History Awesome / PuellaMagiMadokaMagica

* How does Homura break her grip? She pulls out a ''flash grenade''.

* Kyuubey shows Homura how Madoka will meet her end. From her comet-like Soul Gem, an enormous shadowy form engulfs the Earth and begins to destroy it. In bringing enough hope to create a new universe, in the end, she will release enough despair to destroy the universe. Then Madoka reappears as a goddess, takes aim at even ''that'' shadow of despair, and utterly destroys it.

** Let's simplify that for those who don't get it: Madoka destroys and cancels out her ''own'' witch!

** Even more awesome, as explained in Kyoko's [[StartOfDarkness terrible past (from Drama CD)]], [[spoiler:she had lost her [[DoppelgangerAttack main magic ability "Rosso Phantasma" long ago]] and still managed to win against Sayaka with her superior skills and experiences]].

* Homura used TimeStop magic to riddle Kyubey with a clip full of bullets ''instantaneously'', just before Madoka can seal a DealWithTheDevil. That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey.

* The way Homura leaves Kyubey in the previous in the dust. As Kyubey casually [[ManipulativeBastard wonders why Homura isn't fighting witch!Madoka]], Homura [[NoSell responds]] her battle is elsewhere. Just before Kyubey can even ''suspect'' Homura is a time-traveling magical girl, [[OffHandBackhand without looking at him]], Homura goes back in time once more.

* The way Homura leaves Kyubey in the previous

* Walpurgisnacht gets a CMOA herself for having the kind of presence that makes Homura's plans above seem justified instead of overkill. Especially when they don't work.

'''Kyubey:''' That wish! Once it's granted, [[RetConjuration it will unravel the fabric of time itself!]] [[LogicBomb It violates the laws of karmic destiny!]] Are you trying to become a god!?\\

* First scene of the series; Madoka watches another girl fight a collosal monster on her own. When Kyubey tells her she has the ability to help, she shows little hesitation in doing just that. We learn later that this is truly a scene for Homura. Fighting a witch that she's witnessed kill many other magical girls takes guts.

* Even though Kyoko severely outclassed her, even though she needed Homura to save her, Sayaka held her own. Kyoko had extra seeds to keep her powered, along with years worth of experience and skill, and Sayake held her own in what they admit was a fight TO THE DEATH. She blocks the tip of Kyoko's spear, with the tip of her sword!

--->'''Sayaka:''' I can do this on my own. Get out of my way.

** Madoka scores one of these in each alternate timeline. Sure, they go from being beautiful to being tragic, and climaxing with when she one-shots Walpurgis Night seconds before becoming Kriemhild Gretchen, but they always inspire awe.

* The final scene transitions into and completely contextualizes the show's second end credits sequence, Magia, which is revealed as a foreshadow of the finale the entire time. The first silhouette shows Madoka, facing her destiny so she can stop Walpurgisnacht and save everyone. The silhouettes she passes of Sayaka, Kyoko, and Mami, are all motionless, because they are all dead now. Only Homura's silhouette reacts, reaching for Madoka, trying to stop her from going through with it.

* First scene of the series; Madoka watches another girl fight a collosal monster on her own. When Kyubey tells her she has the ability to help, she shows little hesitation in doing just that. [[spoiler: We learn later that this is truly a scene for Homura. Fighting a witch that she's witnessed kill many other magical girls takes guts.]]

* Madoka's first act of heroism [[spoiler:in the current timeline, that is]]. Here she saves Hitomi and several others from PsychicAssistedSuicide when they were under the influence of a witch. Sure, she was understandably scared, but she was willing to face her fears in order to prevent people from dying, and that is what defines courage.

* The way Homura [[spoiler:uses TimeStandsStill]] to break up the fight (literally) in the blink of an eye. The fact that it comes with a slow-mo OhCrap look from Kyoko and a HairFlip with the battle music playing just screams badass.

* Homura [[spoiler: exploits TimeStandsStill as SuperSpeed]] to catch up to a truck and retrieve Sayaka's Soul Gem.

* As utterly tragic and horrifying as Kyoko's backstory is, one thing about it stands out [[RewatchBonus upon rewatching the show]].[[spoiler: One of the things that causes Magical Girls to turn into Witches is [[DespairEventHorizon reaching the absolute lowest point in their lives, giving up on all hope and any sense of self-preservation]]. Kyoko went through something as horrible as her father killing himself and her entire family because of her actions, and despite it ruining her world view and tramatizing her, she still didn't witch-out and lived long enough to eventually die peacefully on her own terms. That's a huge indicator of how tough she is]].

* [[spoiler: Homura used TimeStop magic to riddle Kyubey with a clip full of bullets ''instantaneously'', just before Madoka can seal a DealWithTheDevil]]. That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey.
* Major props to the animators at the end of Episode 8. [[spoiler:Even if you already knew magical girls became witches, the pure impact drawn when you see Sayaka's Soul Gem explode into a Grief Seed and [[EldritchLocation the world reformat]] before your very eyes is still massive. Would anyone have imagined that becoming a witch would look like ''that?'']]

* When Homura Akemi is revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex-ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]]. In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]''.]]
** [[spoiler: It's implied that she's the only MagicalGirl to defeat every witch that she came across, '''all by herself'''. The only exception to this of course is Walpurgisnacht, but even then she shows the steely determination to stand up to it, [[GroundHogDayLoop more than once.]]]]
* After watching [[TheLoad Madoka]] putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to [[spoiler:the [[BadassAdorable Madoka of the original timeline]], who makes a stand alone against Walpurgisnacht despite Homura's pleading for the two to flee together. She apparently succeeds off-screen, only to [[HeroicSacrifice die in the fight]]]].
** Madoka scores one of these in each [[spoiler:alternate timeline]]. Sure, they go from being beautiful to [[spoiler:being tragic, and climaxing with when she one-shots Walpurgis Night seconds before becoming Kriemhild Gretchen]], but they always inspire awe.
** Also keep in mind that Walpurgisnacht is ''the most powerful witch'' in existence [[spoiler: at least before Madoka becomes a witch herself]]. [[spoiler: [[MutualKill Madoka being able to succeed in killing it during the first timeline,]] [[HeroicSacrifice albeit at the cost of her own life]], will always remain an awesome feat. Not even Homura's multiple fights with it, even resorting to stealing an entire country's arsenal, could replicate Madoka's accomplishment.]]
* The triumphant (sort of) return of [[spoiler:Mami, fighting alongside a magical girl Madoka in the first timeline, and saving Homura JustInTime.]] This is made all the more majestic by [[spoiler:Mami's]] theme playing during the scene.
* The fact that Homura [[spoiler: always managed to survive. Across at least a hundred timelines, fighting countless witches, and carrying who knows how much psychological trauma, she's always managed to survive whatever the universe throws at her. All through her sheer determination to save her best friend.]]

* Homura's fight against Walpurgisnacht with her [[spoiler: shooting it with a few hundred RPG-7s, AT-4s, and M224 mortars, hitting it with a semi truck (which [[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]), and summoning a battery of Type-88 Surface to Ship Missiles to catch her fall into the ocean and blast away at the witch. Who then lands in a stadium filled with a few hundred landmines. In short, Homura stole the entire fucking military!]]
* Walpurgisnacht gets a CMOA herself for having the kind of presence that makes Homura's plans above seem justified instead of overkill. [[spoiler:Especially when they don't work. ]]
* The final scene [[spoiler:transitions into and completely contextualizes the show's second end credits sequence, Magia, which is revealed as a foreshadow of the finale the entire time. The first silhouette shows Madoka, facing her destiny so she can stop Walpurgisnacht and save everyone. The silhouettes she passes of Sayaka, Kyoko, and Mami, are all motionless, because they are all dead now. Only Homura's silhouette reacts, reaching for Madoka, trying to stop her from going through with it.]]

* The way the showrunners used the opening song, "Connect", qualifies. It is a normal bouncy magical girl opening, which seems to become SoundtrackDissonance as the series gets darker. In Episode 10, the viewer gets the impression that [[spoiler: Homura]] is singing it, which makes it a [[spoiler: tearjerker, since it emphasizes her despair]]. Then this is turned on its head in Episode 12, when it seems as if [[spoiler: Madoka and/or Homura]] is singing it as an affirmation that [[spoiler: they will never give up, and the new universe will never fall into despair (Madoka), and/or the people of that universe will be protected (Homura)]]. The lyrics ''make sense'' no matter which way you're looking at them.

'''Madoka:''' [[spoiler:I don't care what I become. [[IronWoobie All the Magical Girls who believed in hope and fought witches,]] [[HopeBringer I don't want them to suffer or cry anymore.]] I want them to be at peace, and if that goes against the laws of the universe then I'll just [[ScrewDestiny rewrite those laws]]. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu That's the only thing I want. It's what I wish for. Now grant my wish, Incubator!]]]]

* Kyuubey shows Homura [[spoiler:how Madoka will meet her end. From her comet-like Soul Gem, an enormous shadowy form engulfs the Earth and begins to destroy it. In bringing enough hope to create a new universe, in the end, she will release enough despair to destroy the universe. Then Madoka reappears as a goddess, takes aim at even ''that'' shadow of despair, and utterly destroys it]].

** Let's simplify that for those who don't get it: [[spoiler:Madoka destroys and cancels out her ''own'' witch!]]
** [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/WDD6e.gif Watch Madoka's ascension here in all its glory.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:So many guns to count in this picture, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome but who really cares?]]]]

* Mami's first battle scene in Episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''[[MoreDakka hundreds]]'' of floating magic muskets, all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of everything that happens afterward, this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring. This is pictured above.

* Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her. Despite her trauma and feeling like shit she reaffirms her status as TheCape. The CrowningMusicOfAwesome definitely helped.

* Episode 1:
** First scene of the series; Madoka watches another girl fight a collosal monster on her own. When Kyubey tells her she has the ability to help, she shows little hesitation in doing just that. [[spoiler: We learn later that this is truly a scene for Homura. Fighting a witch that she's witnessed kill many other magical girls takes guts.]]
** Mami's first battle scene in Episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''[[MoreDakka hundreds]]'' of floating magic muskets, all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of everything that happens afterward, this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring. This is pictured above.
* Episode 2 Mami's fight against Gertrud is pretty cool and especially when she whips out [[{{BFG}} Tiro Finale]].
* Episode 3. Mami casually dual-wields the Tiro Finale, incapacitating Homura, and then creating a field of rifles so she could casually wield the rifles both as rifles, and as bats for close-quarters combat, smoothly transitioning from firing away to swinging away.
* Episode 4. Madoka's first act of heroism [[spoiler:in the current timeline, that is]]. Here she saves Hitomi and several others from PsychicAssistedSuicide when they were under the influence of a witch. Sure, she was understandably scared, but she was willing to face her fears in order to prevent people from dying, and that is what defines courage.
* Episode 5.
** Kyoko's introduction to Madoka and Sayaka was this for her, especially for those who enjoy her more sinister side. She displays the skills of a veteran Puella Magi, and what a set of skills it is. [[CurbStompBattle She beats Sayaka around with her superior strength, speed and skill]], all while using her sectioned spear to trounce her rival in the restricted alley way and giving a big TheReasonYouSuckSpeech guided by her twisted, terrifying (by Madoka and Sayaka's standards) set of morals. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And munching on a taiyaki the whole time]].
** Even though Kyoko severely outclassed her, even though she needed Homura to save her, Sayaka held her own. Kyoko had extra seeds to keep her powered, along with years worth of experience and skill, and Sayake held her own in what they admit was a fight TO THE DEATH. She blocks the tip of Kyoko's spear, with the tip of her sword!
** The way Homura [[spoiler:uses TimeStandsStill]] to break up the fight (literally) in the blink of an eye. The fact that it comes with a slow-mo OhCrap look from Kyoko and a HairFlip with the battle music playing just screams badass.
* Episode 6. Homura [[spoiler: exploits TimeStandsStill as SuperSpeed]] to catch up to a truck and retrieve Sayaka's Soul Gem.
* Episode 7:
** Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her. Despite her trauma and feeling like shit she reaffirms her status as TheCape. The CrowningMusicOfAwesome definitely helped.
--->'''Sayaka:''' I had the wrong idea about you from the beginning. I'm sorry about that, so forgive me. But still, I don't have any regrets about using my wish for someone else and I've decided that from now on, I'm never gonna regret anything ever again.
** The ending.

** As utterly tragic and horrifying as Kyoko's backstory is, one thing about it stands out [[RewatchBonus upon rewatching the show]].[[spoiler: One of the things that causes Magical Girls to turn into Witches is [[DespairEventHorizon reaching the absolute lowest point in their lives, giving up on all hope and any sense of self-preservation]]. Kyoko went through something as horrible as her father killing himself and her entire family because of her actions, and despite it ruining her world view and tramatizing her, she still didn't witch-out and lived long enough to eventually die peacefully on her own terms. That's a huge indicator of how tough she is.]]
* Episode 8:
** Kyoko figures out that if she holds onto Homura then she can't use her powers to escape. She figures this out from a ''surprise attack''. You know this girl's a veteran when she invokes ItOnlyWorksOnce.
** How does Homura break her grip? She pulls out a ''flash grenade''.
** [[spoiler: Homura used TimeStop magic to riddle Kyubey with a clip full of bullets ''instantaneously'', just before Madoka can seal a DealWithTheDevil]]. That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey.
** Major props to the animators at the end of Episode 8. [[spoiler:Even if you already knew magical girls became witches, the pure impact drawn when you see Sayaka's Soul Gem explode into a Grief Seed and [[EldritchLocation the world reformat]] before your very eyes is still massive. Would anyone have imagined that becoming a witch would look like ''that?'']]
* Episode 10:
** When Homura Akemi is revealed [[spoiler:to be an ex-ShrinkingViolet that TookALevelInBadass]]. In particular, [[spoiler: when she starts mowing down witches with a ''[[MoreDakka M249 SAW]]''.]]
*** [[spoiler: It's implied that she's the only MagicalGirl to defeat every witch that she came across, '''all by herself'''. The only exception to this of course is Walpurgisnacht, but even then she shows the steely determination to stand up to it, [[GroundHogDayLoop more than once.]]]]
** After watching [[TheLoad Madoka]] putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to [[spoiler:the [[BadassAdorable Madoka of the original timeline]], who makes a stand alone against Walpurgisnacht despite Homura's pleading for the two to flee together. She apparently succeeds off-screen, only to [[HeroicSacrifice die in the fight]]]].
*** Madoka scores one of these in each [[spoiler:alternate timeline]]. Sure, they go from being beautiful to [[spoiler:being tragic, and climaxing with when she one-shots Walpurgis Night seconds before becoming Kriemhild Gretchen]], but they always inspire awe.
*** Also keep in mind that Walpurgisnacht is ''the most powerful witch'' in existence [[spoiler: at least before Madoka becomes a witch herself]]. [[spoiler: [[MutualKill Madoka being able to succeed in killing it during the first timeline,]] [[HeroicSacrifice albeit at the cost of her own life]], will always remain an awesome feat. Not even Homura's multiple fights with it, even resorting to stealing an entire country's arsenal, could replicate Madoka's accomplishment.]]
** The triumphant (sort of) return of [[spoiler:Mami, fighting alongside a magical girl Madoka in the first timeline, and saving Homura JustInTime.]] This is made all the more majestic by [[spoiler:Mami's]] theme playing during the scene.
** The fact that Homura [[spoiler: always managed to survive. Across at least a hundred timelines, fighting countless witches, and carrying who knows how much psychological trauma, she's always managed to survive whatever the universe throws at her. All through her sheer determination to save her best friend.]]
* Episode 11:
** Madoka gets one by calmly, clearly and rationally talking her mom into leaving her shelter and going out into the storm created by Walpurgisnacht - and her mother Junko gets hers by understanding that Madoka is mature enough to take such a dangerous decision and live with the consequences. That scene was probably the most understated awesome moment in the entire series in being one that could apply to a mother and daughter in the real world (as opposed to all the magical combat elsewhere in this list) and it shows just how much trust both mother and daughter have in each other and how both have the courage to stand up to a life-threatening situation.
** Homura's fight against Walpurgisnacht with her [[spoiler: shooting it with a few hundred RPG-7s, AT-4s, and M224 mortars, hitting it with a semi truck (which [[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]), and summoning a battery of Type-88 Surface to Ship Missiles to catch her fall into the ocean and blast away at the witch. Who then lands in a stadium filled with a few hundred landmines. In short, Homura stole the entire fucking military!]]
** Walpurgisnacht gets a CMOA herself for having the kind of presence that makes Homura's plans above seem justified instead of overkill. [[spoiler:Especially when they don't work. ]]
** The final scene [[spoiler:transitions into and completely contextualizes the show's second end credits sequence, Magia, which is revealed as a foreshadow of the finale the entire time. The first silhouette shows Madoka, facing her destiny so she can stop Walpurgisnacht and save everyone. The silhouettes she passes of Sayaka, Kyoko, and Mami, are all motionless, because they are all dead now. Only Homura's silhouette reacts, reaching for Madoka, trying to stop her from going through with it.]]
* Episode 12:
** The way the showrunners used the opening song, "Connect", qualifies. It is a normal bouncy magical girl opening, which seems to become SoundtrackDissonance as the series gets darker. In Episode 10, the viewer gets the impression that [[spoiler: Homura]] is singing it, which makes it a [[spoiler: tearjerker, since it emphasizes her despair]]. Then this is turned on its head in Episode 12, when it seems as if [[spoiler: Madoka and/or Homura]] is singing it as an affirmation that [[spoiler: they will never give up, and the new universe will never fall into despair (Madoka), and/or the people of that universe will be protected (Homura)]]. The lyrics ''make sense'' no matter which way you're looking at them.
** The Madoka of the current timeline [[TookALevelInBadass shows that she's going to protect everyone]] with one last heroic speech right before she makes her wish.
--->'''Madoka:''' I wish... [''takes a deep breath''] I wish I had the power to erase witches before they're born. Every single witch from the past, present, and future everywhere.\\

** This is the first time we hear Madoka speak with authority, no hesitation whatsoever. She KNOWS what she's doing and she KNOWS Kyubey has no choice but to help.
** Kyuubey shows Homura [[spoiler:how Madoka will meet her end. From her comet-like Soul Gem, an enormous shadowy form engulfs the Earth and begins to destroy it. In bringing enough hope to create a new universe, in the end, she will release enough despair to destroy the universe. Then Madoka reappears as a goddess, takes aim at even ''that'' shadow of despair, and utterly destroys it]].
--->'''Madoka:''' I wished for the power to erase all witches. And if what I wished for really did come true, then even ''I'' don't have a thing to worry about. Ever!
*** [[spoiler: [[http://i.imgur.com/WDD6e.gif Watch Madoka's ascension here in all its glory.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:So many guns to count, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome but who really cares?]]]]
''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' is many parts [[TearJerker tearjerking]] and [[NightmareFuel horrific]], but awesome moments are luckily also one of them.

** Mami's first battle scene in Episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''[[MoreDakka hundreds]]'' of floating magic muskets, all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of everything that happens afterward, this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring. This is the pictured above.

** Mami's first battle scene in Episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... her [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme starts playing]] as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not ''[[MoreDakka hundreds]]'' of floating magic muskets, all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of everything that happens afterward, this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring.

** Homura's fight against Walpurgisnacht with her [[spoiler: shooting it with a few hundred rocket launchers, hitting it with a semi truck (which [[StuffBlowingUp exploded]]), and summoning a battleship to catch her fall into the ocean and blast away at the witch. Who then lands in a stadium filled with a few hundred landmines. In short, Homura stole the entire fucking military!]]

** The way Homura [[spoiler:uses TimeStandsStill]] to break up the fight (literally) in the blink of an eye. The fact that it comes with a slow-mo OhCrap look from Kyoko and a HairFlip with the battle music playing just screams {{Badass}}.

** The final scene [[spoiler:transitions into and completely contextualizes the show's second end credits sequence, Magia. The silhouette of Madoka is her as faces her destiny so she can stop Walpurgisnacht and save everyone. The silhouettes she passes of Mami, Sayaka, and Kyoko are all motionless, because they are all dead now. Only Homura's silhouette reacts to her as she passes it, reaching for her.]]

** The final scene [[spoiler:transitions into and completely contextualizes the show's second end credits sequence, Magia. The silhouette of Madoka is, in fact, facing her destiny so she can stop Walpurgisnacht and save everyone. The silhouettes she passes of Mami, Kyoko and Sayaka are all motionless, because they are all dead now. Only Homura's silhouette reacts to her as she passes it, reaching for her.]]

'''Madoka:''' [[spoiler:I don't care what I become. [[IronWoobie All the Magical Girls who believed in hope and fought witches,]] [[HopeBringer I don't want them to suffer or cry anymore.]] I want them to be at peace, and if that goes against the laws of the universe then I'll just rewrite those laws. [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu That's the only thing I want. It's what I wish for. Now grant my wish, Incubator!]]]]