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->''Here's a tip: if you '''really''' must kill a character, make sure it is their [[DyingMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]. The instant where the readership looks at that character and says "Oh, that is the most BadAss thing I have ever seen!"''
-->--'''[[ATopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'''

-> ''That was '''excellent'''.''
-->--'''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]]''', "Checkpoint"

The moment when a fictional character does something for which they will be remembered forever, winning for them the eternal loyalty of fans.

Sometimes occurs just before the character dies. But usually it doesn't. If there's a long gap between the last CrowningMomentOfAwesome and the death of the character, the period with the crowning moment may become that character's GloryDays.

It should be noted that Crowning Moments of Awesome are [[SubjectiveTropes subjective]], and what strikes one as being pure awesome [[YourMileageMayVary may generate a 'meh' reaction from another]]. It is also possible for certain characters to have more than one moment of awesome during their existence, both for the above-mentioned reasons of audience subjectivity, and because some characters are [[CrazyAwesome just that awesome]].

Nonetheless, the merely very cool is not necessarily a CMOA, even if it seems like that at the time. During gameplay or show time, the immediate circumstances are (if well-done) intentionally designed to increase the excitement, satisfaction, or relief of any particular climax, but not every climax does a CMOA make. In general, ''just to fit the name'', in order to be a Crowning Moment of Awesome an act must be:
* '''Awesome'''. Not fun, not intellectually satisfying, not vindicating, not a [[ShoutOut shout out]] or a piece of the metaplot or metagame. Awesome: whatever it is, it has to be that thing several times over, maybe in several ways, and it has to go beyond what you have come to expect or, possibly, could predict.
* '''A moment'''. Some characters are CrazyAwesome indeed, but their entire existence is not a CMOA for them. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with being so awesome that everything you do would be a CMOA for someone else, but not for you, because it makes your own actual CMOA's just that much better.
* '''Crowning'''. It is the cherry on the icing on the cake, bringing the ''personal story'' of its participants to a climax. It's the best thing that's ever happened to them, even better than all the other, similar but somehow lesser things that they have done.
Of course, you already think that all these things are true of ''your'' example, which is why this trope is subjective.

Naturally, the CounterTrope of the Main/DethroningMomentOfSuck.

Owing to the sheer length of the page, this trope has been split into sections based on medium. On a related note, this is the longest page on this site that we have!

Instead of making more individual series pages, you may consider using [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/CrowningMomentOfAwesome/KingdomHearts the Crowner.]] Just replace "KingdomHearts" in the URL there with the series of your choosing to create a new topic.

*[[CrowningMoment/{{Anime}} Anime And Manga]]
** CrowningMoment/MechaAnime
*CrowningMoment/ComicBooks
*CrowningMoment/FanFic
*CrowningMoment/{{Film}}
*CrowningMoment/{{Literature}}
*CrowningMoment/LiveActionTV
*CrowningMoment/{{Music}}
*CrowningMoment/NewspaperComics
*CrowningMoment/{{Other}}
*CrowningMoment/ProfessionalWrestling
*CrowningMoment/RealLife
**CrowningMoment/WarAndPolitics
***CrowningMoment/WorldWarII
**CrowningMoment/{{Sports}}
*CrowningMoment/TabletopRPG
**CrowningMoment/DungeonsAndDragons
*CrowningMoment/{{Theater}}
*[[Main/MadeOfWin TVTropes]]
** [[Main/AdOfWin Ads on TVTropes pages]]
*CrowningMoment/VideoGames
**CrowningMoment/VideoGameLevels
**CrowningMoment/VideoGameBosses
**[[CrowningMusic/VideoGames Video Game Music]]
*CrowningMoment/WebComics
*CrowningMoment/WebOriginal
**CrowningMoment/DeadFantasy
*CrowningMoment/WesternAnimation
** CrowningMoment/DisneyAnimatedCanon
** CrowningMoment/{{Pixar}}

Not to be confused with AwesomeMomentOfCrowning, although the two might overlap. Contrast WallBanger and DethroningMomentOfSuck. Also, it's interesting to note that Greek plays often had a similar concept called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristeia Aristeia]], which makes this trope OlderThanDirt.

See also SugarWiki/BestNewShow.

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