History Awesome / Angel

* Angel willingly gambles his soul to save Gunn's. That itself is impressive, but he has a plan that is awesome either way you look at it. He hands Cordelia a to stake and tells her she knows what to do if he loses. When he does, Cordy immediately rams the stake through Jenoff's palm, holding him in place so Angel can lop off his head, saving both their souls and leading to almost every in-debt gambler in the room, demon and human, charging the broker and presumably killing him.

* Connor gets one in his first appearance when a giant demon comes out of the portal to Quor-Toth. The gang are terrified, then Connor shows up, kills it with one blow, and stands before them, before delivering a true WhamLine: "Hi Dad".

** Even better, diving out a four story window, Faith uses her body to break Wesley's fall. The last time they met she was slowly torturing him to death. This and subsequent scenes clearly show Faith had TookALevelInKindness. Then she quickly establishes command.

* Faith gets to torture Angelus by first drugging him then being on hand to snark as he freaks at being forced to relive the part of his life when he wasn't evil. What else is there to say but [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments tee hee.]]

* This exchange between Angel and a rebellious leader of a squad of commandos who ostensibly work for him in
-->'''Hauser:''' You're miniscule. A dust mote on the shelf of that great institution. Now, you think I'm just a trigger-happy jerk who follows orders. But I'm something that you'll never be: I'm pure. I believe in evil. You and your friends, you're conflicted. You're confused. We're not. That's why you're going to lose. Because we possess the most powerful thing in the world: conviction.

** And, of course, a major part of the awesomeness of that scene is that it makes you realize that Faith has only spent the last few years in prison because she wanted to (or at least, felt she deserved to be, so stayed and made no attempt to leave) and that she could have left at any point.
** Even better, diving out a four story window, Faith uses her body to break Wesley's fall. The last time they met she was slowly torturing him to death and he clearly still holds a grudge. This and subsequent scenes clearly show Faith had TookALevelInKindness. Then she quickly establishes command.

* Angel willingly gambles his soul to save Gunn's. That itself is impressive, but he has a plan that is awesome either way you look at it. He tells Cordelia to stake him if he turns back into Angelus. When Angel loses, the gang chooses to TakeAThirdOption and decapitate the demon broker in question, saving both their souls and causing almost every gambler in the room, demon and human, to charge the broker and take his money.
** Another way this could be considered awesome is the fact that Angel would willingly kill himself, rather than bring Angelus back.

Connor gets one in his first appearance when a giant demon comes out of the portal to Quor-Toth. The gang are terrified, then Connor shows up, kills it with one blow, and stands before them, before delivering a true WhamLine: "Hi Dad".

* Darla, a ''vampire,'' stakes herself in order to save her unborn child. Even though the entire series is fairly campy (even if it is darker than its parent show), that scene was incredibly moving.

* Angel completely and utterly losing his shit at Wesley when he tries to kill him for kidnapping Connor. No threat to Buffy ever had him so enraged. Nothing that happened as Angelus ever caused him to go off the deep end that far. But in a scene closer to ''Series/TwentyFour'' Angel shows more anger rage and fury than any character in both series when he tries to kill Wesley with a pillow over his face, screaming the son of a bitch who took Connor is a dead man.

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The first season had the titular character feeling lost and alone after the third season of ''Buffy''. His girlfriend left him, he lost his home and all of his former [[strike: friends]] [[strike: allies]] ''acquaintances'' hate him after he turned evil and went on a rampage. So it stands to reason that a vampire hero with a troubled past and his band of ragtag misfits would have some awesome times fighting evil in the streets of Los Angeles. Here are some examples:

* Lilah manipulates Cordelia into having visions designed to further her goals at the cost of threatening Cordelia's life. That's not the awesome part, the awesome part is Angel's TranquilFury reaction. First he chokes her for forgetting the name of the person she's putting through so much agony with her plan, and once the exchange is done, [[BatmanGrabsAGun he impales the psychic who was doing that to Cordelia]] appears right behind Lilah and tells her that if she does anything like that again, he'll kill her. Seeing Wolfram & Hart's resident MagnificentBitch being shown that there are some lines not to cross in such an intimidating fashion can feel cathartic for fans.

** Angel shuts the door, effectively imprisoning the lawyers with Darla and Drusilla for certain death. We know that it was a step to the Dark Side for Angel, but the nonchalant way in which he did it, after those bastards where playing with his head since the beginning of the season gave an [[KickTheSonOfABitch incredible sense of satisfaction]].