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• The entire first half of episode one, when the idols put on their performance while being attacked by military tanks and riot forces. Especially if the viewer was expecting a normal slice-of-life show, and then got an amazing futuristic action sequence instead.
• Chieri's Heroic Sacrifice in order to save Nagisa in episode three, despite the later reveal of the whole thing being a Secret Test of Character.
• The WOTA brigade who enter in episode 6, deploying a handheld glowstick missile barrage and mecha decorated with AKB0048 members to assist Team 00 in fighting off DES.
• Episode 9: Coordinated Multiple Concerts as a decoy for the main event
• Episode 13 in its entirety. No, seriously. The awesome is so widespread in the episode there is no way to pick and choose among it.
• Makoto when she Took a Level in Badass in Episode 18.
• Yuuko defending Akibastar and becoming Center Nova in episode 21, even considering how she Disappears into Light at the end.
• Like many Kawamori series, the final episode is an entire Crowning EPISODE of Awesome!
• Mikako showing why she's the best pilot in 0048's history in episode 21.