History Awesome / MetroidOtherM

-->'''Point Man Higgs:''' HEY! Hey, punk! Don't you know how to treat a lady?! Man! [[YouFightLikeACow You got no style!]] I think I have to teach you a lesson about subtlety. [[BringIt Come on!]]

-->'''Point Man Higgs:''' HEY! Hey, punk! Don't you know how to treat a lady?! Man! You got no style! I think I have to teach you a lesson about subtlety. Come on!"

* The Ridley fight and the buildup to it. So awesome the game gives you the Super Missiles and Plasma Beam for the fight itself and an Accel Charge and Missile Tank in the room just before it.

* The [[spoiler: Ridley]] fight and the buildup to it. So awesome the game gives you the Super Missiles and Plasma Beam for the fight itself and an Accel Charge and Missile Tank in the room just before it.

* Any scene involving Anthony, but especially the [[spoiler:Ridley scene]]... BOTH of them.
** My man does a sick but completely unnecessary backflip over [[spoiler:Ridley's claws]]. In ''full armor''.
** Yes Anthony, we'll [[MemeticMutation remember you]] for a long time after [[spoiler:shooting the Space Pirate commander himself to save Samus]].

* Samus "Authorizing" the Screw Attack, Gravity Suit [[spoiler: and Power Bomb]] on her own. Each time she does is its own [=CMoA=] by itself! The Screw Attack? [[IronicEcho "Any objections, Adam?"]] (Especially cathartic if you weren't fond of the Authorization system in the first place.) The Gravity Suit? "Oh, [[spoiler: I'm gonna get sucked into the vacuum of space... yeah, that's not gonna work for me, have fun Zebesians!"]] And the [[spoiler: Power Bomb?]] See below.
* Blowing up the [[spoiler:Queen Metroid]] ''from the inside out with Power Bombs'' is probably the most cathartic boss fight ending in the whole game.

* [[spoiler: Adam Malkovich's]] HeroicSacrifice is pretty baller, regardless of what you think of the guy.
* The fact that [[spoiler: the Space Pirates on Zebes actually had a survivor. Phantoon, to be exact. And what did he do afterwards? [[TookALevelInBadass Take A Level In Badass]], grow huge, and take over the Bottle Ship in the PlayableEpilogue.]]

* Because of the new Overblast, Counter Attack, and Lethal Strike moves, Samus can now tear enemies apart with her bare hands. Of course, you have to time it right for them to work, but it's always worth it for the cool factor.

** My man does a sick but completely unnecessary backflip over [[spoiler:Ridley's claws]].

** He also casually mentions that he was the one who stopped the ship from entering Earth's atmosphere and crashing into the Galactic Federation during the Queen Metroid fight.

* The [[spoiler: Ridley]] fight and the buildup to it. So awesome the game gives you the Super Missiles and Plasma Beam for the fight itself and an Accel Charge/Missile Tank in the room just before it.

* The lava-whale fought right after getting the Grapple Beam is a high contender for BestBossEver. There's something incredibly cool about seeing Samus whip that bad boy out of the lava like it's just some puny little trout, then kicking its ass. Doesn't hurt that it is possibly the only boss that doesn't either fall into a button-mashing pattern or GuideDangIt.

** Just before it: Tackling an alien to the ground by holding it in a headlock, then shooting it in the back of the head, at ''point blank''.
*** And she does this [[{{Ninja}} ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME.]]
*** Every freaking MOMENT of gameplay in ''Other M'' counts! Sense move, overblast, etc. And Concentration! Samus can now HEAL HERSELF AND RESTORE GODDAMN MISSILES THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF WILL.

* Because of the new Overblast, Counter Attack, and Lethal Strike moves, Samus can now tear enemies apart with her bare hands. Of course, you have to time it right for them to work, but it's always worth it for the cool factor.
** Samus reversing the Ghalmanian's tail-grapple attack and swinging it around the room with her bare hands is amazing.
** Sometimes the failed versions of these attacks are just as awesome. For example, if Samus fails to fire during an Overblast on a Groganch, it will flip its body over and ''suplex her into the ground''. Tree dinosaurs have never been so cool.
* There are certain kinds of enemies that are especially cool to fight thanks to their cool movesets and amazing CQC opportunities.
** The Zebesians are always a treat to fight. Samus roundhouse kicking Zebesians in the face, and then finishing them off by firing Charge Beams directly into their heads is beautiful enough to make a grown man cry.
** Fighting Kihunters is always crazy, especially the fight against the Kihunter hive in the Biosphere. Samus can jump up and ground them by ripping their wings off with her bare hands, and once they're de-winged, she can swing them around by their tails and huck them across the room. It truly feels like a MookHorrorShow.
** The Desbrachians are not only tough as hell [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]], but fighting them is always like something out of ''Manga/DragonBall''. If you utilize [=SenseMove=] right, Samus and the Desbrachian will be flipping and diving around each other like Super Saiyans for minutes on end.

* Because of the new Overblast and Lethal Strike moves, Samus can now tear enemies apart with her bare hands. Of course, you have to time it right for them to work.
* [[spoiler: Adam Malkovich's]] HeroicSacrifice.

* The trailer shown at E3 2009 for Metroid: Other M could be a crowning moment of sheer awesome all on its own. '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFXkjYJEBI&fmt=18 Samus THROWS a Kihunter. By its TAIL.]]'''

*** Every freaking MOMENT of gameplay in Other M counts! Sense move, overblast, etc. And Concentration! Samus can now HEAL HERSELF AND RESTORE GODDAMN MISSILES THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF WILL.

--> '''Samus''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Mother, time to go!]]

* Samus "Authorizing" the Screw Attack, Gravity Suit [[spoiler: and Power Bomb]] on her own. Each time she does is it's own [=CMoA=] by itself! The Screw Attack? [[IronicEcho "Any objections, Adam?"]] (especially cathartic if you weren't fond of the Authorization system in the first place) The Gravity Suit? "Oh, [[spoiler: I'm gonna get sucked into the vacuum of space... yeah, that's not gonna work for me, have fun Zebesians!"]] And the [[spoiler: Power Bomb?]] See below.

* The lava-whale fought right after getting the Grapple Beam is a high contender for BestBossEver. There's something incredibly cool about seeing Samus whip that bad boy out of the lava like it's just some puny little trout, then kicking its ass. Doesn't hurt that it was, for me, the only boss that didn't either fall into a button-mashing pattern or GuideDangIt.

* [[spoiler: Adam Malkovich's]] {{Heroic Sacrifice}}.
* The fact that [[spoiler: the Space Pirates on Zebes actually had a survivor. Phantoon, to be exact. And what did he do afterwards? Take A Level In Badass, grow huge, and take over the Bottle Ship in the Playable Epilogue.]]

**** Every freaking MOMENT if gameplay in Other M counts! Sense move, overblast, etc. And Concentration! Sumus can now HEAL HERSELF AND RESTORE GODDAMN MISSILES THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF WILL.

* Super Metroid's ending, IN GLORIOUS 3D!

* Samus gets fed up with the [[ScrappyMechanic authorization system]] and activates an all new power up without waiting for permission. Shame he wasn't there to hear it.
-->'''Samus:''' Any objections, Adam?

* A moment of more subtle awesome: the first parts of the cutscene with the real Madeline Bergmen ''actually works''. Samus responds to Bergmen's terror in a calm, measured, [[{{Adorkable}} faintly awkward]] way, backing off to explain herself in a way that actually sells the scene.

* [[spoiler: Adam Malkovich's]] {{Heroic Sacrifice}}. Despite the fact it was largly pointless, unnecessary, and followed a debatable crossing of the MoralEventHorizon.

* "No objections, right, lady?" [[spoiler: Also a TearJerker]].

* The ending of the final boss fight against the [[spoiler:Queen Metroid]]. With the entire station having jarred to a stop and knocked both Samus and [[spoiler:the queen]] to the floor, Samus gets back up and starts blasting [[spoiler:the queen]] with missiles. [[spoiler:The queen]] gets back up, and Samus locks onto her mouth. [[spoiler:And fires the Grapple Beam, launching herself into the queen's stomach.]] In morph ball form, with her health draining away extremely rapidly, what could Samus possibly do in this situation? [[spoiler:[[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Lay the power bomb that Adam expressly forbade her from using.]]]] The screen whites out. When it returns, the entire room has had its shit ''wrecked'' and there is absolutely no sign of the [[spoiler:Queen Metroid]] aside from green bloodsplatters. And that's merely another reason why Samus kicks ass.
** Blowing up the [[spoiler:Queen Metroid]] ''from the inside out with Power Bombs'' is probably the most cathartic boss fight ending in the whole game.
*** Of course, [[GuideDangIt it's not like the game ''told'' you you could do that or anything...]]
* ThisTroper is [[HateDom not a fan]] of OtherM, but thought the introduction of Ridely as a CreepyChild was a very cool moment.
** Thanks to Nintendo Acres, this troper can't help but laugh at the concept of Little Birdy.

* [[spoiler: Adam Malkovich's]] {{Heroic Sacrifice}}. Full Stop.

** Except it ended up being [[SenselessSacrifice completely pointless]] and [[spoiler: he]] crossed the MoralEventHorizon seconds before doing it.
*** It was ''not'' pointless. Sure, [[spoiler: he]] turned out to be wrong about it stopping [[spoiler: MB herself]], but [[spoiler: he]] ''did'' succeed in getting rid of the [[spoiler: ice-proof Metroids]]. That act still meant something. And as for MoralEventHorizon, remember ''why'' [[spoiler: he shot Samus.]] This ''is'' Samus Aran we're talking about; as her own subsequent actions prove, there was no other way to keep her from stopping [[spoiler: him.]] Besides, all [[spoiler: he did was incapacitate her briefly.]] Not ''nice'', maybe, but not exactly ''that'' horrible a thing, either.
**** Samus Aran? The woman who had spent most of the game obeying his orders just because she respected him? The woman who took serious damage before activating her Varia suit, because she didn't want to disobey his orders? Yes, I can see how shooting her with a possibly-deadly weapon makes so much more sense than just yelling at her to stop, and explaining the situation.
**** What's worse is that Samus wouldn't even have needed to fight the nigh-invincible Metroids in Sector Zero. All Adam had to do was cause enough superficial damage to the section to cause it to auto-eject. Gosh, if only there were someone with super-speed enhanced combat armour and delayed-response Power Bombs that she's been explicitly ordered not to use specifically because they could cause damage to the station. Oh, wait. It's not like Samus has never had to outrun a destruct sequence. It's like a bi-monthly occurrence for her.
***** And let us not forget the live metroid hovering over her when this happened.

***** I guess ''YourMileageMayVary'' here.

* Samus "Authorizing" the Screw Attack, Gravity Suit [[spoiler: and Power Bomb]] on her own. Each time she does is it's own [=CMoA=] by itself! The Screw Attack? "Any objections, Adam?" (especially cathartic if you weren't fond of the Authorization system in the first place) The Gravity Suit? "Oh, [[spoiler: I'm gonna get sucked into the vacuum of space... yeah, that's not gonna work for me, have fun Zebesians!"]] And the [[spoiler: Power Bomb?]] See below.

* Blowing up the [[spoiler:Queen Metroid]] ''from the inside out with Power Bombs'' is probably the most cathartic boss fight ending in the whole game.
** Of course, [[GuideDangIt it's not like the game ''told'' you you could do that or anything...]]