* The last third of the movie, which portrays the battle. Highlights include:
** Napoleon greeting his troops just before the fighting starts to thunderous applause from just about every last one of his soldiers.
** The Scots Grey's attack, complete with a visual ShoutOut to the famous painting depicting the charge.
** Ney unleashing the French cavalry. Despite jumping the gun WAY too early, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97dBfdNrf9A the sight of several thousand horses charging on screen]] is beyond amazing. Especially the fact it was done several decades before CGI.
** The Old Guard marching on the top of the ridge, with their ThemeMusicPowerUp ''La Victoire Est Nous'' blasting in the background.
*** Then what happens after: the entire British line standing up from hidden cover and blasting them point blank, with the sheer shock of the attack ultimately causing the [[DefeatingtheUndefeatable once-invincible guard to turn tail and run.]]
* "If you want to shoot your Emperor, well, here I am." Napoleon faces down an entire French army sent to apprehend him, and they ''join him'' instead, without a shot being fired. One opposing soldier even faints from witnessing Napoleon's magnetism.
** And yes, this really did happen in the run up to the battle. In fact, it happened everywhere Napoleon went when he returned.
* The last soldiers of Napoleon's Old Guard are faced with two choices: surrender, or die attempting to protect Napoleon's retreat from the battlefield. When called upon to surrender there's a moment of silence, and Cambronne then [[BadassBoast shouts]] his famous [[PrecisionFStrike word]], which he may or [[BeamMeUpScotty may not]] have said.
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