttercruel who's boss then ''singing her to sleep!'' Fluttercruel was ''very'' wrong to call [[BadassPacifist Fluttershy]] weak.
** And she keeps Fluttercruel around for rehabilitation. Conquering a foreign personality that stands against everything you represent, and letting her keep her own consciousness to make ''her'' a better being is not something just anypony can do. And ''it works.''
*** [[spoiler:Works so well, in fact, that Fluttercruel is eventually able to manifest an ''Element of Kindness.'' Bonus points to Fluttershy for sowing the seeds of her own salvation by showing kindness to Fluttercruel.]]
* Pinkie Pie gets one of her own in her story of the same series by defeating [[CompleteMonster Angry Pie]], a fractured part of her psyche representing her unexpressed pain and anger over what Discord put her through, inside her mental plane. How does she do it? By merging with her Pinkamena personality, and forming [[SuperMode Surprise]] to fend her off, then merging with Angry Pie itself to become a cohesive personality far more stable than anything Pinkie proper has been since the Rainboom.
** Also counts as one for the author, for making the new more stable Pinkie Pie still…Well Pinkie Pie! She's certainly more stable and sane, but still her zany, {{Cloudcuckoolander}} self!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXvK-SbsQAc&feature=youtu.be Wollffeey deserves credit]] for her awesome voice work during Pinkie's chapter, managing to make each of Pinkie's personalities distinct.
* Applejack takes the cake in her own story by being able and willing to stare directly into the Well of Forever, a pool of knowledge that tells all uncomfortable truths as a way to cope with her BrutalHonesty issue with Discord. This is quite a feat on its own, but then she tops herself by jamming her hoof into the pool's safety mechanism when her self control starts to waver, and stares down the Truth until she is forcibly cut off, ''and she's still game for another round.'' She spends the night at Canterlot Castle to decompress and the very next day, still with a torn up hoof, she takes it upon herself to use her new insight to help everypony she can get to reassert themselves, and hits a half dozen before sundown. Who is best pony?
** One of the things she sees is what happened if Apple Bloom hadn't escaped [[StoryOfTheBlanks Sunny Town]]. The alternate Applejack finds out and pretty much goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, destroying the town singlehoofedly. Do ''not'' mess with Applejack's little sis!
** One of the other things she sees is a subtle one. [[spoiler:She sees Twilight, during one of the moments that Discord let her remember the past just so she'd suffer more, wrote ''something'' down and hide it from him. The next scene has Twilight Tragedy's memories of her past life restored, seemingly without Discord's knowledge, and talking to Apple Bloom and Octavia's descendants. This implies that BadFuture!Twilight manages to somehow out think [[MagnificentBastard Discord]] using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own trick]]!]]
** Another thing she sees is [[spoiler:FutureBadass Twilight facing down what's implied to be ''death!'']]
*** [[spoiler:Furthermore, while talking to Nightmare Whisper, Applejack hints that Twilight is possibly the pony destined to ''defeat'' Death.]]
* Rarity fights her PTSD of gems. Not by magic. Not by inner turmoil. But by simply powering through it one psychological step at a time. It's not flashy, but according to WordOfGod, it's their favorite of the first reharmonized chapters because of the lack of flash.
* Twilight gets one in Trixie's reharmonizing by keeping her wits about her through [[TheHeartless Loneliness']] illusion of an insane asylum and catching the fact she'd said her [[AGlitchInTheMatrix THREE friends, not SIX]] had brought her there. Loneliness hadn't mentioned Princess Celestia at all, and both things any real doctor taking care of an insane pony ''would'' know about her, but ''Trixie'' wouldn't.
* Trixie gets one by finally breaking free of Loneliness' spell, and coming out of Discord a better pony than when she came in, completely obliterating Loneliness in the process.
* Luna actually ''gaining control'' over her identity as Nightmare Moon when Discord's games threaten to turn her into a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. And then it's shown that ''she'' sent Twilight's letters, due to her sister being Discorded into a useless child, and floats it right under his nose, because "Why the hell not?"
** Luna wasn't as lucky as Applejack when she looked in the Well Of Forever, but by taking the full brunt of it and learning the entirety of all Truth and AllTheMyriadWays, it's a wonder she's hasn't completely lost it. Consider that she had the entire millennium that she was banished, including the fate of everyone she knew revealed to her in eidetic detail to mull over, and the WhatCouldHaveBeen. Possibly advance information on Nightmare Moon, depending on how the timeline breaks down.
** One of the thing she learns is that [[MyLittlePony G1 Mimic]] threw down with Discord after he broke down the Rainbow of Light into the Elements, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kicked his teeth in.]] Granted, it was the last thing she ever did as a solid state of matter, but there's a good reason he only has the one fang.
*** This moment was so {{Badass}} that a fan saw fit to [[http://firedrake368.deviantart.com/#/d4fz0f1 make fanart of it.]] The DefiantToTheEnd expression on her face just makes it all the more awesome!
*** The [[http://fav.me/d4lgn8g fanfiction version]] makes it ''even more'' epic by explaining that [[spoiler:Mimic succeeding in ''wounding'' Discord served as a HopeSpringsEternal, inspiring Celestia and Luna as well as awakening the Element Of Magic, setting the stage for Discord's downfall.]] On top of this, Discord had told her that there's no way she could so much as scratch him. After she does, knowing he's going to kill her regardless, she says this;
--> '''Mimic''': [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner You lose.]]
** We ''finally'' see this moment in all its glory in "Origins". Its every bit as epic as it was hinted to be, made even more so because [[spoiler:Mimic was Celestia and Luna's mother and she went MamaBear on his flank]]. And she gets the satisfaction of not only being the only mortal pony to harm Discord in such a way he couldn't heal from it, she manages to utterly destroy his SmugSnake facade for the entire fight ''without even touching him'':
--> '''Mimic''': One more thing Discord. I think I should tell you. You know the rainbow that connects this world with the world of humans?
--> '''Discord''': Oh yes. Lovely place. I intend to visit there after I'm bored with this dump.
--> '''Mimic''': Don't pack your bags. Megan on her side, and Celestia on our side shattered it. You'll never torture another human again.
--> '''Discord''': [[VillainousBreakdown You…you…you…]]
** Meanwhile, during her reign with Celestia, Luna bests a resurrected Tirek on her own for the position of "Bringer of Night and Moon" and claimed his demonic chariot as spoils of war, the one she used to crash Nightmare Night in Ponyville. [[AwesomeButImpractical And it's used for joyriding.]]
* Fluttercruel and Pinkie Pie subduing and calming down the berserk Rainbow Dash. Even more impressive is that Fluttercruel manages to do it non-violently! Well, non-violent for Fluttercruel, anyway. Pinkie Pie's profound yet still in character story is also a big moment for her.
* Zecora is the only pony known to shake off Discord's influence under her own self control, and the Manes have to hold her to going to a doctor because she doesn't want them to spend time on her when there are other ponies worse off.
* Alexwarlorn, the author, rewrote the opening of the Fluttercruel Reprise chapter to canonize with Luna Eclipse in a matter of hours.
** And rewrote ''four'' chapters to fit the reveals of "Sisterhooves Social"!
* The Mane Cast and [[SixthRanger Trixie]] [[ThemeTuneCameo singing the show's theme song]] in the penultimate chapter is easily one of the most awesome moments of the fanfic. It's also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Now if only one of the fan music composures or fandubbers would get their hands on this…
* [[spoiler:Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Trixie breaking themselves out of Princess Gaia's [[LotusEaterMachine mind control]] without magical aid.]]
** How they do it is particularly awesome and perfectly in character: [[spoiler: Applejack allows her knowledge of the pool of truth to snap her out immediately, as well as use the truth to fight the illusions. Pinkie Pie uses her MediumAwareness and memories of her BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind to remind herself that something was wrong, and that no matter what, her memories of the best times is enough. And Trixie, well, she gets a little intervention from her Imaginary Friend. "What's with the mallet? What do you mean you're sorry?" [[CrowningMomentOfFunny WHAM!]]]]
* [[spoiler:Ditzy Doo (Derpy Hooves) going MamaBear on Princess Gaia's birds to protect Dinky, using a mop as a ''quarterstaff!'' Do not touch her little "Muffin" if you know what's good for you!]]
** [[spoiler:And she ''NEVER'' gives in to Gaia. This display of motherly determination and protection causes Luna to publicly give her the title of "'Greatest Mother and Strongest Willed Pony In Equestria'".]]
** [[spoiler: And Pipsqueak being unaffected by the birds because it's implied Luna kept sending creatures of the nights (an owl, a swarm of bats and some night-crawling insects) to drive the birds away from her first post-moon friend. She also keeps him safe from the brainwashing fog by having a legion of spiders barricade his door with webs. And even before that, she has given nightmares to his bullies.]]
*** It is also implied that [[spoiler:Luna may have poured a bit of herself into Pipsqueak, which means he may actually have done all that himself!]]
* [[spoiler:The ''entire'' fight with Princess Gaia's Knight [[TheDragon Cheerilee]]. Especially when Trixie goes GuileHeroine and Rarity going MamaBear.]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention Pinkie Pie ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome breaking into the middle of Cheerilee's]] VillainSong'' while suddenly [[OffscreenTeleportation appearing behind her]], attempting to put her into a ''sleeper hold'' and then drag her to the ground from behind.]]
* [[spoiler:The various allies of the Mane Cast doing their best to fend off Princess Gaia's animal army. This includes highlights such as the Wonderbolts managing to take out a ''full grown dragon'' and Trixie's mother Morgan taking part in the defense of her hometown.]]
** [[spoiler: Especially of note is Philomena as the OneManArmy in protecting Canterlot by incinerating anything that gets close. The royal guards are stunned in fear and awe.]]
* [[spoiler:[=StarSong=] fighting Anarchy in Pinkie's defense. Especially that she's willing to be ''[[HeroicSacrifice erased from existence]]'' [[HeroicSacrifice to protect her friend.]] ]]
* A group of fans assembling to do an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMeWbsJ7wQ audio version of the fanfic!]]
** Worth noting especially is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9C-NS39ruE&feature=g-u&context=G27da73dFUAAAAAAAAAA Fluttershy's voice actress]], who manages to do her Discording point in such a way that it's both absolutely chilling and completely heartwrenching without overselling it. She also deserves props for being able to deliver Fluttershy and Fluttercruel with the same voice but managing to make them sound like ''completely different characters'' based entirely on how their lines are given.
* [[spoiler: The whole BossBattle against Nightmare Whisper. If NW wants to destroy Applejack, she'll have to get through everypony else first. And the others ''[[{{Determinator}} won't give up]]'' in their attempt to save Fluttershy, regardless of how much pain or injury they suffer. Especially Rarity, who fights half the battle using telekinesis ''to move her own broken legs!'' ]]
** [[spoiler:The mane cast end it by summoning the Elements of Harmony? Awesome. Summoning them ''WITHOUT'' the Elements themselves?! '''EPIC!''']]
** [[spoiler:There's also Pinkie ''weaponizing'' her MediumAwareness! First in an OffscreenTeleportation kick and then using a HardWorkMontage to tie up Nightmare Whisper.]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention Pinkie guiding Twilight to Nightmare Whisper by using her Pinkie Sense to tell her where the Nightmare's attacks are ''going'' to strike, allowing Twilight to dodge them by moving in a set pattern using the floor-stones as a grid.]]
*** On top of that, [[spoiler: Pinkie intentionally screws up one of her directions for a moment, because if Twilight had gone there immediately, she would have been hit.]]
** [[spoiler:Twilight finally breaking out of her HeroicBSOD with an ''epic'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. Followed by the ''rest'' of the mane cast (minus Trixie) and Fluttercruel giving equally as awesome ones and summoning the Elements of Harmony.]]
* [[spoiler: Fluttercruel's return from [[TheNothingAfterDeath the Void]]. She severs herself from Nightmare Whisper, gains her cutie mark, and is revealed, to everypony's surprise, to be a second Element of Kindness. And after Nightmare Whisper tells her that, as a being created by Dissonance, she's likely to be destroyed by being a part of the Element's purification technique she says one thing:]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Fluttercruel]]''': At least I can say I went out with a bang.
** [[spoiler:Don't forget that she had to [[LikeABadassOutOfHell fight her way out of]] a JuryOfTheDamned to do it!]]
** [[spoiler:Nightmare Whisper and Fluttercruel's [[DeathGlare Stare Off]] probably counts. Even more impressive is that Fluttercruel ''wins!'']]
* In the last part of "Pearl Necklace", [[spoiler:Fluttershy manages to stand in front of a huge crowd and give a speech. As if that weren't impressive enough for a shy Pegasus like her, somepony who still holds a grudge on her throws a rock, nailing her in the head. It takes both of the Flutters to manage it, but they barely flinch and continue the speech.]]
* Alright, it [[spoiler:was AllJustADream]], but seeing Celestia [[spoiler:use her full-power to defend her subjects from the now evil Luna and ''winning'' was pretty awesome, even if she was the HeroAntagonist at the time.]]
--> '''Princess Celestia''': [[spoiler:I have had a thousand years to prepare for another rogue Alicorn little sister. I hoped and prayed it would not be you. [[CrazyPrepared But I am more than ready]]. [[OneWingedAngel ORION!]]]]
* [[spoiler:Applejack and Orangejack growing to accept their differences, realizing that their similarities are more important than those differences, and standing united to battle [[KnightTemplar Nightmare Mirror]]. Bonus points to Orangejack for calming herself down, [[GuileHero fighting with her head]], and trading verbal jabs with Mirror, despite never being in actual ''battle'' before, let alone versus a Nightmare. ''Then'' it turns out that Orangejack can bear the Element of Generosity.]]
** [[spoiler:Applejack calling [[AllTheMyriadWays alternate versions of herself]] that can bear the Elements of Loyalty, Magic, Laughter, and Kindness and thus invoking the Elements to defeat Nightmare Mirror counts as well.]]
** [[spoiler:And who is Kindness? ''[[DarkIsNotEvil Liarjack!]]''.]]
** Even more impressive? [[spoiler:Luna, and quite a bit of Nightmare Mirror's own words, imply Applejack saved ''multiple worlds'', or at least multiple versions of ''herself'', from Nightmare Mirror by defeating her.]]
* Easy to miss, but [[spoiler:We see Twilight Tragedy manage to get through to Greedity and make her perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* [[http://fav.me/d4mxufo This]] absolutely epic piece of fanart for Trixie's Discording. It was also used for the Audio Adaptation.
* Sweetie Belle [[ShutUpHannibal telling off Silver Spoon's mother]] for calling the Cutie Mark Crusaders urchins and considering them too lowly [[spoiler:to be Silver Spoon's friends.]] She tops it off by ending it on a ''completely polite'' note.
--> '''Sweetie Belle''': My big sister owns Carousel Boutique; we sell to Canterlot and super-stars! Apple Bloom's family founded Ponyville! Scootaloo is apprentice to Best Young Flyers' Reigning Champion and world record holder for Sonic Rainbooms! (forces Scootaloo and Apple Bloom to bow along with her) Madam!
** The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike, and [[spoiler:[[SixthRanger Silver Spoon]]]] managing to ''travel through time''. Keep in mind this is a group of fillies and a baby dragon who manage to do travel through time ''on accident''.
* [[spoiler: Golden Tiara/Screwball's escape attempt, including effortlessly circumventing the security system including two electric fences, making the orderlies and doctors look like fools. Also she beats a Cockatrice so easily it seems like she's planned it out ahead of time: 1 Closes her eyes. 2 Runs AT it. It's not used to that. 3 Grabbed it's neck and head. 4 Ran for a river, which she could hear even with her eyes closed. 5 Faced it down towards the water and forced its' eyelids open. It is promptly TakenForGranite.]]
-->''[[CasualDangerDialogue Well. That was thrilling.]]''
* While "Generational Transitions" has quite a few, one impressive one is [[spoiler:Pinkie fusing the spirit of her deceased best friend Minty with G1 Twilight, creating ''Twilight Sparkle''. Let's put this in perspective, Pinkie, [[SpannerInTheWorks intentionally or not]], is personally responsible for TheHero!]]
** [[spoiler:The survivors vs Strife.]]
** [[spoiler:Strife vs Celestia.]]
* From the Optional Canon, we get Cadence. You know how Cadence is a BadassPrincess in Canon? Well, in this universe, she defeated Havoc, a GOD of Social Fears (well his avatar) all on her own. The indication from Celestia being that this was the only plausible explanation [[spoiler: on how she managed to be reborn into the POV Universe.]]
** Worth noting is that this carries off of Origins, where [[spoiler:Cadence performed a YouShallNotPass on Havoc to allow her three sisters to escape to Equestria.]]
* It's an AlternateTimeline, but [[http://itsfrompeople.deviantart.com/art/Shady-Line-Of-Fate-300014343 Shady: Line of Fate]] has [[spoiler:Luna managing to pull Shady into Discord's nightmare as a result of [[ForWantOfANail Surprise accidentally triggering her magic falling on her in her sleep]]. Thanks to Shady's intervention, Good!Discord is able to summon Destruction's power, supercharged with his memories of his friends and family, against Evil!Discord using Havoc's avatar's power. It's outright stated that Havoc's power should have still won out against Destruction's, but Good!Discord's bond with his family made it powerful enough for the two to cancel each other out instead, taking Evil!Discord with them.]]
* It's a minor example and nothing comes of it, but one has to give credit to Dr. Hoof Wave in "Different From Everypony Else", where it's shown that within minutes of encountering Discord, he managed to accurately deduce his family situation and diagnose it as the cause of his insanity and cruelty. And this is ''after'' it was shown that his colleagues have no real respect for his methods, proving that he's a bit of a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Doctor]]. Of course, [[ManipulativeBastard Discord]] being [[CompleteMonster Discord]], afterwards he immediately discords the unfortunate Hoof Wave into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy a nihilist who doesn't even believe that rational thought exists]].
* Considering that it's been like a nightmare for years without hope, for the griffons still to have the moral and internal fortitude to still do an IAmSpartacus is very admirable. (Even if Traitor Dash still might have seen through it)
* Might also count as NightmareFuel but in the latest chapter we learn that somehow [[BadFuture Discord's Equestria]] was once attacked by [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} The Empire of Man]]. Literally ''everyone on the planet'' from hippogriffs to virgacorns (zebra-unicorns) to dragons united to fight off the Empires attack. AND WON. And then Discord visited their leader, described as [[GodEmperor "a sick old man on life support"]] just so he could give him a pie in the face…and instead, [[PetTheDog Discord gave him a flower and restored his health for one day]].
* [[HeroAntagonist Queen Cadence]] vs the Mane 6. Queen Cadence gets some hits, but does a good job of showing why the Goddess of Harmony is ''not'' to be taken lightly. Highlights include using Fluttercruel's own weapons to electrocute her, tricking Twilight Tragedy into being rendered unconscious by lightning, and using Rarigreed's own rock armor to defeat her.
** Just to clarify, she takes on all six of the corrupted Element bearers, and ''wins''. She even manages to restore Twilight to her non-discorded state. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Discord himself then sneak attacks and kills her, before re-discording Twilight.]]
* The play performed by the Sea Ponies actually ''deconstructs the EvilOverlordList,'' showing exactly how the items on the list can fail, and even a GenreSavvy Evil Overlord can be hoisted by his own petard.
* Cream and Banana Pie's EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Lemons and Flint Rocks''. They save a disguised Twilight Tragedy from man-eating rocks, then ''scare them away''. And Cream Pie enters the scene by ''[[DynamicEntry blowing one up]].''
* [[BadFuture Dark World!]]Twilight ''finally'' freeing herself from Discord's taint [[spoiler:with Cadence/Trixie's help]] after a thousand years of being Discord's slave/toy. And she caps off her [[HesBack She's Back]] moment with an ''epic'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. It's honestly one of the most epic moments in the entire fic, and that's ''really'' saying something.
--> '''Twilight''': I leave behind [[TheDragon Tragedy, Master's tool]], I leave behind [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sparkle, Discord's toy]], I am simply Twilight The Unicorn. I am me. I have magic to do and tragedies to face. I'm done hiding in the cage I've made for myself and those around me…I'm finally free. And I have some friends to make.
* When trying to get Liarjack to see the light, [[spoiler: Apple Bloom]] enlists a little help from one of the gods. Which one? [[spoiler: Celestia's father! The wise father of all Alicorns. Talk about going to the top for help!]]
* We get another moment with Epilogue!Applejack [[spoiler: escaping LikeABadassOutOfHell from Entropy's realm, thanks to the power of LoveRedeems with her sister Apple Bloom. And it's only here that she is able to finally accept the Element of Kindness as her new self.]]
* While it's an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, it's still worth mentioning. [[spoiler:Laughter!Applejack's world is one where Destruction didn't cause the end of civilization during G2 but the paradise of G3 never happened. This results in a world were an AncientConspiracy is keeping Earth Ponies in the dark about Unicorns and Pegasi, Pegasi are keeping the Unicorns in the dark about Griffins, and Dragons and Alicorns are keeping themselves hidden from everyone. And a group of [[TheMenInBlack Stallions In Black]] erase memories to keep up TheMasquerade. Well Laughter!Applejack's version of the Mane Cast (with [[PerkyGoth Pinkamena]] not having an Element but still being a big help) [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld while still in high school]], manage to completely tear down the masquerade, destroy the Stallions In Black's organization, and apparently have several other misadventures.]] Even though we only hear about it, it's still awesome.
** Another example worth mentioning is [[spoiler: Magic!Jack. Yes; that's right; apparently there's a universe where Applejack is injured so badly in an accident that she can never applebuck again, so she turns to books, takes an interest in magic, and ''learns how to perform Unicorn-style magic'', to the point that she ''becomes the Element of Magic''.]] That shouldn't be possible, which makes it even more awesome.
* Dark World!Spike managing to overcome his dragon instincts after Discord [[KickTheDog sets them loose as one of his games]]. Especially because Discord [[EvilCannotComprehendGood didn't believe that was possible]], making it a big middle finger to him.
* In Dark World 10, Twilight, AJ, and Rarity get Derpy patched up, and then help her permanently get rid of the crow constructs Discord created to pursue her and Dinky. They use a giant tornado to suck the crows and the dirt generating them up and throw them through a dimensional tear into Ponythulu's domain. And then send a tip for baking them into a pie. Oh, and Derpy is the new Element of Loyalty. Discord had better call Forest Lawn.
* "Omake Hearth's Warming Eve" is primarily a CMOF, but it's still impressive how Santa Hooves manages to break into Discord's castle, bypassing every death trap and shrugging off everything Discord and the Chaos 6 throw at him, just to give them their coal and/or gifts, ''every single year''. And then, when Discord demands to know why he doesn't just eliminate Discord, and why he keeps coming, Santa replies with a DeathGlare and comments:
-->"Because that's '''not''' what this special holiday is for. And I bother because…it's always worth reminding you that you ''aren't'' the [[GodOfGood final word in power.]]"
* The WorldOfCardboardSpeech Dark World!Spike gives that helps him awaken as the new Element of Generosity. Bonus points for incorporating a pretty good TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed at Discord, despite Discord ''not even being there.''
** Even more awesome is the fact that by becoming the Element of Generosity, and ''not'' denying or suppressing his instincts to do so, he pretty much tore Discord's beliefs about him to shreds in the process.
*** Bonus points: during the aforementioned speeches, he figured that Discord was ultimately trying to prove the two of them NotSoDifferent. Spike's actions prove that, in the end, Spike is simply ''better'' than Discord.
* The BadassBoast that Banana Pie gives on behalf of the entire Apple/Pie clan when they promise to protect Dinky while Derpy goes with the others to fight Discord.
-->"They'd have to get through every Apple and Pie alive to so much as touch her. And anyone who tries will walk away on crutches!"
** The reveal that during the early days of Discord's reign, Dinky somehow managed to ''perform the memory spell and restore Derpy.''
* Subtle, but 'Gaiden; 7 Dreams/Nightmares: Bon Bon's reveals that [[spoiler:G2 Bon Bon's sister Misty [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself to shield her daughter]] from the explosion that destroyed civilization, saving her life.]]
* It may be an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, but there's the fact that [[{{Kaiju}} Queen Tiamat]], the ruler of the dragons, ended the Dragon[=/=]Hooviet War by showing up and delivering a CurbstompBattle to the ''entire'' Hooviet army singlehandedly.
* Dark World 15: Rancor's BigEntrance into the mortal world is pretty impressive.
** Same chapter, TheVoice manages a very effective TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Discord.
** Dark, but Traitor Dash killing a rebel dragon and fighting off groups of rebel changelings and hippogriffs at the same time, not letting any of them stop her from reaching her goal.
* Sadly it's primarily an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, but as shown in "Origins", after the ApocalypseHow/{{Class 2}} apocalypse at the end of the G2 era, Patch was tasked with scouring the world for the seven pieces of the Rainbow of Light, and succeeded in regaining them. And this included taking on ''Grogar'', who according to WordOfGod is basically a ''{{Darkseid}} expy'' in this universe.
** We get to see this in her entry in "Gaiden: 7 Dreams/Nightmares", along with taking on various other warlords and criminals who had possession of the shards of the Rainbow of Light. She also ended up fighting the dragon Basil (who was at his prime thanks to his shard), and beat him into submission, forcing him to recognize her as his master.
** Grogar gets one of his own. Patch rings the bell that's defeated Grogar countless times before…and it does ''nothing''. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Grogar used the Rainbow Fragment to protect himself from that weakness]], and ''laughs in her face''. Also, even though he still loses, he manages to severely wound Patch as she makes her escape, [[HeroKiller leaving her with a limp for the rest of her life and coming close to killing her]].
* The Duel of Tears is as awesome as it is heartbreaking, watching Traitor Dash go all out in her attempt to kill Twilight, and Twilight fighting her off. Highlights include TD revealing that she's been [[IAmNotLeftHanded holding back her power]] for a thousand years and becoming [[TurnsRed Ender Dash]], Twilight [[spoiler: changing into a Pegasus]] in order to fight back evenly, Derpy managing to hold her own for most of the fight, and in a more subtle but still awesome example, [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash being redeemed by the memory spell and talked out of despair by her friends]].
** Derpy [[spoiler:and later Apple Pie]] breaking free of Traitor Dash's [[PeoplePuppets Pony Puppets]] power. When Dash tries to use it on Derpy again, this bit of awesome happens:
--> '''Traitor Dash''': YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe! Treachery!
--> '''Derpy''': Loyalty. ({{No Sell}}s Dash's [[PeoplePuppets Pony Puppets]] ability)
* The battle with Makarov's forces in part 6 of Shining Armor's Arc. Despite being badly outnumbered and outclassed technologically, Shining and the few griffins with him successfully hold off and take down a large number of deer {{Mooks}}. Then when Shining fights Makarov himself, he does hold out long enough for his troops to show up in large enough numbers to scare the Hooviets off. And for a villainous angle, Makarov deserves some credit for [[CurbStompBattle kicking Shining's ass]].
** That's also not to mention the moment where Shining pulls a fast one on Makarov for insulting Celestia, and say that THAT is an insult to get upset over.
** There's also Thunderchild's BigDamnHeroes moment saving Shining from Makarov. Then when the GunShipRescue happens, Master Chief Spartan [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking shows what he's made of]] and [[FoeTossingCharge plows straight through about ten Mooks all by himself.]]
* Apple Pie defeats zombies. [[LogicBomb By essentially proving to them they should be dead]].
** Followed by Twilight helping her weaponize it with the Royal Canterlot Voice to wipe out the entire army. Even TheVoice has to compliment her on that one.
** The entire group fighting together as a unit for the first time against Discord's defense grid. Even Apple Pie gets in on the awesome by squeezing into the turrets and pulling their wires out.
** Apparently once in the past, The Master invaded Equestria and defeated Discord, Cadence and all of the Chaos 6 before the Valeyard defeated him with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* The entire fight with the Valeyard. First off, there's how CrazyPrepared he is (though having a time machine helps with most of that), with the kicker being [[spoiler: Twilight tries to use the memory spell, only for a duplicate construct of the Valeyard's personality to implant itself in her mind and take over]]. Though this is quickly followed by one on Twilight's part when she [[spoiler: [[FightingFromTheInside fights its control]] long enough to tell her friends to ''smash her head'' to destroy the construct; she grows a new one free from its control]].
** Twilight even manages to [[spoiler:trick the infection inside her head into revealing itself to her friends.]]
** Earlier, the Valeyard turns Derpy into a ManchurianAgent and tells her to kill the others. Applejack uses an illusion of the Valeyard to break her out of it.
** Then, when the Valeyard manages to [[BreakThemByTalking discord]] Derpy and Apple Pie, Derpy manages to un-discord herself by remembering all her good times with the Doctor. And seeing this allows Apple Pie to come back from the brink as well.
** The Valeyard tries to set off bombs he implanted in the Elements of Harmony via time travel, Rarity [[TakingTheBullet absorbs them into herself to save them]], then seals her body in rock to minimize the damage.
*** Twilight gets one directly after by [[spoiler:tricking the Valeyard into teleporting an exploding rock right in his face thinking it was Rarity's regenerating Element of Desire.]]
** Derpy refusing to stay down, even as the Valeyard is practically melting the Elements' brains with sonic attacks and he's hitting her to try and make her stay down. This gives the group the time needed to foil the Valeyard's attempt and turn things around.
** And then, how the Valeyard is taken down -- Derpy remembers something the Doctor told her once, which makes her realize that the Valeyard is [[spoiler: using a template to maintain his personality after regeneration]], which Applejack and Rarity quickly deduce is being hidden by illusion around his neck. As the Valeyard has an OhCrap, Twilight neutralizes the Valeyard's sonic attacks, allowing Derpy and Rarity to take it from him -- and then throw it away, as Rarity instantly realizes it's a decoy. Then she [[spoiler: locates the real one inside his body, ''rips it out'']], and destroys it, leaving him vulnerable. This is then crowned by Derpy going into a TranquilFury [[spoiler: and ''beating the Valeyard to death'', letting him regenerate back into the Doctor]]. It's as awesome as it sounds.
*** Apple Pie gets one too by [[spoiler:kicking the Valeyard in the face, stunning him and setting up Derpy's assault.]]
* Rancor gets one in "Love/Hate Bedlam part 2", where she becomes the first character to be completely unaffected by the voice's attempts to manipulate her, to the point of realizing that its presence is unusual (as opposed everyone else, who just accepted it). She then gets a meta one, as she systematically [[{{Jossed}} Josses]] every single theory as to the voice's identity.
** Apple Pie being the first one to land a hit on Rancor.
** Rarity going into a TranquilFury and [[spoiler: promising to kill Fluttercruel for all the evil she's done, especially to Fluttershy]].
** Heck, Rarity managing to shoot down ''every'' lie Fluttercruel tried to tell about Fluttershy without batting an eye. Then there's [[ShutUpHannibal her]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech response]] to Fluttercruel attempting a NotSoDifferent on her, managing to pinpoint Fluttercruel's loneliness over the fact no one else is a psycho like her.
--> '''Fluttercruel''': At LAST you get it!
--> '''Rarity''': No; I don't 'get it', you sad filly. [[PsychoForHire You kill for thrills.]] I'd do nothing if you just stopped. I'm nothing like you. And that hurts, doesn't it? To know just how alone you really are.
** Angry Pie gets one in a flashback, when it turns out that she [[spoiler: is the one who killed Discord's League of Auxiliary Minions, for threatening one of her adopted foals]].
* Dark World Part 20: Angry Cruel Love is jam packed with them:
** Spike holds his own against Rancor by embracing his GeniusBruiser and BadassBookworm tendencies, even throwing in an obscure CallBack to his hoof wrestling matches at Trixie's party. He even tickles her into submission!
** Angry Pie [[IAmNotLeftHanded demonstrates how dangerous]] her reality-bending abilities and UnstoppableRage are when [[TranquilFury she's focused]]: [[spoiler: She gives Twilight a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, wrecks her horn, and even manages to dig out her Element.]]
** The Rarity VS Fluttercruel showdown in its entirety:
*** Rarity yet again shoots down Fluttercruel's NotSoDifferent accusations and even gets in a nice PreAssKickingOneLiner: ''The only pony who can save you is Fluttershy . . . and since I can't bring her here, I'm going to send you straight to her.''
*** Fluttercruel [[IAmNotLefthanded finally pulls out her most dangerous weapon of all]]: [[spoiler: [[CallBack The Stare, just like her mother's]]. She manages to Stare Rarity into submission and comes within seconds of murdering her...only for Tom's fragment to [[EyeScream smash itself straight through her eye]] and leave her wide open for Rarity to take the Element of Cruelty. Then, while Fluttercruel (who was likely suffering the same RapidAging as Twilight without her Element) is ranting about her taking it, Rarity finishes her off by impaling her.]]
* In "Real Hoof Blues", Apple Pie, despite being terrified, refusing to abandon Applejack when she's about to be killed by Angry Pie is both this and Heartwarming.
** She also manages to LogicBomb Angry Pie ''twice'', giving her headaches and helping distract her long enough to free Applejack.
** [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Dark-World-21-The-Real-Hoof-Blues-1-2-340347911 Also in this chapter]] at one point a [[TranquilFury frighteningly calm yet still enraged]] Angry Pie [[CurbStompBattle beats the ever-loving daylights]] out of Rarity, Derpy, and Spike [[OneManArmy all at once]]. She does this by [[spoiler: grabbing the diamond sword Rarity made out of her own blood and then stabbing Derpy with it ''while Rarity still holds it'' and simultaneously kicking Rarity in the head.]]
** While it's also [[NightmareFuel/PonyPOVSeries terrifying]], [[spoiler: Twilight revealing herself to be NotQuiteDead, followed by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Angry out on her hypocrisy]] while [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating her to death]]]] is quite cathartic.
** Which is then followed by a ''proper'' awesome moment, as [[spoiler: Twilight's friends and a ''different'' voice talk Twilight back from the edge of the MoralEventHorizon, after which she then [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind enters Angry Pie's mind]] and manages to talk her personalities into [[SplitPersonalityMerge merging back together]], saving her.]]
* In "Off Da Rails", [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead Fluttercruel]]]] is trying to [[BreakThemByTalking break]] the Elements of Harmony by pointing out they're ultimately selfish hypocrites who are willing to forgive their friends anything (even trying to kill them), but are perfectly willing to kill those they don't know for the same crimes. Rarity and Twilight shoot this down by partially ''agreeing'' with it, admitting their faults, but also saying that friendship is more complicated than that.
** There's also the part were the group face off with Discord's {{Mook}}s (which are [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot as random as you'd expect]]). [[CurbstompBattle The mooks weren't much of a challenge.]] Highlights include Pinkie Pie taking out an EldritchAbomination with her Party Cannon and Apple Pie blowing up a giant-cyborg-spider-vampire with a LogicBomb. The group then takes on 300 Goblin-Cowboy-Samurai and are [[CasualDangerDialogue more focused on philosophical discussion]] than their enemies.
** Dark World Pinkie saves the elements of harmony by utilizing her rock farming knowledge. (ItMakesSenseInContext)
* [[spoiler: The Elements of Harmony and a copy of Destruction's power (fired by Rarity) [[YinYangBomb reacting]] and obliterating [[OneWingedAngel Odyne!]]Cruelty's body. When she then tries to BodySurf into Twilight, Pinkie('s ghost) knocks her away, and Fluttershy's spirit shows up to restrain her daughter long enough to hit her with the Elements again, banishing her from the mortal plane and even destroying the piece of Havoc in her in the process.]]
** As if that wasn't awesome enough, it gets followed up by [[spoiler: Fluttershy traveling to the Draconequi realm and [[StaringDownCthulhu staring down]] all of Discord's siblings and ''Havoc'' and telling them that she has the right to take Cruel with her and teach her a better way to use her concept. Havoc is [[YouGotGuts impressed]] enough by this he lets her go.]]
** The author gets one for managing to [[spoiler:make ''Fluttercruel'' sympathetic, and making it ''work''.]]
* "My Little Alicorn" has Twilight get a pretty epic ShutUpHannibal to the Nameless Passenger for telling her to kill the sea pony that's trying to take two of Celestia and Luna's feathers.
--> '''Twilight''': From what Applejack told me about her redemption, Applebloom's ghost took a feather already on orders from their…Father, so it must be safe. ''And I'm not a murderer.'' That's why.
* During the final confrontation with Discord, [[spoiler: Twilight breaks away from the Nameless Passenger's script by refusing to give into her hate and stopping the others from beating the already dying Discord to death, saying there's no point in fighting him when he's already lost. In doing so, it's implied she's broken a GroundhogDayLoop.]]
** Followed up on in the following chapter when [[spoiler: she actually ''does'' break the loop by finally shaking off the Passenger's influence and refusing to restart the loop. This forces the Passenger to try and possess Twilight, only to be forced away by her friends' care for her.]]
** The above also counts as one for [[spoiler:Discord. He had Twilight use her Memory Spell on him so the memories would show her what resetting time would ''really'' do, {{Out Gambit|ted}}ing the Passenger in the process. On top of that, he {{Troll}}s the Passenger by forcing her to endure several hundred pictures of him mooning himself set to a continuous loop while Twilight sees the memories.]]
* "Give A Reason" has Twilight and the others continuing to shoot down [[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox]]'s lectures [[spoiler:even when Paradox takes Twilight to a PocketDimension]]. Twilight even turns a few back ''on'' her. [[spoiler:Paradox]] doesn't listen, but it was still awesome.
** Rarity, with the others supporting her, [[spoiler:using the Elements of Chaos to break through Paradox's PocketDimension]] and showing Twilight YouAreNotAlone.
* Sparkler confronting her grandmother over [[spoiler:her attempted murder of her daughter (and Sparkler's mother), Ditzy]]. Her grandmother rants and raves about how [[spoiler:Ditzy was a "failure" and an "embarrassment"]], but Sparkler has none of it, completely telling her off and reaffirming her love for [[spoiler:her mother]].
* Sweetheart's 7 Dreams/Nightmares chapter reveals that during the lead-up to the casting of the world changing spell, some corporate ponies -- fearing a loss of profit caused by a world where everyone gets what they want -- sent some thugs after Sweetheart's family in order to intimidate her friends into stopping the spell. Sweetheart's husband Teddy proceeded to ''[[PapaWolf put them all in the hospital]]''.
* Melody's 7 Dreams/Nightmares chapter gives [[GrimReaper Mortis]] one when he has to deal with Rancor (who came back from the future to take part in the CosmicRetcon due to how time [[TimeyWimeyBall works outside of the mortal plain]]). She goes overboard and he [[CurbstompBattle effortlessly subdues her with acupuncture needles]].
** While not seen onscreen, the Sea Ponies get one for building the Rockin' Beats a huge sea side stadium to perform in during their tour. Why does this count? They manage this ''without having forelimbs''. Melody is impressed by their cleverness.